Bob Cousy's unscripted failure to miss in "Blue Chips"
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- Bob Cousy in a cameo role fails to miss any of his free throws filming a scene for the 1994 film Blue Chips, prompting actor Nick Nolte's famous unscripted line "Don't you ever miss?".
In Bill Simmons' great Book of Basketball he was told that Cousy made 22 in a row filming this scene!
I thought I read somewhere online it was 32?
@@RiM2540 I read 32 as well, either way amazing.
Cousy in interview said it was 21. Or maybe the lefty at the end was 22.
And Shaq missed 15/16
I read that as Ben Simmons at first with a look on my face like I smelled some piss
Bob Cousy NOW on June 23rd, 2024 is 95 and is still going.
Thank you for this update
Legend
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Legend says he's still shooting free throws and still hasn't missed
Another great video! I love that you remind these airhead talking point bozos at ESPN that there have been incredible players on ALL eras that deserve respect. Cooz was a fine player and deserves his props.
Good to see this again. Bob Cousy and Bob Pettit are two of the all-time best ball handlers ever to play, maybe _the_ best.
Love the ad libs.
Still alive as of 2024, 95yo
I think the “modern” basketball ideology is centered around athleticism and highlights. Putting the ball in the basket is the game. No matter the era, if you could score, that’s the game. Dunks, alley oops crossovers is flash. Screens, pick and rolls, dribbling shooting and passing is basketball.
I teach at this school. This movie is their pride and glory. 😂
Guys tended to shoot with more a teardrop form because the rims were less forgiving .
That's the sort of cat they name awards after.
That form would get so ridiculed now. Seems to work for him.
What form? He's shooting free throws.
@@XtremiTeez there’s a fairly standard form that many coaches try to force on players with free throws, though many players just go with their own.
Cousy was too smooth acting, shooting and that outfit. Gotta hand it to the old timer.
The same movie that had this free throw master also had Shaq in it. Just think about the contrast there!
'That's the idea of the game'..
Moments later:
'He can't even miss left handed' haha.
Little know fact for yall: Cousy broke his hand while in high school and became ambidextrous. He attributed the accident as a blessing because he got good with both hands. Legend.
eazi, My late uncle Jimmy who was a big fan of basketball and who followed the Celtics as a little boy back during the infancy of the NBA told me a story where Red Auerbach was vying for another player during the draft that involved the young Bob Cousy. Not sure if it was done by the lottery system that we have today but Auerbach did not get this one player that he was really hoping for and instead he was dealt Bob Cousy. Auerbach pissed as hell seeing that he was being dealt Cousy threw his draft sheet down and said "God Dammit I didn't want this guy" Well as they say the "Rest is History". Just thought you might appreciate this TRUE STORY on the LEGEND BOB COUSY. Cheers
Same thing happened to me. Broke my left wrist when I was 15 and became a right handed shooter for the rest of my life. Gained the ability to do things with the ball with both hands once I healed. To this day I am left handed but shoot right handed.
Interesting. I used to box when i was a kid. Hurt my left knee once and decided i felt more comfortable with it farthest away from my opponent. Planned on only fighting southpaw for a few days until my knee stopped hurting. I got so used to my power hand being closest to my opponent that i never went righty again.
Somebody tell this to that 🤡 JJ Reddick. He was very disrespectful of Cousy just the other day. Skills and are skills and Cousy clear has fundamental skill at a supreme level.
Go watch his highlights he shot left handed running hook shots like it was nothing
I met Bob Cousy about 1990 (before this movie), he was very cool, not at all egotistical or stuck up. I asked him if he ever played basketball any more, he laughed and said, "I shoot free throws once in a while, but that's about it." He wasn't lying.
His ego was so big back in the day that to this day, the only rational reason that was ever given for Cousy and the Royals trading Oscar Robertson was that Cousy feared Oscar would break his record. The Royals/Kings have been shit ever since, save for a three-year stretch capped off by getting screwed
I'm not sure why, but that story choked me up a little.
@@CinemaDemocratica Closest he came to missing was the first shot, damn impressive.
@@SethKasso …that assertion is wildly inaccurate…there was no record to be broken…Cousy saw the offensive was not working with Robertson and as coach, needed to make a change. He may or may not have been right but it was his decision to make….that decision was questioned by Robertson fans but Oscar actually benefitted by the trade. Cooz was a outstanding student of the game but he was not vindictive…
@@SethKasso fake history commie liar
Always remember Nick nolte saying " Don't you miss?! " And it always felt so unscripted to me but it was real.
He even did it with his off hand!!
I think its more impressive that it was Scripted...
@@FLASK904 - How many takes would they have to do with anyone else to make that line work?
In a dress shirt and tie, using the old-timey form that all shooting instructors today frown upon, and even one left-handed. Like a legend.
Right, well he would suck now...oh wait, he wouldn't...
In a dress shirt and pants, hitting shot after shot with no breaks, in his late 60s. Yeah he play a little.
@@matts4240 He would only suck now because he's 95. ;-)
@@matts4240 don't forget the shoes. Your feet are where your shot starts. He's in leather soled shoes with wooden heels that have brads tacked into them. He's probably slipping on that hardwood floor.
@@MaybeDHitHim Red Auerbach would say it's all in the fundamentals. Cousy's form here is perfect, even if it's old time and easy to swat. He's gonna sink the rock every single time because he's trained his body to do that perfectly from that distance to a point where it's scientifically and statistically reliable. It's incredible. That's something that's been lost when the old school form stopped being used.
Shaq could’ve went to Cousy for free throw lessons while shooting this movie
Shaq would have said I can dunk I don’t need to worry about free throws. 😂🤣
@@f430ferrari5 Cousy got 6 rings
@@chipschannel9494 my comment about Shaq was a “knock” on him.
Shaq is a very good example when certain things come easy or naturally then they focus on that and rely on it if sufficient enough.
Shaq never worked hard enough in developing other parts of his game. If he did he probably could have won 10 titles.
The worst for Shaq was when he used to “throw” free throws. 😂🤣. He used to launch then from the right side of his head. Horrible technique.
He at least switched to where he was shooting from above his head (center) but he used to “flick” the ball up there. Sometimes line drive. No arc.
Since Shaq had big hands Magic Johnson used to mimick a “push” style for Shaq. He never listened. Always some excuse. I make them when it counts.
The issue was mental. Late in close games Shaq would shy away from getting the ball because he didn’t want to get fouled.
Kobe took most of the clutch shots and free throws.
Kobe said he always worked on the fundamentals because he wasn’t gifted athletically as others when like in junior high.
Even though Shaq's a demonrat and a Freemason and I'm not a fan of his anymore because of those facts..
He made them when he had to..
Shaq showed up to shoot the film, but missed it by a year.
Cousy in still alive today at age 92. He made these consecutive shots in 1994 during filing at age 66 !! UNREAL !!
Bird is documented to have done similar shooting when he was coaching the Pacers - and as President of the club for many years after that.
Not sure if he was still doing it at 66, but likely.
Bruce…agreed…COOZ didn’t need to be concerned with being high scorer…
I think that was 10 in a row with the last one left handed, unbelievable.
It was in 93 actually. The film was released in 94.
That is how good pros/legends are. Its a combo of talent and hard work.
In 1953, Cousy shot 32 free throws in an NBA Playoff game. He hit 30 of them. It's a record that still stands to this day as the most free throws made in a single game, regular season or post season.
Wilt went 28-32 in Hershey once.
Wow that's a game I wouldn't want to see.
An absolute menace in his day.
That was a 4 overtime game. I was wondering how he shot so many free throws.
"Look at Cousy, man, so inspirational." -Joel Embiid
66 year old Bob Cousy hitting free throws better than most NBA players today. Not bad for a "plumber"
You know most nba players shoot 90% + practice rt? It’s the pressure of the game, the bright lights, the fatigue. You sound like somebody new to basketball.
@@JCMthebrand please, I'd crossover you effortlessly and drain a 3 in ya face the same way prime Cousy would dribble around you for an easy layup🤣
Reddick is really cocky and wrong for disrespecting the players of the past generations
@@JCMthebrand u missed the point
@@JCMthebrand nah. It's easy to see who's putting his work simply as a function of his mechanics.
Wasn't Shaq in this same movie? Where's his free throw scene?
Ivanohe Martin funny thing he missed 14 out of 15
He's still at the line trying to make one.
Do you see the brick wall in the background?
See all those dents in the rim and backboard, that's his scene🤣
I love the fact that a shot stroke never gets old, that's the beauty of basketball
Don't forget, as we age, our muscles lose mass and power. The motions one perfects in youth won't work automatically at Cousy's age. Thus, he is adapting his shot to the weaker muscles he had when this was filmed, and not just repeating his shot from his prime.
To me, this is truly a wonderful performance. What an awesome athlete.
Makes sense, funny thing is he was about an 80% free throw shooter in his playing days so that's pretty good even for him lol
@@jamespuso1627 There's a vid of steph curry making 100+ 3s in a row in practice but his career is 40%. Pressure and a crowd is always way more important than just practicing.
No one forgot
@@trendybistro It's also likely a fake video.
@@willshad No, not fake. I remember it was one of the topics of conversation when they promo'd the movie on talk shows back when it was made and everyone confirmed Cousy really made the shots. Including Nolte.
That left handed shot at the end was ice cold. Never saw him play but my dad talked about him all the time.
Lebron and current NBA superstars would annihilate him and his old era of white small crusty racist men...
Redick said Cousy couldn't dribble with his left hand? Can Redick shoot with his?
I thought about him during this scene
Both of redrick's hands are on LeBron's dick
I guarantee you he can and I.domt know him
Now Redick works for Lebron. How embarrassing for him.
Redick is an idiot
Ten for ten. If you can shoot you can shoot. After NBA went 117-38 as coach at Boston College. Almost got then Lew Alcindor out of Power Memorial Panthers..
Cousy was like Maravich before Maravich.
Cousy was a far better all around player than Maravich….AND, his team nearly always WON!
@@johnmitchell9180 Cousy won an NCAA title and 6 NBA rings, Pistol Pete didn't win jack at LSU thanks to his overbearing father and never won a ring either.
@@johnmitchell9180Cousy didn’t win a championship until Bill Russell arrived.
Hmm, must be a coincidence, right? Just as stupid as saying Pistol wasn’t a winner, right?
If only Pistol had better teammates.
Reminds me of the Jerry West video where Jerry is shooting while talking to kids at a camp and never misses. What's interesting to me is how shooting technique has changed since the days Cousy played but he could still score the basketball, what a great player. Thanks for another excellent video!
Larry Bird had a video explaining his shot, and how it's important not to crank the ball too far. Still didn't miss. Some men can't help but remind us that basketball is still a child's game at heart.
Cousy's shooting style is really a vestige of the one-hand push shot of the 1940s before the jump shot came in. Hank Luisetti of Stanford in the 1930s was the first one to shoot running one-handers which were the ancestor of today's jump shot. Before that, players mostly shot two-hand set shots.
Wei Qi its just video for a .movienor something or
JStarStar00 bob cousy had a jump shot
My father as a kid was on a Boys Club team that won the New England Championship. Their coach was Charles "Stretch" Murphy who played at Purdue before there was an NBA and then was the local Boys Club Director. To show the kids that they shouldn't miss free throws because you are always 15 ft. away and the hoop is always 10 ft. high no matter where you play, he had the kids blindfold him. He made 10 out of 10 free throws.
Fundamentals baby! All Day!
One of the best ball handlers to grace the game and a gentleman.
That's how you know these old school dudes were legit stone cold. Respect the old heads, y'all!
"Never f*ck with the old man in a young man's game"
Love Nate "Tiny" Archibald's story of Bob Cousy and him. It was Bob Cousy's encouragement and coaching that led to Tiny's great career. Bob Cousy had the faith and confidence in Nate Archibald that Nate has never forgotten. Bob Cousy is such a forgotten player, but, the players remember.
Real (& knowledgeable) fans haven’t forgot Cousy’s greatness … or maybe it’s just that I’m old af 😀
Who's here because of Jon Bois?
can't wait for bobs part 2
Meeee lol
@@nicolasmartins5601 Already out
a fellow BCBCFTTA member!
HE SWITCHED SHOOTING HANDS AND STILL GREENED IT
Left hand!!!
My son is 18 and I showed this movie to him about 2-3 years ago. He loved it.
Bob Cousy: Plumber, according to some neckbeard ass barista who thinks Draymond Green would even make the NBA in any other era 😭
While playing for Columbia, our father played against Cousy while he was playing for Holy Cross. Dad was tasked with guarding him and always said that he was the greatest ball player he'd ever seen.
Imagine being that close to greatness.
Bs, your lying on the internet
Pfft a plumber
@@ipods36👈😠
You'll be lying in the gutter, son.
ipods36...Why should he lie . He's anonymous on this site .
Happy 95th Birthday YESTERDAY, Bob Cousy!!!!! #BostonCelticsLegend #NBALegend
All you youngsters think that age robs a player of skills?
I play every week with a 75 year old who will hit 80+% of his free throws in tournaments. He was never an NBA star. We can no longer compete with thirty year olds, and our vertical leaps are measured in sheets of paper, but old men can still play basketball, run the floor and shoot just fine, thank you! And we can argue with referees as well as any twenty year old!
When I was a kid 11 & 12 y/o (1980ish) a Raquetball club opened up a mile from my house. Bob Cousy was somehow involved, possibly part owner. My folks sent me to summer camp there, to learn to play raquetball and get me tf out of their hair for 6 or 7 hours a day ... I went for 2 summers in a row. Each year Bob Cousy would show up and play raquetball with each kid, a quick game to 15. Can't remember who won, but definitely remember meeting Mr. cousy. I've worked music industry adjacent for nearly 20 years, in operations helping build shows mostly on the East Coast. I've met some world famous musicians in my day, but I still tell people Bob Cousy is the best 'Celebrity' I've ever met.
The Houdini of the Hardwoods!
The Plumber can't miss
Those plumbers played 82 games a year in Chuck Taylors and practiced in community college gymasiums. Let's see today's stars do that for a month, much less an entire career.
@@mc76 I was being sarcastic to JJ Reddick's dumb comments about players in the 1960s
Just curious, why did they need him to miss? What difference would it have made to the scene?
And, he couldn't even miss on purpose? Lol
@@username-zj9id If I had to guess, its so Nick Nolte's character could get a chance to shoot. Since Cousey never misses, Nolte couldn't get his turn before the scene played out.
Cousy, shot 37% from the field over his career. If you want to say he was a great passer, fine. But let's not say "can't miss."
A fact not known by some: Bob Cousy played for the Sacramento Kings! While, at that time they were the Cincinatti Royals and he played seven games for them in the 1969-70 season at age 41 in an successful effort to boost ticket sales..
He is considered the first mediatic star of the NBA
That's actually pretty interesting.
GreenBigTicket Mediatic?
+Jonathan Akerele Mediatic...
What's Mediatic?
Watch the old videos of the Celts and see how he shot in games, his lefthanded hook shot from distance off the board was ridiculous... his ball handling was 1950's e.g. they didn't let them carry the ball when they dribbled but he could definitely shoot...
When we were kids we'd pretend to be our favorite basketball player. "I want to be Bob Cousy! " I would say. " No! I want to be Bob Cousy!" My friend would say. He was just so much better than anyone else. He was in a class all by himself.
"You've got horses, what you need are thoroughbreds"
So much of the modern game comes from this quietly great gentleman.
Efortless, pure, efficient. Way to go!
Bob Cousy swears he can still outplay you and your friends.
And will do
The left handed shot at the end Cousy did that because he wanted to prove people "I can easily dribble or shoot left" wtf that rumor came from like Deion not tackling, Jordan gambling, Phelps weed, hell I'm hearing Jerry Rice used Stickum, all MLB roid rumors.....I mean wtf when a player retires the bs roll I guess
Still better shooter than Ben Simmons
The left was the most impressive
Cyrusislikeawsome he tried to miss but muscle memory wouldn't let him
Nolte's don't you ever miss line was unscripted but left in the movie
The left looked more fluid than the right.
I loved Cousy as a commentator....when the Celtics would screw up, he was all over them....the Celtics owners were less than pleased but Cousy remained Cousy....
Cousy was insightful when he called a game.
This guy was pretty good. He played in the NBA, and that's pretty good. He was an all-star, and that's pretty good. He even won multiple titles, and that's pretty good. They say he was one of the first stars of the league, and that's pretty good. Man, this guy was pretty good.
If you heard the back story, you would realize how funny Nick,s (unscripted) comments about him not missing were. The day before this shot was filmed. a 30 something Shakal O,Neil missed 14 out of 15 free throws !
Shaq wasn't 30 then smh
@@dakidfromknowhere765 exactly. Shaq was about 20.
I am shocked, I never knew that was Bob cousy ,, Everytime I do a fantasy draft on 2k and use my all white team ,, I always pick cousy to run the point,,,
Whenever there is a foul and Joakim Noah has to go to the line, they should replace him with Bob Cousy to go to the line
blue chips was filmed at my basket ball gym
Wait, I thought he was only good because he played against plumbers and firemen?
bruh his right hand is a push shot then on his left hand he actually followed thru with his wrist the fuck lol
He was a career 80% free throw shooter, he knows what he's doing
These Plumbers and Firemen could shoot better than today's players because they concentrated on the Fundamentals
he wouldn't get a shot off in the NBA of the 90s and on
Paul George has a higher career FT% than bob cousy and a 5x better athlete. Bob Cousy is not pulling up for contested 30 footers over 6'6 defenders like Curry. Stop with the nonsense
@@dennistang5996 cousy would get called for 8 seconds often if they guarded him full court today
Stop lying
He grew up playing 🏀 in the ghetto of NY
He's doing a free throw the same way he does a regular jump shot. That way he doesn't need to practice two different shots.
Maybe someone whos struggling with free throws can take away something from this like Big men. As long as it doesn't leave the ground, maybe an on-ground floater would work for big guys.
players and coaches need to watch more old film and pistol pete tapes or benard kind of cousy
"Everybody in the country's buying these kids outta high school... Givin' em cars, money under the table."
I can see why this is in the Wilt Chamberlain Archive.
Interesting all the different perceptions and perspectives...NBA greats, of which there are many...were the best in theirs era's and would likely be great players in any era...if it's so easy to accomplish what the greatest players have why haven't more done it ??? Because they were great athletes and basketball players...❤❤❤❤
Exactly
Absolute boss. I have no respect for these stuck up dudes these days claiming they’re better than those “plumbers”. Compare a man to his generation, not yours. JJ Redick and his ilk would still be playing pick up at the local Y without these giants.
Every NBA player should be shooting 80 from the line at least... It's the one shot in basketball that you can actually practice... Over and over and over again... If you can't hit your free throws you're a liability at the end of a game and as a professional and one of the top 1 percent players of the game, there is simply no excuse to miss more than 1 out of 5...
The problem with kids these days is they don't know they're supposed to put the ball in the hole.
Its all flash and no substance.
They need ti watch that movie where the old coach let's the flashy player tire him self out with all his fancy moves just by playing fundamental defense
the NBA invented the shot clock because Cousy could take the ball with a one-point lead and two minutes to go and turn it into a dribbling exhibition . . .you didn't dare foul him because he never missed . . . you didn't dare not foul him or you lose by one.
[ decisions, decisions ]
The REAL logo
I wish somebody would explain to Hollywood actors minimum sports basics when they are playing a role. Nobody who ever touched a basketball in their life passes the ball like that.
A one-handed hop-shot free-throw. Unbelievable.
Watch curry he sometime's uses a shot like this
Cousy with that accent sounds like he might be from New York or Massachusetts. Somewhere up there in the northeast. Nice job showing up his shooting stroke! =)
Cousy went to Andrew Jackson HS in NYC and then Holy Cross.
French was his family language, so he also has a little Gallic lisp.
Lives 2 miles from me. In Worcester Massachusetts
Bob kinda shot the same way as Michael Adams did...
Too clutch
Weirdest form ugly bounce at times but damn it it works. Love this legendary man
Cousy had the old school "push shot". It's like a floater, but from standing. Very few players use it anymore, especially from the free throw line.
I think he hit more free throws in that scene than Shaq did in his last two pro seasons.
Basketball legend. Fact.
The houdini of the hardwood bob cousy
Bob couldn't miss those floater throws
The shot never leaves the all time greats .....
Nice that he got to see the Celtics win banner 18.
Last shot was done lefty and he still made it 👍
For his career in regular season Cousey averaged 80.3% from FT% in his career playoff he averaged 80.1% from FT%. That is peak consistency right there.
The magician of the hardwood
If I can look and sound as good as the Cooz at 95, Imma hafta re-think my plan.
That "Don't you ever miss?" was not scripted. That was his actual reaction to Bob's shooting. The director loved it and decided to leave the take as it was in the movie.
Not bad for a plumber. 😉 #jjredick
Before computer effects, kids, there was...Bob Cousy!
Hahaha! Maybe he should put Bob on the team!
Does he have any eligibility left?
@@rockvilleraven Unfortunately no, he graduated from Holy Cross 🤣
great movie about BB, maybe the best out so far
soogoonu 'He Got Game' is better especially now that the sequel is in the works...
Nah Blue Chips is better.
If you look up Bob Cousy's highlight tape, it's actually fire. The guy drops some beautiful assists.
Da fuq ! No on a game of horse for me.
The most freethrows ive hit was 15, not a major deal, but i did it for a person who talked crap about my shooting as motivation, he talked crap still up to ten but then got quiet. Nothing like sports to create a adversity between ppl who actually want to push each other thru s talking
Push shots for days
+conanbdetective when the average vert in the the nba was 28"
+conanbdetective i thought he was just not holding his follow through with a quick roll off the fingers.
tony parker, lou williams, lamarcus aldridge, oscar robertson, all shoot their freethrows like that.
sicwititdime that’s literally the average vertical in the nba right now