25 Years of RealGM

Post #1 » by **magee** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 3:40 am

https://basketball.realgm.com/analysis/281718/25-Years-Of-RealGM-Danny-Leroux

I haven't been on here much since the NBA Finals ended. Just getting into these. Even though my articles were pretty rough from a grammatical and hard to edit (sorry, Chris!!), I always look back on that time and am happy I was given a chance and a platform to write about the NBA for RealGM. Looking forward to reading all of these from everyone!!

SHAQ32 · Post #2 » by **SHAQ32** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 3:45 am

25 years of spam redirects ...haha, jk

I didn't join RealGM until 2007, but I remember there being ads for RGM on NBA TV circa 2001, when they had Rick Kamla. Man, those were the good old days.

SlimShady83 · Post #3 » by **SlimShady83** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 4:37 am

25 years ago

Lakers were 65-17 in Western standings

Faced the Pacers 56-26

GG Pacers!

Dominator83 · Post #4 » by **Dominator83** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 4:48 am

I've been here for 20 of them 8-)

Love everybody i interact with good or bad !

Thaddy · Post #5 » by **Thaddy** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 4:52 am

This is the best basketball site on the planet. Great community. I love arguing with ya'll.

Blame Rasho · Post #6 » by **Blame Rasho** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 5:04 am

Well believe it or not, realgm used to have a chatroom for the nba draft… but in typical realgm fashion, people would post porn in the chat.

Blame Rasho · Post #7 » by **Blame Rasho** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 5:07 am

https://web.archive.org/web/20020601193258/http://realgm.com/boards/viewforum.php?forum=6&38791

Post #8 » by **JDR720** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 5:08 am

Been around almost half of it. Makes me feel old as dirt.

Blame Rasho · Post #9 » by **Blame Rasho** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 5:15 am

Anyone remember the all day podcast that realgm used to do leading up to the draft.

I remember tsherkin in all his pseudo intellect giving the most profound analysis of the Portland Trailblazers... was that" their biggest problem is that they just suck" before the Oden draft.

DBurks2818 · Post #10 » by **DBurks2818** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 8:55 am

We didn’t even have the current ‘And-1’ system in place until many years in!

CaptainFanchini · Post #11 » by **CaptainFanchini** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 10:13 am

present since May 2006 :nod:

Sofia · Post #12 » by **Sofia** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 10:17 am

The highlights were the vines that jugs made.

RIP vine.

SkyHook · Post #13 » by **SkyHook** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 10:47 am

Blame Rasho wrote:https://web.archive.org/web/20020601193258/http://realgm.com/boards/viewforum.php?forum=6&38791

Nice. This archived page is from three weeks before I joined.

God Squad · Post #14 » by **God Squad** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 12:10 pm

Been here since 2010. It really is the best basketball site for discussion and insight into various topics.

Blame Rasho · Post #15 » by **Blame Rasho** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 12:14 pm

SkyHook wrote:
Blame Rasho wrote:https://web.archive.org/web/20020601193258/http://realgm.com/boards/viewforum.php?forum=6&38791

Nice. This archived page is from three weeks before I joined.

If you see one of the headlines, Jazz remain in Utah but back then the owner was thinking of moving the Jazz back to New Orleans after the Stockton Malone era. This was when the Hornets were playing there.

celtics543 · Post #16 » by **celtics543** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 12:28 pm

Been here over 20 years. Don't post a ton but I read the boards basically every day. I appreciate the community. Long live CelticThug.

-Luke- · Post #17 » by **-Luke-** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 12:36 pm

I'm glad I wasn't around at the start. 13-year old me would probably have been banned within 24 hours.

Thanks to everyone who makes this forum a great place.

Blame Rasho · Post #18 » by **Blame Rasho** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 12:45 pm

-Luke- wrote:I'm glad I wasn't around at the start. 13-year old me would probably have been banned within 24 hours.

Thanks to everyone who makes this forum a great place.

There were no mods for a while…lol.

-Luke- · Post #19 » by **-Luke-** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 12:52 pm

Blame Rasho wrote:
-Luke- wrote:I'm glad I wasn't around at the start. 13-year old me would probably have been banned within 24 hours.

Thanks to everyone who makes this forum a great place.

There were no mods for a while…lol.

My 13-year-old self would have made sure that mods were installed much faster.

JRoy · Post #20 » by **JRoy** » Fri Sep 5, 2025 12:57 pm

I started following RealGM around the 2007 draft but didn’t become a member until 2018/2019, just lurked like a cave troll.