Sleepy Floyd was unstoppable at his best and cringeworthy at his worst. Yeah, you're right, never hear about him anywhere. I never hear anybody talk about Floyd, so I wanted to give him some love here. I think Floyd's game would fit in nicely in today's NBA, too (because he was an excellent shooter, even from the 3-point land, the latter really wasn't common for 80s stars). I'm not trying to argue Floyd's peak as GOAT candidate, or even top 5 candidate, at the PG posiiton, but what separates, for example, Deron Williams' peak, from Floyd's? They are extremely comparable, in my opinion. Pretty much destroyed peak Magic Johnson in that game (or anybody the Lakers assigned to guard him). I'm sure most of you guys know, just a reminder. Went for 22.6 points, 3 rebounds, 10.4 assists and 2 steals per game, shot almost 62% TS.Īlso, it's not like the Warriors played on some kind of insane pace, so his numbers aren't really inflated (Warriors had the 8th highest pace in the league in the 1986-87 season, at 101.7, while the highest pace in the 2015-16 season belongs to the Sacramento Kings, at 99.7, and Golden State Warriors, at 99.6, so it's really not a big difference).Īlso, speaking of Floyd's performance in the 1987 playoffs, he had a game like this, against the eventual champion Lakers: In the second round, he faced the 7th best defense in the league, and one of the best overall teams of all-time, the Los Angeles Lakers. Played against very good defenses in the playoffs - in the first round, he faced the best defense in the NBA that year, the Utah Jazz (-4.6 league relative DRtg), and they didn't slow him down, at all, as he averaged 20/3/10 on 61% TS.
Playoffs (10 games, 41.4 minutes per game):
SLEEPY FLOYD FREE
Regular season (all 82 games played, 37.4 minutes per game):Ĩ6.0% FT (6.5 attempts per game, and 0.521 free throw rate, which is extremely high) I just realized that he may have one of the most underrated (or more like overlooked) peaks at the point guard position, in NBA history. He's way before my time as an NBA fan, so I would like to ask those of you guys who remember the mid/late 80s - how good was Eric "Sleepy" Floyd at his peak?
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