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xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,321
edited May 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
As someone who was in single digits during the height of their encounters in the NBA finals, I've been waiting to read a book about it from their perspective. I just started it this week and so far I'm enjoying it immensely. Anyone else read it or reading it?
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    i might pick this up and read it over the holidays...thanks for the reminder x-man! :D
  • bosdiegobosdiego Boston Posts: 11
    been a celts fan my whole life. cannot WAIT to read this book when i am done with the agassi book, which is phenomenal. pick that up too.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Been a huge NBA fan since my days as a young tike....I was born in 88...unfortunately I missed the Bird/Johnson era....but was present for Barkley, Jordan, Olajuwan, Drexler, Shaq, Kemp, Rodman etc., I feel that I am still fortunate. :)

    I'm from Utah, born and raised...never have I experienced excitement like those back-to-back finals of the Jazz and the Bulls....what great playoffs.

    I very much miss watching Stockton and Malone play.

    What's the title on this book, xavier?
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,321
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Been a huge NBA fan since my days as a young tike....I was born in 88...unfortunately I missed the Bird/Johnson era....but was present for Barkley, Jordan, Olajuwan, Drexler, Shaq, Kemp, Rodman etc., I feel that I am still fortunate. :)

    I'm from Utah, born and raised...never have I experienced excitement like those back-to-back finals of the Jazz and the Bulls....what great playoffs.

    I very much miss watching Stockton and Malone play.

    What's the title on this book, xavier?


    It's called "When the game was ours". It was written by Jackie MacMullan, who was around those Celtic teams working out of Boston and around the NBA.

    http://www.amazon.com/When-Game-Ours-La ... 0547225474
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    As someone who was in single digits during the height of their encounters in the NBA finals, I've been waiting to read a book about it from their perspective. I just started it this week and so far I'm enjoying it immensely. Anyone else read it or reading it?

    As someone who attended game 1 of the 1981 finals at age 10 (Celts 99 - Rockets 96, I believe) ... I'll certianly be picking this up at some point.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    People on this board have a knack for making me feel so old! :cry:;)

    Ahem, I was in my 30s for most of the 80s. :shifty: Those were some great days for basketball.
    I've seen some reviews of this book and it looks like a great read. Maybe over the holidays.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,321
    whoprincess wrote:
    People on this board have a knack for making me feel so old! :cry:;)

    Ahem, I was in my 30s for most of the 80s. :shifty: Those were some great days for basketball.
    I've seen some reviews of this book and it looks like a great read. Maybe over the holidays.


    sorry for making you feel old, feel free to share your first-hand memories from those days.
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    whoprincess wrote:
    People on this board have a knack for making me feel so old! :cry:;)

    Ahem, I was in my 30s for most of the 80s. :shifty: Those were some great days for basketball.
    I've seen some reviews of this book and it looks like a great read. Maybe over the holidays.


    sorry for making you feel old, feel free to share your first-hand memories from those days.

    Yes, please feel free...I know that I'd love to hear them, and I'm not the only one I'm sure.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    edited December 2009
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    whoprincess wrote:
    People on this board have a knack for making me feel so old! :cry:;)

    Ahem, I was in my 30s for most of the 80s. :shifty: Those were some great days for basketball.
    I've seen some reviews of this book and it looks like a great read. Maybe over the holidays.


    sorry for making you feel old, feel free to share your first-hand memories from those days.
    I was just messing with you. :P I actually enjoy this stage in my life.
    I live near Dallas, which of course finally got a pro team in the 80s.
    Man, did the Mavericks suck! :roll:
    The only thing to be said for them was when another team came to town and (if you could afford the tickets) you got to see some of the greats of the day: Julius Irving, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird. I didn't go much. It was out of my price range but I loved watching games on tv. I was a big time Bird fan. I swear, that man could float on air.

    I know we don't talk about Kareem Abdul-Jabar here :oops: but I remember watching him back when I was in high school when he was still Lew Alcindor. It might have been in the 90s that the Lakers were in Dallas for a game and his house had burned down the day before in one of those California brush fires. When he was introduced at the beginning of the game the Dallas crowd gave him a standing ovation.
    *edit* The man retired in 89 so it must have been the year before that. The memory really starts slipping when you get my age. :oops: :crazy:
    Post edited by Who Princess on
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    whoprincess wrote:
    People on this board have a knack for making me feel so old! :cry:;)

    Ahem, I was in my 30s for most of the 80s. :shifty: Those were some great days for basketball.
    I've seen some reviews of this book and it looks like a great read. Maybe over the holidays.


    sorry for making you feel old, feel free to share your first-hand memories from those days.


    well i'm not as ancient as ms princess ;) i've been a laker fan since i was born...when they moved to la, my parents bought season tix so i went to many games in the 70's...then they drafted magic, the ticket prices went up and my folks dropped the tix :( ...i can still picture the tickets to game 7 of the 1980 finals in the trash can...they weren't needed of course since the lakers took care of the sixers in 6 but it was emblematic to me that i could have spent my teenage years going to the showtime lakers...regardless, i still went to many games at the forum...what a time it was :D

    in 1982, the lakers were holding their pre season camp at the college of the desert near palm springs...my dad had a job down there and one day he and i went to visit his job...on the way home, he said 'let's stop by and see if we can watch practice'...i thought he was nuts but he managed to get us into a closed practice...i got jerry west's and chick hearn's autograph's and not only did i get magic's autograph but a picture with him

    ....

    that would be were i'd post it for all to see but alas my dumbass lost it years ago :evil: :evil:

    for a 11-12 year old it was the greatest moment of my life (and still is :D )
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Norm, that is too cool! :D
    BTW very few people are as ancient as the princess. ;)
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    whoprincess wrote:
    Norm, that is too cool! :D
    BTW very few people are as ancient as the princess. ;)

    :P :lol:



    another story, the 1987 finals, game 4...my friend had to work that night and his boss wouldn't allow him to have a tv or radio on so he called me and i called magic's game winning baby hook...not as well as chick but i definitely gave him a great description of a classic laker/celtic moment! :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2doM4TOWTNs

    and tommy heinsohn is an assbag! :P :D
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    norm wrote:

    and tommy heinsohn is an assbag! :P :D

    Hey now!
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    jimed14 wrote:
    norm wrote:

    and tommy heinsohn is an assbag! :P :D

    Hey now!


    i knew i'd get a rise out of people ;):lol:

    the guy was terrible and let's face it, heavily biased when he called the laker/celtic finals...but i just turned down the tv volume and listened to chick on the radio :D
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    norm wrote:
    jimed14 wrote:
    norm wrote:

    and tommy heinsohn is an assbag! :P :D

    Hey now!


    i knew i'd get a rise out of people ;):lol:

    the guy was terrible and let's face it, heavily biased when he called the laker/celtic finals...but i just turned down the tv volume and listened to chick on the radio :D

    Oh, he's a homer, no arguent there ... but he's a homer with with a shit load of champioship rings on his fingers.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    norm wrote:
    another story, the 1987 finals, game 4...my friend had to work that night and his boss wouldn't allow him to have a tv or radio on so he called me and i called magic's game winning baby hook...not as well as chick but i definitely gave him a great description of a classic laker/celtic moment! :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2doM4TOWTNs
    Enjoyed that! 8-)

    My husband came in while I was watching and wondered WTF? :?
    Too hard to explain.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    jimed14 wrote:

    Oh, he's a homer, no argument there ... but he's a homer with with a shit load of championship rings on his fingers.


    well no duh! ;) :P

    still, hearing his annoying voice in that clip made me angry ;):lol:
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    norm wrote:
    jimed14 wrote:

    Oh, he's a homer, no argument there ... but he's a homer with with a shit load of championship rings on his fingers.


    well no duh! ;) :P

    still, hearing his annoying voice in that clip made me angry ;):lol:

    Norm I'm going to give you a TOMMY POINT!

    (not sure you know what that is ... but if you do, you'll hurl ... thus, mission accomplished)
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,321
    As a long-suffering Knick fan, my first year of getting league pass was 2001-02 which was Chick Hearn's final year. From time to time, I look up old Chick Hearn clips such as this one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et2I1nQcmJE
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    this book is GREAT! read it on the plane to and from new york last week

    i think this book should be required reading for all current and future nba players (lebron i'm looking at you)...bird and magic but especially bird wanted nothing else than to win...money, fame didn't matter...just winning the championship and kicking the ass of their opponents :D
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