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In reply to the discussion: My take on the GOAT debate [View all]

maspaha

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24. Bob Cousy
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 07:02 PM
Aug 2023

Sounds like you got to see Bob Cousy play. I’ve only seen him in video clips. I learned about Bob when I made my middle school basketball ball team as a 5’3” sixth grader. I was already fast and good at passing, but he inspired me to work on my ball handling skills and reading the game as a point guard. I had so much fun playing in 6th & 7th grade. But by 8th grade, the other girls were taller, I was still 5’3”, mouth full of braces, and spending more time on the sidelines with an ice pack and a bloody mouth. So I retired.

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My take on the GOAT debate [View all] EnergizedLib Jul 2023 OP
This is ridiculous. we can do it Jul 2023 #1
Specifically what is, if I may ask? EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #2
William Felton Russell. Stats are only stats. cachukis Jul 2023 #3
Stats do matter, no? EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #4
No body ever hit Wayne Gretzky because he was the paycheck. cachukis Jul 2023 #8
Gretzky also wasn't a fighter and the face of his league EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #10
Late to the GOAT debate, but... maspaha Aug 2023 #23
And then look at Bill Russell bottomofthehill Jul 2023 #5
That's a lot of winning EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #7
I played hockey with guys who left the Canadiens because of cachukis Jul 2023 #9
Casey also managed a 40-120 Mets team in their first year EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #11
I am not denying them their greatness. But rules change. cachukis Jul 2023 #14
And this tells me EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #17
Well stated. The greatest is subjective. Individually versus team. cachukis Jul 2023 #20
Red's take TZ617 Jul 2023 #12
First of all EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #13
My generation!! TZ617 Jul 2023 #16
That really says a lot EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #18
My father was a referee in the Greater Boston League in the cachukis Jul 2023 #15
There's the nostalgia again EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #19
Bob Cousy maspaha Aug 2023 #24
Luckily, yes. On the parquet and in a park in Worcester, just down cachukis Aug 2023 #25
My Objection ProfessorGAC Jul 2023 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author EnergizedLib Jul 2023 #6
My vote goes to Secretariat..... Karadeniz Jul 2023 #21
Bill Russel, 11 titles in 13 seasons bluescribbler Sep 2023 #26
Naismith is very inclusive EnergizedLib Sep 2023 #27
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