Kblaze8855
07-08-2016, 03:00 PM
Somehow I spent much of his last few years and the years after he retired kinda downplaying him. Which is odd because even though I didn't rep him.....I pretty much tried to steal every move he did. Tried to move like he did on the break. Tried to glide and swoop and even worked on specific moves I could do and others couldn't because I could half ass palm a ball even when I was a kid. I always had big hands and I just loved to palm it and move it around a bit.
I'm playing outside in Chicago...its cold...we were poor...we didn't get new balls often. So we have a shitty old ball that would be a little soft if we left it outside. It would shrink a tad and we would pump it back up. Anyway...when its just a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle softer than it should be I could grab that ho off the bounce and "palm" it(really just squeeze it hard and barely have control) and move it around on my drive like Doc.
When I had nobody to play I'm outside at my grandmas house on a roughly 9 foot goal we had hung up on the side of an old storage building driving on nobody working on odd angle palming floaters and layups. Once I could dunk on that short ass goal it was a wrap. Doctor J cuff dunks and up and unders and all. Till my fat ass cousin broke the rim....still salty over that....
Anyway.....just take a moment and look at this guy...clips I'm sure you have seen but I don't care....
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/PinkJovialFritillarybutterfly-size_restricted.gif
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/SmartSadDalmatian-size_restricted.gif
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/HairyZealousGiantschnauzer-size_restricted.gif
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/OnlyLimpingFattaileddunnart-size_restricted.gif
Doesn't he just move a little different from anyone else?
Naturally much of it is the hands:
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/MenacingDentalAmmonite-size_restricted.gif
But still. The total package...the long stride....the first step. The way he could grab the ball mid move really gave him options. He would catch it in one hand....bring it across his body...explode to the basket with one dribble and palm it in the same hand while taking off never involving the other hand. And since he had such a grip he could bring it around at any angle to score.
He was the guy pretty much everyone and their parents were a fan of. My moms favorite player was Doctor J. My stepfather repped Doc and Baylor. My uncles loved Doc. I never knew a basketball fan who didn't love Doctor J. Jordan came along and was kinda Jordan was that guy in the 90s in that everyone seemed to be a fan to some extent. We didn't really have one in the 2000s.....Iverson was probably the closest but maybe that didn't go outside the black community. I cant say. Kobe had too many haters. Tmac/VC types never quite that big. 2010s.....we have nobody. Steph looked like he might be that guy but now he somehow has haters too. Not many though. Maybe he will be that guy. Doc was no doubt that guy in the 80s. Plenty of people didn't like Bird...Jordan....Magic(less didn't like magic).
Everyone it seemed....loved Doctor J.
I'm playing outside in Chicago...its cold...we were poor...we didn't get new balls often. So we have a shitty old ball that would be a little soft if we left it outside. It would shrink a tad and we would pump it back up. Anyway...when its just a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle softer than it should be I could grab that ho off the bounce and "palm" it(really just squeeze it hard and barely have control) and move it around on my drive like Doc.
When I had nobody to play I'm outside at my grandmas house on a roughly 9 foot goal we had hung up on the side of an old storage building driving on nobody working on odd angle palming floaters and layups. Once I could dunk on that short ass goal it was a wrap. Doctor J cuff dunks and up and unders and all. Till my fat ass cousin broke the rim....still salty over that....
Anyway.....just take a moment and look at this guy...clips I'm sure you have seen but I don't care....
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/PinkJovialFritillarybutterfly-size_restricted.gif
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/SmartSadDalmatian-size_restricted.gif
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/HairyZealousGiantschnauzer-size_restricted.gif
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/OnlyLimpingFattaileddunnart-size_restricted.gif
Doesn't he just move a little different from anyone else?
Naturally much of it is the hands:
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/MenacingDentalAmmonite-size_restricted.gif
But still. The total package...the long stride....the first step. The way he could grab the ball mid move really gave him options. He would catch it in one hand....bring it across his body...explode to the basket with one dribble and palm it in the same hand while taking off never involving the other hand. And since he had such a grip he could bring it around at any angle to score.
He was the guy pretty much everyone and their parents were a fan of. My moms favorite player was Doctor J. My stepfather repped Doc and Baylor. My uncles loved Doc. I never knew a basketball fan who didn't love Doctor J. Jordan came along and was kinda Jordan was that guy in the 90s in that everyone seemed to be a fan to some extent. We didn't really have one in the 2000s.....Iverson was probably the closest but maybe that didn't go outside the black community. I cant say. Kobe had too many haters. Tmac/VC types never quite that big. 2010s.....we have nobody. Steph looked like he might be that guy but now he somehow has haters too. Not many though. Maybe he will be that guy. Doc was no doubt that guy in the 80s. Plenty of people didn't like Bird...Jordan....Magic(less didn't like magic).
Everyone it seemed....loved Doctor J.