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Please to be posting that Rockets playoff game where they clanked 18 three point attempts in a row or whatever god awful number it was....Doogles said:BleachedAnusDawg said:Things I've learned in this thread are that Doogles is a retard and Tommy should spend more time with Pumpy.
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I think basketball today was superior to what it was back then but I don’t think the difference is as big as it looks.
Watching them back then definitely looks like dreck but I think they were a lot better than this dude on Twitter is suggesting.
Today’s dribbling is massively more aesthetically pleasing for sure but there’s a very good reason for that. The big thing is that back then they called travels and (especially) carries. There’s a reason they quit calling them, the game is prettier and more exciting without them. But playing under those rules is a major handcuff.
And yes they couldn’t shoot half as good back then but they didn’t grow up with a three point line. Take those players and have them born in 1998 and they’d be significantly better shooters too.
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Disagree. The Throbber can stroke it (heh heh) as well as any youngster and just as deep.dnc said:I think basketball today was superior to what it was back then but I don’t think the difference is as big as it looks.
Watching them back then definitely looks like dreck but I think they were a lot better than this dude on Twitter is suggesting.
Today’s dribbling is massively more aesthetically pleasing for sure but there’s a very good reason for that. The big thing is that back then they called travels and (especially) carries. There’s a reason they quit calling them, the game is prettier and more exciting without them. But playing under those rules is a major handcuff.
And yes they couldn’t shoot half as good back then but they didn’t grow up with a three point line. Take those players and have them born in 1998 and they’d be significantly better shooters too.
It’s just a different game.
Just can't softly drop in at the rim like the Iceman these days. More like net level.
But I can still finger.roll.
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I watched the 1993 Western Semis last week between Seattle and Houston. Game 7
The game is completely different. It was changing at that time thanks to Michael but Hakeem and Ewing still made most teams think they needed a big man regardless if he could play or not.
There is no one like the best of the best in any era as a regular guy today. They are a JAG in any era. But not wasting 20% of your lineup on a stiff who can't play did help the game immensely.
At any rate that was a good ball game. Gary and Shawn weren't the leaders yet. It was Eddie Johnson. Ricky Pierce and other vets. And the most frustrating player ever - D McKey
Mad Max for the Rockets. They played a similar game to today. Throw it in to Hakeem and stand at the three point line -
The Sonics owned the Rockets.RaceBannon said:I watched the 1993 Western Semis last week between Seattle and Houston. Game 7
The game is completely different. It was changing at that time thanks to Michael but Hakeem and Ewing still made most teams think they needed a big man regardless if he could play or not.
There is no one like the best of the best in any era as a regular guy today. They are a JAG in any era. But not wasting 20% of your lineup on a stiff who can't play did help the game immensely.
At any rate that was a good ball game. Gary and Shawn weren't the leaders yet. It was Eddie Johnson. Ricky Pierce and other vets. And the most frustrating player ever - D McKey
Mad Max for the Rockets. They played a similar game to today. Throw it in to Hakeem and stand at the three point line
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It's not about the misses, it's how they move. The lack of fluidity and angles. You can see them thinking.PurpleThrobber said:
Please to be posting that Rockets playoff game where they clanked 18 three point attempts in a row or whatever god awful number it was....Doogles said:BleachedAnusDawg said:Things I've learned in this thread are that Doogles is a retard and Tommy should spend more time with Pumpy.
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Fluidity and angles are easy when you can no longer hand check. They also stopped calling traveling and carrying the basketball altogether.Doogles said:
It's not about the misses, it's how they move. The lack of fluidity and angles. You can see them thinking.PurpleThrobber said:
Please to be posting that Rockets playoff game where they clanked 18 three point attempts in a row or whatever god awful number it was....Doogles said:BleachedAnusDawg said:Things I've learned in this thread are that Doogles is a retard and Tommy should spend more time with Pumpy.
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LMAODoogles said:BleachedAnusDawg said:Things I've learned in this thread are that Doogles is a retard and Tommy should spend more time with Pumpy.
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The high ball screen/put two guys in the corners is not fluidity.Doogles said:
It's not about the misses, it's how they move. The lack of fluidity and angles. You can see them thinking.PurpleThrobber said:
Please to be posting that Rockets playoff game where they clanked 18 three point attempts in a row or whatever god awful number it was....Doogles said:BleachedAnusDawg said:Things I've learned in this thread are that Doogles is a retard and Tommy should spend more time with Pumpy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjebTwqoDjs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIXClAhFC8
