![]() ![]() ![]() Dan Majerle and Danny Ainge with their long range threes. This was the first team I watched thoroughly during their playoff run in which they finally lost to Jordan’s (3-peat) Bulls. Key bench players- Danny Ainge, Richard Dumas, Tom Chambers Key Starters- Charles Barkley, Kevin Johnson, Dan Majerle To kick this bad boy off let’s reflect on the 1992-93 Phoenix Suns. This will be a series of installments of teams ranging from NFL, to MLB, to the NBA to NCAA. I guess I’m becoming sentimental in my old age). So this is my way of honoring those teams that didn’t quite have what it took to win it all, but nevertheless won my heart (Yea I know–shit’s corny but it’s true. But entertaining doesn’t always win championships and doesn’t always bring accolades. ![]() Sometimes it doesn’t seem fair, especially when a team is thoroughly fun and the brand of ball is oh so entertaining. There is only one team a year that can win a championship. My obsession with sports began and here I am today, blogging about my favorite teams that did not win a championship (on a Saturday night no less). I had a Sega Genesis to geek out with Madden, Hardball III, NHL, and Bulls vs. My mom got me a subscription to Sports Illustrated. The Cowboys won their first Super Bowl since I’d been born. 1992 was a pivotal year for me and sports: The Ticket radio station became Dallas’ first all sports station. This forced me to open my eyes up to the national scene to find out what good basketball was elsewhere. The mavericks sucked and though I rooted for Popeye Jones, Tim Leger, and George McCloud to be successful, the brand of basketball they played was not in the least bit entertaining. I grew up in Dallas during the Mavericks worst years when they were owned by a guy who ran car dealerships and bowling alleys. For booking inquiries, send contact info to been a basketball fan since I was about 12. When he isn’t involved in some basketball related activity, actively looking for parties to deejay or venues to perform comedy, he can be found in the KDVS studios making on air playlists. Trust me.īobby Mickey is the alter ego of writer and poet Edward Austin Robertson. This was a good ass game and very entertaining with lots of good runs. It would only be a couple seasons later when Mullin would go on to play with another Fab Five member, Jalen Rose, at Indiana–for those of you who like random trivia.ĭon’t let the final score fool you. Lastly, It was fun watching peak Chris Mullin again.Makes you realize how small of a world the NBA really is. Seeing Gregg Popovich on the bench as an assistant coach with Donnie and Don Nelson was kind of mind blowing considering what lay in store for the three of them down in Texas–along with backup point guard Avery Johnson.Its also nice to see Warriors fans back the Oracle was still lit. Hard to think of a better time to be in the Bay–especially in Oakland: 1994 was the peak of the golden era of Bay Area hip hop, the A”s were still near the top of the AL West division in baseball, and the Warriors were still exciting despite breaking up Run TMC.Despite my height, I would work on my post moves and picked up my bassline spin move off the right shoulder from watching both players. Speaking of, my two favorite NBA players at this time were actually Webber and Barkley.I saw Mullin and Sprewell play in person and did not even remember until yesterday when I watched this game. I was such a novice back then that I didn’t realize that Latrell Sprewell and Chris Mullin were also on that team. I was obsessed with Chris Webber so I wore my blue Warriors Webber road jersey (with shaved head of course). I just realized from watching this game (for the first time ever–didn’t have cable until the following season) that I actually saw these Warriors in person that season when they played the Mavericks in Dallas.I would argue that from about 1992-1994, Chuck was the second best player in the world. If anything, maybe Green should be referred to as the Dennis Rodman remix? The various ways that Chuck scores buckets and dominates this game could never be duplicated by Draymond (even in today’s NBA). This game illustrates how silly the Draymond Green/Charles Barkley comparisons sound. ![]()
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