Random Thought Thread

The Amazing Virginian said:
My favorite players were Bill Russell, Pistol Pete Maravich and Bill Walton. If I have to pick one, I guess it's Russell. All the talk about GOAT Brady, and Michael Jordan, and LeBron and Kobe and whoever you want . . . Bill Russell was EASILY the greatest winner in American team sports history.
Click to expand...


Excellent!!!

And I just watched a documentary on Russell on Netflix , it was very good... all those battles with wilt and I always think of that pic of him smiling with all his rings in his fingers

Pistol Pete was way beyond his time, I remember watching old clips of him playing horse with Bob Mc Adoo and it looked like he let him catch up just to beat him

No Kareem?
 
Blues said:
If I'm going with Knicks players, I loved Bernard King, and of course I still adore the teams from the championship years in '70 and '73.

So many great players, I really can't pick just one guy. No matter who I'd say, a few seconds later I'd say "but what about...".
Click to expand...

Walt Clyde Frazier!
 
yoko said:
Walt Clyde Frazier!
Click to expand...
No doubt he had panache...but from those years I loved some other guys...like Dick Barnett and Cazzie Russell. Some guys just captured your heart with the way they played the game...even if they weren't the "main guy" like Willis Reed or Clyde.

Knicks had a lot of great players then and it's been a long 50 years since they last won a championship.
 
Blues said:
No doubt he had panache...but from those years I loved some other guys...like Dick Barnett and Cazzie Russell. Some guys just captured your heart with the way they played the game...even if they weren't the "main guy" like Willis Reed or Clyde.

Knicks had a lot of great players then and it's been a long 50 years since they last won a championship.
Click to expand...

Damnit who was the guy that could've been in the NFL I believe

Dave debushier or something like that
 
Blues said:
If I'm going with Knicks players, I loved Bernard King, and of course I still adore the teams from the championship years in '70 and '73.

So many great players, I really can't pick just one guy. No matter who I'd say, a few seconds later I'd say "but what about...".
Click to expand...
Those teams had some greats for sure! DeBusschere. Willis Reed. The Senator. Earl the Pearl. Jerry Lucas. Easy to forget that the Zen Master was on the 73 team.

But I thought every New Yorker's favorite was Clyde.
 
The Amazing Virginian said:
Those teams had some greats for sure! DeBusschere. Willis Reed. The Senator. Earl the Pearl. Jerry Lucas. Easy to forget that the Zen Master was on the 73 team.

But I thought every New Yorker's favorite was Clyde.
Click to expand...

I never thought you were a fan that is awesome!

I know I have at least Blues and you to talk to next year about how I swear Cleveland will be a threat in the playoffs lol
 
yoko said:
Excellent!!!

And I just watched a documentary on Russell on Netflix , it was very good... all those battles with wilt and I always think of that pic of him smiling with all his rings in his fingers

Pistol Pete was way beyond his time, I remember watching old clips of him playing horse with Bob Mc Adoo and it looked like he let him catch up just to beat him

No Kareem?
Click to expand...
Lew Alcindor aka Kareem would be in my top ten faves for sure. So would David Thompson. And Rick Barry with his granny style free throws. And Dr. J, of course. And probably Artis Gilmore.

I guess all those guys played in the 70s = I'm an old fart. Some of you young whippersnappers might not believe this, but they didn't even televise the NBA Finals live until the 1980s. The games were on tape delay and came on after the local news at 11:30 PM. I had a TV in my bedroom and I was supposed to be asleep as it was past my bedtime, but I stayed up to watch those games anyway.
 
The Amazing Virginian said:
Lew Alcindor aka Kareem would be in my top ten faves for sure. So would David Thompson. And Rick Barry with his granny style free throws. And Dr. J, of course. And probably Artis Gilmore.

I guess all those guys played in the 70s = I'm an old fart. Some of you young whippersnappers might not believe this, but they didn't even televise the NBA Finals live until the 1980s. The games were on tape delay and came on after the local news at 11:30 PM. I had a TV in my bedroom and I was supposed to be asleep as it was past my bedtime, but I stayed up to watch those games anyway.
Click to expand...

Funny story my middle name is from one of the players you named

I'm a half korean/ polish person with a middle name from a 70s basketball player lol

Hand on Bible no lie
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top