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KobeMVP888 wrote:

3Peatkb24 wrote:

KobeMVP888 wrote:The 70's were my favorite decade of basketball, but that's because I was young, played all the time and loved the college game back then, too. Pistol Pete, Magic and those Knicks kind of says it all for me. As mind blowing as the 80's were and then the 00's, the 70's hold a very special place in my heart.

Yeah I was so damn young in the 70's that I basically only understood the game at the tail of end of that decade. 1st Finals I ever watched was Sixers/Blazers and I remember Blazers taking out the Lakers with Kareem there. 1979 NCAA Finals I remember like it was yesterday because I was probably the only person in Indiana that rooted for Michigan St, most adults probably wanted to kill me I just loved the way Magic played from the few games I was able to see him. Man when he joined Kareem in 1980 I cant describe what I was feeling because I was already a Laker fan because of Kareem. The Basketball Gods did me a major solid as a young kid!

The other huge part of it was the new, really exciting ABA, whose brand of basketball was the obvious influence on today's game. If you haven't read "Loose Balls, the Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association" by Terry Pluto or "The Breaks of the Game" by David Halberstam, they are musts. I know I have talked about those books ad nauseum, but they are worth repeating if you haven't read them. IMO they are the best books ever written on professional basketball.

The 70's was an awesome decade, I was really young but my mom allowed me to watch a lot of games and stay up late, etc..

Older player. Older player injury. Hopefully Dirk will be back sooner rather than later. How did we lose to them?

KobeMVP888 wrote:

Older player. Older player injury. Hopefully Dirk will be back sooner rather than later. How did we lose to them?

Glad he got his Ring because he was a Great player. His best days are behind him now. Cuban has his work cut out for him to rebuild that mess.

Pacers just beat the Clippers 111-102 in LA and they beat them 91-70 in Indy last week. Pacers are 10-10 and still haven't found their groove. Does anyone really think the Clippers are a legit threat to a team like the Warriors? I sure don't. They let the Pacers punk them twice

3Peatkb24 wrote:Pacers just beat the Clippers 111-102 in LA and they beat them 91-70 in Indy last week. Pacers are 10-10 and still haven't found their groove. Does anyone really think the Clippers are a legit threat to a team like the Warriors? I sure don't. They let the Pacers punk them twice

I watched the second half of the game. The ONLY way that the Clippers have a chance against the Warriors is if the Warriors suffer a significant injury (Curry or Durant, in particular) AND DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin play the best basketball of their careers over a 7 game series. JJ Redick will also have to shoot lights out. Otherwise, my answer is an emphatic NO.

Go Queens!

Not buying it.

KobeMVP888 wrote:

Go Queens!

Barnes is a punk if this is true.

KobeMVP888 wrote:

That team could win 70 games again if it wanted too but I don't think they will go for it. If healthy, they will no doubt win the Championship. One reason why I don't think LeBron is a Top 5 player of all-time is, at least to me he doesn't have the fear factor that Jordan, Magic, or Kobe had, especially Jordan where you knew his teams would never lose. I'll give LeBron credit for last season but his team got very lucky, Warriors went scoreless in the last 5 minutes of that Game 7, Irving made the game winning shot. I just don't see LeBron as invincible the way I seen Jordan. Kudos to Klay, he could've scored 70 had Kerr kept him in!, maybe 80??

KobeMVP888 wrote:

Not buying it.

I don't see it either!

KobeMVP888 wrote:

I am going to make a bold statement here and say he is the best player in the league, better at this point in his career than LeBron or Durant is. He is better than Curry as well because of his Rebounding ability.

I disagree, Mo Buckets. I think the Clippsterns should keep on whining and whining and whining!

KobeMVP888 wrote:

I disagree, Mo Buckets. I think the Clippsterns should keep on whining and whining and whining!

Same ol Clippers, cant even make a Final 4