Detroit Pershing High. Spencer Haywood, HOF. Mel Daniels, HOF. Will Robinson, HOF. Ralph Simpson, ABA supersar and father of Indie Arie . Kevin Willis, NBA champion 🏆 Steve Smith, NBA champion 🏆 Fre'da Payne Tim Meadows Larry Foote, 2 time SB champion. Ted Sizemore, MLB ROY.
That’s crazy! I didn’t realize that went head to head twice with the Bulls in their final 2 championships was the “original Bull” with his jersey retired in their very stadium!
Spencer played for the Sonics from 70' to 75' he was a beast. Haywood was consistently great across his 5 years in Seattle, averaging 25 and 12 with 1.5 blocks per game. His 29.2 points in the 1972-73 season are the most ever in a season by a Sonic
Picture Dennis Rodman during his Detroit years when he still had his head on straight and played really good defense. Their games were very similar (almost carbon copies, really), but Bobby Jones was significantly better than *that* version of Rodman,
They really should have won the ECF in '81. Had a 3-1 lead on the Celtics. However, if they had won it all in '81, I doubt they would have gotten Moses in '82 to help them win in '83. So, who knows.
Not true Dale Ellis mention by me best 3pt then Drazen to Roger Brown. Curry get credit as the best shooter, but he did with rules gear for shooter to be successful hence freedom of movement
played on his nephew's team in high school, realized real quick i wasn't getting any chance of beating him out, the dampier name was royalty. they finished last in the conference that year, i quit half-way thru to focus on graduating early.
Fun Fact #1: Elmore Smith and Len Elmore both played in the 1970s. Fun Fact #2: Wilt Chamberlain supposedly had at least two games with over 20 blocks, but the NBA didn't start officially counting blocks until the 1970s.
If you look at his 1973-74 game log in Basketball-Reference, you'll notice that Smith also had several incredible block performances that were clustered around the 17-block game, including 14 blocks in the game before his record-setting performance. 10 BLK vs. Rockets on Oct. 23rd, 1973 7 BLK vs. Kings on Oct. 24th, 1973 14 BLK vs. Pistons on Oct. 26th, 1973 17 BLK vs. Blazers on Oct. 28th, 1973 5 BLK vs. Blazers on Oct. 30th, 1973 ? BLK vs. Knicks on Nov. 2nd, 1973 (Blocks unavailable) 14 BLK vs. Rockets on Nov. 5th, 1973 In this five-game window (Oct. 23rd to Oct. 30th), he averaged a triple-double with points, rebounds, and blocks: 12.2 PTS, 13.2 REB, and 10.6 BLK (!) (53 BLK in only 5 games) Note: There is no information for how many blocks he had in the Knicks game on Nov. 2nd, 1973.
I still think that Dantley is the better overall scorer, but he wasn't near as consistent as English, he played way less games than English did in the 80s
Actually, Louis DID get competition, but not anyone serious during his first 3 seasons in the league. Billy Keller COULD argue with him (AND DID) for the rest of the existence of the ABA, and there were other names in that mix as well. Louis was there at the start - Keller came along some seasons later.
Louis held the record for most 3's made in a season for *22 seasons* - was finally passed BARELY by Reggie Miller in his "made most 3's" season. Louis also held the record for most 3's attempted for *26* seasons* - it took Ray Allen's highest "attempted most 3's" season to pass THAT mark. Yet the ABA 3 point range was 25' from the center of the basket (24' 3" from the edge), where the NBA had a 3 point line for most of it's existence in the NBA at 22' 9" from the edge (22' 3" for a few seasons in the 1990s), which dropped the 3PG% of Louis a percent or three (the NBA time with the 6 INCH shorter line was good for about 1% higher 3FG% as I recall). @gohanblack - sorta right, the figures were a little longer for the NBA and they didn't measure from the same point as the ABA did, but the ABA shot WAS noticeably longer (2 feet/2.5 feet). There's a reason Louis was one of the 7 "unanimous" choices for the All ABA team - even though his time in the NBA wasn't nearly as effective with the NBA not getting the 3 point shot 'til a year or two after Louis retired. Nice to see him get SOME recognition.
@@Basically_Basketball People CLAIM that Curry is "the 3 point revolution". That's wrong - Curry is part of a long EVOlution, Damier was the revolution back before Curry was BORN.
And the basketballs were made of yarn and tape. Like golf balls, basketballs improve every year. Computers weren't regularly used to help make basketballs until the 1990's. People never factor that into their statistics. Have you ever seen the archaic basketballs Bob Cousy and Bill Russell played with during their dynasty years?
@@Basically_Basketball I believe Schayes for the 50s, Wilt for the 60s, Kareem for the 70s, English for the 80s, Malone for the 90s. I stopped paying attention after that.
@@Basically_BasketballWorthy was in an ideal place for him (Magic). He ran the floor, had superb quickness and got a ton of layups and dunks thanks to LAs fast break led by Magic. When Magic left his FG % shrank badly and his scoring dipped a bit as well.
@@Amick44 Yeah, Worthy was a perfect fit for the showtime lakers. Part of the reason that Magic was as good as he was is because of his ability to make other players around him better.
A great, unheralded center. The '65 SF Warriors had both Nate Thurmond as well as Wilt Chamberlain. The first time I saw Hakeem Olajuwon in the NCCA in '83 I thought he played the game like Nate Thurmond did.
I never really thought about the Hakeem Olajuwon and Nate Thurmond comparison, but you're totally right, the rebounding and defensive skills and intensity are very similar.
