Tag Archives: NBA History

ESPN SportsCentury: Dr. J Julius Erving

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  If you think about Dr. J as the dunker and watch all of his dunking highlights and that is all you know about him from mostly a basketball pop or hip hop culture perspective, what you know … Continue reading →

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NBA-TV: The Detroit Pistons Reign of the Late 1980s Early 1990s

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I don’t know if there’s been a franchise that had a team of an era that better represented the city they represented than the Bad Boys Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s early 1990s. Detroit is the … Continue reading →

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NBA: Unforgettable Moments: The Jordan Rules

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  The Jordan Rules was a Detroit Pistons defense that was designed to stop the great Michael Jordan from the Chicago Bulls. It was created by the great Pistons point guard Isaiah Thomas and one of the Pistons … Continue reading →

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TYT Sports: Video: Rick Strom and Brett Erlich: Top 5 Lakers of All-Time

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Derik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger You could make a very good case that both Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Earvin Johnson are … Continue reading →

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Hal 15 Greer: 1965-66 Baltimore Bullets: The Tall Men of Baltimore

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  The reason the Bullets left Baltimore in 1973, I believe, for Washington is the same reason Baltimore doesn’t have an NBA franchise now of their own:  their arena. They didn’t have a modern major league sports arena … Continue reading →

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FOX Sports: Video: The Sports Butterfly Effect: What if the Portland Blazers Drafted Michael Jordan Instead of Sam Bowie

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Rik Schneider

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctSJquVDAjI Rik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter If only this were true, and the Portland Blazers instead of the Chicago Bulls had drafted Michael Jordan in 1984; how different the NBA would’ve … Continue reading →

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Mr. Penny CCW: Video: HBO Films: Magic & Bird, a Courtship of Rivals

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Magic & Bird, Courtship of Rivals HD – YouTube. Source:The New Democrat  To understand the impact of Earvin Magic Johnson and Larry Legend Bird and what they meant and mean to the National Basketball Association (NBA), you have to know … Continue reading →

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Liam Leahy: NBA 1986- The Boston Celtics Win Sweet Sixteen

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Ederik Schneider

. Source:Real Life Journal 1986 was a very interesting NBA season with the upstart Houston Rockets with their twin towers Hakeem and Ralph Sampson. And they’re very good and up in-coming backcourt Mitchell Wiggins Louis Lloyd and of course the … Continue reading →

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NBA: Unstoppable Bernard King

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Ederik Schneider

. Source:Real Life Journal Bernard King was so smooth, his game just looked so easy with all the ways he had to score. In that sense he reminds me of Clyde Drexler, but Bernard was more than a scorer. Someone … Continue reading →

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