Old School NBA

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

This old enough to be considered old school yet?

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Master of the old "give and go" play - as in "give me the ball and go to hell"

[bennymac]

Bit of a tangent

[54-46]

Dr J

https://youtu.be/HAkP6rK2HP4


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[mcski]

Wilt v Kareem. The real Goats

https://youtu.be/Qak1eeHqfJ8

[Danno]

Best player I ever saw personally was Bob Lanier. Too bad he never had a chance to play on a great team. Although he did play with Dave Bing--the best one-eyed guard in the history of the game, and John Mengelt, the greatest player for diving into the stands after a ball in NBA history.

Lanier is most famous for his foot size or maybe this

[old goat]

Lanier is most famous for his foot size or maybe this

I saw him drive the floor like a guard agains Bob McAdoo--McAdoo was a lot lighter and should have been quicker but Lanier went around him like he was standing still. In a playoff game against the Bulls in the closing seconds he blocked a shot from the corner from his position just outside the key. The ball went right back to the shooter who immediately put it up again and Lanier blocked it again. How he managed to get up that high again that quick boggled my mind. Alas, Pistons lost that game and that series.

Dave Debusschere Night in Detroit. All of his U of D teammates were there. He got a huge ovation and a car at half time. Last seconds with Pistons up by one, Debusschere at the line to shoot two. All those loving fans were screaming at him, calling him a choke, telling him to die. He missed both and Pistons won. I've always wondered if he missed them on purpose or was that rattled. (Lanier got tossed a couple of minutes into that game--big disappointment for us.)

[half-fast]

McAdoo averaged 24ppg vs Lanier

[spudbumkin]

Kurt Rambis GOAT!



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[irul&ublo]

McAdoo averaged 24ppg vs Lanier

McAdoo is probably the most mistakenly underrated player

[half-fast]

McAdoo was good. So was Lanier. I have a hard time believing Lanier out quicked or out jumped him. 2 different kind of players. Lanier was an old school center. McAdoo could have played in today’s NBA

[old goat]

McAdoo was good. So was Lanier. I have a hard time believing Lanier out quicked or out jumped him. 2 different kind of players. Lanier was an old school center. McAdoo could have played in today’s NBA

I saw Lanier drive past him--I was there. The other story, if that;s what you're referring to was a different shooter. I don't remember who. And what made it so remarkable was that it was a shot from the corner that Lanier blocked starting from the edge of the key. He didn't out jump the shooter; he out jumped the shot. Twice.
I'm not comparing Lanier to McAdoo or anyone else. Both are somewhat forgotten today. Lanier never won a championship. McAdoo won two--as Abdul Jabbar's backup. I'm sure people can think of exceptions but it's hard in basketball more than any other team sport to think of someone as great without championships.

[mcski]

The round mound has entered the chat

[Danno]

In addition to Barkley... Karl Malone? John Stockton? Steve Nash? Reggie Miller? TMac? Ewing? Chris Paul? Iceman? Iverson? Elgin Baylor?

[mcski]

Iirc Elgin retired during the season and the lakers ended up winning so he got a ring from the team

[fomofo]

https://vault.si.com/.amp/vault/1977...e-the-mountain

His body failed him and he didn't have the lengthy pro career that Kareem, Shaq and other notable bigs did, but people forget how good Walton was in High School, College, and those first few years in the NBA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Walton

I was a huge David Thompson fan growing up, and remember watching this amazing game...

In the 1974 Final Four, UCLA's record seven consecutive national titles was broken. North Carolina State defeated the Bruins 80–77 in double overtime in the NCAA semi-finals. Walton played 50 minutes and scored 29 points, adding 18 rebounds and 4 assists in the loss. The UCLA–North Carolina State game was No. 13 on USA Today's list of the greatest NCAA tournament games of all time. Walton called the game the most disappointing outcome of his entire basketball career, as UCLA had a 5-point lead late in regulation and a 7-point lead in the 2nd overtime, before NC State with David Thompson rallied to win, 80–77.



Remember, couldn't dunk in college then.

[Peruvian]

Dollar Bill Bradley
Downtown Freddie Brown
A-Train Gilmore
Clyde the Glide Drexler
Dr Dunkenstein Darrell Griffith

[riser4]

Air Drexler!

[mcski]

The worm

[54-46]

Iceman!
https://youtu.be/njcjJ56n3_A


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[bennymac]

Darryl Dawkins aka Chocolate Thunder

[old goat]

Bring back old school short shorts. On second thought, don't. Except for Bob Ross.

[fomofo]

This was before they got to wrasslin.