I remember them pretty well in the early to late eighties, winning 50 games I believe like 7 or 8 years in a row under Don Nelson. I'm also pretty sure they made it to the eastern conference finals 3 out of 4 years. They had guys like Sidney Moncrief, Bob Lanier, Dave Cowens, Marques (knock your head off) Johnson. That team was very very good
Wow, that's just nasty news and Greg Oden/Houston Rockets level bad luck. As if his hideous play this year wasn't already a big enough indicator, he'll never be the same again after all this. Sadly, his days as an impact player in this league are probably over with now.
you don't mention terry cummings, one of the better players of the eighties, too bad he played in such a great era
Nice! can't believe I forgot him, he was a very good player. I actually remember watching him in college at Depaul
The bad thing about the injury there was not a lot of contact on the play. I'm not even sure if Kobe even hit his knee as Redd was going up. This sucks he just came back from injury.
Feel bad for the guy. A second round pick that came out of nowhere to be an All-Star only to be derailed by injuries. Comes back and actually wins a Gold Medal in the Olympics only to succumb to more career-threatening injuries. The dude built a church for his father with his first max-contract paycheck. Sometimes God works in mysterious ways.
i hate to say it... actually i don't. he needs to retire. wayyyyyy too many injuries but his time is done. sucks that he spent his whole career in milwaukee.
Redd will never come back is a legit scorer. A continuous, chronic injury involving an ACL and/or MCL is career-threatening. It's disappointing, but at the same time, I'm glad that it happened now instead of later when a team attempted to trade for him.
i think hes career is done. Didnt he have the exact same injury last year? reaccuring injuries is a b****, and i dont think he will ever come back the same again.
this season seems to be a downfall year for franchise players: Redd, Tmac, Arenas, Granger, Kevin Martin
thats an interesting comment when you consider you have fifteen thousand posts on a nba message board.
Glad we didn't pull the trigger, or went after him. I feel bad for him though, he is a very talented player. We all know too much about injuries, and I pretty much have a soft spot for teams who go through this. Just not the Jazz or Lakers
What I meant was I don't like him as an NBA player as much as others here. I think Michael Redd has been overrated for a long time. The vast majority of my posts on CF are not NBA related. This is also true for a huge chunk of members, some of whom never discuss basketball. The number of posts really doesn't tell you much about a member at all. That said, I am a big NBA fan. Clutch/mods, it would be interesting to see a split of members posts. I don't know if you could do it just one time or somehow display it (or maybe percentages instead) on a continual basis with the total number of posts. Just a thought.
