How Good Was Dikembe Mutombo REALLY?
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
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Where do you rank Mutombo among the greatest Rim Protectors of All-Time?
Definitely top 5 defensively. Hard to say where as his competition is tough. With Russell, Chamberlain, Hakeem, and Kareem
Jonny Arnett -NBA RUclipsr best defender ever, but not a top 10 center tho
Jay Waz Kareem is the outlier there
He’s somewhere in the top 4 with Wilt Russell and Hakeem
Can you make Vince Carter video?
I lived to see Mutombo in the 90s. He was a defensive Marvel. Guys like Michael Jordan made it a point to try to dunk on him because of how much of a beast he was.
Damn, if Dikembe ended being a very tall doctor, he would’ve blocked the Coronavirus today I bet
300 IQ comment, I love it!
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Mutombo i think is such an underrated defensive player, no one seems to ever really talk about him which is odd. It was basically just him and AI in the 2000 finals against a stacked lakers team and they still managed to get game 1. Mutombo has be to a top 5 defensive player along side Howard, Rodman and a few others that you can add into the list.
They had Aron Mcee. He was 6 man of the year, solid defender, and had a good midrange shot.
Dikembe was one of my favorites growing up, dude challenged every single shot he could and was never scared of getting dunked on
Drip Wellington he didn’t need to be scared. Most people were too afraid of him. He had mad respect as a rim protector.
Thank you for pointing out how good Dikembe Mutombo made the 76ers defense in 2001. Too many casuals say that Allen Iverson carried a bunch of scrubs and had no help that season.
He also played a role in Houston’s long winning streak after losing Yao when he was well past his prime.
Finally, a video about the Cookie Monster
As a Nuggets fan, I was really bummed when we lost him. I'll never forget him clutching the ball after upsetting Seattle and I'll never forget his "Not in my house" and finger wag.
One of the most underrated. He was a monster in the paint.
To get a Dunk on Mutumbo and Alonzo Mourning back in the 90's was a badge of Honor... Those guys literally contested EVERY DUNK ATTEMPT...
Michael Jordan was able to dunk against Mutombo and his response is it took seven years for Michael Jordan to dunk against him.
On a different side of Mutombo he is also one of the most generous NBA player/athlete in the world in 2005. He build a 15M dollars hospital in Congo.
Yeah, that always gets brought up, and while I suppose it's one more argument in Jordan's GOAT case, it shouldn't be a knock against Mutombo. The greatest player of all time (and certainly one of the greatest dunkers of all time) dunked on him, once, after years of trying, and after getting probably a dozen shots blocked (including one or two in this video). There aren't many players in the 90s that Jordan *didn't* dunk on
And you're absolutely right, by all account he's an amazing person off the court as well. Good for him
There is no way someone doesn’t like mutombo
@Stephen A. Smith fr? I didnt know that. What did he do
dunk one time. fuck off.
@Morgan Alexander ...Proof?
The finger wag finally getting some respect!
Every team playing against Mutombo started with -15 points handicap during his career. That's how good he was
6.2 blocks per game 😳😱
Just insane!
michael lee Nate Thurmond begs to differ. He would be third all time without question behind those too if the first half of his career wasn’t in the 60s.
In what was seen as the greatest upset in a playoff series in American sports at the time.
@michael lee Sure, but I mean a playoff series in a team sport.No 8th seed had ever beaten a number 1 seed in the 50+year history of the game.
@michael lee That one was before my time, so very well could stand corrected there.
Dikembe such a class act and humble man. I always admired his defense and I actually saw his last game. Seeing him go down with that injury, I leaned in and whispered to my buddy, “We may have just seen the last game of a defensive great. I hope I’m wrong.”
Thanks for covering Dikembe Mutombo. That was beautiful.
Mutombo is one of those forgotten players because people have this crazy idea that the only way to be great is by scoring a bunch or winning championships.
Mutombo is so badass that he talked shit to MJ and backed it up. Idgaf what anyone says, the fact that it was an honor to dunk on Mutombo says enough about how great he was.
His successful and brief tenure with Iverson is very forgotten.
They made it to the finals.
@@PauliePinch13 yup, and I forgot about that honestly!
@Tong Zou sixers team= Iverson on offense and rest of the roster playing defense. He did carry the team.
Tong Zou Exactly. I had this exact argument about “All Star” Deandre Jordan on the Clippers. People will sit and completely dismiss Mutombo on this 76ers ‘01 team but will turn around and act like Deandre Jordan was a legit All Star level player with the Clippers.
Very true.. I watched his entire career beginning at Georgetown and barely remember the time in Philly... Iverson was such a lighting rod that he eclipse all the players he had around him..
I always like players that are geniuses off the court and Mutombo is second only to Jerry Lucas on my all time list. A great player with longevity and a greater humanitarian.
What did Jerry Lucas do? Not trying to sound disrespectful
@@siircartiier Jerry Lucas has a memory so good its like a super power.
"Lucas gained some press for a magic trick, ' The Phone Book '. In it, he memorized about 50 pages of the Manhattan White Pages phone book."
The book When The Garden Was Eden and the documentary of the old NY Knicks goes into how super human his memory and intelligence was. It astounds me.
Jerry Lucas,1960 National Champion Ohio State. The only one we won in basketball.
He was a defensive beast. Even though the Rockets had him towards the twilight of his career, he was still very effective and I enjoyed him being on the team. Sucks that he got injured in the first round of the 09 playoffs against the Blazers.
Mutombo definitely is a top 3 defensive center of all time! Along with that he also is my 2nd favourite center of all time just behind Hakeem Olajuwon!
Where's Ben Wallace 6'9 center
the best blockers ever are #1 bill russell a MASSIVELY close #2 wilt chamberlain #3 manute bol and #4 hakeem olajuwon
@@youtuber3328 manute bol ? GFOH
@@yvans. please tell me did you look at his playoff blocks per game
@@yvans. the goats are wilt chamberlain and bill russell
Another thing about Mutombo was that while he wasn't a prolific scorer but like all of the greatest players in history he elevated his game come playoff time which is why even well into his 30s his services were still in demand despite his lack of elite scoring.
Man, you're killing it lately. Keep 'em coming!
That 1992-1996 era was an amazing one for shot-blocking centers in the West: Mutombo, Olajuwon and Robinson are all among the best ever. (Shout-out to Mark Eaton seems requisite as well, although his career was just ending.)
Mark Eaton retired in 1993
Like Dennis Rodman, he is one of the best role players ever. He always pumped up his team on the defensive end and could score when needed or opportunities presented themselves. He was a great mix of brains and brawn. He also played at a time when you had an incredible amount of great centers. Hakeem, Ewing, Mourning, Shaq, Robinson, etc.
O MC Role Player??? Wtf are you talking about??? Mutombo was a Star NOT A ROLE PLAYER. He was easily the best Player in Denver and an Allstar, same at Atlanta, and the 2nd Best Player in Philly. He was not a role Player. And Rodman was a superstar in Chicago he was not a Role Player. Detroit yes, but in Chicago he was a Super Star. I think you need to better understand what a ROLE PLAYER IS.
@@Think1stMedia I think I could say the same thing about what you think a star player is. Rodman was never a superstar. In fact both of them could never carry a team on their backs. When I mean role player, I mean exactly the definition of it. Rodman was always a defensive and rebounding machine. Mutombo was a good player but not good enough to built a team around like Ewing, Robinson, or Shaq. Yes he was the second option on philly and that team without Iverson would have been horrible. He was an allstar. He was a great player. He is a hall of Fame player but that doesn't change the fact that he was a role player. I grew up watching him and his offensive skills were very limited when compared to the centers of his time. Smits, Ewing, Mourning,Hakeem, Shaq, Daugherty, Divac, Sabonis all had more offensive skills than him. Mutombo will always be remembered for his defense. Mutombo was a crazy scorer said no one ever!
@@PunisherNYCC cant build a team around Mutumbo?!?! What do you think Denver Did??? The main star is not a role player?
He was not a role player. Just because he wasnt a dominate scorer didn't mean he wasnt the best player on the team. He was the main in Denver and Atlanta. Everyone else were role players.
In Philly he wasn't a role player he was a Star Player. Only AI was better and AI doesnt make the finals without Mutumbo. Funny how AI never made it that Deep without Mutumbo and even after when he had Melo.
Here are examples of role players: Michael Cooper, John Paxton, Greg Ostertag, Ron Harper, Charles Oakley, JR Smith, Birdman, Patrick Beverley, Kendrick Perkins, John Starks, Jason Williams, Robert Horry, etc...
These are examples of Stars: Shawn Kemp, Klay Thompson, Dennis Rodman, Tony Parker, Mitch Richmond, Alonzo Mourning, Ben Simmons, etc... (none of those guys are Super Stars or Franchise Players but they damn sure are Stars!!!) To call them role players is an insult.
You are only considering superstars and everyone else in your eyes is a role player. That is ludacris.
Mutumbo and Rodman had too huge of an impact on the game to be labeled simple role players. There, is more to being a Star than offense. SEE BILL RUSSELL. Mutumbo was a better scorer than Russell and by your logic Bill Russell would be a role player. Bull Shit!
@@Think1stMedia I was trying to take you seriously until you compared Mutombo to Russell. But I understand what you are trying to say. I think you have a negative connotation of a role player. The same arguments you made can be used to make Starks a star as well. What I meant by role player is that Mutombo had a specific role. If you watched games in the 90s, and I watched a lot, you will remember that he really couldn't consistently create his own offense. He was a great player. But you are playing the name game of role players, stars, superstars, goats and all this nonsense. At the end, there a a few players in ever decade that rise above the rest. The rest are all role players. Some really good and become Allstars and others don't. He was great at what he did. Rodman was great, but out of the big three in Chicago, he was the one that could of been replaced. Mitch Richmond was good but never had the impact Alonzo Mourning had even though he did play for some good teams. I don't disagree with you, I just think that role players are players that can't carry a team but are great in some areas. I am a huge Knicks fan and here is a perfect example Allen Houston. From the moment he was given a huge contract, I knew that the team was doomed. Even without injuries, Allen Houston was a great shooter but not a player that could carry a team. When they got Carmelo, I knew that they were not going to do much. He was a great scorer who was always a lazy defender which spoke volumes. He went to the olympics, got in shape, did great and can back and got lazy again why.,..because Carmelo is a great scorer and that is it. He was never going to carry a team. So the point is call them stars or whatever you want...but you are either the star of the team or you are not.
O MC what could Bill Russell do that Mutombo Couldn’t??? It is a very good comparison, their games were very similar. If you do not understand that, then you really don’t know basketball. Also another good comparison is Ben Wallace, very little offensive skill excellent defender who had a huge impact on the games he played. Both of them are excellent comparisons for Bill Russell’s type of play.
This is a pointless argument. If you can’t understand Star vs Role Player, there is no need to talk further.
Also, your logic is ridiculously flawed. A team can have more than 1 star. The best player is not the only star.
Damn.
The Sixers had the league MVP and the league Defensive player of the year at the same time, on the same team lol.
The bulls had that in one player once, so did the rockets
Sixers had the 6MOY that year as well
Ari Cohen
That’s crazy
And coach of year so they killed individual awards that year
@@aricohen283 Aaron Mckie?
This was a really good one Jonny. Dikembe is one of the greatest defensive players of all-time. Some of these stats i didn't know about. If he was a better offensive player man o man. Definitely impactful defensively and reliable
He played at a time where players did what they did best instead of being asked to be something they're not. That was partially because the rules were different. Today, he would have to learn how to defend the perimeter and he would have to be more mobile. Maybe he'd be asked to shoot threes. That shows you how bad the game has gotten.
I'm a Sonics fan. Believe me, I think his impact was big enough, thank you very much
Mutombo was a sought-after player in the '90s and '00s despite not scoring 20 points a game. He's like a much a taller Dennis Rodman. That's how good he is.
Dikembe is the starting Center on my all time Team. PG Magic, SG Jordan, SF Bird, PF K. Malone, C Mutombo.
In 1994 vs Seattle probably the only player in modern NBA history to lead a team to a playoff series victory based chiefly off of his defensive ability.
As a die hard Pistons fan I disagree. The Pistons in the 2002 and 2003 playoffs (pre Sheed in both and pre Hamilton and Billups in 2002) won series solely on defense per by Ben Wallace. Especially in 2002, they were purely a defensive team and won a series that year and two series in 2003.
and those five games his total of blocks was 31 🔥
@@Jon.A.Scholt with all due respect in 2002 the only team the Pistons beat were the Raptors missing prime Vince Carter. Even without Vince it's debatable they won that series based chiefly off of Wallace's defensive impact. They had 5 double figures scorers that series.
By 2003 as great as Wallace was the Pistons had arguably the best backcourt combo in the NBA as they went to the Conference Finals.
On the 94 Nuggets there was no real true standout offensive guy either and they took down a team that won 21 more games than them as the 8th seeded team.
@@zhawn4894 not to mention countless altered shots that turned into misses. The Sonics just could not consistently get anything going in the paint offensively.
@@FuShengAlex hmm ok...
Arguably the best rim protector of all time
Nah that goes to wilt or Russell
@@ryeaugust729 nope recency bias is showing.
@@ryeaugust729 you implied wilt and Russell played in a small era. Doesn't get any bias than that.
@@ryeaugust729 it's the same height now nothing has changed.
Guin Soo the average center in the 60s was 6‘10 and the tallest player in the league was 7ft3
And wilt played against Walt Bellamy, Kareem,bob Lanier, bob mcadoo,artis Gilmore,Tom payne and more
He's a great human!
Guy was pure class.
Really enjoy the “how good was he” content. Would you consider doing one on World B Free? Could be a fun and interesting video. Thanks
when he was a back up center to yao ming in houston they had to limit his minutes , because on many occasions , he was embarrassing the big fellow .
That's real
I'm glad you made this video. He was very underrated
wtf dude literally catches fire 🔥 with blocks straight beast
Good player, good man. Top fellow in my book. Was a thrill to have him Denver for a few.
Great video! I hope to see Alonzo Mourning on a "How good was he?" video soon!
Larry Johnson, too!
I want to see Alonzo as well
Severely underrated imo. I remember your recent video gave a lot of accolades to Iverson but it was really Mutombo that got them to the finals. That being said a lot of your all time stats on Mutombo lose relevance due to the stats not being applied in the earlier era. But he was a great player and overall a good video
He was great I think. I remember the Seattle win. I was in Denver at the time & the town went batshit crazy!
As a defender... I rank him at the TOP... He played within himself on offense and DOMINATED on Defense.. Back in the day if your big man got you 12-15 pts and 10+ rbs they were doing great.. Nowadays everyone focuses on the points but Mutumbo was able to impact the game all around...
Had his rookie cards in 91 and he's one of my all time favorites!
Mutombo is my all time favorite player!!! I'll never forget when I was I first started playing basketball and was trying to be scorer and a shooter, when a coach took me aside and told me aside and said as a tall kid I should watch Mutombo and try to play like, focus on defense, rebounding and secondary points. It made me a much better player. As a Sixers fan I was thrilled when we got him in 2001 and thanks pointing out how important he was in the finals run. Aside from Mutombo being the greatest defender of all time, he is also a great human being doing a ton of humanitarian work. He built a hospital in the Congo, does work for Basketball without Borders, Severs on the board of trustees for the National Constitution center, just to name a few things he does. Thanks for highlighting this amazing basketball player and even better human being!
Friend: Dude what's the wifi password?
Me: It's at the back of the router
The back of the wifi router: 0:26
😂😂😂😂 definitely gotta choose "show password" for that one.
Imagine writing that name in school exam papers.
Try saying that 10 times fast
Kurt Magnus it’ll take 3 hours
@@omeribrahim750 indeed
You’re always uploading consistent and quality videos, His teammate Mahmoud Abdul- Rauf was a forgotten sniper
Great defender. That’s about it. He’s the perfect fit for a team with great offensive players.
12 RPG is very good
One of the few primarily defenders that i truly feel belongs in the Hall. I wouldn't pick Ben Wallace. Virtually no offense. Dikembe contributed somewhat consistently on offense. A much better 2 way player.
@@Johnkoth
He had an underrated post game
Wow! Never knew how really good he was.
What a beast!! Image if he entered the league 4 years earlier.
I miss those late 90s dark blue, gold and red nuggets unis
Yeah those were sick
You're right Jonny. Mutombo amazingly could have been a better scorer as well? I remember in the 2001 Finals. Mutombo was hitting the jumper like I had never seen before. And he was doing it on a cosistent basis too. Of course ultimately, that didn't stop that seemingly almost unstoppable Lakers team.
He entered the league at 25 and still played 18 years! Hell he might have been even older than 25
Georgetown produced 3 HoF worthy centers in about 15 years +AI. It was insane. At one point 3 of the top 6 starting centres in the NBA were Georgetown products Ewing, Mutombo and Mourning. As for Mutombo - he was still a top tier defender at 40 that's how good a defender he was. His rebounding and blocks per min were not far off when he was in his late 20's. Not a lot of pure defenders got paid in those days. He and Rodman were some of the 1st defenders to get paid.
People will say he got dunked on a lot but when you challenge everything it's going to happen. And he embarrassed more dunkers than they got him.
Rip Coach Thompson
As a kid after watching a basketball game, everyone use to get pumped up after a good dunk. I used to get pumped after seeing a good block. I used to love watching Mutombo, Morning, and Hakeem get block shots. Most don't understand how a good block could take a good scorer off of his game. Too bad we can't see shot blockers because every team is now shooting mostly 3 pointers
Defensive centers top five. Defensive player of all time top 10. Great video keep them coming!
How good was he? Well, in an era dominated by big men (and MJ, mostly MJ), he swatted anything anybody threw up. If he couldn’t get to it, he probably got to it if they missed.
Thanks for the video. I really appreciate watching
Nice ! Thanks for making a video about Mutombo. Speaking about rim protectors - I would love one about Zo Mourning as well.
Loved watching Mutombo play!
Mount Mutombo! Nuggets History! The number 55 in your face but not in my house! Such a Legend i loved him and i still do to this day!
My all time favorite basketball player. Such an amazing human off the court. Someone you can look up to...both literally and figuratively. Not the best at anything probably but still an all around exceptional talent. I went to see several rockets games back in that era and was there when he surpassed Kareem to become number 2 all time in the block list. What an epic experience
Hey Jonny, love the channel man! I think a player who would make for a great “How good was he” video is Bob McAdoo. One of the great scorers in his prime who nobody ever talks about. He averaged over 30 ppg for 3 straight years; there’s something to be said about that for sure. Take is easy dude!
Dikembe didn't make points, but with his superior defensive skills he created point opportunities for his teammates that otherwise wouldn't have existed.
Mad props & respect for the big Congolese center.
Automatically top 5. Nice Video, this video shows how good he was especially in blocking shots.
imagine a center averaging a double double with 2.5-4 blocks on over 50 percent shooting that would be a must have for every contending team not having a superstar center as their best player
I think when many people hear Mutombo, they think Bol which is unfortunate because Bol couldn't carry Mutombo jock. 12/12 is not setting the world on fire, but is pretty damn good for a top five career defensive big man. As per usual, you need only hear what his peers say about a player to really know how good they were. Remember how happy Jordan was to FINALLY get a dunk on him and that took some taunting from Mutombo to get him psyched enough to git 'er done ! :)
Ben Wallace and Mark Eaton can't carry his jock, either. Dikembe made the other C play some defense.
The cookie monster line 😂😂😂
One of the most underrated Bigs of all time. And so is Ben Wallace.
Who would you rather have on your team, prime Mutumbo or Prime Ben Wallace?
Great question but you cant lose either way you go
@Terry Bogard that wasn't part of the question
RUclips will always have idiots on it that can't understand people's questions or comments and say some dumb ass shit on them thinking they have some great point but in reality is just a stupid obvious thing to say.
Fantastic player, great personality too.
Your opening statement about the Cookie Monster earned you my like 👍🏽
He’s definitely a hall of a famer! That finger wag? Oh man that’s simply the most iconic trash-talking gesture in basketball’s history!! It’s really genius and it’s really funny! Up to this day, I really couldn’t help but laugh out loud every time I remember those Motombo moments in an NBA game! He’s the original funny guy. Sorry Kawhi but Dikembe was funnier back in the day! Just listen to the way he talks! Hahaha
I remember watching a documentary on Mutombo. The man drove a Jeep Wrangler. From the back seat. They literally had to remove the driver seat and he drove the car from the REAR seat.
I think he was great. Completely agree he should be in the HOF. Offense was ok, but his DPOY awards are worth a lot in my opinion for a HOF induction. Led the L in rebounds and blocks has to be worth something.
Why do you only have 46k sub I find ur content to be one of the best among the basketball Chanel with indept analysis
chris bosh, alonzo mourning, tony parker, chauncy billups, paul pierce, stoudemire
He was the perfect defensive-anchor-center
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I really like mutombo, on of my favourite players, definitely one of the best defenders in history, absolutely top5 in that matter but its to hard to choose exact order. When there is a vote to choose your ultimate starting 5 or even a team i always let's people pick all the stars, stack their teams with all best offensive players and I think that my team with only one player averaging more than 20 PTS a game will win with any, especially in playoff because all of my players excel in important games. So I choose as a starting 5 : mutombo, Rodman, pippen, Jordan and payton. This is in my opinion ultimate defensive team. On the bench will put Stockton, wade, k. Leonard, garnett, Duncan, malone, R. Allen. That's my ultimate 12, all of them are at least decent defenders, only weak side may be 3pts shooting but I got Allen for that and Leonard, Stockton and pippen are not bad at it as well.
could you do a how good was Adam Morrison? he didn't get much of a chance in the league following his early ACL injury, but I've always wondered how good he was in college and what his ceiling could have been
Great video man as per usual, keep up the great work. But can you, by any chance add players shooting tendencies in this videos, like where he dealt most damage from was it post, mid range, slahing to the rim, 3 pointers etc. Cheers !
As a Hawks fan,
I love to see a solid profile of him.
Too bad they gave up on him, so early in his stint there.
4x DPOY ain't nothing to slouch on.
Good video bro, I remember when I subbed to you whe. You were at like 100 subs, good growth.
Yeah, I remember your creepy Patrick avatar! lol. Thanks so much for the constant support, friend. I appreciate it more than you know.
The strength of the early 2000s 76ers now makes a lot more sense.
What's not publized about him is his philanthropy it shames those like lebron who do it for media attention this man has given so much to Africa and others and still does to this day he doesn't care about being rich or famous
I live North of Atlanta and I love as in high school when Mutombo played for the Hawks. Me and my buddy had a rough day with a flat and decided instead of telling everyone that we would be funny and tell you everyone Mutombo saw us the on the roadside, picked us up and had the car fixed and took us to Hooters for wings and beer till the car was fixed. Of course it never happened but it was funny to tell it to people because we were kids and we would tell her the story in detail adding funny things and it was such a ridiculous story no one else very called us out. The shit you do as a teenager lol
I love the thought of Mutombo giving someone a ride.
No man shall fly in the house of Mutombo!!!
i got to see him and Morning play together in college. just amazing to watch them both control everything anywhere near the rim
It wasnt just steve smith who was the other all star in that atlanta team.. Laettner was also an all star and an important piece in that team.. atleast before he got injured..
Most underrated big man ever but he's still in the Hall of Fame for defense he basically averaged a double-double his whole career with blocks
I learned something today. I didn’t know he put up numbers like that, only talking about the points. Dude, dropped buckets.
Mutumbo top 3 Shot blocker of the 90s 4x defense player of Year that's a great feat
Mutombo is a top 5 defensive center of all time. Maybe #2 behind wilt
Bill Russell is more known for his defense then Wilt is I would think but blocked shots were not recorded at the time so its hard to put him in the conversation sadly.
@@NoahZeus even J. Arnett said wilt wouldve held the record for most blocks
Hakeem is easily number 1 wtf?
@@suckmehoff5108 He is the blocks leader currently and I consider Hakeem a top 5 player all time but all I was saying is Russells blocks weren't recorded so we have no idea where he stands in the conversation
@@suckmehoff5108 they didnt count blocks in wilts time...even Arnett here said that wilt wouldve been #1 in that category
Great Video. I hope soon to see a How Good was "Ray Allen" Really? Underrated Star in My Book, One of the "Top 50 Players of All-Time History!" Former Greatest Shooter of All-Time as Well!
I know who Cookie Monster is of course. But you made me google image him. And honestly, he is one crazy looking blue beast.
I loved mutombo one of my personal all time favs
Dude was up there. Dennis Rodman too. I'll shoot the lights out but the defense is more important. Had his Jersey and looking at his after game performance as a man who built a hospital. Gotta give him props.
My all time favorite NBA player!
Mutombo was a great player. Not good enough offensively to be up there with Shaq, the Admiral, the Dream, and Ewing but still should be a HOF center for sure. One of the best defenders of all time.
I love the late 90s when players had their logos on the jerseys 🤣