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Offline Natsinpwc

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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #175: December 01, 2015, 08:30:39 PM »
Quote from: varoadking on December 01, 2015, 08:22:04 PM
I went to college with a cat that played for the Colonels...Jim Bradley.  Big money back then was measured in 5 figures. 

In 1982, Bradley was found dead at age 29 in a Portland, Oregon, alley.  He had been shot in the back.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bradley_(basketball)
That's pretty tragic. Can't say I remember him.
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #176: December 01, 2015, 08:39:10 PM »
Quote from: varoadking on December 01, 2015, 08:22:04 PM
I went to college with a cat that played for the Colonels...Jim Bradley.  Big money back then was measured in 5 figures. 

In 1982, Bradley was found dead at age 29 in a Portland, Oregon, alley.  He had been shot in the back.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bradley_(basketball)



Piggy backing on Natsinpwc's comment, there were a lot of hard cases in the ABA.   A few teams/guys made it out but a lot of 'em were shady or at a minimum ran with a bad crowd.
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #177: December 01, 2015, 09:02:29 PM »
It'll be interesting to see which way the calls go from here on out.
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #178: December 01, 2015, 09:06:23 PM »
Quote from: mitlen on December 01, 2015, 08:39:10 PM
Piggy backing on Natsinpwc's comment, there were a lot of hard cases in the ABA.   A few teams/guys made it out but a lot of 'em were shady or at a minimum ran with a bad crowd.

Yeah...Bradley came from East Chicago, Indiana, so he didn't exactly get a great start in life...

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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #179: December 01, 2015, 09:10:57 PM »
Who's this John Wall?    He's pretty good.
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #180: December 01, 2015, 09:13:32 PM »
Quote from: mitlen on December 01, 2015, 09:10:57 PM
Who's this John Wall?    He's pretty good.
Playing much better since I dropped him as my avatar. I guess he couldn't take the pressure.
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #181: December 01, 2015, 09:13:42 PM »
Quote from: varoadking on December 01, 2015, 09:06:23 PM
Yeah...Bradley came from East Chicago, Indiana, so he didn't exactly get a great start in life...



The ABA gave an opportunity to guys who couldn't get into the NBA for whatever reason.   Guys like Bradley, Connie Hawkins, Erving, Haywood, etc.     A guy from my hometown, who from word on the street, blew a huge signing bonus on wayward activities.   He lasted a few years and played for 4 or 5 teams.    Another buddy of mine met him at a construction site in CO.   He was a laborer.
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« Reply #182: December 01, 2015, 09:21:48 PM »
Connie Hawkins vs Paul Simon on SNL.
Funny stuff.

https://vimeo.com/71713378

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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #183: December 01, 2015, 09:26:27 PM »
Quote from: Natsinpwc on December 01, 2015, 09:21:48 PM
Connie Hawkins vs Paul Simon on SNL.
Funny stuff.

https://vimeo.com/71713378



Regardless of the cover story, I can understand why the NBA didn't want Hawkins in his prime.   He would have kicked their collective asses.
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #184: December 01, 2015, 09:27:22 PM »
Big, big win  ...  just in time to switch to ESPN.
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« Reply #185: December 01, 2015, 09:27:57 PM »
Quote from: mitlen on December 01, 2015, 09:26:27 PM
Regardless of the cover story, I can understand why the NBA didn't want Hawkins in his prime.   He would have kicked their collective asses.
Wasn't it alleged gambling links? 
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« Reply #186: December 01, 2015, 09:28:37 PM »
Quote from: Natsinpwc on December 01, 2015, 09:27:57 PM
Wasn't it alleged gambling links? 

Shaving points allegations IIRC.    He got royally screwed in the process from beginning to end.   First time I saw him was with the Pittsburgh Pipers.

EDIT:    I may have first seen Hawkins in a "tournament" in the off season in the Pittsburgh area.   I think I did but I'm not sure.    :old:
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #187: December 02, 2015, 10:52:53 AM »
Kobe's last DC appearance.
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #188: December 02, 2015, 11:06:44 AM »
last night's game is on replay at 11:30
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #189: December 02, 2015, 11:07:51 AM »
Quote from: Natsinpwc on December 02, 2015, 11:06:44 AM
last night's game is on replay at 11:30

Serious question.    Did you see Kobe play HS ball?
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« Reply #190: December 02, 2015, 12:11:12 PM »
Quote from: mitlen on December 02, 2015, 11:07:51 AM
Serious question.    Did you see Kobe play HS ball?
No. I was out of Philly in 88 so gone before his time.
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #191: December 02, 2015, 09:27:50 PM »
Pitiful.
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #192: December 02, 2015, 09:29:40 PM »
Quote from: Natsinpwc on December 02, 2015, 09:27:50 PM
Pitiful.

Really.    Beat the Cavs on the road and then  ...
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« Reply #193: December 02, 2015, 09:31:28 PM »
Quote from: mitlen on December 02, 2015, 09:29:40 PM
Really.    Beat the Cavs on the road and then  ...
Looks like they are trying to get their coach fired.
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #194: December 03, 2015, 06:54:15 AM »
Honestly, I think the team knows that they're in a station keeping pattern until the front office signs Kevin Durant
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« Reply #195: December 03, 2015, 07:37:26 AM »
Quote from: Slateman on December 03, 2015, 06:54:15 AM
Honestly, I think the team knows that they're in a station keeping pattern until the front office signs Kevin Durant

Wall's mom crying after he gets booed at home will really encourage free agents to choose dc
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #196: December 03, 2015, 07:41:47 AM »
Quote from: HalfSmokes on December 03, 2015, 07:37:26 AM
Wall's mom crying after he gets booed at home will really encourage free agents to choose dc
Durant is the only big name free agent I can think of that would come to a DC sports team for anything other than a big pay day
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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #197: December 03, 2015, 09:34:57 AM »
Quote from: HalfSmokes on December 03, 2015, 07:37:26 AM
Wall's mom crying after he gets booed at home will really encourage free agents to choose dc

Hope she understands that many in the crowd, and probably many of the booers, were front running bandwagoning Lakers' fans who break out their purple/gold jerseys for the one time the Lakers play in DC every year.    Most of this group couldn't tell you who Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, etc. are.    Couldn't tell you that when the franchise was in Minneapolis their plane landed in a cornfield on a return trip from St. Louis.    They think history started when they got a cell phone.      :rant:

Thank you.   That is all.
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Offline Natsinpwc

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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #198: December 03, 2015, 09:41:17 AM »
Quote from: mitlen on December 03, 2015, 09:34:57 AM
Hope she understands than many in the crowd and probably many of the booers were front running bandwagoning Lakers' fans who break out their purple/gold jerseys for the one time the Lakers play in DC every year.
My seats the last few years were behind the visitors bench. A haven for fans of the other team. It's terrible when people are cheering for teams that play in cities they have probably never visited. Or in the case of OKC that they could not even locate on a map.

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Re: Washington Wizards 2015/16--Can we finally get past round 2?
« Reply #199: December 03, 2015, 10:59:29 AM »
Did they really boo Wall's bum ass off the court? 
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