Allan Houston the Man the Myth the Legend? He was a mid-range specialist that never settled for the 3. I repeat, never. He never initiated the contact, to go to the line, I repeat never. He played the game straight up and because of that, he left a lot a points on the court, so to speak. Here’s a few stats, roughly 9 years as Knick, shooting close to 45% taking making close 12 mid-range shots a game. This leaves us at 17 points a game. He made maybe 1.5 3s a game at 4 attempts we’re looking at 40%. On average, if he shot 5 of his shots 3 steps deeper he would have averaged 23 points bumping his career goals a cool 3,612 pts. That would go up other 1000, if he played somewhat desperate like a Michael Jordan or Reggie Miller so to speak.
Allan scored with ease over defenders, time and time again, yes and sometimes it was effortless. A beauty to behold. Now that I think about it, he probably didn’t break a sweat… What’s my point? Over a 9-year period we gave you guys like a 7-point head start ever game, similar to a child learning the game from his dad or older sibling. You were so cute learner the game but now you’ve learned, you’ve gotten better, a little better I might add. I understand, You’re the new age you shoot the 3. You’re shooting the 3 exponentially higher you field goal % has dropped close 60% in some cases even though your taking 20 more shots, half of which is the 3?
So what does this all mean, Bulls 1997-1998, Spurs 2000, Lakers 2000-2002, Spur 2002 you guys never said thank you! Ingrates in the worst way. At the end of day, it was done for the Love of Game, and game still loves us. But if you do see the man that single handling handed you your Championships you talk so much about. At least say thank you, just once.
With Discipline, Disappointed and Determinedly Yours,
Fanofa Knick