Walt Bellamy ,NBA Hall Of Famer, Talks Basketball

[69Desk]

under-rated but in the hall of fame... I don't think he was ever a first team or second team all-star selection

[686644]

Great basketball player but a gentleman in the true sense of the word. My wife and I will cherish the time we spent with him and his group at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony. He is no nonsense and cuts thru all the bull. Listen to him you may learn something, Jim Hoag

[eeeewd33]

bellamy comes to my work and he is not a nice man at all he is somewhat rude

[earle1127]

the bellamy hawks had their nicknames on the back of their warmups.====like dr j,s aba NETS===SHOWTIME BABY===

[tuzwol]

Bellamy is one of the top 5 centers to ever play

[arthurlandrycf]

Bells was underrated and a real gentleman. They dont make them like this anymore. For some reason he reminded me of Antonio Davis

[ddenuci]

The thing with "Bells" is that, after his great rookie season (31.6ppg), his scoring averaged dropped for the next 6 seasons, until he hit 16.7 in the 1967-68 season. Never understood why. Anyway, HerbertDennard, thanks for posting.

[themick362005]

Bellamy's rookie season with the expansion chicago franchise. There was very little talent around him and he took most of the shots. As the teams he played on increased in talent the shot distribution evened out. He shot consistently over 50 percent which was quite a rarity in the 1960's.

[ddenuci]

themick: Thanks for the info. Makes sense. His teams didn't make the playoffs until his 4th year in the league. I only saw him play toward the end of his career with Atlanta. Fun team to watch, with Bells, Pistol Pete and Sweet Lou.

[tuzwol]

Because he was taking less shots per game,but it was still in the 20's

[tuzwol]

His average dropped because he took less shots per game,his field goal attempts went down,but he still put up great numbers

31.6ppg & 19rpb

27.9ppg & 16.4rpb

27.0ppg & 17rpb

24.8ppg & 14.6rpb

22.8ppg & 15.7rpb

19.0ppg & 13.5 rpb

[ddenuci]

Bellamy mentions (1:40) a guy named "Orie Smith". But the only Smith on the 1960 team was Adrian Smith. Also, I didn't understand his comment about not comparing players (2:42), in light of the fact that he immediately follows it by saying Oscar was better than Magic.

[themick362005]

Adrian smith's nickname was odie. He was widely known by his nickname.

[seiyuhosono]

He is the most underrated NBA great of all time. Both Wilt and Russell says highly of this man. Thanks for the great post!!!

[HerbertDennard]

Bellamy is one of the top 10 best centers to ever play in the NBA. And I mean ever.