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Message: [QUOTE="VA Blue Dog, post: 4892248, member: 10449"] Gus Johnson is just TV click bait. We're all clicking and making comments to his idiotic statement on Caitlin Clark. First she's playing with the ladies ball, one inch smaller in diameter. As we all know Pistol's career was pre 3 point rule and no shot clock yet in three years he totaled 3667 points. Dale Brown, LSU coach after Press supposedly calculated every shot Pistol made and came up with Pistol averaging 57 PPG. (As an aside remember UCONN beating Dale Brown's LSU and Shaq in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 1991?). I had the pleasure of watching Pistol on TV in college and live when he played for Atlanta. To get a feel for the excitement he generated, imagine Joey California against Georgetown 2nd half, and Andrea Jackson's full court drive behind the back dribble, behind the back reverse direction dunk against LIU last year and Cam's hot shooting last night. That's what you got for a full season with Pistol. He would do a tricky dribble (ala Johnny Most commentary) with the ball going back and forth so fast. He could dribble left or right. Could not be overplayed. Then sometimes he would bring the ball up dribbling behind and through his legs and the fans would cheer him on. Another thing he would do is bat pass the ball. While dribbling he would just pass the ball by hitting it open handed to an open man. He would complicate this by faking the bat one way and passing the other. He could do this left handed or right handed. I have seen him throw passes behind his back threw his legs. Of course he had that beautiful jump shot, arms raised elbows slightly bent, releasing at the very top. Sometimes if in trouble he would find air time by double clutching and releasing a one hander with nothing but net. He could shoot left hand or right hand hooks. He could do no look passes behind his head left or right. He was a pure showman the likes we will never see again. Really Gus??? [/QUOTE]

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