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  • June 17, 2022 at 5:01 pm #139344
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    I havent followed basketball since Willis Reed and Walt Frazier, so I dont know anything.  I cant even name all the teams in the NBA anymore.

    But i have noticed over the last 8 years the Golden State team has won 4 championships in 8 years.  (Do they get rings in basketball?)

    And I have assumed they  didnt have a Lebron or Shaq or Kobe, etc.   Maybe I’m wrong though.  Is this Curry guy as good as Magic, Bird, etc?

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    June 17, 2022 at 5:20 pm #139345
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    I am a fair weather basketball fan, so I don’t watch it a lot. I’m a Lakers fan, though, so I watch it more than you do.

    I don’t think I have ever seen Steph Curry play, but apparently he is good. I did not want the Warriors to win, but I hate the Celtics more. If I could have eliminated one team from each conference, I would have eliminated the two of them. They both made the finals. At that point, I had to side with the Warriors because I hate the Celtics.

    I did not see one single minute of the entire basketball season. I did, however, check my phone 5 or 6 times last night to track the score.

    Anything else you want to know about the NBA?

    June 17, 2022 at 8:14 pm #139347
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    Zooey,

    I’m a long-time Lakers fan too. Goes back to 1967 for me. Chose them when I was a kid, mostly cuz of Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, and then Wilt Chamberlain came on board the next year, if memory serves.

    It was a rotten break for me that their arch rival soon became the Celtics, me being a proud Celt and a lover of all things Irish!

    The terrible twists of fate!

    Another ting. Do you share my frustrations with the Lakers’ fanbase and ownership? They seem to refuse all attempts at rebuilding the team, and will only accept yearly championships, which means constantly trading away the future, etc. etc. Their kinda in a trap right now cuz of all of that.

    It may be blasphemous to suggest, but I wish the Lakers would trade LeBron and Davis for the most picks possible, and take the necessary years to build the franchise back from scratch. Home-grow it, etc.

    June 17, 2022 at 8:18 pm #139348
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    WV,

    Have you seen current players shoot the “step back three”? James Hardin made it famous, but it pisses me off no matter who does it. Curry sometimes will.

    It’s obviously traveling, IMO, and refs never should have allowed it, but it’s now a part of the game. To me, it’s basically taking four steps and then shooting.

    The above may sound like “get off my lawn” stuff. But I can’t help it. Cuz, well, back in my day, players didn’t even have feet, so they couldn’t shoot threes, much less step-back threes.

    ;>)

    June 17, 2022 at 9:37 pm #139349
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    Billy_T wrote:

    WV, Have you seen current players shoot the “step back three”? James Hardin made it famous, but it pisses me off no matter who does it. Curry sometimes will. It’s obviously traveling, IMO, and refs never should have allowed it, but it’s now a part of the game. To me, it’s basically taking four steps and then shooting. The above may sound like “get off my lawn” stuff. But I can’t help it. Cuz, well, back in my day, players didn’t even have feet, so they couldn’t shoot threes, much less step-back threes. ;>)

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    No, havent seen the step back three.   I dont even watch NBA highlights.

    I always think players are traveling.  Apparently, I dont understand the rule.

     

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    June 17, 2022 at 9:57 pm #139351
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    I did not want the Warriors to win, but I hate the Celtics more.

    ZOOEY

    BTW I wonder who Curry got the idea for this hand Gesture?

     

     

    BTWII have seen the lakers series on HBO?

     

    June 17, 2022 at 10:17 pm #139352
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    WV,

    I didn’t watch the entire video below, but this gives you a pretty good idea (early on) about the shot and Hardin’s innovation:

    I was taught you get two steps. That’s it. Not four. It’s traveling even if you take 2 and a half steps.

    Oh, well. Young people today!

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