Dan Feldman tells a story about a high school kid named Ben Wallace who played Charles Oakley one on one at a basketball camp in Cleveland.
Oak didn't take it easy on Ben. He even got Ben a little bloody. Instead of backing down Ben Wallace kept going hard, to point where he got Oak a bit bloody.
Ben Wallace was the most rugged big we've had since Rick Mahorn. I miss the Pistons having toughness like that.
Rick Mahorn
Bill Laimbeer
Dennis Rodman
Isiah Thomas
Ben Wallace
Rasheed Wallace
Corliss Williamson
Mook & Stanley Johnson are the only dudes who scratch the surface of that kind of tough competitive fire.
Who's the Pistons' Charles Oakley?
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Redeemed wrote:Dan Feldman tells a story about a high school kid named Ben Wallace who played Charles Oakley one on one at a basketball camp in Cleveland.
Oak didn't take it easy on Ben. He even got Ben a little bloody. Instead of backing down Ben Wallace kept going hard, to point where he got Oak a bit bloody.
Ben Wallace was the most rugged big we've had since Rick Mahorn. I miss the Pistons having toughness like that.
Rick Mahorn
Bill Laimbeer
Dennis Rodman
Isiah Thomas
Ben Wallace
Rasheed Wallace
Corliss Williamson
Mook & Stanley Johnson are the only dudes who scratch the surface of that kind of tough competitive fire.
What about KCP?
The league doesn't allow the physical D anymore but the lack of channelled fire in Dre & RJ is a problem
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It's Mahorn
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I'm thinking Isiah...in terms of being exalted by you and hated/disrespected/unappreciated by the rest of the league for generations.
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Pharaoh wrote:Redeemed wrote:Dan Feldman tells a story about a high school kid named Ben Wallace who played Charles Oakley one on one at a basketball camp in Cleveland.
Oak didn't take it easy on Ben. He even got Ben a little bloody. Instead of backing down Ben Wallace kept going hard, to point where he got Oak a bit bloody.
Ben Wallace was the most rugged big we've had since Rick Mahorn. I miss the Pistons having toughness like that.
Rick Mahorn
Bill Laimbeer
Dennis Rodman
Isiah Thomas
Ben Wallace
Rasheed Wallace
Corliss Williamson
Mook & Stanley Johnson are the only dudes who scratch the surface of that kind of tough competitive fire.
What about KCP?
The league doesn't allow the physical D anymore but the lack of channelled fire in Dre & RJ is a problem
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Thanks for the reminder. KCP has that dog in him too.