Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explains how training with Bruce Lee helped his NBA career | SC with SVP 

Yep Angel and Bruce Lee trained all races. He did it at a time where he caught alot of shame from the oriental community. It's sad the good ones die young because they know to much and don't conform to society

The beauty of the great ones dying early is you will always remember them strong. Bruce died in his peak so he will always be remembered that way. Most def. my hero, also Kareem.

Bruce doesn't get credit. A lot progressive people were drawn to him, such as Kareem and James Coburn. And Bruce was not like his character in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." That was just a plot device.

@@donvaughn4239 *a lot* ,two words and *too* ,not to.

@@ARIZJOE that was a total joke. tarantino should be ashamed of himself. after he did that i realized his homages to martial arts movies is really exploitation of asian culture for profit. you don't say you love martial arts movies & then make fun of its ultimate symbol.

INDEED The men

Yup! I'm glad black culture loves martial arts and surprisingly, yall are nerds for anime too!

John Le who doesn’t love Bruce lee

@@YoungBlood507 theres a lot of haters lol. Saying he's fake, gets beat all the time, etc etc.

@@johnle1535 did you just assume my race bro im just playing. But i grew up with people who watched old movies like that. Im 20 he will always be an inspiration

Kareem was pretty important too.

ONLY BEHIND ALI

@@arickjohnson9982 Why do you think a man who allowed himself to get punched in the head repeatedly to the point of brain damage was the greatest athlete of the 20th century?

Custom Shade bahahaha I was gonna say something similar! Just watched the new season of Baki and they gave a lot of love to Ali too!

One of the most articulate one too. If not the most.

You definitely weren't around during his day if that's what you think. Kareem was an arrogant a-hole, and EVERYONE knew it.

Kareem Is One of The Best all Time. Anyone who knows about nba history knows that

By no means lost

@@Sunsets330 arrogant? Kareem was NOT arrogant, he was known for avoiding interactions with others actually. he didn't play games with the media like other athletes did at the time.

@@Sunsets330 just because he was avoiding people doesn't mean he was an arrogant ahole. He just didn't feel comfortable around medias

Yea he looks like he’s in his early 60s

Great genetics

Look like 20 years old

I would believe 53 way more than 73 if I didn't know anything about Kareem and had to guess his age.

He’s lucky, people who have a family hereditary of dementia or Alzheimer’s usually have it severe by that age

Yet he doesn't have a single recorded / documented fight 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Rokanza Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize you expected people to have smartphones they could easily record with in the 1950s, when Lee was with gangs and participating in street fights lmao.

@@rokanza2293 🤡

Palpa- Meme exactly

Terrian you are all idiots here, praising a philosopher for being the " gReAtEsT mArTiAl aRtIsT" with 0 fight records. hahah i pity fools like you

He's number 2 all time. No disrespect to him. If Bron wins another one he might eclipse Kareem

Titlebreaker lol... nah

I've been watching and reporting on basketball as a living for 30 yrs... Make sense of this statement, MJ was the greatest NBA player , Kareem was the greatest basketball player

@@shamadam1 well said. Undefeated in college is something unrepeatable - just like 3peating twice

@Sudhir Kakar The disrespect on LeBron though...

@@goodnightmunchie WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Man Bruce lee is an icon but Tarantino is wrong for not giving him respect

Tbh from all the pre talk before i watched the movie i honestly thought it was gonna be real bad. But it wasnt too bad, also Tarintino didnt do any favours by saying thats exactly how Bruce was. Also Kareem's one of the GOATS of basketball. Peace

Goodnight Munchie and you

@Ron Go12 In today's MMA? Nah, Bruce Lee actually participate in street fights with no rules, he would of excelled just like he did back then.

I can’t even imagine the speed difference I hope Bruce trained him differently considering his size lol

For sure Bruce trained him differently. I read an article that Bruce actual sought for a guy like Kareem. He wanted to test his technique to someone who has a different reach and physicality. And Kareem was recommended to him.

Bruce was extremely fit, with a very high muscle to fat ratio, high flexibility and stamina, plus way above normal fast twitch muscularity.

Bruce also said Kareem was one of the few people he had a hard time getting inside of during sparring.

Due not dew*

It's so important to hear these stories while he's still alive.

18 ppl did it so far. Bastards!

Daniel Orton- Make that 22, as of right now...

*Daniel Orton* "No one better not..." Why do you think everyone should dislike the video?

No doubt

Facts

Fact

Well said.

It drives home the only point of the art:absolute effectiveness

Goodnight Munchie, who?

He also studied the footwork of elite boxers, especially Ali. Bruce said he loved Ali's footwork, and used it his movies and training.

Lol looks like the one I got for my ps4

I whooped on him on 2k yesterday

No...Bruce lee is the GOAT...

@@d.n.adatniccalexxx You could argue Kareem is the GOAT as well...

Wrong BRUCE IS THE GOAT 🐐 PERIOD !!!!

Dude Bruce is not one of He is the Goat Simple as that

I know Bruce Lee is the GOAT, but to avoid arguments with people who say otherwise I said, "one of", to keep the Peace.

7'2" and yeah he'd have shattered Caps ribs.

Any MMA fighter in his weight class would most likely beat him

@@scottanthony7121 u know nothing about martial art.

Even Bruce would admit a professional MMA guy at today's level would beat him easily, simply because he wasn't skilled in other forms of martial arts. Kicking and striking, though valuable, can only take you so far. If Bruce Lee had several years of intensive training in high level Brazilian Jiu jitsu, wrestling, take down defense, etc. and gained some real competition experience, he probably could have been competitive in his weight class.

@@onespeedlite 🤦😂 you should probably do a little bit more research on what Bruce can and can't do. Also often time striking can take someone pretty far in mma. What do you think that got Jose Aldo, Conor, Adesanya and Alex Pereira that far? Was it they're wrestling, bjj or striking? Did they lose to a random mma guy?

Bruce Lee taught his students to enhance their assets and reduce their liabilities. As all of us have different qualities, each of Bruce Lee's students were instructed to their own unique skills.

Kareem is in the top couple. His longevity alone is amazing. I would probably put him second behind Jordan but I’m not that knowledgeable so I would defer to someone who knows more.

No less than top 2

@@xaviervega468 for me top 3

He is top 3 or top 4 all time, but people shouldn't ignore circumstances of success. Kareem had 2 years in his career where he didn't play with Oscar Robertson or Magic Johnson. Imagine if Kobe had played 18 years with Shaq. Or if LeBron 15 years with D-Wade or AD. Or if KD had Steph for 10 years. You can argue Pau Gasol, Kyrie Irving and especially Russ are great players as well, but it's about 2 all time greats on 1 team. And the Big O and Magic are historically on another level than Gasol, Kyrie or Russ. If u regard these things, the number of chips gets harder to compare. Even MJ had one of the best small forwards of all time next to him on all six chips. From that perspective, the only thing separating MJ is 6 Finals MVP and his teams never losing in the Finals. And the biggest winner of all time, Bill Russell, had 6 hall of famers on his team. All in all it feels like MJ is the real g.o.a.t., but as the NBA is 5-on-5 instead of 1-on-1 it's hard to really prove.

Greatest what?

@@Romamb , greatest Center, greatest basketball player, greatest shot in basketball history: The hook shot!

my man top 3 for sure

It doesn't mean he has a Xbox