Bibby: The 42nd Best Player in the NBA

[bibbinator]

From slamonline.com top 50 players article:

42. Mike Bibby
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Bibby is a star in exactly one place in the world - Sacramento. In fact, he might not be too big in Sacramento anymore - after the 2002 Western Conference finals played out like a Queensryche video for MB10, he was considered the savior of the team. He signed a giant deal and subsequently came somewhat back to Earth, being consistently great on offense and consistently mediocre on defense. When the Kings ended the golden era without a ring, Bibby faced major backlash locally, a lot of it regarding his lackluster guarding skills/effort. Bibby has been far more dependable than Webber ever was, and certainly more reliable in the big moments than Peja. But the level of Bibby-love has never reached the local fanaticism garnered by the other two, save for two crazy weeks in May 2002. Bibby has been expected to hit every dagger, to stop every oncomer, to end every match with the drunk version of Sam Cassell’s big testicles dance. Instead, he’s sprinkled some amazing games in with otherwise very good performances and maybe a half-dozen drunk big testicles dances. Sacramento wants more.


Every season in Sacramento, Bibby has gotten better. Last season, he turned into a shooter full-time and ended up scoring 20 ppg, despite having gunners like Peja, Artest, and Bonzi alongside him for parts of the campaign. He’s really Gilbert-lite - he’s going to go to the line 6 times a game, he’s going to shoot it 15+ times, and most of those shots are going to be threes. Gilbert is allowed (by personnel and coaching) to go full-throttle on the “point-gunner” mode, while Bibby is maybe 75 percent point-gunner, 25 percent wallflower. (Ron Artest doesn’t need anyone to set the table for him. In fact, he encourages you not to.)
One of these years, Bibby will make an All-Star team, and it’ll be awesome. This year would be terrific: Team Dime + Las Vegas + All-Star weekend = Eddie House in jail. That’s not a guess. That’s science.
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[JJ22L]

Humorous article- and im sure ill get yelled at for this, but i can see 40 people better then bibby. We got a rising if not already there top tier player in artest and i just dont see bibby in that league. The drunk big testicle dance is actually a good way to decribe his "crab dance" though.

 

[bibbinator]

Team Dime + Las Vegas + All-Star weekend = Eddie House in jail. That’s not a guess. That’s science.

LOL.

 

[bajaden]

Bibby is ranked that high? Well wonders never cease. As you can see, I'm not a big Bibby fan. Don't hate him, just don't lover him. Imcomplete player.

 

[Kingzrool]

For me Bibby is in that place where he has potential to be better. He must either give it his all to continously improve (like Artest) or he will end up just being satisfied with his career as is and offer less and less passion - except on contract years of course. I feel that this year will tell the tale.

And I for one love his dance/trot.

 

[BJax24]

From slamonline.com top 50 players article:



Check out the reader comments at the end. They're good.

now watch him light it up this year!!!

 

[AriesMar27]

how are morrison, bogut, bargnani and jamison that close to bibby? how are bogut and jamison listed higher than bibby? marbury i could understand kinda... but bogut? i dont even want to see the rest of the list...

 

[Bibby_10]

Bibby is a star in exactly one place in the world - Sacramento. In fact, he might not be too big in Sacramento anymore - after the 2002 Western Conference finals played out like a Queensryche video for MB10, he was considered the savior of the team.

Did somebody say QUEENSRŸCHE?

 

[Sac.Kings]

how are morrison, bogut, bargnani and jamison that close to bibby? how are bogut and jamison listed higher than bibby? marbury i could understand kinda... but bogut? i dont even want to see the rest of the list...

Agreed.

 

[quick dog]

The fact that this thread, with its subject, has remained near the top of the KingsFan.com forum list is a testiment to how far the Kings have declined in four years. It is a very sad state of affairs.

 

[VF21]

Not really, qd. What it indicates is the severe dearth of Kings-related topics to discuss during this, arguably the longest TDOS in the history of the universe.

 

[chelle]

Not really, qd. What it indicates is the severe dearth of Kings-related topics to discuss during this, arguably the longest TDOS in the history of the universe.

BUT, the end is in sight!!!! There are only 16 days left until the first preseason game and 36 days until the first real game!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

 

[Oscar]

Kings need to make wholesale changes - why not start with Bibby? And with the uncertainty of the vote on Nov. 7, who knows where the Kings will be next year?