The Most Underrated Player in NBA History... According to me 

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Steph Curry. Until everyone starts ranking him in the top 5 I wont stop sayin curry

Wilt. He's by far the best ever and no one else is even close. It should be WIlt and then someone else at number 108 or so.

@@fortnitejake850Curry - or anyone else currently playing couldn't have made a starting roster in the 80s.

Like that's a crime not winning a title when Jordan's Bulls and Olajuwon's Rockets are around.

Facts suck. It's not just that he needed Duncan to win, but that Pop tanked an entire year on purpose to get Duncan. No respect for that.

Robinson hadn’t a #2 guy (before Duncan) and no shooting around him like the Rockets did. He was elite

@@porcupinecraigso how many free agents choose the Spurs? The draft is the only way to improve for them. Can’t blame them

Damn. I guess The Admiral was alright too…

Lol, that is a good pick. Almost no one talks about Scola anymore.

Who? I am clearly a newbie

@labiodentale Basically a tremendous overseas player, who then came to the NBA and was pretty good. He was a Rookie of the Year candidate and was a quality contributor to the Rockets in the late 2000s. I also think he had some of the most underrated footwork in NBA History. You wouldn't describe him as an NBA legend, but he's worth remembering.

I always wish the spurs had kept Scola

I met David Robinson in Aspen Colorado when I was 12. He was super nice, and talked to me and a couple other kids for a long time. He even signed a couple basketball cards I had of him.

7 foot tall Mr. Rogers

​@@chrisbarnett5303lol. True

To be fair, Hakeem totally destroyed him in that series. Robinson did somewhat underperform at times in the playoffs. He would have never won 2 championships without Duncan. That doesn't take away from Robinson being a great player.

"stayed that way all through his prime on a bad team." Not sure if Robinson was ever on a bad team....

@@vineelkesavarapu5736 Yeah that was Hakeem's cinderella run and to boot he did a repeat so I dont have him over Hakeem but its closer than ppl think.

@@kenbillings6560 lets go with inconsiatent since his most famous teamate before Duncan was Rodman. I think those Spurs teams were only a threat I thinknin 1995 the rest were pretty meh. The swason before they tanked

@@andrewcook1246 pretty obvious you wasn't around to watch basketball back then. Spurs a "bad" or "inconsistent" team?? Lmao. They were one of the best in the west before Robinson injury and Duncan arrival I think the fewest games they won was like 47 which still had them easily in the top half of the playoff seeds. Then what does Robinson "most famous" teammate gotta do with anything. For one, Rodman has only gotten the amount of attention or acknowledgement in the past 10 years and I think that's got alot to do with younger fans or lbj fans need to try and diminish Jordan succes by promoting Rodman and therefore establishing that Jordan had more help. Second, Rodman wasn't looked at as an asset to any team in the league after Detroit. Anything he added in rebounding or defense, he normally gave back with his lack of self control and inability to be involved in off court, team meetings and practices. Phil Jackson knew he could"corral" Rodman is why the bulls got him and no bulls fans were happy at first. Media called it a stupid move and genius of the spurs to get rid of him. Third thing. Forget players "fame". Robinson had very good teammates early on in Rod Strickland and Terry Cummings. Then came Sean Elliot who ended up being an Allstar. Then Dale ellis, Avery Johnson, and Vinny del negro who were all great supporting cast. I'd even throw JR Reid in there as he was the spurs Rodman before Rodman. Just really can't see someone making such wrong statements and not try and correct. People these days read a comment and believe it. Spurs were a very good team. One of the best in the west from 89-90 onwards.

Absolutely! Only Kareem, Hakeem, Wilt, and Shaq were better on offense (maybe Duncan), while only Olajuwon and Russell were his peers on defense. In short, Hakeem was the only better two-way center than Robinson.

YES, ABSOLUTELY!!! The Spurs and the Rockets gave Chicago fits.

I remember those days...Jordan didn't like coming to Texas. He struggled against my SPURS and the rocket's also.

he also couldn’t shoot 3s at all (something today nba players do)

​@@JustAnAverageJoe12 Exactly one of the reasons this league is sh*t now. A boring 3 point contest.

@@manuelsalazar3938 watching Kobe shoot 40% and scores be 75-75 isn’t fun lil bro 🙏 😭

@@JustAnAverageJoe12 Not sure I understand your thoughts? You said that Robinson could not shoot three pointers. Back then centers were supposed to protect the paint, rebound and score down low. Besides, look at today's NBA with all the blasted three pointers being shot. Ridiculous!

​@@manuelsalazar3938Thank you for that comment!

Dream, Kareem, Wilt, Shaq, Malone..... definitely not a top 5 center, but I do agree he's quite unique and deserving to be in the top 10 convo

@@ZincAddict buddy, David Robinson is better than Shaq and it's not really close.

I have him at 6 in my top top-10 centers since merger. 1. Shaq 2. Hakeem 3. Ewing 4. Kareem 5. Moses

@@andreisevostianov9525 Shaq over Olajuwon and Ewing over Robinson... Questionable

@@andreisevostianov9525you good? Ewing over Kareem?

Moses joined a stacked team. Barry has the goat ring. Even sauron would join the NBA to chase after that one instead of his

@@rockysalvatore435 haha, that’s fair from people who know. But I think most fans forget about Barry entirely. He was lethal. Regarding Moses, that’s just a few years of his career, though. He was incredible for more than just his Sixers years.

@@sirbradfordofhousejones how many rings did he get w Philly tho. He did a kd. Also he was a stat padder. Not good in the post passing or double teams. Very dated. Barry is the goat warrior. No one in their history would do what he did

Baylor. Great choice. Oscar too

Moses Malone is definitely underrated but not the rest.

Bill Walton was nice as well

@@eyghen8529 Bill Walton is highly overrated in the pro's.

FACTS MACHINE - the man averaged TWENTY EIGHT POINTS A GAME !!! as a post up player!! I mean his teammate Jerry averaged 27 but Jerry was a sniper even if he never got credit (unfortunately) for his 3's. But Elgin scored 28 a game AT THE RIM!! And honestly, may be the most 'influential' dunker as far as incorporating it as an in game weapon (more so than Doc, Hawk, MJ, Dominique, or Vince) and if I'm not mistaken I think Chick Hern coined the phrase 'Slam Dunk' as a description of a young Elgin's game

One and done is the biggest reason why we don't get guys who come in and immediately dominate in the NBA anymore. All these guys taken high in the draft today are still growing both their games and bodies at nineteen years old.

And David's backcourt was Avery Johnson and Vinny Del Negro and Rodman got into a pissing match with the coach forcing his benching in two critical games. Also think that 95 Rockets team is the most criminally underrated team of all time. Not only was Hakeem in god mode, but they also had the hardest title run you'll ever see going through a 60 win Jazz team, a 59 win Suns team, a 62 win Spurs team, and a 57 win Magic team without homecourt in any series. I feel confident in saying we will never see another title run like that again where one team had to beat a legit contender in every round en route to a championship.

That is true, Hakeem would’ve beaten any center in history the way he played in those playoffs. He would’ve beaten prime Wilt, prime Russell, prime Kareem. Prime Robinson is the most athletic center I’ve ever seen and nearly equal to Olajuwon in defense.

You'd think 1 bad series define a player for their entire career the way that people disrespect David Robinson. Wild.

@@homerthompson416 …Duncan had a much better lineup with Parker, Ginobili, Kawhi, Bowen, and Robinson. It helps with great teammates.

@@timmyg831 What sucks is the Spurs had built a really strong supporting cast around Robinson his rookie year, with Rod Strickland, Terry Cummings, Sean Elliott, Willie Anderson, and then Frank Brickowski and David Wingate off the bench, and were one turnover in OT away from beating Portland on the road in Game 7 and likely stamping a ticket to the Finals (though the Pistons would have beaten the Spurs in 5 or 6 that year I think). But the cheap ass billionaire owner Red McCombs wouldn't pay Strickland so he walked a couple of years later, Terry Cummings blew out his knee in a pickup game right after and went from allstar to tenth man scrub overnight because of it, Anderson's career flamed out, they moved Brickowski for scrub Paul Pressey, and they got Dale Ellis way too late. Rodman was a disaster too. A team with a competent owner would have won a title with Robinson the #1 option. Spurs didn't get one (Peter Holt) until 96 when David injured his back and wasn't the same player after.

And he is also a top 15 player for me

Goat level peak pre 🃏

@@rockysalvatore435pre who?

That's a very good way to describe the reason. Still however The Admiral was a great player.

Then again, in that era, which center wasn't oufinessed by Hakeem and outmuscled by Shaq? And there were a whole bunch of great centers back then

He was pretty even with Shaq. He got out muscled more often when Robinson was past his prime suffering injuries. It was a game against Shaq when Robinson scored 71 points. Robinson doesn't have Shaq's longevity because the former started playing in the NBA at an older age to finish his service in the Navy. Every center during that period got outfinessed by Hakeem though.

@@patanouketgersiflet9486 Manute Bol?

@@ktapreswreckd921v9 Absolutely, David Robinson is one of the greatest centers of all time. Just outside of the top five ever. It is truly unfortunate that the two most lasting images of him are Hakeem putting him on skates and Shaq running him over. 🫠

He scored 70 when 70 meant something, Now it's just something that happens on a Tuesday because you can't be guarded shooting a 3 and you get to take 2 steps on a step back so that none of your jumpers can ever be blocked

Wilt had a quintuple double, and scored over 70 more than everyone else combined (prior to the last year when 4 more players have done it)

@@Davivd2 Wow.

@@Trevdawg48 yes but sadly for wilt his quintuple double isnt official, like his 100 point game, couldve happened but you cant be 100% sure

@@bananalegend194 True about the quintuple double, but the 100 point game unquestionably happened. There is no reasonable doubt.

Same here. To me, Spurs were Robinson's team first.

Robinson was higher then 5-10. Honestly Olajuwon is probably only one who people wont argue about. Shaq was only too strong and heavy. He did not have anything close to Robinson´s skils. Ewing, Morning were worse. Mutombo was only good defender. Who else was there? Nobody.

@@MyYTwatcher thx for your opinion

Barry for sure...people also forget BAYLOR WORTHY and ENGLISH i think he was more like a scorer like WILKINS.

you can put BARKLEY and K.MALONE and they are the TOP 5 players of the 90s..

Great pick. I believe I once said Moses Malone on this channel too, but the recent backlash towards my ranking of Robinson is what changed my mind. lol.

if you had to pick between Moses or Robinson who would you take?

Or as Jonny called them, the Jailblazers. Horrible! That team was championship qualified. I agree with you.

In the 95 playoffs, Hakeem's Rockets beat... Stockton and Malone Jazz Barkley Suns Robinson Spurs Shaq and Penny Magic.

If David Robinson is reading this, I care about you big guy. I care.

Well... it depends, The Admiral had a VERY short peak, but he was better than anyone during his peak. He just never had his second high caliber star, no Kobe, no Wade, no Drexler, one man show until Duncan joined him.

Thanks! I'll probably wait until the end of this season, that way we get all the awards and rings handed out, and see how everyone did in the postseason.

on the WEAK EAST COAST..those NETS wouldnt even make the play-offs in the WEST...

DUNCAN is overrated.

I have genuinely never seen someone get fathered so hard. The dreamshake highlights Olajuwon had on him were his career highlights aside from the 94 finals block

@@juliansmith4153 you want to see perfection in the post condensed into a short package, watch Hakeem in that series. One of the most impressive performances i have seen. It would not have mattered who was on him.

Except Robinson still had a great series despite not having enough help to get the doubles off of him. Where as Houston had Clyde Drexler. And even still Houston needed big shot Rob to hit the game winner on San Antonio to prevent a 7 game series.

@@thecensoredmuscle563 im not disputing or was even talking about that, only how amazing Hakeems play was, and i implied it was unfair that that one series has maybe.led to David being overlooked on how great he truly was.