Nate Thurmond
It's Thurmond, not Thurman. The guy's a HOF center, and was selected as one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players.
Surprisingly, Howard didn't even know who he was when asked afterwards.
If Dwight has a third 20/20 game tonight...
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craig01
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MagicMadness wrote:Nate Thurmond
Surprisingly, Howard didn't even know who he was when asked afterwards.
Not surprising.
The basketball and football generations of today are disconnected and largely oblivious towards their past.
Not so much so in baseball.
Basketball is driven by three principles:
1) Movement 2) Application of fundamentals 3) Predictability
1) Movement 2) Application of fundamentals 3) Predictability
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MagicMadness wrote:Nate Thurmond
It's Thurmond, not Thurman. The guy's a HOF center, and was selected as one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players.
Surprisingly, Howard didn't even know who he was when asked afterwards.
Yea I read a bit about him last night..I think Howard will become very much like him.
out of difficulty comes opportunity.
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craig01 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Not surprising.
The basketball and football generations of today are disconnected and largely oblivious towards their past.
Not so much so in baseball.
That is true. Good point.
It does seem a bit odd, however, considering Thurmond was a rebounding center like Howard. Dwight should catch up on a little NBA history.
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craig01 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Not surprising.
The basketball and football generations of today are disconnected and largely oblivious towards their past.
Not so much so in baseball.
Thats because baseball is so low and boring that while in the dugouts there's nothing to do but talk about the good ol' days and read Baseball Almanacs
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cwas2882 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Thats because baseball is so low and boring that while in the dugouts there's nothing to do but talk about the good ol' days and read Baseball Almanacs
It's crazy the #'s Dwight is putting up and how easy he makes it look, I don't know why what he's doing is not being talked about more. I'm pulling for you guys in the playoffs, the series has been a good one so far.
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MagicMadness wrote:Nate Thurmond
It's Thurmond, not Thurman. The guy's a HOF center, and was selected as one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players.
Surprisingly, Howard didn't even know who he was when asked afterwards.
Lol...that was 1969...Dwights parent's were kids then. In all fairness the guy played almost 40 years ago clear across the country. I'll be honest, I didn'd know who he was either.
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