Latrell Sprewell ESPN SportsCentury | 2003 | The CRAZY Life x Career Of Spree 

one of my fav players of all time. Got his jersey in 94 and still have it !

I thought, for 25 years, that Latrell was a bad person; in watching this program, I learned a lot. Peace Out Latrell.

One of my top 5 favorite players all time. Man was a beast and put it all out there on the court.

You never let me down, Latrell. Granted, these players do need to be professionals, but these coaches do abuse their power from time to time.

I wish Spree will be in and episode of 'All the Smoke' soon. He was unfortunate he didnt have a Phil Jackson through his life

In NBA live 95 he was the best shooter

Latrell Spreewell chokes his coach and gets suspended for a year. Draymond Green socks a teammate and gets a slap on the wrist..

Spree was playing very well for NYK/Minnesota

That’s not even what happened. Carlissimo was constantly yelling at him and calling him a POS and all that. They railroaded him.

Played pick up game with him at Alabama! He throw me a pass and I scored!

Felton Spencer was looking like the Big Show back then.

He wasn’t pulled away by his teammates, his teammates also hated PJ, he was pulled away by the other coaches, please get your facts straight.

Very few players drove the lane like him.

Latrell Sprewell may have missed a few late 4th quarter shots in his career, but he only choked once, in my opinion.

Imagine if there was a video on that incident during practice between Sprewell and PJ.

Back when ESPN was good!!

Well written. Sprewell's was exploited and was too immature to capitalise, all that time nobody noticed his loose marbles (that is why I claim exploitation). He needed counselling and anger management training. Your documentary put a real spin on his situation, didn't know he punched Carlissimo too! Spree was leading the NBA in scoring right before that happened, he made the league a lot of money (he was Steph before Steph in Golden State,) his story is tragic, for him!

Golden State got fleeced in that trade

I loved him when he came to New York and we made that run in '99, but what he did in GS was wrong as hell. Basketball today is garbage because players have no one to tell them to do it differently.

All remember is him saying I can't feed my family off of 21 mil

Not enough of a penalty he should have been charged criminally. Coaches job to enforce rules spree didn't follow league and team rules and got mad because his boss at the time tried to enforce them. Also he attacked pj twice the second time happening 30 minutes after the first incident

Yow Sprewell was a Beast wht he did to the coach was wrong but he admitted he was wrong and he dealt with it, but as a player he was Awesome and if he never got into tht incident with coach he wudve been the next Face of the NBA. He played his Heart out on Both Teams .... GSW & The NEW YORK KNICKS.

If it wasn't for the tire rim, I wouldve never known who he was, & i live 45 minutes away from the garden.🌆

Hated when the knicks traded him

There are millions of folks that come from divorced families, and poverty. We don't grow up assaulting others. It seems Sprewell didn't get along with teammates or coaches.

I do not think of the incident as much as the way that he played on the court. He was smooth and fun to watch. I am thankful for the Players Union they did what they were supposed to do to keep the powers that be from having knee-jerk reactions to what the players do. Stern was not the best comissioners when it came to handling issues of race which was staring him right in the face with so many Black players in the league and no owners at the time and very few Black coaches. The auduence is usually 80% white and only know what they read in the news about Black people. It is 2022 and not much has changed. Draymond Green (GSW) punched his teamate in practice but in the age of social media it was caught on phone camera. No one even knows about the Warriors and Latrell and the two fights in practice with bigger guys. Green had the size on the second year player Jordan Poole. It seemed like a big bully picking on the new kid. After Spree sighned with the Knick he was allowed to reboot his image and people saw that he had a lot more to him than BB or his temper. His temper kept him alive on the streets as it does with many Black men but it will eventually eat you up. White organization pay you to entertain them they want you to shut off all that you are like magic. Again, it is the same as it ever was... Good song. Talking heads. I knew that this dilema existed in the NBA at a young age and vowed never to play more than 5 years no matter how much they offered me, so as not to allow white people think that that is all I could do - entertain them and not stand up for the system of racism in this country. I had a Kaepernick attitude years before he was even born. Lol!

I want to close pj to

If I could be any other player I be sprewell…Iverson

I couldn't stand carliessimo either That being said, nobody else did what spreewell did He got what he deserved

ESPN corny as hell for starting his story off with that chocking incident instead of starting it from the beginning like they usually do. Strong willed black men like sprewell aren't likes by the media and society. Sprewell is a much more smarter and intelligent person than this video and the media tried to paint him. He's a very chill person but pj tried to pull that dictatorship on him... Spree had the talent to be mentioned as one of the top ten players of that era but somehow none of his coaches had the vision nor intelligence to see that

PJ should never had been allowed to coach in the NBA, he was a college coach.

As a teenager, I watched this go down and I knew that it was a one sided inaccurate presentation. Years later, we find out how much of a dick Carlissimo was. If the races were reversed, the coach would have been the bully, and the player defended himself.

Oh yeah but when it come ta Vick yall love dogs

How is it not his fault???

Carliesimo deserved it!!

the 99 and 00 knicks and 04 wolves went far not facing legends like jerry west larry bird magic johnson michael jordan kareem abdul-jabbar oscar robertson bill russell and wilt chamberlain

ok knicks vs warriors superstar willis reed wasn't as elite as nate thurmond let alone the legendary wilt chamberlain

That white boy tried Spree got chocked and Spree paid the price. Good ole America

to be TOTALLY honest i did do and will SOMEWHAT like latrell sprewell