People don’t realize he was athletic and quick his first few seasons. And then tendinitis and other tears made him lumber after 86. The most impressive part is he adapted and relied on savvy. I can only imagine if he was still athletic during his MVP years. That would’ve been insane.
@@joemartin1253 Nah, you either blind or trying to be part of "special" squad It wasn't early 90's when dribbling between the legs and with left hand was normal You excited with point guards posting up at the 3pt line? Cool
why do you ppl keep saying he was underrated because he wasn't... he's been acknowledged in every modern nba game for about a decade so his presents is here its just most fans of the game are pretty young and his impact to the game wasn't on the lvl as his historical contemporaries in his position so it makes perfect sense he doesn't get talked up like that..
@@aitortilla5128 I say that he was Theus did not have the talent around him in his career like Magic did in Los Angeles.Put the man known as RIVERBOAT REGGIE on those Laker squads and they wouldn't skip a beat.
@@urbananalrapist i used watch artis gilmore at cobo hall few time , he played like modern day wilt except he was a lefty and had a hook shot, underrated center even through he in the basketball 🏀 hall of fame,
Media today likes to fuel false narratives that he couldn't dunk nor could he shoot well, when truth is he would have been the most unstoppable individual player this side of Wilt if he hadn't recognized the talent around him and his role to make them better for the sake of championships. TOday's media are hype men, not journalists who give informative analysis about players and teams past nor present.
Despite not having a deadly quick crossover, Magic was one of the most graceful and fluid ball-handlers in the open court/bringing the ball upcourt. I remember trying to mimic that his spin move he would use when I was in elementary school in the late 80s. I recall him using it against the Celtics in one of the '87 Finals Games.
@@rashard4 anybody in their right mind knows Artis Gilmore, Bob Lanier, Elvin Hayes were the best centers during the early seventies. These new millennials don't know real ballers and you could hand check the ball handler in those days.
@@rashard4 magic was a set shot shooter, wasn't known for his shooting, he was not a pure shooter. Like Ray Allen, Chris Mullin, . Earl the Pearl Monroe was the first to utilize and implement the spin move. Y'all a**holes give Magic too much credit. I saw wilt and Russell battle at least a dozen and a half times. When Jabbar came out of college: Artis Gilmore, Bob Lanier, Elvin Hayes were definitely their equals, as a fact Elvin Hayes beat Jabbar in college but lost to Jabbar in NCAA tournament.
@@aarondigby9859 I said it was a great move. I stand by it. Get to steppin' your bs drivel elsewhere son. I've been watching basketball longer than you've been alive times two. Keep scrolling past my posts please since you do not know how adults communicate.
I love this clip, what an awesome team with Artis Gilmore, Reggie Theus, Larry Kenon, David Greenwood. It's a dunk parade, and the LA Lakers with some magic style from Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Norm Nixon and company. Man, if I could only go back and watch this game from the front court seats. Artis Gilmore had some great moves, and could dunk with power. Seeing him go against Kareem is just amazing. More of this please!
Theus was great to watch, many people forget or don't know, always really flashy, could really pass the rock. Pretty good dunks on this one, and Gilmore really got Kareem on that one, noted that he was super strong.
What's funny is when people talk about great centers, Gilmore, Bellamy and the likes are never mentioned. IF ARTIS GILMORE PLAYED TODAY, HE'D BE THE BEST CENTER IN THE NBA BAR NONE!
Man, that was fun to watch. It's great to see a fastbreak where the passing leads to a finish at the rim. I recently saw a 4 on 1 fastbreak and the assist was kicked out for a 3 ball. Smh
Then they drafted Orlando Wooldridge after Greenwood play some years with them. Talking about a powerful dunker who dumped with both hands pretty damn good. It's so many good players out there man who if they were playing in today's league would still be all stars and very good players they would probably say wow no hand-checking bump and grind down under the hoop
Lettuce be real. Today's NBA athletes today are the "superior" athletes/players/talent.... Seriously though, I'm mocking the many people today who believe past era's were like the stone age of basketball... This sequence looks as stunning as anything you could ever see in today's game. Yet good luck even finding action this intense in today's game. The game has devolved into "me" ball where guards and forwards pound the ball slowly at mid court waiting for a selfish 1 on 5 isolation move
Today's game is boring as f. Ratings don't lie. Bring back defense, bring back the post up game, how about some teams with DISTINCTIVE styles of play!? What a concept!
THis was the style of play in the time frame of 79 - 85 for the Lakers and a few other teams.It started to slow down to a more defensive and transistional game with the rise of the Pistons in 88 on thru the 90's. Lakers were the king of the Greyhounds though, 85 being the Peak year for them.
Theus was hated because he was a pretty boy, he was a "6ft 7in" Magic Johnson. Walter Davis was so sweet dogg 4r4r. Nicest pull up jumper in the bidnis
Reggie Theus has never gotten the acclaim that he should have received he was just as imaginative a playmaker as Magic Johnson and he was the forerunner of Scottie Pippen.
One of my biggest regrets, as far as not getting to see certain players play, was a prime Artis Gilmore, and to some degree, Reggie Theus. I got to see Artis a few times during his short Celtics tenure, at the end of his career. Thanks for these videos.
That version of the NBA is simply superior to the modern version.Damn nice video and a Larry Keenan sighting and I had forgotten about the Bulls pre-Jordan teams with David Greenwood and Artis Gilmore,Reggie Theus et al...
Special K was a all star many times when he came in the mergee with the Spurs in the ABA another great player who played with my all time favorite play Julius Dr. J Erving as did the great George Iceman Gervin while on the Nets
Or was that the Virginia Squires where Doc and Gervin were team mates. Man that woulda been ridiculous if they both played on the same teams at their primes
Opponents were extremely lucky that Artis was a man of God and a gentleman. If he had a mean streak, turn out the lights! The party would have been over.
Many rate Gilmore the 2nd strongest NBA player ever. But numero uno by far was Wilt. He played, at the end h a of his career, vs Gilmore in an NBA ABA all-star game. Artis made the mistake of getting Wilt mad and there is a clip of Wilt shoving Artis backwards like nothing. Gilmore was great though, with his strength, speed and sweet hook shot and power dunks.
NOW DEMS THE GRIZZLY BARE FACTS it was no big deal for The A Train aka artist Gilmore to power slam over everybody in the league. And that left hand made it even more harder to stop. He was a very menacing player on Defense 2
@ExplosiveThinMan It's funny that when the Bulls drafted Reggie back in '78 the scouting report said "great defensive player, excellent passer and super quickness". I guess 2 out of 3 ain't bad. He got the rep from helping to shut down North Carolina's Phil Ford who never became the great player they thought he'd be.
i remember people changing the channel to golf or just going into another room and i was thinking WOW you are missing the living legends of all time and you will never see players like this again and you don't even give a damn
The Magic of his first years was amazing. It's unfortunate that we don't get to see many of this games. That spin move he made in this game was amazing.
Agreed. I personally have him at No. 7 on that list (No. 8 if Sabonis had come to the NBA back in '86 like he was supposed to). I don't see him dropping any lower than that, though. He was so damn good in his heyday, yet kept getting overlooked in the process. I guess the NBA never forgave him for choosing the ABA over them, lol...
He (Artis) often did. Overpowered Kareem constantly when they played. Kareem countered a bit with his finesse and smarts, but no one had Artis' power in his day.
@@SniffyPoo artis gilmore was known as the strongest nba player in his day, but basketball 🔋 power is different explosive something weightlifting cannot bring
Great clip, thanks for posting this. The Bulls were up for the Lakers and beat them at their game. No muscling, pushing and shoving. This is the fun side of baseball.
holy Toledo Earl the Pearl eat your heart out :28. and LeBron and Jordan and many others they aint makin that spin move that fast in transition with another dribble and finishing left
WAAAAAAAIT MAGIC'S SPIN MOVE. WAS SWEET AND PERFECT IN AND OF ITSELF . BUT THEN THE BROTHER DUNKED THE BALL WITH HIS LEFT HAND ( HES A RIGHTY ) SO NATURALLY I DIDN'T. EVEN CATCH THAT UNTIL A 2ND VIEW OF THIS GREAT VIDEO
Artis Gilmore is an underrated Center who is a beast inside the post. He is known for his defense from his days from Kentucky Colonels, to the Bulls and the Spurs. Reggie Theus is an underrated guard who can run the floor and score at will.
This was when the NBA was fun to watch. I just watched 2 minutes and there were ZERO 3-point shots attempted. In today's NBA, in 2 minutes, there would be 40-50 3-point shots attempted.
