Duke Basketball Report · May 17, 2022
YouTube Gold: Dr. J With Back-To-Back Dunks Over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
<iframe width=”560” height=”315” src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/chwnjKqjhNc” title=”YouTube video player” frameborder=”0” allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen></iframe>It always amuses one to see people look back at earlier players and wonder if they could play today.
We don’t know what you call it - currency bias? - but you can see it with a lot of the greats. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had an unstoppable hook shot. Could he thrive in the positionless era? Well, who could stop him? People always look at Larry Bird and think he’s too slow. Well, he was too slow in the 1980’s too. No one could stop him.