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  • voodooV Offline
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    @shark said in All-Time Favourite NBA Team/Players:

    Jesus, the Blazers and especially the Knicks weren't winning championships if Jordan wasn't around. The Jazz, yes. Suns with CB, yes. But Drexler and Cliff Robinson? Ewing and Mark Jackson??

    Huh?

    You realise the Blazers played the Bulls in the 92 Finals right?

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    NBA is basketball right, not National Baseball Assoc?

    So, love these guys

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    @voodoo said in All-Time Favourite NBA Team/Players:

    @shark said in All-Time Favourite NBA Team/Players:

    Jesus, the Blazers and especially the Knicks weren't winning championships if Jordan wasn't around. The Jazz, yes. Suns with CB, yes. But Drexler and Cliff Robinson? Ewing and Mark Jackson??

    Huh?

    You realise the Blazers played the Bulls in the 92 Finals right?

    Yep. And to assume they win if Jordan isn't there, is to assume they beat whomever else wins the Eastern Conference, or even the Bulls led by Pippen. The Blazers won 57 games that year. The Cavs also won 57 games and had the second best record in the East. They lost the EC Finals 4-2, same scoreline as the Blazers lost by in the Finals. In the Blazers' favour is that they won their 57 in a division where all but one team had a plus. 500 record. But it's not a fait accompli like the Jazz winning later in the 90s would have been.

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    My fav NBA team was the Seattle Supersonics.My fav NBA players were Shawn "Reignman" Kemp and Gary "The Glove" Payton.Back in the day when I collected cards I had a huge collection of Shawn Kemp cards.My current fav team is the OKC Thunder.

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    G Maurice Cheeks No. 10 (West Texas A&M)
    G Andrew Toney No. 22 (Louisiana)
    C Moses Malone No. 2 (Petersberg High School)
    F Bobby Jones No. 24 (North Carolina)
    F Julius Erving No. 6 (UMass)

    I saw the Bad Boys, Michael’s Bull’s, Larry’s Celtics, Magic (and Kareem, and Kobe’s) Laker’s, and Tim Duncan’s dynasty. But the best I ever saw in person was that team above. They would have beaten the Harlem Globetrotters. That’s how good they were. And then they blew it up.

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    @Salacious-Crumb said in All-Time Favourite NBA Team/Players:

    G Maurice Cheeks No. 10 (West Texas A&M)
    G Andrew Toney No. 22 (Louisiana)
    C Moses Malone No. 2 (Petersberg High School)
    F Bobby Jones No. 24 (North Carolina)
    F Julius Erving No. 6 (UMass)

    I saw the Bad Boys, Michael’s Bull’s, Larry’s Celtics, Magic (and Kareem, and Kobe’s) Laker’s, and Tim Duncan’s dynasty. But the best I ever saw in person was that team above. They would have beaten the Harlem Globetrotters. That’s how good they were. And then they blew it up.

    That was a great team, no doubt! Though I have to say, every single other champion over the past 20yrs would also beat the Harlem Globetrotters. 4-0. No question.

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    C - Hakeem Olajuwon
    PF - Kevin Garnett
    SF - James Worthy
    PG - Magic
    SG - MJ

    Of all time, Worthy was my man. He was the anchor that kept that awesome Lakers team together. He always defended the oppositions most dangerous players, always could be counted on for that clutch basket. Always gave it his all.

    Quintessential quiet achiever!

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    @RoninWC My favourite player from the showtime Lakers too.

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    @Mr-Shane Kemp and Vince Carter are my two favorite dunkers ever.

    It's easy to forget just how much bounce Kemp had.😲

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    @RoninWC said in All-Time Favourite NBA Team/Players:

    C - Hakeem Olajuwon
    PF - Kevin Garnett
    SF - James Worthy
    PG - Magic
    SG - MJ

    Of all time, Worthy was my man. He was the anchor that kept that awesome Lakers team together. He always defended the oppositions most dangerous players, always could be counted on for that clutch basket. Always gave it his all.

    Quintessential quiet achiever!

    Loved Worthy also. That baseline spin post move!

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    @Mr-Shane said in All-Time Favourite NBA Team/Players:

    My fav NBA team was the Seattle Supersonics.My fav NBA players were Shawn "Reignman" Kemp and Gary "The Glove" Payton.

    I used to love watching that team under George Karl. Hawkins, McMillan, Schrempf and the Big Smooth.

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    @Bovidae said in All-Time Favourite NBA Team/Players:

    @Mr-Shane said in All-Time Favourite NBA Team/Players:

    My fav NBA team was the Seattle Supersonics.My fav NBA players were Shawn "Reignman" Kemp and Gary "The Glove" Payton.

    I used to love watching that team under George Karl. Hawkins, McMillan, Schrempf and the Big Smooth.

    And the Glove!

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    Don't get me wrong, there is a time and a place for the NBL. But putting up game reruns of 97-89 victories by a team shooting 43% and converting 97% of its fast breaks into a layup cos they couldnt dunk it, it just not going to see me through the apocalypse.

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    @voodoo unless it's the Taipans winning in Perth by 23, in which case I'll probably watch naked

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    @mariner4life a wonderful mental image for me as I enjoy my breakfast...

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    @voodoo You could follow that up with watching replays of women's AFL. Make a day of it!

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    Best performances I saw in person Dr J 39 points, sat the last 4 mins of 3rd quarter and the entire 4th quarter, in era when there was no three-pointer; and saw MJ pour in 61 and then 59 points in consecutive seasons, all against the Pistons (they sucked hard when Doc faced them, circa ‘80 or ‘81; but were the defending champs when Michael scorched them, ‘87 & ‘88.) Detroit games used to be played at Pontiac Silverdome, where Hulk famously slammed Andre in front of 93,000. For the basketball games they moved the court into the corner of the stadium and ran a huge curtain around the portable stands. Looked cheese. But there was one game against the Celtics in 1988 I attended where they “pulled back the curtain” and drew 62,000 fans or thereabouts and was for a long time the biggest attendance of any game in NBA history. That year was the one (I think?) they won their first championship. The mid-to-late 80s and early 90s my best friend was a season ticket holder and dragged me to about 8 games a season, and the tickets cost $10 a game.

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    @Salacious-Crumb said in All-Time Favourite NBA Team/Players:

    Best performances I saw in person Dr J 39 points, sat the last 4 mins of 3rd quarter and the entire 4th quarter, in era when there was no three-pointer; and saw MJ pour in 61 and then 59 points in conseccutive seasons, all against the Pistons (they sucked hard when Doc faced them, circa ‘80 or ‘81; but were the defending champs when Michael scorched them, ‘87 & ‘88.) Detroit games used to be played at Pontiac Silverdome, where Hulk famously slammed Andre in front of 93,000. For the basketball games they moved the court into the corner of the stadium and ran a huge curtain around the portable stands. Looked cheese. But there was one game against the Celtics in 1988 I attended where they “pulled back the curtain” and drew 62,000 fans or therabots and was for a long time the biggest attendance of any game in NBA history. The mid-to-late 80s and early 90s my best friend was a season ticket holder and dragged me to about 8 games a season, and the tickets cost $10 a game.

    No words for how jealous I am of you right now

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    I was first introduced to NBA reading a copy of Sports Illustrated flying from Auckland to Los Angeles. The story was about how the owner of the Sixers paid an enormous sum of money to purchase Julius Erving from the rival league ABA (the Nets). Good story. Great Afro. Okay says me, I’ll support them, I supported him, and he’ll always be my No. 1 player.

    I might have mentioned before, but it’s hard to believe now. Sometimes NBA Championship Finals games were not televised live. I remember having to watch a Sixers vs Lakers game in the Final series on tape delay broadcast by CBS at midnight in the Eastern time zone. Midnight ffs!!!

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    @Salacious-Crumb said in All-Time Favourite NBA Team/Players:

    I was first introduced to NBA reading a copy of Sports Illustrated flying from Auckland to Los Angeles. The story was about how the owner of the Sixers paid an enormous sum of money to purchase Julius Erving from the rival league ABA (the Nets). Good story. Great Afro. Okay says me, I’ll support them, I supported him, and he’ll always be my No. 1 player.

    I might have mentioned before, but it’s hard to believe now. Sometimes NBA Championship Finals games were not televised live. I remember having to watch a Sixers vs Lakers game in the Final series on tape delay broadcast by CBS at midnight in the Eastern time zone. Midnight ffs!!!

    Both the NBA finals and the NCAA championship game used to be on tape delay. Crazy to think now

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