Besides typical Detroit provincialism, Acuff represents an endangered species, a 20th-century style urban player, representing the roots of the game back when his hometown was a dominant force. Acuff represents right-brained creative artistic basketball in an era where the commentary is dominated by analytical left-brainers who miss the soul of the game and don't appreciate the fun, free, random nature of of it. The same ones who look back at Iverson (or look at his name next to numbers on their screen) with disdain because "muh efficiency" while in reality Iverson was the people's champion and guaranteed box office for a reason -- it was still great basketball.