Holy shit. This is the first Bob Cousy highlight I've ever seen, and this guy could play. He was doing moves miles ahead of his time. You can tell Magic studied this guy.
37 percent field goal shooter. he isn't the best they Boston Celtics in the 50's had a complete team. Calm down magic is the greatest everyone here knows it.
surely theres a lot of players in point guard position cud match or surpass what cousy cud do, but to think he did this all stuff in the 50's i think i cud rate him the best point guard ever played in NBA.
I love the comments that say he'd never make it in this day and age. Are you kidding me? He pioneered the position, he didn't have 50+ years of basketball evolution to build his game around. In 1957, if Steve Nash played, he'd be taking one-handed set shots and granny layups as well. There's a reason you found this video, it's because Cousy is a legend and almost fifty years after he retired, you still know his name for a reason.
This answered my question. Always wondered how people played basketball way back in the day. Pretty similar. I always imagined it being way slower, lots of guys standing around, textbook passes, etc.
@RashaTwain you're an idiot. basketball was WAAYYYYYY more fast paced and exciting up until the mid to late 90's. there is nothing better, not even the nfl, than basketball in the late 80's and early 90's
I wouldn't call him the greatest ever, but he was the first great point guard. His Celtic teams showed the way to dominate offensively was to have a great ballhandler to facilitate and distribute to his teammates in the best scoring position. It's been done that way ever since.
the reason the dribbling looks funny now is because PALMING was actually called (when's the last time palming was called in an nba game?). i would love to see cous today, he'd be a freak.
@danogzilla No, he would be a snack for freaks. A minute point guard who favours his right hand and cannot shoot the ball would really make a splash in the NBA today. And I would like to see him defend Wade or Williams.
@omnivorous65 wow. bob cousy paved the way for all these kids like chris paul, derron williams (wade is not a point guard). he is part of the generation that inspired every great player that followed. he gave to the sport more than you could ever dream to. of course if we got a time machine, brought him back and put him into the league now he wouldn't be impressive. but neither would jerry west or john stockton who are also greats to grace the sport. so let's think twice before dissing a legend.
@SupernovaPaul Don't get me wrong. I think he was the greatest point guard in his time and he was an extremely innovative and successful player. There is nothing to knock about that. But when he call someone "the best ever" you have to compare players across all eras. And there is no doubt that those players (yes, that includes Chamberlain and Russell) were flawed by modern standards. Ultimately, it is about the evolution of the game, the players, medicine, rehab, sportsgear and conditioning.
Basketball has evolved...but for the better?...they hardly call traveling...instead of dribbling they practacially carry the fucking ball down the court...Oscar said that when it becomes a street game...he turns of the TV...
@BeatleJim55 Imagine they would start calling travels, or offensive faults. LeBron James' career would be over in a day... I admire the strength, and the endurance players have nowday, but the game became too physical for my taste. I prefer the 70-80 era. Magic and Bird shot the ball with 60% from the field. Today it's the average you see from the free throw line.
@RadBal2 They would adjust. They do it because they can get away with it. LeBron, Kobe, Duncan, Shaq, and other greats would be great in any era. As would Magic and Bird.
john stockon and scott skilles say you dont know what the fuck you are talking about... he could play in the nba today as could mikan as could wilt or any other past great.
@birthtimez you have to appreciate for what he was and extremely innovative and creative point guard in his days... but "best ever"? Apart from his awkward left hand, his jump shot (or set shot or whatever you want to call it) needed some work. A modern, athletic guard like Rondo would eat him alive.
@omnivorous65 ACTUALLY IF COUSY PLAYED TODAY,WITH TODAY'S TRAINING TECHNIC WOULD BE MUCH BETTER THAN RONDO MY FRIEND.HE WAS LIKE STOCKTON OF 60'S!DO U THINK RONDO WAS BORN ATHLETIC?
@AdreasTheGreat No, he would not. He would be playing in some division II college und would never get a shot at playing in the NBA. Yes, Rondo was born athletic in ways Cousy was not. And Cousy benefited from a league that was largely white and where the notion prevailed that the point guard or the quarterquack had to be white. Cousy was a revolutionary player in his days and we should appreciate him. But he would be eaten alive by today's point guards. How tall is he 5.10? And cannot shoot.
@omnivorous65 IT'S VERY INFELICITOUS TO COMPARE SO DIFFERENT ERAS PLAYERS!B-BALL CHANGED DURING 70'S AND BECAME AS TODAY BUT DO U THINK RONDO,MAGIC,NASH...DID N'T TAKE COUSY'S MOVES?U CAN'T TAKE A PLAYER FROM 60'S AND PUT HIM IN TODAY'S NBA NOR THE OPPOSITE!IF U THINK COUSY,WILT,OSCAR,RUSSELL WOULD BE THE SAME WITH TODAY'S TRAINING TECHNIC THEN U KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PRO-BASKETABALL!STOCKTON,NASH,KIDD...NEVER WERE ATHLETIC BUT HAD I.Q,THE SAME FOR COUSY-HIS HEIGHT IS 6.1 LIKE RONDO(BAD SHOOTER)!
@AdreasTheGreat I agree with you. Basketball has evolved and you have to appreciate players for what they did in their time. No doubt that Cousy was a) very successful and b) hugely influencial for players who followed him. But we are talking "best ever"and that claim seems absurd. Just as absurd as claims that Chamberlain or Russell were the best ever. I cannot call a point guard best ever who hardly dribbles with his left hand and sports an atrocious shooting technique.
@omnivorous65 I NEVER SAID COUSY THE BEST,MAGIC,OSCAR,FRAZIER,STOCKTON WERE BETTER BUT ARGUABLY IS TOP 10 EVER,HIS SHOT WOULD BE DIFFERENT NOW BUT THE SAME EFFICIENT.AS CONCERNS WILT IN MY OPPINION IS TOP 3 PLAYERS EVER.NOT ONLY CAUSE OF HIS STATS BUT HE FACED SOME OF THE BEST CENTERS!IT'S A MYTH THAT WILT ONLY FACED WHITE 6.8 CENTERS!IF U NOTICE HIS CAREER HE FACED OVER 70, 6.10<CENTERS AND MANY OF THEM HOF KABBAR,RUSEEL,REED,COWENS,BELLAMY,HAYES,LANIER,BEATY,THURMOND,E.SMITH,J.LUCAS,UNSELD!
@AdreasTheGreat Here we disagree. Cousy is historically important but he would not be in the NBA today. If you take him as he was back then he would not even be Division I. And people do not appreciate how much players evolved. Look at Blake Griffin. The elevation, the spin moves, the shot, ball handling. Wilt simply does not compare skill wise. He basically leaned into people and used his vastly superior height and strength. That would not fly today.
@omnivorous65 HERE I ALSO DISAGREE WITH U,COUSY WOULD N'T BE THE SAME NOW AND RONDO THE SAME IN 60'S!NO WAY...GRIFFIN IS ONLY ONE BUT THERE ARE MANY MEDIUM-TALENTED PLAYERS TODAY,ALSO BARKLEY AND MAILMAN DID THOSE THINGS 20 YEARS AGO!DO U THINK HOWARD(BEST CENTER TODAY) HAS BETTER SKILLS THAN WILT?OR SHAQ?BOTH WERE GREAT ATHLETES BUT NOT OTHER GREAT SKILLS.WILT HAD GREAT POST GAME,TURNAROUND JUMPSHOT AND BALLHANDLING FOR HIS HEIGHT(WILTAKANSAS HAD SOME RARE VIDEOS IN YOUTUBE THAT PROVES THAT).
@birthtimez he dosent need his left..he perfected his right
lilsupaman23 1 month ago
Holy shit. This is the first Bob Cousy highlight I've ever seen, and this guy could play. He was doing moves miles ahead of his time. You can tell Magic studied this guy.
shortymcshrimp28 2 months ago 2
37 percent field goal shooter. he isn't the best they Boston Celtics in the 50's had a complete team. Calm down magic is the greatest everyone here knows it.
albokilla1 2 months ago
Nice shot of Camp Milbrook in there.
stagesurvivor5 2 months ago
@ 0:28 the first ever ankle breaker SWAGG.
kdxj5 2 months ago
surely theres a lot of players in point guard position cud match or surpass what cousy cud do, but to think he did this all stuff in the 50's i think i cud rate him the best point guard ever played in NBA.
MultiPapart 3 months ago
I think that bob cousy is the best point guard and dribbler of all time.
fredmalamud 3 months ago
@fredmalamud just saying he couldnt really dribble with his left hand that well
macdaddy08 2 months ago
2 people can't believe this is real.
I love the comments that say he'd never make it in this day and age. Are you kidding me? He pioneered the position, he didn't have 50+ years of basketball evolution to build his game around. In 1957, if Steve Nash played, he'd be taking one-handed set shots and granny layups as well. There's a reason you found this video, it's because Cousy is a legend and almost fifty years after he retired, you still know his name for a reason.
jjpeach 4 months ago 2
he was the best back then .
23javern 5 months ago
@23javern He was the originator, the original great point guard. The father of modern guards. Just as Russell was for centers, Baylor for forwards.
Amick44 1 week ago
Bob Cousy pioneered "cool" in the NBA! =)))
jan279 5 months ago
Cousy would beat any of today's superstars. No contest.
JeppyWick 5 months ago
@JeppyWick I doubt that. He looks like he'd be a good guard in the NBA but not the best.
lasoogneypubes 5 months ago
@JeppyWick if he still plays in the current era . he wont even make it to a taiwanese league . :D just sayin the truth .
23javern 5 months ago
its kinda difficult to notice but lebron traveled
njnets610 5 months ago
Vintage baby Straight Vintage *Elvis Voice*
MrTriggafinger 6 months ago
The Original: Rondo!
ksbproductions14 7 months ago
lol cousy sucks dick
21wweeett12 7 months ago
This answered my question. Always wondered how people played basketball way back in the day. Pretty similar. I always imagined it being way slower, lots of guys standing around, textbook passes, etc.
RashaTwain 7 months ago
@RashaTwain you're an idiot. basketball was WAAYYYYYY more fast paced and exciting up until the mid to late 90's. there is nothing better, not even the nfl, than basketball in the late 80's and early 90's
papapapenis 7 months ago
@papapapenis Oh yea? Great. Now fuck off.
RashaTwain 6 months ago
The Best Point Guard + The Best Center = RINGS!
TheNeveredge 7 months ago 11
I wouldn't call him the greatest ever, but he was the first great point guard. His Celtic teams showed the way to dominate offensively was to have a great ballhandler to facilitate and distribute to his teammates in the best scoring position. It's been done that way ever since.
emmettk 9 months ago
the reason the dribbling looks funny now is because PALMING was actually called (when's the last time palming was called in an nba game?). i would love to see cous today, he'd be a freak.
danogzilla 10 months ago
@danogzilla No, he would be a snack for freaks. A minute point guard who favours his right hand and cannot shoot the ball would really make a splash in the NBA today. And I would like to see him defend Wade or Williams.
omnivorous65 8 months ago
@omnivorous65 wow. bob cousy paved the way for all these kids like chris paul, derron williams (wade is not a point guard). he is part of the generation that inspired every great player that followed. he gave to the sport more than you could ever dream to. of course if we got a time machine, brought him back and put him into the league now he wouldn't be impressive. but neither would jerry west or john stockton who are also greats to grace the sport. so let's think twice before dissing a legend.
SupernovaPaul 7 months ago
@SupernovaPaul Don't get me wrong. I think he was the greatest point guard in his time and he was an extremely innovative and successful player. There is nothing to knock about that. But when he call someone "the best ever" you have to compare players across all eras. And there is no doubt that those players (yes, that includes Chamberlain and Russell) were flawed by modern standards. Ultimately, it is about the evolution of the game, the players, medicine, rehab, sportsgear and conditioning.
omnivorous65 7 months ago
@SupernovaPaul Lol Stockton or West would still be amazing. Cousy would be just like Scalabrine.
FroobRadio 6 months ago
Basketball has evolved...but for the better?...they hardly call traveling...instead of dribbling they practacially carry the fucking ball down the court...Oscar said that when it becomes a street game...he turns of the TV...
BeatleJim55 10 months ago
@BeatleJim55 Imagine they would start calling travels, or offensive faults. LeBron James' career would be over in a day... I admire the strength, and the endurance players have nowday, but the game became too physical for my taste. I prefer the 70-80 era. Magic and Bird shot the ball with 60% from the field. Today it's the average you see from the free throw line.
RadBal2 9 months ago
@RadBal2 They would adjust. They do it because they can get away with it. LeBron, Kobe, Duncan, Shaq, and other greats would be great in any era. As would Magic and Bird.
arshort2 9 months ago
john stockon and scott skilles say you dont know what the fuck you are talking about... he could play in the nba today as could mikan as could wilt or any other past great.
jedinic81 11 months ago
SUPER DUPER ROFL @ 28 seconds in.....double dose of ankle breaking there
AceDaBlackHeart 1 year ago
And yet he was more than a bit awkward dribbling with his left hand...
birthtimez 1 year ago 8
@birthtimez you have to appreciate for what he was and extremely innovative and creative point guard in his days... but "best ever"? Apart from his awkward left hand, his jump shot (or set shot or whatever you want to call it) needed some work. A modern, athletic guard like Rondo would eat him alive.
omnivorous65 1 year ago
@omnivorous65 ACTUALLY IF COUSY PLAYED TODAY,WITH TODAY'S TRAINING TECHNIC WOULD BE MUCH BETTER THAN RONDO MY FRIEND.HE WAS LIKE STOCKTON OF 60'S!DO U THINK RONDO WAS BORN ATHLETIC?
AdreasTheGreat 1 year ago
@AdreasTheGreat No, he would not. He would be playing in some division II college und would never get a shot at playing in the NBA. Yes, Rondo was born athletic in ways Cousy was not. And Cousy benefited from a league that was largely white and where the notion prevailed that the point guard or the quarterquack had to be white. Cousy was a revolutionary player in his days and we should appreciate him. But he would be eaten alive by today's point guards. How tall is he 5.10? And cannot shoot.
omnivorous65 1 year ago
@omnivorous65 IT'S VERY INFELICITOUS TO COMPARE SO DIFFERENT ERAS PLAYERS!B-BALL CHANGED DURING 70'S AND BECAME AS TODAY BUT DO U THINK RONDO,MAGIC,NASH...DID N'T TAKE COUSY'S MOVES?U CAN'T TAKE A PLAYER FROM 60'S AND PUT HIM IN TODAY'S NBA NOR THE OPPOSITE!IF U THINK COUSY,WILT,OSCAR,RUSSELL WOULD BE THE SAME WITH TODAY'S TRAINING TECHNIC THEN U KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PRO-BASKETABALL!STOCKTON,NASH,KIDD...NEVER WERE ATHLETIC BUT HAD I.Q,THE SAME FOR COUSY-HIS HEIGHT IS 6.1 LIKE RONDO(BAD SHOOTER)!
AdreasTheGreat 1 year ago
@AdreasTheGreat I agree with you. Basketball has evolved and you have to appreciate players for what they did in their time. No doubt that Cousy was a) very successful and b) hugely influencial for players who followed him. But we are talking "best ever"and that claim seems absurd. Just as absurd as claims that Chamberlain or Russell were the best ever. I cannot call a point guard best ever who hardly dribbles with his left hand and sports an atrocious shooting technique.
omnivorous65 1 year ago
@omnivorous65 I NEVER SAID COUSY THE BEST,MAGIC,OSCAR,FRAZIER,STOCKTON WERE BETTER BUT ARGUABLY IS TOP 10 EVER,HIS SHOT WOULD BE DIFFERENT NOW BUT THE SAME EFFICIENT.AS CONCERNS WILT IN MY OPPINION IS TOP 3 PLAYERS EVER.NOT ONLY CAUSE OF HIS STATS BUT HE FACED SOME OF THE BEST CENTERS!IT'S A MYTH THAT WILT ONLY FACED WHITE 6.8 CENTERS!IF U NOTICE HIS CAREER HE FACED OVER 70, 6.10<CENTERS AND MANY OF THEM HOF KABBAR,RUSEEL,REED,COWENS,BELLAMY,HAYES,LANIER,BEATY,THURMOND,E.SMITH,J.LUCAS,UNSELD!
AdreasTheGreat 1 year ago
@AdreasTheGreat Here we disagree. Cousy is historically important but he would not be in the NBA today. If you take him as he was back then he would not even be Division I. And people do not appreciate how much players evolved. Look at Blake Griffin. The elevation, the spin moves, the shot, ball handling. Wilt simply does not compare skill wise. He basically leaned into people and used his vastly superior height and strength. That would not fly today.
omnivorous65 1 year ago
@omnivorous65 HERE I ALSO DISAGREE WITH U,COUSY WOULD N'T BE THE SAME NOW AND RONDO THE SAME IN 60'S!NO WAY...GRIFFIN IS ONLY ONE BUT THERE ARE MANY MEDIUM-TALENTED PLAYERS TODAY,ALSO BARKLEY AND MAILMAN DID THOSE THINGS 20 YEARS AGO!DO U THINK HOWARD(BEST CENTER TODAY) HAS BETTER SKILLS THAN WILT?OR SHAQ?BOTH WERE GREAT ATHLETES BUT NOT OTHER GREAT SKILLS.WILT HAD GREAT POST GAME,TURNAROUND JUMPSHOT AND BALLHANDLING FOR HIS HEIGHT(WILTAKANSAS HAD SOME RARE VIDEOS IN YOUTUBE THAT PROVES THAT).
AdreasTheGreat 1 year ago
@AdreasTheGreat Everybody here is talking- why must you yell? Did your caps lock key break? We can all hear you without the CYBER-SCREAMING!!
emmettk 9 months ago
@omnivorous65 Hakeem Olajuwon would shred blake griffin, dwight howard to pieces, best player ever to play behind michael jordan
anel313det 8 months ago
awesome
ZNoTr 2 years ago