2018-19 NBA Thread

What propaganda rag were you reading in the 80s?

Magic and Oscar never won an NBA title without Kareem.

Jordan hit the game winning shot against Georgetown as a freshman. Led an Olympic team that obliterated the world for a gold.

They lost in the playoffs to bums like the Bucks, Celtics and Pistons. Yeah, whatever shit they were peddling to sell papers in Bahstahn was way the fuck off. That was regional shit.

 

Domi couldn’t even reach Shaq’s chin with a fucking step stool. I’m being serious when I type that. He would need a fucking ladder to hit him in the face.

 

One of my great sports regrets is not getting a full career of this magnificent man. So odd not to see him smiling.

 

I think you misunderstand my post. That Kareem got shit for not winning in the late '70s (remember "Airplane?") despite having one NBA title and three NCAA titles and that Jordan got the same crap in the NBA until they finally beat the Pistons are established historical facts. They needed help to win. So did Wilt. So did Russell. So foes everybody. It;'s a fucking team sport.

 

People though Kareem was lazy. They never thought he wasn’t a winner.

Michael was just a scorer is a regional “fact.”

 

This whole threadjack brings new meaning to Hack-A-Shaq.

 

Now, There was the theory that people who led the league in scoring would never win a title. Dominique Wilkins, Alex English, Dan Issel... those were the players that people thought would never win a title because all they could do was score, which was right. But you were basketball blind if you thought Jordan would be looped in with those guys.

 

I’ll take Artis Gilmore has my sixth man, please.

 

Artis was great, but he wasn't even the sixth-best center ever.
(Wilt, Russell, Kareem, Hakeem, Shaq, Robinson, Mikan)

 

Malone is better than Mikan. And Robinson.

 

Artis is probably one of the most underrated player in NBA history.

 

Maybe so. But it was a theme back then. What it really meant was the rest of his team wasn't that good, and Doug Collins wasn't a real good coach. I covered Jordan's 63 point game against the Celtics in the playoffs in '86. The weird thing was he scored within the offense. The Bulls' second option was Orlando Wooldridge, who went a cool 9 for 28. Imagine you have a guy going off for 63 and YOU take 28 shots! No wonder they lost. You miss the point. Teams win. Great players, no matter how great, can't beat better teams. Even with Pippen, it took the Bulls three tries to figure out how to beat the Pistons.