Hand checking completely changes the game of basketball
@BrotherPhilMusic
2 ай бұрын
Dude, you couldn't possibly be more wrong about the older players . Take it from a guy who was there Bird / Magic / Jordan would be EVEN MORE dominant in todays game than they were in their time. These guys simply are not as tough, or vicious, or driven to win . Magic's mastery of fast break basketball is still unrivaled , Bird would make mincemeat out of these overpaid , soft wussies , they simply would not know what hit them... they have never encountered a force like he was on a basketball court , someone that mean, that kind of tough, somebody that want to lop your junk off with a straight razor and go drop it in your mother's lap as she sits courtside. These guys played far more minutes, played hurt too. I saw Bird break a finger in a game, I mean that puppy was mangled, bent in a way no finger is supposed to bend and he just went to the trainer's table, yanked it back out straight and taped it to the unmangled finger next to it and went right back in . Missed about 30 seconds. Today's NBA player would be on IR for 6 weeks with the same injury. These were blood and guts, driven men who were about hoops and nothing but. Didn't spend their offseason working on promoting their clothing and jewelry lines, shoe brands and social media profiles, they spent them in the gym, working on basketball . Hakeem The Dream remains the highest pinnacle of evolution as a low post scorer, Kevin McHale close behind him. Kareem Abdul - Jabbar would be the same unstoppable guy today as he was then. These guys are not faster or more athletic than Dr. J or Dominique Wilkins were. Watch the film, the court is still the same size brother, and you'll see watching said film that the 80's guys were getting up and down just as quickly, moving just as fast. You are a smart guy, and I respect your knowledge of today's game but if you're going to comment on this stuff then go back and watch a lot of film, or just stick to what you know. Comments like you opened the show with make you look ignorant and disrespectful. Bird annouced before a road game vs the Trailblazers that it was getting to be too easy for him, and needed a challenge to motivate him. So , he said , " I will be playing the entire first half using only my left hand to dribble and shoot with tonight. " Bird was of course right handed. He scored 27 points in 1st half using JUST his left hand , never even touched the ball with his right to do anything but receive a pass... Might have been 25 pts, but you get the jist... and back then defenders could grab handfuls of jersey, grab you , hook you around the waist , chuck you in the back with nasty elbows, anything went out there... there is nobody in today's NBA even in his league my man. The stories are legion, in his time as coach of the Pacers he would sometimes be watching practice, then take of his suitcoat and in his dress shoes knock down about 18 - 20 straight 3's, just to let them know he was still THE BEST SHOOTER on the team at age 56 or whatever he was then... what an MFer he was lol
@user-tm2el6xh7e
2 ай бұрын
You're exactly right. He's holding to the era where it's LeBron and Steph and then everybody else. Nobody has any respect for the older era of basketball.
@BrotherPhilMusic
2 ай бұрын
@@user-tm2el6xh7e Amen , Steph would have been great in any era, Lebron and KD as well ... Luca and Joker would have been able to play in the 80's too ... but Kawai ? Nope. Couldn't have handled it ... too physical and rough a game back then.... most of these dudes couldn't have handled it, especially going from how coddled and pampered and handed huge $$$ for mediocrity at age 23 like it goes down today, no way.
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