Aquirre at his best, 19 of 30 from the field for 39 points. Game 4 of the 1986 Western Conference Semifinals My collection: nba-collector.webs.com/ My facebook page: / vintagenbavideos
this guy is so underrated...in his preime was a 25-5-5 player in a vaery good team(80's dallas) and of course a key member and 3rd scorer of bad boy's pistons who won 2 champs.
Big Mark is my favorite Mavericks player of all time! He never got tha credit he deserved for being so viscous at barely 6'6. Aguirre was a killer in his prime, and down to earth/real off tha court too. Respect ✊🏼
Aguirre was a beast. Pure scorer. When he was at DePaul they were number 1 ranked in the nation for 2 out 3yrs he was there. Then they would get knocked out in the first round because of free throws all the time. It's a shame because he should have got at least 1 championship with all the talent they had. Most of it coming off the west side of the chi. It killed me when Dillard missed free throws at end of game they should have won against st. Joseph's. At least he got him 2 in the nba when he teamed up with another west side legend from the chi in Detroit, Isaiah Thomas.
My man from DePaul...great player. Guy had it all offensively, including a great post-up game. Mark Cuban, how the hell is this guy's jersey not in the rafters?
Hall of Fame worthy!!! Absolutely a joy to watch Mark Aquirre score buckets🏀
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Big Mark. Man I use to watch him in High School and Pro Am Summer League Games. He killed them all the exact same way. Mark was so underrated. If he had been in the EAST earlier in his career he would be a Hall of Famer. Mavericks could not get past the Lakers.
Aguirre was 6'6", had long arms, and big hands soo he played a lot taller than he was. Plus he had that big caboose and was thick so he could hold his position on the low block until he made his quick move. You add in his ability to face up and either drive and finish with both hands or shoot from deep with a nice touch and mark was a walking bucket.
His dad was born in mexico, raised in an arkansas farm here in the USA, his mother was 16 years old and of african descent. She left back to chicago 9 months pregnant and went in labor on the train ride home. Thus mark was born in chicago. He can be considered one of the first mexican/americans to play in the NBA...Amazing how he played back when the league was actually the NBA...Now its shoot 3's only league...haha..
He's from my old neighborhood, Imy uncle knew him, his grandfather was Puerto Rican. I watched him in the neighborhood as a young teenager, he went to our neighborhood school. I seen him and Isaiah on the neighborhood playgrounds. He went to Austin high school. Then he transferred to Westinghouse high school. Bog mark, is not a mixed black and Mexican person, your facts are wrong.
Do I have to insult you because you can't bother to google whether he is in the HOF or not? Don't be lazy and make stupid statements. Because it makes you look dumb. Aguirre is NOT in the Hall of Fame.
The type of SHOOTING Aguirre put on against us in that 1986 western conference semifinals despite us prevailing in 6 games, is why dr buss briefly explored the possibility of trading James worthy for mark Aguirre & a 1st round DRAFT pick which would have been roy tarpley (rip) people not old enough to remember Aguirre was Carmelo Anthony before Carmelo Anthony, this dude was literally a 27-29ppg guy for years and years before being traded to the pistons & making that championship sacrifice that probably shaved about 12-15ppg off of his lofty career average! Note: IM SO GLAD DR BUSS DIDN'T MAKE THAT TRADE & WE KEPT BIG GAME JAMES WORTHY 🙏
+PeekaPeep Didn't get his props which was in a way his fault. (He acted up in Dallas) He was better than Paul Pierce .On offense he is a fat Michael Jordan without the speed or ups but with the quickness, moves and a better J. I KNOW PEOPLE WILL TAKE THAT THE WRONG WAY..
Adrian DANTLEY didn't have a repertoire of offensive skills and one on one moves off the dribble like Aguirre did I don't recall AD ever dunking a basketball.
+Edwin Guerra Aguirre didn't even known the origin of his surname, and for him the correct pronunciation was the one used by the commentators. In fact, a Spanish magazine interviewed him and he almost got angry because they were pronunciating his surname in the Spanish and original way. So if he wants to use another pronunciation for his name, he's in his right.
I mean, that is the way you pronounce his last name with an emphasized R and E. But if he wants to say it as Aggwire, then that is on him. Might as well pronounce Lopez with a silent E and Martinez as Martins
Aguirre is a flat out scorer..the coach motta i believe hated him cause he was lazy at defense...he would be right at home and MVP canditate i todays no defense league..my lord he would be scoring at will
