Acretices I got Cunningham yesterday on the boards. Golden State's star sharpshooter enjoys another historic moment, which also set his playoff career high. we're definitely gonna get better cards than this, dantley is worse than ruby thad, kpj, and felipe lol, hes worse than amy affalo who is trash lol, probably at least affalo has HOF Clamps and stuff and gold range, who, affalo or dantley? NBA.com is part of Warner Media, LLCs Turner Sports & Entertainment Digital Network, *Translations are limited to select pages, NBA Legends: Profiling the league's greats, Series preview: What to expect in Warriors-Lakers, 5 takeaways from Warriors' Game 7 victory, 5 takeaways from Heat's Game 1 win over Knicks, Curry sets Game 7 record with 50 points vs. Kings, Brooks fined $25K for violating interview rules. Boston kept Philadelphia out of The 1981 Finals, but the Sixers roared back to the 1982 before falling to the Lakers again. definitely a SF. Pro Touch Gives an additional boost for having good . Professional basketball is, by and large, a nomadic occupation. The memories of his playing days werent too distant. There are exceptions, but evidence of deliberate thought on the court often coincides with inaction and slowness. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. He's pretty damn fast (I think 94 speed) and can hit an open midrange (80 midrange). . fans will tell you Darryl Dawkins was different. An NBA champion as a 23-year-old player in the 1966-67 season and as a 39-year-old coach in 1982-83, Cunningham was clearly cut out for both jobs. Dean Smith, the new coach at the University of North Carolina, was not as impressed, at least not immediately. In the division finals, however, Philadelphia fell to Boston. On December 20, 1970, Cunningham scored 31 points and grabbed a career-high 27 rebounds en route to a 134132 road win over the Portland Trail Blazers. Known as 'The Kangaroo Kid,' Billy Cunningham was a high-flying scorer who won an NBA title as a player and coach with the 76ers. In fact, I believe for Thompson's college career, the dunk was outlawed, so that's an additional factor working against them. One oft-told story about Darryl Dawkins was that a sneaker company executive called 76ers coach Billy Cunningham to complain that Dawkins was wearing a Nike sneaker on one foot and a Pony sneaker on the other. Subscribe and rate Sixers Talk:Apple Podcasts|Google Play|Spotify|Stitcher|Art19|YouTube. General. Jones, a noted defensive terror. Chocolate Complete the group to earn XP 19,750, 25 Tokens. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. 90 Standing Dunk. The season after he left for the ABA \u2014 he won 57 games in 1972-73 with the Carolina Cougars in Larry Brown\u2019s first year as a professional head coach and took home the league's MVP award \u2014 the Sixers went 9-73. Dawkins, who died in 2015 at the age of 58, wrote an autobiography. [9] In 1996, Cunningham was voted as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History as part of the NBA's 50th Anniversary. and some people today would still think Michael Jordan couldn't compete with Stromille Swift. Do you have a sports website? Intelligence is inevitably one part of a great player's arsenal, but instinct usually is, too. Can quickly see where double teams are coming from. shawngoat23 wrote: Not if you transported them directly to the present. Cunningham, selected by the 76ers with the seventh overall pick in the 1965 NBA draft, was a contributor for the team from the get-go . He succeeded Gene Shue as head coach of the 24 76ers on November 4, 1977. Then they took out Boston in the Eastern Division finals San Francisco in the NBA Finals. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. I don't recall the exact level. 92 Post Moves. Although he had never coached, he was popular in Philadelphia, and his competitiveness, toughness and intelligence seemed right for the job. Most people use statistics like a drunk man uses a lamppost; more for support than illumination, Andrew Lang. He led the Cougars to the best record in the league and was selected to the All-ABA First Team and was named the ABA MVP. Billy Cunningham vs Steven Adams. I know it's only MyCareer.. but I finally got a putback dunk . As Cunningham was adjusting to the professional game, the 76ers were becoming a powerhouse. It was so good that Cunningham, a future Hall of Famer, came off the bench. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com, Scores from any date in BAA/NBA or ABA history, Frequently Asked Questions about the NBA, WNBA and Basketball, Basketball-Reference.com Blog and Articles, Subscribe to Stathead Basketball: Get your first month FREE. 66.94.114.236 Read more. That sure seems fair enough. <\/p>\n