This is obviously not to take away from his egregious dirtiness and fouling, but there was more to the guy’s game than that despite what some (like Gilbert Arenas for example) suggest.
At that time, there was no 3-point line in the NBA.
The transition from the ABA to NBA was a bit of a step back for Louie Dampier; or perhaps a step forward.
He was a star in the ABA, playing for the Kentucky Colonels, but didn't get as many minutes in his 30s with the San Antonio Spurs (who merged from the ABA with the NBA).
He was 35.8% from 3 for his ABA career on 3.0 3PA.
He had two seasons where he shot 36.1% from 3 (6.7 3PA and 7.1 3PA), leading the ABA in 3s made.
He had one season where he shot 38.7% from 3 on 1.5 3PA.
Via Ryan Van Dusen YouTube's channel:
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Watch how he drains those beautiful rainbow 3s.
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Kerr values mobility over size, hence why you often see multiple guard lineups. Cavs last night had 2 bigs and a a giant wing (Wade) and no mobility - and hence could not aggressively double Brunson and recover.
Kerr would have done far better even with his 4-guard lineups because Podz/Moody/GP2/Steph are all far more mobile and can run around. Also why Kerr sometimes doesn't close with Gui because Gui isn't as mobile and rotates far slower.
We just saw multiple playoff teams fizzle out when the ball was taken outta their star's hands (look at Pistons/Rockets when the ball isn't with Cade/KD). All season long, Kerr forces players like Podz/Gui/Moody to learn to make decisions taking the ball outta Steph's hands.
Regular season beasts like Pistons/Houston/Cavs have great rim protectors who can eat up rebounds and do well at the rim. Yet those same bigs cannot play aggressive schemes and that removes options off the table in the playoffs.
Duren/Allen/Sengun cannot hard hedge or trap consistently but Dray can. And in the playoffs Duren/Allen can become a liability against certain opponents.
We literally won 2 against Spurs this year. And won 2 against OKC the yeaar before that.
Kerr still has us competitive on the right nights against these monsters.
Kerr is one of the GOAT coaches. If we had a better GM, we'd still be in the mix. There are creative things we could do, but if we never wanna trade any players/picks, it is difficult to build a roster.
I'm hoping we can pull out a good roster because Steph/Kerr deserve it.