Just to mention basketball I think Kareem is still probably the best I've seen but the two that made the biggest impression, because they just seemed to be taking the game to a new level , were Magic as a sophomore in college and David Thompson as a freshman. I saw Johnson on what probably was an off-night but the sight of a 6 foot 9 kid playing point guard as skillfully as he did was a revelation, and Thompson not only was leaping out of the building but hitting jump shots from everywhere.
Seeing Erving live was really something too, his ability to defy gravity and make acrobatic moves had more of an impact in person than on TV.
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Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 08-17-2019 at 03:52 PM.
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