What past players would put the fear of God into today's players?

[JohnFreeman]

Artest

[LAZERUSS]

Kermit Washington.

http://thenbadribbledout.com/post/30...er-9-1977-in-a

[hateraid]

Charles Barkley

[Wally450]

I read this thread and automatically thought Larry Bird. This guy would eat SFs today for breakfast. He would make players take their talents back to high school.

[LAZERUSS]

http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile....ketball&ID=127

Rudolph's control of a game and sense of humor is shown brilliantly by looking at the last game of the 1964 NBA Finals. During the heated contest, Wilt Chamberlain hit fellow 7-footer Clyde Lovellette of the Boston Celtics with a punch and Lovellette went down like a shot. Celtic coach Red Auerbach stormed onto the court and demanded that Wilt be thrown out of the game. Wilt told Red if he did not shut up, he'd be down on the floor with Clyde. Red countered with a great line, "Why don't you pick on somebody your own size." Rudolph topped Red's line by saying: "Red, do you have any other seven footers who'd like to volunteer?"

Slightly inaccurate.

Lovellette was 6-9 about 250 by then. It was in game two of the Finals, and the punch ended Clyde's career.

What was amazing, though, was that Lovellette was called for the initial foul, and Chamberlain went to the FT line. No other fouls were called.

[AirFederer]

Bob Cousy

[Round Mound]

Charles Barkley

[DaRkJaWs]

http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile....ketball&ID=127



Slightly inaccurate.

Lovellette was 6-9 about 250 by then. It was in game two of the Finals, and the punch ended Clyde's career.

What was amazing, though, was that Lovellette was called for the initial foul, and Chamberlain went to the FT line. No other fouls were called.

Why is it that it ended Clyde's career?

Anyway if that is true then that is the best thing Wilt could have done; after all, the reason for wilts pain and suffering and heart ailment, and early death in 1999, was because of Clyde's vicious elbow to wilts teeth. Wilts death was a homicide, a vicious blow by lovellete that took 39 years to fulfill.

[Milbuck]

This. I shed a tear for MJ after this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSaKPHSEtRM

HGHbe at his peak. Dude would slaughter the league today.

[LAZERUSS]

Why is it that it ended Clyde's career?

Anyway if that is true then that is the best thing Wilt could have done; after all, the reason for wilts pain and suffering and heart ailment, and early death in 1999, was because of Clyde's vicious elbow to wilts teeth. Wilts death was a homicide, a vicious blow by lovellete that took 39 years to fulfill.

Lovellette didn't play the rest of the series, and retired shortly thereafter.

Not saying that that punch was THE reason that he retired, but it was probably not coincidental, either.

[ZeN]

Larry Legend, 2001 Shaq, 90's Karl Malone, Hakeem, All time elite big men pretty much..

[L.A. Jazz]

Barkley on the break. Karl Malone too, but guys were running when Charles came full speed.