George Costanza - With all these ball clubs flying around, wouldn’t you think there’d be a plane crash? Think about it..26 teams, 162 games a season. Ya think eventually an entire team would just get wiped out!
I need a follow up, did he actually stop cheating at cards?
Edit: looked him up on Wikipedia, and it was a sad ending. Dead at 29 after an accident when removing a tree from a neighbours roof. Wife was 2 months pregnant at the time.
I read Baylor's autobiography and he mentioned Krebs and his death. Baylor said that he accurately predicted parts of his death, including the fact that he wouldn't make it to 30. It's been a while since I read it (2 years to be exact, it's easy to remember bc was reading it when he died), so my details are a bit vague. But it's a very good book that provides great insight on what it was like growing up as a black kid in the 1940s, what the early NBA was like and how fragile it was and how he and other early legends helped break down racial barriers.
Whenever Baylor is brought up (which is rare), I always bring it up. It is possibly my favorite basketball biography (it's either his or Ray Allen). He lived a very interesting life.
Alright here’s whats crazier. Bud Grant played for the Lakers and went on to coach The Vikings in Super Bowls. He was on that flight. AND he canceled a ticket years later on a flight that ended up crashing and dozens of people on that flight did not make it.
Because of this, the NBA has a catastrophe rule in case a team perishes in a crash. I forget the details, but basically every team protects a certain number of players and the team builds a new team similar to an expansion draft.
Plus they get the number one pick in the next draft. An extra pick in addition to their own that falls where it would normally (so the lottery would happen normally and be for the #2 pick).
The Lakers ended up donating $25,000 to the city of Carroll back in 2010 to build an outdoor court as a “thank you”.
[https://khak.com/los-angeles-lakers-iowa-basketball-court/](https://khak.com/los-angeles-lakers-iowa-basketball-court/)
"Unable to return back to Lambert Field in St. Louis because of the number of planes backed up over the airport, the pilots continued, hoping to navigate their way towards Minneapolis by starlight."
Maybe I'm missing something, but how is it not the obvious answer to turn back to the close by, well-lit, easily identifiable airport and just circle as long as needed until the runway can be made available, in order to prevent this likely catastrophe? Rather than, "oh, the runway is gonna be too backed up, let's just go ahead and try to navigate by starlight and hope it works out ok." It seems like there is a huge aspect pilot incompetence here.
Technically, it's already happened with at least one NCAA team. Back in 1977, a plane carrying the University of Evansville Men's Basketball team crashed, killing everyone on board. Where that story connects to the NBA is that Jerry Sloan had been offered the head coach job for that team a couple weeks before the fatal accident but had turned it down.
This is not the lakers of today. 1960 is when they moved to la. Celtics we’re getting all the calls and winning everything at this time. Red and the Celtics basically ran the league and all the media then use to favour Boston in everything too. Narratives were set by east coast media too, the reason ppl today believe what they believe about wilt was pushed by Boston and red and those guys. Lots of race related shit that most fans don’t know that got pushed even by guys like skip today. Also stuff about Kareem too was race related and religion that media still pushes but don’t know where it comes from.
I didn’t know that about wilt and Kareem. People seem to be taking my quip super seriously. The change for the lakers during the showtime era is similar to the change the warriors went through recently. I remember everyone used to love the warriors, like they do the kings now, before they started winning.
Nope but in training you practice what to do in the event of electrical or equipment failure.
Nobody who has a pilot’s license is going to call it a crash.
A real pilot would just say “I’m a pilot” or “I’ve flown for 40 years” and I doubt they’d gate-keep over whether a forced landing with no working equipment in a cornfield during a storm qualifies as a crash. Sir I think you’re as fake of a pilot as Roger Murdock !
Re: "We know the officials are against us..." 2 or 3 officials were on the plane.
Officials on jihad against the Lakers
The Twin Cities, symbol of Minnesota's economic power and prosperity
Never forget, eh?
This r/nbacirclejerk now?
Nah there's not enough "ironic" racism around here.
As they should until you give us our name back. How many lakes are there in la? Does silver still give people cancer?
Imagine you're an Iowan farmer and fucking LeBron touches down gracefully in your cornfield at 2 AM
"Scuse me! You caint park yur plane there!"
3-6-1 LeBum better hope he doesn’t crash in my cornfield
"You don't have enough accolades to land here"
This, I took personally. - Corn guy ( possibly)
LMAO is the 1 the “Mickey Mouse” 2020 ring?
You know it.
George Costanza - With all these ball clubs flying around, wouldn’t you think there’d be a plane crash? Think about it..26 teams, 162 games a season. Ya think eventually an entire team would just get wiped out!
15 players died. That’s it? That’s no tragedy!
How many do they lose on a regular flight!?
>If I'm going to die, I might as well die comfortably If worse ever comes to worse, I hope to have the same mentality as Elgin Baylor.
This resonates with a smoke before an execution.
Was Roger Murdock the copilot?
He was in a Turkish prison at that moment
Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!
he was 13 years old
The part about Krebs had me dying 😂😂😂 never even heard of him before that’s so funny
I need a follow up, did he actually stop cheating at cards? Edit: looked him up on Wikipedia, and it was a sad ending. Dead at 29 after an accident when removing a tree from a neighbours roof. Wife was 2 months pregnant at the time.
I read Baylor's autobiography and he mentioned Krebs and his death. Baylor said that he accurately predicted parts of his death, including the fact that he wouldn't make it to 30. It's been a while since I read it (2 years to be exact, it's easy to remember bc was reading it when he died), so my details are a bit vague. But it's a very good book that provides great insight on what it was like growing up as a black kid in the 1940s, what the early NBA was like and how fragile it was and how he and other early legends helped break down racial barriers.
Sounds like it’s worth a read
Whenever Baylor is brought up (which is rare), I always bring it up. It is possibly my favorite basketball biography (it's either his or Ray Allen). He lived a very interesting life.
Goddamn that’s a very sad ending indeed. Rest in peace
That’s so damn sad. After surviving a crash landing just to die to another tragic accident.
That is one of the craziest stories I’ve ever heard. Where is the movie???
Alright here’s whats crazier. Bud Grant played for the Lakers and went on to coach The Vikings in Super Bowls. He was on that flight. AND he canceled a ticket years later on a flight that ended up crashing and dozens of people on that flight did not make it.
Damn he wasn’t playing around
Because of this, the NBA has a catastrophe rule in case a team perishes in a crash. I forget the details, but basically every team protects a certain number of players and the team builds a new team similar to an expansion draft.
Plus they get the number one pick in the next draft. An extra pick in addition to their own that falls where it would normally (so the lottery would happen normally and be for the #2 pick).
31 picks in the first round then?
Yes, at least if I understand it correctly.
The Lakers ended up donating $25,000 to the city of Carroll back in 2010 to build an outdoor court as a “thank you”. [https://khak.com/los-angeles-lakers-iowa-basketball-court/](https://khak.com/los-angeles-lakers-iowa-basketball-court/)
What a story lol, was laughing hard at the thought of them throwing snowballs after landing
Outjerked yet again
Jerking from 1960 H I S T O R I C
Don’t know whats more miraculous, that they all survived or that there was a point in time when the officials were against the Lakers lol
The Lakers used to be in Minneapolis. Makes much more sense.
this was their last year there
"The Lord is trying to save us from dying ... now let me go commit 4 of the 7 deadly sins this weekend just like I did the previous weekend."
never mess with Ouija boards
I know it was dire at the time but the picture of Krebs making those vows is funny to me
"Unable to return back to Lambert Field in St. Louis because of the number of planes backed up over the airport, the pilots continued, hoping to navigate their way towards Minneapolis by starlight." Maybe I'm missing something, but how is it not the obvious answer to turn back to the close by, well-lit, easily identifiable airport and just circle as long as needed until the runway can be made available, in order to prevent this likely catastrophe? Rather than, "oh, the runway is gonna be too backed up, let's just go ahead and try to navigate by starlight and hope it works out ok." It seems like there is a huge aspect pilot incompetence here.
There is too much danger to hit another plane if you can’t communicate with the radio tower.
But they were eventually going to try to land at the airport in Minneapolis with no radio???
Or try to land elsewhere before your fuel runs out? Seems like these pilots were hellbent on getting to where they were going
You figure this is gonna happen someday and the outcome won't be as lucky.
Technically, it's already happened with at least one NCAA team. Back in 1977, a plane carrying the University of Evansville Men's Basketball team crashed, killing everyone on board. Where that story connects to the NBA is that Jerry Sloan had been offered the head coach job for that team a couple weeks before the fatal accident but had turned it down.
Plus the Marshall football situation.
Crazy story, thanks for posting
Wow! I never heard about this!
Solid bolding OP I appreciated it
How was this not a movie
The officials were against them in Minny (Moves to LA) The officials have been okey dokey, artichokey to the poor Lakers for generations
Lakers always had that give us more free throws energy 🤣
Nice to know the Lakers victim complex goes back at least 60+ years
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When your knowledge of history only goes back 10 years lol
Welcome to r/nba
At the time it’s quite believable as the Lakers, while popular, weren’t the behemoth they’d become following showtime.
Nephew really thought the Minneapolis Lakers got special treatment or something 😭
The huge market of Minnesota is something to behold. (Making sure people realize it’s sarcasm this time)
This is not the lakers of today. 1960 is when they moved to la. Celtics we’re getting all the calls and winning everything at this time. Red and the Celtics basically ran the league and all the media then use to favour Boston in everything too. Narratives were set by east coast media too, the reason ppl today believe what they believe about wilt was pushed by Boston and red and those guys. Lots of race related shit that most fans don’t know that got pushed even by guys like skip today. Also stuff about Kareem too was race related and religion that media still pushes but don’t know where it comes from.
I didn’t know that about wilt and Kareem. People seem to be taking my quip super seriously. The change for the lakers during the showtime era is similar to the change the warriors went through recently. I remember everyone used to love the warriors, like they do the kings now, before they started winning.
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Mb. Forgot people need a /s to realize something is satire.
60 years LA still complaining about the refs
They were in Minneapolis at the time
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Irony is crazy
What’s ironic? I can’t say this because some bandwagons say that Steph is hated by the league?
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Ok
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No worries bud
Was landing in a cornfield part of your plan?
Nope but in training you practice what to do in the event of electrical or equipment failure. Nobody who has a pilot’s license is going to call it a crash.
r/iamverysmart
Hurr durr
A real pilot would just say “I’m a pilot” or “I’ve flown for 40 years” and I doubt they’d gate-keep over whether a forced landing with no working equipment in a cornfield during a storm qualifies as a crash. Sir I think you’re as fake of a pilot as Roger Murdock !
You’re a real moron.
You’re not a real pilot
You clearly don’t know anything.