Basketball Thread About Nothing

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?
 
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. -

 
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…
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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
 
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