Kblaze8855
01-19-2024, 07:29 PM
In case you don’t get the reference and felt too cool for/no interest in the books/movies that sold 100 million copies/did 3 billion in sales
https://youtu.be/IlQxnRsK8KU?si=dTLFAZhNLkfMYnj3
That. Has an athlete ever had such a performance you had the internal:
https://www.hostpic.org/images/2401200443050349.gif
….reaction where you instantly knew he was the one to follow?
I have a few across all sports, but basketball specific there anre only two. Larry Bird and Michael Jordan. For bird, I don’t even remember what game it was, but they were playing the Bulls and it was one of those situations where somebody is just so good you just know your team can’t win. I have no idea what the stats even were but he was just doing everything. Smart defense. Timely shots. Rebounds. Clever passes. I bet he didn’t even have that big a game but watching it as a kid is what made me really appreciate the total game for what was probably the first time. I couldn’t figure out why he was so good. Couldn’t wrap my head around it. Couldn’t work on the moves. Couldn’t emulate it. He didn’t do….anything that looked special. But he did everything so well it felt hopeless. And we had Jordan at the time. Definitely a “King him” moment.
Jordan had a few. But he was my local teams guy on top of being a god so I’m not sure it even counts. I’d have repped him anyway.
I do remember having a feeling like “Got damn this guy is nice” feeling about Kobe watching of all things…the 01 all star game. Specifically a late long jumper over Mutombo. It didn’t have the impact on me where I was just going to king him on the spot, but it definitely gave me something to think about. The only ones since might have been LeBron in that fourth-quarter when he scored everything versus the Pistons, but it didn’t really last. Hakeem versus David Robinson in 1995 is also pretty close. But even though I remember watching it I don’t specifically remember my feelings at the time. Just a bit of validation because I thought he was better.
Who(if anyone) gave you this feeling
https://www.hostpic.org/images/2401200443340353.gif
and do you remember the moment it hit?
Have you never been inspired to bend the knee to someone’s athletic prowess?
https://youtu.be/IlQxnRsK8KU?si=dTLFAZhNLkfMYnj3
That. Has an athlete ever had such a performance you had the internal:
https://www.hostpic.org/images/2401200443050349.gif
….reaction where you instantly knew he was the one to follow?
I have a few across all sports, but basketball specific there anre only two. Larry Bird and Michael Jordan. For bird, I don’t even remember what game it was, but they were playing the Bulls and it was one of those situations where somebody is just so good you just know your team can’t win. I have no idea what the stats even were but he was just doing everything. Smart defense. Timely shots. Rebounds. Clever passes. I bet he didn’t even have that big a game but watching it as a kid is what made me really appreciate the total game for what was probably the first time. I couldn’t figure out why he was so good. Couldn’t wrap my head around it. Couldn’t work on the moves. Couldn’t emulate it. He didn’t do….anything that looked special. But he did everything so well it felt hopeless. And we had Jordan at the time. Definitely a “King him” moment.
Jordan had a few. But he was my local teams guy on top of being a god so I’m not sure it even counts. I’d have repped him anyway.
I do remember having a feeling like “Got damn this guy is nice” feeling about Kobe watching of all things…the 01 all star game. Specifically a late long jumper over Mutombo. It didn’t have the impact on me where I was just going to king him on the spot, but it definitely gave me something to think about. The only ones since might have been LeBron in that fourth-quarter when he scored everything versus the Pistons, but it didn’t really last. Hakeem versus David Robinson in 1995 is also pretty close. But even though I remember watching it I don’t specifically remember my feelings at the time. Just a bit of validation because I thought he was better.
Who(if anyone) gave you this feeling
https://www.hostpic.org/images/2401200443340353.gif
and do you remember the moment it hit?
Have you never been inspired to bend the knee to someone’s athletic prowess?