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2211385, great point
Posted by Bombastic, Sat Jul-20-13 09:00 PM
>and most of them were dunks were he barely grabbed the rim.
>He wasn't really bashing it...it couldn't really in that
>era...being the only Black man on the court ...or one of a
>couple..he couldn't play an all out power game...couldn't risk
>hurting an opponent like that....He spoke on that.... he had
>to restrain his physical dominance in college and not dunk
>with fury ...honestly at risk of his own safety as a Black man
>at that time...
>
>he wasn't all finesse at that time but his power game was
>finessed out of necessity...which to me from a talent level
>puts him above all centers....and really players.