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Online basketball forum from 1986
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:07 pm
I didn't know this was around in the early 90s much less mid to late 80's. Fun read from 33 years ago
Online Hoops forum dating to 1986
quote:
Who will be MVP?
quote:
Player PPG RPG APG Stl FG% FT% Team W-L%
Dominique Wilkins 28.4 7.8 2.6 89 .475 .797 .577
Larry Bird 24.6 9.8 6.2 111 .464 .908 .820
Alex English 29.1 5.0 4.1 45 .506 .848 .574
Akeem Olajuwon 23.6 11.2 2.0 91 .516 .663 .654
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 23.5 5.8 3.6 36 .569 .790 .750
Moses Malone 23.0 11.8 1.2 45 .445 .777 .642
Adrian Dantley 29.0 5.3 3.3 45 .559 .814 .473
quote:
This is a tough call. I think I can narrow it down further to Wilkins, Bird, and Olajuwon. From there it gets tougher. I might be tempted to go with Bird were it not for my innate dislike for the Celtics and the fact that he won it the last two years. He said he thought Michael Jordan deserved it last year. I disagree, but I think Bernard King deserved it the year before.
Online Hoops forum dating to 1986
This post was edited on 6/19/19 at 3:13 pm
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Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:10 pm to MickeyLikesDags21
How old is Al Gore?
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:12 pm to MickeyLikesDags21
nice find
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:12 pm to MickeyLikesDags21
I thought it said 1996 at first and I was excited to see some talk about the Parkview Baptist Phi Slama Jama days.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:15 pm to MickeyLikesDags21
Which poster was the 1986 equivalent of Boom?
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:18 pm to xenythx
Bill James would be the most apt comparison I would think.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:22 pm to MickeyLikesDags21
I was reading this thread on reddit earlier. It’s so weird seeing posts critiquing players of that era in real time
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:23 pm to David Ricky
A post from 5/20/1985. Imagine how mad this guy gets when he watches the NBA now
quote:
The point is that basketball is not the prissy, sissy game that many of you fans (Lakers) would like to see. If I want to watch players hit outside shots all day I could go down to my old high school and watch the girls team play.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:26 pm to MickeyLikesDags21
quote:
Georgia Tech chokes again
I see nothing has changed in the last 30+ years.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:30 pm to MickeyLikesDags21
quote:
Well , Georgia Tech choked again! For the umpteenth time this year "Cremins Cretins" have blown it. Over rated and overmatched, they were no match for the LSU Tigers. Before the tournament even began the concensus was that Tech would choke before the final eight. I was surprised that they even got that far. But now for the rest of the tournament. I fully expect Kansas and Duke to join LSU and Louisville in the Final Four. Even though LSU is riding an emotional high, count on the Cardinals to win. In the other semi-final, which should be the best game of the tournament, look for Kansas to win in at least one overtime period, with a Danny Manning fade-away twine teaser to clinch the game. In the final, Denny Crum's surprise team will have it's hands full with Kansas, and I fully expect the Jayhawks to emerge with the National Championhip. With the conclusion of the season we can all look forward to next year. Teams to watch in the '86-'87 season are Kansas, Louisville, Kentucky, N.C.State, Pepperdine, Illinois and my personal underdog,the University of Waterloo Warriors, who hail from the town where Naismith invented the game.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:35 pm to MickeyLikesDags21
I think you’ve officially reached the end of the internet.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:38 pm to tigeroarz1
I've always been convinced this is fake
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:38 pm to David Ricky
quote:
The point is that basketball is not the prissy, sissy game that many of you fans (Lakers) would like to see. If I want to watch players hit outside shots all day I could go down to my old high school and watch the girls team play.
Wow
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:39 pm to David Ricky
What's funny is that this almost literally when the game was changing. In the early 80s, teams still employed enforcers like in hockey and fighting was still common, maybe even tacitly encouraged. By 1986, it was like that stuff never happened. The change in the NBA was sudden and dramatic... only to have another sea change in recent years.
I think the Bird/Magic/Jordan epoch ended with the beginning of Splash City, as the NBA entered the Analytics Era full bore. Teams were still largely built and played the same in 2012 and 1984. Now, that's not close to true. Look at the explosion in three-point attempts and the sudden drop in rebounding.
I think the Bird/Magic/Jordan epoch ended with the beginning of Splash City, as the NBA entered the Analytics Era full bore. Teams were still largely built and played the same in 2012 and 1984. Now, that's not close to true. Look at the explosion in three-point attempts and the sudden drop in rebounding.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:40 pm to OweO
A post about Jordan from 1/30/85
quote:
Marc Lee
Since San Diego basketball fans are now in the dark with respect to
goings-on in the NBA, could someone please tell me how in the world
Jordan is piling up such outrageous stats? All I've seen is box
scores and the occaisional slam-dunk highlight on ESPN, but I don't
even know, for instance, if he's playing point guard, shooting guard,
mostly around the basket, scoring on outside jumpers, or what. From
the few highlights I've seen, it seems he has carte blanche to go
wherever on the court he feels. But what's he got that makes him
special? I don't remember him having a particularly good outside
shot at UNC, and there are plenty of 6'6" players who can jump in
the NBA.
Marc Lee
Burroughs Corp
San Diego
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:43 pm to rockiee
quote:
jm...@uiucuxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Whatever you feel Danny's basketball attributes are....
Let us not forget that he is the League's MVW -- MOST VALUABLE WHINER!!!
Oh yeah, remember when good 'ol Danny Boy led the league in most OFFENSIVE BITES IN A SEASON.
Yes indeed, Danny Ainge is a true MODEL player which ALL youngsters should
look up to with the highest respect.
GO 76'ers
"I hate the cigars, the color green, and the Celtics!"
Joe "Philadelphia" Matthews
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:44 pm to David Ricky
quote:MJ was once thought of as a talented flier that could never win a title
A post about Jordan from 1/30/85
Then he won titles and people evolved their opinions
We call those people rational thinkers
Lebron was once thought of as a phenomenally gifted athlete that could never win a title
Then he won titles and people dug in deeper with insane opinions
We call those people MSB posters
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:47 pm to MickeyLikesDags21
It’s funny that the usernames are mostly people’s real first and last name. Unthinkable today.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 3:51 pm to Undertow
The similarities between Joe “Philadelphia” Matthews’ posting style and Peej’s is just hilarious lmao
Posted on 6/19/19 at 4:50 pm to Baloo
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