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
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
― 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 itI really enjoyed the Rodman episode, and I'd kind of started to forget the good things about Phil due to his Knicks tenurebut 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 tryit'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 seasonthe 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
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
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
― 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
― 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
you have to also offer him the opportunity to lose $100 million if he misses a golf shot
― Morton Koopa Jr. Sings Elvis (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 May 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
wonder what the product was michael jordan beans
― lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 00:06 (four years ago) link
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, May 1, 2020 11:15 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
uhhhh they won 62 bc d rob was the mvp, sean elliott had a comeback season averaging 18 ppg on .468/.405/.807, plus avery johnson and vinny del negro each having their best years in their career up to that point. rodman missed almost half the season that year.
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Saturday, 2 May 2020 00:51 (four years ago) link
Didn't realize there was a thread for this--three episodes in and enjoying it.
I've mentioned my casualness as a fan, so the Jordan-Isaiah stuff--the depth of their animosity--was new to me. (Even yesterday, I saw a current interview where Thomas went out of his way to agitate Jordan.) As I was watching, the not-shaking-hands series in '91 struck me as awful. Thinking about it a few days later, I will say--and this is an irrational, suppressed part of me; I've coached lots of school sports, and always make a big deal out of sportsmanship--I kind of miss that in an era when competitive sports are so fraternal most of the time, the players bound together by their immense wealth. I like reading about when Jackie Robinson and Leo Durocher literally hated each other. (Nothing racial, but as competitors with an unbridgeable divide.) So I do understand the Pistons' motivation for walking off; they'd just been humiliated, and that's a hard switch to turn off for appearances' sake.
― clemenza, Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:01 (four years ago) link
Let's go with Isiah instead.
― clemenza, Saturday, 2 May 2020 13:09 (four years ago) link
its crazy how much everyone really hated and did not respect the pistons lol isaiah particularly and laimbeer was just loathed seemingly even by his own teammates considering none of them had his back when he wld start shit
― lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:48 (four years ago) link
they left isiah off the dream team!
― lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
Laimbeer seems like such a vile person, like none of the weird humanness and odd charm of Rodman, just a high school bully
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 2 May 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link
watching Lakers/Celtics game 6 of the 85 finals, and to someone's point upthread it's crazy how unathletic all these guys except Worthy are....so stiffalso maaaaan they shoot so many long 2s haha
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 2 May 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
the 3pt line was only 6 years old!
― lag∞n, Saturday, 2 May 2020 16:16 (four years ago) link
*at least for guys who didnt play in the aba