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I can't believe Dirk was abusing Ibaka the way he was. Ibaka looked like he was 6'5" against Dirk. WTF is up with that? was it Dirk on fire or Ibaka being exposed
The "main man" tag was indeed tired and overused......but I LOVED "NBA Jam" on Saturdays. I LITERALLY wouldn't leave my house until I got done seeing it (particularly the "Jam Session") in the afternoon, lol.
EDIT: Meant "Inside Stuff", not "NBA Jam like the video game, damn.
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I can't believe Dirk was abusing Ibaka the way he was. Ibaka looked like he was 6'5" against Dirk. WTF is up with that? was it Dirk on fire or Ibaka being exposed
That other TMac dunk in Chicago with him riding someone to the ground like a horse (no exaggeration) was sick. Vince had some extremely athletic moves in the air.....Kemp and 'Nique were a bit more violent (backboard breaker-esque) and guys back in those times seemed more willing to try to go for the block/foul which resulted in some sick and-1's.
Vince brought the thunder down on a few people in the Toronto days but there were many that wanted no part of the poster.
The best thing about the 90s playoffs was Bulls/Pacers/Knicks/Heat, and Marv Albert calling it all. He's still the best in the game today.
Of course, my most favorite thing about the playoffs in the 90s...
Dirk just being Dirk...
Kudos to whoever gets this reference.
Dirk was on fire, no doubt, and Serge gave him a lot of room/respect from the gate which resulted in a lot of jumpers in the grill. Serge's main job is to protect the rim, but he's got the footwork to make the shots a little bit more difficult than he did tonight. Dirk's going to get his regardless, but he can't be out there shooting spotup J's either......which he'll do if you consistently give him too much room to work with.
I suspect Brooks is going to mix things up the same way teams have doen with Rose to make take him out of rhythm and make him 2nd guess what he's seeing moving forward, but Serge is still going to get the bulk of that assignment for better or worse.
Amazing game by Dirk. If Dirk played an average game, we probably lose though. Thankfully he is in God mode.
I agree Heis very good but was no Chick Hearn ...I liked him too. But he has done TNT games as well so I didnt mention him ...
All the great shot blockers get put on a poster.
Them and Shawn Bradley.
I just love the call.
As good as VC was I still think Nique/Kemp were sicker, but MJ and Nique were dunking when the league was still played on the ground ... for the most part.
VC did his when there were plenty of other quality leapers ...
Nah, there were some dunkers back then. But without the internet or tv coverage as prominent as it is today, we don't remember them as much.
Dr. J could get off the ground. Gervin's finger roll came about because he said he kept hurting his wrist from dunking so much. Darryl Dawkins tearing down rims. Anyone remember Tom Chambers knee lift dunk?
I've seen a lot of basketball since the 90s, enough to know that Howard is NOT the best defensive big man since Russell (just had to get that off my chest. Heard it said some recently) and a lot of guys could flat out get off the ground.
, check out how high Sean Elliott gets off the ground here.
Vince has literally dunked OVER guys in games though. And he's thrown down on everyone.
Kemp was a great in game dunker, and his dunks were violent (kind of like Amare in his prime before his injuries). , when people say we hadn't seen a PF dunk like Amare, Kemp was the first name I'd throw out there.
Robinson was a great dunker too, for a 7 footer. Guy could jump out of the jump and had been known to thrown down a 360.
Holy 48 pts on 15 shots.
I missed the whole game. But it appears to me that 19 and 24 FTAs for two jump shooters is excessive.
lol Thats funny. Inglorious Bas s. Supposedly the guy snipe 100's of men in the movie.
Kudos to whoever gets this reference.
Vince is clear one for me, he was just insane.
If you can jump over the head of a 7 footer in a game, whether it be in the NBA, International, or even a rec league, you're a bad man.
I saw the likes of Jordan, Kemp, Clyde, even DRob to a point (man what an athlete he was) VC, TMac, Kobe as well as many others in their primes dunking on people.
Vince's dunk over the 7 ft frenchie was the most amazing thing I've ever seen on a basketball court.
TMac's dunk on Bradley is 2nd though for me. It's a home game for Dallas, and the call by Kevin Harlan (I think), the viciousness of the dunk, the color analysts just enjoying it and last but certainly not least, the collective and very audible "Ohhhh" from the Dallas fans was just something else. You know the dunk is bad when the road team's player is making the home town fans just gasp and awe like they can't believe what they just saw.
Sorry, I just had to post it again.
The bulk of nique's leaping prime was in the 80's ..i believe he was drafted in 1982 IIRC ...Back in the 80's those guys you mentioned Doc Clyde and a few others could dunk. But most of the best players Magic, Bird, Kareem, Moses, Mullin, Isiah, english and McHale were not leapers.
I love James worthy and he could jump but if he was playing today he would not be anywhere close to one of the most athletic players in the NBA. He still would be very good beciuase of his baseline spin moves and 15 footer ...but worthy was considered one of the most athletic forwards of his day ...he would not be in today's NBA.
dont get me wrong Im not ting on the 80's it was my favorite decade of ball ...but the caliber of athletes in the NBA has improved two fold. Shooting has gotten worse, but leapers are common place.
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