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ericc99

Moses Malone?

Anyone on this sub alive in the 70’s - early 80’s that watched Moses Malone can you tell me about him?

I was looking through some of the past NBA MVP’s and I saw he won 3 times but I feel like nobody ever talks about him. Where would you rank him on an all time list and who would he play like in the modern NBA?

Just thought it was interesting that a 3 time MVP is hardly ever talked about and there isnt that much film on him. Thanks.

Posted Aug 6, 2018, 10:57 PM UTC

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CaptainShellJazz•

I didn't watch the beginning of his career because I wasn't alive but I watched some of it, he was the best offensive rebounder of all-time and was a superstar

Malone was very young, being one of the first players to make the jump from high school to Pro Basketball. His style of play was entirely the role of the big man in the low post. He was an offensive weapon, pure and simple. Moses Malone had a 21 year NBA career as a center. He was a physical man in a very physically demanding position. In his 21 pro seasons he scored 29,580 points, sixth on the all-time list behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan and Julius Erving. He also grabbed 17,834 rebounds, third behind Chamberlain and Bill Russell. He’s second in free throws made (9,018) and attempted (11,864) behind Karl Malone, fourth in minutes (49,444) played and fifth in games (1,455).

Not as tall as the game’s other legendary centers, Malone instead employed strength, quickness and tenacity. Ferocious on the boards, he was the NBA’s rebounding leader six times in a seven-year span. An equally crafty scorer, he averaged more than 20 points for 11 years, using an infinite number of post moves, a nose for offensive rebounds and a knack for getting to the free throw line. He was a comic in private, but was a quiet demure man with a microphone and a camera rolling. His reserved nature to the media camouflaged his true understanding of the game. Malone holds the NBA record for most consecutive games played without fouling out at 1,212. He set a league record for the most offensive rebounds in a season (587) as well as holding the next best three seasons and another NBA mark with 21 offensive boards in a single game, against the Seattle SuperSonics on Feb. 11, 1982.

Here's his mixtape.

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IAmNotKevinDurant_35[GSW] Zarko Cabarkapa•

He left a playoff team in Houston where he was MVP to sign an offer sheet with a pretty dominant Philly team that won 62 games, already had 3 all star caliber players at the time (MVP Dr. j, Andrew Toney, Mo Cheeks) and who had also just lost in the finals. In his first year on the superteam, they proceeded to lose 1 game in the playoffs en route to a pretty easy title. Replace 62 wins with 73 and that all might sound pretty familiar.

Hell of a player. He once got a quadruple double.

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talanted_oWarriors•

Plus he is the only player to switch teams and win MVP the year he switched

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MufasasJihad76ers•

Erving wasn't the mvp that year.

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IAmNotKevinDurant_35[GSW] Zarko Cabarkapa•

Moses was but Julius was a former MVP who was still elite. You had the last two MVP winners joining forces. Sound familiar?

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MufasasJihad76ers•

You referred to him as mvp erving. He wasn't mvp that year, so it doesn't make sense to refer to him as that.

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IAmNotKevinDurant_35[GSW] Zarko Cabarkapa•

He was an MVP and a very recent one at that so it's not really wrong to call him that. Not like he was Derrick Rose in 2018 at that point. I never said he was that year's MVP either. My point still stands. Dr. J was one of the top 3-5 players at the time Moses (another top 3 guy) joined him

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filthylilbeast•

I never saw him play that I can remember but supposedly he was a very dominate rebounder and post player. Not sure who i'd compare him to in todays game.

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thisismesmilingCavaliers•

thanks for contributing.

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Kobe_is_the_goat824•

I've never watched him but my uncle told me he would miss tip ins so he can inflate his rebound numbers don't know the truth to this though

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