Comments on: The Twenty-foot Lay-up http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/ A Lakers Blog. Thoughts, reflections, and the odd rant on the Los Angeles Lakers and the NBA (even the Clippers). Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Xavier http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/comment-page-1/#comment-14443 Xavier Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:33:46 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/#comment-14443 The warriors have signed Dajuan Wagner a 2-year deal http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/Warriors_Sign_Dajuan_Wagner.html The warriors have signed Dajuan Wagner a 2-year deal

http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/Warriors_Sign_Dajuan_Wagner.html

]]> By: red 5 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/comment-page-1/#comment-13954 red 5 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:44:12 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/#comment-13954 U said it, Craig. My brother didn't have one of those Hummer-sized VCRs of the era yet, so the only video I know of is the footage shown on NBA TV or EPSN Classic, neither of which I can get without paying clam$. I do remember in the mind's eyeball Jamaal going to that one spot in the corner of the court and-- like automatic and ee-ee-zee. You want to talk "like butter", that was a Wilkes basket. I was a smart enough kid to be way impressed. When I went to the Olympics in Atlanta, the only tix available were Team Handball ( which turned out to be a lot of fun -- Croatia won the gold and Macarena'ed after the championship game ) where I talked to a couple of guys from Southern California about Laker ball and Showtime. They almost began to cry the way kids do on their first day in Kindergarten. It was tenderer than a broiled lamb chop. Happy Friday. - 5 - U said it, Craig.

My brother didn’t have one of those Hummer-sized VCRs
of the era yet, so the only video I know of is the footage
shown on NBA TV or EPSN Classic, neither of which
I can get without paying clam$.

I do remember in the mind’s eyeball Jamaal
going to that one spot in the corner of the court
and– like automatic and ee-ee-zee.

You want to talk “like butter”,
that was a Wilkes basket.

I was a smart enough kid to be way impressed.

When I went to the Olympics in Atlanta,
the only tix available were Team Handball
( which turned out to be a lot of fun —
Croatia won the gold and Macarena’ed
after the championship game )
where I talked to a couple of guys
from Southern California about Laker ball and Showtime.

They almost began to cry the way kids do
on their first day in Kindergarten.

It was tenderer than a broiled lamb chop.

Happy Friday.

- 5 -

]]> By: Craig W. http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/comment-page-1/#comment-13926 Craig W. Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:01:53 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/#comment-13926 I started following UCLA in 1965 - after I left Oregon State (where even Mel Counts couldn't offset the UCLA teams). Therefore I was there when Keith Wilkes first arrived. Silk was always underrated because he never seemed to work at his craft. Everything he did was smooth and efficient. Nothing was forced or heavy-handed. People like John Wooden would never say anything bad about him, but others wanted more flash and criticized him because he wasn't a marketable. He just won, baby! Sort of reminds me of ESPN today. Where is my daily 'flash'. There is another guy around like that today, but he sadly doesn't play for the Lakers -- Elton Brand. We should appreciate what we are seeing in Kobe, because he will be gone one day and we will then only be talking about memories. The same can be said of Elton Brand. Root for the Lakers, but watch both teams. Go L.A. I started following UCLA in 1965 – after I left Oregon State (where even Mel Counts couldn’t offset the UCLA teams). Therefore I was there when Keith Wilkes first arrived. Silk was always underrated because he never seemed to work at his craft. Everything he did was smooth and efficient. Nothing was forced or heavy-handed. People like John Wooden would never say anything bad about him, but others wanted more flash and criticized him because he wasn’t a marketable. He just won, baby! Sort of reminds me of ESPN today. Where is my daily ‘flash’.

There is another guy around like that today, but he sadly doesn’t play for the Lakers — Elton Brand.

We should appreciate what we are seeing in Kobe, because he will be gone one day and we will then only be talking about memories. The same can be said of Elton Brand. Root for the Lakers, but watch both teams.

Go L.A.

]]> By: Gatinho http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/comment-page-1/#comment-13922 Gatinho Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:01:43 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/#comment-13922 Thanks, Michael. I tried to find some footage of him and found little to none, which is a shame. His shot was really a one of a kind... Thanks, Michael.

I tried to find some footage of him and found little to none, which is a shame. His shot was really a one of a kind…

]]> By: Michael http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/comment-page-1/#comment-13915 Michael Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:27:11 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/#comment-13915 That was a good read. Thanks Gatinho. I did not start following the Lakers until I was 10 (in '87) so I do not remember much of Wilkes. But after reading your post I feel like I miss him. That was a good read. Thanks Gatinho. I did not start following the Lakers until I was 10 (in ’87) so I do not remember much of Wilkes. But after reading your post I feel like I miss him.

]]> By: chris henderson http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/comment-page-1/#comment-13805 chris henderson Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:18:16 +0000 http://www.forumblueandgold.com/2006/09/14/the-twenty-foot-lay-up/#comment-13805 ahhh, Silk...man those were the days, having Chick calling the games, magic doing everything imaginable to win...when those guys walked on the floor before tip off, they had such confidance it was like they walked on in slo-mo, (ala Resevoir Dogs) and the other team were like...'oh man, I don't want to face these guys" ahhh, Silk…man those were the days, having Chick calling the games, magic doing everything imaginable to win…when those guys walked on the floor before tip off, they had such confidance it was like they walked on in slo-mo, (ala Resevoir Dogs) and the other team were like…’oh man, I don’t want to face these guys”

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