did anyone ever see him play

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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 12:33pm #29851

willie wise fan
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is anyone here old enough to have seen maurice stokes play or have heard stories from other relatives about him. I am wondering if they exagerate his quickness and shooting esc . was he really able to get a rebound and dribble all the way down and lay it in as jack twyman said in They Cleared The Lane was he as good as the books such as They cleared the lane and tall tales suggest they also constantly say how he was a great jumpshooter but yet on basketball reference it states that he shot in the 30s percentage wise was it a perticular shot like a jump shot that hurt his persentage or was he just more of a passer and rebounder more than anything.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/stokema01.html
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 12:41pm #539982

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i guess what im really searching for though is the answer to one question how dominant was he inside and was his jumpshot good as i stated above. on sports hollywood it says where he ranked certain years in assists and rebounds but it never really states what caused the less than average shooting percentage
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 4:11pm #540043

Chrispy
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I’m still trying to figure out what the heck you are saying…
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 4:24pm #540044

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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 4:26pm #540046

Chrispy
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Thank You!!!
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 4:58pm #540053

willie wise fan
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hes an old 50s player and i was just asking a simple question
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:07pm #540056

Memphis Madness
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Nobody shot that well in the old days. George Mikan shot 40.1%. Joe Fulks shot 30%, Bob Cousy shot 37.5%, Bill Russell shot 44% with Bob Pettit and Ed Macauley shooting 43.6%.
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:12pm #540058

Chrispy
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can you at least attempt to form a complete sentence? My brain hurts…
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:26pm #540062

willie wise fan
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first of all joe fulks and mikan was before his time and other than cousy and dolph schayes no hall of famers from maurices days or beyond have shot in the 30s percentage wise and out of those 3 stokes was the lowest and probably the most talented despite that
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:28pm #540063

Chrispy
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have lost your talking privileges. G’night!
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:30pm #540064

willie wise fan
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i would be shocked if any of you can come up with one player whos a hall of famer whos career started in the 50s who shot as low as those 3 guys im not saying maurice wasnt great he was going to be one of the top few ever but he just didnt shoot as well as many others
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:32pm #540065

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if u can answer that question i will not say another word on this page but its an impossible question
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:33pm #540066

Chrispy
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:35pm #540067

willie wise fan
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despite these facts though stokes and cousy are two of the 20 greatest of alltime if stokes had full career every player has a weakness and lebrons is that hes not good enough to win without two other superstars on his team well no i guess bosh isnt my mistake
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:36pm #540068

Chrispy
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What are you saying? What are you talking about? What are… nevermind. Peace.
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:36pm #540069

willie wise fan
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well i asked a simple question to try to hear others thoughts on this esquisite talent

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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:39pm #540070

willie wise fan
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just admit that you cant answer that question i was just wondering why maurice shot so low whether it was poor jumpshots percentage or what it was but anyone that says noone shot good back then is wrong
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:46pm #540071

willie wise fan
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well i guess i won this argument, ChrisP
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:51pm #540073

willie wise fan
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this guy was hands down betetr than lebron at basketball
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:52pm #540074

Memphis Madness
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Dolph Schayes shot 38% for his career.
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 5:54pm #540075

willie wise fan
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as i said schayes stokes and cousy are the onl;y ones i can think of already said him
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 6:00pm #540077

willie wise fan
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the answer to this question has to be someone without the last name stokes schayes or cousy and a hall of famer that started their career 1950 or later
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 6:01pm #540078

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How the hell did Wilt play 48.5 minutes a game in 1961-1962? I mean, it takes an awful lot of overtimes to get over 48. And he did play 80 games that season, so how the hell is that possible?
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/chambwi01.html
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 6:02pm #540079

willie wise fan
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that is truely amazing
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 6:05pm #540082

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Vern Mikkelson shot 40.9% for his career from 1950-1959.
Arbus Risen shot 37.5% in his career from 1948 to 1958.
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 6:07pm #540084

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thats great but first of all the 30s come before the 40s and second of all arnie risens career started in 48 we are striving for 50 or beyond
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 6:08pm #540086

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i gave u a point for mikkelson though because hes close which i didnt realize he was so low good job
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 6:11pm #540087

willie wise fan
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players in his time no doubt all shot bad but most was around 40 which is still aweful but
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 6:16pm #540089

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http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/chambwi01.html
Okay, after taking a trip to google, I found that the Philly Warriors, played 5 one OT games, a 2OT game, and a 3OT game. I am assuming that OTs were also 5 minutes back than so using mental math, I believe Wilt sat 10 minutes the WHOLE season. Using the above link, Id like someone to confirm that, but that is crazy. Brian Scalabrine sits more in the first 10:01 of every game than Wilt did that whole season.
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 6:16pm #540090

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In his career from 1948 to 1955 Jim Pollard shot 35.5% in the NBA.
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 7:29pm #540111

Grandmama
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this kid needs to figure out what a period (.) is, not the monthly one
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 10:42pm #540138

willie wise fan
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1948 is not 1950 or after
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Posted on: Sat, 06/04/2011 - 11:02pm #540140

Tongue-Out-Like-23
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No.
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