Another NBA Inadvertent Whistle

[jkjenning]

Originally posted by dave30
Tim Duncan only whines when it is warranted. .... since I was a kid and used to go down to the old Hemisfair Arena to watch George Gervin, Larry Kenon, James Silas and that run and gun show.

Dave, other than Duncan I'm with you on this completely. Duncan whines and he needs to knock it off.

I can't believe they tore down the arena - really a waste, imo. Don't leave Johnny Moore off your list of admired Spurs veterans, or for that matter Coby Dietrich. Moore gives back to the local youth basketball community on a regular basis; Coby and Moore are both classy individuals.

The Spurs are a first class team.

[jkjenning]

dave30 - enable your PMs!

[dave30]

Originally Posted by jkjenning

dave30 - enable your PMs!

OK, I'm trying to figure it out right now....

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jkjenning

Dave, other than Duncan I'm with you on this completely. Duncan whines and he needs to knock it off.

I can't believe they tore down the arena - really a waste, imo. Don't leave Johnny Moore off your list of admired Spurs veterans, or for that matter Coby Dietrich. Moore gives back to the local youth basketball community on a regular basis; Coby and Moore are both classy individuals.

The Spurs are a first class team.

What happened to Artis Gilmore???

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

What happened to Artis Gilmore???

The A-Train was a stud!! Used to love watching him rebound all those misses Grvin puked up there...Artis was a machine!

[jkjenning]

What happened to Artis Gilmore???

Good point, BadNewsRef. Also, Mark Olberding, Billy Paultz...
I've had the pleasure of running across Dietrich and Moore, so their omission was more obvious to me. Johnny Moore is always coaching an AAU team and both he and Coby are well-mannered, well-tempered [i.e. no 'roids in their past] classy individuals.
Of course, the Admiral is seriously a gentleman - his son had to put up with my family's first year of officiating [6th grade league] and Robinson was just so into focusing the kids on the game that it meant a lot to us. Having a legend on the sidelines who would have torn you down would have been a bit of a difficult thing to overcome during my first year [even now, I think - I'm still working on getting through a camp without becoming too distracted by what I need to work on].

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jkjenning

Good point, BadNewsRef. Also, Mark Olberding, Billy Paultz...

I was going to mention the Whopper, Billy Paultz. Olberding was the other name I couldn't think of. I remember all those players b/c back in the mid-70's through early 80's were the years I really followed the NBA as a teen-ager. I was originally a Bucks fan as a little kid but then Milwaukee traded Jabbar the same year Philly picked up George McGinnis and I became a die-hard Sixer fan. I remember the Spurs' battles with the Bullets and Sixers when SA was in the Eastern Conference. I still remember the day David Thompson up 78 and Iceman responded by scoring 63 to win the scoring title.

Originally Posted by jkjenning

Johnny Moore is always coaching an AAU team and both he and Coby are well-mannered, well-tempered [i.e. no 'roids in their past] classy individuals.

Ref'd an AAU game once with Buck Williams coaching. He wasn't a problem at all but when he had a question he easily got your attention. There's no igonoring his presense on the sideline.

Those Johnny Moore Spurs teams, though, used to get waxed by Magic and the Lakers.

[rockyroad]

[QUOTE=BadNewsRef]I. I was originally a Bucks fan as a little kid but then Milwaukee traded Jabbar the same year Philly picked up George McGinnis and I became a die-hard Sixer fan. QUOTE]

Hey me too...the good old days of the Sixers, with mcGinnis, Steve Mix, World B. Free, Henry Bibby...later with Dr. J, Bobby Jones, "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins, Mo Cheeks...ah, the goold old days!