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Pistol Pete would be a top 5 skilled player in todays game tho.
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because those. were. the .rules.
are you gunna make fun of Jerry West for going 0 for 0 from 3 in his career also?
i swear man yall are dense.
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If Embiid wasn’t so focused on throwing his body around trying to draw a foul, Danny Green might have been able to play another year or 2 and be like 10 million dollars richer.
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Sucks for Danny to go out like that. Leg got twisted like a pretzel smh
I hated him in SA, but you never want a guy to get hurt like that.
I hated him in SA, but you never want a guy to get hurt like that.
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I youtubed Jerry West highlights.
John Walls high school mixtape was better.
John Walls high school mixtape was better.
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Don't get me wrong I think the modern carry rules are great.
Way more entertaining.
But don't use that to demean players who didn't have that luxury.
You had to keep your hand strictly palms down, and dribble straight up and straight down.
Anything that looked even slightly off was called a carry.
Human beings weren't fundamentally different back then.
We haven't evolved into a new species.
If you told Jerry West he was allowed to carry
He would have done that
and he would look a lot more "atheltic"
Way more entertaining.
But don't use that to demean players who didn't have that luxury.
You had to keep your hand strictly palms down, and dribble straight up and straight down.
Anything that looked even slightly off was called a carry.
Human beings weren't fundamentally different back then.
We haven't evolved into a new species.
If you told Jerry West he was allowed to carry
He would have done that
and he would look a lot more "atheltic"
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Gotta have the VSOP at least but I’ll allow it based on all of us wanting 3 game 7’s!Extend it!
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maybe because they are the unathletic old school white guys?
they keep on saying this generation of players are much better than the old because everyone can shoot the 3 ball. remember that horrendous game 3 or game 4 between the the Warriors and Memphis? just laughable. everyone just forgot their fundamentals. no one can even shoot the basketball even if it was so open. and that comparison between Rodman and Draymond, what a joke.
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maybe because they are the unathletic old school white guys?
they keep on saying this generation of players are much better than the old because everyone can shoot the 3 ball. remember that horrendous game 3 or game 4 between the the Warriors and Memphis? just laughable. everyone just forgot their fundamentals. no one can even shoot the basketball even if it was so open. and that comparison between Rodman and Draymond, what a joke.
No white guard in the history of the NBA pre-1980 is better than James Harden.
I said what I said.
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I'm glad you finally just said it
Instead of pretending there was some kind of logic to it.
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You can still dribble with a little flavor without carrying. High school and college players still do it for some reason the NBA let's em get away with blatant carrying. Its not everyone but yes many do abuse it.Don't get me wrong I think the modern carry rules are great.
Way more entertaining.
But don't use that to demean players who didn't have that luxury.
You had to keep your hand strictly palms down, and dribble straight up and straight down.
Anything that looked even slightly off was called a carry.
Human beings weren't fundamentally different back then.
We haven't evolved into a new species.
If you told Jerry West he was allowed to carry
He would have done that
and he would look a lot more "atheltic"
Agree with your overall argument tho. It's funny someone posted a bill sharman tape in here awhile ago trying to make fun of his bland game. What was ignored was how he was a bucket from damn near anywhere he caught the ball. Pure fundamentals and efficiency but because it's lacks sauce hes a scrub.
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I'm glad you finally just said it
Instead of pretending there was some kind of logic to it.
It would be guard period but I think Oscar is athletic enough to play in todays NBA and Magic clearly.
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sure but the thing is, what would even be the point?
there is no 3 point line, the lane is clogged with 45 people,
what is the purpose of fancy dribble moves under 1970's rules?
I don't think it's an accident that the fancy dribblers of their day, Cousy, Pistol Pete ect
weren't very effective and were widely overrated.
and guys like Oscar and West who worked to a spot with basic dribbles and shot mid range jump shots
were the best offensive players.
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Who's taking Jokic over Bill Russell?? 
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Well man I don't know what you're seeing,
other than the amount of melanin
I don't see some totally other worldy difference in athleticism between in Oscar and West.
Jerry West was a solid athlete, he'd be totally fine in any era imo.
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He super goofed
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A lot of those guys back in the day were skilled for their time but a lot of the other dudes were having full time jobs and coming to play basketball. It’s like that with every sport. I think the worst is baseball, half them dudes were coming in drunk to the stadium to play baseball and I’m supposed to believe they’re more talented than the ones today? Hell nah
The skills back then were good for back then but very few players have the athleticism that we see today
The skills back then were good for back then but very few players have the athleticism that we see today
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James Harden is worse than all those pre-1980s players in the playoffs though.
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