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HOFer James Worthy: today's NBA players suck, no skill at all (link)

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bossy international law enforcement agency yarmulke
  05/26/22
"During his career, James Worthy earned a little under ...
Mint Multi-colored Spot Sneaky Criminal
  05/26/22


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Date: May 26th, 2022 4:53 PM
Author: bossy international law enforcement agency yarmulke

https://www.audacy.com/971theticket/sports/detroit-pistons/hall-of-famer-james-worthy-bemoans-state-of-nba

During an interview Wednesday on the Stoney & Jansen Show, Lakers legend and Hall of Famer James Worthy, a three-time NBA champ, was asked what he thinks of today's game and its heavy reliance on the three. And Worthy said the NBA has been diminished by "the rush of guys not going to college" -- or at least not going for more than a year.

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"I mean, Kareem had four years with John Wooden, Michael Jordan and I had three years with Dean Smith, Isiah (Thomas) had some years with Bobby Knight. So you learned the fundamentals," Worthy said. "Not only that, you learned how to live. You learned how to balance your freaking checkbook in college, there’s a lot of things. When you don’t get that, guys are coming to the NBA who are not fundamentally sound. All they do is practice threes, lift weights, get tattoos, tweet and go on social media. That’s it.

"So you don’t have that sound player; you have an athletic player. And that’s what’s happening to the game. It’s a lot of ISO and looking for mismatches. Bill Russell told me one time, they had five options off of one play. You don’t see that anymore."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5117618&forum_id=2#44579225)



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Date: May 26th, 2022 4:55 PM
Author: Mint Multi-colored Spot Sneaky Criminal

"During his career, James Worthy earned a little under $12 million in total salary before taxes. That's around $20 million after adjusting for inflation, still before taxes."

John Wall made $44 million this season without playing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5117618&forum_id=2#44579252)