The Last Dance: In Praise of One Lone Gold Hoop Earring

wonder what the product was michael jordan beans

Rodman was just a force of nature, and everywhere he went the team won. Hakeem destroying Robinson in that one series made people forget that the Spurs won like 63 games that year with Robinson, Rodman and a bunch of absolute trash
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, May 1, 2020 11:15 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

uhhhh they won 62 bc d rob was the mvp, sean elliott had a comeback season averaging 18 ppg on .468/.405/.807, plus avery johnson and vinny del negro each having their best years in their career up to that point. rodman missed almost half the season that year.

Didn't realize there was a thread for this--three episodes in and enjoying it.

I've mentioned my casualness as a fan, so the Jordan-Isaiah stuff--the depth of their animosity--was new to me. (Even yesterday, I saw a current interview where Thomas went out of his way to agitate Jordan.) As I was watching, the not-shaking-hands series in '91 struck me as awful. Thinking about it a few days later, I will say--and this is an irrational, suppressed part of me; I've coached lots of school sports, and always make a big deal out of sportsmanship--I kind of miss that in an era when competitive sports are so fraternal most of the time, the players bound together by their immense wealth. I like reading about when Jackie Robinson and Leo Durocher literally hated each other. (Nothing racial, but as competitors with an unbridgeable divide.) So I do understand the Pistons' motivation for walking off; they'd just been humiliated, and that's a hard switch to turn off for appearances' sake.

Let's go with Isiah instead.

its crazy how much everyone really hated and did not respect the pistons lol isaiah particularly and laimbeer was just loathed seemingly even by his own teammates considering none of them had his back when he wld start shit

they left isiah off the dream team!

Laimbeer seems like such a vile person, like none of the weird humanness and odd charm of Rodman, just a high school bully

watching Lakers/Celtics game 6 of the 85 finals, and to someone's point upthread it's crazy how unathletic all these guys except Worthy are....so stiff

also maaaaan they shoot so many long 2s haha

the 3pt line was only 6 years old!

*at least for guys who didnt play in the aba

my theory as to what really led to 3pt shooting going crazy is kids growing up with the high school line on every court they encountered, you see that shit when youre 8 and youre gonna try and hoist even if you got to chuck it like a football

Laimbeer seems like such a vile person, like none of the weird humanness and odd charm of Rodman, just a high school bully

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, May 2, 2020 11:10 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

he was a rich kid even

as a kid i didn't know much about laimbeer except that he was apparently a really mean guy, and also this:

https://i.imgur.com/rObYOFf.jpg

my theory as to what really led to 3pt shooting going crazy is kids growing up with the high school line on every court they encountered, you see that shit when youre 8 and youre gonna try and hoist even if you got to chuck it like a football

― lag∞n, Saturday, May 2, 2020 12:18 PM (fifty-two minutes ago)

I came, I saw, I hoisted

just curious - how do you all feel about lowering the hoop for kids? how high up did you have it as a kid? when did you put it to 10'? or was it always that way?

never had an adjustable hoop remember when i was like five shooting by standing right next to the hoop bringing the ball between my legs then yoinking it up there lol

adjustable prob wldve been good lol, but regulation height and ball shd be fine by the time yr 9 or 10

i think we had it at 9 and then raised it at some point

i dont remember if we played w the kids size ball when i was in the lil ymca leagues, i think maybe not, def played full size hoop, think i started that when i was 8 or 9

Laimbeer enjoyed being loathed; it seemed to be his main goal in playing, even more so than winning the game. He succeeded. The entire league and most of the fans loathed him.

he still loves it:


https://nypost.com/2020/04/28/the-last-dance-bill-laimbeer-escalates-feud-with-whining-bulls/

still going at it bird too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTsLSN0-68

we're gonna have some rules around this beef house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTsLSN0-68

just curious - how do you all feel about lowering the hoop for kids? how high up did you have it as a kid? when did you put it to 10'? or was it always that way?

― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Saturday, May 2, 2020 12:23 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

my son has been playing organized hoops since he was 4 or so. the 2-5 league is just for giggles, hoop was 7.5-8' and they played with the mini ball. w few exceptions, you needed kindergarteners on your team or else you had no chance of hitting shots. this made defense v v important, tho kids at that age dont have the abstract idea of "someone else besides the ballhandler might get the ball later and i should not just pay attention to the one with the ball."

he's in the 6-7 league now which is still 7.5-8' but a larger ball. they move up to a 10' hoop in the 8-9 age group.

I feel lagoon never got to experience feeling cool and awesome dunking on a 7 ft hoop

ha they were def around in fact my school often had lowered hoops in da gym just never had one myskelf

+ i did have the ultimate dunk xperince.....nerf hoop bitches

i have dunked on the child's rim, it was Good

coincidentally ive been shooting around on an adjustable portable unit that is totally trashed from youths dunking on it

i live in London so.. no basketball close by but my kids do have the classic toy-backboard-hanging-from-a-door setup. i don't know how it's not broken yet.

u need to start a movement for public courts there so yr and all kids can grow up right

plenty of public hoops in Paris, time to head south

/no rona

paris knows whats up

For awhile this guy was coming to my open gym who had grown up with Laimbeer. Played little league together. He said he was a good dude, guessed that he adopted the Asshole persona as a coping mechanism for being a target on the court (ie rich white guy) and just went down that rabbit hole.

Laimbeer went to Notre Dame. He's just like every other person I've met that went there.

The only cool thing Bill Laimbeer did in his life was play a Sleestak on Land of the Lost when he was a kid.

Bill Laimbeer and Ferguson from Clarissa Explains It All are just like every other person I've met that went there.

is there something bad i don't know about laimbeer's lengthy and championship winning run as a coach in the wnba?

I will be happy to accept my place as a Bill Laimbeer of ILX

fred is the laimbeer of ILX

well really I just mean GO IRISH

>:[

blue & gold to the bone, baby

actually I hate bill laimbeer too, we're not *all* like that

there"s a place called "barnaby"s beef bar" near campus where we discuss who we"re beefin" with. rn i"m beefin" with apostrophes.

beef bar, pizza kitchen

didn't I say once on ilx that I called Barnaby's once to ask what a beef bar is, like, was it a buffet that served beef, and they didn't understand the question, and I kept trying to clarify, and they just couldn't answer

well I pledge to you all not to do that on ilx

actually I hate bill laimbeer too, we're not *all* like that

― Joey Corona (Euler), Sunday, May 3, 2020 9:21 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

it’s true, most notre dame athletes are not nearly as successful as laimbeer

fuck

that's a beefy chili or a chilly beef. either way, i've lost my picnic spirit.

actually excited to see new eps tonight!