Looking back at this,it’s kind of absurd how someone might say that Lebron wouldn’t survive in this era,I hear that to much to be watching this kind of basketball come from those guys.
Standard was west of Ohio--in the East Coast, it was American. Also, before there was Exxon, there was Esso and Enco, in different parts of the country.
If the Bucks didn't move from the Midwest Division and the Western Conference to the Central Division and the Eastern Conference prior to the 80/81 season - this may have been the matchup in the Western Conference Finals for years and maybe had changed the landscape of the NBA for the decade. I mean the Lakers never had that one team that could year after year challenge them. Of course there was Houston in 86 - but that only lasted one year. It was always the random Suns Nuggets or Spurs or Mavericks and even the Jazz. But never a team that could annually push the Lakers. I think Milwaukee won 60 games in 1981 - but with Philadelphia and Boston they were always on the outside looking in.
Brian was my neighbor when I was a kid. He's about ten years older than me.Every summer while in college he'd teach at our basketball clinic five days a week. Great guy from a fine family!
Wow i had to do a double take after hearing steve jones voice. I was like "that sounds like steve "snapper" jones" then remembered the name like "oh.." he looks so different but the same
5 traveling calls, 2 charging calls, 2 actual jump balls, and shorts shorter than they ever should have been - they don't make games like they used to.
The game was so much better back then. Refs clearly trying to do their jobs. Today? It's all about letting players do whatever they want, especially the CHOSEN ONES, for hype/scoring/storyline... The game will keep changing for the worse because the money men will do whatever they feel is best for their bank accounts.
He played a lot of high level winning basketball. Poor Don Nelson….. Such a fantastic coach during those early Bucks years. Never had a big man at his disposal when you simply had to have one. Washed Lanier, Moses, Sikma…. Nellie never got his big while they dominated the Central for a decade. A real shame.
I've never seen games at the Omni with the hockey rink sidings before. Turns out NHL's Calgary Flames were originally based in Atlanta and played their home games at the Omni from 1972 to 1980.
Rick Barry has mad skills, I can see why the Lakers acquired Wilkes, Robert Parrish is underrated. Jabbar in his prime is the top 3 player of all time. The Lakers had the weaker team and still won because of Jabbar.
Back then they actually had rules, and enforced them, that would make scoring harder. I bet today's NBA shekel counters at the top will be making the hoop bigger or the ball smaller any second now...
