Favorite NBA Player [Now] & Favorite [Growing Up]

[econoodle]

And are there any parallels?

As a kid I would watch those horrific Knicks teams manned by Hubie Brown.
What an initiation huh?


I ended up gravitating to Bernard King as my guy.
Mostly because I noticed on his Basketball card that he was born on my b-day, December 4th.

But the way he dominated games really stood out.
Man he was something.
He seemed like he could score 40 a night if he wanted to, makes me wonder why he didnt.


As i grew older the Ewing Knicks were the rage and my guy as a young adult was Anthony Mason. But to a lesser extent and I never really said, 'he's my guy'.

Presently as far as Knicks go? Gallinari. [But I can sure see Landry Fields making his way yup that ladder pretty quickly]. Though my favorite non Knick is far and away Kevin Durant.
Just seems old school to me.
I think there are parallels between my fave as a youth [King] and my fav today [Durant] both being sick scorers at will. Though I do think that Durant has better range.

I know there are more comparable old schoolers than King, like Gervin for example.
But I am looking for any parallel, to see if there was a certain guy i gravitate too.

I guerss I gravitate to those old school scorer types.

Other players I took a liking to through the years:

Ray Williams
Greg Anthony

Anyways, what do you guys think?

[z Revis]

Growing up.. MJ and Reggie Miller

Now.. Wade, Amare, and Nash.

[Hooe]

Now? Dwight Howard.

Growing up? David Robinson.

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

Growing up (and by growing up, I mean when I was like 8-13): MJ and Steve Kerr, Kueth Duany and Josh Pace (I know they never made it to the NBA but still)

Now: Steve Nash (everybody used to call me Nash in high school and the guy that actually gave Nash shooting lessons gave me lessons too so I thought that was kinda cool), everybody that plays for the Milwaukee Bucks, Ray Allen (the reason I became a Bucks fan), TJ Ford, and in College: Jimmer Fredette, CJ Fair

[LingeringRegime]

Now: Gerald Wallace (Home Team)

Kevin Durant/Gilbert Arenas/Paul Pierce/Kevin Garnett/Steve Nash/Blake Griffin/Steph Curry (League Wide)

Growing Up: Michael Jordan

[Kashanova]

Now: Tmac and Lebron

before: Michael Jordan, Rookie Jason Williams, Sonics Shawn Kemp

[atomant94]

Growing Up: Penny Hardaway, T-Mac, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson

Now: D-Rose, Kevin Garnett (People Say My Jumpshot Is Like His), Kevin Durant (People Always Compare Me 2 Him And When Playing Basketball LOL)

[Landlordos7]

Kobe and Kobe =/


When I was younger I loved Michael, but wasn't old enough to really understand his brilliance.