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99% of these guys being named are not obscure, they are just simply players from the 90's, many of which were good players and even all stars.
Maybe I am being harsh, as 3/4 of the board were in diapers.
Obscure to me would be someone like The Hambone
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[QUOTE=LAClipsFan33]Lamond Murray played with Jason Kidd at Cal.
I saw them live against USC...my 1st ever live college basketball game
Kidd with the pass Murray WET !!! :bowdown:[/QUOTE]
check it>>>[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0rX_bX4JMo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0rX_bX4JMo[/URL]
Kidd to Murray:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
[QUOTE=305Baller][IMG]http://nbahoopsonline.com/Articles/top160/photos/mitch-richmond.jpg[/IMG]
Mitch Richmond was the best scorer not named Jordan a few years.[/QUOTE]
opposite of obscure..he was actually a star..
Terry Mills
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Ken Norman
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Loy Vaught
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[QUOTE=G-train]99% of these guys being named are not obscure, they are just simply players from the 90's, many of which were good players and even all stars.
Maybe I am being harsh, as 3/4 of the board were in diapers.
Obscure to me would be someone like The Hambone
[IMG]http://static.bkref.com/images/players/hammoto01.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
he said 90's not 70's....
and by your criteria 70% of the NBA would be obscure....I think OP meant not a superstar but good player....hardly anyone here is going to remember Loy Vaught or the six man on the 94 Buc's
[quote=AlphaWolf24]he said 90's not 70's....
and by your criteria 70% of the NBA would be obscure....I think OP meant not a superstar but good player....hardly anyone here is going to remember Loy Vaught or the six man on the 94 Buc's[/quote]
huh?
Most people posting here are 15-18 or so. That means they were born from 94-97.
I clearly remember the 6th man for the bucks in 94, Todd Day.
[QUOTE=G-train]huh?
Most people posting here are 15-18 or so. That means they were born from 94-97.
I clearly remember the 6th man for the bucks in 94, Todd Day.[/QUOTE]
wasn't it Lee Maybary??....not Day?...
Maybary was a beast at Arkansas..
[QUOTE=AlphaWolf24]check it>>>[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0rX_bX4JMo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0rX_bX4JMo[/URL]
Kidd to Murray:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:[/QUOTE]
:bowdown:
Armon Gilliam
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Derrick Mckey
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Bryant Stith
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I used to really like Elden Campbell for the Lakers. He was a 6'11 guy that could jump out of the gym. He was fun to watch because he was always dunking and blocking shots. He played well in the 1991 NBA Finals as a rookie once they let him play. He developed into a solid player later on. Never really a star because he would get into foul trouble a lot and he would turn the ball over on offense.
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Loved this guys shot. His handles were ridiculous.
Lots of the guys in this thread were all stars once though, or borderline all stars at least..
Not obscure at all really. Know all of them so far and remember most of them vividly, also because a lot of them played in the beginning of this decade.
I like how many former Blazers were posted:
Stacey Augmon
Gary Grant
Walt Williams
Detlef Schrempf
Terry Porter
Dale Davis
Clifford Robinson
Buck Williams
[QUOTE=Laimbeer_Rodman]Ken Norman
[IMG]http://www.nba.com/clippers/photos/norman-playoff-111117-200.jpg[/IMG]
[/QUOTE]Ken Norman was going to be one of my posts. When I was younger I decided I wanted a new favorite player to follow (while retaining my other favorites) so I decided I'd pick up a pile of my basketball cards and count through to a pre-determined number, at which point I'd have a new favorite. That card ended up being Ken Norman and briefly, I began collecting Ken Norman cards.
Also, I sort of liked Blue Edwards:
[img]http://www.halloffamememorabilia.com/images/products/p-522346-blue-edwards-autographed-hand-signed-basketball-card-milwaukee-bucks-1993-upper-deck-aw-42027.jpg[/img]
I like this Blue Mix: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBma6YRzepc[/url]
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[QUOTE=QuebecBaller][IMG]http://www.eightpointsnineseconds.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cherokee-parks.jpg[/IMG]
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Fun fact: Cherokee's sister, Corey, was the original bassist for a southern rock band called Nashville Pus*y.
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[QUOTE=Rake2204]Fun fact: Cherokee's sister, Corey, was the original bassist for a southern rock band called Nashville Pus*y.[/QUOTE]
:lol :lol
Thanks for sharing :cheers:
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Chris Gatling - a player who could never stay on a roster but always contributed. When he rocked the headband, he looked like a human condom.
Can't believe no one has mentioned Nick Van Excellent.
this thread just shows me how much i need to get out the house and stop watching basketball because ive only seen like three names that i didnt immediately recognize and this is a decade that was a baby in.:facepalm
Willie Burton, Tony Delk, and Tracy Murray all had 50 point games.
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Oliver Miller
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Ed O'Bannon
[IMG]http://www.wolfgnards.com/media/blogs/photos/celebrities/obannon.jpg[/IMG]
Brian Scott
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[QUOTE=Flagrant 2]Keon Clark
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I'll never forget this dunk:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ALAf186lLA[/url]
[QUOTE=Westbrook0]I'll never forget this dunk:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ALAf186lLA[/url][/QUOTE]
Liked this one too: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0gW_6xuTsk[/url]
[QUOTE=G-train]99% of these guys being named are not obscure, they are just simply players from the 90's, many of which were good players and even all stars.
Maybe I am being harsh, as 3/4 of the board were in diapers.
Obscure to me would be someone like The Hambone
[IMG]http://static.bkref.com/images/players/hammoto01.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Did you notice how my topic title says "Slightly obscure nostalgia?"
Slightly means to a small degree
Obscure means not known about
Nostalgia means a longing or appreciation for memories of the past.
So by my definition, these players should be not easily known about, but only to a small degree, and also significant enough players to bring back good memories from the 90s.
That doesn't mean go back and find the 12th guy on a random NBA roster and post his name. That's not very nostalgic.
Kids these days wouldn't know who 75% of these players are, but us posters who followed basketball in the 90s will, which is exactly the point.
[QUOTE=Toizumi]Lots of the guys in this thread were all stars once though, or borderline all stars at least..
Not obscure at all really. Know all of them so far and remember most of them vividly, also because a lot of them played in the beginning of this decade.
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Again, that means they are doing something right. Because you remember these guys, but they weren't superstars or anything.
Michael Jordan would not be considered "slightly obscure."
But Roy Marble would not be considered "nostalgic" because no one even has any good memories of him.
We're talking about guys in between.
I can't believe ISH deleted my "if LeBron never wins a ring" thread.
ISH = No fun. Only complaining and whining.
:cry:
Im joking.
Cool thread. I had love for Dell Curry's steez (remember when people said 'steez'?) :rolleyes: I recall this one time he faked out a defender bad, shuffled [I]sideways[/I] with a couple of dribbles and nailed a smooth 3 pointer. Doesn't sound like much but it was just his cool style which made an impression on me.
Bobby Phills... Malik Sealy... Brian Williams a.k.a Bison Dele... RIP!!!
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LaPhonso Ellis
Isiah Rider
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Bison Dele aka Brian Williams
Ty Corbin, former Hawk part of the Smith-Blaylock-Mutombo-Laettner era, now coach of the Utah Jazz:
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Mookie Blaylock
Sarunas Marciulionis
[QUOTE=RaininTwos]this thread just shows me how much i need to get out the house and stop watching basketball because ive only seen like three names that i didnt immediately recognize and this is a decade that was a baby in.:facepalm[/QUOTE]
:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm
That's the POINT. Man some of you guys are thick.
It's called NOSTALGIA. You can't be nostalgic over something you can't even f*cking remember!
Robert Pack
[QUOTE=305Baller][IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M4rLGU3Ll78/TPTO9aXIztI/AAAAAAAAApE/HdwU7dBly44/s1600/Detlef-schrempf%255B1%255D.jpg[/IMG]
Shrempf[/QUOTE]
[SIZE="3"]Shrempf[/SIZE]
Highest Consonant-to-Vowel ratio in NBA history. I remember him in college missing a shot in a game against Duke. The brainac crowd starting chanting AIRBALL....AIRBALL .....in GERMAN.
[QUOTE=Westbrook0]:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm
That's the POINT. Man some of you guys are thick.
It's called NOSTALGIA. You can't be nostalgic over something you can't even f*cking remember![/QUOTE]
Reading comprehension. I was criticizing myself for spending too much time watching old games. I've so much that I can actually go through this thread and know virtually all of the players listed. That's not good, lol.
Dale Ellis
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Xavier McDaniel
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Michael Cage
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[QUOTE=305Baller][IMG]http://beefknuckles.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/walt.jpg[/IMG]
I liked Walt 'Wizard' Williams' game.[/QUOTE]
[B]I Always Thought Walt Would Have Been An All Star...Yet He Never Took That Step to The Next Level. He was a Great Ballhandling 6`8 Player[/B]
This thread is hilarious:roll:
I'm glad people remember Loyd Vaught (shit, did I even spell that correctly?) those Clipper teams had good players at one point. He was considered their best player until Odom and company came to town.
What strikes me is, almost all of these players don't have highlights on youTube. Not just because technology was different, but because most of these cats don't have many highlights worth looking at. Most of these player's games are very basic and fundamental. Yet, it's the type of game that actually matters. Which is why I'd take most of the big men posted here over dudes like Griffin and others today.
I'm trying to think of somebody to add, I'll do so in a moment.
[quote=andgar923]This thread is hilarious:roll:
I'm glad people remember Loyd Vaught (shit, did I even spell that correctly?) those Clipper teams had good players at one point. He was considered their best player until Odom and company came to town.[/quote]
[B]Loy [/B]Vaught.
[QUOTE=305Baller][IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V3FiwGnfOXM/TQowv7B59sI/AAAAAAAABhU/2j0Ley2q5nk/s1600/mason.jpg[/IMG]
Anthony Mason was an all-star w/ Miami when people thought he was done.[/QUOTE]
I remember watching him as a kid, thinking he was only in the NBA cause he knew how to fight. :oldlol: