Jacques Dominique Wilkins' Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech 

Glorious_Dominator16 absolutely

Glorious_Dominator16 you’re correct

Criminally no ...but underrated yes. The only thing missing from that phenomenal player was a Championship ring.

I have been beatin' that drum for years. He was amazing

That fourth quarter with him and bird going back and forth was incredible! Dominique has such a cool shot and dunk. I wish I could go back my time machine and go to basketball games throughout the 80s. That would be so cool.

Unbelievably graceful speech

WOW, Rocky.. YOU are so correct..

*TRUE STORY* When I was in 1st or second grade we had a class project that we would send fan letters to athletes and ask them to autograph their sports cards. I sent out fan letters to about 10 athletes and THE ONLY ONE who returned my cards autographed with a nice letter was *Dominique Wilkins* I will remember this til the day I die. You can tell he is a fantastic human being.

@@bitcoinethereum9702 brilliant.... i knew that dominique was a great person and a true gentleman.

Pull Walton off the list; Dominique by far deserves to be on that list

He should have got a ring

@@davidevans2992 Watch the Open Court episode on the Top 50 and listen to qualified people on this and why this is rather a ridiculous notion to push

@@davidevans2992 pull Lenny Wilkens istead.

​@@vdLeo-je6os dolph schayes.

Mine's too brother mines too

I'm with you bro..I rep. 21 because of Nic ..he was my guy! Miss watching those games ..on TBS in 87..

So handsome. AMAZING athlete! He was an amazing player. Fun to watch him.

+hyroglyphx Worthy and Bernard King were my favorite forwards but Nique was always fun to watch on "super station" wtbs.

Me too Todd. Have always loved this guy. Class act through and through

Nique is the reason i played and watched basketball. The 1st nba game i ever watched was hawks vs celtics in playoffs. The game he and bird went back and forth all nite. The celtics won that game but from that day wilkins was my favorite player all time and ive been a diehard hawks fan ever since. While everyone else was jumping on the MJ bandwagon. And while i hate the celtics to this day im so glad my dads a celtics fan cause otherwise i wouldnt of seen that game and chances are being so young i wouldve jumped on the MJ bandwagon like everyone else.

He also played very well in Boston in my opinion despite of his age and his torn achilles.

Shaun kemp

@@ja2415 He was the truth, but he's a few inches taller than 'Nique, that helped a little. I've met both of them in the past, solid dudes...

Agree. Best " put back " dunker too.

+indrajit taliwongso Should have been on the 1992 Dream Team instead of Scottie Pippen as well even though Pippen more than proved himself later on as one of the greatest players ever. Seems as if Michael Jordan was a very strong voice as to who was on that roster.

+SuperStupidcomment your comment is not stupid at all! why using that name?! hehehe

+SuperStupidcomment Scottie Pippen is underrated as a all-time great. A lot of people think he is barely a super star. Didn't dod anything. When MJ was gone for his first retirement, he lead the Bulls in every stats category. A ultimate defender, can guard the 1 through 5. Not many players can do that at 6 foot 8. Respect legends man.

+SuperStupidcomment Actually Dominique was injured during that time. He had a torn achilles.

bullfranthrow Yes he did, but I thought he played the tail-end of the 1991-92. I guess I was wrong

NeoNitty he’s the hero and idol for most players, not Michael Jordan !!

He tore his achilles in 92. But he was on Dream Team II in 94

Nique ridiculous talent. No better in game dunker including dr j and jordan.

Ididnt realize how great wilkins was till i looked at stats, Damn!

Should have been in the top 50 and should have been a first ballot hall of famer

He ain't winning it in '88, it was in Chicago remember .😅

Same. I watched SO many hawks games in gardnerville nv outside tahoe

I agree, should have been part of the 1992 Dream Team ....

He wasn't because of his achilles injury. Without that he probably would have been there.

Absolutely

vigalantee truth One of mine also !

Mine too

@ALF Raydough I agree! lmao

@ALF Raydough 1

Greatest

He tore his achilles in 92. But he was on Dream Team II in 94

He was injured. He was more on top of his game once his Achilles healed

Still the best ever at rebound dunking, and dunking his own missed shots. He wasn't deliberately passing it to himself off the back board like TMac and Vince either, he would dunk legit missed shots off the rim. What you said is very true and I think it is why Nique as a player is so misunderstood, he had a very unique style and almost superhuman athletic abilities. Its why he didn't fit the traditional mold of how the game "should be played", from the point of view of the basketball purists, who often where critical of him. Nique was a true original and his fans understand how great he was, how competitive he was, how much heart he played with, and how much love he had for Atlanta and the Hawks fans.

@@user2176 Well said my man

A lot of people seem to hear something said by someone else and just repeat it like mindless parrots. In that 88' game 7 game Nique had to guard Bird the whole game, but Bird switched off of Nique most of the time for an easier defensive assignment. I think that's why Bird had such a big 4th quarter, as he saved a lot of his energy not having to chase Nique around all game. But no one ever says Bird didn't play defense, they will instead say Boston used a smart defensive stategy. There was one play where Bird blows by Nique and it looks like Nique played bad defense, but Bird actually nails Nique in the face with a forearm shot as he is trying to deny the pass. Nique turns to the ref holding his face, which is why Bird got past him so easy. When it came right down to it, Nique could match Bird shot for shot, but Bird had no problem using a dirty tactic in a clutch moment to ensure the win. Nique almost had too much class to win like that, I think that's why the Hawks could never get past the Celtics or the Pistons.

@@user2176 "a lot of people seem to hear something someone else says and just repeat it like parrots" YES. True words.

not criminally. Maybe he should have won but Jordan had great dunks that Nique could NOT replicate - just like Nique had dunks Mj couldn't Just appreciate the competition. All in good fun.

@@AnHebrewChild I could see it that way too

The human highlight film, that's what they were calling him when he came out of college. The only thing that stood between 'Nique and a title was the Celtics, the Hawks were always there in the eighties.

He was cheated out of that dunk contest in Chicago

Wow, cool story.

As much as I love him T There are two. The cousins Vince Carter and Tracey Mcgrady, in my opinion.

@@vdLeo-je6os just shut up please , Wilkins was a monster dunk machine , he was able to dunk on anyone including big tall guys

@@moroccoisback477 Ι know that man. Im a huge dan of him since 1986.

Doc is the hero of most nba and aba players, long live the great julius Erving !!