ESPN... I miss you...
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Daffy
I identified with DeBusschere's commando style...loved watching those Knicks.
I think that the Knicks (in the early '70s) may have been one of the deepest teams in the history of the NBA. Specifically the '73 line-up that they rolled-out. Wow, loaded. The starting 5 and the 6th-man, are the best I've yet to see. Check it out:
- Earl Monroe
- Walt Frazier
- Dave Debusschere
- Bill Bradley
- Willis Reed
- Jerry Lucas
:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy
Ouch!!! And that '73 team needed to be loaded, because that '73 Lakers squad was excellent as well (and defeated them the year before in the '72 Finals).
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Spearmaster
OMG... Mr. Underhand Free Throw... didn't know where he'd gone off to. Also a great player...
Yes, the underhanded free throw. He wanted to teach Shaq how to do it, but Shaq had refused because he thought/thinks it'll make him look silly (i.e. losing that "street-cred").
Geez, I thought hovering around 50% at the charity stripe makes him look silly enough.
Rick Barry is very colorful, egotistical, but even he acknowledges it. Great player, and like how Seaver willed the Miracle Mets team, Barry did the same for that long forgotten about Golden State Warriors team ('74-75) that won it all, beating a damn-good Bullets team. If you ever get a chance, check out his interviews at KNBR680 (radio) under "Instant Replay", where he has tons of memorable interviews with all the legends. Trust me, great stuff.
Almost on par with the Casinomeisters webcasts.
Spearmaster
It's been 5-years now. I miss real TV!!!
You're telling me... I last lived in the US in 1988... thank goodness for CNN and ESPN...
Wow, I'm jealous. I don't get
ESPN, I only get
MBC Sports from Korea, but I do get
Star Sports that comes from China (I think maybe you'll know what I'm talking about on that one). I used to get
CNN here, back from '01-02, and they changed it to the
BBC. Which is fine, but when they did have
CNN, I could always look forward to "This Week In The
NBA". Now (cough-cough)... nada.
Steed
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