NBA Inside Stuff Review - Penny changes his game
Volume Six, Issue Five - Penny, the playoffs in photos, and the NBA goes Hollywood!
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News & Notes
Interesting poll question! I’m not a fan of excessive timeouts, especially at the end of games, but I don’t see a problem with a player calling timeout while going out of bounds. I think the official rule is that they have to have at least one foot in bounds to do so, though? Does anyone know the official rule?
INCREDIBLE list of NBA players and their acting roles, with a review by legendary film critic Gene Siskel! I think Kareem in ‘Airplane’ is the greatest role by a basketball player in a movie, followed closely by Boban Marjanovich in ‘John Wick: Parabellum.’
Penny is done playing point, y’all.
Part five of KG’s diary! KG and his Wolves made the playoffs! Unfortunately, the Wolves lost to the Rockets in three. See you next year, KG!
This is a pretty interesting way to track down how players influence players and how the game evolves. This is also the first time I’ve read or heard Kobe say that Magic was his favorite. Everything I’ve ever read said that MJ was his favorite. Go figure. I’m hopeful they do more of these!
Check out these playoff photos!
Alright, everyone! Time to learn The Reign Man’s baseline spin! Add this to your AI killer crossover that you learned last time, and you will be unstoppable!
Test your knowledge!
Say whaaaaat?
110 decibels in the Delta Center during the 1997 Finals????
Posterized!
This issue was REALLY hard to find, so I had to settle for one that didn’t include the poster. I know. I’m disappointed, too.
Best Ads
Summer/Fall of 1997 was all about Team Cheerios in my house.
I was a little worried when I started typing “bangonu.com” into my address bar (for obvious reasons). Fortunately, it’s not an active page at the moment (whew). Anyway, these kicks are awesome.
Oh my god.
I miss these magazines so so so so much.
You don’t want to know how much that t-shirt is going for on eBay nowadays.
At first glance, I seriously thought this was a Marlboro ad. The color and design are very similar.
For comparison:
The JAM
Dikembe!
In the next newsletter
Duncan Robinson Duncan and Robinson, and a 1997-98 league preview!