Basketball Thread About Nothing

[Public Enemy]

And that was AFTER the injury. Have you seen a clip of the two-hand dunk he did when he hurt his knee? I saw it when it happened but have not been able to find it online all these years. Been looking for it since before YouTube existed.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Man this was a classic early 90s NBA Highlight Reel. Music and all.

 

[Public Enemy]

Can't believe it's gotten to this point. Wild dunk. That's top 10 all time of dunk contest dunks.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

And that was AFTER the injury. Have you seen a clip of the two-hand dunk he did when he hurt his knee? I saw it when it happened but have not been able to find it online all these years. Been looking for it since before YouTube existed.

Who was it against?

 

[Public Enemy]

Who was it against?

I wish I remembered. I wanna say it was a home game, but I'm just guessing.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Damn he was all over the place. I was first introduced to him from Tecmo NBA Basketball on NES; I remember him having an extremely high 3PT% compared to most. (He and Jon Sundvold were listed as shooting 0.996 % from 3 in that game for some odd reason). But it's always good to see clips of dudes I knew about but didn't really see play from my childhood. I see he went to that floater often. -

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Evolutionary Plumber

Dudes supposedly didn't have the ability back then though.

 

[Mister Meaner]

Breen intent on not giving any attention & Clyde

 

[tokes99]

Evolutionary Plumber

Dudes supposedly didn't have the ability back then though.

i never took the ‘plumber’ commentary to mean that guys couldn’t play/weren’t good just that the chasm between the elite athletes & the rest was larger…

 

[DCAllAfrican]

i never took the ‘plumber’ commentary to mean that guys couldn’t play/weren’t good just that the chasm between the elite athletes & the rest was larger…

I don't think the gap is really any smaller now though.

It's an ignorant comment anyway you slice it.

 

[tokes99]

I don't think the gap is really any smaller now though.

It's an ignorant comment anyway you slice it.

definitely a bit overstated & slighting previous eras but definitely think the baseline athleticism is higher overall today…altho at the the extremes/top end its maybe a similar difference as it ever was.

it’s kinda funny that the criticism is almost inverted now, because while i think it’s overstated today that players aren’t as fundamentally sound, it does seem like there has been a trade off in the player’s athleticism/skill vs. having fundamentals solid & a ‘feel’ for the game

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Not really focusing on ATHLETICISM. I am pushing back on this idea that the gap between star and role player any more great than it is today.

I completely disagree with that point.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[tokes99]

Not really focusing on ATHLETICISM. I am pushing back on this idea that the gap between star and role player any more great than it is today.

I completely disagree with that point.

i always interpreted that as the crux of the ‘plumber’ argument…these guys were pro players after all so for their day they were competitively skilled enough…just not many were seen as elite athletes for those times; whereas in the modern era more players have closed that athleticism gap.

that noted the game in the modern era is different & allows for more displays of athleticism vs the game pre 2000s-90s

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[JMB10215]

AJ Dybantsa has a lot of T Mac in his game

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[Public Enemy]

 

[Public Enemy]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Great find.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

The reason 2k overrated his dunk rating for years.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Enjoyed him during those days of him backing up KJ. Barkley loved this dude.