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  1. Give Russia a better 90s?

    Maybe, if the west had given Gorbachov the economic aid he begged for, Gorby might have remained in power and maintained a diminished USSR (or successor state) into the mid 90s. Putin (evil though he may be) wasn't wrong when calling the collapse of the USSR a geopolitical catastrophe...

  2. WI: The Empire Strikes Back was an “Irvin Kershner Film”

    Spielberg directs ROTJ like Lucas intended.

  3. Alternate NBA Ideas

    These are all things that were rumoured or possible: 1. Chicago wins the coin flip for the 1979 draft - Magic Johnson said he’d stay in college and come out in 1980 instead. Boston had the #1 pick in 1980, so Bird and Magic could have been teammates. 2. Lakers draft Dominique Wilkins instead...

  4. Green Magic - The Greatest Team in History

    Part 3 The Awkward Marriage The Boston Celtics entered training camp for the 1980-81 season feeling pretty good about themselves. The team had won 61 games the previous campaign and had the best young player in the NBA, sensational forward Larry Bird. Bird, Cedric Maxwell, Nate Archibald and...

  5. Green Magic - The Greatest Team in History

    Part 2 The Draft That Broke The Game “I still don’t understand why Detroit made that deal. I guess they thought he was staying at Michigan State for his senior season. A lot of people thought that. But I scouted him myself. I knew he was going to come out in 1980. He needed the money for his...

  6. Green Magic - The Greatest Team in History

    Part 1 The Dynasty That Never Was “I was so disappointed with the ‘79 coin flip. I just can’t express it. The thought that I could go and play with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Los Angeles Lakers? That was a dream come true. I didn’t want no part of Chicago. It’s a football city and the winters...

  7. The Charlotte Hornets Dynasty
    Threadmarks: The Return

    THE RETURN 1994-95 NBA season The 1994-95 season saw the new-look Seattle Supersonics win 58 games, but they fell to the San Antonio Spurs in the second round. As great as Pippen, Gary Payton and Detlef Schrempf were, the team was weak on the interior and the Spurs’ David Robinson and Dennis...

  8. The Charlotte Hornets Dynasty
    Threadmarks: The Trade

    THE TRADE July, 1994 Frustrated at their inability to get over the play-off hump, the Seattle Supersonics were exploring a trade that would send shockwaves through the NBA. The Chicago Bulls had won three consecutive championships behind Michael Jordan, but when he retired it all ended...

  9. The Charlotte Hornets Dynasty
    Threadmarks: Prologue

    PROLOGUE July, 2013 When to final buzzer sounded to close out the fifth and final game of the 2013 NBA Finals, Kobe Bryant walked off the court for the last time. It ended in defeat, a crash-and-burn kind of finish. Looking back, that’s only fitting. Throughout most of his seventeen-year...

  10. AHC: Prevent the Independence Day Sequel from Being Garbage

    The first step would be to make a better original movie.

  11. Jordan Stays: NBA Alternate history

    But can they keep Horace Grant, who is a free agent at the end of 93-94? He and Jordan did not get along well, so maybe he bolts. I don't know about the Bulls winning 70 in 93-94. They won 57 the previous year, and there was a lot of wear and tear starting to show. Of course they did add...

  12. WI: Third Dalton Bond film kills the franchise?

    I think Dalton was one of the better Bonds - far, far superior to Brosnan but I guess I'm a minority.

  13. 200 American Soldiers die in Australia during WW2?

    Those place aren't part of Australia. Papau New Guinea was administered by Australia for some time, but it wasn't part of Australia.

  14. The Running of the Bulls - The History of the Fab Five Dynasty in Chicago

    Part 3: Draft Day, 1988 With the first pick of the 1988 NBA Draft, Jerry Krause selected Danny Manning to the cheers of Bulls fans watching from Chicago Stadium. Those cheers turned to a mixture of boos and confused chatter when a few moments later League Commissioner David Stern announced that...

  15. The Running of the Bulls - The History of the Fab Five Dynasty in Chicago

    No sorry, this will be a completely different Fab Five.

  16. The Running of the Bulls - The History of the Fab Five Dynasty in Chicago

    Part 2: The Lead Up to the Draft Leading into the Draft the Bulls' front office were confronted with some big choices. The most immediate was what to do about Charles Oakley? Oakley, upset at the Jordan trade was demanding a trade and trashing management in the media. What wasn't widely known...

  17. The Running of the Bulls - The History of the Fab Five Dynasty in Chicago

    Part 1: Doing the Unthinkable At the end of the 1987-88 season Michael Jordan had established himself as the best basketball player in the world. Some wondered if he was the best player the game had ever seen. There were also many who wondered if he was TOO good. Jordan was an unparalleled...

  18. WI "Return of the Jedi" was darker

    Reality Check Sorry, no offence intended but I'm going to tell some truths about a lot of the ideas mentioned here and it might bruise some egos. Too make it easier to digest, I'll just make a series of points. 1. George Lucas intended ROTJ to be a certain way. As the writer and creator...

  19. Tet offensive a absolute failure for North Vietnam

    From a military POV, Tet WAS a failure. In the end the North and their insurgent allies were crushed. Politically and in terms of propaganda it was a victory.

  20. WI: Kobe Bryant stayed with the Hornets

    I tend to agree with that.
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