Hot take: the NBA should allow analysts to score and critique nba refs on each game they officiate and give them a grade on correct and incorrect calls made over the season. And that grade should be advertised like players stats.
@fortynights1513
5 күн бұрын
Would be interesting
@romanvercier3556
5 күн бұрын
that's not a hot take
@metalmoto3275
5 күн бұрын
@@romanvercier3556 perfect
@Jonathan-A.C.
5 күн бұрын
That’s a hell of a take
@MikeTheNBAGuy
5 күн бұрын
This would be amazing
@cadfael3257
5 күн бұрын
The Audible was the best part in the video, thank you Nick
@tiredbasketballfan
5 күн бұрын
Dumb but kinda true take: The NBA is lucky that preseason is *pre* - season because 3 months without basketball is the only thing that could possibly get me excited about watching the 22nd man on the roster airball a 3
@Yinon776
4 күн бұрын
It should be noted that even the 22nd man on an NBA roster is an amazing basketball player. 99% of ballers could only dream to get there.
@DCT97
3 күн бұрын
@@Yinon776we all know bench players would cook regular people. No need to white knight for them lol
@Yinon776
Күн бұрын
@@DCT97 some people actually forget it, for example they argued regular people could beat Brian Scalabrine
@hhothi9375
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: I think Demar and Stephen A. Smith are delusional. I don’t think the Raptors would have won a championship with Demar Derozan instead of Kawhi in 2019. I don’t think Demar would have been able to score effectively against Philly or the bucks and you can’t put him on Giannas like you can put Kawhi.
@organicorange37
5 күн бұрын
Tbf what is demar supposed to say there?
@josemejia9831
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: I believe Boris Diaw should of won the Finals MVP in 2014 over Kawhi, Diaws skill set was a huge reason Spurs offense was so good that year & the numbers don’t tell the whole story of how good he was on the floor
@sixfootseven
5 күн бұрын
Heads up, Dwight only has three defensive player of the years.
@valleyshrew
4 күн бұрын
Hot take: Regular season champions should be celebrated more than playoff runner ups. The Suns won 75% of their games in '22 and it never gets talked about while the Mavericks' won 61% this year, the Heat 54% the year before & the Celtics' 61% in '22 and they're considered great successes just cos they made a finals.
@fatiryamin3927
4 күн бұрын
This version of Jokic we’ve seen over the last 3-4 years is better than any version of Kevin Durant. No disrespect to KD, I absolutely adore him, but Jokic deserves to be in a separate discussion because he simply does more things at a higher level and should universally be regarded as better than KD.
@greygrizz7941
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: Hakeem the most underrated player ever (my example is the fact that he is 3rd in the goat conversation and isn't talked about as so)
@SkodenMOC
5 күн бұрын
Best Point Guards by each decade - 1960s Oscar Greer 1970s Walt Tiny Pistol 1980s Magic Zeke Kev-J Dennis 1990s John Gary Penny Price 2000s Nash Kidd CP3 Gary Billups 2010s Steph CP3 Russ Dame Tony 2020s Luka Steph Shai Kyrie Trae Ja
@abtocool6350
5 күн бұрын
Tony Parker was never better than kyrie at basketball especially at the peak of their powers, he wasn’t even ever better than Deron Williams.
@SkodenMOC
5 күн бұрын
@@abtocool6350 I have Kyrie right there, I think he peaked higher in Brooklyn and Deron (I just wish he had a bit more longevity to his prime)
@abtocool6350
5 күн бұрын
Kyrie is more skilled, he’s a better on ball defender, better face up game, better postgame, better midrange game and midrange shooter, better footwork, and yes he’s a better finisher around the rim, steph gets a lot of open layups due to the warriors movement offense getting backdoor cuts, slip screens, and other offball screens for open layups and that’s accounted for in the percentages if dame is a better three point shooter than kyrie by the consensus because of the quality of the shots and how much of his is self generated than that has to apply for finishing as well otherwise it’s hypocritical, Kyrie’s layups are more self generated, and kyrie has more career paint points and he’s a better ball handler and takes care of the ball more and better.
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
Did you ever think that maybe Steph was always capable of those same things but never HAD to do any of that because his shooting ability ALONE superceded his capabilities of ALL of those things? Just because Steph has never displayed those skills (consistently) does not mean that he was never capable of them.
@abtocool6350
5 күн бұрын
@@urbaindelva7869 I’ve seen him try and do these things in games but it just isn’t as fluid, weaker footwork and his set point on his shooting form is too low to just be doing post fade rising over the top of contest like how kyrie does. Having a two motion shot is better for those situations and Steph has a one motion shot.
@jasonknighten5816
5 күн бұрын
@Nick - Can we get the robot Rusty from now on? Vast improvement.
@ou8428
5 күн бұрын
The Lakers were favored in the the 2004 finals vs the Pistons, and Kobe was THE REASON they lost that series. They were also favored vs Boston in 2008 and he blew it. But he gets all the credit for getting carried by Pau, Odom, Fisher, and Artest. Weird
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
He was not carried by Pau, Odom, Fisher, or Artest at all. However, he has and does escape a lot of criticism for those failures. Winning covers for a lot of things.
@crosbycruz495
5 күн бұрын
I have a hot take. Tony Parker top 5 PG all time.
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
Arguably.
@bohanxu6125
5 күн бұрын
Hot Take: Superstars wanting to win by forcing a trade is stupid. If they truly want to win, they should do it in free agency without making the destination franchise lose good role players/assets. Such move will most likely make their legacy worse. (I guess it's not a hot take, but few people talk about it.)
@shorewall
5 күн бұрын
It's just greed. They want their super max contacts.
@mesaifulmore3250
5 күн бұрын
*cough cough* Carmelo
@bohanxu6125
5 күн бұрын
@@mesaifulmore3250 It is true for carmelo and also very true harden... He forced a trade to the nets (and nets lost jared allen and more, which made nets significantly worse). Harden then forced his way to phili (and phili lost Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, and other assets). Harden then forced his way to clippers (and clipper lost Nicolas Batum, Robert Covington, Kenyon Martin Jr., Marcus Morris and other assets, which made the clippers way worse). Harden did that those nonsense in the span of just a few years lol.
@christopheroconnor8057
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: Joel Embiid is just the modern day Patrick Ewing with an undeserved MVP, and a much more infuriating playstyle. At least Patrick was physical and didn’t flop 30 times a game as the largest man on the court. Also, Al Horford is Joel Embiids father
@ianardell4660
5 күн бұрын
Patrick Ewing was one of the best players of the 90’s?
@organicorange37
5 күн бұрын
Great take
@chrilpy
5 күн бұрын
@@ianardell4660but he was never close to being the best. Neither was Embiid but the regular season stats fool people into thinking he is
@ianardell4660
5 күн бұрын
@@chrilpy depends what you mean by close. Embiid has been a top 5 player in the league so I would consider that close but sure he’s never been arguably top 1.
@chrilpy
5 күн бұрын
@@ianardell4660when just looking at the regular season he’s arguably #1 but when also considering the playoffs imo he’s not even top 10
@gugga2745
5 күн бұрын
Julius Erving is a consensus top 15 player ever if he played his whole career in the NBA. He would've been going head to head with Kareem and in the random 70s he couldve got 2 rings
@Himmyjewett
5 күн бұрын
top 10*
@gugga2745
5 күн бұрын
@@Himmyjewett im like 50/50 on if i agree with top 10 bc i think i have an inflated perception of him compared to everyone else bc of my dad. my dad grew up in the late 60s/ early 70s in long island so he experienced Julius first hand. My dad was at the last ever ABA game
@tj5180
5 күн бұрын
That’s just a hypothetical cuz when Dr J played in the late 70s his sixers couldn’t win and they blew a 0-2 lead against Portland in 1977, lost to Washington and San Antonio. They used to exploit Dr J game like they did with giannis playing the wall not saying their the same player obviously not. It wasn’t until Dr J got Moses Malone a big man who could give Kareem the work on the boards and they won the title
@r3sgthepvs448
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: Illegal defense had way more impact than handcheking.
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
I still don't understand how zone defense was considered "illegal" if it has proven to be effective in the years since.
@sideshowbobsaget8876
5 күн бұрын
No it didn't. Removing hand-checking increased scoring for wing players as intended.
@TsoDrag
5 күн бұрын
@@sideshowbobsaget8876 yes but no it those kinda slow the offensive player down a bit but a screen would remove that player harassing the offensive player
@NichMak-q1d
4 күн бұрын
@@sideshowbobsaget8876illegal defense had more of an effect on scoring for wing players than hand checking ever did because players didnt have to make descions at the second level. If they beat their man there was no one to stop from scoring
@Getdown8319
4 күн бұрын
@@NichMak-q1dI played with hand checking and it’s way harder because all your fancy dribbling you ain’t gonna able to do and I can steer you where I want you to go like right into the help and it becomes exhausting fighting someone off a whole game.
@legitmarbles3125
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: arvydas sabonis would have been a top 10 player OAT if he played his prime in the league. I typically hate what if’s like this, but I genuinely believe in this one. He was basically a more physically opposing jokic with a bit worse playmaking. He would’ve revolutionized the offensive game for big men if he was given the opportunity to perform for the American market. He was so far ahead of his time skillset-wise, I just can’t see how he wouldn’t have been crazy dominant.
@Himmyjewett
5 күн бұрын
diet bill walton
@SDesWriter
5 күн бұрын
Unquestionably. When he finally made it to the league he was heavier than his career playing weight and had bad knees. He was still an impact player. He was 15/9/2 his first 3 years (entering the NBA at 31). It would have been very interesting to see what he'd have been like in his prime.
@jamieconnelly5719
5 күн бұрын
@@Himmyjewett*Soviet Bill Walton
@patrick05Morgan
5 күн бұрын
This is that terrible take that legend of winning called that one dude out for making 😂
@metalhead2536
5 күн бұрын
A bit worse playmaking = basically never averaged more assists than turnovers besides one year in euros and NBA each. Insanely overrated passer for his time. He'd still probably be a 30/13/4 guy with 2.5 blks/3 turnovers at his absolute peak nowadays but that's not definitively better than giannis, embiid, jokic, luka, etc. Not sure what he'd have from '86 - '96 in his prime but it's probably a few less points and maybe an extra block. A lot of all time would be rings too, so can he win 2+ rings on the blazers during that era? Maybe, maybe not.
@joshido7352
5 күн бұрын
NBA should remove the defensive 3 seconds rule. Defense is already too hard with how teams will space the floor and shoot. If teams can keep a big man in the paint, it’s shrinks the floor forcing the offense to try harder and get off contested shots.
@luckifan401
5 күн бұрын
nobody wants to watch that tho
@bnsz8704
5 күн бұрын
I say just make it longer. 3 seconds is SO short. Like 5-6 seconds would be better I think
@joshido7352
5 күн бұрын
@@luckifan401 you just watched it in the Olympics. Ppl watch college ball, Euroleague wym .
@joshido7352
5 күн бұрын
@@bnsz8704 just get rid of it. You can’t just have big man sit there the entire possession and leave a man open for three. This will help defenses and the causals will quit whining about teams not playing d.
@amplesstratleholm7609
5 күн бұрын
Bigs like Gobert will be dragged out to the perimeter by guys like Luka with or without defensive 3 seconds regardless. Let's give the defense some agency on where they choose to focus their defense, and leave holes elsewhere.
@aa_davi5410
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: The finals mvp trophy shouldnt matter what should matter is if you are clearly the best player on the championship team e.g before 2022 Steph was being grilled for not having a finals mvp even tho he was clearly the best player on the 2015 and arguably 2018 championship teams even though he didnt revieve the award. I think in all time debates especially the Finals MVP trophy shouldnt be looked at but instead 'were you the best player on the championship team'
@tiredbasketballfan
5 күн бұрын
What's funny is that the FMVP is kinda supposed to point out the best player on a championship team, and most of the timesit does. But that's what makes people overlook instances where it didn't happen / there was no clear best player / it was a team effort / etc. So any award should be considered with context.
@Phoenix-pm2qr
5 күн бұрын
It should go to the best player aka LeBron in 2015 vs the Warriors. He was the entire team LeBron > Iggy > Steph
@aa_davi5410
5 күн бұрын
@@Phoenix-pm2qr no I don’t think you can be a finals mvp and not win the finals and no iggy was not better than Steph that series
@tiredbasketballfan
5 күн бұрын
@@aa_davi5410 Yep. No disrespect to Iggy, but he was never better than Steph, and it wasn't his job to be. He was awesome in the Finals and deserves a ton his credit, but he wasn't the MVP, and neither was LeBron.
@michaelkeitof4666
5 күн бұрын
@@tiredbasketballfanLebron was by far the best player that finals let’s not do revisionism . The main reason Iggy got finals mvp was due to everyone knowing Lebron should’ve won it but since he lost they gave it to the guy that guarded him .
@AustinMulkaMusic
5 күн бұрын
Hot Take: Michael Jordan is Overrated. (how’s that for a thumbnail?) More specifically, his 6 championships are overrated. In my opinion, MJ is the greatest player of all time. But, the fact that so many people think it is “blasphemy” to have LeBron at 1 and Jordan at 2 I believe shows he is overrated as a player. The 6-0 argument is used as if Jordan is infallible and no one comes close because he is “undefeated when it counts.” But, if the Pistons and Celtics would have been in the Western Conference, Jordan wouldn’t have just magically beat them because it “counted more.” He would be 6-3 in the finals. And I will point out, just for the sake of consistency, If we get to a point where LeBron is considered universally number 1 and it’s considered “blasphemous” to put Jordan at 1, LeBron would be overrated at that point as well. One would hope that future generations wouldn’t blindly fall for the same biases of the previous generations, however, that seems to be a prevalent and reoccurring theme throughout all of history… But I digress.
@Evan-i4e
3 күн бұрын
Labron is clearly the goat he's a mix of a lot of goats; as long as you ignore when Duncan tryhards he's better being a mix of a lot of goats too, both are like robots created by the NBA. Like sorry Labron had a harder road against more goats and just had teams drag him down by giving up like the Shaq cavs he was in 18 play offs 9 finals won 4 those are harder stats. Everyone acting like Jordan was worse in the wizards when he wasn't or wasn't drafted after Hakeem or was considered replaceable to chuck or wasn't dog walked in college by Len bias or at home by Larry Jordan or in the NBA by a crippled bird or beaten by penny in the playoffs or the bad boys in the finals or nearly beaten by Chuck, Miller, Hakem, Robinson while having a good team vsing a bad team or he played 6 years. If almost every goat says bird was somewhere in the top three and you place him in the top ten to twenty, how can I take the Jordan goat claim serious? Are we actually saying because Jordan: who is probably the 40th best shooter talent wise, who's probably the 15th best team leader, who probably the 30th best dunker, who plays blue collar ball, copying Wilkins, doctor j and Thompson play styles, is the goat over real-life dragon ball charters, because the stats out of context say so and then idol him as a deity. People will then really say but if he was 7 feet; you can say the same about Iverson or penny or curry, or so many, what if Shaq was more fit, what if Len bias or Lewis lived, what if bird stayed heathy, what if chuck had a good team, what if the refs didn't cheat in 2002, what if the NBA wasn't racist in 2004, what if oden and Sabonis had stronger bones what if Chamberlin played longer, what if Wilkins or Hakem played in a different era, what if David Thomphson took his life more serious, what if Kd played for a good crowd, in the idea NBA Jordan isn't even a top fifty player, he dog walked by the pistons in the real threepeat imagine prime Bird, Bias, Lewis, Pearce and maybe chuck or Hakeem twenty straight perfect seasons at least. Labron, Duncan, Bird, Wilt, Kerem, Chuck and maybe Shaq are better in our current timeline; Jordan is just blue-collar Kobe that stats show he's the tiniest bit better than a few prime goats, I don't like this game we play he's better then penny or Iverson because of rings and spectacle.
@KnowBallsPODCAST
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: At this point in his career Kevin Durrant is very overrated, He is no longer top 10. Sure he still has great volume scoring but he doesn't generate a lot of rim attempts for himself which leads to limited playmaking ability. He also does not take a ton of threes or free throws. scoring efficiency is in line with dooker and tatum but KD doesn't have the defensive ability of tatum or the ball handling ability or passing touch of Booker.
@fortynights1513
5 күн бұрын
Is KD fringe all-NBA in 2023-24? Ergo: Bordering on 15th?
@KnowBallsPODCAST
5 күн бұрын
@@fortynights1513 yeah as a talent borderline all nba. Might not be a good player still but Booker is certainly the better of the two and i could see durant being at the highest 11.
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
KD is not as athletic as he once was, so of course, he can't and doesn't get to the rim as often now.
@KnowBallsPODCAST
5 күн бұрын
@@urbaindelva7869 which is very important Because rim scoring is the most efficient shots in basketball.
@abtocool6350
5 күн бұрын
@@KnowBallsPODCASThe’s better than booker bruh😂, he had the best midrange percentage this year and on high volume and when he gets to the rim he’s finishing at a high percentage. He’s still a better scorer by a big margin, more consistent, better from three, and the defense isn’t close even though Booker isn’t a bad defender.
@chrilpy
5 күн бұрын
Adding an injury prone playoff choker to a team led by an even more injury prone playoff choker isn’t a recipe for success. Embiid has sucked the few times that he was healthy in the playoffs. Stop making excuses for him and stop believing that the 76ers are a true contender
@xtraultra3155
4 күн бұрын
10 championships or 10 mvps? Not a hot take more of a hypothetical question, say player A wins 10 championships and no mvps and player B wins 10 mvps but no championships which one would rank higher all time, and does the answer change if it’s 10 championships and 5 MVPs and 10 MVPs 5 championships.
@Dumpgawd2730
5 күн бұрын
David Robinson was better than Tim Duncan in the 1999 season (not the finals TD was far better then) nearly all the advanced stats and on-off numbers favor Robinson and in 1999 he was still the better defender, same amount of blocks and more steals in less minutes, he had a better defensive rating and DBPM and slightly less DWS in less minutes.
@Dumpgawd2730
5 күн бұрын
Btw I don’t even think I believe this one but I’m tryna get in the video, and I love my pookie bear David Robinson ❤❤
@SkodenMOC
5 күн бұрын
Gimme Tim Duncan but DRob was definitely underrated in 1999
@bobqzzi
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: Jayson Tatum's game would be much better if he started being the roll man rather than the ball handler in pick and rolls. 90% of the time he is the ball handler he ends up beyond the arc with a guard on him-a disadvantage that leads to jacked up step back 3s
@winter9242
5 күн бұрын
Tatum is okay being the ball handler. He just needs to put his head down and drive to the rim instead of forcing those 3s. We've seen how effective that is during the mavs series where if he's the one that initiates the offense and drives to the rim, it leads to easy kick out opportunities
@XGoldenx03
5 күн бұрын
Hot Take: I think the requirements for the Hall of Fame should be higher. Theres a lot of people especially from back then that realistically shouldnt be in there. I think it ahould be clear cut who is in the HOF to keep it more prestigious
@AJ-nf3bn
4 күн бұрын
That not a hot take that a fact and the NBA needs a criteria like the NFL and how they do HOF
@Havoc0606
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: most if not all preseason games should be played internationally. The games dont count toward their record and doing so could broaden the worldwide interest in the NBA.
@fortynights1513
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: How good your best players are without the ball in their hands is overlooked.
@thetwiggamingchannel9578
5 күн бұрын
True that's why most people say Luka is better than Shai
@fortynights1513
5 күн бұрын
@@thetwiggamingchannel9578Do you think so?
@legittaco5899
5 күн бұрын
@@thetwiggamingchannel9578Neither of them are any good off-ball players. Luka is better than Shai by virtue of being a better on ball initiator.
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
It is.
@kjjr3270
5 күн бұрын
Stupid take
@sumboi2210
5 күн бұрын
Defensive versatility is more important than being able to protect the rim. Bam has made deeper runs all the way to the finals while teams with rudy often struggle, for example.
@tj5180
5 күн бұрын
That’s half truth but the notion they struggle due to gobert is just false. Gobert isn’t versatile as bam but his defense on switching to perimeter players isn’t bad as people think it is and casual take like watch the suns series for example.. Mavs exploited the wolves defense not entirely gobert fault but wolves adjustments and people hating on gobert cuz luka hit the game winner on him. Jazz issue was perimeter defense. They knew gobert was the only defensive presence and Utah having no switchable defenders on the team outside of Royce O Neal
@seanmolloy2172
5 күн бұрын
The Thomas stuff is always funny for young fans. He was told by chuck Daley to sacrifice for winning. Concentrate on leadership, defense, and conserve energy for late game. He won 2 rings because he did it. Now he is penalised for that sacrifice despite those 2 rings. He was an extremely under rated defender in those title years. Also. What do you mean, no one would face up and penetrate? Does nate archibald not exist any more?
@willingexile3374
5 күн бұрын
Let's not rag on Rusty too much. Tiny Archibald is a deep cut for even Gen Xers, but yeah, research is free.
@SDesWriter
5 күн бұрын
Rusty is the same half-wit who thinks Stockton doesn't deserve credit for his assists because they were "easy" because he just tossed the ball into Malone. Evidently he never actually watched a basketball game or looked at the rules of the 70s-90s where you could only get an assist if you got the ball to a teammate who didn't need more than 1 dribble to score. Gary Payton said Stockton was the most difficult person to guard he ever played against (and he guarded Jordan) and that he did EVERYTHING on the court including shooting over 50% and setting screens for the big men. But he's not in the conversation for greatest point guards because only being 9000 assists ahead of Curry is just not impressive enough.
@Truthtella
5 күн бұрын
@@seanmolloy2172 facts bro. These young guys didn't get to see zeke play all they really know is CP3. So I get. But Zeke was a better leader, player and heads and shoulders more clutch than CP3.
@J-Hue
5 күн бұрын
Folks need to check his playoff numbers. Whatever the team needed, he's do. Average 25 or 27pts, 7asts, and 5rebs? Check. Average 20 and 10? Check. When he was in his orime, before injuries, he was as big a big game okayer as it gets.
@davidmartinez52420
5 күн бұрын
Is that really surprising though? We've been seeing people doing that with Tim Duncan, and many of the people doing it actually watched him play. They like to talk about his offensive numbers not being that impressive but fail to understand that he sacrificed them for the betterment of the team then went up a notch in the playoffs. They keep saying that he's just a product of a great system but fail to understand he was a huge reason why that system was so great.
@MikeTheNBAGuy
5 күн бұрын
3rd?? Fuck no, Magic/Curry/West/Oscar have the top 4 spots locked up. Absolutely better than IT though, one of the most overrated players in NBA history just because he won 2 rings.
@lob_edits1251
4 күн бұрын
Hot take: Wilt Chamberlain is not a top ten player oat and might not even be a top 15 player of all time. The only two players who are truly important from that era (the 1960s not the 70s) was BIll russell and Wilt chamberlain and bill russell gets a top 10 ten nod because of how outstanding his accolades are and how much winning he did. But for Wilt, yes he averaged 50 a game but he didnt win enough (as compared to Bill) to overlook the fact that he played in an objectively easier era and many other guys who averages crazy numbers in that era really dont get the same treatment (Althoguh I do understand their stats werent as crazy compared to wilt). As for the not top 15 statement i think that one is a little shakier but personally i think guys like Giannis, Jokic, Dirk, and maybe KD are ahead of him as far as what they were able to do relative to the era. (Maybe Kawhi too if u wanna talk abt the 2019 run)
@kyleshuler2929
5 күн бұрын
Due to the infinite amount of stupid shit said on the internet, he will never run out of content for these videos.
@jonathansykes4986
5 күн бұрын
CP3 is the 3rd best point guard. How is this a hot take?
@SkodenMOC
5 күн бұрын
Ppl just see rings and that’s it 😂
@Mrballerize
5 күн бұрын
Hot Take: 2019 Lou Williams is better than 1998 John Stockton!
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
Stop it.
@Reinmain12
5 күн бұрын
This is outrageous 😂😂
@BennyBoy90
5 күн бұрын
@@Mrballerize you have no idea wtf you’re talking about lol
@claytonacuff2932
5 күн бұрын
Go through strengths and weaknesses see who has more weaknesses if you can't do that then you don't know who's better different era has different rules best way to determine players is strengths and weaknesses Lou Williams might shot a little better but that's it john Stockton is better in every other aspect it's not even a discussion Gilbert arenas I would consider a better version of Lou Williams got balled up by John Stockton that should tell you everything you need to know
@fortynights1513
2 күн бұрын
How was Lou Williams on defense?
@curry8745
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: Draymond green is better than Rodman and it’s not even close. He’s better in every aspect apart from rebounding and people act like they are on the same level
@jasonmoukala8909
5 күн бұрын
Bro what? Yeah no
@gugga2745
5 күн бұрын
A play in team will win a ring in the next decade. With injuries being prevalent i dont see it too far out of the realm of possibility for a good team to get an injury crisis and be healthy enough for the playoffs and finals run to happen
@penguinbro896
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: people don’t know how to handle player intangibles(stuff outside of basketball skills) when it comes to rating current/all time players. Examples: stuff like Tim Duncan contributing to a winning culture makes me rate him higher than his raw basketball talent would normally take him, while Lebron’s LeGM shenanigans are one of the things holding me back from ranking him above MJ.
@ShadowWizardMoneyGng-yp9qy
5 күн бұрын
Dwight Howard was the third most important player in the bubble run, especially against the nuggets
@TakeoneDoe
5 күн бұрын
rondo
@krispiez1042
Күн бұрын
Hot take: People drool over the fact that Tim Duncan played in a fundamental way too much now, what is usually something that makes a player much less appreciated has catapulted Tim Duncan into a realm he has no business being in.
@theopencourt7231
2 күн бұрын
Hot Take : Doctor J is the most under appreciated Superstar of all time. People say Magic and Bird saved the league which they did but there wouldn’t have been a league to save without Doctor J. And when you add his ABA and NBA stats he has an argument for top 10 all time.
@JeffersonSteelflexx
5 күн бұрын
Day -16 of demanding Rusty make a video on the underrated greatness of Raymond Felton!!!
@famlomshalom7348
5 күн бұрын
There's no way people believe that knowing who won what championships is understanding, trivia is not important it's understanding the concepts and philosophy of eras and playstyles that's important. Just cuz you know who was king in the last 100 years doesn't mean you understand their impact or importance to history 😂😂
@HelloThere-mh5gd
5 күн бұрын
I got one: Duncan goes to Orlando, they go to 4 straight finals, playing LA in all 4, winning last 2 01,02 lakers 03,04 Orlando
@HelloThere-mh5gd
5 күн бұрын
This is where hill is still injured
@xavierb9061
5 күн бұрын
Better 1, goes to philly who had #2 pick and him iverson replace shaq kobe as best duo
@andrewd313
5 күн бұрын
Hot Take: If he got to play out an entire career, Drazen Petrović would’ve been a Top 5 shooter all time
@noahroche6704
5 күн бұрын
good too see ya rusty! you and the team are doing great!
@ReydelCiguay
5 күн бұрын
PG ranking: 1-Steph 2-Magic 3-IT 4-Stockton 5-Nash. CP3 would be in the 6-10 range
@chrilpy
5 күн бұрын
Stockton is so overrated
@rickharrison1737
5 күн бұрын
I don’t see how Stockton is better than Nash or Paul.
@ReydelCiguay
5 күн бұрын
Stockton lead in both assist and steals as well as never missed a playoff and made 5 playoff appearances to CP3s or Nash. If you are talking about pure PG play style then after Magic would be Stockton realistically. Specially since compared to the other two actually made it to the finals
@WindyCityNick
5 күн бұрын
@@ReydelCiguayHe also lost in the first round more than he made it out and was a playoff dropper against teams that they couldn’t abuse illegal defense against like the Bulls.
@rickharrison1737
5 күн бұрын
@@ReydelCiguay Ok but who was actually better on the court when they played. Players like CP3 and especially Nash actively put constant pressure on the defense by forcing defensive rotations, scoring when the defense didn’t help, and were overall more aggressive offensive weapons. There is no way the 7-seconds or less Suns are the historically great offense that they were if you substitute Nash with Stockton.
@mojpatel
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: a 50 yr old rusty buckets will defend Chris Paul and his ringless 19pt-10ast career the same way that current 45 year olds have to defend the older players vs the modern hollowed out stats.
@LunchTableSports
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: Russell Westbrook is the 3rd greatest player to primarily play the PG position. (There is a distinction imo between greatest PG’s and greatest players to play PG)
@brianduru3753
4 күн бұрын
This isn't a hot take..... This is pure stupidity.
@LunchTableSports
3 күн бұрын
@@brianduru3753 wow great argument man. Glad we can have a civil conversation 😂 what’s pure stupidity is calling something stupidity without giving a single reason for it. Go look up “Russell Westbrook career accomplishments” and tell me who matches that at the PG position. He has more individual accomplishments than any other PG all time not named Steph or Magic. If you don’t think he’s even in the conversation, you’re either a hater or an idiot. He did something thought to be impossible 4 times in 5 years. He won a league MVP, something only a few point guards have ever done. He has stats on track with Lebron freakin James and has scored more clutch points than anyone else in his generation besides Lebron. He’s one of the greatest scorers in NBA history without a consistent jump shot, which is impressive in its own right. He’s the most athletic PG to ever play the game. Go f*ck yourself
@LunchTableSports
3 күн бұрын
@@brianduru3753 wow great argument man. Glad we can have a civil conversation • what's pure stupidity is calling something stupidity without giving a single reason for it. Go look up "Russell Westbrook career accomplishments" and tell me who matches that at the PG position. He has more individual accomplishments than any other PG all time not named Steph or Magic. If you don't think he's even in the conversation, you're either a hater or an idiot. He did something thought to be impossible 4 times in 5 years. He won a league MVP, something only a few point guards have ever done. He has stats on track with Lebron freakin James and has scored more clutch points than anyone else in his generation besides Lebron. He's one of the greatest scorers in NBA history without a consistent jump shot, which is impressive in its own right. He's the most athletic PG to ever play the game. “Stupidity” man gtfo with that
@brianduru3753
3 күн бұрын
@@LunchTableSports More individual accomplishments? Mate, he has the same number of MVPs as Derrick Rose who effectively stopped being a high level NBA player in 2012 or so. Steve Nash has more MVPs and I don't see you gargling his nuts. Russ as a first option is an abject failure. All those triple double seasons to get bounced in the first round. Guy was getting outplayed by rookie Donovan Mitchell and Ricky Rubio. All those clutch points got him where exactly? He has been traded FIVE times since winning MVP: I cannot think of a single MVP that is thought of so lowly. An overrated shot chucker who never developed his basketball skills beyond 'run very fast'. In this last playoff run with the Clippers his TS was 36%.....I can't even begin to describe how atrocious that is.
@LunchTableSports
3 күн бұрын
@@brianduru3753 nice bro, you can listen to media narratives! Obviously you didn’t google his accomplishments because I didn’t say MVP’s you moron. Look at Russ’ record when recording tripdubs and tell me they didn’t contribute to winning. He never had any help in the playoffs after KD left other than 2019, the 1 year in his prime he just had a bad playoff run shooting wise (although he was still very effective in other areas because he’s an all-time-great). 2020 he literally had COVID, Give me any superstar that’s carrying that wizards team through the first rd that Russ CARRIED to the playoffs not named Lebron or MJ. Lakers he was a terrible fit, which wasn’t his fault they asked him to shoot 3’s like he’s KCP when everyone including himself knows he’s not. We all know Kawhi and PG’s contributions in the playoffs with the clippers. Btw he had an awesome series when they were both out and he had a real role with the team. Also, he requested every trade he’s ever been in so acting like that’s a measure of his value is idiotic. Shot chucker vampire ball hog once again way to go bro you can listen to a talking head on ESPN who gets paid to yap! And then where did clutch points get him? Oh I don’t know, into the playoffs maybe? Why you think he’s played in so many close games since KD left? If you didn’t know, basketball is a team sport, meaning one man cannot win basketball games by himself. Go look at PG and Carmelo in OKC’s playoff stats. Again PG was good in 2019, Russ wasn’t, I’m not too stupid too admit that. But that was one year. I already explained the state of other teams he’s been on. He’s 9-time All NBA and All-Star. He had arguably the greatest statistical peak of all time. He had easily the greatest statistical season of all time. And lastly, you’re seriously gonna talk about this past season? That’s proof you don’t even watch the guy you’re yapping about. His role was reduced to basically nothing because the clippers traded for James Harden. Russ is 36 years old. Nobody is expecting 2017 level production out of him anymore. Why be a hater? Did he hurt you personally or something?
@CheepsAhoy69
5 күн бұрын
Hot Take: If you already have 2 superstars, there's nobody in NBA history you should add to the team over Klay Thompson
@Max-kw2hp
5 күн бұрын
Dwight Howard omission for top-75 was egregious, but Lillard making the list was absolutely undeserved. He made conference finals once and never led the league in anything meaningful apart from (shared) games played and minutes. Made first team just once and was one way player.
@skylergreenhaw5787
5 күн бұрын
Bro the Dame glazing from this generation in general is baffling
@NichMak-q1d
4 күн бұрын
Dame was a top 10 player for multiple years and at his peak was definitely one of the best offensive players in the league. The list doesn't rank players based on how far they got in the playoffs it's about how good they were
@TheMiracleShot
4 күн бұрын
@@NichMak-q1dunfortunately Dwight Howard was better than him. He was a top 5 player itl and the best defender alive for half a decade
@NichMak-q1d
4 күн бұрын
@@TheMiracleShot The are worse players to take off than Dame I don't understand why people act like it's Dame vs Dwight why tf should a guy who played when segregation was a thing be on the top 75 list
@Anton1oSainz
4 күн бұрын
@@NichMak-q1d so Dame > Bill Russell now? Damn
@SkodenMOC
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: Playmaking can be held the same weight as both scoring and defense. Playmaking is not just passing the ball, but also how efficient your floor duty is, the ball handling, passing ability, decision making, even off ball creation such as moving off-ball or setting screens as long as it’s helping set up your team scoring opportunities Which is why heavy offensive players can be better than elite two-way players, like Curry, Magic, and Jokic > Kawhi, DRob, Pippen and Wade
@jasonmoukala8909
5 күн бұрын
That last paragraph is wrong
@SkodenMOC
5 күн бұрын
@@jasonmoukala8909 it’s correct unfortunately
@jasonmoukala8909
5 күн бұрын
@@SkodenMOC it’s really not. Neither jokic or Steph is better than kawhi.
@j-rey-
5 күн бұрын
Which is why Nash deservedly won his two MVPs. The full extent of his playmaking didn't show up on the stat sheet, but if you watched those Suns teams, you knew that Steve Nash was the reason they were the best in the regular season, and probably would have won in 2007 if not for the Horry hip check and suspensions.
@SkodenMOC
5 күн бұрын
@@jasonmoukala8909 now we are just trolling, Kawhi is nowhere near there level all-time or even at their peak
@Other_Robots
5 күн бұрын
Sports gambling makes people more interested in games. I’d argue people who “purely love the sport” are in the minority and most people are just fans of their own team (or a specific player) and don’t watch most other teams’ games in the regular season. Sports gambling makes people watch other teams and learn more about a bunch of players beyond the big-name superstars. Though i do agree gambling is at a point where its being pushed too much and sports media seems to center their talking points around gambling and its troubling how every league has embraced gambling
@saxamophone76
5 күн бұрын
Hot Take: Yao Ming is the biggest what-if in NBA history.
@seamusboyle8641
5 күн бұрын
Agree, the Chinese Communist Party ruined his career by forcing him to play three Asian Games tournaments in the summer instead of letting him rest like the league. Probably their worst ever crime 🧐
@Sunnyd0938
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: Everyone gives the bucks a hard time because they hired doc rivers when the real mistake was firing coach bud and replacing him with a rookie head coach. People bring up the 30-13 record but they had the easiest schedule in the league, had a bottom ten defense and were in dogfights with the pistons. Hiring doc was still a mistake but they didn’t have many options unlike in the offseason
@markocenic299
5 күн бұрын
If they wanted to fire Bud, they should have hired Nurse instead. That was an even bigger mistake imo.
@Sunnyd0938
5 күн бұрын
@@markocenic299I agree
@saturns473
5 күн бұрын
Jalen Brunson and Ja Morant will be better point guards than Steph curry next season
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
They might.
@TakeoneDoe
5 күн бұрын
HOT TAKE: James harden changed basketball in the way yall think steph curry did. hes the reason role players who stand in the corner now pump fake and sidestep into a three instead of taking one step in and taking a long two. he had all the 3pt moves so that are standard today. before him these moves didnt exist or done at that range. stepback, shoot as soon as the defender toucher the roller on a pick and roll, sidestep double stepback, snatch back hes all 2nd in all time 3pt made.
@Other_Robots
4 күн бұрын
Maybe but i think in order to give something like increased 3 point shooting validity you have to prove it can lead to championships which is what steph did. I agree though that people act like steph is the sole reason for the change but if he didn’t get multiple rings out of it i feel like most coaches would discourage that type of play. Its like how eminem wasn’t the first white rapper but he was the first actually successful one that afterwards every kid in the suburbs started getting into rap lol
@marshallfabbro8209
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: Denzel Valentine was better than your favorite player in college.
@motownnoah
4 күн бұрын
TALK YOUR SHIT🗣️
@JJ-gl9mn
4 күн бұрын
I’m not old, was Billups not the best player on the Pistons championship team?
@FlashFreeze68
4 күн бұрын
Offensively, probably, good passer good scorer and also had some clamps
@jeremiahthetrinity
5 күн бұрын
step should be over kobe all time facta
@patrick05Morgan
5 күн бұрын
Defense exists
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
@@patrick05MorganThere has to be more than that.
@patrick05Morgan
4 күн бұрын
@@urbaindelva7869 it’s an entire side of the ball, how is that not enough. Kobe also has more championships, a better argument for longevity, more finals mvps, etc.How is that not enough. Kobe won championships a decade apart(2000 and 2010.)And he dominated the toughest conference in NBA history.
@armanijeans444
4 күн бұрын
hot take: Top 10 all time 1. Lebron James 2. Michael Jordan 3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4. Steph Curry 5. Kobe Bryant 6. Shaquille O’neal 7. Magic Johnson 8. Tim Duncan 9. Kevin Durant 10. Hakeem Olajuwon (soon to be Nikola Jokic if he continues on this trajectory) factoring in the eras all these guys played in, the difficulty of their competition, the rules/officiating at the time of playing, these are my top 10 players of all time and i have logical arguments as to why each player should be at their given spot. I am completely confident in this list. if you’re up for a debate please leave a comment.
@NationalDex149
4 күн бұрын
Shaq above Kobe bro
@armanijeans444
2 күн бұрын
@@NationalDex149 i could go either way. have very good arguments for both
@kingbear1812
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: Don't get me wrong he is great, but Stephen Curry's greatness argument of "he changed the game" is such a dumb and completely overused argument. Yeah he changed the game a lot but he is given too much credit for the change. Simultaneously, players like James Harden and Damian Lilliard were rising to prominence and doing similar things and they should also be recognized as contributers to the change. Even then, Wilt Chamberlain changed the game for his time too and literally had rules made against him, yet he isn't given half the credit Curry is for a change that he had help in making.
@AJ-nf3bn
4 күн бұрын
The reason people say curry changed the game is because nobody was shooting 3 ball like him dame not even that good shooting the ball like that he more spot up and James doesn’t even pull up from 40ft and makes them he does step back but curry from 2014-2017 curry was shooting 40ft pulling from half court and making shots that back then would be considered bad shots are just normal now and also back then people didn’t care about 3 ball compared to now where you have to shoot to be good unless your a Giannis or shaq where you don’t need the 3 ball
@Other_Robots
4 күн бұрын
I think steph gets more credit because, of the people you mentioned, he’s the only one who turned that style of play into multiple championships which gives it more validity. Like it’s not enough to bring something new to the game you also gotta show that it can translate to wins otherwise it feels more like a gimmick than anything else and coaches would end up discourage players from taking so many 3s. If anything id say klay should also share credit with steph before harden and dame
@ericsolheim4834
5 күн бұрын
Hot Take: The Bulls will be a .500 team the season with a Zach Lavine comeback and a weak bottom eastern conference.
@cadenweaver5612
9 сағат бұрын
Hot take: Illegal defense caused late rotations and inflated small players' interior stats compared to modern. Like the supply chain, one late rotation leads to another and another. 90s offense drives and kick out were more effective because of the threat of freethrows. 3's were both rarer and more valuable, hince why the 90's Bulls team were so effective. They would have little offense against todays' superteams. Yes the 90's Bulls were an aquired, not assorted superteam just like the Lakers and 50s-60s celtics. All that to say that a fadeaway or circus shot from a former GOAT makes far more sense to give up than an open 3 to the best shooters the opponent has ever seen.
@teddyhart2913
5 күн бұрын
Thank you! No other pg has CP3s combination of playmaking, scoring-ability, defense, and longevity. Hes top 3 pg as an individual player (team success aside). It just became "cool" to hate on him at some point along the way
@Truthtella
5 күн бұрын
How many Rings did CP3 Lead his teams too with? How many top 5 players has he played? How many did Thomas play with? Bro go somewhere with trash. Isiah led teams that beat the holy trio (Magic, Jordan, and Bird) 3 Finals appearances, 5 ECF championships, 2 time NBA champion. The only thing CP3 might be better at is D but he's not as athletic as Zeke was or as clutch a him. Lol what a joke.
@fortynights1513
5 күн бұрын
He’s criticized for playoff performances in some cases, and I’ve seen others argue that he was a bit too pass first.
@teddyhart2913
5 күн бұрын
@@Truthtella reading comprehension is essential
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
@@TruthtellaI've seen Chris Paul come up clutch in a number of situations but it ultimately wasn't enough. Btw, James Harden is probably the only top 5 player that Paul has played with. None of his teammates in New Orleans were top 5 players. Blake Griffin was a star, but never a top 5 player. DeAndre Jordan? Never. Devin Booker was not a top 5 player even when CP3 was his teammate. KD was his teammate, and he is not the player he once was. Neither is Steph. If you wanna say top 5 at their position, fine, but even then that's arguable.
@bradentucker4854
5 күн бұрын
We might as well take out team success for everyone if you wanna do it for cp3
@shadic4977
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: Joe dumars has a good argument and imo was the best player on that bad boys team. He was an all time perimeter defender and guarded a little known player named Michael jordan incredibly well plus him being a good scorer who had similar if not out right better scoring production than IT while also being one of the most underatted shooters of all time.
@SkodenMOC
5 күн бұрын
giving Joe some props 👏👏👏
@seanmolloy2172
5 күн бұрын
Love joe dumars. Horrible take. When Thomas lead a bad team in the early 80s they won 40 games. When dumars lead a bad team in the mid 90s they won 20 games.
@shadic4977
5 күн бұрын
@@seanmolloy2172 that 90s team was in a tougher conference, and I'd also argue it was a worse team. Joe's numbers were insane too it wasn't like he was bad. To me, he's clearly the goat piston cause of longevity with the franchise
@tj5180
5 күн бұрын
@@seanmolloy2172bro the pistons were barely good after the bad boy pistons were over. Isiah got drafted to a team that added Kelly Tripucka, John long and bill laimbeer, vinnie Johnson later added Chuck Daly as new head coach and won 46 game, made the playoffs in 1984
@jamesrobinson1557
18 сағат бұрын
You've earned my subscription and loyalty forever just with that one statement...NBA former NBA players have the worst takes ever! And they say it with the whole chest like how dare you disagree...I played in the NBA so I know! Drives me crazy! Gils Arena for one! It also always kills me to hear players who never won or ever came close to winning tell us what it takes to win...or that winning doesn't really matter too much...We're in the Stats over winning era...New Fan!
@skdog3_385
5 күн бұрын
Walt Frazier/Jerry West were the best players on their championship teams Rusty
@johnmichaelperez2289
5 күн бұрын
Jokic has not even won his first MVP when the list of the 75 greatest players were made.
@srdjanpajic2404
5 күн бұрын
He did actually, the list was released shortly before or right at the beginning of the 2021-22 season
@johnmichaelperez2289
5 күн бұрын
@@srdjanpajic2404 Oh, right. So he already had his 1st. Thanks.
@davidrbelanger23
16 сағат бұрын
Hot take: we are going to see dynasties on the rise again before the turn of the decade, but this time way more balanced. With the second apron rules forcing teams to take on less cap unless they TRULY believe they are championship contenders (Celtics, thunder), it will leave the top few teams to compete every single year instead of chalking up wins to the best team constructed (LeBron heat, KD warriors)
@r3sgthepvs448
5 күн бұрын
Hot Take: We shut criticize Luka way more for his poor play off the ball. Explanation. As a guy that was perfectly capable to play in the more complex sets of the euro League there is no excuse not to do it in the nba
@abtocool6350
5 күн бұрын
He was better off the ball this season and actually setting screens off the ball too this season from like the 65 mavs games I seen in the regular season.
@r3sgthepvs448
4 күн бұрын
@@abtocool6350 true but still worlds apart from what he was capable of at real Madrid
@jamesrobinson1557
17 сағат бұрын
Excuse me! 2016 wasn't rigged for Lebron? No suspension Warriors in 5!
@WonderManFlex
Күн бұрын
I don’t understand why people overrate Chris Paul so much. People call him “Point God”. How come “Point God” couldn’t lead his team to a conference finals? CP3 is the poster child for overrated pass first point Gaurds. Score first gaurds will always be better
@MindAndMyth
4 күн бұрын
Game didnt evolve as much as it just changed. Different rules and different ways the rules are interpreted have contributed far more to the change of the game than anything else. If you brought the old rules and refs back, teams would quickly swarm back to old playstyles.
@JG4TheGOAT
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: you shouldnt be ranking players youve never watched play. (that doesnt mean you have to have seen them live) but you have to go back and watch these people.
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
You can, but that is not as useful as seeing them play live. However, that is not always reliable because everyone can develop their own opinion on that.
@JG4TheGOAT
5 күн бұрын
@@urbaindelva7869 well u can do anything. im not taking someones opinion seriously when they havent watched a single dribble of that player
@Skelly57
5 күн бұрын
Hot Take: The days of a single superstar carrying a team to a championship are over. Pretty much all the top contenders going into next season are either superteams (76ers) or insanely well rounded (TWolves, Celtics, Thunder)
@callumr-w3885
5 күн бұрын
Celtics are also super team but yeah
@gdlydmnkng
5 күн бұрын
It was never a thing. Single superstar carry jobs have only happened 4 or 5 times 94 Hakeem. 11 Dirk. 06 Wade. 22 Steph. 03 Duncan
@jjleblanc8151
5 күн бұрын
Bruh don’t try to sneak in Philly
@Skelly57
5 күн бұрын
@@jjleblanc8151they're the 2013 Lakers of super teams but still, PG + Embiid + Maxey is super enough (to lose in the 2nd round)
@fortynights1513
5 күн бұрын
Could that be argued that single superstar carry jobs, apart from the talent of the superstar players were arguably a product of role players and lower level starters being less impactful, and the gap between the best players and average ones being higher than it is now?
@hellraiser420
12 сағат бұрын
16:20 man thank God i dont watch this on Spotify, I'd have no idea what hes talkin about
@usmnt4423
4 күн бұрын
Shoutout Editor Nick
@loudimes5502
2 күн бұрын
That Pistons take is ridiculous. Go back and watch some games from the championship playoff runs. The Pistons had a deep squad, but Isaiah Thomas was playing out of his mind. He was just as good if not a better passer than CP3 while also being an undeniably better scorer
@MrBubblecake
3 күн бұрын
What about players that watch, study AND play the game? People always argue one or the other, but I feel like a person needs to have all 3 to truly understand all aspects of the game As you said about chess, coaching is different than playing, just because you’ve watched enough chess to know good moves from bad doesn’t mean you can win chess tournaments or that you know as much as pro chess players. There’s a reason a handful of players have made for successful coaches after their career in every major American sport. Sure some athletes have a low iq, and get by mostly just on athleticism, but I think assuming the former player is intelligent, adding that actual playing experience on top of watching/studying from a Birds Eye perspective clears everyone else imo
@saibotshawdow5090
5 күн бұрын
The difference between kyrie and Steph is the difference between vince carter and lebron.
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
Adn what difference is that?
@saibotshawdow5090
5 күн бұрын
@@urbaindelva7869 talent diff
@AJ-nf3bn
4 күн бұрын
@@urbaindelva7869playstyle skill set and how each player plays the game curry moves off ball a lot more than him and curry is a far better than him except for the whole ball handling and layups but is curry is the best and most skilled offensive player we seen and we will never see just like Messi
@MrBubblecake
3 күн бұрын
“Mamba mentality” = letting your ego run wild, constantly hogging the ball, and jacking up as many shots as it takes at a 36% clip to score 20+ regardless if it’s helping your team win or not Tatum being a Kobe wanna be and also being a brick chucker who’s more concerned with padding his point total than being efficient isn’t a coincidence. That’s the kind of players Kobe created, the kind of player who would rather jack up a contested jump shot than pass to an open teammate in the closing moments because getting the credit/praise is more important to them than the team winning
@MrBubblecake
3 күн бұрын
Steve Francis was a better ballhandler than Kyrie. He wasn’t a more efficient overall player, but he was definitely a better pure ball handler. I just think teams didn’t let him do his thing enough, because it wasn’t popular in the league yet and it didn’t help that Francis wasn’t well liked by his coaches.
@Splackavellie85
2 күн бұрын
Hot take: if you make a highlight compilation of LeBron’s top 250 plays and Jordan’s top 250 plays, there wouldn’t even be a discussion who the better and more versatile player is. At this point, we’re comparing LeBron vs the myth of MJ, instead of the actual player.
@nintendogamer4703
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: Dirk winning the 05 and 06 MVPs would have hurt his legacy more. There would have been more pressure for him to win the championship, and I doubt he would have reached it with two or three MVPs on his back. The 2011 championship & FMVP did so much for his legacy and weighs a lot more than two MVP titles.
@Splackavellie85
2 күн бұрын
Steph Curry can’t even spin a basketball on one finger. Therese no way he’s more skilled than Kyrie Irving 😂 Now that we’ve gotten the rage bait for fanboys out of the way, let’s actually talk about their skill sets. Personally, I think both of them are among the most skilled players we’ve ever seen and who you give the edge to isn’t decided by which player is objectively more skilled, but by which aspects of basketball you value most. There’s a very good argument to be made for Kyrie Irving being the most skilled individual player we’ve ever seen. There’s is literally (and, unlike other, I don’t use this word lightly) not a single thing he can’t do as a basketball player. He’s unquestionably the most skilled ball handler, probably the most versatile finisher, an absolutely elite shooter from anywhere on the court and he’s significantly underrated as an on ball defender. We have likely never seen a player that understand how to use his body in conjunction with the basketball better than Kyrie Irving does. As for Steph, he is unquestionably the greatest shooter we have ever seen. Aside from that, he’s very likely the second best ball handler and finisher (relative to his size), right behind Kyrie. Yes, better than Allen Iverson, who’s my all time favorite player. And while he’s never been the best on ball defender, he has grown into at least above average in that aspect, and he’s shown himself to be a very vocal and aware team defender. I believe the difference in NBA success can mostly be attributed to their mindset and approach to the game. Where Kyrie being pretty much the most skilled individual on every team he’s played with caused him to be a coaching nightmare, Steph is arguably the most coachable superstar player ever (maybe aside from Tim Duncan). Where Kyrie treats every game like a pickup game and lives for the ISO play, Steph has fully accepted basketball as a team sport and has used his full skill set to excel in a 5 on 5 setting, where he utilizes each player on his team to get the win. That has made him the greatest off ball player in NBA history, on top of being one of the most skilled players with the ball in his hands. That is why Steph has been so much more succesful in the NBA than Kyrie, even if we can make an hour long highlight reel of him schooling Steph in 1 on 1 matchups.
@jakoreyaj
3 күн бұрын
Imo #3 pg its almost impossible to discuss Its almost like Dwade as #3 SG. Winning matters and no matter how ppl try to rehiite history, winning matters most. Side not... IT was THE MAN for DT, and saying CP was a "way" better defender is blasphemous. He was the literal spearhead of that defense early before they became the champions. I get he's underrated but trying to compare CP is nasty work. Cp is overrated and you guys have a clear bias smh.
@benmck10
3 күн бұрын
Hot take: The GOAT debate has been and will always be rigged in Michael Jordan's favor. While I personally have him as the GOAT, I think that it's unfair how everyone else (particularly Bron) is measured up exactly against his career. Bron went to 10 straight finals, "Yeah, but MJ is 6-0." Bron rarely makes a poor basketball decision and will make the right play every time in the clutch, "Yeah, but MJ has the killer mentality to take the last shot." MJ was allowed to carve out his own legacy, and that is what made him the GOAT. While he was, of course, compared to other players, no one ever said he wasn’t the GOAT because his career didn’t play out exactly how a Wilt, Russell, or Kareem's did. When making the GOAT debate, we need to examine these players as individuals instead of using Jordan as the measurement.
@NormanOtterman
4 күн бұрын
Hot take: The 2021 and 2022 Nuggets are a really underrated what-if with Jamal Murray missing the 21 playoffs and 2022 and MPJ missing those playoffs aswell as all of 2022
@NikitaTereshchenko-op3kc
Күн бұрын
Curry more skilled than Kyrie because he has better 3 pointer with this logic I would argue that shaq is the most skilled player because no one could stop him in the paint
@keanenhill8394
2 күн бұрын
Hot Take: players who got injured and fell off like D rose, penny, Brandon Roy. Should still get into the Hall of Fame with the understanding that they were trending upwards but fell short because things outside of their control.
@10102s
5 күн бұрын
really hot take: Paolo banchero is actually overrated at this point, sure the main stream media doesnt really talk about him that much. But everyone says he underrated now and acts like hes some all-nba talent and like he's carrying some trash team when in reality; the primary reason the magic are good is because of their defense and banchero is basically average on that end. He still hasnt come close to league average efficiency any year depsite not having crazy scoring volume (22ppg) of his career and is very turnover prone. Yes he was good in the playoffs but thats only a 7 game sample size. Let's stop acting like hes lebron james right now or something.
@Sunnyd0938
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: The eye test is meaningless when used on its own. For example when people say Kobe > LeBron because of the eye test. You have to actually describe what Kobe is doing better than LeBron on the basketball court. And it can’t just be “my eyes tell me Kobe’s the better scorer”
@urbaindelva7869
5 күн бұрын
Kobe had a (better) midrange game, better jump shot, (better) post game, better footwork, gave more consistent effort defensively, more creative finisher at the rim, taking charge when things seemed to be going awry, displayed a more winning mentality, etc. I like LeBron, but those are things that Kobe displayed many times that LeBron either didn't or didn't display enough.
@emanuelezizza
5 күн бұрын
Hot take: You can be the most important player on the team even if you're not the top scorer. Example: Curry during the KD years, Tim Duncan with the 07 spurs, Ben Wallace with the 03 pistons
@SkodenMOC
5 күн бұрын
Should’ve been 07 with Steve Nash but I 100% agree… people take scoring as the end all be all 😂
@emanuelezizza
5 күн бұрын
@SkodenMOC I forgot about Nash but yeah totally
@chaset.3249
5 күн бұрын
This isn't a hot take at all lol
@SkodenMOC
5 күн бұрын
@@emanuelezizzaeven CP3 on the Clippers as well, it is proven that you can still be the best player w/o being the team’s lead in scoring… great hot take 🔥
@SDesWriter
5 күн бұрын
Yeah, we don't get enough Curry glazing on this channel. Let's fish for more.....
@Russ0435
2 күн бұрын
Ur reasoning for kyrie not being more skilled than curry is the exact reason why I cant stand watching you and why most others cant either 😭.
@graysonschutzman4853
4 күн бұрын
HOT TAKE: The reason The Bucks have fallen off is because of Jimmy Haslam. (The worst owner in the NFL) bought the team 3 years ago and took the reigning champion and dismantled them making incredibly stupid short-sighted and impulsive moves much like he's done for decades with the sad sack Browns.
@123carlittios
3 күн бұрын
My biggest problem with cp3 is playoff availability. God, he is always injured, also a playoff choker. No way higher than Isaiah Thomas in my book
@brytonius
4 күн бұрын
Hot Take: John Stockton is somehow better and worse than what his stats suggest. Yes I agree that feeding the post 24/7 hurts his team's offense come playoffs, his steal numbers were a bit inflated for that decade, and his handle was a bit suspect. However, I feel like he suffered from the steve nash effect (Scoring less than what your capable of). In today's game where PGs and SGs are one in the same he'd thrive offensively being a 20/10 guy though I doubt he'd make all defense
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