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Methodical said:
That's what I said
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One is from West Virginia,One is from Virginia.Both did time over racially charged brawls.Rookie of the years.AI lead Sixers to Finals, Moss helped lead Pats to Super Bowl.Both finished their career where they started (AI with Sixers,Moss with Vikings).Both are 1st ballot Hall of Famers :obama:
 
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Silkk said:
Early 2000s All Star Games :wow:
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@NYC Rebel looked at me like I was crazy when I said the all star games weren't competitive like that anymore

Just look at the jubilation on the all the East players at 1:21:50 after Duncan/Webber miss shots



Celebrating like they won the ship

Players running off the bench to talk shyt to Webber :krs:
 
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@NYC Rebel looked at me like I was crazy when I said the all star games weren't competitive like that anymore

Just look at the jubilation on the all the East players at 1:21:50 after Duncan/Webber miss shots



Celebrating like they won the ship

Players running off the bench to talk shyt to Webber :krs:
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That was my favorite all star game of all time. What does that one game prove?
 
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One is from West Virginia,One is from Virginia.Both did time over racially charged brawls.Rookie of the years.AI lead Sixers to Finals, Moss helped lead Pats to Super Bowl.Both finished their career where they started (AI with Sixers,Moss with Vikings).Both are 1st ballot Hall of Famers :obama:
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Exactly and also, both of them played Basketball and Football in high school. Both of them were the first atheles on 2K


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Yeah all of that definitely came into play. I also think dude was a trailblazer when it came to flashiness and dribbling style.

Even culturally I think AI is the reason why basketball got fused into entertainment with players popping up in music videos and not just to take some eye candy role for a female artist either. It was almost like they wanted to be like AI vs basketball players wanting to be like an artist. Dude made the "cool kids" care more about basketball than any other player in history. It's probably because at his frame it made cats believe they could start dunking all over the place and the fact that dude's individuality made him seem rebellious and intriguing to cats from the outside. Even to today you can't tell that guy how to dress/how to look. AI was a craftsman playing basketball, not simply a craftsman at basketball.

Interest in sports imo has fallen off somewhat to the youngsters today, but I think a major part of that is there has been no player like AI to make that leap. Somebody that is so unique that it nearly pulls you in to watch. Right now you have bigger points guards being what it takes to win, but that makes it unrelatable to most cats. You gotta understand, the average person didn't/doesn't even know what a "crossover" is/was. AI made that a household term, even if cats don't know what it is, the fact that the term is that famous is because of AI.

That's why when cats shame AI by talking about him playing "hero ball" and talk about winning, they're missing the bigger picture imo. Something that transcended sports.
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Spot on! AI is that dude that if he chose to play baseball instead of basketball, we would have seen similar (well as much as possible considering MLB is the good ole boy club) spikes in urban youth playing baseball due to him. This is whats equally inspirational and disappointing about him at the same time though, cuz my nikka AI could have even made being an archeologist look cool, he just had that type of presence to where he could lead masses of people in whatever direction he was going.
 
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