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Originally Posted by PauloCatarino
Severall things wrong with this post (and i absolutely loved Larry Nance!):
1- Nance didn't play the 3;
2- He was not quicker than worthy, who was not as strong as him;
3- worthy was a great scorer. Not a volume one, but a greatly eficient one;
4- Nor Price nor KJ were shoot firdst PGs.. Sure, they were no Magic nor stockton... but then again, who was?
5- Worthy didn't defer (at least as i concieve the notion). Worthy was the fist option on offense after Jabbar's best years, and was also a great glue player.
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Actually Nance did play the 3 an awful lot for the Cavs. He started at the 4 but Hot Rod (who got huge minutes as a sub) was on the floor with him for enormous amounts of time thereby putting Nance at the 3.
I have no idea who was quicker or stronger but I think that Worthy was likely quicker
Worthy was on one of the greatest if not the greatest fast breaking teams in the NBA. I think he had more offensive weapons than Nance but to be honest all I really remember him doing was getting fed for the dunk by Magic on the break.
It's hard to view either Price or KJ as shoot first. However, they were both scorers as point guards. Price was a SG when coming out of college and the Cavs ran a tremendous amount of pick and rolls between he and Daugherty. Price was also very well known for leading the break and rather than passing he'd elevated to drain the 3. I don't necessarily think this makes him shoot first, but I can see why others might view him that way. By the way, when did Nance even play with KJ? If I recall Nance was acquired by the Cavs in a trade that involved them sending away KJ.
I really don't think that Worthy was ever a first option (and I know without a doubt that Nance never was). That Laker offense was pretty much totally determined by whomever Magic gave the ball to.