Bernard King at 34

bluestang302 · Post #1 » by **bluestang302** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:30 pm

At 34 years old and 5 years removed from a devestating knee injury, Bernard put up 28.4 for Washington in 90/91.

Look at some of these games he had:

Nov 20: 45 points off 18/30 with 5 boards, 3 assists, 3 steals
Nov 27: 39 points off 16/28 with 7 boards and 4 assists
Dec 22: 46 points off 20/30 with 6 boards and 6 assists
Dec 29: 52 points off 20/35 with 8 boards and 6 assists
Jan 03: 46 points off 17/24 with 6 boards and 4 steals
Jan 10: 45 points off 18/30
Jan 31: 49 points off 20/35 with 11 boards and 5 assists (not bad huh)
Feb 07: 47 points off 19/35 with 8 boards, 7 assists, 2 steals
Mar 06: 50 points off 18/31 with 6 boards and 4 steals

Post #2 » by **TMU** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:40 pm

Man, those are some disgusting numbers.
Plus, I can't believe he led the league in usage rate that season when he was 34 years-old.

tmac4real · Post #3 » by **tmac4real** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:11 pm

Bernard was a baller. If it wasn't for his injuries I def think he would and should be considered as good as Drexler. I still do, but I know most people don't rank him that high.

pewing33ny · Post #4 » by **pewing33ny** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:53 pm

it's too bad he had to get injured. if he was healthy and the knicks still got ewing (he got hurt 2/3 through the 84-'85 season) then they may have been contenders in the late 80s, especially with mark jackson.

all of this is hypothetical because they would have a different record with him and thus different draft positions, but it still is nice to think about as a ringless knicks fan.

dvdrdiscs · Post #5 » by **dvdrdiscs** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:48 pm

didn't he also play in a game with like 4 dislocated fingers on his shooting hand and put up some crazy numbers?

HarlemHeat37 · Post #6 » by **HarlemHeat37** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:20 am

most underrated player in NBA history..

Post #7 » by **tsherkin** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:40 am

dvdrdiscs wrote:didn't he also play in a game with like 4 dislocated fingers on his shooting hand and put up some crazy numbers?

In the Detroit series, IIRC. He was a freaking nightmare for the Pistons.

tclg · Post #8 » by **tclg** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:31 pm

Thats one of the most impressive things I have heard about a player with an injury

BROWN · Post #9 » by **BROWN** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:59 pm

Wow, that man is a beast.

Post #10 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:14 pm

The game came so easy for him, so efficient for such a high volume scorer. Had a 5 year stretch where he nearly shot 55% including one season with 33 ppg on 53% shooting. Absolutely ridiculous, when talking about big time scorers to have ever played no one mentions him, real unfortunate he wasn't able to stay healthy.

zhangjiawei · Post #11 » by **zhangjiawei** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:40 am

The Human Highlight Film avg 29.1 ppg in his age of 34, though only 25 games in Clippers...
They were someway similar, though not the same style...

Both natural-born scorer...maybe best just behind MJ since Bird's back-hurt , in 1985-1994.

Both were refused by DREAM TEAM for 1992 Olympic games for D.
In his 34 King can't guard anyone but he could still score 28 per night with broken knee.