Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 10:40 am  |  99 responses

For Old Time’s Sake: Mark Price

This boy could flat out SHOOT THE BASKETBALL. Standing barely 6-feet tall, his ability to score was mind blowing. A great passer, fearless competitor, and lights-out 3-point shooter, Price will forever be knows as one of Cleveland and Georgia Tech’s best. He was a 4x NBA All-Star and 2x 3-Point Contest Champion in 93-94. Shout out to KBlaze for the mix.

-Schneezy

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  • larrylegend

    his brother brent shoot the light outs too!

  • The Philosopher

    The greatest pure shooting point guard in the NBA Historical Annals.
    Brilliant video.

  • http://slamonline.com Krishan

    Oh god, I don’t mean to be racist, but mark price + that music just officially made this the whitest video on youtube.

  • Ricochet

    Awesome player, fast, accurate,,tough as nails, huge heart, flair AND efficiency. By the way, I urge everybody to check out all the other K-Blaze mixes. The Laimbeer one is awesome. This K-Blaze dude has a knack to find the right music that fits the player and edits the whole thing superbly.

  • The Philosopher

    I’d take Price over Billups in a heartbeat, too.

  • Ricochet

    corr: a knack FOR finding..**sighs and bows head in shame**. Oh and thanks Schneezy for the dope trips down memory lane. Brilliant selection, so far!

  • Kris

    Nice!

  • http://slamonline.com Lang Whitaker

    Mark Price mixtape videos on Youtube are like bumping into Martha Stewart at a Freddie Gibbs show.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Talk about unathletic, now Mark Price maximized his athletic ability for real. And if he was playing in today’s softer, gentler NBA dude would be All-NBA and a MVP candidate.

  • Boing Dynasty

    Assuming Freddie Gibbs actually has shows…

  • Boing Dynasty

    I hear you AP, but MVP candidate is a reach.

  • http://slamonline.com/ Ryne Nelson

    By far the player I used the most in NBA Live ’95.

  • Boing Dynasty

    Thats litteraly the first time ive ever seen a Youtube highlight video that included clips of the player feeding the post. Im not sure how the feel about it.

  • arjae828

    ^^ steve nash has more mvp’s than shaq. price would def be an mvp candidate.

  • http://slamonline.com/ Ryne Nelson

    The best Cavalier of all time?

  • http://itsahardwoodlife.blogspot.com omphalos

    co-sign Krishan. Love seeing pure shooters like this guy.

  • IknowImRight

    I wouldv’e smacked his sh*t out the park!

  • IknowImRight

    I would’ve smacked his Sh _ t out the park!

  • http://www.boogiewilliams.com Boing Dynasty

    You cant smack his sh!t out the park, when your at the park and hes in an NBA arena. Then again, you did say it twice and you used exclamation points, so who knows…

  • IknowImRight

    notice the capital S on the second one, its cause I’m so serious…So Serious!!!

  • http://slamonline.com GotHandles?

    @ Boing…. HAHAHAHA, that’s some funny isht. @ IknowImRight…Price would spin you in circles and smoke you’re a$$. That high glass was his bread and butter. He adapted to 7 footers and got in the lane. are you 7 feet?

  • JTaylor21

    Damn the Philosopher I got love for ya but WTF? Price over Billups, HA great joke Philo. Also if Steve Nash can win 2 f*cking MVPs doing the same ish Price did why doesn’t Price have an MVP? I tell you why because Nash or Price have NO business winning MVPs.

  • IknowImRight

    No I’m not 7 feet but I have mastered the smack your sh-t out of the park technique… smoke my ass??? high glass??? put the pipe down young fella. Everything will be ok. you can’t meet me at stanley quarter park right now… google it

  • http://www.laumol.nl/weblog Laumol

    Get him a bumping rap mixtape too!

  • IknowImRight

    philosopher is the only person on this thing that sounds like he knows what the hell hes talkin bout

  • Mr. Robinson

    AAAWWWW SSSHHHHHEEEEIITTTT!!!

  • Mr. Robinson

    AAAWWWWW SSSSHHHHEEEEEEIIIITTT!!!!!

  • Mr. Robinson

    my bad about the double post

  • IknowImRight

    I mean come on cause I’d smack Prices ball out the park but i’d just smack Billups

  • http://aol.com Run’N'Gun219

    He was the best a splitting the double team. And his pull up j was just so wet. He was hand down my favorite white player. Price had a lil swagg to him>

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Boing Dynasty
    Do you think Mark Price is significantly less talented and effective than Steve Nash?
    If you don’t, then he could get an MVP, right?

  • http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-bulls-confidential/ Diesel

    Damn how did we ever watch sports not in HD.

  • http://joeloholic.wordpress.com Joel O’s

    That spin move he pulled off on that first play was tight. I thought he was a good shooter and passer, but never knew he had that kind of handles. The way he splits double teams reminds me a lot of DWade.

  • Tommy Patron

    I must insist that Price did not have below average athleticism. He was quicker and faster than Nash, just tiny.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Tommy
    I don’t see it.

  • Robb

    what a player he was

  • http://www.boogiewilliams.com Boing Dynasty

    AP, i dont think Nash deserved either of those MVPs definetly not both. So in that sense Price could conceivably content for an undeserved MVP award, true.

  • http://sfdjklf.com Jukai

    I’m on phone duty today. Lang’s comment made me laugh out loud.

  • http://sfdjklf.com Jukai

    Uhm, I would like to raise my hand and say Price was significantly less talented and effective than Steve Nash. But I am a Nash slurper.
    I mean, I don’t think Nash is a significantly worse shooter than Price, but I think Nash is a significantly better passer and ball handler and slasher and leader.
    But I am a Nash slurper.

  • http://www.kb24.com The Seed

    I would take Price and Nash over Billups anyday, But Price was better than Nash and Billups. Great player. BOOK IT!!!

  • http://google c_cantrell

    price better than nash? no.. price better than billups? no..

  • http://sfdjklf.com Jukai

    The Seed saying Price > Nash > Billups pretty much means that in reality, Nash > Billups > Price.

  • http://google c_cantrell

    ^jukai..
    i like your reasoning lol

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    I don’t think Nash is signficantly better, and neither do Nash’s stats.
    But, I do think he’s better. He has more to work with as far as size and athleticism, and the rules do benefit what he’s doing.
    Remember, Price was putting up those numbers in a much slower offense, in a league with tougher defense, and despite his physical limitations.
    And, my larger point was that if Price did what he did back then in today’s NBA, he would likely be an MVP candidate.
    Agree or disagree?

  • http://www.kb24.com The Seed

    Nash is not better than Price, those saying that are forgetting Nash years in Dallas, he was down right average/good. He was not MVP candidate or even seen as the second best player on the team. Dirk and Finley were seen as the better players. Nash had a good three year run in Phx, now he is all of a sudden better than most point guards. NOO!!. Price would put up better numbers in the Phx offense today. I once put up Nash stats for his NBA career up and it was just sad, that he has done nothing in this league except lead a Offense that never won a title, but now is a Hall of Fame guard. LOL!!. Go to wikipedia and look at his stats and awards. Its sad and Price is a better player than Billups, If you can’t see that then the suppose Big Shot, is living off that one great year in your mind. Price played great many seasons not three to four like Billups. BOOK IT!!

  • Fat Lever

    Never realized it, but Mark Price reminds me of the host from Double Dare. I think his name was Mark something too.

  • WolfNast

    Oklahoma Represent!!!!

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Seed
    Nash was on several all-star teams in dalls, and regularly averaged like 17 and 7 or so. He had some down years, but he put up solid stats in Dallas.
    No, he wasn’t an MVP, and I don’t think he deserved the ones he got, but it’s dishonest to pretend he was a bum.
    When you look at the numbers, and adjust for Phoenix’s pace and style, I think Price versus Nash is a legit debate, to be honest.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Great stuff yet again, Schneezy. And MAD props to K-Blaze, who makes some of the dopest mixes out there, for so many fantastic players. You would seriously be covered for an entire year just running K-Blaze mixes of retired players from all eras every day.

  • http://slamonline.com Schneezy

    @Teddy-the-Bear… appreciate the love and yeah, his mixes are dope. Music can be suspect at times but still great nonetheless.

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