Could you beat Bob Cousy 1-on-1?

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

11-0 skunk...Easy work

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Folks in here talking about bullying a HOF professional athlete....

Bob Cousy would beat 95% of the Coli in his prime and 75% wouldn’t score a point.

Show me a clip of the one-to-one defensive skills Cousy would be using to stop me.

As far as stopping him, he shot 37% on twos against crap defense, never learned a jump shot, doesn't leave the ground, and rarely dribbled left. Exactly what is he going to beat me with - those over-the-shoulder prayers in the highlight clip?

Here's the key.......old school rules or new school rules?

Every player today commits traveling non-stop based on how things were called back in the day. If we played under 1950's rules, we'd look goofy as hell dribbling too.

A jump shot was not illegal.

Switching your dribble from the right to the left was not illegal.

Keeping your dribble low was not illegal.

There are plenty things goofy about those clips that ain't got nothing to do with rules.

 

[the artist known az]

I'd break that cac's ankles

 

[Doobie Doo]

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

That is a D3 player, you put that into the NBA in 1951 and people would be talking about him like he was MJ right now. You'd be in here talking about how talented and skilled Joey Flannery was if he played back then.

The problem with your argument on past eras is that if they played in today's league that means they wouldn't have grown up in the 1940s and 50s.. they would be better players now than they were then because of technological advancements, training advancements, dieting, equipment, travel etc.. They'd be stronger and faster. In Cousy's case he would still be 6'1" which is a tough sell but he'd be a better player in 2018 than he was back then. That's why I don't bother comparing eras.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Think about Wilt and how great an athlete he was even back then

Imagine what he could be like with today's techniques and advancements

 

[UpAndComing]

Cousy and others played in an era where you couldn’t palm the ball.

You had to dribble with your palms facing down or else it would be called a carry. That changed in the late 70s and early 80s and was pretty much gutted in the 90s. (Not saying Cousy had amazing handles compared to today’s nba player but he wasn’t allowed too)

He shot 37% due to the pace of the game. The game was faster back then in terms of change of possession and getting shots up.

He was 6’1” back when they measured you barefoot. He would probably be at or taller than Kyrie Irving if it’s with the same shoes.

No one on the Coli is beating a prime Bob Cousy.

Don't let logic and historical facts ruin the ignorance of this thread

 

[big bun]

Yes.

 

[dontreadthis]

Coli posters thinking they can beat pro players... again..

this nikka had dimes lol

 

[dem bath salts]

Look at my dap/rep ratio. How he gon stop my post game?

 

[SCORCH]

Cousy and others played in an era where you couldn’t palm the ball.

You had to dribble with your palms facing down or else it would be called a carry. That changed in the late 70s and early 80s and was pretty much gutted in the 90s. (Not saying Cousy had amazing handles compared to today’s nba player but he wasn’t allowed too)

He shot 37% due to the pace of the game. The game was faster back then in terms of change of possession and getting shots up.

He was 6’1” back when they measured you barefoot. He would probably be at or taller than Kyrie Irving if it’s with the same shoes.

No one on the Coli is beating a prime Bob Cousy.

Yeah yeah whatever b, I'm dropping 50 on this cac

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

In an "Oklahoma Drill" does anyone here think they could knock prime Jim Brown on his back?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

In an "Oklahoma Drill" does anyone here think they could knock prime Jim Brown on his back?

Hell no.

The difference being, of course, that Jim Brown was a 6'2", 235lb running back at a time when the NFL was one of the most popular sports in America and there were a healthy number of Black players in the game. By the time Brown came around, professional football had already been in the USA for over 50 years, the NFL had been around for 35 years, and running backs were in their prime in terms of impact on the game.

Bob Cousy, on the other hand, was a 6'1" 175lb basketball player at a time when the NBA was in its infancy and not even many White athletes played, let alone Black athletes. They were just a bunch of janitors and mechanics off the street named "Slater" and "Billy" and "Bud." Here's a picture of the NBA champs in Cousy's rookie season:

Not only are they all White and unathletic looking as hell, but the only guy over 6'7" is the star George Mikkan, a player who literally had to spend years in college getting taught how to be coordinated because he had never played sports in his life. He spent nearly two years of his childhood in bed from a smashed knee and he even walked awkward. THAT was the NBA when Cousy entered.

Here's Cousy's team, btw. He's #14:

Their big man was 6'8", 185lb Ed Macaley, "Easy Ed." He was a 7-time All-Star, made three straight 1st-team All-NBA and was an All Star Game MVP.

6'8", 185lb Ed Macauley is in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

When Cousy came into the league, real professional basketball wasn't even 5 years old yet. Guard play was in its infancy. The jump shot hadn't been invented yet, the dunk hadn't been invented yet, most ballhandling moves hadn't been invented yet, and no one played any real defense. Big men dominated everything, even though they were skinny unathletic loafs like Mikan and Macauley, because the guards never jumped and couldn't shoot. Cousy is on record as saying that basketball was a game meant to be played on the ground.

And Black players were barely being allowed on the teams at all.

NFL running backs were THE game in the 1950s. NBA guards were just a few skinny white guys running around who couldn't cut it in the other sports.

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

Hell no.

The difference being, of course, that Jim Brown was a 6'2", 235lb running back at a time when the NFL was one of the most popular sports in America and there were a healthy number of Black players in the game. By the time Brown came around, professional football had already been in the USA for over 50 years, the NFL had been around for 35 years, and running backs were in their prime in terms of impact on the game.

Bob Cousy, on the other hand, was a 6'1" 175lb basketball player at a time when the NBA was in its infancy and not even many White athletes played, let alone Black athletes. They were just a bunch of janitors and mechanics off the street named "Slater" and "Billy" and "Bud." Here's a picture of the NBA champs in Cousy's rookie season:

Not only are they all White and unathletic looking as hell, but the only guy over 6'7" is the star George Mikkan, a player who literally had to spend years in college getting taught how to be coordinated because he had never played sports in his life. He spent nearly two years of his childhood in bed from a smashed knee and he even walked awkward. THAT was the NBA when Cousy entered.

Here's Cousy's team, btw. He's #14:

Their big man was 6'8", 185lb Ed Macaley, "Easy Ed." He was a 7-time All-Star, made three straight 1st-team All-NBA and was an All Star Game MVP.

6'8", 185lb Ed Macauley is in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

When Cousy came into the league, real professional basketball wasn't even 5 years old yet. Guard play was in its infancy. The jump shot hadn't been invented yet, the dunk hadn't been invented yet, most ballhandling moves hadn't been invented yet, and no one played any real defense. Big men dominated everything, even though they were skinny unathletic loafs like Mikan and Macauley, because the guards never jumped and couldn't shoot. Cousy is on record as saying that basketball was a game meant to be played on the ground.

And Black players were barely being allowed on the teams at all.

NFL running backs were THE game in the 1950s. NBA guards were just a few skinny white guys running around who couldn't cut it in the other sports.

In a game of 1-on-1, are we talking about Cousy vs. a breh that played high school ball (maybe some small-time college) or Cousy vs. someone that is reasonably athletic but doesn't play much?

The kind of dude that regularly plays rec ball and can nail open J's versus most dudes? I agree with you 100%. Now some cat that goes to the gym but hasn't played a legit game of full court ball in 3 years? Nah.

Could BC win a game of HORSE? His chances might be better there over an actual game/21

 

[CarbonBraddock]

Hell no.

The difference being, of course, that Jim Brown was a 6'2", 235lb running back at a time when the NFL was one of the most popular sports in America and there were a healthy number of Black players in the game. By the time Brown came around, professional football had already been in the USA for over 50 years, the NFL had been around for 35 years, and running backs were in their prime in terms of impact on the game.

Bob Cousy, on the other hand, was a 6'1" 175lb basketball player at a time when the NBA was in its infancy and not even many White athletes played, let alone Black athletes. They were just a bunch of janitors and mechanics off the street named "Slater" and "Billy" and "Bud." Here's a picture of the NBA champs in Cousy's rookie season:

Not only are they all White and unathletic looking as hell, but the only guy over 6'7" is the star George Mikkan, a player who literally had to spend years in college getting taught how to be coordinated because he had never played sports in his life. He spent nearly two years of his childhood in bed from a smashed knee and he even walked awkward. THAT was the NBA when Cousy entered.

Here's Cousy's team, btw. He's #14:

Their big man was 6'8", 185lb Ed Macaley, "Easy Ed." He was a 7-time All-Star, made three straight 1st-team All-NBA and was an All Star Game MVP.

6'8", 185lb Ed Macauley is in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

When Cousy came into the league, real professional basketball wasn't even 5 years old yet. Guard play was in its infancy. The jump shot hadn't been invented yet, the dunk hadn't been invented yet, most ballhandling moves hadn't been invented yet, and no one played any real defense. Big men dominated everything, even though they were skinny unathletic loafs like Mikan and Macauley, because the guards never jumped and couldn't shoot. Cousy is on record as saying that basketball was a game meant to be played on the ground.

And Black players were barely being allowed on the teams at all.

NFL running backs were THE game in the 1950s. NBA guards were just a few skinny white guys running around who couldn't cut it in the other sports.

but he was a professional athlete breh. you're ignoring the 'pro' factor where, once someone gets into the nba, they just no longer have to obey the laws of space, time, and physics. he would just win bc he was 'in the league' and nobody on thecoli was lol.