Kblaze8855
11-21-2011, 02:49 PM
Longest video ive made(individual at least...I made 40 minute Kobe and Lebron ones that were broken up into parts). But it was required to get what I wanted in there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADC0ltClxWQ
Basic premise from the last topic:
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=237634
After the 15th one I said I was done with my(at this point nearly 10 year) series on videos explaining what I love about the game. So...ive decided to douchebaggishly skate around that by going with a new lockout only series ill be calling..
I Still Love this Game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elthg0v2MOk
Id said id get to an additional 375 things I love but at the time I wasnt sure the lockout would go long enough to get there. Now? I might have to go to 500. But im currently on #27. I'll see f I can get into the 50s or so in here. At that rate...this may be a 15-20 video series. But im not running short on things I love to cover. This edition....
Video is less...highlighty...than usual. But the emotion of the moment is the subject more than the basketball itself at the start.
Guys like Jordan, Stockton, Reggie, Doctor J and plenty of others I didnt cover(Ewing...Payton..Zo) have such a love for the game its amazing. Its not just a job. You can see that. Its not money. These guys were coming back year after year well after their primes(Doc...a little less) most of them already too rich to notice extra drops in the bucket.
Most of them were not going out on teams they could realistically win it all with. So it wasnt about rings. They just couldnt let the game go.
Ever look at some of these guys when the final buzzer sounds? If not...its in the video. Look at Reggie Millers face. Or Stockton. Or Dr.J standing there as the crowd goes crazy for him.
Its such a look of confusion. Like "What do I do now?". They have all had offseasons and playoff losses(most of these guys last games are when they lose in the playoffs). But that look when its the last one? You could never see anything on John Stocktons face. But he goes to the bench for the last time? hes sitting there like his life is flashing before his eyes and hes about to shed a tear.
If ever you think the players dont love the game like we do....look at some of the old guys who hang on and on and onand just cant let it go. Have 100 million...HOF careers. But cant walk away. Some come out of retirement 2 or 3 times.
Everyone remembers Mike but MAgic? Magic retired 3 times too. In 91...and in 92 he was feeling so good after the olympics he flat out came out of retirement. He played the 92-93 preseason before a few people questioned if they wanted to play with him and he had some other issues...and retired. But Magic was on the court in 1992-93 its just rarely mentioned and there are few highlights(I have a few but chose to focus on his second comeback).
And he sits down...and still cant get away from the game. So he coaches the lakers. That ended terribly....and he flat comes out of retirement again.
The young guys supposedly didnt have his passion(I buy it) and all. And he left again. I remember talks in 97 when they got Kobe and Shaq that Magic could return. I was really hoping he was because magic is the only really really all time great player of the last 30 years I never saw live while old enough to appreciate it. I almost got to see him in 96 in Charlotte but it didnt happen. If he came back to play with Shaq, young Kobe, Nick, and Eddie id have moved heaven and earth to get somewhere he played.
And MAgic was still a great player. he wasnt in Magic shape. He played like a throwback to the 60s. He played all 5 positions(well 4...he didnt really play the 2). He was scoring on centers in the post and still leading the fast break. He ut up 16/7/5 and 15/7/6 on 49% shooting over 2 months off the bench. He shot 39% from 3 on the year. They were 22-10 with him. He was tied with Barkley and ahead of Zo in MVP voting. He was 5th in 6th man of the year voting. Had he played the entire season he would likely have won.
Funny to me when kids(well...im sure many are adults...a lot of grown people never saw magic) claim he couldnt be great today. Ive seen some say he couldnt play point. He played it at almost 37 years old when he had to be 260 pounds and half the speed he was while he was dealing with HIV and selfish teammates(Magic was eating into Ceballos minutes..he was an all star and Magic had dude playing under 20 minutes some games and he couldnt handle it).
Magic could have been one of the all time great power forwards if he pushed himself to be it. He was operating in the post like few bigmen in 96.
HIV cost him that slow transition from point to bigman that would have been natural as he aged. Id love to have seen Magic from 91-98.
As usual im forced to say....**** Karl Malone.
Back end of the video is pretty much about transition play. I feel thats where we really see how exceptional some of these guys are. Instinct wise...athletic ability too. Guys like Jason Kidd and Scottie Pippen in the open court were just monsters and I thought id go into that a bit...
i'll try t oget from 26 into the 50s over the next day or so...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADC0ltClxWQ
Basic premise from the last topic:
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=237634
After the 15th one I said I was done with my(at this point nearly 10 year) series on videos explaining what I love about the game. So...ive decided to douchebaggishly skate around that by going with a new lockout only series ill be calling..
I Still Love this Game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elthg0v2MOk
Id said id get to an additional 375 things I love but at the time I wasnt sure the lockout would go long enough to get there. Now? I might have to go to 500. But im currently on #27. I'll see f I can get into the 50s or so in here. At that rate...this may be a 15-20 video series. But im not running short on things I love to cover. This edition....
Video is less...highlighty...than usual. But the emotion of the moment is the subject more than the basketball itself at the start.
Guys like Jordan, Stockton, Reggie, Doctor J and plenty of others I didnt cover(Ewing...Payton..Zo) have such a love for the game its amazing. Its not just a job. You can see that. Its not money. These guys were coming back year after year well after their primes(Doc...a little less) most of them already too rich to notice extra drops in the bucket.
Most of them were not going out on teams they could realistically win it all with. So it wasnt about rings. They just couldnt let the game go.
Ever look at some of these guys when the final buzzer sounds? If not...its in the video. Look at Reggie Millers face. Or Stockton. Or Dr.J standing there as the crowd goes crazy for him.
Its such a look of confusion. Like "What do I do now?". They have all had offseasons and playoff losses(most of these guys last games are when they lose in the playoffs). But that look when its the last one? You could never see anything on John Stocktons face. But he goes to the bench for the last time? hes sitting there like his life is flashing before his eyes and hes about to shed a tear.
If ever you think the players dont love the game like we do....look at some of the old guys who hang on and on and onand just cant let it go. Have 100 million...HOF careers. But cant walk away. Some come out of retirement 2 or 3 times.
Everyone remembers Mike but MAgic? Magic retired 3 times too. In 91...and in 92 he was feeling so good after the olympics he flat out came out of retirement. He played the 92-93 preseason before a few people questioned if they wanted to play with him and he had some other issues...and retired. But Magic was on the court in 1992-93 its just rarely mentioned and there are few highlights(I have a few but chose to focus on his second comeback).
And he sits down...and still cant get away from the game. So he coaches the lakers. That ended terribly....and he flat comes out of retirement again.
The young guys supposedly didnt have his passion(I buy it) and all. And he left again. I remember talks in 97 when they got Kobe and Shaq that Magic could return. I was really hoping he was because magic is the only really really all time great player of the last 30 years I never saw live while old enough to appreciate it. I almost got to see him in 96 in Charlotte but it didnt happen. If he came back to play with Shaq, young Kobe, Nick, and Eddie id have moved heaven and earth to get somewhere he played.
And MAgic was still a great player. he wasnt in Magic shape. He played like a throwback to the 60s. He played all 5 positions(well 4...he didnt really play the 2). He was scoring on centers in the post and still leading the fast break. He ut up 16/7/5 and 15/7/6 on 49% shooting over 2 months off the bench. He shot 39% from 3 on the year. They were 22-10 with him. He was tied with Barkley and ahead of Zo in MVP voting. He was 5th in 6th man of the year voting. Had he played the entire season he would likely have won.
Funny to me when kids(well...im sure many are adults...a lot of grown people never saw magic) claim he couldnt be great today. Ive seen some say he couldnt play point. He played it at almost 37 years old when he had to be 260 pounds and half the speed he was while he was dealing with HIV and selfish teammates(Magic was eating into Ceballos minutes..he was an all star and Magic had dude playing under 20 minutes some games and he couldnt handle it).
Magic could have been one of the all time great power forwards if he pushed himself to be it. He was operating in the post like few bigmen in 96.
HIV cost him that slow transition from point to bigman that would have been natural as he aged. Id love to have seen Magic from 91-98.
As usual im forced to say....**** Karl Malone.
Back end of the video is pretty much about transition play. I feel thats where we really see how exceptional some of these guys are. Instinct wise...athletic ability too. Guys like Jason Kidd and Scottie Pippen in the open court were just monsters and I thought id go into that a bit...
i'll try t oget from 26 into the 50s over the next day or so...