Kevin Martin vs. Rip Hamilton

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  Part II of TZ vs Michael Bloom: Kevin Martin vs Rip Hamilton. Read it for the comments. If we had a smackdown feature (which we don't plan on doing) it would go something like this.

  Posted 4/25/2007 [reply] [flag]

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Wednesday Bullets
Published 4/25/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Yesterday I linked to Sactown Royalty's claim that Kevin Martin was, based on numbers, better than Richard Hamilton. After taking us on a tour of objective vs. subjective, with detours into Nazi Germany and eugenics, Michael Bloom disputes the case this way: "Bill Walton once said -- and I never thought I'd be quoting Bill Walton -- that when a good team finally comes of age, individual stats take a hit. And that makes some sense. The best teams are composed of unselfish players that don't play for individual stats but for team wins. And team wins don't necessarily correlate with individual stats. I would argue that Richard Hamilton has done his part to contribute to team success exceedingly well this past year -- in a way that Kevin Martin might have if he were surrounded by the kind of players that surround Rip. But Martin wasn't surrounded with that kind of team, a

Who’s better: Rip Hamilton or Kevin Martin?
Published 4/25/2007 by Matt Watson at Detroit Bad Boys
... thinks so, while Michael Bloom of Basketbloom disagrees.

Martin vs. Hamilton, Part 2
Published 4/25/2007 by TZ <info@sactownroyalty.com> at Sactown Royalty: Front Page Posts
... linked it, and fellow basketblogger David Bloom responded. Here's a portion of his lengthy post refuting my statement/thought process (though I encourage you to go read the whole thing):

Ballhype Contest, Etc.
Published 4/25/2007 by TZ <info@sactownroyalty.com> at Sactown Royalty: Front Page Posts
... . Awesome.