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Bookmark or Share- Retro Player of the Year 1987-88 UPDATE — Magic JohnsonThe Lakers closest competitors out west were Denver, Dallas, and Portland. Aging Alex English continued to lead Denver in scoring but Fat Lever was a walking triple double threat. In Dallas, Aguirre was their primary scorer but two way guards Derek Harper and Rolando Blackman were just as important if not more. And Portland was led by Clyde ...
- Retro Player of the Year 1986-87 UPDATE — Magic JohnsonAquirre and Blackman lead Dallas. Other winning teams (in order) include Detroit led by Isiah and Laimbeer as Dantley takes a secondary role (though not enough of one to satisfy Isiah). Milwaukee hangs on to the legacy of the Moncrief teams without him as Terry Cummings steps up offensively and Paul Pressey leads a strong team effort defensively.
- The Sidney Moncrief Ultimatum - RealGMGrandpa Waiters wrote:He was a great defender but so were players like Paul Pressey, Rolando Blackman and Alvin Robertson and they never get mentioned at all. Robertson was bigger and stronger than Moncrief and used to molest players with his strong upper body and hands back when hand checking was legal.
- Retro POY '87-88 (Voting Complete) - RealGMOn paper, I would say this crew led by Mark Aguirre and Rolando Blackman overachieved, but they look to be a pretty deep team. 8) James Worthy lived up to his nickname with a solid regular season effort but an even better postseason performance, culminated by his series clinching triple double in Game 7 of the Finals.
- Michael Jordan would’ve struggled in today’s NBA: scienceSimilar volume, lower impact, but so did Nique. There were a bunch of bump-and-fling SFs at the time. B King, Mark Aguirre, etc. And in-era, Jordan's size was closer to that of a SF, especially in the 80s. There were guard scorers like Rolando Blackman and Jeff Malone and such.
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