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Post by sandman on Jan 26, 2023 0:52:24 GMT -5
For fun.
Have at it.
I'll start
Loren Woods.
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Post by haisan on Jan 26, 2023 2:13:45 GMT -5
Sharone Wright
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Post by zugzwang on Jan 26, 2023 7:10:49 GMT -5
Jorge Garbajosa
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Post by blueyoda on Jan 26, 2023 13:28:56 GMT -5
Joey Graham
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Post by Pseudonym on Jan 26, 2023 14:26:37 GMT -5
Andrea Bargnani
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Post by sutureself on Jan 26, 2023 15:11:11 GMT -5
I have a Jamario Moon jersey so I'll go with Moon.
I remember all the hype around Jamario Moon going from the Harlem Globetrotters to the NBA, and some people wondering how many other undiscovered gems might be found on Globetrotters or AND1 tour. I saw modern Globetrotters recently and was shocked by how badly they sucked. None of them could hit a jump shot in warmups or the game to save their life. And just terrible, cheesy, dated comedy skits.
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Post by sutureself on Jan 26, 2023 15:19:03 GMT -5
For fun. Have at it. I'll start Loren Woods. My main memory of Loren Woods is playing 24/7 mode in an old NBA 2k where you'd play as a street baller challenging pros, and Loren Woods was almost always the first, easiest guy you would face. He was sort of like the Glass Joe of the game. |
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Post by zugzwang on Jan 26, 2023 17:48:32 GMT -5
Dang! I was gonna drop Jamario Moon.
Instead I'm going with:
Reggie Evans
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Post by freewheel on Jan 26, 2023 22:03:54 GMT -5
Walt "the wizard" Williams
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Post by zugzwang on Jan 26, 2023 22:25:09 GMT -5
I'll see your Walt Williams and raise you a:
Kris Humphries
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Post by haisan on Jan 27, 2023 2:11:18 GMT -5
Walt "the wizard" Williams Damn, Walt only played 101 games for the Raptors? Tracy Murray, too ... two guys I remember (wrongly) as being with Toronto quite a while. |
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Post by sandman on Jan 27, 2023 4:04:08 GMT -5
Along the lines of Jamario Moon and guys who I think we tried to convince ourselves would "save" the franchise or become core pieces...
Pape Sow.
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Post by haisan on Jan 27, 2023 9:03:08 GMT -5
Along the lines of Jamario Moon and guys who I think we tried to convince ourselves would "save" the franchise or become core pieces... Pape Sow. In that spirit, on behalf of Boris I would like to name Jerryd Bayless. |
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Post by freewheel on Jan 27, 2023 10:08:13 GMT -5
I always liked the Hump. He was unjustly berated during his time in Toronto. Those were bad times though.
Donyell Marshall
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Post by zugzwang on Jan 27, 2023 14:14:35 GMT -5
I always liked the Hump. He was unjustly berated during his time in Toronto. Those were bad times though.
Donyell Marshall
Whoops, I could see how you might have read that as me disparaging Kris (maybe in the spirit of this thread). I was just naming dudes I have cool memories of. Yes, while his best games happened after Toronto traded him away, he wasn't that bad for us at all. My fave memory of the Hump was when he was doing a charity attendance at a Toronto orphanage or some such event for underprivileged children. There was a table tennis game. Kris was slaughtering all the children. The handler quietly suggested this was a PR event and Kris would do well to let the children score a bit. He just couldn't do it. It was against his DNA. Was it an indictment of his emotional maturity, or the sign of a true competitor? But I love that you added Donyell Marshall. A solid reliable double-double, even if typically in a losing contest in those days. Sandman! This thread could have legs to be one of the more popular threads - well done dude! |
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Post by blueyoda on Jan 27, 2023 15:09:25 GMT -5
Didn't Donyell Marshall set a 3-point record? I kind of remember that game. Probably all broken by now given how NBA is played these days ...
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Post by zugzwang on Jan 27, 2023 16:56:13 GMT -5
That's right! Great memory! I looked it up.
In 2005, Marshall made twelve 3-pointers on 63 percent shooting. This tied the existing record of 12-made at the time, held by Kobe Bryant.
The record held for 11 years until, as you predicted, Steph Curry hit 13.
In an interview, Marshall credited his accomplishment in part to the Sixers defense which was laser-focused on keeping opponents out of the paint and he was free to camp on the 3-point line.
P.S. Current record is 14, held by Klay Thompson.
P. P. S. Joey Graham
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Post by sandman on Jan 28, 2023 6:49:09 GMT -5
Really liked Marshall. Was a solid player.
In the same era - Jalen Rose.
Can never hate this guy.
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Post by sandman on Feb 19, 2023 2:09:16 GMT -5
Sebastien Telfair.
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Post by zugzwang on Feb 19, 2023 6:49:01 GMT -5
Greivis Vásquez
(... Who, regardless of where you stood on him, turned out to be amazing trade bait for the franchise)
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Post by sandman on Feb 23, 2023 8:13:01 GMT -5
Aaron Gray.
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Post by sutureself on Feb 24, 2023 14:04:21 GMT -5
Aaron Williams. Eric Williams.
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Post by zugzwang on Feb 27, 2023 10:52:04 GMT -5
Sonny Weems
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Post by haisan on Feb 27, 2023 17:04:06 GMT -5
Acie Earl
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Post by coach on Feb 27, 2023 20:39:44 GMT -5
JYD
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Post by sutureself on Feb 27, 2023 23:08:38 GMT -5
Sonny Weems was the type of guy who would pull out this level move once every 4 or 5 games and you'd wonder why he wasn't a star, but for the most part he just didn't quite have it |
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Post by sutureself on Feb 27, 2023 23:10:23 GMT -5
Shoutout to BorisD: HerPete
Thinking back to the old board, I just realized that I used to check in here every day when I was a student living with my parents and now I'm a 41 year old father of 3 with teenage kids
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Post by haisan on Feb 28, 2023 0:37:07 GMT -5
Thinking back to the old board, I just realized that I used to check in here every day when I was a student living with my parents and now I'm a 41 year old father of 3 with teenage kids Damn. Two kids are about all I can manage, and they're far from being teenagers. Otoh, I was a fair bit older than 41 when the first guy came along... Proud, though, that I've brainwashed at least one kid into liking the Raptors. He uses the games for math practice. ("63-57 ... that's a ... 6 point difference!"). |
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Post by sandman on Mar 2, 2023 8:38:56 GMT -5
You guys are old.
... Said the 31 year old...
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Post by fenris77 on Mar 14, 2023 3:32:19 GMT -5
Shoutout to BorisD: HerPete Thinking back to the old board, I just realized that I used to check in here every day when I was a student living with my parents and now I'm a 41 year old father of 3 with teenage kids I'm about your age and up to four kids (my oldest is 21). We should have a club. Hmm, maybe this is the club... Rafael Araujo. Shudder. |
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