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Elmore Smith: 17 shots blocked in a single game
Elmore Smith is one of the most underrated NBA shot blockers of all time. He was a defensive menace.
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Louie Dampier: the ABA's legendary 3 point shooter
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Louie Dampier was an ABA legend that was the first three point sniper and and absolute DAWG!
Adrian Dantley: the best scorer of the 80s
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Adrian Dantley was a hooper, and one of the best to ever play in the 80s.
Fat Lever: the most underrated player ever?
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This is a video about my DAWG Fat Lever. He was cooking back in his day.
Nate Thurmond: Kareem's most feared defender
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Nate Thurmond was a straight up DAWG, he was one of the best centers of all time and was very underrated throughout his career.
Rickey Green had that DAWG in him
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Rickey really had that DAWG in him, he was nice with it. DON'T SLEEP ON MY BOY RICKEY!
Used to listen to the Kentucky Colonels play the Carolina Cougars on the radio. " Dampier hits again!"
He was a really good shot blocker/rim protector and rebounder early in his career. Didn't last that long, though.
At 36% that is just barely better than a 2 point shot.
If you look at his 1973-74 game log in Basketball-Reference, you'll notice that Smith also had several incredible block performances that were clustered around the 17-block game, including 14 blocks in the game before his record-setting performance. 10 BLK vs. Rockets on Oct. 23rd, 1973 7 BLK vs. Kings on Oct. 24th, 1973 14 BLK vs. Pistons on Oct. 26th, 1973 17 BLK vs. Blazers on Oct. 28th, 1973 5 BLK vs. Blazers on Oct. 30th, 1973 ? BLK vs. Knicks on Nov. 2nd, 1973 (Blocks unavailable) 14 BLK vs. Rockets on Nov. 5th, 1973 In this five-game window (Oct. 23rd to Oct. 30th), he averaged a triple-double with points, rebounds, and blocks: 12.2 PTS, 13.2 REB, and 10.6 BLK (!) (53 BLK in only 5 games) Note: There is no information for how many blocks he had in the Knicks game on Nov. 2nd, 1973.
He was an original spur from back in the day!
Ol Louie was a great player at the University of Kentucky before the ABA.
Dantley was good, but Alex English outscored him in the 1980s (and the entire REST of the NBA).
I still think that Dantley is the better overall scorer, but he wasn't near as consistent as English, he played way less games than English did in the 80s
BTW - you're putting too much emphasis on the second part of his name, DAM - pier, not dam-PIER.
Actually, Louis DID get competition, but not anyone serious during his first 3 seasons in the league. Billy Keller COULD argue with him (AND DID) for the rest of the existence of the ABA, and there were other names in that mix as well. Louis was there at the start - Keller came along some seasons later.
You're right, Dampier definitely had the longevity over most of his competition
0:29 The ABA had the 3 point line during it's entire existence.
Louis held the record for most 3's made in a season for *22 seasons* - was finally passed BARELY by Reggie Miller in his "made most 3's" season. Louis also held the record for most 3's attempted for *26* seasons* - it took Ray Allen's highest "attempted most 3's" season to pass THAT mark. Yet the ABA 3 point range was 25' from the center of the basket (24' 3" from the edge), where the NBA had a 3 point line for most of it's existence in the NBA at 22' 9" from the edge (22' 3" for a few seasons in the 1990s), which dropped the 3PG% of Louis a percent or three (the NBA time with the 6 INCH shorter line was good for about 1% higher 3FG% as I recall). @gohanblack - sorta right, the figures were a little longer for the NBA and they didn't measure from the same point as the ABA did, but the ABA shot WAS noticeably longer (2 feet/2.5 feet). There's a reason Louis was one of the 7 "unanimous" choices for the All ABA team - even though his time in the NBA wasn't nearly as effective with the NBA not getting the 3 point shot 'til a year or two after Louis retired. Nice to see him get SOME recognition.
Those are some great facts, Dampier was way ahead of his time
@@Basically_Basketball People CLAIM that Curry is "the 3 point revolution". That's wrong - Curry is part of a long EVOlution, Damier was the revolution back before Curry was BORN.
Don’t forget the Aba 3 point line was 25 feet and players were shooting 37% front they’re so imagine 22 feet they’d be shooting 40%
And the basketballs were made of yarn and tape. Like golf balls, basketballs improve every year. Computers weren't regularly used to help make basketballs until the 1990's. People never factor that into their statistics. Have you ever seen the archaic basketballs Bob Cousy and Bill Russell played with during their dynasty years?
Laimbeer was the most hated. Dantley was the most obnoxious.
RUclips Alex English
Alex English was another great scorer of the 80s, I might have to do a video on him, he is incredibly underrated
@@Basically_Basketball English is the 80s leading scorer
@@Basically_Basketball I believe Schayes for the 50s, Wilt for the 60s, Kareem for the 70s, English for the 80s, Malone for the 90s. I stopped paying attention after that.
You're right, but I still think I would take Dantley in terms of pure scoring ability, he just didn't play as many games as English did in the 80s
james worthy is the most underrated player ever, but fat lever is definitely one of the most
That's a good point, James Worthy is incredibly underrated, I might have to make a video about him
@@Basically_BasketballWorthy was in an ideal place for him (Magic). He ran the floor, had superb quickness and got a ton of layups and dunks thanks to LAs fast break led by Magic. When Magic left his FG % shrank badly and his scoring dipped a bit as well.
@@Amick44 Yeah, Worthy was a perfect fit for the showtime lakers. Part of the reason that Magic was as good as he was is because of his ability to make other players around him better.
@@Basically_Basketball i wish, i'd Be happy if you will :)
@@Amick44 But he was still underrated. not many knows that he's one of a very few players to have a triple-double on an NBA final's game seven
Beautiful to watch
Very underrated player
Seriously, he doesn't get as much credit as he deserves
@@Basically_Basketball with 6'3 he was the leader of Denver Nuggets in rebounds 3 times , awesome
@@Basically_Basketball yeah. james worthy is the most underrated player ever, but fat lever is definitely one of the most
A great, unheralded center. The '65 SF Warriors had both Nate Thurmond as well as Wilt Chamberlain. The first time I saw Hakeem Olajuwon in the NCCA in '83 I thought he played the game like Nate Thurmond did.
I never really thought about the Hakeem Olajuwon and Nate Thurmond comparison, but you're totally right, the rebounding and defensive skills and intensity are very similar.
Much love Too N a t e This was the error When we had real Centers
Seriously, Nate was a beast, its a shame we don't have players like him in the league anymore