He shot 37% career lol worst than Westbrick

@@TheBlackHole2024 lol the efficiency average was much lower back then

@@claudiacirilo5692 Good excuse, but people wanna compare them to today's players.

@@TheBlackHole2024 he played in the 50s bruh he isn’t close to being a starter in today’s era but back then Fg% was 32% you have to keep in mind people were trying to figure out jump shots and the lower quality basketballs didn’t help

@@claudiacirilo5692 Ya tell Jerry West that or the Big O

Exactly. That's one of the things I myself didn't realize until recently. You see the way players were dribbling at that time and you don't understand why they dribble in that weird fashion, until you realize that if they were dribbling like today's players do, they would have been called for a carrying violation every single time. That also means that that's how they were taught to dribble. In any case, when Cousy started to play in the NBA, the NBA was just 4 years old. That means that, to a large extent, Cousy and his colleagues (and rivals) at that time were literally inventing the techniques that were later taught to great players from the '70s and '80s when they learned how to play basketball, and upon which they have improved (though, again, some of these improvements couldn't have taken place if it wasn't for rule changes).

19? That's really high considering there were much less offensive possessions back then (since they tended to milk the shot clock), plus guys made less shots back then.

@@g.shumway5925 There were not much less offensive possessions back then, for most of Cousy's prime the shot clock was in the game. The pace in the 50s and 60s was incredibly fast, do your research

NBA, but if we count BAA history as NBA history then Whitey Von Nieda is already older than him (at 101 years of age!)

​​@@boksugoks9312Like I said... NBA. Though thanks. I didn't know this. Will look him up.

@@therevanchist9986 Whitey played for the Tri-City Blackhawks during the inaugural NBA season, so yes he does count as an NBA player

Now 95 I believe

@@boksugoks9312 Recently passed away, but thanks for mentioning. RIP to him and may his contributions to the NBA never be forgotten either.

There are multiple people in the replies of the pinned comment that straight up disrespect old players for being in the 50s and would not survive in the current NBA. How stupid do they have to be to compare NBA players from the 50s and the current ones?

Stop it 😭 I’ve seen better hoopers at LA fitness

Against plumbers ahahahhahahaha

JJ was never a boston Celtic so he would have never learned the history... Rondo, KG, Truth always respected the old C's, and they respected them back.

u just an old head

because jj plays a role and is one of the greatest shooters in the game bob cousy doing hook shots as a point guard dosent means hes better than jj reddick

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@@FoobasSports anytime, I marvel at the glory days. I’m very passionate about certain sports, seeing Bob Cousy in 4K almost brought me to tears man!

There will be a Jerry West video too hopefully by the end of this year. I know you'll appreciate that too 👍

@@FoobasSports bring it!

@@ohyeamoe8430 “Glory days” lmaoo

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MARAVICH AND HIM ARE NOT HUMANS THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT ON COURT . KEEP IT MIND THEY DIDNT HAD TECHNOLOGY TO WATCH AND LEARN THEY INVENTED THOSE THINGS.

These are definitely plumbers lol

@@odiewilliams2206 YEAH FOR SURE THATS WHY 2010 ERA HAVE MOST INJURIES LAST DECADE AND LOAD MANAGE SO MUCH. SEEMS TO ME THIS SOFT ERA ARE NOT EVEN PLUMBER LEVEL MORE TOILET

@@PIP...33 bob cousyd era was soft as hell😂😂 no type of contact stfu

I love these kinds of players. Not necessarily a physical powerhouse, but their sport IQ makes them stand out among the rest. Cousy, I think, is the best example of this. Innovation in sports is my favorite thing to see. Being able to point to a specific technique and say "Cousy did that" is so cool. Respect those who came before you.

@@johnnycoolguy9554 Well said Nathan. I think of John McEnroe in tennis as another example.

Yes. Cousy and Big O were the first point guards to modernize the game.

Much appreciated! Thank you 👍

He started it and at the same time was leading the league in assist and at the same time winning NBA titles Doesn't get any better than that

He might have started it in the NBA but the Harlem Globetrotter players like Goose Tatum and Marques Haynes were doing it in competitive and exhibition games also. They played against and often beat NBA teams during that time.

It has to start somewhere. Somewhere in the world someone is doing something no other human has ever done before.

No, the Harlem Globetrotters popularized this style of play, but Cousy was one of the first players who played like this in the NBA. The Globetrotters were entertaining crowds as early as the late 1920s. Officially, the Globetrotters played a few exhibition games against NBA teams & went undefeated for years, but they were viewed as a circus act compared to the NBA. This style was generally frowned upon & not allowed in the NBA until guys like Cousy came along in the 1950s.

Lol NOT at all! If you see anything with some spice added to it please KNOW that it was invented by a person of color…and imitated by a white person.

Annnnnnd he shot 37% doing those sky hooks lololol🤣

@@TBSandNFL LMFAO is that his hook shot percentage or overall?

@@blaznpride18 That's his overall, so it's definitely *LOWER* than 37% on those hooks 🤣🤣🤣

@@TBSandNFL to be fair though, cousy was only 6'1 in a league full of giants. 37% is much better than you could do in that era.

37 FG% was a average FG% back then if you were not a center. Allen Iverson shot only alittle better

He did it again. 4th qrt. 40 seconds left. 10 points deficit. Successful All-time Celtics defense, 3 clutch 3pts by Cousy and a clutch steal by Cousy led to a winning shot pass to Pierce.

Me too man he’s the true point god

@@abdullahiafyare9890 yess

sick avatar, one of my fav games

​@@bobliger118 Yeah! Good ol' Revan!

Modern basketball wouldn't be what it is today if Bob Cousy didn't play when he did.

@@johnnycoolguy9554 tbh the passing isnt even great anymore all thats needed is a simple pass for 3 then the dude is somehow wide open and nobody guards up, its an all star game every game i watch bro

Between Cousy and Dr J in my opinion

NBA players can't even throw behind the Backpage like that smoothly nowadays

I would like to see videos from the negro leagues before claiming that. Cousy was good but there must've been others before him when the league was not integrated.

@@dannyramosbrito719calm the fuck down with your statement

Many of those passes came from the Harlem Globetrotters. They even mentioned it in this video

Shot 37% from the field played against plumbers 😂

"Was," Gonzaga. Cousy retired long ago.

@@jackj5368 yeah it "was" I'm latino my grammar wrong sometimes 🤣

D-Rose, Steve Nash, Steph Curry, Russell Westbrook

@@HickoryDickory1984 those guards won the award after magic, from 56 til 87 bob and Oscar were the only two guards to win that award

Lol srry didn't read the whole thing

Also I missed Allen Iverson

@@HickoryDickory1984 you also missed Jordan who won the award five times more than any of the players you listed

Right along with pistol pete

Don’t forget Tom Sanders he’s still alive

RIP to the legends who have passed away

@@jahblemanuel7733 Oh yeah, Satch is still alive, forgot about him

@@earningzekrom4173 RIP to them, I even remember a few years ago thinking "man, not that we got to watch them play much but how cool is it that we still live in a time where hoops fans get to hear from Bill Russell a couple times a year". Cuz like, Baseball fans sure haven't gotten to hear from Babe Ruth in a long time, or boxing fans from Joe Louis or whatever but we got to hear from the legends of the game we're fans of. Gonna miss that.

Damn how crazy is it for you too see him playing as a kid to seeing Bob cousy highlights on KZfaq. And folks that are younger like myself(36y/o) ,giving cousy his just due praise. Is it a surreal feeling? Very curious to know.

I gues that means the Globetrotters were just dockworkers and hodcarriers.

@deejay6356 it makes me so happy that ppl like you in this world actually have common sense #respect

Put giannis in this era he averaging 150

@@Ironslasher Ok and? These are the players that paved the way for the development of players like Giannis. I was always modern era fan, but you CAN’T disrespect these guys. All the basketball knowledge was invented through timelines. Cousy for example was the predecessor of Magic Johnson.

@@therevanchist9986 doesnt matter cuz they getting beat down in any era cry bout it

@@Ironslasher Oh so tough… if you actually had any brain in your head, because it’s clearly empty right now, you’d realise that Bob Cousy began the process that shaped PG into what it is today in the modern era. All the flashy passes inside out, no look ones used in the game were literally his invention. This is not about who beats who. This is about that players like JJ Redick should stop the disrespect and understand that these guys are the ones that began the evolution of NBA’s basketball. Bill Russell introduced blocks, Cousy the flashy playmaking ahead of their time. Guys like these and their playstyles literally saved the league from failing and going bankrupt in 50s-60s because they used to struggle attracting people until these guys came along. Nobody says they would equally to a modern player, but modern players get the athleticism they have thanks to the evolution of basketball practices and trainings. Half of these guys would be high flying dunkers if they had the knowledge and training of modern era.

@@therevanchist9986 JR Smith dog walks everyone here

Hahahah. He couldn't even dribble with his left hand.

You could see he was the forerunner to pistol Pete and I saw a bunch of passes that bird did that was similar

For his time he was good. Maybe call up a Kyrie highlights video and rethink your comment

@@musicforheadphones2731 the handles merchant? he’s very skilled sure, but how does kyrie being a skilled player take away from cousy?

@@musicforheadphones2731 right for his time he was. But when someone says his highlights are just as good as today's players that's just absolutely laughable.

Would be a nobody in today’s nba.

@@darrintonsmith8 LOL TODAY'S NBA? Bro they playin mickey basketball gtfo wit that shit. All star game every single game i watch, passes aint as good, like how a dude always wide open on the 3 and they just leave him wide, this generation has way more medicine and technology yet it seems like the older players are way better hustlers, gtfo with that shit again fr.

we got jokic and lebron as great passers lebron isnt really flashy but u don’t need that and cousy is getting torched by isaiah joe

Yes almost impossible to defend. To guess from a stand point of tendency. Smh now I see the difficulty of defending that fast break

Thank you! There will be more legends in the future like West, Baylor, etc.

@@FoobasSports Can't wait!

U MEAN NO MARAVICH AND COUSY NO JASON WILLIAMS CAUSE HE IS ONLY GUY WHO ACTUALLY PLAY LIKE THEM 2. MAGIC NEVER PLAYED LIKE THAT HE WAS MORE ABOUT EGO. WHILE MARAVICH COUSY AND WILLIAMS PLAYED FOR THE FANS ONLY.

@@PIP...33 I understand your point. I gotta look up more on him.

Facts!

Ultimately underrated

Insanely overrated. Anyone who thinks this guy is a top 75 player over Kyrie Irving is just kidding themselves

@@parkerphelps5202 only you think that

@@sambeezy007 Anyone with a brain knows Kyrie would be considered the greatest player of all time if he played in this era. There’s no way you can watch this man dribble with his head down and say you think he’s better than Kyrie 😂😂

Thank you! Cousy is very entertaining.

Much appreciated. Thank you! 👍

@gutekzpoligonu he’s most likely not doing Baylor or hasn’t done baylor b/c he and Wilt had problems playing together

not at all

@@prestonkerr1933for sure no one today making passes like this consistently outside of a few players

@King Young haha good one I take Steve nash as my all time favorite passer. But any pg in today's game would blow these passes out of the water

this guy wouldn’t even make it to college in todays game😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Off your knees buddy💀

JJ Redick is dragging him to hell.

Redick would destroy him 😂

@@eternalblessing4984 LMAOOO no he wouldn't

@@MylezDaBadGuy Look, I'm not gonna discredit Cousy's accomplishments. He's obviously an all time great who transformed how the game was played. Still though; he never shot over 40% against guys who clearly aren't as athletic as they are now. That slow ass off side dribbling rule would cripple him against any guard guard in this league now. Not to mention he's like 6ft.

@@eternalblessing4984 i hear what your saying but you do realize if you put Cousy in today's time, he's not gonna look like he did in the 50s - 60s.He would have more history to learn off of and he would adapt to today's game

Thank you! 👍

I mostly agree but step back is wayyy easier to defend

Copying? Pretty sure more than a few players could do the "houdini"

You really think Bob invented it? get a clue

he is absolutely not. kyrie is better than him in every way possible

@@Lucas2k04 I got kyrie in my top 5

@@crunchtimetv9458 i dont see how u can say this dude was better than steph kyrie magic cp3 or luka. if any one of those guys played back then they would have their jersey retired with 10 championships

​@@Lucas2k04 If they played back then, they would look stupid. Palming, traveling, carrying would have been called on practically every play.

You can say the same thing if he played today. He’d have better coaching,training, and money to perfect his skill. It goes both ways. Either way the dude would have been great in any era.

Yea, he had sprinters speed. Since he had kind of a dumpy build and he looked like he looked, nobody seems to realize the dude could motor.

Dead ass. Him, larry bird, and pistol pete maravich were my favs among the WBS growing up

@@jainittai5104 except all of those people are grown men. Not boys.

That's what I find hilarious about people using "plumbers" as a way to discredit these greats. The players in this era played at a high level while having to work normal everyday jobs to support themselves and their families. They didn't have the luxury to constantly work on their games, not to mention the ultimated resources players have now.

That's not even mentioning the advances in technology, the understanding of the body etc

Lebron es un mejor pasador

Life is easy with Bill Russell

@@Jose-st3fq No shit. Only LeBron uses passed that Bob Cousy invented

@@vamoneygroup Yeah well Bill Russell recognised Cousy all the time. In fact most of Bill's championships came with Bob Cousy. If Bob wasn't there, Bill would probably have a lot less than 11 rings.