Scottie Pippen: “Offensive and Defensive plays?, He Mastered Them!”

Scottie Maurice Pippen, an amazing athlete who has mastered the abilities of jumping, shooting and various of other skills. His monstrous jumping ability has postarize many players in the NBA. If Pippen goes up in the air, then there are only three words “Look Out Below” because he is coming down with a thunderous slam on top of you! However if you choose to double team him in the paint then he will just have to step back behind the arc and simply shoot one in your face! There is merely nothing that you can do to defend this astonishing player. Not only is he an unstoppable player, but also keen player who lead Chicago Bulls along with Michael Jordan to six championships. He has left a mark as being nominated as one of the best all-around players in NBA history.

Scottie Pippen attended college at University Of Central Arkansas, and played for the basketball team for four consecutive years. Pippen’s great performance at his college as a basketball player, lead him to be immediately considered a viable NBA prospect. In 1987, Pippen was selected fifth overall in the NBA Draft by the Seattle Supersonics. Where he played some introductory games with and soon he was traded to the Chicago Bulls for the eighth pick, 7-ft center Olden Polynice. Only later did the Supersonics realise that Pippen had great potential because with the Chicago bulls, Pippen blossomed as an all-star player.

Scottie Pippen immediately became Chicago’s young starting forward with 6”10” power forward Horace Grant. Both of these players played well together and portrayed great chemistry with the team which lead Chicago to many wins. Then later on, in the 1988 playoffs, Pippen would come together with one of the greatest legend of all time Michael Jordan and they both lead the Bulls to reach the Eastern Conference semi finals for the first time in over a decade. Pippen was just booming as a player he was well recognized for his stellar defence and consistent scoring ability.

In 1990, Pippen helped the Bulls to reach the Conference Finals and earned himself his first NBA All-Star Game berth. However, in game seven of the conference finals against the Detroit Pistons, Pippen suffered from a migraine headache which really affected his performance. Then in the following year, 1991, Pippen would continue to improve and establish himself as a force to be reckoned with. Pippen became as the Bull’s primary defensive stopper and an indispensable offensive threat. He helped lead the Bulls to six NBA Championships(1990-91, 1991-92,1992-93,1995-96, and 1997-98). As a legend he was nominated as one of the NBA’s Fifty Greatest Players when the league was celebrating its fiftieth season in 1996.

Pippen still to this day has 3 achievements and records: 1) Pippen holds the NBA record for most career assists for a forward, 2) Pippen holds the NBA record for most career steals for a forward and 3) Pippen recorded 20 career triple-doubles.

Scottie Maurice Pippen is now retired and is spending some time working as a basketball analyst for the Chicago Bulls, he is also a special assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. . Pippen has two children and is married to Assyrian-American Larsa Younan. Pippen is a frequent poker player and he just loves kicking it back and playing high stake poker games with his team-mates Jordan and Ron Harper.

Enjoy some of his greatest moments in the NBA

Tim Hardaway: "Killer Cross-over"

Wow, one of the most exciting players of the 90s. Tim Hardaway can be credited with inventing the killer cross-over which has now become so popular. It is used by almost every player in the game is practically impossible to defend. Through following Hardaway's game, people like Iverson and Marbaury have been able to become such great basketball players.


After graduating from Carver High School in Chicago, Hardaway attended the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) where he won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the best college player under six feet (1.83 m) tall. Hardaway was selected as the 14th pick of the first round, in the 1989 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors.

With the Warriors, Hardaway was part of "Run TMC" (a play on the title of the popular rap group Run DMC) which was the high-scoring trio of himself, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin. As part of the Warriors' attack, Hardaway was responsible for leading Run TMC's fast break, displaying his excellent passing and one-on-one skills to complement Richmond's slashing and Mullin's shooting. During his time with the Warriors, Hardaway’ dribbiling techniques were on full display. His deadly cross-over made him famous and kids all over the country were imitating this move. The killer cross-over is described below and when perfected it is a deadly move.

Hardaway’s best seasons occurred, when he was traded to the Miami Heat. He teamed out with Alonzo Mourning to make the Miami Heat one of the best teams of he eastern conference during the 90s, routinely winning conference titles. However, much like everyone else, the Heat became victims of the Chicago Bulls title runs and also of bad luck.
I remember watching the 8th seed New York Knicks taking on the first seed Miami Heat during the 1999 playoffs. The Heat were more talented, better coached and had a great center in his prime, Alonzo Mourning. However, the Knicks were gritty and played with heart. With Allan Houston hitting the runner at the buzzer, it was one of the greatest displays of team will in sports. NY Knicks became the first 8th seeded team to beat a 1st seed in the playoffs.

He was an MVP candidate following the 1996-1997 season, making it to the All-NBA First Team after leading the Heat to the best record in franchise history while averaging 20.3 points, 8.6 assists, and being fourth in the league with 203 three-point baskets. He reached 5000 points and 2500 assists faster than any NBA player, except Oscar Robertson. Hardaway has competed in five NBA All-Star Games. He is the Miami Heat's all time leader in assists.

You could always count on Tim Hardaway to give his most and give his heart when he plays on that court. His hard work made him one of the best point gaurds of the 90s decade. He was also fearless, not scared to go into the 7 foot defenders to take a layup or not afraid to take a shot when the game was on the line. Tim hardaway should be a role model for all up coming point guards playing the game.
Currently, Tim has a wife, Yolanda, and two children. He lives in Miami, Florida. Hardaway is a player/head coach of the Florida Pit Bulls of the ABA. Tim Hardaway also co-owns an upscale Handcarwash with partner Cory Mason in Miami.

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Bob Cousy : A Legendary Play Maker

Robert Joseph Cousy was born on August 9, 1928 in New York City, United States. He was a great player who revolutionized basketball with his tremendous dribbling, shooting and assisting abilities.

Everyone starts from somewhere, Bob Cousy was born to a very poor family, he grew up a “ghetto rat” on Manhattan’s East Side. He struggled very much throughout life, and finally somehow managed to save up 500$ playing stickball. Miraculously, the money was able to get himself and his family out the ghetto and into a house in the St. Albans neighbourhood of Queens, Long Island. He was recognized as a very humble and hard working being.

This legend played as a point guard with the NBA’s Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963. Basketball had its turning point because of Cousy, he put heart and dedication into the game which really changed the whole style of the game for future stars. He was often referred to as “ The Cooz” or “ Houdini of the Hardwood” because of being clutch at nerve raking moments and for his talented ability of dribbling out the last seconds of a game around the whole opposing team.

Bob “The Cooz” Cousy stands 6 feet one inch tall and weighing at a 175 lbs. After seeing Cousy at his prime we discover that it is not really a concern of weight or height that determines a players potential, it is about heart and hard work! Bob Cousy’s style was appreciated by everyone in the United States and it also was capturing the eyes of foreign countries around the globe.

Bob Cousy’s career really began at the ‘College of the Holy Cross’, where he earned a spot as a point guard in his second year of the national championship season. At first, Bob Cousy was given no time to play because his coach considered him as a ‘Show boater’. Therefore because of this accusation , Cousy decided to transfer to St. John’s, but the St. John’s coach persuaded Cousy to Stay with Holy Cross. And so, luckily for Alvin Julian, the coach of Holy Cross’s NCAA basketball team, he got back a very talented player who he didn’t really know about. Within couple of months, coach Julian soon realized how lucky he and his team were to have Bob Cousy play for them. During a game against Loyola Of Chicago at Boston Garden, Holy Cross was trailing with only 5 minutes on the clock. Cousy had not been on the court for the whole first half and so everyone in the crowds began to chant his name “ We want Cousy! We want Cousy!. At this point Coach Julian had no choice but to put Cousy on, and so, he hit the hardwood floor and went right to work, earning 5 field goals and 2 foul shots, totaling 12 amazing points, including a buzzer-beating left- handed hook shot that he threw up after spinning past a much larger player with a behind- the-back dribble.

From Holy Cross, he was drafted in 1950 by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and after a couple games with them he was immediately traded to the Chicago Stag, and finally was drawn by the Celtics in a dispersal draft of the Stags franchise. With the Boston Celtics, Cousy led his team to six championships, which included the 1957 one and five consecutive ones from 1959 to 1963. He retired in 1963, and Cousy was known to be the Celtics all-time leader in assists with 6,955. He led the NBA in assists from 1953 to 1960 and included a career high of 9.5 assists per game in 1960. Bob Cousy scored 16,960 points, and he participated in the NBA All- Star game thirteen consecutive times, picking up the All- Star MVP award in 1954 and 1957. Cousy still owns two unbeatable NBA records: most assists in one half (19 in a February 27, 1959 game against the Minneapolis Lakers) and most free throws in an NBA playoff game (or in any NBA game, for that matter) when he made 30 out of 32 free throw attempts on March 21, 1953 against Syracuse.

Cousy is still now looked upon as a great motivator to our young players in our era. He is an unforgettable legend who set the basis of what basketball is today. He went from rags to riches and it was all due to his heart and hard work. Therefore in memory of this great man, I present you what it was like…back in the days!!!

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Old School Ballers

Modern ball players are great!, but wat about our old school ballers?, Magic Brownie introduced to y'all a honourable legend, Magic Johnson and so now its time to present you some more of the top great legends!

Old School basketball is really something that we must all analyze because it is the basis of all styles of basketball play. In addition, now a days many interpret old shool basketball as being very boring because they feel that it lacks the entertaining style of streetball. However, this is not true, basketball was developed by old school players like Magic brownie mentioned in the previous posts.

We have numerous players who hold a special talent in the game of basketball. Looks can always be deceiving, we may think a tall person can't dribble, an overweight person can't run or a short person can't dunk!..Well guess what those are all bogus claims, anyone can do anything ! if you put your mind, heart and soul into it. You can do anything if you keep trying, keep practicing and most important keep correcting those mistakes you make. It is all about hard work and dedication, you have to say that ' I WILL DO IT!'

Here is a great player who inspired me tremendously, if this man can dunk at 5 feet 7 inches tall, than
"'I could As WELL!!!!" I say to myself.


Here is da man, a Great Legend

SPUDD WEBB!

And1 Superstars

This is a never ending cycle! ...Streetball just keeps going and going. So far I have introduced to y'all two great players, Rafer' Skip To My Lou' Alston and Andre Poole AKA SYLK , who have set streetball on fire. But we have only analyzed dribbling, shots and passing skills....but where are the dunks at ...right?

Last Post by me was kinda long, so I am going to keep this one short and simple.

Alright, so here presenting you a man with so much strength, confidence and most important hops, " Taurian Fontenette AKA -Air Up There".

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Damn!!!, That's all I can say
Tell me what you people think of this superstar!

AND1 superstars

Since D WuN started this idea with posting clips of and1 players, I have wanted to show a and1 player of my own. I have chosen Aaron owens aka A.O., representing philly's streetball scene A.O. is famous for his hard crossovers, amazing passes and throwing nice alleys.
A.O. attended Simon Gratz High School where he played alongside current NBA stars Rasheed Wallace and Aaron McKie. He also played for the NBDL Mobile Revelers in 2002-03, averaging 11.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.
So here is a clip enjoy!