In 1984, Coach Bobby Knight was coming off a gold-medal Olympic run with Michael Jordan. Knight was friends with then Portland Trailblazer GM, Stu Inman, and called to sell him on Jordan as their first pick in the upcoming NBA draft. With Clyde Drexler already on the team, Inman had other plans.
Inman: We need a center.
Bobby Knight: Then draft Jordan, and play him at center.
Dude are all them rich white boys related? They all look like the same person.
oh and LOL Tlong
Lmao Tlong
That black guy is lovin it!
.... the only one in the Gif!
tlng
So many great things going on in that gif.
Oops, sorry, can you guys give me a clue regarding the context of that gif ? Totally out of whack here.
drafting oden instead of durant in 07 ain't the worst mistake they've made in their history imho, almost forgot they could've picked jordan in 84
damn, when did Justin Beiber go to Auburn ....... dude in the front row with the double middle fingers
Meanwhile in bizarro world the Blazers have one of the richest championship pedigrees in NBA history
They're also the defending champs
So awesome
wtf was that thing that flew in from the right?
OK, Saturday was certainly a crazy day of basketball. Two top-five teams fell, NC State sent a message, La Salle made moves, Wisconsin won on a last-second shot -- we'll get to all of that. What was everyone talking about at the end of the day? The GIF above, of course.
It's of Ole Miss guard Marshall Henderson taunting the Auburn student section, shortly after hitting two game-winning free throws in the final seconds. Watch it about 30 times, then you can truly dive into the analysis. Here are several observations, cycling through all the MVPs of the GIF:
- Obviously, we kick things off with the older gentleman standing up in defiance right in front of Henderson. Not sure what he said to Henderson, but that guy wasn't having anymore of the tomfoolery.
- The guy in the white polo is big-time, just smiling the entire time. He loves it.
- Jerry Garcia-looking guy on press row. He's clapping, smiling, really enjoying the scene.
- The crew of double-middle finger guys. They're forever best friends.
- The guy who rips his hat off. He was so heated he just couldn't take it anymore.
- Now we get to the sleepers: To kick things off, check out my man next to Auburn pajamas girl. He's got the creepy sideways grin, like he digs Marshall Henderson's at ude, but can't have his friends find out.
- Speaking of Auburn pajamas girl, she looks out of place. And is also terrified by the flying object to her left.
- What is that flying object? No one really knows. Could be a Fathead, could be a cardboard cutout, could be an umbrella. But the blonde girl reacts like it's a head. A real one.
- White hat fellow. Waving his hands, yelling "Come on, come on, come on!" to Henderson. His flailing hands and sideways shuffle steals the show for a bit.
- The guy right in the middle who emphatically sticks a middle finger at Henderson -- and then tears it right back down. Everything he did was 100 percent.
- The curly-haired kid in the orange shirt. He gives the fingers, claps two times (as if to get loose) -- and then goes back with the fingers.
- Kid in the gray hoodie to the left. It kind of looks like he sneezes as the GIF starts -- but bounces back extraordinarily quickly to join in the ballyhoo.
- What about the girl in the upper right corner? She yells some profanity, and then goes tumbling forward, either getting pushed or falling from the momentum of her yelling.
- And yes, the older, older gentleman in the front row just seems dismayed by the entire scene. And probably this analysis of it.
Thx for the info, though i still don't really get it, the connection with Portland TBlazers team. Is Auburn Univ in Oregon state ?
OK, Saturday was certainly a crazy day of basketball. Two top-five teams fell, NC State sent a message, La Salle made moves, Wisconsin won on a last-second shot -- we'll get to all of that. What was everyone talking about at the end of the day? The GIF above, of course.
It's of Ole Miss guard Marshall Henderson taunting the Auburn student section, shortly after hitting two game-winning free throws in the final seconds. Watch it about 30 times, then you can truly dive into the analysis. Here are several observations, cycling through all the MVPs of the GIF:
- Obviously, we kick things off with the older gentleman standing up in defiance right in front of Henderson. Not sure what he said to Henderson, but that guy wasn't having anymore of the tomfoolery.
- The guy in the white polo is big-time, just smiling the entire time. He loves it.
- Jerry Garcia-looking guy on press row. He's clapping, smiling, really enjoying the scene.
- The crew of double-middle finger guys. They're forever best friends.
- The guy who rips his hat off. He was so heated he just couldn't take it anymore.
- Now we get to the sleepers: To kick things off, check out my man next to Auburn pajamas girl. He's got the creepy sideways grin, like he digs Marshall Henderson's at ude, but can't have his friends find out.
- Speaking of Auburn pajamas girl, she looks out of place. And is also terrified by the flying object to her left.
- What is that flying object? No one really knows. Could be a Fathead, could be a cardboard cutout, could be an umbrella. But the blonde girl reacts like it's a head. A real one.
- White hat fellow. Waving his hands, yelling "Come on, come on, come on!" to Henderson. His flailing hands and sideways shuffle steals the show for a bit.
- The guy right in the middle who emphatically sticks a middle finger at Henderson -- and then tears it right back down. Everything he did was 100 percent.
- The curly-haired kid in the orange shirt. He gives the fingers, claps two times (as if to get loose) -- and then goes back with the fingers.
- Kid in the gray hoodie to the left. It kind of looks like he sneezes as the GIF starts -- but bounces back extraordinarily quickly to join in the ballyhoo.
- What about the girl in the upper right corner? She yells some profanity, and then goes tumbling forward, either getting pushed or falling from the momentum of her yelling.
- And yes, the older, older gentleman in the front row just seems dismayed by the entire scene. And probably this analysis of it.
Drafting need over talent is usually a mistake. Injuries can always derail best laid plans. Get the best player available, develop them and trade them for what you need. Unless you are one rookie away from a le ...but even then that is dumb look at what the Pistons did passing on Melo, Bosh and Wade ...
I know everyone saw some type of David robinson 2.0 in Oden but I never saw it at least not in college. Maybe if I feel in love with his you tube footage I would of thought they made the right choice. But I saw both Durant (a bunch cuz I livein in DFW) and Oden (big 10 games are featured on ABC and ESPN) and Durant just seemed like the far better player in college and projected better to the NBA.
SImmons may be a hack at times, but he captured my sentiments exactly in his draft preview. Durant has a star quality. Funny thing is ESPN the Mag in their NEXT issue (that draft year) focused on Oden's personality etc. but ignored his labored gait, and his inury history. Although impressive in size and athleticism ...Oden lacked the fluidity and grace of Robinson or a young Shaq ... I just never saw that type of game offensively. He was more like Alonzo was at G-town. An elite defender ... but not much of an offensive threat. Maybe Oden, if healthy would of developed the touch that Zo did from mid -range in the pros ...but I doubt it. I just never bought the hype ...
LOL Portland ...
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As for Drexler and MJ to me it was not so much choosing keeping clyde over MJ draft Bowie. IMHO Blazers could of dealt Kiki Vandeweghe and moved MJ to SF ... until they sorted things out. Again I saw BOwie play in college ... he was more of an athlete (grace) than ODen but his injury history should of scared them in a loaded draft. He couldnt stay healthy in the SEC (not a huge bbal power at the time) how was he gonna hold up with a loaded big man NBA?
Could it be something like: What a jackass!!
- Obviously, we kick things off with the older gentleman standing up in defiance right in front of Henderson. Not sure what he said to Henderson, but that guy wasn't having anymore of the tomfoolery.
Anyhow, everyone knows Phil is the reason the Bulls were successful.
for those who want to watch as it happened.
is this from "Tip Off"? Pretty cool book about the 84 draft. Apparently Knight hated barkley during the tryouts for the olympics, but wouldn't boot him off the team because he didn't think he could beat USSR without barkley. then, when the ussr boycotted the olympics, he cut barkley.
but knight loved jordan. supposedly after a really bad game, jordan was crying in the locker room at how badly he performed. knight might've chewed him out for it, too, saying he needed to be the leader.
really interesting book. barkley also talks about how he just went out there trying to dunk on everyone and use the olympic tryouts as a way to boost his draft stock. that's the way i remember it anyway
It works in retrospect, but at the time, medicine wasn't close to what it is today. Sure, Blazers should have done their homework, and that is all on them, but Bowie was as close to can't miss back then as anyone.
Jordan was very much a wild card, and Dean Smith's system kept Jordan's skills in relative wraps. Also, Jordan didn't have great range back then, and building a team around a SG never led to a championship up to that point. It was a big man's game, and you build teams around centers.
That said, even if Bowie was healthy his entire career, he would not be anywhere close to Jordan or Hakeem was, but he potentially could be a 20/12/3 guy, or at least a Brad Daugherty guy, not outstanding, but good enough.
Like I said ... I think sam was a true, graceful athlete when healthy. But as much as dean smith kept MJ under wraps he was still POTY in one of the better conferences in all of MAjor CBB. Sure NO ONE not even MJ knew he would be GOAT but if you were gonna bet on someone why not on the best player in college ball in one of the strongest confernces?!
Funny thing is I think Bowie and MJ got hurt their rookie years, or close to it (IIRC) ...
My guess is like most you feel a buig man is more valuable and traditionally that has been correct. My point is when a player is special that should trump size and Portland is not the only ones that have done this OLowokandi, Benoit Benjamin, Olden Polynice were all chosen or traded for special players by franchises chasing big men.
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