Allen Iverson, Shaq & Yao Ming funny interview (2016) *Basketball Hall of Fame 

Yao is a freaking monster! When I first saw him when he came in to the league and he stood next to Shaw it was eye opening.

derpinated gthtrhj

derpinated yes we know Yao Ming is tall

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@Kris Radke actually Yao killed Shaq

i was thinking the same thing

Iverson looks like a child next to them

but he is very slow!

true but that child would drop a 40 piece on either of their teams

fa real i didnt realize yao was the big woww lol

Big Mama Shaq hahahaha

This comment is so underrated )))

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As usual every generetation thinks they're better and tougher than the next one....Of course AI would average 40, Jordan 50, Bird 60 and Wilt 70 points per game. Good to see AI appreciate the current league.

@@alterhaudegen1 the game has changed and evolved, back then some players played with rules so different that there wasn't even a 3 point line..and then there was the era whereby players could throw elbows at each other and still get away with just a common foul. The game is definitely softer now but the game is constantly evolving, you just can't compare them equally like they're the same.

@@alterhaudegen1 Wilt probably wouldn't average that. The standard of the era he played in wasn't that high.

The average NBA player is more athletic and more skilful than ever before. I'd expect Shaq and Yao to have much bigger impacts in today's game than AI. Look how dominant Embiid is in the post. Now just think what Shaq could do now.

@@MasterAppels Except Embiid can shoot the three ball. Shaq would dominate the paint but then he'd also look silly trying to defend centers outside the paint. AI thrived back when the league was dominated by big men. How much more today when very little defense is played and the league is dominated by guards who can score/shoot?

You got me dying 😂

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hahahahah

Bruh 😂😂😂🔥

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My favorite basketball player ever

In Jakarta?

@@lucky889s9 probably if not Palembang

He’s second to Olajuwon as my favorite rocket 🚀 miss you so much Yao !

@@voltorious7239 basket keknya cuma diadain di jakarta, kecuali event yg putri² itu di palembang

and yao be lookin like 7' 11"

Torso length vs leg length.

shaq looks like a point guard by yao

nigga AI be lookin like he 4'10

Eaglehh going to kindergarden and shit 😂

Lmaooooo he sure did 😭

Shaq behaves like that for all his life

Cuz he ain't know how to shut up. 💀

But shaq is wider in the shoulder and shit

He does look massive next to Shaq. Shaq's hunched over a little more than Yao, so that's part of it, but I guess that Shaq must have long legs, 'cause Yao didn't look that much bigger back when they were on the court.

You obviously didn't watch Rik Smits and Arvydas Sabonis play. They were both bigger than Shaq

Jonathan Blaze big Asian is little asian not satisfy women . so little asian

Jonathan Blaze me to I seen Jordan and Doctor J In at the Spectrum in Philly in 85"

Once, because he is a smart guy.

That has to be frustrating and annoying asf

Anybody 6'6 and over has to deal with that.

@@justaw2982 My 6'9" uncle barely ever has to deal with that in public buildings. Where I live all the doors are 7 ft plus

I'm 6'3 and have still occasionally struggled with furniture like small tables, chairs, mattresses, doors have been mostly okay, can only imagine those 7-footers.

its 2022, and its still lukewarm

It was soft when Shaq played too though. He acting like he was playing in the 80's. 🤣

@@AD-df5tm shaq played in the 90’s tho

He ain’t wrong tho.

omar hbvhhvhv I've never even heard him speak😅

Shaq didn't know he even spoke English for three years after he met him

He didnt speak any english when he first started in the NBA.

took him years lol wont be surprised if China forced him to learn that shit lol

I never heard him speak lol

And he make AI look 5'3

6'3 isn't tall, the majority of my freshman class (guys) is over 6'2

6'3" is taller than 90% of the population

6'3 is tall man i wish i was 6'3 that's the ideal tall height to have tbh..me being 5'9 be feeling small sometimes next to a 6'3 dude lmaoooo

Master A i meant what i said, given i do have a small class (50 guys) and about 45 are over 6'2

That’s what happens when u the smartest man in the room

@@WhoZxViRuZ or the one with the biggest mouth.

@@WhoZxViRuZ big mouth don’t mean smartest

I think Yao’s intelligence would make the interview boring so he let shaq do what he does best

@@Junior-es7mu shaq has a phd

That brought back memories straight to yao, he just started cracking up 😂

He was about to talk about being juked by Chris Jackson. aka, makmuhd abdul Rauf

He still feel the same 👌🏾😭😂🤣

I wonder if the myth that asians have smaller penises applies to Yao?

+Ryan Beckham Lol well not all Asians. That's always a common stereotype. Same thing with Asians being smart at math. That myth ain't true either. I had an Asian friend when I took Japanese classes and didn't like math.

Ryan Beckham damn yall be getting caught up by those white created stereotypes.

@@ryanbeckham8109 you know not all Asian people have small penises, especially if they are 7ft 9

Ayooo

Legends

thank u bruh. I deal with mfs teasing me like that too.

they had just lost to the Celtics and had been eliminated from the playoffs as well. He had a lot going on.

Exactly. And, there was some trade gossips too, and AI wanted to stay in Philly, so he was upset because of it, and his friends death. I don't like, this "practice" shit, because it's not fair.

balage76 you are so right, almost forgot about that, the Sixers had been threatening to trade A.I. every off-season for about 5 years. He was clearly not in the mood to discuss "practice."

James Y you right

😂😂 right

Yea but yao is sitting up straight and shaq isnt, but still shaq do look little lmao

@MANCHESTER UNITED Do you copy/paste that comment on every basketball video? Does it make you upset that the NFL, NBA, and MLB ALL generate more revenue than soccer, which is sad since soccer is worldwide. Just goes to show ya, the USA owns the planet. Feel bad about yourself, noob.

@MANCHESTER UNITED shut up, mate, no one is talking about football here

And AI looks like a high school student

And very gentle too

So thats him

@@patchuko82 I think it was a joke🤦

They won't get ripped jeans in their sizes

A.I culture he from the hood

Why would he change that's A.I he always kept it real

Nick Bailey and there’s taco fall 7’7

Riwaz Subedi tacko is 7’5 I think u mean Manute Bol who was a legit 7’7 guy

Yee skee oof thanks for correcting me

I saw a really old video on here a while ago of Wilt Chamberlain starting off a game and looking like he could be Shaq's dad, lmao

@@yeeskee588 Manute was taller but he was half the size of Yao in terms of build. Not a lot of guys over 7'0 built like Yao or Shaq.

Its called maturity

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@@Eb-dw3tq , *So true!*

He's just high af

He was always pretty humble

but all of them were sold at the same price.

facts nobody can gaurd any of these three

Harden could guard any of them :)

It will be like shaq in the fool when today players to guard them.

Yeah Harden can guard them with his nasty ass beard full of sweat and birds

HARDEN? We're talking about HARDEN? We're not talking about offense...We're talking about HARDEN and DEFENSE?..lol

most people are fake though, which makes the hate towards AI understandable.

@@justafanintexas7913 the student, that was what, 30 years ago? Thats what you mean? A crime he served time for, never repeated and isnt even clear how much of it was his fault? Intersting way to find a character flaw... And about the talking ability: I mean I could understand what he said, so maybe thats you...

@@justafanintexas7913 DAMM Wikipedia is lying again? And you know better? Good to know that we have people like you saying the truth...unless u didnt en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Iverson Moron

i'm pretty sure the documentary showed that he didn't do anything, he just left the bowling alley before the brawl escalated.

@@saxenas did you realize he lied about the "didnt serve time", and didnt apologize? @justafanintexas is a Jackass.

@Los Blancos lmao have you seen Rodman play at all clearly you don't know much about basketball iq

Not a chance. He’d be more effective, but greatest of all time? Hell no.

Damnnn finnaly says it

a a Did you get bullied in high school?

@@nelsonvontitfuk1471 lol no but I'd love to know why that's relevant

Nah T-Mac said Yao always knew how to speak English but he always pretended to not know how to speak.

johnnydaniels18 He wrote an article about Yao for his HOF induction. I know it was on Bleacher Report, but I think he might have written it for ESPN.

dafuqawew lmao he actually did have a translator. Anyways he's English is on point now. Congrats to them 3. Well deserved

hmm I didn't see yao with a translator tho, he always did the interviews or postgames by himself and he's quite funny. Maybe his later years?

He spoke some English when he first started in the nba but wasn’t fluent, and yes he did use a translator.

+Ben W best time of my life was 90's

No they weren't

It's only coming up on 2017. We're still in the early 2000's

WillyiamLy he's talking about the decade, we're in the 10s now. He misses the years 2000-2009.

Amen

Today’s game is crap.

The last 3 MVPs have been bigmen. 3 out of the last 4 Championships were won by bigmen. And yes I am including the 2020 Lakers because of how important Anthony Davis was even though LeBron won the Finals MVP.

We was talkin bout practice 😂😂😂

Mine too !

I like Iverson, but Ray Allen is my guy,

Same

Me too!!

Same!!

I was thinking this too lmao

Lol Ok, THAT was funny

@mason deeks nah, you just went to the wrong ones

Yup. They only showed that 10 second clip over and over until the world thought that's all he said. The media didn't even mention his friend that died, just that damn 8-10 seconds of him saying practice.

@@orthotech9758 I think it made his fans love him even more. I was a huge fan, my fav athlete throughout childhood and I loved him for this moment. He kept it real. Didn't act fake or cute for the press, his soul was hurting and he was being real It pains me to think AI is embarrassed about this, I loved how he was himself no matter who or how many cameras were pointed at him. Iconic player and iconic person.

Totally agree 💯

What does AI do on a daily basis nowadays?

explain to me how is the NBA today so much ''softer'' than 10-15 years ago?? With facts and numbers please not with just a phrase like ''because today the players are crybabies and pussies...'' Like how the average team of 2015/16 is softer than the average team of 2005/06? Please I would love to know... Stupidity runs wild here huh?

+Luckymag 2016 With numbers? Oh, so you can measure how soft or hard a team is? You're the stupid one here.

+ XxNeTrOINxX Tha's my point, you can't measure it by any means, it's just a childish thing to say because you have no way to defend it with facts on your arguments. When I asked for numbers, I was being ironic because I precisely knew there was no way to use numbers in that argument, so he was not gonna be able to give me an answer. And you, who understood it all wrong, called me stupid, ironic don't you think?

+Luckymag 2016 nba rule changes makes it soft, that's all. if you're actually old enough to have watched those (80s/90s/00s)games on tv, you would know why everybody says todays nba is much softer.

DVR that HOF ceremony last night.. that's the last time ull ever see my dude AI n a suit that fit lol

AI always has style. On and off the court.

He keeps it real

when you are 41 its time to grow up and stop keeping it real

He's comfortable, who cares?

Shaq is also a tremendous businessman, entrepreneur and has a doctorate in education...

Raul Salazar his corn rolls are crispy dog you got white boy hair lmao quit baiting

hahaha😂

What woulda happened if they were all on the same team?! Whooooo!

gay ask questions smh

EXACTLY!!!! WTF SHUT THE HELL UP AND LET AI ANSWER!!

Plus he didn’t even let allen finish his smh they can speak for themselves shaq.

Tamir Hall no it ain’t, Yao does look like a sweet man. Stop using gay as a slur you piece of shit.

Da fuq

Tamir Hall it’s “you’re”, not “your”. Jesus.

Lmao Iverson knows good and well nobody will forget that. He even jokes about now.

that shit is overdue tho

Cuz he is.

+Kyle Jaynes too much kush. needs to get on the sativa more often. lol

jpratx You got that right. I got just the thing for 'em...

@@kylejaynes2949 Where u at?👍

@@Texas_Cruiser sativa is kush lmao wym... is sativa and indica but they both kush 😂😂

mans stuck in the early 2000s with the baseball team hats

Eren Jaeger Better than following trends like a sheep

Nelson Vontitfuk I mean that was a trend in the early 2000s and AI was doing that back then so he was following a trend lol but he still continues to do it

@@ErenJaeger13 AI created the trends everyone else followed it

Dude, AI shot a low percentage because he had too little talent around him. When your opponents don't respect your teammates, it's much harder to get space to operate in. It's not even about the big men being soft or what not.

Thatæs not even. Mike Tyson was once asked about what he thinks of boxing today and if there would be anybody who could beat him or touch him at all and everybody were laughing, but he was very serious and said that he don't know. Because the sport has changed since he was active. They have more knowledge about how to get fit and stay fit, their workouts are better and more efficient and boxing today has built on boxing in the generations before. He was amazing in his era and one of the most dominant ever, but that doesn't translate it to him having the exact same career now. Every era has itæs own life. And I think this is also part of what AI understand. Every era is different. The trully great players of the game will probably be able to adapt and playu well in different era's. AI would most likely be an extreme athlete today and the most extreme athletes of today would most likely be able to adapt to earlier eraæs had they been given a chance. But yes...he's being veeeeeeeeeery modest. He'd tear it up in any era..

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@@adelachaudh2416 I don't understand why people think like that. People act like if the old timers played in today's game that they'd have 60's level technology, training and equipment, and it's so stupid, AI would have today's advancements as well as the other players, same for mike, stop acting like the old school athletes would have 1920's level technology while playing in 2018, it's stupid

@@damiester1 He didn't shoot a low pct because of being on a shit team. That's a BS excuse. Reason is bad shot selection. Simple as that.

depends on who was guarding him. AI wouldn't average 40 if kawhi was guarding him face up.

Well luckily not all 82 games are against the Spurs...

@@kohsmoger1567 he would get SEVERAL 60 point games per season. Like 10-15..

Koh Smoger he shoook Jordan outta his boots dummy

Yeah he gone go to the free throw line more than harden

What about everyone else lol.

Ai played in china

Shaq got blocked by Nate Robinson too

+harden savage dude that's not nice to say

Yilun Mao worlds not nice read the name bitch

+harden savage which name?

he was fouled, Nate knocked him with the elbow right after

Yep, america is down the shitter!💩🚽

its in the video

lmfao if u don't no who they r, rip

I hope one dude brings back the traditional big man style back

+Lebron James Kyle o'quinn could've done that but he wusses out.

+Lebron James Yao can in China

The game has changed. Just like it will. In the next gen, the game will change to something else and then peopel will say that the 2010's used to be awesome. The game is perhaps softer but don't forget that the also didn't allow zone defense before when Jordan played. So Jordan pretty much had 1 guy on him he had to beat. When AI came they wlloed zone defense. Who would be able to guard AI an entire night with almost no help? So the game changed for better and for worse. Allowing zone-defense made it easier to stop players with extreme individual abilities for instance. Shaq is talking like a big man. He likes the way he played and to him itæs probably sad to see that there are almost no players like him left. The dominant centers are gone and instead you have these incredible ball-handlers and shooters. Instead of fighting the ball under the rim they know shoow and that's neitehr good or bad. It's just a change in the way the game is played. It will change again.

+Fourth of a dwarf my bad i read it wrong I thought it said no one would be able to guard shaq in his prime

Kobe acted the same way as well.

He did. "Or worse" obviously in tje context and tone meant "or more"

the game so evolved in shooting threes they could score 50 but their down 30.

@@jeffersoncristobal6386 not ai

@@yngmilli1857 of course. i only said that Shaq and Yao may score 50 but they will be down by 30

@@yngmilli1857 ai would probably play like kyrie dat would be dope

Iverson always looked so tiny on the court, but i was still 6ft. That's tall.

it was perfect, that last interview was funny af, he said the word like 43x

He respects Yao and Hakeem the most in his era. Also Timmy D

Shaq always give Yao props. He knows Yao has skills for his height and can shoot for a C. Shaq always respects Cs who can shoot, while still post up like Yao.