This Needs To Stop 

He should make this into a series. Isn’t this the second time he’s done this? Every couple of months he should post a video like this.

Do. Not. Stop. This. Series. I absolutely love it.

8:10 “Physical defense does not automatically mean good defense” Oldhead: “You’re telling me that punching someone while they’re driving to the hoop and then call them 'weak' afterwards is not good defense??” 🤯🤯

LeBron's chase down block on Iguodala is one of the greatest moments in sports of our generation. I'm glad I stayed up until 5 am to watch it live. 2016 NBA finals were lit.

Shout Out to Frank Brickowski, he just got his longest highlight reel since he was playing. I see you Jxmy, showing love to the unknowns of NBA history.

When I watched this video, I remembered how legendary the 2015-2016 season was. - Kobe's retirement and last game 60 points - GSW 73-9 - Maybe the best dunk contest ever - Oklahoma's 3-1 loss in conference finals and KD had his first poor playoff performance While westbrooke had his first good playoff performance (This serie changed the nba because Kd went to golden state after that) - Game 6 Klay - Stephen curry Unanimous MVP - and of course Cavs comeback from 3-1 (first time in the finals history) and lebron's most meaningful championship and blok

Hot take: Kyrie finding a way back to Bron would be the smartest decision he’s made since he left for Boston.

That Giannis take is actually the most absurd take I've Ever Heard. L Oakley

Today's fact: A photon takes 40,000 years to travel from the core of the sun to the surface of the sun. But it takes just eight minutes to travel from there to the earth.

If Gobert went for *four first round picks* and multiple players, imagine what KD's trade is gonna look like 💀💀

What makes nba players great is their utilization of their specific abilities and skills. Shaq didn't need a jump shot, KD doesn't need 300 pounds of muscle. These guys can adapt.

0:34 Kyrie to the Mavs, KD to the Suns

What baffles me more about the disrespect old timers like Oakley show to Giannis is that he’s actually playing old school basketball. Taking it to the rim hard rather than being flashy and cute, absorbing and dealing back physical punishment, insane commitment to both ends of the floor, power dunks, you name it. IIf you add the crazy progress he’s made since his first couple of seasons, his devotion to the city that drafted him, the fact that all his teammates love him (there’s 4-5 guys right now with him in his holidays to Greece, Pat, Carter, Nwora etc) and again, his sheer physical dominance it’s really a mystery how you can sit there with a straight face and publicly claim he’d be a role player back in the day. Go figure.

Hot take: Defense is severely undervalued in goat debates and ranking players in general. Defense is literally half the game.

Bro thanks for the basketball wisdom that I've been gaining from this channel. I appreciate it

I was randomly on a family vacation in San Francisco during the 2016 finals and holy the amount of energy there was in every bar and restaurant while the games were on was absolutely insane, like everyone knew they were watching a real piece of basketball history, the king vs the best regular season team of all time

the 2016 finals was one of the most improbably unprecedented series in sports history, and it is an absolute travesty to see that people are seemingly so quick to forget this; yes, the final scores at face-value seem decisive in every other game except for 7, but the fact that each team kept clapping back in such dramatic fashion was part of what made it so competitive and unpredictable, and nobody even remembers the fact that the teams were actually so evenly matched that each team had scored the exact same amount of points in the series going into game 7. all of that on top of the cavs winning n making nba history w the comeback and lebron making his ultimate statement.... it was fucking historic on every level

2016 finals were so evenly matched that you could tell the slightest advantages would give the team a large lead. If you watched it live you know how much of a chess match it actually was.

Hot Take: We don't emphasize Turnovers enough when discussing players legacies. A turnover is the 2nd worst play in basketball after allowing your opponent to score with bad defense. Turnovers are worse than missed shots because at least missed shots provide offensive rebound and 2nd-shot opportunities. A turnover has no redeeming value. 2nd Hot Take: Why don't we talk about how the Eastern Conference has been, by a significant margin, far inferior to the Western Conference since MJ retired? (Go look up the amount of 50 Win Teams the West has produced since MJ retired compared to the East, not even close).

The Giannis take made me actually lol, for an unreasonably long time. I just wish I wasn't in my office, as people got a little concerned for a second there. Phew, thanks Jimmy, top tier comedy you found from Oakley.

The 2016 NBA finals literally made me a basketball fan and this man calls it a "snooze fest."

I swear, Jimmy can make an entire series of this and release a video every week and I'd probably watch every time. It's always entertaining with his stat driven explanations to shut down the dumb takes.

Absolutely love your takes on the old heads saying players from this generation wouldn't last in theirs. It's so ridiculous.

I remember I use to watch Barkley play just to see him fight someone. lol Literally there was a very high chance this would happen in every single game.

I was rooting for the Warriors in 2016 and looking back, that’s the most excited I have still been in the past ten years of NBA Finals. Personally, I will remember it as the best and most meaningful performance of LeBron James’ career and a breakout season for Kyrie.

The 2016 finals was the first full finals I ever watched - from EUROPE! I had to stay up all night until like 5:30 in the morning just to watch the whole game and I watched EVERY game! That’s how exciting that series was!

“You’re gonna tell me with a straight face that giannis is coming off the bench for Frank brickowski?” Made me laugh way too hard

Keep. on. making. this. series. It will be awesome to include more the things that makes NBA today so different compared to the NBA before.

As a Cavs fan, the 2016 finals were so incredibly captivating. I got to be in the CLE Q when we won game 7. I'll never have a better cultural/sports moment and I'm totally fine with that. I mean, it was so unbelievable that it wasn't even like watching basketball. It was like the city of Cleveland was the most alive its ever been

As a guy who grew up watching basketball in the sixties, the players weren't more physical than today, the rules just allowed them to get away with being more physical, which the rules don't allow today. Also, coming up through the years were centers who rarely had a 3 point shot . Today's game overall is far more exciting to watch and the players overall have more skills!!!

Thanks for speaking up Jxmy. Well put and I agree.

That’s what I’m saying. 2016 was crazy for the whole country not just Clevelanders like me

Jimmy stay with the BANGERS!!🔥🔥

Please make more of these. I think Charles Oakley has early-stage dementia. Giannis is stronger and quicker than as any player of that era with the exception of Shaq in strength (he was also unbelievably quick) and probably as you said similar to the Admirial. That would have been a great match up to see. Every once in a while, I see posts that state that Larry Bird would have been a below average shooter in this era. Hard to imagine a 50, 40, 90 player would be a bad shooter and they did not even practice the 3 point shot. Who knows but perhaps he would have been a Steph Curry like talent if the game had been different. I have also seen people commenting that Jokic would have been a sub par center in the physical game of the 80s. Really, a guy that can pass and shoot like he can, and listening to Draymond Green, not exactly a weak player himself, saying that Jokic is not soft at all. I wish I could find for you that Jokic comment.

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE you're a genius. I've been saying for YEARS that The Greek Freak is like a modern day David Robinson. Oakley is out of his mind thinking he could body him up.

My Dude…. Always on Point 👍🏿

Nah that intro killed me 💀 “James Harden should be right next to Curry in an all-time list” 🤣

That Giannis take is already a living meme pretty much. Also yeah while the final score for each game of 2016 looks huge, in Game 5, it was wire to wire in the first half and didnt get blown open till the end. Game 6 started off a blowout but there was a near fourth quarter comeback that was derailed by a couple insane LeBron plays and a few bad calls by the refs.

Always loved this channel, very good in depth research,, impressive. Also Jimmy, your music in your videos are top notch, you really know how to set the tone, fuckin respect.

Best channel about NBA I've seen so far. Thanks and keep the nice work!

I get his point . But it was the storyline leading up to game 7, a finals rematch that literally everybody wanted to see , curry looking like he was gonna take bron spot as the best player , klay taking shots bron , bron blocking curry telling him he’s still the king , everything leading up to game 7 was perfect , and then game 7 itself was perfect .

The main reason why high level players are teaming up so much in the past 10 years is because of 'ring culture'. If we really want to prevent superteams from forming then the media and fans need to stop obsessing over rings and judging players abilities and talents by how many rings they have. The NBA media, fans and players are obsessed with legacies and all time rankings, much more so than any other sport. No matter how good a particular player is, if they don't have at least one ring by the time they retire, their legacies are stained. Almost like they're considered busts. Part of this started with LeBron who has had by far the most pressure to deliver of any player in the history of the NBA, starting from when he was a junior in high school. The NBA media has followed his entire career with the expectation that he would be the next MJ or GOAT candidate and has been obsessed with his 'legacy' ever since 2002. Because of that, he felt he needed to maximize his talent and live up to expectations and win as many rings as possible. Now it has spread to nearly every superstar of the past 10 years. They all feel pressure to win rings because without a ring, NBA fans and media will call you a failure, or not clutch, or not a winner. Ring culture is toxic to NBA. Damian Lillard and Bradley Beal have decided to tough it out with the teams they were drafted by instead of forcing trades to other teams with superstars so they can win rings. If they retire without winning any titles they will be vilified for not having any rings and not caring about winning. LeBron/KD/Harden change teams often because they want rings to boost their legacies, and they are vilified as well for chasing rings. Stop judging players by how many rings they have and the superteams will stop.

I’ve always said the same about the Giannis-Robinson comp. Robinson was very fast and athletic and great on the break. If they’d given him the green light to develop and use skills like ball handling and 3 point shooting, I have no doubt he’d be what Giannis is today. Probably a better shooter too. Only thing he lacked is the meanness/mental toughness Giannis has.

Hakeem Olajuwon is the superstar any team dreams of, low maintenance (at times too low), never complained, could win without all star teammate(s), and had all the moves and more for his position, and was literally a Swiss Army Knife.

I took a long break from anything basketball since 2012, only recently been getting back into the culture, and even I remember how big that 2016 playoff series was off, it was hard for me not to ignore the news and see a couple of games when I had the chance.

'Another One..." Excellent presentation as always! 💯💯

Hot Take: Rasheed Wallace was one of the best big men to every play the game, but was targeted by the referees because of his attitude. If only Sheed had a little bit of modesty, he would have multiple rings.

Also I'd like to add I love how during the Chicago Bulls documentary they talked about how the 90s media was so terrible that it made Michael Jordan retire if Michael Jordan played in today's NBA during that time frame with the media now my God he would have stayed retired

This years finals games were all decided by double digits and it was a really good series just like the 2016 Finals. That last take was crazy lol

There are only two things that are infinite. The universe, and human stupidity. Etc.

I literally laughed out loud when you were talking about frank brickowski, and I have ear buds in so I looked like an idiot 😂

Dude, you need a spot on ESPN - they need your analytics big time!

Jimmy I love your videos. And the editing makes it 1000 times better. Now let me watch these good or bad hot takes.

You know what Jxmy, I skip ads a lot, but for you I will watch 10 in a row if you have that many, your videos are THAT good. Thank you! and Thans SquareSpace!

glad I started following this channel I learn sm

This video is the reason why I respect Jimmy's point of view. Always interesting, always great analysis

Anytime jimmy uploads is a good day

The comparison between bird and Gallinari is actually so much spot on

The lakers only won because, they had three months to heal. The bubble chip is a joke.

KD & Kyrie teamed up to prove that they could both win a championship on their own and it imploded in 3 years. Kyrie let KD and the whole organization down w his dependability and KD let everyone down by not taking initiative and being a leader. This imploded in their faces and turned out to be the biggest flop in NBA history

"You're gonna tell me that Giannis is gonna come off the bench for Frank Brickowski? Stop it."

Jimmy is the goat of basketball content

It's just like staying in a bad relationship, would you stay just because you're loyal to a person who you know obviously doesn't give a damn about you, or would you rather take your chances else where

When MJ says, "STOP IT, GET SOME HELP.." then that's exactly what you should do😂

Mans said, "I just saw Shaq responding to a fan on Twitter the other day" That time, the fan in question is literally KD 😭💀

This guy is so good im proud of him when i see an ad because im glad he’ll be getting that bag

Jimmy. Need this series every week man. This is too good.

I don’t even watch basketball yet I still watch this guys videos every time he drops a new one

I disagree with the fact that players are getting "mentally softer" because they reply to people on twitter because you know damn well lots of players would have been on twitter fighting with people if it was around and as mainstream as it is today. It's also got to be said that fans have become more brazen with their hatred and for these guys to keep their cool and not have another malice in the palace seems like it goes unnoticed how calm mannered a lot of players actually are. As the fan base of the nba grows, so does the hatred from fans and we forget that athletes are people too.

Jimmy be out there putting legends on check!

I definitely enjoy watching these videos Great work!

Omg that 2016 finals was fucking amazing to watch. I remember how heart broken i was when the warriors went up 3-1… AND THEN… i don’t think i sat down the whole 4th qtr in game 7

It baffles me when people say “blank” player wouldn’t stack up back in “blank” date bc it was so much more physical. You wanna know why it was so much more physical back in the day? Because the refs didn’t give a frick. In todays nba fouls are called for LITERALLY ANYTHING. Anyone who watched these past finals, heck, these pst playoffs as a whole would know that. Multiple times where players got called for fouls when there was literally no contact at all. If Lebron, Giannis, Embiid, etc could chokeslam and haymaker people they 100% would. Just because older players were allowed to do that stuff and current players aren’t doesnt make todays players weak. Plus the nba has almost “groomed” the current players to act how they do now. They flop because if you can get a free 2 points you’re gonna take it. The new foul has changed the perception of physicality in the nba, and that’s not the players fault. Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

These get more absurd during the offseason. The networks have minutes to fill and ridiculous takes generate social media outrage. It's not about basketball or truth. It's about clickbait.

“He was despised and rejected- a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave. But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins. I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53:3-12‬ ‭NLT‬‬ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 God loves you so much and showed that by sending His Son to die for us so that we may inherit eternal life. We deserve hell but He gave us heaven through faith in Jesus. He took the punishment we deserved and by putting our faith in Him we can be saved. The Key To Eternal Life: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uZdv-TtiMkg.html For evidence for Christianity and answered questions, check out ru-vid.com and ru-vid.com because if Jesus really rose from the dead it is the most important fact ever! God bless y’all!

My NBA hot take is that when superstars team up everybody needs to give them a few years before they call it a bust or letdown. Teams need time to learn how to play together. It took the Bucks a very long time to win a chip, any other team would be trying to make a deal for a big superstar to help Giannis. GIVE TEAMS TIME TO GET THEIR CHEMISTRY RIGHT

3:36 Same here, they been out for a good while and we only just recently started seeing Paul George again. Feels like it been 3 years since we seen the two of them play together.

Jxmy just brings so much common sense, not many brain cells in most of these “hot takes”!!

You should make more of these, i love it! And i'm sure your fans do as well

I'm always going to be in favor of players doing what they want vs being treated like assets. Play where you want, with who you want. Period.

Man I didn’t even know this video was over until he said it was too much 😂 I want more! Good stuff Jxmy!

I will never forget the silence in my packed living room after the word “BLOCKED BY JAMES!” were said

The issue is the euro step was actually a travel back in before the 2000s, which baffles me because the NBA took away iversons crossover but let the euro step go through. Either way, Giannis would figure out how to play as a big in those eras he will lose his half court offense which is predominantly the euro step, but he will become an absolute beast under the rim. Equating Giannis to like a david robinson is a good comparison imo.

Hot take: Hakeem Olajuwon would average over 30 in the modern NBA, the guy gave shaq a hard time on offense and defense and was essentially the most skilled center of his Era with a bag perfect for the Modern NBA

I literally burst out laughing when MJ say stop it! Get some help! 😂

Incredible video Jimmy! The 2015 and 2016 NBA Finals were two of the best championship series of all time!

Hot take: Jrue Holiday is the most underrated point guard. I'd rather choose him over most point guards in the league. Becuase after he showcased his superb defensive prowess in the 2021 Finals, basketball iq, and physicality, I could say that he's more reliable than CP3 and Trae, especially in the playoffs. Unlike other point guards that drop 30 a game, he's more of getting everyone in his team involved in the game and knows when to step up when the team needs to score. He could have played a better match up against Steph if the Bucks played the 2022 Finals.

8:35 Charles Oakley demented. I would literally pick Giannis over everyone on this list

Anyone else just randomly started watching him and couldn’t stop

Players are great because they play in this era. They look at this current NBA and they see what works and adjust their play to make sure they work. if the current Giannis played in the 90's he might not score as much but if Giannis played in the 90's he'd be able to match almost(mj) any player

Bro jxmyhigh roller definitely helped me get through the past 2 years Thxs for making great vids

Well, if the last take - written about an event that recent by someone who witnessed it live - is anything to go by, one can only imagine how so OFF people are when they comment about eras that they never witnessed in person.

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Love the content. My hot take is that Gary Payton is arguably a top 30 player of all time. Don’t think he gets the recognition he deserves because his best year was 2000 (aka Shaq’s coronation) and because his prime was during the dead ball era of the NBA, so his numbers look worse than his impact.

Good stuff Highroller, I'm not against players teaming up because all organizations are not created equally. Some organizations don't know how to win championships. Having stated that I must push back on players requesting trades in the middle of contract term limits. When LeBron moves he doesn't demand trades because he moves when contract expires. Compared to what AD did and what KD is asking for now which is demanding a trade in the middle of contract term limits. All moves aren't the same and shouldn't be lumped together.

Love this series

🔥 Hot take: Hakeem Olajuwon is the greatest center of all time. He’s just more skilled and simply better at basketball than Kareem. He reinvented how we play in the post.

I think team chemistry outside of the court is far more important than GM’s take into account, if any at all. A cohesive unit is far scarier than a couple superstars with no chemistry.

Robinson was called ADMIRAL for a reason

Jalen Brunson take low-key aging well 😊