Basketballography: Bob Cousy

[@carlbowles1808]

Bob cousey changed the game of basketball like bird and dizzy changest jazz. Modern players must give it up to him and Bill Russell.

[@Stinson4ever1984]

#23 on the all-time list of greatest players! He had real skills

[@lloydkline3265]

Bob cousy should be higher on list

[@anwjuice]

@@lloydkline3265 not really. Prob gets a bump from domination of his era but who you taking Cousy or The Glove?

[@Johnkoth]

He was the best point guard of the 50s. He was #1 or #2 best point guard in the 60s too.

[@youtuber3328]

gary payton wasn't anywhere near as elite as bob cousy

[@youtuber3328]

the #14 best player ever is bob cousy

[@elwin38]

He was ahead of his time. He could play in today's NBA.

[@lloydkline7245]

elwin38 underated point guard my favorite

[@Johnkoth]

Way to troll ATL. He could dribble with both hands. But the dribbling rules were different back then.

[@anwjuice]

I don't know if hr could play or not. Hr had IQ alone to atleast played college hoops but bball is way different then it was then.

[@lloydkline6946]

@ Bob cousy would chew up the nba basketball today

[@teej783]

People forget the dribbling rules were changed.

[@aquila7272]

There were many times that my high school coach would shout out to me "Who do you think you are, Cousy?" BC was my inspiration on the court. What does not seem to be mentioned in these memorable videos is that one of the big reasons that the Celtics were so successful is they had the BEST team playing strategy of all the competition. All you had to do to see that is to look at the even scoring by all 5 and yes, 6 players that had the most playing time. There was no big scorer during the Cousy era. Each player averaged 19 to 21 points every game! "TEAM" Together Everyone Achieves More.

[@steverenom.299]

You've stated it all so accurately. Usually the Celtics back then never had a top ten scorer. Remember Wilt averaging 50 points a game and guess who won the Championship - yup - The Boston Celtics. lol

[@dwightlove3704]

Cousy when it came to ball handling was a student of Marcus Haynes of the Harlem Globetrotters.Haynes played against College All Stars led by Cousy.

[@PistolKev]

It pisses me off when people say Bob couldmt dribble with his left. When he was a kid he broke his right arm after falling from a tree, so he had to learn how to dribble and shoot with his left. Hes ambidrxtrious

[@Kinogotiate]

it was technique to keep the ball at his side

[@cassidyerickson7408]

I love bob cousy

[@DeedsResearcher]

I vividly remember being at the Bob Cousy Day game (March 17, 1963) with my older brother. We had seats in the first balcony, and when Bob broke into serious tears during his speech, some guy about 2 sections away shouted "WE LOVE YA COOZ!" THAT brought down the house! But watching him play and get all of his teammates involved in the game really taught me....and countless others...the importance of TEAMWORK!

[@archiveprotector]

Players today only appear to be better ball handlers because the refs don’t call palming/carrying anymore. EVERY SINGLE NBA player today would have been called for traveling, double dribbling, palming and carrying about 10x a game. The refs today are terrible and the league wants entertainment not “boring” fundamentals. Bob Cousy would be fine today because he would be an EVEN BETTER ball handler due to the “changes” in the game today. He dribbled with his left hand plenty. In those days you didn’t dribble left just for the sake of showing your “handles”. You only dribbled with your off hand when it was beneficial of necessary.

[@joeanderson6598]

George Wagner 100% truth

[@retr0gamer183]

HUGE FACTS

[@gaspersignorelli3923]

Totally agree

[@williamtoad8040]

Exactly, they also refused to bring the ball over the basket during offense because dunking was seen as very disrespectful and offensive at the time. You’d get benched and the other team would go out of their way to pound you through the floor if you did.

[@clankelt]

Truth!

[@dionysise5008]

He is always a top10 PG ever.

[@smithfan22]

He was arguably the best point guard of the 50's. He would be an all star in this era

[@silverguard8105]

+smithfan22 with his inability to go left? No way.

[@smithfan22]

+Dylan Patti inability to go left?

[@silverguard8105]

+smithfan22 the man could barely dribble with his left hand.

[@smithfan22]

+Dylan Patti lol his trick passes were superb and his dribbling was influential. I think he'd manage just fine

[@frederickkimble5830]

Great Player . Great Coach .

[@ericruiz1036]

Love this. Thank you for posting.

[@MikeJones-rk1un]

Cousey's basketball IQ was and is above all present and past players. If you don't think that matters please don't comment and embarrass yourself.

[@idm8833]

Mike M Plz Elaborate

[@Johnkoth]

K C Bob Cousy knew what every player on his team liked. He knew where to pass the ball fancy and his team mates were always ready for him. Better than Lebron at passing. Lebron would pass fancy and his team mates will not know its coming. Thus they miss getting thr ball more often.

[@Johnkoth]

Bob Cousy literally ran the Boston offense. But anyone on the team was a good outlet passer. Their fast break was interchangable. Did not matter who ran it. But Bob Cousy was still #1 APG point guard in the NBA from 1953 to 1960. He was the best point guard of the 1950s. Oscar Robertson was the next great point guard. Best of the 1960s.

[@davidpost428]

My Dad loved watching him play and so did I!

[@redfanrod]

If you've tried coaching elementary or middle school basketball within the past 8-10 years, you'll find that every kid wants to be Steph Curry, shooting 3-bombs as they approach the top of the key. Accuracy rate: Typically about 10 percent for these kids and maddening to the coaches. Turning back the clock 50 years, I'm sure youngsters in Cousy's day were probably driving middle school coaches nuts with behind-the-back passes and between-the-legs dribbling high jinks. "The Cooz" played before my time but I'm glad he still receives the historical mention he deserves.

[@CoreyT127]

He's diving for balls at the buzzer up 20 about to win the title!

[@briansam2524]

Like Dr. J who was the bridge between the high flyers from yesterday to today, Cousy was the bridge from the early era to the beginning of the modern era in basketball, one of the few players from the NBA's 50 greatest players who played in the George Mikan era. (the others were Dolph Schayes, Paul Arizin and Bob Pettit).

[@MaximusWolfe]

One way to always spot a basketball novice is to wait for them to say something akin to, Bob Cousy couldn't hack it in today's game. These idiots can never actually come up with any reason for thinking that way. For them newer is better and that's all there is to it. That attitude Is bigger than just Sports punditry. It's a social problem in society in general.

[@teej783]

If you had a time machine and he grew up as kid today with all the basketball camps and training techniques then he would be unstoppable. He had extraordinary peripheral vision which helps protect the ball and find the open man.

[@ramonvicentevallesterosric7802]

@@teej783 I think it would be like Carlos Arroyo beating the weakest NBA US National team.

[@thomasleary2814]

Bob’s still with us at the age of 95!

[@RacerNight86]

96❤!!!

[@illbomber1185]

The George Washington of basketball. RESPECT!!

[@youtuber3328]

please tell me how you all feel about jeff van gundy lenny wilkens larry brown don nelson pat riley john wooden and/or phil jackson being the head coaches of the elite bob cousy

[@teej783]

"I was deluged by two college offers" too funny.

[@LaPotraBellaca]

I'm a Laker fan but I love Bob Cousy

[@unclequack5445]

No other sports franchise in any sport will ever have a run like the Celtics did .

[@Uprising771]

how can people deny his greatness? Its sad how delusional people have become.

[@buckeyewill2166]

Stupid. Just stupid. Man was one of the foundational players who built the NBA.

[@liamq2222]

my grandfather went to college with him

[@steverenom.299]

No. Bob Cousy went to college with your grandfather.

[@jaleelmuhammad9659]

1. Magic 2.Steph 3.Oscar 4.Isiah 5.Stockton 6.Cousy 7.Frazier 8.Kidd 9.Nash 10.Payton

[@georgschmidt5281]

Dumb ass you left one of the greatest basketball ever Larry Bird.

[@besmith7093]

back n da day

[@unclequack5445]

Bob Cousey had a "Basketball Jones" if anyone ever did.

[@zrob89m21]

The music is way too damn loud!

[@42apostate]

Music is very annoying!!

[@melissalydon3681]

I can't watch the Celtic's anymore.( I still turn them on then go to something else).Cousy then Bird were a joy to watch,now with all the cheating going on in the fundementals,and guys like Embid and before him Shaq crushing defenders i can't watch. Rollerball is real!!

[@aquila7272]

That 1940's "soundtrack music" is annoying. It takes away from listening to the most talented athlete ever to play on the parquet.

[@traviscarter1023]

Cap

[@bobcousy5819]

I'm better than Stephen curry

[@JJE42224]

Haha lol

[@traviscarter1023]

He is fuck you mean

[@ice_man81]

The only reason Cousy won is because of Bill Russell

[@ice_man81]

I could play better than Bob Cousy! And I work at a grocery store. Lol

[@dennisdonnelly7794]

Yeah keep believing that as your bag groceries LOL

[@therevanchist9986]

He’d pass your grocery store bags better than you

[@traviscarter1023]

Really we have no proof on that shit so shut up.

[@ice_man81]

LUCK

[@idm8833]

Bill Russell carried you.

[@Johnkoth]

Without Bob Cousy there is no Dyansty. He was the perfect PG fit for them. Bill Russell was the perfect fit also. But if Coach Auberach got Wilt as he wanted to get Bill Russell would have been moved to PF. Thus making the best rebounding C and PF duo ever. Also best C and PF passing ever. They would have won even more.Championships also. Wilt and Bill Russell together that would make the Celtics have the best defense. The team would also have won more games. Less hard fought playoff series.

[@maximilienrobspierre8865]

...Piggyback ride after cousy won the game.

[@JJE42224]

@@Johnkoth 100% agree

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

@@Johnkoth nah wilt would of ruined it you don’t know basketball wilt has said this himself

[@steverenom.299]

What a stupid comment.