FOR THE FIRST FORTY YEARS, GARGANTUANS, GOLIATHS AND GULLIVERS RULED THE COSMOS, DOMINATING THE ARENA SKIES AMONG AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL HOOPSTERS. THE AIR UP THERE WAS RESTRICTED AND RESERVED FOR THE "WILTS ON THEIR STILTS" AND THOSE AMONG THE "GIGANTIC JUMPERS". YES, THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE "LAND OF THE GIANTS"...
...BUT THAT WAS THEN...
...IN 1979, THE NBA, HAVING ADOPTED FOUR TEAMS FROM THE DEFUNCT AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, WOULD ALSO ADOPT ITS THREE POINT SHOT RULE. MANY BELIEVED IT WOULD BE A SHORT-TERM GIMMICK, BUT IT LASTED AND HAS SUSTAINED, TO FOREVER REVOLUTIONIZE THE GAME. FIVE DECADES LATER, THE GIANTS NO LONGER REIGN... BACK IN THE DAY, (WHILE WINNING ELEVEN POTS OF GOLD), THE CELTIC LEPRECAUN WAS TOO SMALL TO PLAY WITH THE BIG BOYS AND HUNG OUT IN THE ROOTING SECTION. NOW, THE LITTLE LEP AND HIS PALS HAVE TAKEN OVER...
FOR THOSE LILLIPUTIANS WHO MASTER THE THREE-POINT SWISH, CAN NOW RULE THE HARDWOODS... THE TREY HAS MADE ITS WAY, IN THE MODERN DAY FOR THE MARKSMAN SKILLED FROM THE OUTSIDE. IT HAS CREATED MORE EXCITEMENT AND LEVELED THE PLAYING FIELD, BUT HOOP WARRIORS STILL NEED TO DEVELOP A COMPLETE "GAME" WITH A TOTAL PACKAGE TO COMPETE...
...SPEAKING OF WARRIORS, THERE IS A GANG OF FIERY FIGHTERS WHO OPERATE IN THE MISSION BAY NEIGHBORHOOD OF UPSTATE, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THEY HAVE DEFINITELY CHALLENGED THE BIG GUYS AND WON... AT ONE TIME, THEY FEATURED A FIRST FIVE NO LARGER THAN 6'7" AND THEIR FEARLESS LEADER IS ARGUABLY LESS THAN 6'2". THEY INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY DWARF IN THE SHADOWS OF "OLD SKOOL LEGENDS", RUSSELL, CHAMBERLAIN AND JABBAR... FOR THE 21ST CENTURY HAS BROUGHT A NEW BREED OF ROUNDBALL WIZARD WHO CAN MAKE IT "RAIN FROM THE RAFTERS" OR CHALLENGE THE "POWERS IN THE PAINT" WITH SKILL, QUICKNESS AND SAVVY....
...FOR THIS ERA, THE CALIFORNIA MAGIC IS NO LONGER IN DISNEYLAND AND YOU WON'T FIND A SKY HOOK OR MANY A FINGER ROLLS THESE DAYS...WHAT'S FOUND IS THOSE SHOTS "IN YOUR FACE", LAUNCHED INTO OUTER SPACE, FROM WAY, WAY DOWN IN FRISCO TOWN. SHARPSHOOTING, SPEED, STRATEGY AND A PACK ATTACK IS THE PRESCRIPTION THAT HAS GIVEN THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (4) NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN (8) SEASONS IN THE MIDST OF THE "GREEK FREAK", THE "JAMES GANG", JOEL, AND THE "JOKER" ....
IT IS LED BY A SLENDER, SHOOTING GUARD WITH HIS FOUR ROYAL CROWNS, ONE, WARDELL STEPHEN CURRY II. HE'S BEEN A FINALS MVP, ALL-STAR GAME MVP, TWO-TIME LEAGUE MVP, 75TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM MEMBER, AND OH YEAH, 2 TIME "TREY" CHAMP. THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT G.O.A.T.s THESE DAYS. QUITE A FEW BALLERS COME TO MIND OVER A HUMAN LIFETIME THAT THE SPORT HAS BEEN PLAYED. OH, SO MANY, HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS, WITH EVOVLING RULES IN DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT ERAs.
NONE-THE-LESS, IT MAY BE USELESS TO APPLY FOR AN APPLICATION TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN THIS "GREAT DEBATE" WITHOUT A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF "HOOPISM"; OR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NBA SANCTIONED JEWELRY ON THE DIGITS OF ONE OR BOTH HANDS.
IN THESE DAYS OF INCLUSION HOWEVER, THOSE WHO TOSS THEIR HAT IN THE RING, NO LONGER NEED THE VERTICLE STATURE OF A SEQUOIA, NOR THAT OF MOUNT EVEREST TO QUALIFY. L'IL STEPH HASN'T HAD HIS "LAST DANCE" YET, AND HE HAS JUST AS MANY "RINGS OF BLING", AS SOME OTHERS CLAIMING THE TITLE. NOT TO MENTION, HE IS STILL HOTLY WIRED AND VERY ADMIRED IN THE EYES OF A NEW ERA OF BASKETBALL FANS AND COULD JUST TAKE THE POPULAR VOTE...FOR THE G.O.A.T!
IT IS QUALITY CRAFTED BY ADIDAS WITH SCREEN PRINTED NUMERALS AND LETTERS...
IT IS LABELED AS A YOUTH SMALL AND MEASURES 16 INCHES FROM ARMPIT TO ARMPIT, 20 INCHES FROM SHOULDER TO HEM,
WHO'S THE G.O.A.T, IS IT HE? VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION
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