I'm proud to say that in a few hours we gonna have at the UBR (combine with all their Mods) all the NBA Champions of the 1940's!
A historical moment for the UBR Family...
I know most of you guys do not botter yourselves to these old squads, but it's remarkable to go deep into the game itself, a journey for the ages.
So here's the new list of my remaining teams:
1) 1952 New York Knicks (Finalists)
2) 1953 Minneapolis Lakers (NBA Back to Back Champions again)
3) 1954 Minneapolis Lakers (First Ever Three Peat NBA Champs – Mikan’s Rules!)
4) 1954 Syracuse Nationals (Finalists)
5) 1956 Fort Wayne Pistons (Yardley on the Finals for the second straight year)
6) 1956 St. Louis Hawks (Pettit First MVP award)
7) 1957 St. Louis Hawks (Pettit so close to win at all)
8) 1958 Boston Celtics (Second place??? Can even imagine this? Russell First MVP Season)
9) 1959 Minneapolis Lakers (Historical customer... heheheheh)
10) 1959 St. Louis Hawks (Pettit second MVP prize)
11) 1959 Boston Celtics (NBA Champions again)
12) 1960 St. Louis Hawks (Finalists once again)
13) 1960 Philadelphia Warriors (Wilt the Stilt, the Big Dipper first ever MVP, wow!)
14) 1961 Boston Celtics (NBA Champions again and again – Russell at his prime! MVP again!)
15) 1961 St Louis Hawks (Loss again in the Finals)
16) 1962 Los Angeles Lakers (Finalists)
17) 1962 Boston Celtics (NBA Champions again and again and again OMG! Russell’s Back to Back MVP... his third time!)
18) 1963 Boston Celtics (Havlicek's rookie year, Ramsey, Lovellette, Rus Three Peat MVP, Hondo and the Last Hurrah for Cousy)
19) 1963 Los Angeles Lakers (Finalists again)
20) 1964 Cincinnati Royals (Oscar MVP Season and Lucas)
21) 1964 San Francisco Warriors (Wilt Chamberlain and Nate Thurmond, went to Finals)
22) 1965 Cincinnati Royals (Jerry Lucas 2nd season, Happy Hairston rookie year)
23) 1966 Boston Celtics (NBA Champions)
24) 1966 Los Angeles Lakers (Finalists)
25) 1967 Cincinnati Royals (Oscar, Lucas, Happy, Jon McGlockin, Bob Love rookie yr)
26) 1967 St. Louis Hawks (Lenny Wilkens, Bill Bridges, Zelmo Beaty, Lou Hudson outstanding rookie year, Richie Guerin last full season (player/coach), Joe Caldwell, Paul Silas, Dick Snyder rookie season, went to western finals)
27) 1968 Boston Celtics (NBA Champs)
28) 1968 New York Knicks (Willis Reed, Walt Bellamy, Dick Van Arsdale, Dick Barnett, Cazzie Russell, Walt Frazier & Bill Bradley rookie year, Phil Jackson's rookie yr too)
29) 1968 Philadelphia Sixers (Wilt Third Straight MVP)
30) 1968 Los Angeles Lakers (Vice Finalists again)
31) 1969 Los Angeles Lakers (Chamberlain, Jerry West Finals MVP for the “logo man”, and Elgin Baylor in their prime)
32) 1970 Phoenix Suns (Connie Hawkins, Gail Goodrich, Dick Van Arsdale, Paul Silas, Dick Snyder)
33) 1970 Cincinnati Royals (Oscar, Lucas, Tom Van Arsdale, Norm Van Lier rookie season, Bob Cousy comes out of retirement (player/coach), Johnny Green)
34) 1971 Baltimore Bullets (Finalists)
35) 1971 Philadelphia 76ers (Billy Cunningham,Hal Greer, Archie Clark, Bailey Howell)
36) 1971 San Francisco Warriors (Nate Thurmond, Jerry Lucas, Jeff Mullins, no Rick Barry went to ABA)
37) 1972 Phoenix Suns (Hawkins, Dick Van Arsdale, Charlie Scott, Paul Silas)
38) 1972 Milwaukee Bucks (Kareem 2nd MVP award)
39) 1972 Seattle Sonics (Spencer Haywood, Lenny Wilkens, Dick Snyder)
40) 1973 Kansas City-Omaha Kings (Tiny Archibald)
41) 1973 Los Angeles Lakers (Runners Up)
42) 1974 New York Knicks (way better than 1977 that patch has)
43) 1974 Milwaukee Bucks (Runners Up, Kareem 3rd MVP)
44) 1975 Seattle Sonics (Haywood)
45) 1975 Kansas City-Omaha Kings (Tiny, Jimmie Walker (Jalen Rose's dad) and a baller, Scott Wedman, Mike D'Antoni)
46) 1975 Washington Bullets (Runners Up)
47) 1976 Los Angeles Lakers (Kareem 4th MVP award)
48) 1976 Washington Bullets (added Dave Bing, Truck Robinson much better sophmore season)
49) 1976 Golden State Warriors (Gus Williams rookie year, best record in the league)
50) 1977 Los Angeles Lakers (Kareem 5th MVP award)
51) 1977 Denver Nuggets (Dan Issel, Thompson)
52) 1977 Houston Rockets (Moses, Murphy)
53) 1978 Denver Nuggets (request)
54) 1978 Portland Trail Blazers (Bill Walton’s 1st MVP award)
55) 1978 San Antonio Spurs (Gervin, Kenon)
56) 1978 New Orleans Jazz (Maravich, Truck Robinson leads league in rebounding, assorted other cool 70's play)
57) 1978 Los Angeles Lakers (Kareem, Adrian Dantley, Lou Hudson, Norm Nixon, Jamaal Wilkes, Charlie Scott)
58) 1979 Houston Rockets (Moses Malone 1st MVP)
59) 1979 San Antonio Spurs (request)
60) 1979 Phoenix Suns (Westphal, Davis)
61) 1979 Washington Bullets (Runners Up)
Remembering Boss words, the 2000's Mods are almost all done, only my beloved NBA Live 2004 Season is lasting, a sign of destiny??? Heheheheh
As soon i got the 50 Nationals and the 51 NY Knickbockers done i'll upload a new pak.
Stay??? Tuned!
ATECUBANOS...
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