5 Unbelievable NBA Myths We All Believed Were True 

Jimmy’s ex: I’M PREGNANT! YOU’RE THE FATHER! Jimmy: well, kinda…

Jimmys favorite phrase: well, kinda

I want this man to make a video about my life, it’d be hilarious and depressing. “This man has no chance whatsoever to get this girl” “The job interviewers said yes, well kinda” “This man had the audacity to think he’d make it into college”

The Heat weren’t the first “super” team, they were the first “super” team that was entirely formed by players, not teams. The Bulls and 80s Celtics were mainly formed through the draft and team led trades

Who remembers when we had trap sax and we weren’t quarantined 😪 those were the days

Jxmmyhighroller is basically the definition of “quality over quantity”

Wilt's 48 inch vert always sounded insane to me, but a 40 inch vert is still pretty damn insane for a 7'1 player and he was a true 7'1 (measured without shoes). I was always impressed by how easily Wilt launched himself into the air. A lot of big men really have to exert themselves to get airborne, but Wilt did it so effortlessly.

The story with Wilt reaching the top of the backboard actually involves him grabbing a quarter, so using that we can assume his max reach is actually closer to 13'1.5 or evenhigher

The only reason they say “defense wins championships” is because all young players only want to play offense and no defense.

This man can come out and say: Here's why Joakim Noah is the REAL G.O.A.T.

This is 4th quarter stats. Far from what “clutch means”. Case in point, Robert Horry.

MJ's blind free throws had me sitting outside eyes closed for weeks trying to hit a free throw without looking

40-41 inch vert is still crazy thing when we're talking about 7'1'' giant

Lebron: plays for the laker Jimmy: uses photoshopped lebron picture

"There were no teams with more than 2 star players between 1998 and 2008" The SAS with Parker, Duncan and Ginobili: Am I a joke to you?

In respect to the "Clutch" player thing: The calculations were based on the last 12 minutes of a game, but many examples come to mind, that really don't impact the game that much in the 4th quarter overall, but for instance in the last 2-3 minutes they make one or two super crucial plays or make the game winning shot or score in rue of taking the lead and the momentum. Basing it on 12 minutes tells the average and not really the whole story, I think. Also, I believe there is a thing like certain players being more prone to get hot in crucial moments. If you look at the averages over one or more seasons, that phenomenon might be statistically invisible, if a player has one of those games now and then, but also has a number of games in which he performs subpar in important minutes or even the whole game.

I'd like to see clutch stats for the last 2-3 mins or so because I think most people consider that to be clutch, not the whole fourth quarter.

Me: watches this video Also Me: Opens another tab and quietly plays Trap Sax.

Who’s here after harden is with the nets and now they have a super team⬇️

Just to tell you how crazy a 48" vertical is for those who don't know but if Tacko Fall had a 48" vertical he'd be jumping about 6.5" higher then the BACKBOARD.

NBA Fan: Has an opinion Jxmy: Well yes, but actually no

Who misses Jimmy's old intro

Regarding the "clutch" myth... I'll just say sometimes the absence of context can effect the impact of stats.

Nice video. Wilt's highest measured reach is 13'3 so he had a max 45 inch vertical. During games, Wilt was a one-step leaper and he could get to around the top of the backboard. When you get measured for the vertical leap, you get a running start.

Honestly When Jimmy uploads it makes my day

I love how even if Wilt didn't have a 48" vertical, he still likely had the highest vert of any 7 footer in history

It’s quite probable that Wilts standing vertical jump was marginally better in a test scenario vs in game. But stretching from an estimated 40 (in game) to 48 (test) is a massive leap.

“Defense wins championships” is the most truthful in Football

The Most Random Fact Ever Is That Miles Plumlee Has A 40 in Vertical

Jimmy has some wild takes in the beginning of his videos, and then whips out 50 million charts to prove him right

Let’s all agree that we don’t know the exact measurement of Wilt’s vertical but if you can block the skyhook, you can jump pretty damn high

I think you're painting with a broad brush on the first point. Numbers don't lie, but clutch is more than your percentage. Clutch is heart. Clutch is "I can be 4-16 from the field and I'm going to shoot this last shot like I've been getting buckets all game." Clutch is a mindset that no matter what I'm not rattled, I embrace this moment!

When you realize that jimmy’s videos be getting more views then a WNBA game

“White men cant jump” Miles Plumlee has entered the chat

So much more respect for Wilt's numbers. I thought most centers in his time were shorter.

Funny how despite being a legend, Wilt is still somehow underrated. Give the man at least a 40.75 inch vertical, so Wilt can be #1 on the list of 7 footers jumping ability. He was also a world class volleyball player. P.S. My grandfather held the Canadian high jump record for a few years, using the same "Western Roll" style we saw Wit successfully employing. Crazy they had to land on sawdust! My grandfather paid the price in later years for all those hard, punishing falls. P.S.S. Great job on the video. Peace out.

Quick fact right here: Almost everyone acts like clutchness has an extremely large part to do with their celebration Even though it shouldn't

I think there's a solution here: we need to get the right definition of "clutch" because NO ONE means the last 12 mins of the game when they use the word "clutch"

This is the only time Jimmy I have to disagree- Magic & Worthy, including MJ & Scottie - they developed organically they both started has rookies, the others moved around in their Prime- Dennis is an anomally - he joined when he had problems at Spurs & Bad boys- he turned his game around when he joined the Bulls= Golden State natural team like the bulls

I love how after the fact, when player's stories are written, one can just go back and assume that these were super teams. When in fact many of these players turned into hall of famers only after so many years winning. It was never obvious at first. No one knew Pippen, Rodman, would be superstars their first three or five years in league!....but everyone knew there were a strong possibility wade, LeBron and bosch would became superstars right after their rookie years.

Bruh lets be real the whole last 12 mins ain’t clutch shots

wilt chamberlain in 1959: prime wilt in 1973: prime wilt in 1998: prime

Great content - and I agree some players get a clutch reputation that is unwarranted but some players definitely choke or perform better under pressure then others.

Good call...you said it! You nailed it!

Oh yeah and wilt played in chuck Taylor’s for most of his early career

Dont forget that Wilt jumped that high in converse. Imagine how high he could jump in today's shoes.

The transitions in this video were so smooth that I didn't realize that he went over every myth until the end. That's just genius

Wilt Chamberlain was an absolute beast and had incredible finesse as well! Really wish there was more old footage of his exploits.

Okay I’m not trying to hate but since when was the last 12 MINUTES of a game considered “the clutch”

The term “defence wins championships” is because most young players only want to score and slack on D.

Wilt had a standing reach of 9'6, his highest recorded jump had his hand reach 13'2, so we can calculate that his highest recorded vert is 44 inches

Bro, you are the GOAT NBA analyst. I wish ESPN would hire you!

"Clutch" shouldnt be defined as the last 12 mins when within 6 points. More like the last 2-3 mins.

Wilt was 7’1, if he had a 48 inch vertical his head would be at 11’1. that’s 13 inches above the rim dawg. never happened

This is a really great video. Thank you for doing the work to make it possible. I do have a question. All the "Clutch" players you talked about in the video were modern players. Where would Jerry West (known as MISTER Clutch) fit into those numbers?

The thing with the heat superteam in 2011 was that it was the first superteam where players made the decision on their own and not where organisations orchestrated the whole thing

"Most of the time, the team that scores the most points, wins the game." John Madden

Jimmy uploads on a boring Tuesday afternoon? Nice

Also, I always thought the concept of a super team arrived when superstar players started seeking out teams with other superstars; in order to increase their chances of winning championships. If a team's management acquires multiple superstar players by offering them good contracts, they might have a stacked team; but that's just business as usual. So my assumption was always that the formation of super teams was player driven. But maybe that sort of thing was happening in the 60s, 70s and 80s too, but wasn't as well known....

Thank you for putting Dwyane Wades OT game winner. Wade on top💯💯🔥🏆🏀

I'm still impressed with Wilts 40 inch vert

Wilt is such a freak of nature his whole career sounds like a myth, I love that

dude this guy puts so much work into these vids I'm absolutely blown away

I think it could possible that Wilt had a 48 inch vertical because most of the footage and pictures shown are of standing vertical jumps. There was no running start to any of them except to the one where he jumped into the sand pit.

Jxmmy starts charting: Me: Ahh sh*t here we go again

Maaan the amount of work that went into this video!! Great job on the storytelling, but then the graphics which I know how tedious they can get 😃 Great video Jimmy ✌

Jimmy.... You are the Myth Buster of basketball... Loved the way you bring facts in the arguments by bringing statistics and reliable data... You are good at this!... WHY NOT PUBLISH YOUR OWN BOOK ON QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH?...

Nah you wildin, there is definitely a clutch factor 🤣

Jimmy- shows charts and math, and stuff Me trying to keep up- Yup, uhhhh ok clutch, kobe, charts and Miles Plumly is the goat

"And as always until next time." -JxmyHighroller

Saying Wilt was in his prime when playing with the Lakers is really dumb tho, it was at the end of his career and attempted way less shots while focusing more on playmaking

I wish someone would have officially measured Wilts vert with a running approach. In most footage where he goes for high reach shot blocking (top of the backboard height) he jumps from a standing or 1 step approach.

Every time I click on his videos I get sad when I don’t hear the trap sax

4:43 Hold on one second... "11 hall of famers, 8 in their prime" Didn't Bill Russell's Celtics win 11 rings, and 8 in a row? 👀

Look Magazine visited Wilt Chamberlain while he was a student at Kansas university. They measured his standing reach at 9 feet 6, and his height after jumping at 13 feet 3 inches. That's a confirmed 45 inch vertical leap. You can find copies of this article online. In the demonstration where they show Wilt Chamberlain jumping at a track meet in Brussels, and also blocking a shot as a player in Kansas, I would dispute that the person who did the measurements is drawing the spot where Chamberlain jumped from accurately. In the Kansas photo, Chamberlain did not take off at the point on the floor as indicated in the chart. He took off at a point just below and to the left of the spot indicated on the chart which would substantially increase the measurement of his vertical leap and place it into the 40s, similar to the Look Magazine article. In addition, the Brussels photo clearly shows Chamberlain jumping more than half of his own 85 inch height. Again, that would place chamberlains vertical leap in the mid-40s. Maybe not a 48-inch vertical leap, but there is documentation that he had a vertical leap somewhere in the low to mid 40s, not below 30s as indicated in this video. It's also worth noting that less than 1% of the games that Wilt Chamberlain played are captured on video. The ones that were captured are mostly later in his career with the Los Angeles Lakers, when he was 60 lb heavier, so obviously that would have impacted his vertical leap substantially in a negative way. No one is claiming that Chamberlain had a vertical leap higher than 40 in during his Lakers days. Those claims are made regarding his time as a college student at Kansas when he was also high jumping nearly six foot seven going over the bar feet first.

I never want these videos to end

Imagine if tacko had a 48 inch vert👀👀👀

"Clutch shooting is a myth" *Jamal shooting 73% from 3pt in the clutch these playoffs* "Well, kinda"

Clutch Moments is where you define your legacy in the NBA, where you take over or dominate the most important games in your career, it's not just buzzer beaters

I like how he just forgets who Tim Duncan’s Spurs were

You’re trying to put Skip out of business with debunking “clutch”.

Wilt didn’t need to jump that high in a game... He was just giving them a chance...🤣

yes there is such thing as being clutch, most people get nervous under pressure and tend to like shake up their shot but clutch shooters shoot as normal or maybe even better bc they strive under pressure and get a good grip on the ball and stuff like that.

When you define clutch as a statistic with a debatable definition then break it down into numbers, you're absolutely correct. However- when you factor in what exactly is on the line, not only is the "clutch" moment shots far lower but the stakes are way higher. Factually speaking- there's no true way to measure clutch because how pressured people feel in certain situations is different for everybody.

The most recents super teams are free agents coming together in the offseason , not being drafted there like in the 60s,70s,and 80s

Jimmy, could you please make the "clutch" shooting percentages with 3 minutes remaining, and then with 1 minute remaining? I'm just really curious, btw keep the good content, your channel is amazing.

dude where do you come up with this facts and ideas amazing.

I view clutch as the last few minutes of a game. That’s when it’s at it’s most intense. Less room for error. You can overcome mistakes with a quarter of play to work with. You don’t get that luxury with 2 minutes remaining.

When my guy said clutch shooting doesn’t exist I knew I had to strap in for this one

I’m curious how the numbers would be if we looked at the last minute of a close game only

By expanding the timeframe for the definition of clutch to the LAST 12 MINUTES, instead of, say, the last 5 or even 3 minutes, you've convoluted what the term means, and it shows in your presentation of players, esp in the compare and contrast. I took stats in college too, it's fun. It's easy to manipulate data to swing one way or another--adjust parameters :p

I think pointing to super teams from the earliest decades needs an asterisk. There were far fewer teams in the league, so it makes sense that talent would get concentrated more often.

The whole 4th quarter is not a definition of "clutch" moments. Last 2 mins man, wtf is this... i dont like the science on this one dude, sorry.

That clutch vs non clutch analysis is so weak I don't even want to get to the details. You cant define clutch time as the last 12 mins to start with, and you also cant just look at the %... It doesn't tell the full story... Come on you are much better than that

Big Shot Bob looking at that clutch shot list with a grin lol

Everything depends on what we called Superteam ! If it's a matter of Prime All Star joining others/HOF and/or rising all stars then : 1)It's false that there were no superteam after the 1998 Bulls : -In 1998-1999 Glenn Rice, who was an All Star during the 3 season before (All Star Game MVP in 1997) joined the Lakers and they won the title 1 year after. At this time, we saw the lakers as a superteam. In 1998, 4 Layers were selected to the All Star Game : O'Neal, Bryant, Jones, Van Exel. It was also seen as a superteam during the regular season, and until they were beaten by the Jazz. -In 1999-2000, the Portland Trailblazers stacked former all star(Pippen, Schrempf, S. Smith), experienced good players (Sabonis, Stoudamire) and rising stars (Rasheed Wallace, Jermaine O'Neal, Bonzi Wells). The team was so good that they lost in WCF (which at this time was considered as the true NBA final), pushing the Lakers Superteam to Game 7. The next season, they traded Jermaine O'Neal for more experienced Dale Davis, and acquired Shawn Kemp and Rod Strickland, but it didn't worked as well. -In 1996-97, Barkley joined Olajuwon and Drexler at the Rockets. Even they were old and had past their prime, they made the WCF and lose to the Jazz 4-2. Not bad. 2) In Late 80' early 90', there were : -The Pistons : Thomas, Dumars were HOF, Laimbeer and Rodman had All Star selection too, Vinnie Johnson was 2nd in 6th man of the year vote in 1987. They acquired former all star and league top scorer Dantley in 1986, then traded to a more "team first" former All Star Aguirre. -1988-89 CAVS with Nance, Price, Daugherty, Harper. 1989-91 : RUN TMC ! -1992-1993 SUNS : Barkley joined a team composed of K.Johnson (1990&91 All Star), Dan Majerle (92 All Star), Tom Chambers (All Star 89, 90, 91). They also recruited Dany Ainge, multiple champion with the Celtics, NBA finalist with Trailblazers the previous year. 3) Back in the time : -1971 Bucks : Oscar Robertson joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor), rising star Bob Dandridge, and McGlocklin (All Star 2 year before). -1977 76ers : ABA Champion&MVP Julius Erving joined former ABA Champion&MVP Georges McGinnis, All Star Doug Collins, and rising talent World B. Free. The team made the NBA finals. -1978 Bullets : Dandridge (73,75,76 All Star) joined Unseld, Hayes, , Chenier (74,75, 77 All Star). -1980 : Celtics had HOF on the paper : Bird, Cowens, Archibald, Maravich. Lost ECF vs 76ers. There are certainly many other examples...

A 40 inch vertical is insane for a 7'1 center who played in the 60's.

I remember one old myth that led me to believe was that left-handed shooters were "more accurate" than right-handed shooters.

“Every piece of half-ass evidence”. 🤣🤣

Offence and Defence win championships. What a revelation. Love these facts.