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OT: Let's go living in the past

Improviser said:
Not really glamorous or dynamic, but a narrative piece of how basketball was played in the 1950's with the 2 hand set shot.

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Reminds me of my days in high school... Not my school's team ME. This was in the 70's; I was a horrible athlete, and the king of the 2-hand set shot AIIIIRRRRR BALLLLLL! :) Also layups over the backboard. My school team was quite good for a tiny school... I didn't try out, would have gotten laughed outa the gym on the first day of tryout.
 
phillionaire said:
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I think about the big shorts at least once a week
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Gads.. I am SO glad they stopped wearing those dresses! Those were silly from the very start.
 
If we’re going down memory lane with old commercials, it’s hard to beat the Mansfield Physical Therapy rap from the mid 90s:

“If you’ve been hurt and you need some help,
call Mansfield Physical Therapy.
Just go go go go go…”

Bonus points if anyone can find that commercial
 
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AidanFan20 said:
Reminds me of my days in high school... Not my school's team ME. This was in the 70's; I was a horrible athlete, and the king of the 2-hand set shot AIIIIRRRRR BALLLLLL! :) Also layups over the backboard. My school team was quite good for a tiny school... I didn't try out, would have gotten laughed outa the gym on the first day of tryout.
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I wasn't an athlete either and that circumstance dictated that I remained a spectator at games.

One thing about being a non-athlete is that you avoid all those team , sports-related surgeries.

Maybe 6 years ago, at the locker room of a gym and pool where I belonged, I overheard a guy telling another guy how many knee surgeries he had when he was in high school playing hockey and how he now has arthritic knees as a result.

I said to him that when I was younger, I felt bad I couldn't make any teams or knew enough not to try out, but now, I am glad that given my limitations, I didn't have to go through what he went through.

My concluding remark to him was that life has a way of evening things out and everything we do or are unable to do, has a plus and a minus to it.
 
Nestle Crunch commercial from 1986 with Larry Bird. The kid in the commercial is Jim McCaffrey, who was a really good player at Holy Cross. I did business with him until he moved to Europe. It was funny listening to the story about how they picked him for the commercial and about working with Bird. The Suns picked him in the 6th round of the NBA draft and then the Celtics picked him up for training camp. So when Nestle wanted to do the commercial they picked him because he was already there.

 
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Who could forget this remember when it was posted on the old boneyard.
 
Jaydumo20 said:
No. What the hell is that???
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yup; it was around the same time the Big East had the 6 personal foul rule. I thought that hurt the teams in the NCAA tournament as league play got pretty rough with that extra foul allowance. But the ACC 3pt line was ridiculously close.
 
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How about the LeBron James webcast thing about 10 years ago, where you can watch him and his family eat breakfast and do laundry and what not. What was that?? Better question, WHY was that??
 
dog bone said:
yup; it was around the same time the Big East had the 6 personal foul rule. I thought that hurt the teams in the NCAA tournament as league play got pretty rough with that extra foul allowance. But the ACC 3pt line was ridiculously close.
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It was quite a few years earlier than the six personal foul rule.

In the 1986-1987 season the NCAA adopted a universal three point line (I think it was 19'9" but could have been a different distance), prior to that (beginning I believe in 1982-1983) individual conferences were allowed to use three point lines, at the distance of their choosing, for conference games only.

The BE adopted six fouls before disqualification for the 1989-1990 season (Dream Season for UConn fans) but scrapped it shortly after (don't recall if it lasted a second season) as among other things, all but one BE school (we were the outlier) dramatically underperformed in the NCAA tournament due in large part to foul trouble (BE players got a bit too accustomed to having an extra foul before fouling out).

I still contend that the (stupid) six foul rule impacted our OT loss to Duke in the regional final as Scott Burrell fouling out in the second half hurt us tremendously.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
The BE adopted six fouls before disqualification for the 1989-1990 season (Dream Season for UConn fans) but scrapped it shortly after (don't recall if it lasted a second season) as among other things, all but one BE school (we were the outlier) dramatically underperformed in the NCAA tournament due in large part to foul trouble (BE players got a bit too accustomed to having an extra foul before fouling out).
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The 6 foul rule in the Big East was used for 3 seasons. 1989-1990 season through 1991-1992 season.
 
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This. This is the commercial, the one that I've remembered since it aired.

 
Those strength shoes remind me... At St. Joseph-Notre Dame HS in Alameda California, there is a pair of truly ancient jump-trainers that had been invented by Frank LaPorte, hoops coach at St. Joe's during the 80's and 90's... I know about this because I saw Jason Kidd play there for all four of his incredibly dominant years.

Wish I could find a pic... They were soles you attached to your shoes like the old skate-key roller skates. The were spring loaded, heels down, toes raised. Looked like they were made of steel with rubber soles on the bottom... Also looked dangerous to use. Coach LaPorte was born in 1933, so maybe these things were invented sometime in the late 50's?? I think LaPorte started coaching in 1956, so that's probably a good ballpark date. These contraptions looked like they'd been sitting idle in the trophy case forever.

I guess you could say they were the steampunk version of the shoes above. Now THAT is OLD-school!!
 
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