Basketball from a fans perspective
This provides Holmgren with a clear advantage over Wemby, please note I said advantage I didn’t say he was more accomplished. In addition the Thunder rookie had an NBA season where he didn’t play due to injury to prepare, he became accustomed to his team and the rigors of an NBA life. What do I expect at the end of the season, one or the other could be named ROY. On the other hand we could have co-Rookies of the Year, its occurred three times in NBA history. In 1971 Dave Cowans and Geoff Petrie tied for the honors, in 1995 it was Grant Hill and Jason Kidd gaining the award. 2000 was the last year we had two winners, this time it was Elton Brand and Steve Francis. In closing, never say never it could occur again in 2024. By the way, remember all the talk about both being too skinny prior to the season start? Well I can't speak for you but I haven't heard anyone mention weight in quite awhile.
I don’t have the full story but somehow the Armstrong family moved across state line and he began play in his sophomore year at Central High School. From day one it was clear Armstrong was extremely talented and a superior athlete. Seniors on the basketball team looked to this sophomore due to the leadership he exhibited on the basketball court. No one in Kansas City had ever witnessed an athlete with his great leaping ability. In 1964 Wichita State basketball was superior in some circles than the majority of Big 8 schools, so it off to the Kansas school for Armstrong. He continued to grow his game and in the 1968 NBA Draft he was chosen by the Knicks, the new American Basketball Association Oakland Oaks also drafted him. He was Rookie of the Year and help lead that Oaks team to the league championship. A physical rock standing 6 foot 2 and 200 pounds, Jabali was a high wire act no one had ever existed in the Kansas City metro previously.
If you think this is just me talking listen to the words of the legendary Dr. J., Julius Erving. The Hall of Fame Erving certainly faced a number of talented players during his ABA-NBA career, Jabali is one of them. 1. “There were two guys. Warren Jabali and Jumping Joe Caldwell-Pogo Joe, they called him Pogo Joe. So I think I averaged like 28 against the rest of the league. But those two guys, I think I averaged like 24. So they weren’t really busting me, but a 4-point difference in scoring is worthy of note.” Jabali passed in 2012 at the age of 65, in life the cerebral Jabali stood much taller in basketball circles than his height.
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Question number one becomes, can any of the three play effectively at the college level? Number three, I’m not the coach but could we possibly see a twin tower lineup on the court? We’ve held a number of discussions regarding the game no longer being low post oriented. After watching Jordan Wembanyama play could we envision Burns on the perimeter shooting from distance? I’m picking on Burns for no other reason than he fits the Wembanyama profile, tall and lanky. Sure as I’m being held down by gravity one of the three is likely to not be in Columbia for the long term. Hopefully, it will be a pro contract rather than a transfer to another school’s program.
Now who’s suffering on the Clippers, it’s Westbrook, his numbers have clearly gone down the drain? This from memory says Westbrook only came off the bench a few times for the Lakers, with the Clippers early he was inserted into the starting lineup. So the James Harden effect is at work for another team, previously I expressed my belief they could win an NBA Championship…now I’m not so sure.
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