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Bad Boys Last Stand! ECF Semi-Finals Game 6 Overtime Victory over Bird's Celtics
Sccit:
--- Quote from: HighEyeCue on January 26, 2026, 07:16:39 AM ---no doubt but Larry was doing it against teams like the bad boys, the Lakers etc...shooting percentages weren't as high back then because everyone played tough defense
not taking anything away from Curry his range is ridiculous but he has done it in an offensive era
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the difference is the release
steph has a very quick release so he can get it off much faster, and his release point allows him for more range
but yes, stats are inflated nowadays .. defense is weak and offense is protected
regardless, as far as form, mechanics, release, range.. nobody fuckin wit steph
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: Sccit on January 26, 2026, 07:39:27 AM ---the difference is the release
steph has a very quick release so he can get it off much faster, and his release point allows him for more range
but yes, stats are inflated nowadays .. defense is weak and offense is protected
regardless, as far as form, mechanics, release, range.. nobody fuckin wit steph
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Yeah, as much as I’m a fan of old school NBA I have to say Steph really took whatever the old school guys like his father had done and updated, elevated, and improved it.
Bird had that great high release where he started his motion above his head and that was an advantage over Steph, but Steph expanded on using different angles and looks at the basket and moved his whole generation deeper beyond the arc
HighEyeCue:
--- Quote from: TraceOneInfinite on January 28, 2026, 02:07:36 AM ---Yeah, as much as I’m a fan of old school NBA I have to say Steph really took whatever the old school guys like his father had done and updated, elevated, and improved it.
Bird had that great high release where he started his motion above his head and that was an advantage over Steph, but Steph expanded on using different angles and looks at the basket and moved his whole generation deeper beyond the arc
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his father was one of my favorite non Knick players when he was in Charlotte...great range as well
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: HighEyeCue on January 28, 2026, 03:44:41 AM ---his father was one of my favorite non Knick players when he was in Charlotte...great range as well
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Charlotte had a lot of talent in those years it would’ve been nice to see them put it all together one of those seasons and at least make the ECF, but they were like the Hawks—and seemed to annually get bumped from the playoffs in the first round nearly every year of the Larry Johnson, Zo era…
Poor Mugsy Bowes, such an inspiration to short ballers all over the world giving them hope—yet the guy couldn’t hit a wide open jumper? How can you be only 5’3” and survive in the NBA and you can’t even knock down a wide open jumper?
But they were stacked up to the point of even have solid bench players like Johnny Newman, Kendall Gill and even Curry came off the bench if I remember correct—didn’t they even have Rex Chapman? Chapman is funny for that one game he balled Jordan in but I think he was with a different team then
HighEyeCue:
--- Quote from: TraceOneInfinite on January 28, 2026, 04:36:22 AM ---Charlotte had a lot of talent in those years it would’ve been nice to see them put it all together one of those seasons and at least make the ECF, but they were like the Hawks—and seemed to annually get bumped from the playoffs in the first round nearly every year of the Larry Johnson, Zo era…
Poor Mugsy Bowes, such an inspiration to short ballers all over the world giving them hope—yet the guy couldn’t hit a wide open jumper? How can you be only 5’3” and survive in the NBA and you can’t even knock down a wide open jumper?
But they were stacked up to the point of even have solid bench players like Johnny Newman, Kendall Gill and even Curry came off the bench if I remember correct—didn’t they even have Rex Chapman? Chapman is funny for that one game he balled Jordan in but I think he was with a different team then
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yeah Chapman was drafted by Charlotte when they were an expansion team...I remember him being traded to the Bullets afterwards by the early 90s
Johnny Newman was also a Knick early in his career 8)
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