Who is your favorite Laker from the 48-49 championship season?

Marionettetc · Post #1 » by **Marionettetc** » Thu Aug 6, 2015 2:00 am

Man, they were all so good but I gotta go with Jack Tingle. This 6'4, 204 pound all american dynamo averaged a stunning 2.3 ppg and .2 apg over the span his 39 game career.

Post #2 » by **Slava** » Thu Aug 6, 2015 2:13 am

I'm more of a Herm Schaefer person, he knew Derek Fisher pull yo shots up D!

Mirjalovic · Post #3 » by **Mirjalovic** » Thu Aug 6, 2015 2:53 am

Julius Randle

Tee212 · Post #4 » by **Tee212** » Thu Aug 6, 2015 8:08 am

soo random..100% of us werent born yet

Sofa King · Post #5 » by **Sofa King** » Thu Aug 6, 2015 11:09 am

Tee212 wrote:soo random..100% of us werent born yet

I'm certain Deep was around back then.

Mirjalovic · Post #6 » by **Mirjalovic** » Thu Aug 6, 2015 2:25 pm

Sofa King wrote:
Tee212 wrote:soo random..100% of us werent born yet

I'm certain Deep was around back then.

it is known

rzzzzz · Post #7 » by **rzzzzz** » Thu Aug 6, 2015 6:56 pm

back when the team played near a bunch of lakes. (and baseball fans actually dodged streetcars on the way to Ebbets Field.)

EArl · Post #8 » by **EArl** » Thu Aug 6, 2015 7:48 pm

Sofa King wrote:
Tee212 wrote:soo random..100% of us werent born yet

I'm certain Deep was around back then.

Deep was on first name basis with Jesus.

DEEP3CL · Post #9 » by **DEEP3CL** » Thu Aug 6, 2015 11:44 pm

Yeah yeah yeah....bust out the jokes!

Actually I was working the parking lot ! y'all didn't know how tough it was to stand in Minny back in those days in December !

Sofa King · Post #10 » by **Sofa King** » Fri Aug 7, 2015 3:47 am

DEEP3CL wrote:Yeah yeah yeah....bust out the jokes!

Actually I was working the parking lot ! y'all didn't know how tough it was to stand in Minny back in those days in December !

PKABOOICU · Post #11 » by **PKABOOICU** » Fri Aug 7, 2015 5:37 pm

DEEP3CL wrote:Yeah yeah yeah....bust out the jokes!

Actually I was working the parking lot ! y'all didn't know how tough it was to stand in Minny back in those days in December !

deep, how old are you? if you don't mind me asking..

DEEP3CL · Post #12 » by **DEEP3CL** » Fri Aug 7, 2015 11:22 pm

GOTEMCOACH wrote:
DEEP3CL wrote:Yeah yeah yeah....bust out the jokes!

Actually I was working the parking lot ! y'all didn't know how tough it was to stand in Minny back in those days in December !

deep, how old are you? if you don't mind me asking..

8 years younger than Byron Scott !

Post #13 » by **Kilroy** » Fri Aug 7, 2015 11:34 pm

So we're all deliberately avoiding saying George Mikan, then? I see.

Post #14 » by **Slava** » Sat Aug 8, 2015 12:17 am

Kilroy wrote:So we're all deliberately avoiding saying George Mikan, then? I see.

The most obvious choice, that's EArl's category.

PKABOOICU · Post #15 » by **PKABOOICU** » Sat Aug 8, 2015 2:49 am

DEEP3CL wrote:
GOTEMCOACH wrote:
DEEP3CL wrote:Yeah yeah yeah....bust out the jokes!

Actually I was working the parking lot ! y'all didn't know how tough it was to stand in Minny back in those days in December !

deep, how old are you? if you don't mind me asking..
8 years younger than Byron Scott !

thats kinda cool how you're active on realgm. I'm 29 and i think everyone in the nba under 23 is a kid...you probably look at kobe as kid lol while the whole board probably grew up idolizing him...thats cool

DEEP3CL · Post #16 » by **DEEP3CL** » Sat Aug 8, 2015 6:28 pm

GOTEMCOACH wrote:
DEEP3CL wrote:
GOTEMCOACH wrote:

deep, how old are you? if you don't mind me asking..
8 years younger than Byron Scott !

thats kinda cool how you're active on realgm. I'm 29 and i think everyone in the nba under 23 is a kid...you probably look at kobe as kid lol while the whole board probably grew up idolizing him...thats cool

Yeah I was exposed to the NBA at an early age...a couple of years before Magic even became a Laker. I grew up idolizing Kareem, Wilkes, Adrian Dantley guys like that. Well Kobe is soon to be 37, so I don't view him as a kid anymore. But I'm glad that I've gotten a chance to see a lot of basketball in my time, the only thing funny to me from most of these young posters...especially on the GB, is that they think the way they see things now in the NBA is how things will stay like forever. It trips me the hell out, like all the Laker haters that think the Lakers are never going to recover and dominate again.

I've seen all my favorite sports teams go through lulls only to recover and win titles again. I hate to be a young guy basher some times but they deserve it in most cases because they lack the historical knowledge of the game...it's just a "what's hot now" generation.

Anyway I have a lot of fun with the guys here, they rag on me for thinking I'm some sort of dinosaur...hell I still play ball on Sunday's and can get up and down the floor better than most of 20 and 30 somethings out there because I'm in damn good shape. It's all good though with the jokes but when topics get serious here on any issue in the NBA I have a ton of respect form posters here and other boards as well, because they value my knowledge of the game.

Post #17 » by **Jakay** » Sat Aug 8, 2015 8:52 pm

I'm going to have to go with Ray Ellefson. A bit slight to play the center spot at 6-8 and 230 lbs, he passed away knowing that he made a contribution to a winning team, to the tune of two points on five shots. It reflects poorly on his advanced statistics, bringing his WS down to a less than sterling -0.1, but the eye test is really all that matters when you're talking about all time contributors back then. And yes, he evidently did have eyes, so he passes.

It would, unfortunately, be the only shot he made in his entire NBA career. Nonetheless, it put his season FG% slightly higher than your man Jack Tingle, Marionettetc

Mamba Venom · Post #18 » by **Mamba Venom** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 7:20 am

Wilt was so great that year. :lol:

LakersDynasty14 · Post #19 » by **LakersDynasty14** » Wed Aug 12, 2015 2:19 pm

Those teams in Minnesota are disgrace to the Laker name. They were racists and bigots, and frankly should be eradicated from the Lakers history book.

Marionettetc · Post #20 » by **Marionettetc** » Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:20 pm

LakersDynasty14 wrote:Those teams in Minnesota are disgrace to the Laker name. They were racists and bigots, and frankly should be eradicated from the Lakers history book.

This just in - White people in the late 40's were racist.