Apr 3, 2024 · As the friend claimed, Mikan rarely, if ever, lost. “Sinking a putt,” Mikan told the friend, “is nothing when you’ve stood on the free-throw line at Madison Square Garden with 19,000 people going crazy for you to miss.” Or, when opposing centers jostled Mikan each and every night to nudge him out of position and get under his skin.

George Mikan began his pro career with the Chicago American Gears of the NBL in 1946-47 and led the team to the title in his first year (despite missing much of the season). His team's owner then tried to start his own league which quickly failed, making Mikan available for a reassignment.

Mar 12, 2014 · Re: Vintage NBA: George Mikan He was a great legend of his time with incredible skills. As for today, if you were able to pluck him out of history and put him in a game today, he would be physically outmatched.

Jan 21, 2021 · 6' 10" George Mikan graduated from DePaul in 1946 and chose to join the Minneapolis Lakers of the Basketball Association of America, one of two professional basketball leagues that merged to form the NBA in 1949. (Mikan would later be named the NBA's "player of the half-century." That sounds a lot better if you don't know the NBA was formed in ...

Apr 7, 2021 · He caused them to widen the lane also known as the Mikan Rule, he made them make the goaltending rule, and the shot clock, and he made the skyhook popular and made the Mikan Drill which helped kareem become lethal with his skyhook, and the 3 second rule on offense, he changed the game so IMO hes top 50 all time.

Sep 2, 2021 · But Mikan hit his peak before the biggest rule change in NBA history: he played without a shot clock. Imagine teams playing keep away for 80% of the game and having final scores of 14-19. This is what the NBA looked like in the 40s and early 50s. For a slow, lumbering behemoth like Mikan it was a godsend.

George Mikan does not have that. So when discussing him there's almost nothing to put his accomplishments in context. That isn't Mikan's fault, its just that the NBA barely was a thing when even Russell played, much less the modern idea of the NBA. That all said there is a great argument for George Mikan being the most important player in NBA ...

Jun 15, 2023 · Red Auerbach seemed to think so: https://i.ibb.co/9vsxvJH/Rfd6POO.png Bill Russell spoke very highly of him too.

Jan 20, 2022 · Everything that has been basketball in the U.S since his drafting has come from the team-construction foundation that George Mikan's on-court presence forced into existence. Even after he retired, it was his advocacy for a 3-point line that eventually led to basketball becoming what it is in the modern game.

Jun 18, 2022 · George Mikan is the greatest center of all time. He is the only player ever to win 7 titles in 7 years in 3 different leagues. The NBA doesn’t want people to know that. He also won 6 scoring titles in a row. If MVPs and Finals MVPs were …