Bernard
King is one of the purest scorers in NBA history and he finally gets
enshrined in the basketball hall of fame. The 4-time all-star was
recently featured in an NBA TV Documentary titled “Unstoppable”
which premiered tonight on NBA TV. The film featured many NBA greats
such as Magic Johnson and George Gervin speaking about the greatness
of Bernard King.
When
I watch film on Bernard King I see the 1st of his kind
which is a small forward who perfected the use of high post moves and
really made pivot moves and the turnaround jump shot popular. The
guys like Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant that we see use those same
high post moves today to score the basketball followed in the
footsteps of King. “Money Bernard King was Money” said Magic
Johnson. During his time in the league King was one of the most
feared scorers and the legend of so his greatest scoring efforts
still love on today, such as his 60 point game against the Nets on
Christmas day 1984. getting
“I
couldn't play with a smile on my face like Magic, I had to play with
an intensity or I wouldn't win” stated King. The Knicks legend
carried himself a certain way and always played with a high level of
confidence. Nobody could stop him from scoring “if you play off me
I have the jump shot, force me left I have moves going left, force me
right I have moves going right, If you overplay me I know how to get
open”. He commands respect and displays unshakable confidence which
is why he can go out and have back to back 50 point nights as George
Gervin stated in the video.
King
in many ways embodies the culture of New York basketball, that “
you can't stop me even if you tried mentality” if you will. Magic
said it best “ We knew where he was going to that spot, the 18,000
fans in the arena knew he was going to that spot but you just
couldn't do anything with this man”. It way to long but
congratulations to Bernard King on his 2013 hall of fame induction!
