(April 18, 2018 at 3:08 am)robvalue Wrote: Yeah, I was sad that they never won it. I remember one year they were so very close, and it seemed totally on the cards. The commentator said (regarding Malone) something like, "As he snatches a rebound from his own teammate [unintentional], you know he is dead set on winning, just look at the eyes". Funny how that memory just came back to me. He had this super-intense murder face on.
The only thing I had in common with Stocky baby is that I'm short, and fairly fast. I used to be fast anyway. I tried very hard but I just sucked at all aspects despite how much I love the game.
Don't feel bad. Mostly all I could do was rebound and get a steal here and there. I was generally uncoordinated. I think I had either 2 or 4 points all of the season in the 8th grade. If it hadn't been a small private school, no way would I have gotten minutes. Even if I hadn't gotten sick, there's literally no way I could've made the HS team.
I remember Rodman basically slapping Malone in the face several times defending jumpshots. I hated him just at that point.
