There’s a phrase that goes something like nothing new really exists under the sun. Anything we think is original, really has been done before. The same theory could be applied to the NBA. There are great players today who standout, who we regard as superstars, players who will be in the Hall of Fame.
But, are any of them truly originals? Or, do they possess and display traits to historical counterparts?
The answer is most definitely yes. There isn’t a player today that, at least in some way, doesn’t resemble a past legend. In fact, some players, like the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, even go so far as to study the moves and tendencies of past players. He then integrates the move into his arsenal.
Other players might not mimic but are simply copies of past legends. Some only display brief flashes of an old player. Others, are simply poor copies, cheap knockoffs of historical counterparts that were the real, better thing.
With this being said, let’s take today’s top 25 NBA players and compare them to their historical counterparts.
Some players might resemble more than one past legend, bu ...
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The NBA’s Top 25 Players and Their Historical Counterparts
October 18th, 2010 by Pat Mixon Leave a reply »
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