When I got to see Kareem play he was towards the latter part of his career. He was still very effective as an older player but it's incredible to see how quick and active he was in his prime. I love Kareem, it's sad that many people don't recognize how great he was.
I also love Jabbar . You mentioned this game when he was in his prime . He was in his prime at this time of his career but after the dispensing with the Warriors here , they move on to the Western Conference Finals . In the only time of his career that I've ever seen , Bill Walton absolutely destroyed Kareem in that series. Walton basically scored at will and Jabbar was unable to stop him . Walton also racked up assists like crazy , like he was on top of the building ,or he was in the attic with a glass ceiling and just popped the ball to the hottest on their way to the basket. On the other end of the court , Walton boxed Jabbar out , and cleaned glass all game long and blocked several of Kareem's shot including a few sky hooks ( remember those ? ) Jabbar later said that he felt so bad that he went to work as soon as their season was over , and worked like a dog every off season vowing never to be dominated like that again by anyone and he was never out played thru a series like that ever again . Waltons condition never allowed him to return to that level of play again , robbing all of us of that rematch that never material used , but it's safe to say no Center ever kicked Jabbar ass like that before or since. The Big Captain . The Lakers had a play that Pat Riley would just show the back of his hand to the court , double up his hand into a fist , and pull it downward. That simply meant , get the ball inside to Jabbar and let him do the rest. And he always did !
@@MarvelOHandellbn3pb "...Bill Walton absolutely destroyed Kareem in that series. Walton basically scored at will and Jabbar was unable to stop him . Walton also racked up assists like crazy , like he was on top of the building ,or he was in the attic with a glass ceiling and just popped the ball to the hottest on their way to the basket. On the other end of the court , Walton boxed Jabbar out , and cleaned glass all game long and blocked several of Kareem's shot including a few sky hooks ( remember those ? )..." ***What ????????????????????? Lakers got swept, but not because Walton dominated Jabbar. Stats for both in that series: Walton 19.3 pts/50% shooting, 14.8 rbs, 5.8 assists, 2.3 blks, 55.6% ft Jabbar 30.3 pts/60.8 shooting, 16 rbs, 3.8 assists, 3.8 blks, 77.5% ft
It was. Just that there were no strong rivalries lasting throughout the decade like the 60's or 80's, even 90's. But the great players were there, for sure.
Jabari Parker' s dad Sonny Parker is out there for Golden St.,and Jamal Wilkes is playing for the Warriors before going to the Lakers and teaming up two years later with Kareem and 3 years with Magic.This is 1977,and in 1975 the Warriors won it all with Wilkes being rookie of the year.
Peak Kareem right there, just terrific, few have ever reached that level of basketball. Rick could still do it at that point, and nice to see rookie Parish already hitting those rainbows. Great stuff.
@USAFO6 hey loser--- read and re-write EXACTLY what U wrote which garnered my reply.... my comprehension is truly bereft of any mental faculty; after all---------------------------------- correct me if Im erroneous here----------------- but N...O...W...H...E...R...E.... did U specify or even infer 1970s. Not a F*CKING number or grouping of letters ( say: nineteen seventies for example) anywhere to be viewed; hence- U just got overturned TWICE as your otiose "doubling down" was shown up as; well-- quite DRUMPF-ian. Are U a conservative voter??????
@@FranciscoLopez-dk8on Bullshit. Rick Berry was a walking bucket. Silk Wilkes could score any time and Robert Parish is no worse than Rudy Gobert and that's BEFORE you account for what would be obvious benefits of sports science, travel, diet, and recovery. Stop with that b/s. You always wanna take modern players and run them back in time, but never give those players the benefits of how much better THEY WOULD BE with modern advancements. Idiot.
@@FranciscoLopez-dk8onlmfaooo Rick Barry averaging 35 today. Parish still a championship teams 3rd or 4th best player. Not as versed on the others but I would bet my bottom dollar they would do fine if not great in today’s defenseless league lmfao
@Sudhir Kakar yeah,,,, rookie of year 26PPG 1st year; BROKE wilts strangle of 7 straight scoring titles in Barrys SECOND year with 35.6 ( 9.2 reb) then after legally sitting out a year he DOMINATED ABA every year he played.... shall I slam U with stats?? Then; 22.3 (9 reb/5 ast) with 1st of SIX (in 8 yrs) lead league in FT pct ( all time leader when he retired) followed by 25.1/30.6/ 21.0/21.8/23.1 with plenty of assists and steals ( led league at age 30) and accrued a title sweeping heavily favored Bullets in 4 games; Barry MVP. ( see: 2-3 great seasons) Shall I maul U with playoff numbers??? ABA or NBA??? Wilt himself said baylor and barry the best forwards in Wilts playing days *( I guess wilt didn't know shit; eh???) Maybe Barrys 38 pts ( 0n 27 shots) as MVP in all star game sucks toooooo? You possibly "think" low FG pct kobe and Iverson are all time greats; but NOT BARRY???? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaa… I saw barry play; did you??? No? Geeeee,ya might be--------- might be,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,a BLIVET!!!
@Sudhir Kakar I like that ,,, "ABA doesn't count. It wasn't a professional league"...… I LIKE THAT!!!! Allow me to-again---make your jejune ass look as stupid as U write,,,,,,,,READY??? (a) artic Gilmore (b) Julius erving (c) dan issel (d) Roger brown (e) connie Hawkins (f) spencer haywood (g) Zelmo beaty (h) bobby jones (I) George McGinnis (J) moses Malone (k) billy Cunningham (L) Mel daniels (m) david Thompson (n) James silas (o) George gervin (p) joe Caldwell (q) Charlie scott (r) brian taylor (s) Caldwell jones ( and his brothers) (T) mark olberding (u) Swen nater (V) M L Carr (w) Maurice lucas (x) jim chones (y) jim mcdaniels (z) jim chones (Z2) "super" john williamson ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I can also mention steve chubin and ron perry ( two guards I played against for years here in SE Florida,,,but---) however I eagerly await your dimwitted reply as2 exactly how these mnay many star and SUPERSTAR ABA icons were not "professional ballplayers"; ok??? There are many others who played quite a while in NBA ( hope THATS a professional league by YOUR nugatory standards) but so far you aren't looking very bright....add Billy knight and "bad news" barnes with larry kenon and john "animal" brisker / ron boone -- another who excelled in NBA-- and I guess the ABA wasn't so bad; eh?? How old are you? 15???? I doubt U play competitively. Oh; and U probably think allen Iverson and kobe Bryant shooting the abysmal 44% is ok???? hahahahahahahahhaaaaaa---------get back to me and tell me how wilt AND BILL RUSSELL AND Kareem were all wrong telling everyone that barry was the best ( That they played against at SF)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't think I've seen anyone but Kareem score for the Lakers. No wonder Portland swept then in the next round, Kareem was spent. Warriors had some nice young players out there. Robert Parish, Gus Williams, Jamaal Wilkes who all left later and won championships with other teams. Jamaal with the Lakers. Rick Barry was and still in the argument of greatest shooter's of all time. Rick was money. Jabbar=🐐
Kareem was the G.O.A.T. when this game was played. He's criminally underrated. And I feel like Rick Barry is also underrated. Ridiculous career stats + Finals MVP in '76 + led the NCAA, ABA and NBA in scoring. Top 20 resume but I don't see him on many top 20 lists.
These highlights really showcase how great Kareem Abdul Jabar was in his long and storied career. It is amazing to see an NBA court with no 3 point line, as well as how most players work so close to the paint and to their defenders. Weird to see "rookie" 00 Robert Parish in a Warriors uniform playing with Rick Berry.
Notice how all the basketball players in this video dribbled the top of the basketball correctly in contrast to how all the players of today dribble by carrying the ball over, but never get called by NBA refs.
The refs called traveling back then...amazing, all the stars today wouldn't survive. The eurostep would have been called. They also seemed keen on not allowing continuation shots on fouls. Kareem was awesome as usual, so athletic
veerchasm1 They would survive. U make it seem like they all travel 24/7. If u were to randomly place a star from our period in theirs, then our superstar would basically better than most guards or forwards because of creativity. This era lacked that
@@Majuuub Most of today's stars aren't as fundamentally sound as stars from previous eras...and as far as creativity is concerned, there still hasn't been a player to administer the sky hook to their game anywhere near the level of Kareem
You got it, Bill. He was better defensively, esp at guarding people. Larry had a knack of making big plays on D, but people blew by him. That didn't happen often to Rick.
actually I have slaughtered U with facts. NOTE- Iverson great NBA player; but didnt make anyone around him better. Feel free to tell me what a 22 yr old barry wouldve done with THOSE celtic teams bird played on,,,I saw them both; Bird is god and barry a billionth of a step behind him. Ask NBA guys who played against both---oh wait: U cant because U never watched any of them either. I would love to see bird TRY to cover barry
I wish there was more footage of Kareem as a Laker from the mid to late 70s, especially complete regular season games (if any still exist). I only got to see the gradually balding 80s Kareem with the Showtime-era Lakers, not the single dominant force that helped get the Lakers back into the playoff picture during the latter half of the 70s. It's also kinda sad that management didn't hold onto Gail Goodrich for one more season because him and Kareem could've given Bill Walton's Trailblazers a much tougher battle in the postseason back in '77. Then again, they most likely wouldn't have ended up getting Magic Johnson had they done that (hah). Btw, Rick Barry is 100% BADASS!!! Best white boy player in the NBA at that time until Larry Bird finally came on the scene the following decade. Even to this day, I always think of him as the true face of the Warriors franchise. Oh, and that Parish kid ain't too shabby either. Probably would look even better in green and white, lol... XD
PeekaPeep Actually, its probably better that the Lakers didn't keep Gail Goodrich for one more season, because he was traded in 1976 for Utah's 1979 1st round pick... So you're right, if that trade was not made then Magic most likely does not end up with the Lakers.
@@brimao21 Pretty sure that it wasn't a trade of Goodrich, but rather a free-agent signing, which under NBA rules at the time, required compensation. So as a Laker fan, I am SO glad that Utah signed him!
@@jonathanzasloff3705 New Orleans, actually. The franchise didn't relocate to Utah until the end of that decade. Should've changed the name to something other than "Jazz" when they did move, though (lol).
Kareem's stats this series, and for these entire playoffs are incredible. This squad would go on to face Walton and the blazers and eventually get swept. Still the best in the league, Kareem just didn't have great pieces around him "Walton and the blazers" lmaooo
I agree that Kareem was the greatest, most dominant, and most skilled center of them all. Wilt was stronger and more dominant defensively and as a rebounder, but he lacked Kareem´s hand-eye coordination (watch him shoot free throws, to the detriment of his team!) and court vision; Kareem was also superior in terms of variety of shots and passing. That said, Wilt, like Russell, would simply crush someone like Dwight Howard. I´d have to put Hakeem ahead of Shaq--a far more skilled player.
But .... Kareem lacked Russell's and Wilt's desire to take of the boards and thus, allow his teammates to concentrate on what wing players usually excelled at (scoring, passing, defense). Kareem's lack of rebounding lowers him, in my mind, behind Russell and Chamberlain. Few complaints otherwise, though.
wilt had a lot of different shots- including a fadeaway bank shot that was a major weapon. he took it less as his career wore on, but he wasn't just a dunk guy
@@Amick44 Russell had no choice but to concentrate on rebounding and shot-blocking. He couldn't shoot! Because the Celtics dominated the NBA Title with Russell playing that way,, it created the notion that if a center didn't score and concentrated on rebounding and blocking shots, you'd win. When previously, George Mikan was a dominant scorer and the Minneapolis Lakers dominated. Was Kareem supposed to focus on rebounding and allow Kurt Rambis, Don Ford, and Kermit Washington be the Lakers main scorers? Great Strategy, Mick A. 👍
What a job by Jerry West to turn Abernathy, Ford, and Chaney in to Nixon, Wilkes, and eventually, Magic. Kareem in his prime was damn near unstoppable. But what a terrible supporting cast.
Actually, Ford was flipped for what would turn out to be the top pick in the 1982 draft (James Worthy, woo-hoo!). Cavs management was never that bright even then, lol. And you can thank the late Dr. Buss for landing Magic because West was originally going to settle for Sidney Moncrief with that No. 1 pick before finally being overruled by the owner himself at the last minute. I would've been fine with either one, truth be told. Moncrief would go on to become one of the finest two-way players in NBA history and probably would've kept Nixon in Laker colors for the long haul had he been drafted instead. Still, when one has a chance to net a once-in-a-lifetime talent like Magic for instance well...YOU JUST GOTTA GO FOR IT!!! ;-D
@@PeekaPeep I've never put much stock in those Moncrief over Magic innuendos. But you're right...that deal that landed Worthy basically led to the Stepien Rule. Dude made Donald Sterling look like Dr. Buss.
What a bad supporting cast is right. And the revisionist historians say it was Kareem's fault for no titles. No way you replace Kareem with Magic or Jordan and get better results with the likes of Don Chaney, Don Ford, Earl Tatum, and Tom Abernathy
thanks for the upload. Kareem was sooooo good, as was Barry. do you have anymore Rick Barry games? His game is very modern and I love watching him play.
Kareem was the top center and Rick the top non center of the 70's. I know Dr J fans, but Rick was like combo forward/lead guard who ran the offense as well as score.
bary was great in those series...he avg 29 but kareem was unstoppable,he avg 37...great players of 70's,verry underatted era in my opinion with great superstars like those 2 and players like drj,maravich,hayes,mcadoo,frazier,archibald,cowens,walton,gervin,thompson,lanier,bing,murphy,westphal,gilmore,dennis johnson,unseld,goodrich...
One can easily look back at clips like this and see just how dominant Kareem was in the 70s. Easily one of the 4 greatest players of all time, no matter how you rank them. This is a great upload. Thank you for this.
Not in my top 4. Really an overrated player in my book. He was good because he was tall. Today, he would be too robotic to play and not athletic enough. He'd be a 18 minute / game player.
@@JohnnyMacalvee-cf7et hahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha,,,, played against wilt/ thurmond/ unseld/ hayes/ reed/ bellamy/ cowens/ walton/ gilmore/issel/ parish/ ewing/olajuwon/ mchale/malone /lanier /mcadoo ETC-- all hall of famers..... and he dominated !!!! "not athletic enough"??? hahahahahahahahahhahahah... I love low IQ conservatives!!!! Walton/ Dr J/ reed/ parish/barkley/mcadoo/lanier/unseld/cowens/ gilmore/ havlicek/ oscar/billy cunningham/connie hawkins/ jo jo white/ moses/ and many many others say hes the best-- but "johnny TRUMP" says otherwise??? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL,,,,,,, write back soon and lets compare resumes. Remember: he scored at will in olajuwon for a few years ....dont believe me: look them up
@@JohnnyMacalvee-cf7et 😂😂😂😂😂😂 How old are you? Too robotic? 😂😂😂 Kareem's quickness and superior athletism would make him tops in any era--ask his peers. Not athletic enough? Kareem was a Black Belt in Kenpo trained by his close friend, Bruce Lee. Kareem's other martial arts included the disciplines such as jujitsu, escrima, and silat. The man was always double-teamed. He would adapt, but today's teams would have to adapt to him also. The 3pt average in the NBA is around 35%. Kareem lifetime shooting ave was 55.9% however in his prime he had years of hitting 57/58/59/60%. (21 Triple Doubles)...and you think he couldn't play today? In today's NBA game, a teammate would get the ball to him, two players would drop down, and Kareem, a talented passer, would hit the open man...or just toss a 12-16 foot Sky-Hook or hit a jump-shot. I could go on...but start researching by hearing what his peers say...
@@vlssk857 Old enough to see him play, when he was playing. And my comment stands!!!! His Black Belt would likely not have had him hitting 40% of 3's. His 55.9% would not be as important because Kareem would only have about 10 shots of the 14 foot sky hook. Cooper or Scott would be launching more 3s in today's game. I loved the post up game, that was basketball over the 3 and D stuff today. Kareem wouldn't be the only great player to have their game nerfed if the center didn't shoot 3's. Ewing, Parrish, Hakeem, Robinson, and the like would need to shoot 3's to be 30 point scorers. And....that is the bottom line.
Wow the warriors really had some shooters in Wilkes and Barry and oh by the way young Robert Parrish also knocking down jumpers. Kareem was really something. Really no way to defend Kareem maybe an early double team?
Lakers took the series in 7 games. Went on to get swept by Portland 4-0 in the Western conference finals. Would love to find game 7 of this series. I've been looking forever!
redfanrod Yup, basically traded away two future HOFs for just one decent All-Star big man in Carroll (the Brook Lopez of his era). Ricky Brown, lol. I don't think he ever really established himself in the NBA upon getting drafted. Could've gotten Larry Drew at No. 13 instead and salvaged that deal, but that's hindsight for ya!
Lew Alcindor an Tim Duncan have the Same Type of Basketball Game Mind Skill .. Jabbar has the Hook Shot an Tim has the Bank Shot an Both have Between Them 11 Nba Championships since 1969 - 2016 that is a 47 year span between Lew's Rookie year an Duncan's Final year. U dont realize How Good These 7 footers were until U Rewatch Old Video's
i didn't get a chance to watch Kareem playing live coz he retired 6 years before i was born. I'm wondering however, why don't current big men learn how to do the skyhook? it looks pretty unstoppable!
Kareem worked on it from middle school through college. He also had other shots, bank shots and jumpers. Basically, no one else has worked as hard at it as he has.
I still say Barry was greatest small forward ever,,, Bird awesome; LeBron dominant but barry was more athletic-by a mile- than bird and much better shooter than LeBron. Barry awesome passer
Fucking Victor, the liberal lion. Now we know you suck for throwing politics into everything, but you are fucking blind too. Bird won 3 MVPs in a row. Was the star of the greatest team ever '85-86 Celtics. When people talk about the top 5 or 10 you get Bird. Never Barry.
@@JohnnyMacalvee-cf7et hey loser- hows the TRUMP 2020 thing? NOTE- Chamberlain said barry was better than bird. It will depend on the OTHER 4 players; but I have nooooo problem taking a prime barry in my game against bird,,, barry much much faster and ball handler. Bird better rebounder. write back soon ( Oh ; greatest team ever? they lost to lakers) Best teams ever are 66-67 philly; Mo malone philly; jordans bulls and GS team with durant and curry.
@@dutchvanderlinde346 since you never played at the level I played at and you never saw barry play; your flaccid post is irrelevant. Bird occasioanlly played PF so thats how I can put Barry as my SF. Bird as (singularly) SF is superior to Rick barry; but not by much at all. Bird could never cover barry; they would be great forwards to have on the same team due to their basketball IQ and ability to shoot and pass
Incidentally, Kareem rated 1976-77 as his most dominant season. Both Pat Riley and Bill Walton have rated Kareem as the greatest, most dominant player ever.
I agree with that, but I feel like if Shaq or Wilt had went up against a good defender with there strength, they could get locked down, because they wouldn't be able to outmuscle there way to the rim, Hakeem on the other hand could score on anybody, Shaq even said he was his toughest opponent. I agree though, their dominance makes it hard to out rank them. Especially seeing as Shaq was such a great offensive rebounder, his second chance points are a huge contribution to any team
Continued: that he was so much better than Robinson. A healthy Bill Walton would easily outclass Robinson. I´d take Hakeem as the greatest ever if he´d been as consistently great as during his champion years for his entire career. Kareem was far superior in his 20s--this game is evidence of that.
@@thedude3538 LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!! Look up kareems first 3 years against hakeem,, when kareem was 35/36/37............. get back to me with your long face apology
I say Hakeem because He's the most offensively talented out of the 3, Shaq & Wilt were mainly power & dominance but Hakeem had some of the most scoring skill we've seen in a C probably of all time. And could stripe the mid range J. And he was a great defender too, could defend the post & also 3s out on the perimeter if he needed too & his all time blocks record speaks for his shot blocking ability, he was also a great rebounder. He had the full package. Wilt & Shaq were too 1 dimensional
Continued: Shaq himself said he was playing football out there--just a 350 pound bull with relatively quick feet--dominant, yes, but no shots other than power jams and little dink shots close to the basket. An absolute disaster shooting free throws. Russell, if playing today, would have a lot of Amare Stoudamire´s offensive game, and who in today´s game could hang with him? David Robinson did not have the will to win that all the great ones have. Or is it simply a measure of Hakeem´s greatness
During the 73-74 Milw-Boston finals, commentators said the Milwaukee trainer measured him at 7'3 & 5/8 ths. Making him a tad closer to 7'4 than 7'3. I still laugh when Jordan was listed at 6'6 and Pippen at 6'7. When Pip is at least 3 ins taller than Jordan.
Mick A That seems about right. Walton looks at least 7'0 and 7'3 5/8 sounds about for Kareem. Kareem looked just slightly shorter then Sampsom. However, he looks way taller then Shaq when he stands next to him.
Yeah, it was known (by some, anyway) that Walton did not want to be referred to as a 7 foot freak. His term. At Boston, Parish listed anywhere from 7'0 to 7'1, it was said Walton was at least as tall, if not taller.
I guess. And I have read the same height listings as you mentioned. Looks like Jordan's "official" listing is with shoes on. That would make him about 6'6 (w/shoes). I read the Oscar listing, too. West said he was 6'4 and 1/4. Pete Maravich listed usually at 6'5, said on a clip here somewhere, he was 6'5 and 1/4, making him at least 6'6 in shoes. I read in the combine (collegiate draft), a few years back, Ben Gordon was measured at 6'1 and 1/2. He was often listed at 6'3. So, it seems that players years ago, were listed at their true height w/o shoes and more recently, they're listed at a height w/shoes included.
I don't know about Rick Barry being the best white player in the '70s. See, they also had this other guy by the name of Pistol Pete Maravich. He wasn't too bad, either.
Very close, but Rick played very good D and took a little better care of the ball. If Havlicek were a bit younger, he would be in the discussion as well.
That wasn't the question. It was best white player of the 70's. Likely Barry, maybe Cowens. I agree, overall it was Kareem, hands down. 2nd best could be Barry, Cowens, Erving, McAdoo. Malone was mid 70's on, same for Walton. Wilt was only early 70's, like West, Robertson.
