It's Shibby Out Today
Just bopping by to show this (which I nabbed from ESPN.com):
About how great Oscar Robertson was:
"We hear about "The Big O" averaging a triple-double for one season (1961-62), but he actually averaged a triple-double over the first five seasons of his career (1960-65) when the games are strung together. In those 384 games, he averaged an astounding 30.3 points, 10.6 assists and 10.4 rebounds. "
Holy frigging crap, a triple double over three seasons? That is amazing. He was ahead of his time. Truly underappreciated. Two bad he was a jackass in the locker room.
About how great Magic Johnson was:
"Given his age (a rookie at age 20), the stakes (NBA Finals), the opponent (Dr. J and the 76ers) and the fact that he moved to center to replace injured legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic's 42-point, 15-rebound, 7-assist, 3-steal effort in the title-clinching Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals was probably the best individual performance of all time.
About how great Oscar Robertson was:
"We hear about "The Big O" averaging a triple-double for one season (1961-62), but he actually averaged a triple-double over the first five seasons of his career (1960-65) when the games are strung together. In those 384 games, he averaged an astounding 30.3 points, 10.6 assists and 10.4 rebounds. "
Holy frigging crap, a triple double over three seasons? That is amazing. He was ahead of his time. Truly underappreciated. Two bad he was a jackass in the locker room.
About how great Magic Johnson was:
"Given his age (a rookie at age 20), the stakes (NBA Finals), the opponent (Dr. J and the 76ers) and the fact that he moved to center to replace injured legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic's 42-point, 15-rebound, 7-assist, 3-steal effort in the title-clinching Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals was probably the best individual performance of all time.
It could be argued that he's the one player in NBA history who was better than Michael Jordan."
Yes that is quite incredible but two men must come before Magic Johnson in the Pantheon of NBA greatness: Michael Jordan and Bill Russell. Michael Jordan was amazing as all know but Bill Russell won 11 championships, two of them while being a player coach-THE FIRST player coach ever AND! he was black. Try that on for size in 1960s. That man dominated.
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