Kevin Johnson and Mark Price

Kevin Johnson is an American retired basketball point guard who played for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns. He is currently running for mayor in his hometown of Sacramento, California. If elected he will be Sacramento's first African-American mayor.

Mark Price is a retired American basketball player who played for 12 seasons in the NBA, from 1986 to 1998. Spending the majority of his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his last three years were consisted of one season each with the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Orlando Magic.

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[djdeac]

The only bad thing about the KJ trade was the switching of #1 picks. The Suns got Thunder Dan, the Cavs got Randolph Keys.

[jackdroidnimble]

3:36

I love The Dream but he woke up late on that play.

Sorry...terrible joke.



[Yaravis]

@mamacornettesmoney No, I don't. KJ was big time. I agree completely. KJ and Mark Price were two of the elite PGs of their day. Given the choice between the two in their primes, I take Mark Price.

[mamacornettesmoney]

@Yaravis You severely underestimate KJ. the guy was BIG TIME.

[mamacornettesmoney]

@Yaravis Bulls did not whip the Suns at all. It was the toughest Finals series the Bulls had.

[mamacornettesmoney]

@Yaravis Whioah, KJ was a top point guard well before Barkley got there. No way would I take Price over KJ. Price was damn good, but KJ he was not. BTW, KJ is the main reason that Barkely named Phoenix as his choice when he demanded a trade. He though KJ was the beat PG in basketball, and at the time (when Magic retired at least), only Stockton was a competitor for that title.

[joekiddlouischama]

Frankly, the Bulls were running up-hill in that series starting in Game Three. The Suns' lack of Finals experience hurt them in the first two games, especially Game One (Ainge was the only Sun who had ever played in the Finals previously). But when the series shifted to Chicago, the Suns won two of the three games and surely would have won all three if head coach Paul Westphal hadn't reverted to Dan Majerle (plus a rookie Richard Dumas) to defend Michael Jordan in Game Four.

[joekiddlouischama]

@Yaravis The Bulls didn't "whip" that squad in the least. Indeed, it was probably one of the most competitive NBA Finals ever with five fairly close games, one of which went to triple-overtime (the Suns won) and one of which came down to the buzzer (the Suns lost). Chicago won 4-2, but Phoenix was leading Game Six 98-94 with forty seconds remaining, on the verge of forcing a Game Seven in Arizona.

[Yaravis]

Would have loved to see Price and KJ go at it. Throw in Majerle, Ceballos, Ainge and Chambers and it would have been a most entertaining series. The Bulls pretty much whipped that squad, but I'd call it a wash with the Cavs.

[Yaravis]

Price was not better than Stockton. I think the three are close, but I'd go Stockton, Price, KJ. KJ also had the luxury of playing with the third greatest player of his day (behind MJ and Hakeem), Charles Barkley. It's a shame that Price never really had his full complement of players in the playoffs: Nance, Daugherty, Hot Rod Williams, and, alas, Ron Harper. That's a team that would have broken through to the finals at least once.