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Originally Posted by NeoSamurai
clearly not since hes jumped to the NBA and is now trying to win an NBA title..
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Dude, I meant AT THAT TIME it was his biggest moment. That much is obvious, isnt it?
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Parker and Dixon's accomplishments are exceptional, however, the idea of being an NBA Champion is the dream for anyone with a desire for basketball...its like hockey players and the Stanley Cup or soccer players with the World Cup...for basketball players the NBA playoffs is the biggest stage they can reach and to be there, especially if its your first time with not many teammates who have been there before to guide you in the experience, it can be intimidating...
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Yes I'm sure they want to win the NBA championship, but that is irrelavent to my point.
My point is that when Dixon was in the NCAA final and when Parker was in the Euro finals they were in a HUGE pressure situation, greater than the one they are in now, and they were successful.
My point was that most of the Raptors if not all have been in similar pressure situations before at different levels of basketball and they pulled through.
It doesnt matter that it was Euro or NCAA instead of NBA. The point remains the same, that at THAT TIME IN THEIR LIFE, it was a HUGE pressure situation, and something greater than they had ever faced before, and they SUCCEEDED.
I would argue with you that an NCAA final is far more pressure for a college player who hasnt yet been in the NBA, than a 1st round NBA playoff series is for an NBA player who has been in the league a while. There is no question in my mind that the Final Four would be more overwhelming than an NBA 1st round series. No question.
We're talking about kids here, on a national stage. The NBA has men who have been through so much more up to this point.