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That 84 draft was LEGEND!!

Isiah

@@soundsscenesbymarcus5981 I didn't realise Chuck was in 1984. So they had The Dream @ #1, Jordan @ #3 and Barkley @ #5

@Not Robot 3D is a legend. Did you not see his speech at the basketball camp?

@@shyyou93 and #16 John Stockton

Terry Stotts I feel like Chris Webber is like that too and although he won one on the way out I feel like Gary Payton is like that too

Chuck doesn't play favorites even to himself...he's real

when did webber won?

csaba dobos he meant Gary Payton it’s just the way he wrote the sentence it looks like he meant Webber

It pains me to see that people make fun of chuck for not winning a ring, particularly Shaq one of my favorite players. Chuck didn’t had enough help to be champ.

Agreed

you must have never seen Willis Reed against the Lakers broke my heart but what a gutsy performance

I’m a zeke fan & if he was healthy for game 7 they win the chip 88 89 & 90 3 Pete

@@oldermusiclover In retrospect, if a player in today's game, 2024, gets his thigh muscle torn, he's done for the season, Willis Reed still played through it embodying the desire to be great. Now for players, an injury would make them happy because they got an excuse to party around with their boys. Nobody plays through a minor injury anymore since these kids are spoiled af. They're like, oh I feel sick let me get some load management, but you'll see them celebrating on the bench, like dude you got an ankle injury but you can jump and celebrate?

@@johnpaulgonzalez9016 I have to agree in many ways but I also think because they are making ubsurded (sorry about the spelling) amounts of money coaches and owners are much more careful about what happens to them in fact the money and the No team loyalty by players and owners(as far as cities go) is what has turned me off from pro football basketball and baseball used to be a huge fan of all three and had my favorite teams I routed for all the time

Jason, classic moment. kevin had been there several times, to the finals. he was telling isiah dont just be happy to be there. go there and win it. they almost did.

paul thomas thye got robbed in 88 finals

Blue Planet phantom foul on Kareem despite the broken ankle game

I think they've all had that feeling. Isaiah lost a game 7 finals in '88 (and after that terrible call in game 6) so he knows. Shaq for swept in a finals and lost to my favorite team ever the 2004 Pistons in a "5 game sweep" so he knows it. Dennis Scott lost in the finals with Shaq and McHale lost in the finals. So I think they all feel it and empathize with Chuck because he never won one.

Still be hilarious if the Big Fella had hit him witta "I don't know you. I don't wanna know you. I don't like you."

Honestly one of the most insightful and heartfelt moments I have seen in something sports related.

@@Balonious_Crunk Chuck is on another level when it comes to basketball commentary. I've gotten to appreciate him more and more as I've gotten older. He doesn't need to be a total loudmouth saying outrageous and contrarian things to get people's attention.

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He has a gold medal, many champions dont have that

@@OnlyOneBoomer not only that, he was the top scorer on the team too

@@ILOV3BUTT3R a lot of people seem to forget how good Chuck was because of his funny sports analyst persona from recent years.

@@loungekiller 100% agree Chuck had a game in the 93 WCF where he had over 40 points and over 20 rebounds chuck was a beast

@@OnlyOneBoomer i>ii up

Jose Cordero tf

I Agree.

It’s really good but too expensive.

@@gobot581 how expensive?

That part where he's talking about having the other team down and being prepared to just rip their heart...man, that's just so real and gives an understanding of why these guys are so great. Shaq knew.

Isaiah Thomas is just a bitter hateful guy

@Jeffrey: I don’t know why you would say that as Isiah has matured more than most men and some of the most outrageous things he did as a player hurt him the most. It cost him a spot on the Dream Team and he knows it.

10h?? thats short. make it every day

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There's just something about listening to vets talk about their passion and how it was in their heyday that's so captivating, honestly I could listen to these oldheads for days on end😅

I’m not trying to be that guy but if Kobe was here then it would be amazing all I gotta hear is Shaq and kobe

Totally agree

Dude, he is no where near 6'1". It is clearly noted and recently admits to lying about his height. Now, the other lies he has not to yet

@Nico Toscani He had lifts on😄. Dude, I was next to him and he was not 6'1".

I'm 6'4 1/2 but with basketball shoes on I'm 6'6"

He look like he 6'1. It ain't like he lied about being 6'8 or something.

Unless you measured him yourself then he's 6'1

Right?! All in the feels. That's super dope!

Yes that was the best moment other then Isaiah talking about his mother when he was inducted into the hall of fame. Wow. Even better was Dionne Sanders talking about his mom and how he created P.R.I.M.E. Time, his altered ego. Wow, this was the best episode of the series. When you hear what goes on in an athletes mind and heart, especially then, when I felt the athletes loved the competition with their peers more than the building of super teams.

To me Kevin McHale is the absolute best power forward ever. He could not be stopped in the block. He had to down shift his game for Larry Bird and Robert Parish. A man of a 1000 moves. If he wasn’t hurt, he should have been a top ten player if all time in my opinion. I know he didn’t have the numbers, but he could not be stopped. And if the medical technology is now, and the way they travel now, and the way the game is so soft now he would dominate.

Time stamp.?

@Sid Michael It starts at about @5:15. It really is a beautiful story; I feel great for him and his mom.

Charles and that suns team was Jordan and the bulls hardest championship to win

I wish he won one🏆still one of my TOP TEN PLAYERS......CHUCK BROUGHT FLAVOR N EXCITEMENT TO THE GAME.... CHAMPION IN MY EYES FOR SURE SURE..🏆🏆🏆🏆

@@urfavoritebarber2573 no it was Charles by himself againist pippen and Micheal 😭

It really is. If there is one person who deserves a ring it's Charles. He just happened to come across a slightly better team with a slightly better star. People forget how great the bulls were in defense

@@jspi04 Charles had Kevin Johnson who was a beast.

He did draft Tracy McGrady out of high school when a lot of teams really didn't have Tracy McGrady high on they're bored.

Totally agree

@@pp3k3jamail his knicks stint?

@@RafsanS15 the Knicks had bad GM before Isaiah Thomas remember Scott lyden he's the one who handed out God awful contract before Thomas got there then the Knicks had Donnie walsh who stunk. I'm not a Knicks fan but the Knicks haven't had a good GM since Erine Grunfeld who there from 1991-1999, and Erine Grunfeld was solid as the GM with Milwaukee bucks from 2000-2003 but he suck with Wizards after he left the Knicks and Bucks.

@@pp3k3jamail i mean zeke gave Eddy Curry huge contract that made NY didn't have solid future pick, Marbury & Houston didn't meshed well. Also knicks had payroll that twice from salary cap

😂😂😂

😂 no but he was avg 27 and 11, he also had a game in that finals where he had 36 and 20

Pistons strategy was to let him get his and lock down everyone else, and it worked well. They could throw Ben Wallace and Rasheed at Shaq without doubling and Kobe wasn't mature enough to take what the Pistons were giving them.

@@KZ3fps or he was mentally and emotionally not there. Imagine going through a rape trial and everyone on the team hating you. On Kobe and Shaq's 1v1 interview Kobe admitted on being selfish that series.

He had 36 and 20 in game one

He sounded like he was about to choke up

You are right

Why didn't Isiah just go to his graduation? - Vince Carter, probably

@@RicardoAGuitar he was too busy making million dollars deals. So he had his mom go for him and made many dreams come true with that action

That was such a wonderful thing for his mother to experience. Isaiah Thomas was competitive af, and he is also equally a really good dude.

Misunderstood from who? …even by you not being fan before……

Isiah grew up as a huge Celtics fan also.

Yeah that got me too

yeah but it's always fun lol

Got to keep it fresh. Why tell the same story twice?

He aint a saint but damn the disrespectful and media assination he got in those years is just sad.

He has a ton of heart and played like it. A lot of the same characteristics Jordan had but was villianified for it.

@@JonathanWaterbury The biggest of facts. Most of the great ones have similar personalities.

love listening to isiah

@@JonathanWaterbury fax, jordan could’ve been the evil guy had the media put that narrative on him. they were both extremely competitive guys that were willing to do anything for glory

Everyone references MJ, Scottie, Phil and the Triangle Offense but at times, the offense would get cold or guys would give Jordan the ball, stand around and watch which obviously isn't good for an offense predicated on ball movement and spacing. The real Bulls, and any true basketball head that saw the dynasty in real time knows that team always fell back and relied on its defense which at times was so suffocating, that teams had a rough time just getting the ball over half court. It was called the "Doberman Defense" and when the Bulls turned it on, good luck.

Joseph hmmmm I never thought of that! Great idea

Bill Laimbeer is a Great Coach In the WNBA I don’t think he has time for these stuffs

Joseph then laimbeer and bird start throwing hands 😂

Yeah, I'd probably say bring Dumars instead of Lambier lol

Larry Bird and Bill Laimbeer in the same room? Not happening.

That's why I like D Scott. He knew his role and his place. Wasn't tryna be something he wasn't like Kenny sometimes lol.

TNT should bring open court back.

Chuck definitely has a great pathos to his storytelling which balances out his humour.

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@@Slimebal_7 A bunch of them are missing now, is there any way you can re-up?

@@drumtracksdirect Wow i honestly forgot I made this playlist, almost a half milion views what tf :o I think some episodes are completely removed by youtube

@@Slimebal_7 Some episodes flat out don't exist anywhere, which is seriously annoying.

I AGREE.

You can't admit defeat like that when you're playing, gotta keep team morale.

Because you can't admit it at the time.

Stories are tainted by personal agenda. But, discerning knowledgeable fans can distinguish between the BS. and facts or truth. But, he will certainly fill a gullible follower with horse manure. 😆. Yet, he always provides a engaging perspective of the NBA.

Exactly James Bowser. He talks about how he respects and learned from the Celtics but leaves out the part where he says if Bird was black he would be just another guy. Or that he spread a rumor that Magic was gay. He always mentions the disrespect the Pistons got but does not talk about what the Pistons actually did to make that happen.

@@aleksandarradojevic2564 everyone has had their issues, Bird called Dr. J the N-word and as a role model for America Magic committed countless adultery against his wife......piling up on Zeke is emotionally fandom

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@@Slimebal_7 thanks my man

Same. I was born in 1981 and live in the UK so remember growing up during the Jordan era. I've never actively followed B'Ball but I remember the early to mid 90s legends like Ewing, Robinson, Barkley etc through playing games like NBA Jam. I wish I understood more of the B'Ball terminology when they start talking technical lol!

That double on Charles, it's interesting you watch dan marejle miss that wide open base line jumper...

Suns was the best team in the nba that year up until the finals

@@EE-bg1de That was definitely a brick!

I'm a Sonics fan. Imagine how we felt.

except for Bill Russell. you can count in 1 hand the years he didn't win. and he's still probably pissed that he lost

Magic Johnson dominated most of the decade.

Magic won as a rookie. Bird won in 81 so his 2nd or 3rd year. People forget mj it took awhile to win b/c the east was so tough. Celtics pistons & 76ers in the 80s. The Knicks sadly Ewing & mj were the same age so they had such a great rivalry but mj of course was better & Ewing really never had much help esp in his younger years. The best he had were 2 cba guys in starks & Mason so those were guys the Knicks didn't draft or trade for. They were Cinderella stories. I honestly believe pat Riley screwed up badly when the Knicks team of 92 took the bulls to 7 Jordan said that was the one time he called his dad nervous. That Knicks team should have stayed together. How do u get rid of a young mark jackson a ny native & the team leader & the x man who if u watch in 92 was killing the bulls. Riley I get felt he needed to add something to beat the bulls but I think being it was only his first year w/ that group keep em together for the next year & see if the chemistry gets even better. Instead he fell for Charles Smith & sadly that was a bust. So he let x man walk as a free agent & traded 25 year old mark Jackson for Smith & a past his prime doc rivers. Worst mistake. Plus I liked starks coming off the bench b/c he was so streaky it was maddening. He was brilliant or horrendous from game to game half to half at times. Gerald Wilkins wasn't his brother but having starks as ur only 2 guard really showed in the finals. Brilliant in game 6 single handedly almost winning the title than game 7 , 2 for 18. I was shocked Riley didn't tell him to stop shooting. Like the rockets actually were laying off him in the 4th & all just waiting for the rebound.

reggie called MJ "Black Jesus"

@@christianbrianenad9803 and "that black cat" - source: the last dance

It was bad luck when he crossed your path.

@@christianbrianenad9803 Earl Monroe is Black Jesus, you have the two mixed up

I remember Kobe learned that players called MJ "Black Cat" and refused to call him that 😂

LOL Facts

McHale thought his story about busting Mahorn was so funny. THat shut up McHale really quickly....lol

@@spy1965If that’s the first time he found out about that, how would you take that story? It’s funny and kind of gross! Kevin McHale was a lot better player than Rick Mahorn. The late 80’s Pistons we’re playing some great basketball and they’ve got the Championships to prove that fact. I’ll give them all the credit as a Celtics fan, but I still don’t like Laimbeer. He could rebound and shoot, but he was a bit dirty.

My nana was a die hard pacers fan and a closet Celtics fan. She loved Reggie, mostly because he can flip that switch (knicks) and who he was off the court and what he did for our home state. But she also loved Larry Bird. She knew him personally from her days working in administration at the prestigious isu lol. She also loved Larry because of his competitive nature and how he talked trash. Miss watching Reggie play Rip nana

@@codeysnow2980 Rip Nana. That’s wonderful Codey! I’m glad you got to enjoy that with her. I tell ya, sports can connect an entire town, city, state, and Country

He was Tim Duncan before Tim Duncan

He had the best low post moves.

If Kobe passed more he prolly woulda. Man was averaging 26 on 63% lol.

@@coolioth2843 there's a reason he only out put up 26 u clearly didn't watch the finals Shaq was way too passive, he saw the double and just passed to bums who he wanted to recruit that held the Lakers back. GP and malone were trash

@@lebronblew5finalsnottop5ne22 you are correct, But the late great in his own words has taken responsibility for the Detroit loss as well. So you cant take him completely off the hook. He said he should have utilized his team better and read better what Detroit was doing.

@@mlg2781 nothing him or kobe could do. Their team was terrible. They lost all their shooters in free agency, didn't replace one. U can see the roster , they're all bums. Karl malone clogged the paint , go couldn't shoot or guard anyone anymore. I blame management

@@lebronblew5finalsnottop5ne22 you didn’t watch the finals. Kobe was too busy shot jacking and was playing in the Pistons hands.

Precisely.... after his third first round exit without Durant

*The Westbrick

This aged very well.

@@paraisoinformativo he's gonna be a player who could have been good and pissed it all away for stats like iverson

Underrated comment

That’s how you know he is a cool cat! He is allowed in spaces he technically shouldn’t be.

PJrackmack J.R if you get once in your career to the finals you better win it all

GOAT _ unfortunately not everyone does

PJrackmack J.R yep. You have to have a great team and be healthy

Stuff like that stays with you, never forget.

Cameron Kinnan how can you forget your first sex weed etc experience. Championships are drugs to these athletea