I know it is rarely mentioned but Jerry West was a player that if not carefully guarded would pour in 40 points!!!! Barnett did a great job in "containing" West. My friends and I watched the games very carefully so we could see how each Knick contributed to each victory!!!!
Hollywood needs to do a sports movie on the Champion New York Knicks!! Diverse smart mix of basketball players that figured out how to play together as a team righr after the civil rights of the 60s!!!
Growing up a Cherokee kid in the 60s and 70s, the Knicks were my team. I even bought a shortwave radio to hear their games. These days Native basketball is gaining some recognition, but back when I played not so much. We didn't have pavement, we played on dirt courts! Another thing about us Southern Cherokee kids is that we were considered "colored." In the Appalachians, if you weren't white, you were colored. Is it any surprise that our favorite players were black guys? Loved to SEE the Knicks play on TV, which was rare. Being in the valleys getting a TV signal was tough to do unless you had a huge antenna. We didn't, but my Native grandparents were up near the top of a mountain. My Cherokee grandfather liked basketball too, so when I was with my grandparents I got to watch games. Those Knicks teams were awesome!
Barnett,Frazier, Bradley,Willis Reed.Jerry Lucus,Dave Debush(however you spell it),John Gianelli,Dean Memminger,Hawthorne Wingo and others that i cant remember as i was a big knicks fan in the 70's under coach Red.Sorry 4 any misspelling as i lived and still do in Mississippi but loved the the Knicks.Also Phil Jackson.
I emulated when when I was a teen during the 1960's. Tried to shoot the ball while kicking my legs back like Barnett. Many years later, when I became a Manhattan bus operator, he would board my bus a few times and I wanted to greet him bus his demeanor clearly indicated that he didn't want to be bothered. Not a friendly guy at all.
Master of personal reinvention. A great inside out lefty dribble and a phenomenal defender.
"FAll. Back Baby" with the sweet jump shot with the legs kicking up .
May GOD bless him
Love the old school unis
Thank you, I would never heard of DR. Barnett without COVID19. This video was 100% worth watching.
I know it is rarely mentioned but Jerry West was a player that if not carefully guarded would pour in 40 points!!!! Barnett did a great job in "containing" West. My friends and I watched the games very carefully so we could see how each Knick contributed to each victory!!!!
Jerry lamented the Lakers giving him up.
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Fall back baby
Hollywood needs to do a sports movie on the Champion New York Knicks!! Diverse smart mix of basketball players that figured out how to play together as a team righr after the civil rights of the 60s!!!
Those were the days when basketball was a team game.
When we were in middle school, early early 70's, we imitated that jumper. What's not talked about was his one handed foul shot.
Growing up a Cherokee kid in the 60s and 70s, the Knicks were my team.
I even bought a shortwave radio to hear their games.
These days Native basketball is gaining some recognition, but back when I played not so much. We didn't have pavement, we played on dirt courts!
Another thing about us Southern Cherokee kids is that we were considered "colored."
In the Appalachians, if you weren't white, you were colored.
Is it any surprise that our favorite players were black guys?
Loved to SEE the Knicks play on TV, which was rare. Being in the valleys getting a TV signal was tough to do unless you had a huge antenna. We didn't, but my Native grandparents were up near the top of a mountain. My Cherokee grandfather liked basketball too, so when I was with my grandparents I got to watch games. Those Knicks teams were awesome!
Barnett,Frazier, Bradley,Willis Reed.Jerry Lucus,Dave Debush(however you spell it),John Gianelli,Dean Memminger,Hawthorne Wingo and others that i cant remember as i was a big knicks fan in the 70's under coach Red.Sorry 4 any misspelling as i lived and still do in Mississippi but loved the the Knicks.Also Phil Jackson.
Dr. Barnett belongs in the Naismith Hall of Fame - no doubt! Yeah, his jump shot was funny except to the dudes that had to cover him.
He’s finally in the Hall of Fame!! Congratulations Dr. Barnett from a Laker fan!!!!
I emulated when when I was a teen during the 1960's. Tried to shoot the ball while kicking my legs back like Barnett. Many years later, when I became a Manhattan bus operator, he would board my bus a few times and I wanted to greet him bus his demeanor clearly indicated that he didn't want to be bothered. Not a friendly guy at all.
You wouldn't be too pleasant having to ride a hot public transportation bus.
I used to try to kick my legs like that when I took a jumper. I didn’t have as much success with it.
The Knicks defeated The Lakers in five games in 1973. Not in seven.