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bandl wrote:
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bandl aids?
Nah, I don't really like to help people do anything, other than shovel their driveways
We have 1-77 inches of snow in the forecast, and I have a 400 ft driveway. What are you doing tomorrow?
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Gil Dobie wrote:
bandl wrote: Nah, I don't really like to help people do anything, other than shovel their driveways
We have 1-77 inches of snow in the forecast, and I have a 400 ft driveway. What are you doing tomorrow?
Not shoveling. Sorry, you live outside my acceptable jurisdiction.
Besides, it's going to be 71 here tomorrow so I won't have a plow on or any shovels in my vehicle. It'll be warmer than it was on our last day in Orlando last week! :o
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bandl wrote:
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We have 1-77 inches of snow in the forecast, and I have a 400 ft driveway. What are you doing tomorrow?
Not shoveling. Sorry, you live outside my acceptable jurisdiction.
Besides, it's going to be 71 here tomorrow so I won't have a plow on or any shovels in my vehicle. It'll be warmer than it was on our last day in Orlando last week! :o
I was even going to let you use my lawn tractor with the snowblower on front. :lol:
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ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:
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It's like comparing apples to oranges. Magic was a great point guard and Jordan was a great shooting guard. Both are in the top 10 all-time. If I had to start a team with one or the other, I really don't know which one I would pick first.
I would pick Bird..........hands down
How about Tom Chambers he was Bird with MAJOR ATHLETICISM out west played for Seattle&Phoenix.
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dal4018 wrote:
ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:
I would pick Bird..........hands down
How about Tom Chambers????
He'd probably pick MJ
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bandl wrote:
dal4018 wrote:How about Tom Chambers????
He'd probably pick MJ
Chambers was no joke ask Mark Jackson!!!!
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dal4018 wrote:
bandl wrote: He'd probably pick MJ
Chambers was no joke ask Mark Jackson!!!!
OK, be right back
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I just axed Mark Jackson and he said hed pick MJ to
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bandl wrote:
dal4018 wrote: Chambers was no joke ask Mark Jackson!!!!
OK, be right back
Go to youtube Bandl.
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dal4018 wrote:
bandl wrote: OK, be right back
Go to youtube Bandl.
That's a big website. Little more guidance, perhaps?

Actually, no. I really don't care about the NBA. I'm only here to troll.
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dal4018 wrote:
ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:
I would pick Bird..........hands down
How about Tom Chambers he was Bird with MAJOR ATHLETICISM out west played for Seattle&Phoenix.
Time has come today.

Wrong Chambers.

Tom was good, but not upper echelon all-time good.
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Gil Dobie wrote:
dal4018 wrote:How about Tom Chambers he was Bird with MAJOR ATHLETICISM out west played for Seattle&Phoenix.
Time has come today.

Wrong Chambers.

Tom was good, but not upper echelon all-time good.
His career scoring avg was identical to Bird's.As stated before he was an athletic version of Larry Bird.
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dal4018 wrote:
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Time has come today.

Wrong Chambers.

Tom was good, but not upper echelon all-time good.
His career scoring avg was identical to Bird's.As stated before he was an athletic version of Larry Bird.
No, Bird had better stats and more rings.

Chambers was 18.1 ppg, Bird 24.3 ppg
Chambers was 6.1 rpg, Bird 10.0 rpg
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Gil Dobie wrote:
Ibanez wrote: What?! All time, top 10 NBA (in my opinion)
1 - Michael Jordan
2 - LeBron James
3 - Karrem Abdul-Jabar
4 - Magic Johnson
5 - Wilt Chamberlin
6 - Shaquille O'Neal
7 - Larry Bird
8 - Hakeem Olajuwon
9 - Bill Russell
10 - Tim Duncan/Kobe Bryant/Dr. J

I'm sure you can make good arguments for Jerry West, Charles Barkley, Pippen, Kerr and others being in the Top 15.
I don't have LeBron, Shaq or Duncan in my top 10 yet, top 25 currently, IMO. Others look great in my top 10, plus Oscar Robertson and/or Pete Maravich.
I know next to nothing about basketball. I watched it in the late 80s and 90s (grew up a Chicago Bulls fan) and lost interest sometime around 2000.

What's your top 10?
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Gil Dobie wrote:
dal4018 wrote: His career scoring avg was identical to Bird's.As stated before he was an athletic version of Larry Bird.
No, Bird had better stats and more rings.

Chambers was 18.1 ppg, Bird 24.3 ppg
Chambers was 6.1 rpg, Bird 10.0 rpg
BOOM!
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Ibanez wrote:
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I don't have LeBron, Shaq or Duncan in my top 10 yet, top 25 currently, IMO. Others look great in my top 10, plus Oscar Robertson and/or Pete Maravich.
I know next to nothing about basketball. I watched it in the late 80s and 90s (grew up a Chicago Bulls fan) and lost interest sometime around 2000.

What's your top 10?
Pretty close to yours. LeBron, Shaq, Kobe, Duncan all on the cusp, but here's mine in no particular order. Westbrook and Durant have the skills to be close by the end of their careers.

Michael Jordan
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Magic Johnson
Wilt Chamberlin
Larry Bird
Hakeem Olajuwon
Bill Russell
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Gil Dobie wrote:
dal4018 wrote: His career scoring avg was identical to Bird's.As stated before he was an athletic version of Larry Bird.
No, Bird had better stats and more rings.

Chambers was 18.1 ppg, Bird 24.3 ppg
Chambers was 6.1 rpg, Bird 10.0 rpg
Yeah plus the benefits of American media aka the hype machine.
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dal4018 wrote:
Gil Dobie wrote:
No, Bird had better stats and more rings.

Chambers was 18.1 ppg, Bird 24.3 ppg
Chambers was 6.1 rpg, Bird 10.0 rpg
Yeah plus the benefits of American media aka the hype machine.
:roll: Oh for fucks sake. Bird was statisically better than Chambers. The 'hype machine' you're complaining about made/makes heroes/household names out of Dr. J, Johnson, Jordan, Shaq, Karl Malone, Wilt, Curry, Bill Russel, Garnett, Barkley, Iverson, Robinson, Ewing, Pippen, Rodman. Quick, how many WHITE, famous NBA players can you name?

Bird
Pistol Pete
Steve Kerr
That ugly German guy that plays for Dallas....
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Ibanez wrote:
dal4018 wrote:Yeah plus the benefits of American media aka the hype machine.
:roll: Oh for **** sake. Bird was statisically better than Chambers. The 'hype machine' you're complaining about made/makes heroes/household names out of Dr. J, Johnson, Jordan, Shaq, Karl Malone, Wilt, Curry, Bill Russel, Garnett, Barkley, Iverson, Robinson, Ewing, Pippen, Rodman. Quick, how many WHITE, famous NBA players can you name?

Bird
Pistol Pete
Steve Kerr
That ugly German guy that plays for Dallas....
What decade???
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dal4018 wrote:
Ibanez wrote: :roll: Oh for **** sake. Bird was statisically better than Chambers. The 'hype machine' you're complaining about made/makes heroes/household names out of Dr. J, Johnson, Jordan, Shaq, Karl Malone, Wilt, Curry, Bill Russel, Garnett, Barkley, Iverson, Robinson, Ewing, Pippen, Rodman. Quick, how many WHITE, famous NBA players can you name?

Bird
Pistol Pete
Steve Kerr
That ugly German guy that plays for Dallas....
What decade???
I'll say 1970s-Present.
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Ibanez wrote:
dal4018 wrote: What decade???
I'll say 1970s-Present.
Besides Bird and Maravich

Bill Walton, as SH said John Stockton, Rick Barry, Kevin McHale, Tom Chambers, Dirk "The Ugly German" Nowitski, Bobby Jones. Probably missed a few. Some finished up in the early 1970's like Jerry West, Billy Cunningham, Dave DeBuschere, Jerry Lucas, etc.
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Gil Dobie wrote:
Ibanez wrote: I'll say 1970s-Present.
Besides Bird and Maravich

Bill Walton, as SH said John Stockton, Rick Barry, Kevin McHale, Tom Chambers, Dirk "The Ugly German" Nowitski, Bobby Jones. Probably missed a few. Some finished up in the early 1970's like Jerry West, Billy Cunningham, Dave DeBuschere, Jerry Lucas, etc.
How about the 40s starting with GEORGE MIKAN!!!!
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dal4018 wrote:
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Besides Bird and Maravich

Bill Walton, as SH said John Stockton, Rick Barry, Kevin McHale, Tom Chambers, Dirk "The Ugly German" Nowitski, Bobby Jones. Probably missed a few. Some finished up in the early 1970's like Jerry West, Billy Cunningham, Dave DeBuschere, Jerry Lucas, etc.
How about the 40s starting with GEORGE MIKAN!!!!
George was a great guy. When I had T-Wolves season tickets, he would sit in the front row at the end of the court, a few seats over was Kirby Puckett. Behind the visitors bench was Warren Moon, Darin Nelson and other Vikings. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis at half-court, usually with the person singing the National Anthem. I asked him one time if he had all his championship rings. He said his wife took them all and made one ring, which he kindly showed it to me.

Ton of White stars in the 1950's. Lakers had Mikan, Jumpin Jim Pollard, Vern Mikkelson, Slater Martin. There was Bob Cousy, Bob Pettit, Clyde Lovelette, Bob Davis, Paul Arizin, and a few more I would have to look up.
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dal4018 wrote: How about the 40s starting with GEORGE MIKAN!!!!
George was a great guy. When I had T-Wolves season tickets, he would sit in the front row at the end of the court, a few seats over was Kirby Puckett. Behind the visitors bench was Warren Moon, Darin Nelson and other Vikings. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis at half-court, usually with the person singing the National Anthem. I asked him one time if he had all his championship rings. He said his wife took them all and made one ring, which he kindly showed it to me.

Ton of White stars in the 1950's. Lakers had Mikan, Jumpin Jim Pollard, Vern Mikkelson, Slater Martin. There was Bob Cousy, Bob Pettit, Clyde Lovelette, Bob Davis, Paul Arizin, and a few more I would have to look up.
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