Who Was Your Favorite Player Growing Up

chrismikayla · Post #1 » by **chrismikayla** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:41 pm

Which player was your favorite growing up, in other words the player that helped forged your love of the game. Mine is Earvin "Magic" Johnson(as you can probably tell by my avatar). I was in awe watching he and his Lakers battle Bird and the Celtics and loved the exciting brand of basketball he orchestrated.

whitesideformip · Post #2 » by **whitesideformip** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:43 pm

Kobe and LeBron both helped really me get into basketball. I remember the first game I really watched was the last game in the 2010 Finals and Kobe's performance really just made me start to love the game. (Although I don't like Kobe at all anymore lol)

canibaljay · Post #3 » by **canibaljay** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:46 pm

Tracy McGrady. I still have an Orlando Magic jersey from when I was in middle school and my bank pin is a reference to him.

Post #4 » by **JaxMagic** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:46 pm

Tracy McGrady.

Post #5 » by **bondom34** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:47 pm

Reggie Miller. My first jersey, would love to meet him and get it signed some day.

DeLong2 · Post #6 » by **DeLong2** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:49 pm

John Stockton forever

Hobes · Post #7 » by **Hobes** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:52 pm

canibaljay wrote:Tracy McGrady. I still have an Orlando Magic jersey from when I was in middle school and my bank pin is a reference to him.

So your bank pin is 1333

It was honestly a tie between RIP Hamilton and Tracy McGrady. RIP with his endless motor was a treat to watch. Loved the way he would curl around screens and knock down jumpers all day. He literally would murder his opponents by out working them. It must have been torture to play on him.

Tmac is pretty self explanatory - geared up to be the anti-Kobe and was really just a special talent. He could do it all. the 13 points in 33 seconds still has to be one of my favourite sporting moments. I get goose bumps when I think about it.

Post #8 » by **Domejandro** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:57 pm

No joke, Wally Szczerbiak. I cried when we traded him in 2005, haha.

mihail_petkov · Post #9 » by **mihail_petkov** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:58 pm

Kobe Bryant and KG

Beethoven · Post #10 » by **Beethoven** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:59 pm

I started watching regularly in 1996 when shaq came and kept watching ever since.
To this day I have not seen another player surpass his brute magnitude and Mack truck play on the court by anyone.
Kobe has solidified my enjoyment of the game.

LLJ · Post #11 » by **LLJ** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:01 pm

Spud Webb

Dcebucks11 · Post #12 » by **Dcebucks11** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:02 pm

stephen curry

Flopper · Post #13 » by **Flopper** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:06 pm

Masterfully · Post #14 » by **Masterfully** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:08 pm

hyper316 · Post #15 » by **hyper316** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:09 pm

DeLong2 wrote:John Stockton forever

+1

them short shorts

76ers 2020 · Post #16 » by **76ers 2020** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:11 pm

Charles Barkley. Remember having one of these jackets as a kid.

canibaljay · Post #17 » by **canibaljay** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:18 pm

Hobes wrote:
canibaljay wrote:Tracy McGrady. I still have an Orlando Magic jersey from when I was in middle school and my bank pin is a reference to him.

So your bank pin is 1333

It was honestly a tie between RIP Hamilton and Tracy McGrady. RIP with his endless motor was a treat to watch. Loved the way he would curl around screens and knock down jumpers all day. He literally would murder his opponents by out working them. It must have been torture to play on him.

Tmac is pretty self explanatory - geared up to be the anti-Kobe and was really just a special talent. He could do it all. the 13 points in 33 seconds still has to be one of my favourite sporting moments. I get goose bumps when I think about it.

Haha nah, not 1333. When I was young I memorized his total stats for each season to that moment, and I chose one set of numbers that I've never forgotten. TMac was like the ideological predecessor to Lebron James in some ways.

Damn, Rip is such a great choice. I use to love watching him play, and the mask look was so dope to me at that time.

HeartBreakKid · Post #18 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:19 pm

Michael Jordan and Reggie Miller, for a while Ben Wallace as well though I was already a teenager by then.

Uncle Mxy · Post #19 » by **Uncle Mxy** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:39 pm

ceremony816 · Post #20 » by **ceremony816** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:43 pm

MJ just like every kid in the 90's