Jesus Christ was Jabbar magnificent in the early days. I mean he was always great, but when he was a kid and still had good legs he was 7-2 with an insane vertical. Outside of Wilt nobody had that kind of athletic ability at that position.
Lenny Wilkens was such a good coach that people forget how good a player he was. The Van Arsdales both had that 1950s Indiana schoolboy jump shot. Oscar was so smooth.
I watched about a million games it seems like in the 1970s NBA and even some ABA and of course a lot after the merger and the two guys that I always remember being the most consistent and effective always were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and John Havlicek
I didn't like when Bird and Magic came in the league.i thought it ruined the mystique of the 70s .I think Geoff Petrie was as great as pistol Pete and Paul westphal and Jerry west.he was the master of the spin dribble and he won co rookie of the year with Dave cowens.but he had knee injuries
