The problem has been that NBA teams continue to draft and pay million dollar salaries to teenagers. I don't blame the players, it's the fault mostly of the NCAA and their plantation policies and the NBA in their ignorance of realizing that young players simply haven't played enough high level games with vigorous coaching with real critique to reflect the value of their contracts. All the players on this game played at least three seasons of college hoops, if not four. That game experience and maturity leads to smarter and more devoted team play.
BRINGING BACK MEMORIES. WHEN THE NBA ALL STAR GAME WAS WORTH WATCHING. RIP MR WALTER the Greyhound DAVIS. MR PAUL WESTPHAL. BOB LAINER and MAURICE LUCAS. PETE MARAVICH. MOSES MALONE. THANK YOU ALL for YOUR TALENT. GOD BLESS YOU 😢😢😢😢
I truly think pistol Pete would have been in the top five of NBA scoring of all time, along with the iceman. Had there been a three point line in their day
@@BAKER22-l4uYou'd be Amazed at how many alive DON'T KNOW.... not even interested in anything beyond their decade of being alive...very little concept of historical reality...
~ childhood memories for me. I was born and raised in Baltimore. My pops was a Bullets fan. They used to come back and play a few regular season games every year in Baltimore. The first game I saw live was a “Divisional” game between the Spurs and Washington Bullets. I was confused as a child. In fact for a few years before the NBA realigned.
Great National Anthem by a Great Group. They didn't try to over do it or put their own twist on it. Just went out and nailed the song . Fantastic Four Tops!
I was thinking the same. That all changed after the '84 All-Star Game when Marvin Gaye sung his rendition and the "twists" haven't stopped for the last almost 40 years.
@@DjcHuCkNiCe1 The "twists" are just an indication of nature and change over time (if you've ever heard of entropy in physics you might see a connection there). A root grows.. and .. after time passes.. naturally twists.
Bird , Magic and Jordan didn't affect the way ball was played , only the marketing of the league. Rule changes are what altered the way the game was played.
Yeap real defense and now today its nothing but a layup derby going to the basket and three point shooting gus williams and Michael ray Richardson were outstanding defenders back then as well
I remember when teams in the Eastern conference played defense, especially Detroit. They should also bring back hand checking , illegal defense rule and get rid of the three seconds without guarding trash rule.@@tombrad9950
Iceman & David Thompson every year gunning for the scoring title. Iceman didn't shoot as much as David did, he was mostly looking to find the open man, but when he decided to shoot the ball it went in. David played better defense but Iceman had better shots, especially shooting from the hip.
As great as it was for the league, the 80s and more so the 90s took away from what had been a great game in my old man opinion. The 70s was far more exciting than what happened when Michael Jordan came of age and took over the league. The early 80s with Lakers/ Celtics renewed rivalry was admittedly , a magnificent thing to watch. Btw.. what a line up this game had!!!
@@vinceyoung5912 Yeah it WAS an IMAGE problem... you'll NEVER convince me the NFL and Pro Baseball didn't have just as much of a drug problem... Sure didn't seem to affect those leagues much in terms of lost prestige.... But perception is reality I guess...
@@brettrobinson2901 oh I agree. A good movie is North Dallas Forty. The Hollywood Cowboys were known for debauchery. Septien had a 16 year old girlfriend
As of 2024, this is the last time Detroit has hosted an NBA All-Star Game. I think Little Caesar's Arena is due to host it at some point in the near future. Unless they want to host it at Ford Field.
Look how serious everyone looks during the introductions, some smiling, but looking like they're about to go to work, which they are. Today they would just be goofing around like little kids
Calvin's only ASG. He was jobbed out of about 4 others(Musberger obliquely refers to this in his intro), this selection was almost a "makeup" because the NBA finally realized how he had been screwed over. He was having a very good year, but he had several others that were incredible and he was overlooked. It's really a shame, because there are people now who like to point out that he was only a "one time" all star and because of that doesn't deserve to be in the HOF. Fact is, he should have been a 5 time AS and was one of the greatest college players of all time. Yeah, it's the "Basketball HOF", not the NBA HOF. Those people can't read, either.
Many put down the 70's in regard to the NBA. It was such a different time, everything was more laid back and fun. The league had issues during that time, including a bad drug problem. Playoff games were on tape delay - including the championship outside of DC and Seattle. Still, most of the players had passion and cared, today, the league is a joke.
Wow, is really really sad that I enjoy the hell out of this footage , today’s NBA, especially the All-Star game has become extremely unwatchable. These guys are actually playing defense in an All-Star game.
I went to that game. When I drove up to the Silverdome, it was crazy. People and cars EVERYWHERE! GREAT game. Still have the ticket stub. Sold the ptogram as it US ugly. A silver program. Some moron designed it. Like the 1971 Detroit MLB allstar program. Almost all white ? including a kid and player. UGH!
Notice how the game is totally devoid of James Hardin/Kyrie Irving style ball dominant bs. Sound fundamental ball didn't allow for a lot of the crap fans are watching today.
In college. Indiana State was undefeated to a record breaking season & ranked #1. Michigan State the preseason #1 was struggling to get a share of the Big 10 championship just to make the tournament
@@dabneyoffermein595 No. No 😂. That shows the greatness of Bird. Since 1979 Indiana State made 1 NCAA Tournament. Before Larry Bird they never made the tournament. Michigan State had 3 All Americans and Bird was a 1 man team
@@1AllenBlack No. Most of these players would not fit into today’s fast pace. If they somehow made it to today’s league most would be handing out water.
The lack of star power in those lineups is incredible. This really underlines how much trouble the NBA was in before Magic and Bird and later Jordan came along.
come on now- pistol dt doc kareem big e moses and the ice man all had star power... but the nba kinda frowned on the street style above the rim athleticism at that the time- they wanted you to be able to play structured fundamental ball- thats what the 77 blazers/sixers series was all about- in a few more years the nba would learn to market wide open up and down offense. magic and bird both had to sort of coerce their respective teams to take the handcuffs off...
There was PLENTY of "Star Power." I personally think some of the problem was the stale nba refusing to adopt the ABA 3 point line for years after the 1976 (Massacre) Merger.
You compare the lineup of this NBA All Star Game to that of the 1988 NBA All Star Game lineup and you can see how much the NBA grew in just those 9 years.
And anyone that knows history knows NBA of this era was on same level as NHL and maybe even below NHL. The games were on tape delays, mostly gamblers watched and this era the players were all coked out of their mind. It's no mystery that Magic and Bird saved the NBA .everyone knows it
It’s funny that the NBA has placed the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs in the Eastern Conference since they are geographically west of the Mississippi River at the time.
There is such a fight tonmakensure the NBA stencil remains an androgynous body. Watch the next time they show it (if you haven't already noticed), and you will see a *SPLIT SECOND* of girl's hair on the icon before it quickly morphs to a man's head.
Can't help but notice the maturity in the players in comparison to today. In fairness...no social media,& the times were much slower.
The problem has been that NBA teams continue to draft and pay million dollar salaries to teenagers. I don't blame the players, it's the fault mostly of the NCAA and their plantation policies and the NBA in their ignorance of realizing that young players simply haven't played enough high level games with vigorous coaching with real critique to reflect the value of their contracts. All the players on this game played at least three seasons of college hoops, if not four. That game experience and maturity leads to smarter and more devoted team play.
Lol...Social Media has absolutely NOTHING to do with maturity
@@BAKER22-l4u we can disagree 👌
@@BAKER22-l4u Social media have certainly to do with (lack of) maturity, and the fact that you aren't aware of it (or refuse to admit it) shows it.
Strange how adults back then look older than their age. Today, 30 is like 18, in both appearance and maturity.
this was truly an all star game. respect
BRINGING BACK MEMORIES. WHEN THE NBA ALL STAR GAME WAS WORTH WATCHING. RIP MR WALTER the Greyhound DAVIS. MR PAUL WESTPHAL. BOB LAINER and MAURICE LUCAS. PETE MARAVICH. MOSES MALONE. THANK YOU ALL for YOUR TALENT. GOD BLESS YOU 😢😢😢😢
Memories! I miss the NBA on CBS.🏀🏀
Last All Star game without a 3 point line
I truly think pistol Pete would have been in the top five of NBA scoring of all time, along with the iceman. Had there been a three point line in their day
There were 15 Hall of Famers in this game
The beginning of peak NBA that would last for another 10 years.
The beginning started in the fall of 1979 when Magic and Bird came into the league.
Not yet , that would be in fall of the year. When Bird and Magic arrive
It lasted another 20 years.
1979, a time when Bird and Magic would meet in The Finals of College Basketball.
Yep, these Boy's days are numbered as head Honchos. The following decade would be ruled primarily by Magic and Bird. Dr. J would Protest however.
Now tell us something we DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW
@@BAKER22-l4uYou'd be Amazed at how many alive DON'T KNOW.... not even interested in anything beyond their decade of being alive...very little concept of historical reality...
Back when the Rockets and Spurs were in the East and the Pacers, Bucks, and Bulls were in the West. Always a bit of a mind freak for me.
WTF is WRONG with you
~ childhood memories for me. I was born and raised in Baltimore. My pops was a Bullets fan. They used to come back and play a few regular season games every year in Baltimore. The first game I saw live was a “Divisional” game between the Spurs and Washington Bullets.
I was confused as a child.
In fact for a few years before the NBA realigned.
Great National Anthem by a Great Group. They didn't try to over do it or put their own twist on it. Just went out and nailed the song . Fantastic Four Tops!
I was thinking the same. That all changed after the '84 All-Star Game when Marvin Gaye sung his rendition and the "twists" haven't stopped for the last almost 40 years.
It shouldnt be said at all.. Especially in sport. To hell with it.
@@DjcHuCkNiCe1 The song sucks anyway bland ass anthem made from souless demons.
@@DjcHuCkNiCe1 The "twists" are just an indication of nature and change over time (if you've ever heard of entropy in physics you might see a connection there). A root grows.. and .. after time passes.. naturally twists.
@@DjcHuCkNiCe1*83 all star game but a good point
The years are going by -- RIP -- Lanier -- Mo Lucas - Hondo - Westphal - Pistol - DJ
Pistol Pete
@@exdemocrat9038I think almost anyone knows who Pistol is, without saying Pete, lol😂
RIP Walter the greyhound Davis
RIP Moses Malone
February 5, 1979...
That was a night ago (February 4, 1979) when CBS televised the 1976 movie "Rocky" starring Sylvester Stallone..
It’s amazing how much MJ, Bird, & Magic changed the NBA.
Bird , Magic and Jordan didn't affect the way ball was played , only the marketing of the league. Rule changes are what altered the way the game was played.
The game would have changed even without Jordan, Bird and Magic.
Those uniforms are lit
And how close the fans got to the players.. asking for autographs as they are being introduced...
So many amazing legends in this!!
Jayne Kennedy was definitely a bonus 😊
No bullshit three-point line, just pure basketball.
Completely agree.
That was actually the last year without the 3 point line. Now you have 7 footers shooting three's. Crazy.
RIP Pontiac silverdome
Notice how much more beautiful basketball is WITHOUT the 3-point line.
Not really
@@damienkirksey7026 Really...
This was the real NBA I was 13 and I know everybody on the floor and they all were great
Thank you for sharing this great game.
This is awesome!!!! Pistol Pete playing next to the Ice Man!!
This is awesome!!!
I was at home 40 miles north of this rolling around on the floor being a normal 1yr old :)
A very well done national anthem, very nice.
The east starting 5 is legendary
I like how they are not in a rush to get up, they respectively wait for the pa announcer to finish the introduction.
Nobody stands around. Constant movement. They need to bring that back.
rip walter davis
Jordan patterned his jumper after Walter
Commercials are cool
Keep in mind this is just a year before Magic and Bird came along!! Then David Stern took over and the NBA would never be the same
There was no 3-point field goals yet. This was real basketball.
They actually played basketball in this All-Star game era
Brent musburger, snapper jones, and john havlcheck for cbs
legendary.
Basketball, not a concert like today
Danny Glover in a Miller beer commercial 😂
I met him.
RIP George McGinnis!❤
As an 80's baby, I've always found it odd to see San Antonio and Houston in the Eastern Conference!
Never forget this place, before it was destroyed, blown up, sad! Now the Detroit Pistons play at Little Caesar's Arena.
Wrestlemania 3, Super Bowl XVI (49ers first championship), Barry Sanders running over everyone, The Pontiac Silverdome was a great venue.
And in between that, the palace at Auburn Hills
The players wearing necklaces
Wow, defense was actually being played like it was a regular-season game.
Something not done today. I don't watch NBA anymore.
@@mikerodgers7620I really like the NBA, but I understand if people don't. Whining prima donnas, flopping and no defense is not for everyone!
NBA TODAY is TRASH.@@thebigfreakingcat4292
Yeap real defense and now today its nothing but a layup derby going to the basket and three point shooting gus williams and Michael ray Richardson were outstanding defenders back then as well
I remember when teams in the Eastern conference played defense, especially Detroit. They should also bring back hand checking , illegal defense rule and get rid of the three seconds without guarding trash rule.@@tombrad9950
Iceman & David Thompson every year gunning for the scoring title. Iceman didn't shoot as much as David did, he was mostly looking to find the open man, but when he decided to shoot the ball it went in. David played better defense but Iceman had better shots, especially shooting from the hip.
oh how i miss Steve _Snapper_ Jones
A great and knowledgeable commentator...
As great as it was for the league, the 80s and more so the 90s took away from what had been a great game in my old man opinion. The 70s was far more exciting than what happened when Michael Jordan came of age and took over the league. The early 80s with Lakers/ Celtics renewed rivalry was admittedly , a magnificent thing to watch.
Btw.. what a line up this game had!!!
The NBA had an image problem in the 70s. Too many drug addicts hurt it to the point games were taped delayed after the late news.
@@vinceyoung5912 Yeah it WAS an IMAGE problem... you'll NEVER convince me the NFL and Pro Baseball didn't have just as much of a drug problem... Sure didn't seem to affect those leagues much in terms of lost prestige.... But perception is reality I guess...
@@brettrobinson2901 oh I agree. A good movie is North Dallas Forty. The Hollywood Cowboys were known for debauchery. Septien had a 16 year old girlfriend
@@vinceyoung5912 Maaaan..that along with the ORIGINAL " The Longest Yard " is one of my favorite sports movies of all time...great flick...
Wow a lot of these players have passed away
Davis
Lucas
Johnson
Lanier
Malone
Maravich
Westphal
@@gilllewellyn9678 Thank you I forgot he passed away as well
McGinnis
As of 2024, this is the last time Detroit has hosted an NBA All-Star Game. I think Little Caesar's Arena is due to host it at some point in the near future. Unless they want to host it at Ford Field.
George Gervin and Larry Kenon look like sandmen (from Logan's Run) in the beginning.
Nobody cracked a smile during intros
Unique uniform in 79
KC kings !
Look how serious everyone looks during the introductions, some smiling, but looking like they're about to go to work, which they are. Today they would just be goofing around like little kids
Calvin's only ASG. He was jobbed out of about 4 others(Musberger obliquely refers to this in his intro), this selection was almost a "makeup" because the NBA finally realized how he had been screwed over. He was having a very good year, but he had several others that were incredible and he was overlooked. It's really a shame, because there are people now who like to point out that he was only a "one time" all star and because of that doesn't deserve to be in the HOF. Fact is, he should have been a 5 time AS and was one of the greatest college players of all time. Yeah, it's the "Basketball HOF", not the NBA HOF. Those people can't read, either.
1 year BMB. (Before Magic and Bird)
You saw it on CBS sports
How many all star games did not have a Celtic in it
Commentators:
Brent Musburger, Steve Jones & John Havcliek.
I was 1 year old not knowing about this nba basketball
You definitely got your money worth. They cared more about entertaining the fan vs load management of today
Heavy
Ice , Pistol , Dr J , A Train , Skywalker, bring back nicknames !
Many put down the 70's in regard to the NBA. It was such a different time, everything was more laid back and fun. The league had issues during that time, including a bad drug problem. Playoff games were on tape delay - including the championship outside of DC and Seattle. Still, most of the players had passion and cared, today, the league is a joke.
There is a great book about the NBA during this era, called Black Ball. Excellent read. We love the NBA from this era. Thanks for watching our channel
How do you transfer the analog VHS signal to digital videos?
The last All Star game before Bird and Magic.
last time the ASG was in Detroit!
When the game was a game to be played not some high-scoring no defense farce. West 134 East 129.
Awesome no 3 pointers haha
Wow, is really really sad that I enjoy the hell out of this footage , today’s NBA, especially the All-Star game has become extremely unwatchable. These guys are actually playing defense in an All-Star game.
San Antonio, Houston and The Jazz all in the East??
Detroit hasn't hosted an nba all star game since how surprising
2 years before Isiah was drafted by Detroit
👍
26:06 before you get injured on all star games. Not anymore
magnetic video tape doesn't hold up at all!
The year of my birth.
How were Kareem and Artis Gilmore teammates here?
But 70s 80s 90s it was just different era
I went to that game. When I drove up to the Silverdome, it was crazy. People and cars EVERYWHERE! GREAT game.
Still have the ticket stub. Sold the ptogram as it US ugly. A silver program. Some moron designed it. Like the 1971 Detroit MLB allstar program. Almost all white ? including a kid and player. UGH!
Weird seeing San Antonio and Houston representing the East
Todays All Star Game….and, really, the NBA, is more Broadway than basketball.
the last game Magic didn’t start in the all star game Im sure
Notice how the game is totally devoid of James Hardin/Kyrie Irving style ball dominant bs. Sound fundamental ball didn't allow for a lot of the crap fans are watching today.
Wait there’s actual defense
Hondo great player but what a stiff on the mic
Where's Magic Johnson and Larry Bird?
This was months before their nba debut
In college. Indiana State was undefeated to a record breaking season & ranked #1. Michigan State the preseason #1 was struggling to get a share of the Big 10 championship just to make the tournament
@@mongoslade277 oh wow, so an upset indeed. so then Larry Bird choked in the NCAA National Championship game?
@@dabneyoffermein595 No. No 😂. That shows the greatness of Bird. Since 1979 Indiana State made 1 NCAA Tournament. Before Larry Bird they never made the tournament. Michigan State had 3 All Americans and Bird was a 1 man team
@@mongoslade277 wow, that's amazing. what an era of basketball that was.
Don't let anyone fool you. This was one of the weaker NBA Era's. However Magic and Larry Legend are about to change things.
I seriously doubt players, like the icemaker, pistol, Dr. J, and Thompson were weaker players
BullSHIT. These guys were as good as anyone! Kareem and Dr J at their peak, The Iceman Cometh, Michael Jordan's idol David Thompson etc etc...
@@KydenBufectYou saying most of these people could compete with today’s NBA?
@@ActuallynotTrey Without a doubt!
@@1AllenBlack No. Most of these players would not fit into today’s fast pace. If they somehow made it to today’s league most would be handing out water.
The lack of star power in those lineups is incredible. This really underlines how much trouble the NBA was in before Magic and Bird and later Jordan came along.
come on now- pistol dt doc kareem big e moses and the ice man all had star power... but the nba kinda frowned on the street style above the rim athleticism at that the time- they wanted you to be able to play structured fundamental ball- thats what the 77 blazers/sixers series was all about- in a few more years the nba would learn to market wide open up and down offense. magic and bird both had to sort of coerce their respective teams to take the handcuffs off...
There was PLENTY of "Star Power." I personally think some of the problem was the stale nba refusing to adopt the ABA 3 point line for years after the 1976 (Massacre) Merger.
You compare the lineup of this NBA All Star Game to that of the 1988 NBA All Star Game lineup and you can see how much the NBA grew in just those 9 years.
@@akumawani pistol Pete overrated
And anyone that knows history knows NBA of this era was on same level as NHL and maybe even below NHL. The games were on tape delays, mostly gamblers watched and this era the players were all coked out of their mind. It's no mystery that Magic and Bird saved the NBA .everyone knows it
Well, I was gonna watch this game but it's an awful shape. They need do remaster this and re upload
It’s funny that the NBA has placed the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs in the Eastern Conference since they are geographically west of the Mississippi River at the time.
The Skywalker!
1500 kareem hacking shit outa doctor no call where is darryl? best ever!! dawkins!
pistol!!! thats who should be nba stencil
There is such a fight tonmakensure the NBA stencil remains an androgynous body. Watch the next time they show it (if you haven't already noticed), and you will see a *SPLIT SECOND* of girl's hair on the icon before it quickly morphs to a man's head.