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Post by wildfire2099 on Mar 19, 2022 11:51:48 GMT -5
That's the one! I've definitely sifted through that site before... I agree, great stuff!
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Post by berkley on Mar 20, 2022 17:41:57 GMT -5
We never got basketball on our tv channels in the 70s but I knew who Dr. J was from seeing posters - would there have been ads for them in comic books? Or maybe it was magazines or something. Anyway, I had a mental picture of him and he was probably the only basketball player I knew of at the time and to this day is probably the only one I have any nostalgic feelings about. Wilt Chamberlain, maybe a little, though he was more of a general celebrity to me than an athlete. I think he was probably retired by the time I became aware of him, which I imagine would have been the early 70s. You may be thinking of this ad for Spaulding basketballs that ran in '70s comics starring Dr. J and Rick Barry. It was drawn by the great Jack Davis.
Cei-U! I summon the slam dunk!
No, I was picturing an actual photograph of Dr. J in mid-air flying towards the net with the ball in his outstretched arm. But now you posted it I do remember the Jack Davis ad and I'm sure that went into my mental image of him too.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Mar 21, 2022 3:34:25 GMT -5
No, I was picturing an actual photograph of Dr. J in mid-air flying towards the net with the ball in his outstretched arm. But now you posted it I do remember the Jack Davis ad and I'm sure that went into my mental image of him too.
I know exactly which photo you're talking about - it's probably the best photo ever taken of Dr. J and one of the best basketball photographs in general. Unfortunately, I can't find it anywhere online - which is surprising, because it's a really iconic image (or maybe my google-fu just isn't good enough). Anyway, this is the closest to it I could find:
Of course, the photo I think we're both talking about was taken from a different - better - angle and it's from a few years earlier, when his hair looked like this: |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2022 4:36:07 GMT -5
This is "my" Dr. J:  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2022 4:39:01 GMT -5
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Post by berkley on Mar 21, 2022 8:31:55 GMT -5
No, I was picturing an actual photograph of Dr. J in mid-air flying towards the net with the ball in his outstretched arm. But now you posted it I do remember the Jack Davis ad and I'm sure that went into my mental image of him too.
I know exactly which photo you're talking about - it's probably the best photo ever taken of Dr. J and one of the best basketball photographs in general. Unfortunately, I can't find it anywhere online - which is surprising, because it's a really iconic image (or maybe my google-fu just isn't good enough). Anyway, this is the closest to it I could find:
Of course, the photo I think we're both talking about was taken from a different - better - angle and it's from a few years earlier, when his hair looked like this:
Yeah, sounds like we have the same one in mind. I'm surprised too that I can't find an oline image, but it could be my memory is at fault and has altered the image somehow. My mental picture was with the basket on the right edge of the poster and Dr. J approaching from the left, as in the image you found. I too recall a bigger afro and I think a red uniform, though I couldn't swear to it. And the way I picture it, the image was cut off at the waist, but more of a close-up shot than the one above.
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Post by tonebone on Mar 22, 2022 7:53:12 GMT -5
I think I would fare better in prison, than trying to fake my way into a sports conversation.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2022 8:01:23 GMT -5
I think I would fare better in prison, than trying to fake my way into a sports conversation. So, it’s best not to ask you to join my wrestling thread, then? ;-) |
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Post by tonebone on Mar 22, 2022 12:25:57 GMT -5
I think I would fare better in prison, than trying to fake my way into a sports conversation. So, it’s best not to ask you to join my wrestling thread, then? ;-) If you're approaching it from the standpoint that wrestling is actually a sport, then yeah... maybe not.  |
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Post by badwolf on Mar 22, 2022 15:08:34 GMT -5
I think I would fare better in prison, than trying to fake my way into a sports conversation. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 22, 2022 17:30:18 GMT -5
I think I would fare better in prison, than trying to fake my way into a sports conversation. I love the IT Crowd. And I love this bit, even though I grew up as a big sports fan and still watch a lot of college football. |
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Post by tonebone on Mar 23, 2022 13:13:28 GMT -5
I think I would fare better in prison, than trying to fake my way into a sports conversation. Ha Ha, yeah! Except I would never have the competence or courage to pull it off the way Moss did. |
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