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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/04/2010 - 4:50am #18478
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    Vintage Basketball from 1988 NBA STARS vs OLYMPIC TEAM USA

    Check out the competitiveness, the will to win and the pure hatred of losing. Back when NBA Basketball was about compeating with the best of the best and not about cheap publicity stunts and NBA legacy’s. I guess money does spoil everything over time…

    To me Kobe, Garnett and Duncan came into the league at a time where competitiveness and the will to win was still strong. Kobe is no Jordan thou…

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/04/2010 - 5:02am #346329
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    great clip…MJ was a different type of breed that we will maybe never see again… to a point overly competitive if that is possible… got to meet him at 5star camp in Pittspurg… some guys today may be very competitive but never like MJ was…u can tell after he gets blocked in that clip that he is pissed and he knows that he will get D-Rob back for sure…. plus he grew up in the NBA when the league was a lot more about toughness not just superstars and stats.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/04/2010 - 5:10am #346331
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    OhCanada-
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    Look atthe defense handchecking 3 feet outside of the 3 point line LOL.In an Allstar game.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/04/2010 - 5:12am #346332
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    Damn… I miss MJ.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 07/04/2010 - 5:14am #346333
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    I miss what MJ represents more than I miss the man himself. The integrity of the sport.

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