The Last Dance: In Praise of One Lone Gold Hoop Earring

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heard Ryen Rusillo say something I always bring up when fawning over MJ: dude never for 1 second looked awkward or out of control, and by comparison he made all of the most gifted basketball athletes of his and previous generations look stiff and clumsy (maybe some small guards a la Isiah were somewhat on his level of smoothness). Every generation after him has had that "MJ Starter Pack" of smooth physicality from a young age and so there's verrrry few stiff/awkward players at any level. Obv today's players have taken it to new levels, esp ball handling.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 04:05 (four years ago) link

yeah he looked like a different species of human out there

lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 04:11 (four years ago) link

glad to see the chosen one is spreading the gospel of hoops in these times

Clay, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 05:54 (four years ago) link

praise ugly leather jackets

terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 05:57 (four years ago) link

couple notes here 1 its interesting to watch mikes style just get worse and worse over time 2 both him and salley are wearing lil beaded necklaces in their present day interviews is it a thing will gary payton show up with one too

lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link

3 mike calling isaiahs bs re pistons walking off the court was a perfect cinema moment

lag∞n, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 13:59 (four years ago) link

highlight for me so far has been Pippen's gigantic suits

frogbs, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link

heard Ryen Rusillo say something I always bring up when fawning over MJ: dude never for 1 second looked awkward or out of control, and by comparison he made all of the most gifted basketball athletes of his and previous generations look stiff and clumsy (maybe some small guards a la Isiah were somewhat on his level of smoothness). Every generation after him has had that "MJ Starter Pack" of smooth physicality from a young age and so there's verrrry few stiff/awkward players at any level. Obv today's players have taken it to new levels, esp ball handling.

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, April 29, 2020 12:05 AM (ten hours ago)

yeah I was watching eps 3/4 with my hoops-indifferent gf, who is from LA and knows who magic is, and when the 91 finals footage came on the contrast between MJ's smoothness and magic's relative stiffness was apparent enough that she was all "he moved like that??"

k3vin k., Wednesday, 29 April 2020 14:51 (four years ago) link

watch mikes style just get worse and worse over time

are we sure there was ever a stylish MJ?
https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/michael-jordan-college-dorm-room-1983-umbrella_unc.jpg?w=640

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link

I kid, I kid. Growing up you'd hear a lot about him being a "fashion icon". And on the court, he did bring about the baggy shorts.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link

man those are some big hands btw

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link

when lebron moves to the basket, he has a lot of the same grace but he's just so much bigger that there's a degree of him using his muscle to get in there. with michael in his prime, his fluidity of motion often looked like a special effect.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link

I think that's a big part of what makes LeBron special; I can't think of another player at that size who was/is as smooth as him. Predecessors would be Larry Johnson and Derrick Coleman, but it's been soooo long since I've seen those dudes play that I may see them now and be surprised they were more clunky than I remember.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link

Big Dog Robinson too maybe

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link

Shawn Kemp comes to mind

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 15:31 (four years ago) link

umbrella mj is stylin in that picture dont hate

methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 16:27 (four years ago) link

seriously!!!!

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link

xp to granny: i guess the thing that sets LeBron apart is that LJ and DC and Big Dog and Kemp were all playing at a super high level for maybe three years, five years tops? LBJ has been consistent for sixteen. That's Karl Malone but with rings + assists.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 16:43 (four years ago) link

to anyone who doesn't believe MJ that he didn't partake in the "Traveling Cocaine Circus", I would just show them that pic and rest my case.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 16:44 (four years ago) link

plus iirc he listed his fav musician as Anita Baker. As a 20 yr old college student.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link

oh there's for sure other things that set LeBron apart from those guys. I was just thinking physicality/kinesiology.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link

thinkin about how stuff like Pippen delaying his surgery so he could enjoy the summer and Rodman taking a 48 hour Vegas trip in the middle of the season would play out on NBA twitter today

frogbs, Thursday, 30 April 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link

even pippen sitting out with a headache

Spottie, Thursday, 30 April 2020 17:15 (four years ago) link

People really don’t understand migraines

Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 30 April 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link

I remember around that time I tried playing basketball with a migraine and ended up puking on court

Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 30 April 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link

I think that's a big part of what makes LeBron special; I can't think of another player at that size who was/is as smooth as him. Predecessors would be Larry Johnson and Derrick Coleman, but it's been soooo long since I've seen those dudes play that I may see them now and be surprised they were more clunky than I remember.


Kemp is the closest thing imo

Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 30 April 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link

i agree im just saying hoops twitter would have roasted him for it

Spottie, Thursday, 30 April 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link

Wade had an issue with migraines too right?

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link

migraines are no joke. as they said in the doc, they're bad enough without having to match up against young dennis rodman

k3vin k., Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link

this has been fantastic, just thrilling every minute of it

I really enjoyed the Rodman episode, and I'd kind of started to forget the good things about Phil due to his Knicks tenure

but the zen thing, his handling of Rodman is pretty brilliant, just the idea that he is who he is and you can't change it and shouldn't try

it's definitely contrary to the authoritarian mindset of coaching, and yes like Spottie says, First Take and Twitter would be foaming at the mouth today if someone took a Vegas vacation mid season

the only slight comparison is maybe Belichick and Gronk, but I think it's different because it's not so much BB understands what makes people tick it's that he doesn't care and for however long Gronk's positives outweighed the negatives in his mental ledger

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link

also I want Horace Grant to be my friend

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:25 (four years ago) link

horace is funny

lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link

appreciated how much respect jordan and pip showed rodman too like they easily cld been all lol that weirdo but they went out of their way to praise him as a tru baller

lag∞n, Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link

Horace grant is the true mvp

let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link

the man made goggles cool again

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link

Horace grant is the true mvp

Knowing how to play on the same team with MJ, Pippen, and Rodman, and fit in without a hitch is a rare talent itself.

A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:40 (four years ago) link

he's lump

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 30 April 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link

Grant left before Rodman came

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link

I never got the criticism of Scottie for the migraine. Yeah I guess ppl thought oh it's just a headache??? puuuusssyyyy

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:27 (four years ago) link

xp -Not quite as talented as I said he was then. ;-)

A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link

I never got the criticism of Scottie for the migraine. Yeah I guess ppl thought oh it's just a headache??? puuuusssyyyy

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, April 30, 2020 bookmarkflaglink

"mike played through a flu!"

Spottie, Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:35 (four years ago) link

I think of the flu game every time I catch it, still amazed that someone was able to do that in a situation where I can barely get up the stairs

frogbs, Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link

idk I'm guessing the flu hits me harder than guys like say Michael Jordan

frogbs, Thursday, 30 April 2020 20:45 (four years ago) link

it was food poisoning but yeah

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 April 2020 21:03 (four years ago) link

appreciated how much respect jordan and pip showed rodman too like they easily cld been all lol that weirdo but they went out of their way to praise him as a tru baller


Rodman was just a force of nature, and everywhere he went the team won. Hakeem destroying Robinson in that one series made people forget that the Spurs won like 63 games that year with Robinson, Rodman and a bunch of absolute trash

Matt Armstrong, Friday, 1 May 2020 16:15 (four years ago) link

Rodman was the best. Fucking loved him growing up and regularly leaped horizontally out of bounds to save balls at rec center pick up games.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 1 May 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link

https://skepticalsports.com/the-case-for-dennis-rodman-guide/

"Dennis Rodman has dominated Rebounding Percentage more than anyone has dominated any major stat."

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 1 May 2020 17:39 (four years ago) link

URLs you know instinctively are true but still make you feel nauseous
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/michael-jordan-once-turned-down-100-million-for-a-two-hour-appearance-agent-says/

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 1 May 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link

misleading. also had to give his name & likeness.

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:20 (four years ago) link

$100 mil to wear clothes that are properly tailored y or n MJ??

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link


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