Just to make my fellow 30-something NBA fans feel old...

[Andrew]

It's funny, for a while there he had a reputation for always being injured, but it was really only two seasons where he was banged up (and one of those he still played 60 games). Apart from that, he's been healthy most of his career.

[Andrew]

Since this has become the 90s Nostalgia Thread, seems like as good a place as any to share this reel that the NBA put together for Shawn Kemp's birthday.

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[big-shot-ROB]

Those Sonics were exciting man...

[deihatein]

And guess what. Looks like Nowitzki is being shut down indefinitely. 90s disappearing fast.

It's a shame, he's been relatively healthy for most of his career.

fuck y'all that ain't happening? Right? Right?

[Andrew]

It may not be the end, but the season is shaping up to be a write-off.

[mp3]

Mark Cuban has always being pretty vocal against teams tanking, what do you think he wants to do right now? What do you think he's telling Rick Carlisle? They sure do have a banged up team with a terrible record and it's pretty clear that Harrison Barnes is not going to be a "go to guy"

[Andrew]

I think they'll continue to try and be as competitive as possible until the final weeks of the season, perhaps waving the white flag and giving some of the younger players more court time to see what they can do, and whether or not they should be part of the team's future plans. Honestly, I believe that's what most "tanking" teams do, anyway. I don't think games have ever been lost by the players on purpose; they've just been set up to fail by management that wants to start over.

[mp3]

Oh for sure players are not programmed to lose they wouldn't be in the nba if they were it's 100% don't to management to micromanage results. It's like when the Sixers drafted MCW and decided to blow the team up it felt like any player after that who had a great game on route to a victory was either waived or traded for picks soon after lol