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[J @Juss441]

He actually graduated college at 210lbs. But YES. Len Bias WAS the TRUTH!!! ✊🏾

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

40 YEARS AGO TODAY
Len Bias passed away 2 days after being drafted 2nd by the 1986 NBA Champion Boston Celtics!

He was one of the most physically gifted basketball players ever. 6’8” 220 LBS Less than 5% Body Fat 43+ Inch Vertical & had a jumper

[J @Juss441]

Couldn’t have said it better myself

[Jacob @Jacobtheclipper]

Basketball used go be such a beautiful sport, we had big men that ACTUALLY played like big men. Not skinny dudes who just chucked 3s 🤷🏻‍♂️

David Robinson vs Hakeem Olajuwon Western Conference finals 1995 🎥

Both these guys would average 30 and 15 today against this soft league🔥

[J @Juss441]

You don’t need to win every confrontation, you just need to never lose yourself inside the chaos

[Andy Roth @arhooptalk]

Sports Illustrated
May 23, 1977
As I’ve said before, it’s not his fault, but it’s very unlikely Wemby will face the kind of competition at the center position that the other all-time greats did. It’s a shame because it’s a great measuring stick.

[J @Juss441]

He was the victim of an ancient pride that he never asked to inherit

[WiltStats @WiltStats]

Philadelphia Warriors coach Frank McGuire on coaching Wilt Chamberlain:

“He is great on defense and in a tight ball game he may give you more on defense than on offense. He can jump so high that he blocked shots with his chest this year.”

(Apr. 17, 1962)

[J @Juss441]

Yup. All they know how to do is offensive foul.

[Jacob @Jacobtheclipper]

If you have ever hooped with a football player this is EXACTLY how they play! Awkward footwork, bully ball, and tripping over their own feet.

Never seen a real hooper ever call this man the GOAT. It’s always goofs who never balled before ✌️

[Eldridge Recasner @erecasner]

All the talk is about Michael, Magic, Bird and now LeBron but @JuliusErving carried the @NBA and pro basketball in the 1970s damn near by himself when it came to entertainment and MUST SEE players in that era.

I don’t think he gets enough praise for how FANtastic he was……

[WiltStats @WiltStats]

NBA players at the Garden pick Oscar Robertson over Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell.

1) Oscar Robertson
2) Bill Russell
3) Wilt Chamberlain
4) Jerry West
5) Bob Pettit
6) Elgin Baylor
7) Walt Bellamy
8) John Havlicek

(Jan. 14, 1964)

[Karen Kenyatta Russell🍀 @Karen_Russell]

@KevinMKruse Bill Russell’s daughter approves of this tweet 🤷🏽‍♀️ ”To whom much is given, much is expected” Nepotism DEFINITELY opens doors but what you DO with those chances matters. My parents taught me I was no better or worse than anyone BUT I had an obligation to give back ALWAYS #Mentor

[WiltStats @WiltStats]

Cincinnati Royals head coach Charley Wolf on using Oscar Robertson as a defensive forward:

“With Robertson guarding an inside man, we’re able to exploit his rebounding ability.”

“Now coach Charley Wolf has him in a new role—that of a forward on defense, putting him against men usually a couple of inches taller and sometimes 30 pounds heavier.”

(Oct. 20, 1961)

[Jacob @Jacobtheclipper]

“Jacob you are a hater what was Mike doing in his 40s?!”

40 year old Mike was 100x more skilled than this version of LeBron…

Wizards were the 5th seed and MJ was in the MVP race before he tore his meniscus 👍

[WiltStats @WiltStats]

Wilt Chamberlain on Nate Thurmond at the 1979 Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony:

“He (Russell) definitely would be up there. But the toughest for me always was Nate Thurmond because we played together for three years and he had my moves down pretty well.”

(May. 3, 1979)

[NBA Cobwebs @NBACobwebs]

May 10, 1980: Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers makes the first 3-point shot in NBA Finals history, with 3:22 remaining in the fourth quarter of Game 3.

It was the only 3-pointer made by either team in the six-game series. The Los Angeles Lakers won Game 3, 111-101.

[Djoker @Danko8c]

One of the newest additions to the website is the head-to-head battles between the great big men in NBA history.

So far I've only added them for Wilt Chamberlain though you can soon expect the same for other centers like Russell, Kareem, Moses, Hakeem, and Shaq.

https://t.co/lc27eQnYWl

People always talk about how Russell and Thurmond held Wilt below his averages but it's noteworthy just how much WILT HELD his opponents below their averages. All of Russell, Thurmond, Bellamy and most notably Kareem put up far less than their usual numbers against the Big Dipper. It wasn't uncommon for them to lose 10% TS going up against Wilt which is just insane man-to-man defense.

#NBA #Wilt

[WiltStats @WiltStats]

Cincinnati Royals coach Jack McMahon accuses the Philadelphia 76ers of playing illegal zone defense against Oscar Robertson.

“They were collapsing on Oscar every time he got the ball. It’s similar to the way most teams play Wilt Chamberlain.”

(Mar. 30, 1964)

[Arsal @arsalfeed]

@PathOfMen_ Peak technology era. We should have stopped it here.

[J @Juss441]

@RayLeBov @extrastats @bball_ref Yea but still. You were there back then to watch it on live TV as it was happening

[Andy Roth @arhooptalk]

Random Take: I’d love to know the people who voted on the top 75 NBA players of all time thought Carmelo Anthony was better than Joe Dumars. You totally don’t know ball if you think that was the case.

[WiltStats @WiltStats]

Oscar Robertson anchored the #1 offense in the league for nearly a whole decade. He was scoring 30 a game with shooting efficiency nearly 10 points higher than the league average. That kind of relative efficiency gap is almost non-existent for a high-volume guard in NBA history.

He twice took the peak Celtics dynasty—a team loaded with talent—to the absolute brink of elimination in the playoffs. In the '63 ECF, he dropped 43 in a Game 7 loss.

You don't lead the league in assists 7 times, scoring and efficiency one time, and nearly anchor a team past the greatest dynasty in history by being “overrated.'"

The Big O is one of the most complete offensive engines the game has ever seen.