Loved the way Worthy played I wished he would have been healthy in that 1991 Lakers Bulls series I think Lakers might have won that series with healthy James Worthy!
the 11 mavs led by star dirk nowitzki were nowhere near as elite as the 58 hawks led by legend bob pettit because they didn't face legends like bill russell
James Worthy was absolutely one of the greatest in the open court in the nba. People didn't have defenses to stop Worthy. He was too quick, a super passer, great jump shooter. So so defender(couldn't stop Bird), could rebound as needed, ran the floor extremely well, was a super late game clutch shooter. Worked extremely well with the greatest point guard in history, Magic(and the big O). Owned the Celts in 85 and 87. Was a class act who was a complimentary player to Kareem and all of his teammates. One of the greatest forwards ever. If the Celts had James, Bird would have 6 chips. He was THAT good.
Al Meltzer was born in 1928 and saw Wilt play many times live. He knew what he was talking about. Do not let nick wrongs and blabber a. smiths explain anything to you about something they never saw.
People forget that Worthy was the best player on the North Carolina national championship team in 82 that featured a true freshmen named "Mike" Jordan.
Has there ever been a better small forward finishing around the basket? Turnarounds, finger rolls, pivot moves, pump fakes, left hand, right hand...the whole arsenal!
I'm looking for the title of the prison movie or TV series from 80's or 90's. Definitely USA. I remember only short and violent scene, perhaps at the start of episode/movie. Two men are prisoners. They wears blue jeans and light blue denim or chambray work shirts. Their main opposite man is nefarious prison guard. The warden says to prisoner: "You are free, so you go home", so the prisoner goes slowly. When he goes through long corridor and he is backed, warden shot him (short pistol, not rifle or shotgun) in his back. Unfortunately, the prisoner is dead (it was sudden and lethal shot in the back). Then, prison guard says to second prisoner: "You will be suffer". Second prisoner is scared, he cried probably and kneeled. Is it "my movie" ?
I remember when the Detroit Pistons traded A I to the Nuggets for Iverson. My buddys (we were playing cards when it was announced) My buddies wrre ooooong and aweing about the trade, saying that the Nuggets were going to be so awesome. Meanwhile, I stated, Detroit just won the N.B.A. title. They got rid of their problem (Iverson) and added a much better player, a player that actually plays both ways and plays team ball! Then i told them that the Nuggets would "NEVER WORK", you have 2 of the biggest guns in NBA history playing together and neither one of them care or even try to play team ball. I was mocked all night long but the rest is history and we all know what happened. Detroit won it all, and I think Chauncey even won finals MVP. Of course the Iverson/ Carmelo pairing was a disaster. Iverson was an INCREDIBLE talent, with TONS AND TONS of God given basketball talent. He may be the quickest player to ever play the game and was practically impossible to guard. However, he never became the player he should have been. He took WAAAY too many poor shots, making him a career, 42% shooter from the field and a 31% shooter from the 3 point line. Those are poor #s, ESPECIALLY for someone eho some call an all time great. Watching him play is what his team mates did, as he often just played 1 on 5 basketball. The list of players who hated playing with him and had poor statistical seasons along side Iverson is long. Jerry Stackhouse and (Vince Carter come to mind) He was a coach killer, who never listened to any coach or player for that matter. Incredible talent, but his "we're talking about practice meme, is classic and describes how Iverson played during his career.
A very, very efficient player. He doesn't hog the ball, no overdribbling, no fancy stuffs...just punch that ball through the hole in two seconds flat. He would've been excellent in the "7 seconds or less" D'Antoni offense.
1.33 darryl dawkins 1.28462 Artis Gilmore* 1.28372 Steve Johnson 1.24 Brad Davis 1.229 james donaldson 1.22382 Adrian Dantley* 1.21714 Kevin McHale* 1.20597 Larry Nance 1.20482 James Worthy* 1.20482 Charles Barkley* 1.1999 Otis Thorpe 1.19807 Kiki Vandeweghe 1.18987 Magic Johnson* 1.1891 Tim McCormick 1.18782 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1.17797 Ricky Pierce 1.17784 Sidney Moncrief* 1.1711 Maurice Cheeks* 1.1675 Craig Hodges 1.16608 Mike Gminski 1.1643 Ed Pinckey 1.15957 Wes Matthews 1.1564 Jerome Kersey 1.15412 Robert Parish* 1.14789 James Edwards 1.14667 Sleepy Floyd 1.14644 Melvin Turpin 1.14554 Derek Harper 1.14159 Larry Bird* 1.13812 Rodney McCray top point per shot 1986 (point/(fg+(ft/2)))
