I want to see old Hakeem. I want to see old Charles Barkley. Not early 90's in thier prime B.S. We see too much of that. I want dunks and blocks. I want to see what Charles's post up game looked like in 86. I want to see Hakeem punch somone in the throat. That's why I hate David Stern, he wont let loose of old games for real fans to watch. Imagine a 1987 regular season game between the 76ers and the Rockets....That would be so cool to watch, OH!!! Blazers Games!!! Blazers games!!! but NOOOOO all the retro stuff we get to see on TV are the same damn highlights of bird, jordan, majic and hakeem. All from the finals. Or we get some ancient bob Coosie crap. Dammit I want 80's Basketball!!!!!!! Regular season NBA games were the only good thing about the 80's!!!! (well...the Eurythmics were good) Aside from calling random people in philidelphia and begging them for thier Beta Max collection, anyone got any ideas on how we can get them to start releasing that stuff?? Anyone got an in on the system??? ------------------ ------------------ [This message has been edited by fromobile (edited September 27, 2000).]
I am a HUGE Charles Barkley fan but i'm only 15 so I didn't get a chance to CB in the 80's. I remember a highlight of Charles posting up and he spinned past two defenders and slammed on another one. I would love to see more of those power-postups Charles had. ------------------ Cuttino Mobley Online
There is actually a forum for this you know. ------------------ Ugh, Another Rockets off-season....I'm gonna need a keg of Pepto-Bismol.
I lived the 80's but off course its been so long that I don't remember many of those things but let me tell you something about Hakeem.. oops back then, Akeem , he was a badass! if you messed w/him he would not hesitate to stand his ground and punch you were you deserved to be punched ! in tha kissa! any of you remember Bill Lanbier? he met Akeem's fist first hand, it was cool! ------------------ Life moves pretty fast, If you don't stop and look once in a while you might miss it!! ... Ferris Bueler
For searching for old memoribilia and videos and such. I'm not trying to be the serious police, just thought you'd might like to know that there is a forum for posts along those lines....and for upping post counts . ------------------ Ugh, Another Rockets off-season....I'm gonna need a keg of Pepto-Bismol.
David Stern use to loook really funny back then in the 80s. Its hilarious how he looked with his moustache. ------------------ "You look a team that's been to the mountaintop like the Houston Rockets, I'm going to put pressure on myself to be the best possible player that I can be. With the pieces they already have in place and myself, we can do some amazing things next season." Maurice Taylor
Yeah you are so right Francis3.. seen those classic NBA games they show and once in a wile he will be there, he looks like a total different person. ------------------ Life moves pretty fast, If you don't stop and look once in a while you might miss it!! ... Ferris Bueler
yeah fromobile. This thread belongs in the Stern is a jerk forum. They should have a basketball channel where they show cool GAMES(not commentary with stupid hosts) 24 7. I mean hell, they already have a freaking golf channel. ------------------ I am so exasperated that I could expectorate.
Well, I'm not really looking for game tapes from you guys, that's why I didn't post it on the memorabelia forum. I'm saying this as a current Houston Rockets related event. We need to lobby. Somebody here's gotta have free time to start an angry group; People for the Liberation of Eighties NBA Games. PLENBAG!!!!! WHO'S WITH ME?????? PLENBAG!!! PLENBAG!!!! we should be able to order entire seasons of NBA games. We need access!!!! If I see another Detroit v. Chicago game I'm going to kill people! Does anyone have any ideas??? ------------------
Last post was better, FMB. Daved Stern kicks ass, what are you talking about. Plus, WE have all those games on tape at home, you know that. Inauspicious re-birth, my man. CBFC ------------------
Look Chucky club, whatever. The point is that he's a jerk because he makes it so hard to share the wealth. I don't really know anything about David Stern, EXCEPT for that when I sat next to him during Game 3 of the 95 finals openly said that he wished the Magic would win. I'm just trying to get a collective thinkpool on how a person can gain access to the NBA archive. We've only got the early nineties on tape at home. No Eighties. ------------------
FMTX- I wonder who got fired for sitting Stern next to you at that game. In fact, Stern probably posts on this board - maybe he goes by the name "Jenna's Revenge." I dont think he ever said he wanted Orlando to win - I seem to recall some fan with a fro taunting Willow Bay, but I do not recall the Stern story. I went to college with his son. Nice guy. We do too have 80s games on tape, I will find them when I come to Houston. Early October. Just go find a Betamax, I can set you up. CBFC ------------------
show me a Rockets v Philly game from the 80's and I will indeed lay down my sword. However I still think that there should bo some preassure, especially with the growth of the internet, to give people access. They should put that crap up on an interenet server one of these days. No reason not to. Matter of fact I heard that there is a library in New York that has everything that has ever been on T.V. ever in it. Bet there's some phat round mound of rebound at that place. ------------------
There is a NBA video archive somewhere, I do beleive that it's in NY. They once showed it on NBA Inside Stuff. ------------------ Cuttino Mobley Online
Actually, the NBA just signed a deal with intel to do some new media stuff, including archive business. i wonder if i can work for them CBFC chucky will be signed soon, btw ------------------
CB, You see, at first a critic of the post, you have now turned into the goal of the post. Win to fromobile. Fly like the wind, get this job. I feel a relationship forming between us, God bless this BBS for letting us meet new friends. Keep me posted.... ------------------
In fact, Stern probably posts on this board - maybe he goes by the name "Jenna's Revenge." Actually, I think he goes by the name LHutz. ------------------ My dream job is to be a Houston Rockets towel-boy.
