Recently JJ Redick got on a bit of a rant the other day and went after Bob Cousy, suggesting he couldn’t play today.
He’s probably right about that.
Cousy was smallish, not overly quick and would not translate to today’s game very well.
It’s funny though because so much of today’s game is in debt to Cousy. Put another way, he was way ahead of his time.
Check out these highlights. You’ll see here passes that show up later in Magic Johnson (the fake follow through misdirection) and the wraparound pass that Scott Skiles later humiliated Georgetown with.