EPTNBA Playoffs 2012 - Page 223
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Reptile_ro
Romania26 Posts
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
On June 07 2012 09:55 Reptile_ro wrote: im not watching it anymore since lakers were defeated. You're a little late....... | ||
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XoXiDe
United States620 Posts
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
On June 07 2012 09:47 XaI)CyRiC wrote: Exactly, a lot of people don't take into account the evolution of the game. Just like every other industry, the experts and professionals learn from the people before them(if they are smart). So the modern players today are playing with improved and refined techniques in every aspect of how professional basketball players train/compete/heal compared to 30 years ago. I was typing up a post about this when people were throwing out names earlier but wasn't able to finish it and then left work (plus has a little dejavu just now bc I think posted something similar over a year ago).Personally, I prefer the term "once in a generation" or something similar because there has usually been at least one transcendent wing player of that caliber during each generation of basketball. Of course, that's accounting for the evolution of the sport and its players, i.e. "once in a generation" player in the 70's is likely not going to be as good as one in the 2000's simply because of how different and more advanced the game is now, sports medicine/training, etc. There may always be incredible talents in the NBA, but there has never been more than a few at that level at any given time. I am sure many people probably thought Wilt was a player in that same category, but we all know that Wilt in the modern game would not be as dominant. Are Kobe and Jordan rare? Yes, but to say they haven't revolutionized the game to some degree for future players would be counter-intuitive. Could you say that Kobe would be the player he became without ever watching Jordan play and be inspired by him? It is possible, but Jordan gave him a model to build upon. Future players will be looking at today's players for reference, and the game will keep evolving, which is pretty important when comparing players of different eras. now on to this game (woot), just wanted to post that before. Crowd going to be great today ^^ | ||
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
 I'm also interested to see what would happen if Boston vs SA in the finals came about. The "old school" NBA Fans would explode on the internet. | ||
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
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b0mBerMan
Japan289 Posts
On June 07 2012 10:20 Ace wrote: good lord Tony Parker....fucking MVP performance so far but okc will finish this now 4-2! | ||
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XoXiDe
United States620 Posts
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
On June 07 2012 10:29 Telcontar wrote: 14 down after the first. Erm.......... could have been worse...14 isn't much after 1 qtr | ||
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justinpal
United States3810 Posts
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b0mBerMan
Japan289 Posts
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heliusx
United States2306 Posts
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scaban84
United States1080 Posts
On June 07 2012 10:43 b0mBerMan wrote: fisher really having a good laugh about everything. i hope okc wins championship. fisher is such a good player and a nice person and leader than lakers was stupid to throw him away. They needed a younger, more athletic PG to keep up witht he other guys in the league. He is good as backup PG in his old age. | ||
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
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Donagor
United States11 Posts
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VENDIZ
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XoXiDe
United States620 Posts
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