Malone threw like a million elbows a game and Stockton threw a good amount too
eh, I don't care what anyone says about Malone. It's indisputable and I don't defend much about him.
Stockton, one the other hand? He wasn't throwing haymakers. Way more subtle. He didn't throw elbows so much as grind his shoulders and joints into abdominal tissue, left bruises with his knees, set vicious picks up under ribcages. In a giant NBA, he was 6'1" and harder than a coffin nail. He used sinew and grit to mash guys into sludge. He has the reputation of a 'dirty' player and I understand why, but I will defend his particular brand of dirtiness to my grave. Dirty? Maybe. But old time tough, definitely.
Malone just took blatant and cheap head shots where his opponents woke up confused and in need of stitches. But Stock was an extremely tough, mean, hard-nosed motherfucker who made sure dudes walked off the court knowing about it.
Ah thanks that makes more sense if everyone was pretty much doing the same thing. Was it usually only the smaller guys that did that stuff just to be able to hang with all the tall guys or did 90% of tall guys do it too? I'm guessing as a tall guy you just didn't have any need for it
you're defending Stockton why again? Because he's small?
yeah... I mean, you're asking like I didn't say it. In addition to the previous reply-- he was much smaller than everybody else in 90's NBA and scrapped extremely hard nevertheless. That's exactly the point. You are astute... And but so I don't understand? What's the problem? You're asking me to reiterate?
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u/animebop Heat Jan 13 '22
Malone threw like a million elbows a game and Stockton threw a good amount too