As alot ya'll might have seen I got real jones for the old school cats. Nothin' I love more than the cats I grew up watchin' and the cats my dad would tell me about. But bein' older than alot of people here I've had the chance to see alot the players ya'll consider 'old school'....so my question to you is who is a player or team from the past...that you would most like to read about? It can be anyone..just let me know and I'll do my best to hook ya up. The stuff I got on tap: Lloyd Daniels* Xavier McDaniel 1990 UNLV Runnin' Rebels* '77-'78 Washington Bullets Kiki Vandeweghe* *(These are complete I just have to proof read and make sure I like it) Things I'll start workin' on ASAP Bernard King Michael Ray Richardson Reggie Lewis Bob McAdoo Reggie Theus Calvin Murphy Jack Sikma Dennis Johnson Bill Laimbeer Isaiah Thomas George Gervin Brad Daugherty Orlando Woolridge Walter Davis Gail Goodrich Dolph Schayes George Mikan To the other ones suggested I'm not ignorin' 'em..I'm just postin' up the ones I know I have knowledge of and access to plenty of other stuff about 'em..I'll just have to do some diggin' around in my resources for them.
Okay...how bout Norm Nixon...he's an L.A. guy. You think he's gonna get into the HOF?? I think he's borderline, but probably not....(From what I've heard)
How about Brad Daugherty, Orlando Woolridge, Walter Davis, Kevin Porter, and Gail Goodrich? These are five old school cats who got very little in terms of props, but all were very good, if not great players. Daugherty was one of the top centers of the peak of his career, was even all-NBA as a center in the era of Robinson, Olajuwon and Ewing. Woolridge was Jordan's best 2nd fiddle until Pip and played on some great teams. Davis was the best shooting guard to come out of carolina till Jordan, and edged Nard for ROY, while also dealing with some serious personal problems. Porter was one of the best assist men ever, and was the best pistons guard between Bing and Isiah. Goodrich was the most underrated superstar on the Lakers of the 70's, getting less attention than teammates like Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Wilt and Kareem.
Good ideas Starman, all of those guys were very underrated in terms of contributing to their teams' success. Daugherty could have been a hall of famer if he didn't end up with all of those injuries. I'd also like to see something on a guy like Reggie Theus, or maybe going even further back, Bob Lanier. Big Bob was a great center who nearly became a member of the exclusive 20,000 point - 10,000 rebound club for his career. There are so many more that you could be writing for days!! I'll just give you those two for now...
BN, I'm gonna do a piece on Fat Lever; one of the most criminally underrated players the game has seen (almost averaged a TD for 5 straight years, averaged over 9 boards a game for 2 straight years which is phenomenal for a guy standing 6'3 and 170).
Yeah, Fat was great on those run 'n gun Denver teams of the 80's. A lot of those guys never got the recognition they deserved - Alex English of course was a great scorer, and Michael Adams had a pretty nice 4 or 5 year stretch there averaging 27 pts and 10 assists one season! And of course the ever-lovable Doug Moe, who could forget those plaid sport coats?!?
"My only rule is that you have to dress better than me to be acceptable." --Doug Moe, a bad dresser, on his team's lax dress code.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting OgShowtime:</div><div class="quote_post">Hahahaha!! I never heard that one...great quote Big Nasty! </div> Here ya go,I posted a whole slew of quotes the other day as well as a link to more...here the thread http://www.justbball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11696
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting starman85:</div><div class="quote_post">How about Brad Daugherty, Orlando Woolridge, Walter Davis, Kevin Porter, and Gail Goodrich? These are five old school cats who got very little in terms of props, but all were very good, if not great players. Daugherty was one of the top centers of the peak of his career, was even all-NBA as a center in the era of Robinson, Olajuwon and Ewing. Woolridge was Jordan's best 2nd fiddle until Pip and played on some great teams. Davis was the best shooting guard to come out of carolina till Jordan, and edged Nard for ROY, while also dealing with some serious personal problems. Porter was one of the best assist men ever, and was the best pistons guard between Bing and Isiah. Goodrich was the most underrated superstar on the Lakers of the 70's, getting less attention than teammates like Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Wilt and Kareem.</div> I agree with you, good line-up.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Sir Desmond:</div><div class="quote_post">BN, I'm gonna do a piece on Fat Lever; one of the most criminally underrated players the game has seen (almost averaged a TD for 5 straight years, averaged over 9 boards a game for 2 straight years which is phenomenal for a guy standing 6'3 and 170).</div> I got a huge write up on him in one of my numerous magazines...i'll try and find it for ya if ya want...
