He was also consistently one of the best defensive guards in the league, in '67 he finished 4th in defensive win shares behind Russell, Chamberlain and Thurmond. if steals were kept he probably would've led the league. closest comparison in the modern game would be Chris Paul, albeit Paul is a significantly better scorer.

@HipsterShiningArmor

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would Kyle Lowry be a good comparison?

@uberneanderthal

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@@HipsterShiningArmor more like Brevin Knight or a shorter version of Jason Kidd. great playmaker with inconsistent shooting.

@Amick44

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​@@uberneanderthalseems like it.

@mongoslade277

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​@@uberneanderthalFunny how Jason Kidd is known as an inconsistent shooter. I remember at Cal & his 1st few years in Dallas they called him Ason Kidd bc he had no J. Unbelievable that's his top 5 all time in made 3 pointers

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Kyle Lowry is a good Guy Rodgers comparison. He's a Philadelphia guy also

Thanks for keeping the memory alive of so many 60s-70s legends

Another good video. Players of that era get slammed as plumbers and firemen by people who want to denigrate the achievements of the top stars like Russ and Wilt, but there was a lot of talent in the league.

Guy had some Cousy, Wilkens and Archibald in him!

Terrific video. Rodgers is vastly underrated and the ruling of assists at that time bear that out. In the 60's and 70's, players were credited with an assist when the receiver of the pass immediately shot the ball or took a singular dribble on a cutting play or looping pass in the low block. Magic Johnson changed the assist AND dribbling rules in 80's. Johnson and other 80's playmakers could now palm the basketball when dribbling and they would be credited with an assist if a player was in the act or process of scoring. This process included receiving the ball and dribbling 2 or even 3 times before putting the ball in the basket. The only NBA rulings that are more historically egregious is the fact that steals and blocked shots were not an official statistic until the 73-74 season.

If he stayed in the Bucks one more year then he could've gotten a ring

Man i love how you give these older Great player's their💐 pleaae keep these Gems coming...

This is why your amazing Uncle Hays, Guy Rodgers isn’t getting a KZread video anywhere else. Not because he’s bad, because he was great but because so many people are uneducated on basketball pre-1989

Holy shit man I can't figure out which one of your videos I want to watch first they all seem so interesting

Thanks buddy

I can definitely appreciate this history lesson on the Philly legend. Underrated, indeed. Good stuff

Cousy played most of his career in 50’s

Now i see some his highlights he was good player

Thanks for doing videos about older players and teams im new in nba and i want to know more but is hard to find some informations idk where to search And your channel helped please do more And can you do more video about this older players mvp finals mvp and about teams that won champioships or almost won

Great video, and I think players of his caliber are a gold mine of potential content. Most fans will know about the best players at any given position from any given era. But that second and third layer deep and people either have no idea, or maybe know a name and a team, when those guys weren’t that much worse than the guys everyone knows.

Nice video.

The answer is Kevin Porter

Never heard of him thank you

So him and Cousy were the cp3 rondo back in the day

Wow

Only had he played one more season

Great upload. But Magic is the best point guard in NBA history. Stockton was solid for 20 years

Why he look like dbook holding the stool

Underhanded free throws?