Oscar Today vs Curry in the 60's

[penbeast0]

Remember the one or two year period when they strung the rackets differently and all of a sudden players no one had heard of were winning tourneys with huge topspin shots . . . to the point they banned it. Always wanted to try that but my local pro shot absolutely refused.

[Cavsfansince84]

Remember the one or two year period when they strung the rackets differently and all of a sudden players no one had heard of were winning tourneys with huge topspin shots . . . to the point they banned it. Always wanted to try that but my local pro shot absolutely refused.

Not off the top of my head. Was that the late 90's you are referring to?

[penbeast0]

Remember the one or two year period when they strung the rackets differently and all of a sudden players no one had heard of were winning tourneys with huge topspin shots . . . to the point they banned it. Always wanted to try that but my local pro shot absolutely refused.

Not off the top of my head. Was that the late 90's you are referring to?

1978
The spaghetti stringing was banned in USTA tennis in 1978. This ban was implemented by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after the method was used to gain an advantage in tournaments, particularly after the 1977 US Open.

[Cavsfansince84]

1978
The spaghetti stringing was banned in USTA tennis in 1978. This ban was implemented by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after the method was used to gain an advantage in tournaments, particularly after the 1977 US Open.

Interesting. I played with a wood racket the first few years I started playing tennis then switched to the steel one Jimmy Connors used then eventually the graphite ones. The racket heads were so small back then.

[McBubbles]

My phone is a POS and so refreshed the page after I looked at another tab to find league average TS numbers.

TLDR - Oscar is just as good if not better whereas Curry gets worse due to vastly inferior coaching in regards to creativity and maximising his talents, + no 3 point line to maximise those talents, + infinitely more restrictive ball handling rules that reduces his handles much closer to the mean.

[tsherkin]

My phone is a POS and so refreshed the page after I looked at another tab to find league average TS numbers.

Notepad for long posts, C+P into the post page, saved me MANY of these headaches over the years. Otherwise, periodically hitting Preview will sometimes cache your text and save you if the page refreshes.