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[CRNO_BELI]

@Napredpartizan

[Houdini]

http://basquetdesdesiempre.blogspot.com/

Imas sa desne strane lepo sve sortirano po godinama,nacices Indiana-New York...

kakav sajt svaka ti cast na ovome kad ga iskopa.

[KKP]

http://basquetdesdesiempre.blogspot.com/

Imas sa desne strane lepo sve sortirano po godinama,nacices Indiana-New York...

Svaka čast na ovom sajtu, ne znam gde ga nađe... Bravo!

[AirBall]

Iako se mnogo ocekivalo, nikad nije imao veliku karijeru u NBA, ali sam ga ja bas gotivio - Christian Laettner.

Postoji sasvim racionalan razlog zasto je bilo tako...

[Musashi]

Evo jednog sjajnog blokera, jedan od mojih omiljenijih ''starijih'' igrača:

[Houdini]

Naleteh blejeci na netu

10 GREATEST NBA CENTERS OF ALL-TIME



It all starts with the giant in the middle. The defensive anchor. The tallest player on the court most nights. The center. It's the cornerstone of every championship team. Shaq's retirement has renewed the age old debate about the NBA's best centers.

As is the case with all good things, great centers are one in a million. The scarcity of great bigs can be boiled down to two factors. First, skilled 7-footers are hard to come by anywhere outside of Pandora. Also, big men are perpetually plagued by injuries. Finally, it's not enough to be big and muscular. Just as being well endowed doesn't automatically guarantee sexual prowess, a 7-foot frame doesn't guarantee basketball talent. In both cases, you must know how to use your size to your advantage. What follows is a list of 10 NBA legends who complemented their size with strength, agility, and a never-say-die attitude. Here are the 10 greatest NBA centers of all-time.


10. Willis Reed
The story has been told a million times. It's Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals and Knicks center Willis Reed is nowhere to be seen. Reed had suffered a torn muscle in Game 5 and missed Game 6. The Lakers took advantage of the void and tied the series 3-3, powered by Wilt Chamberlain's 45-point performance. The Knicks had no choice but to move on without their captain. But just before tip-off, Reed limped through the tunnels and joined his teammates on the court amid cheers and puzzled looks from players on both teams. Reed's presence and Walt Frazier's MVP performance inspired the Knicks to victory and their first NBA championship. But one game doth not a great center make. Willis Reed was a beast among men. As an undersized center, he scored easily against bigger and better opponents. He was a clutch performer who raised his game in the postseason. The higher the stakes, the bigger the moment, the better Reed's performance.

Career Statistics: 12,183 Points (18.7 ppg); 8,414 Rebounds (12.9 rpg); 1,186 Assists (1.8 apg)

Awards: 2× NBA Champion (1970, 1973); NBA MVP (1970); 2× NBA Finals MVP (1970, 1973); 7× NBA All-Star (1965–1971); NBA All-Star Game MVP (1970); NBA Rookie of the Year (1965); All-NBA First Team (1970); NBA All-Defensive First Team (1970); NBA All-Rookie First Team (1965); NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; #19 Retired by the New York Knicks


9. George Mikan
How great was George Lawrence Mikan? He was a basketball pioneer of sorts, who helped define the role of future bigs with his rebounding and scoring. Playing with those unmistakable thick frames, Mikan popularized the hook shot and used it to his advantage in every game. He won seven championships in the various incarnations of the Association. Mikan's passion for the game remained even after his retirement. Today's hoop stars have Mikan to thank for the shot clock, wider foul lanes, among other developments.

Career Statistics: 10,156 Points; 4,167 Rebounds; 1,245 Assists

Awards: 5× BAA/NBA Champion (1949-1950, 1952-1954); 2× NBL Champions (1947-1948); NBA All-Star Game MVP (1953); 4× NBA All-Star (1951–1954); 6× All-BAA/NBA First Team (1949–1954); Greatest Player of the First Half-Century (1950); NBA 25th Anniversary Team (1970); NBA 35th Anniversary Team (1980); One of NBA's 50 Greatest Players (1996)


8. Patrick Ewing
Ewing was a warrior, a hard-nosed, never-say-die warrior. His dominance notwithstanding, Ewing was guilty of a lot of things. He was guilty of sweating up a storm, guilty of wearing more bandage than should be humanly possible. But you could never accuse Patrick Ewing of being disinterested in the game. And like most dominant centers, he was smart on both ends of the court. He had a strong low post presence and a smooth mid-range jumper. Better yet, he was an intimidating force on defense, swathing at anything and anyone that dared venture within the box.

Career Statistics: 24,815 Points (21.0), 11,607 Rebounds (9.8), and 2,894 Blocks (2.4)

Awards: Rookie of Year (1985); All-NBA First Team (1990); 11-time NBA All-Star; One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996); Two-time Olympic gold medalist (1984, '92).


7. David Robinson
Robinson wasn't just a class act and a great competitor, he was one of the best defensive bigs of all-time. The Admiral had a well-rounded game. He was a terrific shot-blocker, a consistent low-post scorer, and a hell of an outside shooter for a 7'1" center. His records speak for him. Robinson is only the second player to ever lead the league in scoring, rebounding, and block title. In a 1994 demolition of the Detroit Pistons, Robinson recorded 34 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 blocked shots, and 2 steals in 43 minutes, thus becoming only one of four NBA players to ever notch a quadruple-double.

Career Statistics: 20,790 Points (21.1); 10,497 Rebounds(10.6), 2,954 Blocks (3.0)

Awards: NBA champion (1999, 2003); MVP (1995); Defensive Player of the Year (1992); Rookie of the Year (1990); All-NBA First Team (1991, '92, '95, '96); All-Defensive First Team (1991, '92, '95, '96); NBA Sportsmanship Award (2001); 10x NBA All-Star


6. Moses Malone
Malone is one of the game's all-time greatest players at any position. At 6'10", Malone had no trouble manhandling much bigger guys. He relied on his remarkable quickness and incredible strength to finish at the rim. One of the essential qualities of a good center is the ability to rebound the ball. Malone was a dominant rebounder, as evidenced by his record offensive rebounds of 6,731 and his five rebound titles.

Career Statistics: 27,409 Points (20.6), 16,212 Rebounds (12.2), and 1,889 Blocks (1.3)

Awards: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2001); NBA champion (1983); NBA Finals MVP (1983); NBA MVP (1979, '82, '83); All-NBA First Team (1979, '82, '83, '85); All-Defensive First Team (1983); All-Defensive Second Team (1979); 12x All-Star; One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).


5. Shaquille O'Neal
Any adjective that can be used to describe a bull aptly applies to Shaquille O'Neal: strong, muscular, and a brute of a machine. If you're lucky enough, he's one of the most intimidating people you'll ever stand next to. His size and agility made Shaq practically unguardable. Sure, he was kind of a lousy defender who relied more on strength than skill. Too bad the NBA doesn't tally smackdowns, because I'm willing to bet that Shaq recorded more smacks than blocks. But his efficient scoring and sheer dominance made up for everything else. In his prime, Shaq was the most important player on the court each time he played. The outcome? Three straight titles with the Lakers and slew of MVP trophies. By the time Shaq announced his retirement on Wednesday via Twitter, he had established himself as one of the NBA's all-time greats.

Career Statistics: 28,255 Points (24.1), 12,921 Rebounds (11.0), and 2690 blocks (2.3)

Awards: 4× NBA Champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006), 3× NBA Finals MVP (2000-2002), NBA Most Valuable Player (2000), NBA Rookie of the Year (1993), 15× NBA All-Star (1993-1998, 2000-2007, 2009), 2× NBA scoring champion (1995,2000), 8× All-NBA First Team (1998, 2000-2006), 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2000, 2004, 2009), 1994 FIBA World Championship MVP


4. Hakeem Olajuwon
You can make the argument that The Dream is the greatest offensive center of all-time. He was certainly one of the most creative, thanks to his fancy footwork. Throughout his 18-year career, Olajuwon left many a great centers bamboozled with his patented "Dream Shake." But that's just half the story. Olajuwon was a beast on the boards and vicious shot-blocker. He's the leagues all-time leader in blocks. Happy Feet here led Houston to the promised land, winning two NBA championships and two Finals MVP. And when he was matched up with other great bigs, Dream showed up huge. Against Shaq, he avergaed 33 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.8 blocks in one of the finest Finals performances in NBA history.

Career Statistics: 26,946 Points (21.1), 13,748 Rebounds (11.1), and 3,830 Blocks (3.1)

Awards: NBA champion (1994, '95); NBA Finals MVP (1994, '95); NBA MVP (1994); Defensive Player of Year (1993, '94); All-NBA First Team (1987, '88, '89, '93, '94, '97); All-NBA Second Team ('86, '90, '96); Third Team (1991, '95, '99); All-Defensive First Team ('87, '88, '90, '93, '94); 12-time All-Star; Olympic gold medalist (1996); One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).


3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Before video games became a primary source of entertainment, Kareem played like a video game god. He was akin to something out of a build-a-basketball-legend factory. Combining great scoring with vicious shot-blocking ability, Kareem helped his team to six NBA championships. Cap perfected the "Sky Hook" and torched anyone who dared stand between him and a "W." By the time he walked away from the game, he had scored more points, blocked more shots, won more MVPs, and made more All-Star trips than anyone around. Kareem was a winner, a leader, a fighter, and one of the greatest NBA centers of all-time. Kareem boasts two scoring titles (31.7, 34.8) and rebound titles (16, 9) to go along with four blocks titles (3.3, 4.0, 3.4, 4.1).

Career Statistics: 38,387 points (24.6), 17,440 rebounds (11.2), and 5,660 assists (3.6) in his career.

Awards: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1995); NBA champion (1971, '80, '82, '85, '87, '88); NBA MVP (1971, '72, '74, '76, '77, '80); All-NBA First Team (1971, '72, '73, '74, '76, '77, '80, '81, '84, '86); All-NBA Second Team (1970, '78, '79, '83, '85); All-Defensive First Team (1974, '75, '79, '80, '81); All-Defensive Second Team (1970, '71, '76, '77, '78, '84); Rookie of the Year (1970); 19-time All-Star; One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).


2. Bill Russell
The only man who had the antidote to Wilt Chamberlain was Bill Russell. He slowed down the Dipper in the playoffs and won more championships. Sure, Wilt still averaged a triple double and pulled down a ridiculous 55 boards against Russell, but it was Russell who stood taller at the end of the day. More importantly, Bill Russell wrote the blueprint on how to dominate the game as a defensive center. That's the most important attribute of a quality center--defense. With his ability to change shots, block, and intimidate, Russell will go down as the best defensive big man in the history of the NBA. Anyone who disagrees can talk to his bejeweled fingers--all 11 of them.

Career Statistics: 14,522 points (15.1), 21,620 rebounds (22.5), and 4,100 assists (4.3)

Awards: Naismith Basketball Basketball Hall of Fame (1975); NBA champion (1957, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '68, '69); NBA MVP (1958, '61, '62, '63, '65); All-NBA First Team (1959, '63, '65); Eight-time All-NBA Second Team; NBA All-Defensive Team (1969); 12-time NBA All-Star (1958-69); All-Star MVP (1963); One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996); Olympic gold medalist (1956).


1. Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt must have known that people would talk smack about his legacy down the line. Look, Wilt Chamberlain did not dominate the league because the competition was weak. He dominated because he simply refused to acknowledge the competition. He was as graceful in his approach as he was physical. Go watch old clips of The Big Dipper and you'll quickly realize that he wasn't a one-trick pony; he possessed a slew of offensive moves, from the hook to the fadeaway. In case you still have any doubts about his greatness, check his record. Men lie, women lie. Numbers don't. 100 points in a game? Check. 55 rebounds in a game? Check. 50 PPG average for a season? Check. Check. Check. He once led the league in assists, and we'll never know how many times he led in blocked shots since they didn't keep that stat back then. By setting a about 70 NBA records that will never be broken in this lifetime, Wilt made sure that even the doubters would remember him.

Career Statistics: 31,419 points (30.1), 23,924 rebounds (22.9), 4,643 assists (4.4)

Awards: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (1978); NBA champion (1967, '72); NBA Finals MVP (1972); NBA MVP (1960, '66, '67, '68); All-NBA First Team (1960, '61, '62, '64, '66, '67, '68); All-Defensive First Team (1972, '73); Rookie of Year (1960); One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).

[mali_buda]

Da malo osvezimo ovu (bar za mene) fenomenalnu temu.

Dan Majerle "Thunder Dan". Nadimak dobio zbog fantasticnih "kucanja" na pocetku karijere. Kasnije potpuno promenio stil igre, postao izuzetan defanzivac i neumoljiv "trojkas". Momak koga su izvizdali prilikom drafta, kasnije je dokazao da su navijaci grdno pogresili, ostao je zapisan u istoriji NBA lige. Pored Finiksa gde i sad radi kao asistent trenera, igrao je kratko i za Klivlend i par godina za Majami pred kraj karijere.

[Nebojsa]

Poreklom je iz Srbije.



Od 3:39

[Houdini]

Nekako se nismo doticali trenara na ovom delu. Malo reci o jednom od najvecih.

Red Auerbach
Celtics coach (1950-1966), GM, pres./vice chair (1984-2006)

The most decorated franchise in the history of the National Basketball Association, using titles as the measuring stick, is the Boston Celtics. And the one man most responsible for the success is Red Auerbach.


Auerbach basically was the Boston Celtics for more than half a century. He coached them, built them, nurtured them and turned them into the most famous team brand in the sport. It didn't hurt that along the way he won nine titles as a coach and seven more as a team executive. He died just before the start of the 2006-07 season, a year before the Celtics' latest championship.
Auerbach was an innovator. He saw basketball as the ultimate team game and built his Celtics' squads around the concept that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. He preached defense and running, destroying opponents with a fast break triggered by defense and rebounding.

He saw greatness and acted on his gut where others saw only potential or backed down. He traded two future Hall of Famers to St. Louis in 1956 for the rights to draft a rookie named Bill Russell. He drafted Larry Bird as a junior eligible, even though he knew he would not get him for a year, if at all. He drafted Danny Ainge in the second round, convinced that Ainge would give up his baseball career. He drafted Charlie Scott, who went to the ABA, then traded his rights to Phoenix for Paul Silas.
He broke racial barriers. He was the first to draft an African-American (Chuck Cooper in 1950) and was the first NBA coach to employ a starting lineup of five African-Americans. When he decided to leave the bench at the end of the 1965-66 season, he turned over the coaching duties to Bill Russell, the first African-American coach in a major American sport. Auerbach was only 49 at that time, but had already been a professional coach for 20 years.

But, mostly, he won as no one else had won -- and loved to rub it in with a lighted cigar near the end of blowout wins. When Auerbach arrived in Boston in 1950, the team had missed the playoffs in three of its first four seasons. It wouldn't miss them again until the season after Russell retired in 1970.

The Celtics won their first NBA title in 1957, following Russell's rookie season, lost in the NBA Finals the next year, then ripped off an unprecedented eight straight championships. It was after the eighth that Auerbach retired, leaving a legacy of unmatched success and a slew of Basketball Hall of Famers.

As the Celtics' general manager and president, Auerbach rebuilt the team on two occasions and, from 1956 until 1992, the Celtics never went more than five years without winning a title. A smallish team with the 6-foot-8 Dave Cowens at center and the relentless John Havlicek on the perimeter won two titles and a franchise-record 68 games in another season. Three more titles came in the 1980s, with a team dominated by arguably the greatest frontcourt in NBA history -- Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish. The latter two had come to Boston after Auerbach engineered one of the greatest trades in NBA history, dealing away a pair of draft picks who wound up being Joe Barry Carroll and Rickey Brown.

Auerbach was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1969. The NBA honored him by naming its coach of the year award the Red Auerbach Trophy.

I jedan tekst novinarke koju mnogo cenim. Jackie MacMullan o secanju na Auerbach-a.

Tough man had a tender side

The first time I met Red Auerbach, I was 22 years old, and I was terrified.

It was January 1983, and I had been working at the Globe as a full-time writer exactly two months. My assignment was the Boston College-St. John's basketball game, which seemed manageable enough until five minutes before tipoff, when this silver-haired gentleman in a blue blazer plopped himself down next to me and lit up a cigar.

Of course. What else would he do?

No one dared to instruct Arnold "Red" Auerbach to extinguish it. We were in Boston Garden -- the house Red built -- and he did whatever he wanted when he roamed that creaky old arena with the hallowed banners hanging from its rafters.

I wanted so desperately to impress him, but I couldn't think of a single intelligent thing to say. Instead, I diligently took notes while Boston College and its waterbug point guard, Michael Adams, wreaked havoc on the heavily favored St. John's team. Red didn't say much to me, other than offering to buy me an ice cream midway through the first half.

At the intermission, as the cheerleaders sprinted to center court to began their spirited, peppy routine, the greatest coach in basketball history gestured toward the parquet -- his parquet -- and asked, "So . . . what do you think?"

It was the moment I had been waiting for. I immediately explained how I thought BC's full-court press was particularly effective, and if St. John's didn't begin to respect the Eagles' perimeter shooter soon, maybe BC could pull off the upset.

"No, no," Auerbach interrupted. "I meant the girls. Aren't you the cheerleading coach?"

Well, no. I wasn't. Red would learn that soon enough. Over nearly 24 years, our paths would cross on a regular basis. I was a young reporter trying to capture the Celtics' mystique, and he was the man who invented it. In the beginning, he vociferously objected to everything about me, particularly when I entered his team's locker room.

"You don't belong in there," he'd bark.

"What if you were trying to decide whether to draft a player, and everyone got to talk to him but you?" I'd retort. "Would that be fair?"

"It would never happen!" he'd bellow. "I would already know more about the kid than everyone else anyway!"

This, of course, was true. Back when Auerbach's staff consisted of himself, and, well, himself, he relied on a Rolodex full of numbers for nearly every prominent college coach in the country to glean his scouting reports. He was always one step ahead of the competition. And, when he'd fleece his fellow NBA executives, he did so without a trace of humility.

"If you do something great, kid, then don't apologize to anyone," he told me. "If you're a winner, then act like one."

He called me "kid" right up until yesterday, the day he died of a heart attack. He had battled respiratory problems in recent years, and I suppose none of us should have been shocked that an 89-year-old man's time finally had come.

Still, the news took my breath away. Forgive me. Red was so stubborn, I assumed he would live forever.

Or maybe I just hoped that was true.

I know how people felt about him outside of Boston. They felt he was arrogant, superior. They hated the fact he lit up that cigar in the waning moments of a sure victory. It was showboating, they said, a galling lack of sportsmanship. The book on Red outside of our city was he was a graceless winner and sore loser.

Maybe so. I asked him about it once. He smiled, took a puff, and blew it in my face.

Our relationship was a work in progress, but over time, I grew to love Red Auerbach. We developed a quirky sort of professional friendship that included spirited debates on women's issues, on the merits of different eras, on the best blacktop playgrounds in the country. He grew to appreciate my love of the game, and became one of my most trusted sources.

In the early '90s, he fell ill and almost died. Naturally, the Celtics insulated him, so the public (and most of us in the media) didn't completely grasp how close he came to leaving us. I didn't realize it myself until I went to see him in Washington after he had recovered. I was asking him how Reggie Lewis's shocking death affected him, and, after taking a long draw of his cigar, he admitted he was so sick during that time, he had little or no idea what had happened to the young star.

It was a beautiful spring day in Washington, and he asked me when my flight was leaving. I told him I had some time. We hopped into his Saab convertible (really now, how many senior citizens do you know drive a Saab convertible?), and he took me to the Smithsonian. There was a great Duke Ellington exhibit, he explained, and he felt I should see it before I left.

Who knew? Red loved Chinese food, and owned an eclectic collection of letter openers ("Go to the back of the store," he always insisted. "The best stuff is always in the back."), but until that day, I didn't realize he was tuned into Sir Duke as well.

As we pulled up to the entrance, he parked his car in the little cul de sac in front of the building. A uniformed guard immediately approached us and said, "I'm sorry, sir. There's no parking here."

Red got out of the car, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "That's OK, son."

Then he walked inside. One hour later, we returned to the cul de sac, where his car remained, untouched.

You know most of the facts concerning Red. You know about the championships, his willingness to hire the first African-American coach, his unparalleled tenure as a cunning and ruthless general manager.

I wish he showed his softer side more. It was there, particularly when discussing the two daughters who made him so proud, or his wife, Dorothy, whom he missed terribly after she died in 2000, or when he called to console a young reporter who had experienced her own devastating personal loss, not six months after he had blown smoke in her face.

In recent years, the trip to Boston was increasingly difficult for Red. He walked with a cane, which he hated ("Ask me about it and I'll hit you with it," he groused). He couldn't quite keep up with the team as he once did.

Two years ago, I stood with him in the hallway of the FleetCenter outside the locker room, when one of the young players (who shall remain nameless to save him the embarrassment) came up to the Celtics patriarch.

"Coach Auerbach," he said. "I just want to shake your hand. It is such an honor to meet you."

As the player walked away, Red turned to me and said, "Who the hell was that?"

In his final years, he spent most afternoons at his club in Maryland, where he played cards and held court. He still attended games at his beloved George Washington and took in some of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament last spring.

"If you come down, we'll go together," he told me.

"I should do that," I said.

I didn't. I got busy with my life and my work and my kids. It sounded good at the time, but I couldn't get there.

I talked to Red for the last time about three weeks ago. I had written a story on Doc Rivers and his attempts to balance his job with commuting to Orlando where his family lives. Red had done a similar juggling act when he was coaching the Celtics in Boston, and his family remained in D.C.

"I don't blame Doc," Red told me. "At the end of the day, your family is the only thing that matters."

He told me he was flying up for the season opener, which is Wednesday.

"Are you coming?" he said. "I'll see you there."

I wish.

[Houdini]

Menjanje logoa NBA timova kroz istoriju

http://www.nba.com/magic/cohen_feature_081611.html

[Felipao]

Neverovatno koliko ekipa je uspelo da poruzni svoj grb poslednji par godina.Generalno najlepsi grbovi su pravljeni u drugoj polovini devedesetih i prvoj polovini prosle decenije.

[Withnail]

Posto svi pocinjemo da gotivimo ovu novu Minesotu, krenula su secanja na njih sa kraja devedestih, pocetkom dvehiljaditih..KG, Stefon M, Terel Brendon, Tom Guljiota...

i naravno, Voli Zerbiak

[KKP]

Voli Zerbijak, kakav je to šuter bio, opasan...

[nolinjo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ca ... ael_Jordan

koja sam ja budala sto sam uzo ovo da citam

reko da uporedim ovih lebronovih 382 preko 10 ,a jordana jada imo samo 866

Jordan is also the only player to score 40+ at age 40 or older.

In his final season, Jordan scored 40+ 3 times, 30+ 9 times and 20+ 42 times.

[nightwalker988]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_career_achievements_by_Michael_Jordan

koja sam ja budala sto sam uzo ovo da citam

reko da uporedim ovih lebronovih 382 preko 10 ,a jordana jada imo samo 866

Jordan is also the only player to score 40+ at age 40 or older.

In his final season, Jordan scored 40+ 3 times, 30+ 9 times and 20+ 42 times.

Dzordan je u svojoj cijeloj karijeri samo na desetak utakmica dao ispod 20 poena...
Jedan je Majkl Dzordan, simbol za kosarku i znacajaniji lik od samog Nejsmita...