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Archive for the 'YouTube Finds' Category

Merry Christmas From the MVPuppets!

25th December 2009

Enjoy...

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Layups: Highlights of Pettit, Baylor, and Other Underrated Stars

18th December 2009

Apropos of the Inner-Circle HoFers mentioned today, here's a mix featuring Pettit and Baylor at first, then John Havlicek, Rick Barry, Dan Issel, Bobby Jones, and Dennis Johnson:

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YouTube Finds: NBA H-O-R-S-E, 1978-style

17th November 2009

Sorry for the lack of posts over the past few days; Sports-Reference is having its annual company meeting, so I've been a little indisposed. That said, I thought I'd share these gems with you from the 1977-78 season:

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YouTube Finds: Knicks @ Rockets, Game 7, ’94 Finals

11th November 2009

Thanks to loyal commenter Jason J, here's the game I was actually looking for yesterday... This one's for you, John Starks!

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YouTube Finds: ’92 Bulls-Knicks, Game 7

10th November 2009

Man, this was a physical series...

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YouTube Finds: Skeets Has Acting Tips For Hansbrough

5th November 2009

Perhaps you've seen Tyler Hansbrough's Acura commercial:

Um... The acting needs some work, no? But perhaps it's not Tyler's fault -- maybe it's a breakdown in communication between he and his coach. No, not Jim O'Brien... This coach:

WOW!

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YouTube Finds: Bill Walton is… The Bachelor

5th November 2009

And, of course, no Walton post would be complete without this gem:

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YouTube Finds: Dave Cowens Highlights

30th October 2009

Reading The Book of Basketball made me remember my dad telling me about how awesome Dave Cowens was, which in turn prompted me to find some highlights:

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Layups: Behind the Scenes with Ty Lawson

23rd October 2009

I'm not a huge fan of the reality genre, but I make exceptions for shows based on current athletes, which is why this new Ty Lawson series could be interesting:

The general consensus from us stat folks is that Lawson -- at #18 overall -- could go down as the steal of the draft (thanks, Dean Oliver!), so I'm pretty interested in how well he makes that transition from college stardom to the NBA, since the metrics say he should probably have been taken ahead of Flynn & Holiday.

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Layups: “Prodigies” Video

20th October 2009

In case you didn't already see this when Skeets linked it over at Ball Don't Lie, here's a sweet vid by Hoops4Life about KG, Kobe, LeBron, and the preps-to-pros revolution:

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