NBA season 2019/20
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@voodoo Stockton was one of my favourite players. He might look like an IRS accountant, but he was a fierce competitor that knew how to win with the pieces around him. I would watch hours of how he played the 2 man game with Malone. The detail of when to dribble, when to take the step off the screen, what holes presented for the pass.
I was fortunate to play a lot of ball when I was younger with a Samoan mate who was the teenage equivalent of Karl Malone. Big, strong and a beast around the basket.
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
@voodoo Stockton was one of my favourite players. He might look like an IRS accountant, but he was a fierce competitor that knew how to win with the pieces around him. I would watch hours of how he played the 2 man game with Malone. The detail of when to dribble, when to take the step off the screen, what holes presented for the pass.
I was fortunate to play a lot of ball when I was younger with a Samoan mate who was the teenage equivalent of Karl Malone. Big, strong and a beast around the basket.
I probably played against more of those guys than with - unfortunately! I was the classic undersized forward at school.
Ahh, the memories! A mate of mine put our schoolboys national final on YouTube for all to enjoy a few years back, I tried to get my kid to watch it but it's fair to say he was underwhelmed by the spectacle...
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@Bovidae said in NBA season 2019/20:
And how about Hornacek stroking his face 3 times (for his 3 children) before every FT attempt. It was so funny to watch but the ball usually went through the hoop.
Sure did, 88% career FT shooter.
I love some of the FT rituals. Some might remember the Harold Miner routine when he was USC. I was a dribble three times and spin the ball in both hands two times guy...
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
@Bovidae said in NBA season 2019/20:
And how about Hornacek stroking his face 3 times (for his 3 children) before every FT attempt. It was so funny to watch but the ball usually went through the hoop.
Sure did, 88% career FT shooter.
I love some of the FT rituals. Some might remember the Harold Miner routine when he was USC. I was a dribble three times and spin the ball in both hands two times guy...
Best FT from the 90s was MJ answering Mutumbo's trash talking by shooting with his eyes closed and making it
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@shark dunno if it was meant to be a "team" or a "top 5", but either way its classic Magic, just kowtow to the current stars.
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@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@shark dunno if it was meant to be a "team" or a "top 5", but either way its classic Magic, just kowtow to the current stars.
Great player, shit coach and GM
@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@shark dunno if it was meant to be a "team" or a "top 5", but either way its classic Magic, just kowtow to the current stars.
Great player, shit coach and GM
It also kills me that he gets kudos , along with other sports stars to be fair, for being an "amazing businessman".
It's so dumb. The guy gets presented a thousand deals a year that go through multiple layers of vetting before he even sees them (if he ever does). But your average bloke with his head screwed on, doesnt get to see any of these opportunities.
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@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@shark dunno if it was meant to be a "team" or a "top 5", but either way its classic Magic, just kowtow to the current stars.
Great player, shit coach and GM
It also kills me that he gets kudos , along with other sports stars to be fair, for being an "amazing businessman".
It's so dumb. The guy gets presented a thousand deals a year that go through multiple layers of vetting before he even sees them (if he ever does). But your average bloke with his head screwed on, doesnt get to see any of these opportunities.
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@shark dunno if it was meant to be a "team" or a "top 5", but either way its classic Magic, just kowtow to the current stars.
Great player, shit coach and GM
It also kills me that he gets kudos , along with other sports stars to be fair, for being an "amazing businessman".
It's so dumb. The guy gets presented a thousand deals a year that go through multiple layers of vetting before he even sees them (if he ever does). But your average bloke with his head screwed on, doesnt get to see any of these opportunities.
He still has to pick and choose the right deals. The sports landscape is littered with retired sportspeople that lost all there money on a succession of deals gone bad. But you are right, he has massive opportunities, albeit won on the back of a stellar career
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@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@shark dunno if it was meant to be a "team" or a "top 5", but either way its classic Magic, just kowtow to the current stars.
Great player, shit coach and GM
It also kills me that he gets kudos , along with other sports stars to be fair, for being an "amazing businessman".
It's so dumb. The guy gets presented a thousand deals a year that go through multiple layers of vetting before he even sees them (if he ever does). But your average bloke with his head screwed on, doesnt get to see any of these opportunities.
He still has to pick and choose the right deals. The sports landscape is littered with retired sportspeople that lost all there money on a succession of deals gone bad. But you are right, he has massive opportunities, albeit won on the back of a stellar career
@canefan for sure he does. But half the battle is origination of opportunities. And he would see 50x more deals than the average bloke, and would have a solid team aound him doing the real work. Its a privileged position, and he's not some investment savant because of it
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@canefan for sure he does. But half the battle is origination of opportunities. And he would see 50x more deals than the average bloke, and would have a solid team aound him doing the real work. Its a privileged position, and he's not some investment savant because of it
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@canefan for sure he does. But half the battle is origination of opportunities. And he would see 50x more deals than the average bloke, and would have a solid team aound him doing the real work. Its a privileged position, and he's not some investment savant because of it
Nope. He ain't Warren Buffett
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
@Bovidae said in NBA season 2019/20:
And how about Hornacek stroking his face 3 times (for his 3 children) before every FT attempt. It was so funny to watch but the ball usually went through the hoop.
Sure did, 88% career FT shooter.
I love some of the FT rituals. Some might remember the Harold Miner routine when he was USC. I was a dribble three times and spin the ball in both hands two times guy...
Best FT from the 90s was MJ answering Mutumbo's trash talking by shooting with his eyes closed and making it
@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
@Bovidae said in NBA season 2019/20:
And how about Hornacek stroking his face 3 times (for his 3 children) before every FT attempt. It was so funny to watch but the ball usually went through the hoop.
Sure did, 88% career FT shooter.
I love some of the FT rituals. Some might remember the Harold Miner routine when he was USC. I was a dribble three times and spin the ball in both hands two times guy...
Best FT from the 90s was MJ answering Mutumbo's trash talking by shooting with his eyes closed and making it
My favourite FT of all time is Bo Kimble shooting a left handed FT in the first round of the NCAA tourney after his friend and team mate Hank Gathers died. What a tandem they were.
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Good old Magic, going out on a limb again...He has to have the worst player/analyst ability ratio going around.
Silly to leave Kawhi out (over Curry for me), but otherwise he has just picked the 5 best guys!
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
Good old Magic, going out on a limb again...He has to have the worst player/analyst ability ratio going around.
Silly to leave Kawhi out (over Curry for me), but otherwise he has just picked the 5 best guys!
I reckon both Leonard and Paul George would be successful back then. I see similarities in both their games with Pippen.
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@canefan for sure he does. But half the battle is origination of opportunities. And he would see 50x more deals than the average bloke, and would have a solid team aound him doing the real work. Its a privileged position, and he's not some investment savant because of it
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@canefan for sure he does. But half the battle is origination of opportunities. And he would see 50x more deals than the average bloke, and would have a solid team aound him doing the real work. Its a privileged position, and he's not some investment savant because of it
This. Also, a lot of these guys are already fucking loaded, so they don't need to take the riskier opportunities presented to them. They can literally afford to wait for the next sure thing to come along.
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@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
@Bovidae said in NBA season 2019/20:
And how about Hornacek stroking his face 3 times (for his 3 children) before every FT attempt. It was so funny to watch but the ball usually went through the hoop.
Sure did, 88% career FT shooter.
I love some of the FT rituals. Some might remember the Harold Miner routine when he was USC. I was a dribble three times and spin the ball in both hands two times guy...
Best FT from the 90s was MJ answering Mutumbo's trash talking by shooting with his eyes closed and making it
My favourite FT of all time is Bo Kimble shooting a left handed FT in the first round of the NCAA tourney after his friend and team mate Hank Gathers died. What a tandem they were.
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
@Bovidae said in NBA season 2019/20:
And how about Hornacek stroking his face 3 times (for his 3 children) before every FT attempt. It was so funny to watch but the ball usually went through the hoop.
Sure did, 88% career FT shooter.
I love some of the FT rituals. Some might remember the Harold Miner routine when he was USC. I was a dribble three times and spin the ball in both hands two times guy...
Best FT from the 90s was MJ answering Mutumbo's trash talking by shooting with his eyes closed and making it
My favourite FT of all time is Bo Kimble shooting a left handed FT in the first round of the NCAA tourney after his friend and team mate Hank Gathers died. What a tandem they were.
I'm no Kobe fan generally, but it's pretty hard to go past him making a pair on a busted achilles
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@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
@Bovidae said in NBA season 2019/20:
And how about Hornacek stroking his face 3 times (for his 3 children) before every FT attempt. It was so funny to watch but the ball usually went through the hoop.
Sure did, 88% career FT shooter.
I love some of the FT rituals. Some might remember the Harold Miner routine when he was USC. I was a dribble three times and spin the ball in both hands two times guy...
Best FT from the 90s was MJ answering Mutumbo's trash talking by shooting with his eyes closed and making it
@canefan said in NBA season 2019/20:
@ACT-Crusader said in NBA season 2019/20:
@Bovidae said in NBA season 2019/20:
And how about Hornacek stroking his face 3 times (for his 3 children) before every FT attempt. It was so funny to watch but the ball usually went through the hoop.
Sure did, 88% career FT shooter.
I love some of the FT rituals. Some might remember the Harold Miner routine when he was USC. I was a dribble three times and spin the ball in both hands two times guy...
Best FT from the 90s was MJ answering Mutumbo's trash talking by shooting with his eyes closed and making it
How good do you have to be to pull that off!!?? What a champ.
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@shark dunno if it was meant to be a "team" or a "top 5", but either way its classic Magic, just kowtow to the current stars.
@voodoo said in NBA season 2019/20:
@shark dunno if it was meant to be a "team" or a "top 5", but either way its classic Magic, just kowtow to the current stars.
I meant it'd be easier to succeed in the MJ era if you played any other position. So why would Magic suggest a Klay or D Book as examples.
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The fallout:
Pippen
Grant
Thomas
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The fallout:
Pippen
Grant
Thomas
@raznomore said in NBA season 2019/20:
The fallout:
Pippen
Grant
Thomas
And just like that, MJ is far and away the biggest name in basketball all over again.
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