6:20 I disagree with this, I’m just gonna quote Phil Jackson “Today’s players simply lack the skills to play the triangle. They know how to play one-on-one, catch-and-shoot, and they’ve mastered crossover dribbles, spins, playing off of screens and step-back shots. They don’t know how to execute things like inside-reverse pivots and other basic footwork. They have no sense of timing or organization. They don’t really know how to play five-on-five basketball. It’s strictly generational.”
I began watching NBA basketball in the mid 50,s, usually one weekend game featuring the giants of the day--Wilt, Bob Petit, & the star studded Celtics, where Bob Cousey always stood out. My dad was a big fan of Cousey, whom he admired for his ball handling prowess. There was one game I hope someone has a recording of. It was somewhere around 1957, 58 or 59: It was in the fourth quarter & the Celtics were down by one point (unfortunately I cant remember who the opposing team was). Cousey just went nuts & single-handedly destroyed the other team. In one play, he brings the ball up the court, & the defenders come at him hard. Cousey, at high velocity, starts weaving these crazy patterns, all the while dribbling fast & low to the ground. One after the other all 5 defenders fall to the ground trying to stop him, & he finishes it of with his patented hook shot from the side. It was unbelievable & Impressive in any epoch.
Cousy didn't make highlight passes once pr game,Cousy made them almost everytime he passed. Cousy didn't palm or travel like today's basketball. Cousy had low fg% but high fg% was not the most effective way to score it was rebound outlet passes for fast break. Cousy was superstar for fast break . Teams scored higher in Cousys era then modern basketball . I think Cousy Celtics averaged more points per game then showtime Lakers. Highest points per game is the name of the game. Cousy Mr. Basketball.
4:39 Cousy ran basketball camps for kids for most of his career during the summer. Nobody mentions that he was one of the first players to host basketball camps for kids in the summer
Your point was absolutely perfect, these guys were some of the best athletes in the country. College basketball was already very popular in the 50s and 60s. If you were a great athlete with good skills for basketball or just a really tall great athlete you were getting discovered. Thus whoever made it to the league played against the best players jn the US.
Imagine Steph Curry being required to dribble with two full arm casts from his fingertips to his shoulders. Those were the rules when Bob Cousy played.
In 14 seasons Cousy only shot above league average 3 times, 3/14. I can’t say there was ever a season where he was even the best player on his team. Bill Sharman was way better than Cousy at only 6’1 he was shooting over 40% on average way above league average I believe more people should give him credit. But I also will give Cousy his flowers he was a great point guard probably the best in the league and his flashy passing was amazing.
Bob Cousy has always been a name that echoed with reverence just like bird wilt Russell Jordan Oscar etc. I think we all know jj is just doing the evil biddings of (un)Klutch Sports in order to prop up their false king.
I don’t really expect anyone to read or reply to this unless your someone with an open mind who can unbiased take a read in without a dismissive attitude so thanks to those who take the time “Any player today would prolly be a hall of famer once adjusted to the rules that’s just how anything competitive works etc…” absolute horrible take. The exact equivalent of Jj reddick and saying things like this is why people like him voice such atrocities. With time things don’t go in one direction automatically. It’s all case by case and with most things it’s positives and negatives or progress and digress With nba history it happend to be clear cut evidence of more digress than progress esp since it’s peak The players of today have tremendous work to do to adjust to the far superior rules of the past not to mention pace harder rims And shoes to play in physicality and defensive integrity no guarantee they will adjust to anything whatsoever and evidence shows it’s unlikely etc so saying once they adjust they are hall of famers is nothing short of jj reddick levels of hypocritical bias And ignoring one could say once players of pre modern era are dropped into the league today experiencing such easier rules and conditions and lesser players overall then they’d all be goat convo or at least keep it consistent n say all he hall of famers. Proof of one sided bias due to the untrained eye Basketball was global since the 30s. Plumbers and firemen were not what people were doing DURING THEIR CAREER or else they would be superhuman. What players did as a profession before and after pro ball is irrelevant. Otherwise today’s players are equally called college kids and school students or mc Donald’s workers etc… see how incredibly asinine and hypocritical it all is? With the exception of one career. Goin to the military esp in those days does show possible ptsd n injuries n conditioning n mental toughness thru it all that players don’t have in any other era. Picture a league full of David Robs minus the blak population in the 50s Which brings me to full integration in the mid to late 60s where blacks were the vast majority only 10% less than what it is today while only accepting the best of the best players from all over the world without the hard politics of school and background involved with only a few teams to sign only the best players making it an all star league but with the hardest rules in place and fastest pace and most overall players and hofs at once and hardest time to shoot on etc… requiring the most skill to play in ever That’s why late 60s-early 70s was the host time frame If cousy could dominate some of the 60s and 70s greats while he was still playing in the late 50s-early 60s then that is clear proof he dog walks the league still to this day in his prime. There’s a reason players still cannot Mimick a lot of his passing abilities and only his 360 and 180 abilities and still can’t do some of his nonlook shot and hook shot abilities in a game or in the street or school etc exhibition pickup and that’s because they lack the skills to do so Also People underrate cousy because they have no concept of basketball history, consistent logic, can’t formulate independent thought against the popular narrative, research in areas that aren’t already tell the average sheep to research in, and people who can’t hoop talking on things they don’t know about as if they do which is what this generation is all about and unfortunately even some hoopers that are simply half wits like Anthony Edwards and biased hoopers whom are biased and on board with the culture poison agenda
2:05 the average fg% was around 37-38% back then so you have to judge relative to that.
He was great...yes i saw him play.....
6:20 I disagree with this, I’m just gonna quote Phil Jackson “Today’s players simply lack the skills to play the triangle. They know how to play one-on-one, catch-and-shoot, and they’ve mastered crossover dribbles, spins, playing off of screens and step-back shots. They don’t know how to execute things like inside-reverse pivots and other basic footwork. They have no sense of timing or organization. They don’t really know how to play five-on-five basketball. It’s strictly generational.”
Great, well coached teams like the Warriors and Spurs know how to play five on five basketball, but many players and teams don't.
The modern 'cross over' dribble is using the term lightly.
I began watching NBA basketball in the mid 50,s, usually one weekend game featuring the giants of the day--Wilt, Bob Petit, & the star studded Celtics, where Bob Cousey always stood out. My dad was a big fan of Cousey, whom he admired for his ball handling prowess. There was one game I hope someone has a recording of. It was somewhere around 1957, 58 or 59:
It was in the fourth quarter & the Celtics were down by one point (unfortunately I cant remember who the opposing team was). Cousey just went nuts & single-handedly destroyed the other team. In one play, he brings the ball up the court, & the defenders come at him hard. Cousey, at high velocity, starts weaving these crazy patterns, all the while dribbling fast & low to the ground. One after the other all 5 defenders fall to the ground trying to stop him, & he finishes it of with his patented hook shot from the side. It was unbelievable & Impressive in any epoch.
New guys don't realize cousy was nice like that.
Also by the late 1950 and early 1960s he was playing against Hal Greer, Guy Rodgers, Lenny Wilkens Oscar Robertson etc etc
Cousy didn't make highlight passes once pr game,Cousy made them almost everytime he passed.
Cousy didn't palm or travel like today's basketball.
Cousy had low fg% but high fg% was not the most effective way to score it was rebound outlet passes for fast break.
Cousy was superstar for fast break .
Teams scored higher in Cousys era then modern basketball . I think Cousy Celtics averaged more points per game then showtime Lakers.
Highest points per game is the name of the game.
Cousy Mr. Basketball.
4:39 Cousy ran basketball camps for kids for most of his career during the summer. Nobody mentions that he was one of the first players to host basketball camps for kids in the summer
I am from the 1990's era and I am NEVER EVER Under Rating him. An 👽 if there ever was one in the league.
👍 Thumbs up
Your point was absolutely perfect, these guys were some of the best athletes in the country. College basketball was already very popular in the 50s and 60s. If you were a great athlete with good skills for basketball or just a really tall great athlete you were getting discovered. Thus whoever made it to the league played against the best players jn the US.
Imagine Steph Curry being required to dribble with two full arm casts from his fingertips to his shoulders. Those were the rules when Bob Cousy played.
NBA Historian on Wilt Chamberlain archives has good stuff on Bob Cousy.
I love JJ, but damn I want to smack him after that clip. And I seen clips of Bob dribbling with his left.
In 14 seasons Cousy only shot above league average 3 times, 3/14.
I can’t say there was ever a season where he was even the best player on his team.
Bill Sharman was way better than Cousy at only 6’1 he was shooting over 40% on average way above league average I believe more people should give him credit.
But I also will give Cousy his flowers he was a great point guard probably the best in the league and his flashy passing was amazing.
Bob Cousy has always been a name that echoed with reverence just like bird wilt Russell Jordan Oscar etc. I think we all know jj is just doing the evil biddings of (un)Klutch Sports in order to prop up their false king.
I don’t really expect anyone to read or reply to this unless your someone with an open mind who can unbiased take a read in without a dismissive attitude so thanks to those who take the time
“Any player today would prolly be a hall of famer once adjusted to the rules that’s just how anything competitive works etc…” absolute horrible take. The exact equivalent of Jj reddick and saying things like this is why people like him voice such atrocities.
With time things don’t go in one direction automatically. It’s all case by case and with most things it’s positives and negatives or progress and digress
With nba history it happend to be clear cut evidence of more digress than progress esp since it’s peak
The players of today have tremendous work to do to adjust to the far superior rules of the past not to mention pace harder rims And shoes to play in physicality and defensive integrity no guarantee they will adjust to anything whatsoever and evidence shows it’s unlikely etc so saying once they adjust they are hall of famers is nothing short of jj reddick levels of hypocritical bias And ignoring one could say once players of pre modern era are dropped into the league today experiencing such easier rules and conditions and lesser players overall then they’d all be goat convo or at least keep it consistent n say all he hall of famers. Proof of one sided bias due to the untrained eye
Basketball was global since the 30s. Plumbers and firemen were not what people were doing DURING THEIR CAREER or else they would be superhuman. What players did as a profession before and after pro ball is irrelevant. Otherwise today’s players are equally called college kids and school students or mc Donald’s workers etc… see how incredibly asinine and hypocritical it all is?
With the exception of one career. Goin to the military esp in those days does show possible ptsd n injuries n conditioning n mental toughness thru it all that players don’t have in any other era.
Picture a league full of David Robs minus the blak population in the 50s
Which brings me to full integration in the mid to late 60s where blacks were the vast majority only 10% less than what it is today while only accepting the best of the best players from all over the world without the hard politics of school and background involved with only a few teams to sign only the best players making it an all star league but with the hardest rules in place and fastest pace and most overall players and hofs at once and hardest time to shoot on etc… requiring the most skill to play in ever
That’s why late 60s-early 70s was the host time frame
If cousy could dominate some of the 60s and 70s greats while he was still playing in the late 50s-early 60s then that is clear proof he dog walks the league still to this day in his prime. There’s a reason players still cannot Mimick a lot of his passing abilities and only his 360 and 180 abilities and still can’t do some of his nonlook shot and hook shot abilities in a game or in the street or school etc exhibition pickup and that’s because they lack the skills to do so
Also
People underrate cousy because they have no concept of basketball history, consistent logic, can’t formulate independent thought against the popular narrative, research in areas that aren’t already tell the average sheep to research in, and people who can’t hoop talking on things they don’t know about as if they do which is what this generation is all about and unfortunately even some hoopers that are simply half wits like Anthony Edwards and biased hoopers whom are biased and on board with the culture poison agenda
"That's at least 60% of all NBA debates" Man, ain't that the truth.
LBGOAT!!!!!
Goat of false narratives right?
@@stolensentience greatest of all time individual overall basketball player.
@@ComaAlpha lol
@@stolensentience I'm sorry your false idol was never even better than Kareem thus never was the GOAT to begin with. I'm sorry. But it's true.
@@ComaAlpha that you even assume who my false idol is speaks volumes about yours