Classic NBA

[KevinLoveFan]

Learning that Antoine Walker squandered hundreds of millions and declared bankruptcy didn't shock me at all. His approach to shooting threes was exactly the same.

I have over 1,000 different basketball cards of Antoine Walker. I'm a supercollector on SportsCardForum.com.

He was ahead of his time in his approach to 3s...unfortunately, his efficiency was another matter. I believe he had only two seasons where he shot 35% or above from distance. Back in the late 1990s, when he was in better shape and played less wild, he was very versatile, a good scorer who could rebound and pass quite well. I think it was Jim O'Brien who gave him a little too much of a green light in the early 2000s.

 

[DCTribefan]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/01/21/nba-history-nbl-baa/

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There’s also the issue of race. During the 1930s and 1940s, Blacks and Whites did play against one another in pro basketball. However, these contests were usually exhibitions, and the teams were all-White and all-Black. Integration within a team was rare.
When the NBA began in 1949, it was an all-White league. The BAA had only one non-White player during its three years, and that player, Wataru Misaka, played a mere three games for the New York Knicks.
The NBL was normally all-White as well. However, the NBL broke with pro basketball tradition by having Black men play alongside Whites. Its integration was never permanent. Nor was it universal, steady or perfect. But it did happen.
In the 1935-36 season, when it was still known as the Midwest Basketball Conference, the NBL’s Buffalo Bisons employed Hank Williams, a Black center.
During the NBL’s 1942-43 season, the Chicago Studebakers and Toledo Jim White Chevrolets signed multiple Black players, marking the first time that several Black men would be playing alongside Whites. In fact, the Chicago team was majority-Black. Not until the mid-1960s would the NBA field a majority-Black team.

 

[Randolphkeys]

Best hair in NBA history probably belonged to Darnell Hillmon.

 

[macbdog]

For reference, here is Kemp earlier this year, but to be fair, Kemp is now in the cannabis business, so eating is a side effect of his job, lol

I feel bad, Shawn probably though the Seattle Kraken was a new sushi buffet.

 

[macbdog]

I’m not sure what that even means ?

He is offering you his strong, toned buttocks.

 

[Ohioplayer00]

Best hair in NBA history probably belonged to Darnell Hillmon.

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Dr Dunkenstein was his nickname

 

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[cliffdawg]

What I got from that was Robert Parrish was on the Hornets……lol

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

This thread needs more future NBA assistant coach staple Bob Weiss:

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For those of you old enough to remember athletes displaying male pattern baldness proudly on the court.

He played 783 career games, and never started. Not even once. You'd figure an injury somewhere along the lines, but no.

That is actually pretty incredible.

 

[Randolphkeys]

I have one of these sitting in my parent's basement somewhere.

 

[Lee]

I have one of these sitting in my parent's basement somewhere.

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The baseball card or a Leprechaun named Danny Ainge?

 

[Randolphkeys]

The baseball card or a Leprechaun named Danny Ainge?

If Danny Ainge did have a Leprechaun, he'd use ESPN to force an extra first round pick out of the Cavs for him.

 

[Randolphkeys]

I hope everyone here has seen episode two, season one of Saturday Night Live.

Connie Hawkins vs. Paul Simon is one of the best pieces they ever put on television.

 

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[Sebastian]

Take that George Foreman!