Baby Shaq shocks USA! | Greece v USA | FIBA World Cup 2006
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Baby Shaq - Sofoklis Schortsanitis - highlights in Greece shocking win over USA in 2006 FIBA World Cup Semi-Final.
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Wait.... so was he the original Greek freak?
Galis was teh original
diamantidis is the REAL Greek freak
@@jothegreek There was nothing "freakish" about Galis, Galis was just a godly scorer. Giannis got the nickname because he is a 7 foot dude (almost) who runs like a gazelle , jumps really high, is super coordinated with really long limbs.
Sofo himself was also a freak athlete cause he was incredibly agile and fast for his height and bodyframe , at his best shape he could run like a guard. Think of like a mini Shaq thus the Baby Shaq nickname. So yes he would have been the first "greek freak"
Although one would argue that the first "greek freak" was Panagiotis Fasoulas (look him up if you don't know)
Yes. And he was training with Giannis and his brother, when Antetokoumpo was 13 years old
@@pablogats4627 and galis
He makes dwight howard look like a skinny dude.
Hes a sumo running around with a basketball
He sure is now!
Κωνσταντίνος Λυμπερούδης Dwight is muscular.
This was a rookie Dwight Howard
@@OmarChannel nope, Dwight is after his 2nd NBA season here
I'm surprised by his athletic movements considering his size
Shaq was way more Agile and Big son
@Jarred Mueller for a basketball player that is
@@davidbyun5487 from what I can tell shaq wasn't as big as this guy back in his rookie season, but he was agile. But shaq lost his agility since he kept putting on weight hence my first comment. And I ain't ur son 😕
Jarred Mueller the dude listed at 6-9 350...you think Trent brown going up b down the court like that?! You trippin
In his prime he had the quickest side steps and he was one of the best pick and roll defenders.
Baby shaq doodoo doodoodoodoo 🦈
Thats what I thought
Gold
You have bright head .. You dumbfuck
Daaaaadyyyy shaq do doo dodododo
so funny i can laugh later
So, to anyone who doesn't know who this guy is. His name is Sofoklis Chortsanitis, he is 35 years old and recently retired from basketball. He played for many great Euroleague teams during his prime, he had some incredible years and was the Shaq of Euroleague basketball. Unfortunately, he had mental problems he struggled with that limited his potential. He could have gone down as one of the Euroleague legends but overall he accomplished a lot of things.
His nickname was Big Sofo and Baby Shaq. He didn't want to play in the NBA, and that doesn't mean that he wasn't good. US people need to realise that high level basketball can be played "overseas", but I guess 5 out of 6 non US players winning NBA awards wasn't enough to prove that.
And for the people who say why they don't know him, it's because he played on a high level over a decade ago and you probably watch only NBA
Well said👏🏼
Those are only casual fans bro, most real hoops fans understand how elite the top World leagues are
lots of nba fans respect overseas basketball. the euro players in the nba are amongst the most beloved players of all. Just look at how many people love luka. But the nba is just on a different level, and there's nothing u can tell me to say otherwise lol..
@@noahx.classic I agree that are some fans that like Euroleague basketball, but overall European basketball is always overlooked. NBA is on a different level athletically, not in fundamentals. In Europe they play based on their philosophy, team spirited system and a lot more defense. European players are 80% of the time better when it comes to overall understanding and feeling of the game and fundamentals. I'm not saying that NBA players don't have high basketball IQ, but overall European players are trained a lot better when it comes to basketball. The only thing that European basketball lacks is gym training
@@kushberry6679 but all that physical stuff is meaning less and less with the advancements
He is fast that's what scares me
*was.
was 😓
@@dutchmastah07 what happened? Did he somehow slow down or what?
@@ligmaballz6423 he decided to retire
@@ligmaballz6423 The video is 15 years old. He did slow down because of age
😂
Cream Biggums you ain’t foolin no one
Doc Rivers hahahahahahahahaahhaah
wha wha..whad yah say now chuck
@@joshuatan8746 Uh haha
He played better than how Giannis played in 2019 Fiba world cup
True. He can't make three steps in fiba . So thats why he is not comfortable in fiba
He should
@@elfasrustusis9671 r u in pain bitch?
what you compare exactly idiot?
@@fafrqrq You are pathetic. He just said that it isn't the same game, basketball in USA is very different and that's facts, shut your mouth toxic boy
I remember that time Lebron said his tried to guard that dude.
I'm trying , i'm trying .
Τονε γάμησε τον λεμπρόν το θωρηκτό μας 😉
That's what I was waiting for.
Lebronze
He said, and they said, he could guard 1 through 5 ... lol
Sofoclis destroyed Howard like a croissant in his hands
Hahahahah, I laugh hard on this one. Nice comment😂
@@kurehollis4452 hahahahah 🤣🤣
And lebron too, they didnt win until kobe came
@@yournoasshole dumfuqq clippersfan
seeing this days after he announced his retirement, always a warm hearted dude, a basketball lover, but he just couldn't be professional enough
What happened to him ?
What did he do?
Apparently he had mental illness idk google it
@@BrokeMalone lol no he could never get rid of his excessive weight
Big guy with big heart! 💪🏽🏀
imagining get screen by this guy....scary
@@alfonsoaranda3808 aprende a hablar amigo
He is not a guy.... He is a MAN
Darkness
Imagine getting screened by a suv
Until he guards daddy shaq
Good old times .... Thanks Fiba for this memories
This is Shaq and KD mixed
0:03
😭😭😭
2:20 He can't handle him hahahhaha
1 Question : Why after 12 years you guys are posting this?
Because he has returned after 2 years of serious injury
Agreed
12years ago there was no RUclips, my man
@@gabotroncoso1907 During the summer of 2006, RUclips was one of the fastest growing sites on the World Wide Web
Wh not? Its still worth am watch, i enjoyed it.
People forget that Greece had 3 of the greatest guards to ever grace European basketball.
The original 3 were the greatest - Galis, Giannakis, Fanis (Christodoulou)
@@jkingdom3 As a collective Spanoulis-Diamantidis and Papaloukas where far greater. The big 3 you are talking about was 70% Galis then the rest
He played like a beast! 👍🏾
Mike Wayne yes
he is a beast. everytime
Baby Shaq is pound for pound the fastest man alive
I love the announcers enthusiasm when this guy scores. This guy has really swift feet for all that mass. I didn't know the US loss to them, so the announcers enthusiasm is understandable. I didn't see that coming because I don't remember this but hats off to them. We're not easy to beat.
This mans good, how have i not heard of him?
Gotta watch Olympics more often
He didn't go to nba cuz he got too much weight after this and was not so agile
Όταν ο Σοφοκλής γαμούσε εσύ κοιμόσουν μπρο.
@@Ariadni_Heart ωπα ρε
@@MT_199 τι ώπα ρε;
Yo look how he runs!! He is fast af
I remember this game as one of the best games by Theodoros Papaloukas, he completely dominanted the match. The other key factor I clearly remember is the incapability of the US team to defend the greek pick and roll, again and again.
And all the young USA players who didn't now haw to play fiba basketball
Eeeee sofoklis was an amazing force for us Greeks during the amazing 2004-2008 basketball run. Great player and was very good against the Americans
He was and is for me, one of the best basketball players . Always your fan Sofokli .
Big Sofo🇬🇷
Those passes tho.
These PGs that pass are Euroleague legends. Really high iq. They could fit in the NBA if they were more athletic. European basketball is more like tactics and brain , but us basketball is about physique and talent.
@@dokanyon that's why US basketball like European players because they are soo good at creating a good high IQ passes. Talk about luka and other European PLAYERS in the nba.
@@dokanyon They could fit in the NBA period. Spanoulis had offers from San Antonio before he returned back to Greece after one year with the Houston Rockets in which he was in bad terms with the coach, Papaloukas and Diamantidis had NBA offers but they preferred to stay in Europe cause they were treated like kings there and were wining multiple championships.
Not every European player wants to play in the NBA, especially back in the day
@@wonderlandian8465 agreed
I remember watching that dunk where he brake the camera... It was impressive to me as a young boy
The announcer sounds like a South Park character I just can’t put my name on who
MR. GARRISON!! HE SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE MR. GARRISON YOU ARE RIGHT!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Randy marsh
Randy marsh
Call him by his name not baby shaq show some respect to him🇬🇷
that was his nickname tho... u can see many youtube highlihts of star players with their nicknames
2:00 ΕΛΑΑΑΑ ΛΕΜΠΡΟΝ
This guy was a beast, unfortunately he lacked of discipline and struggled against his weight throughout all his career.
Mental illness
Imagin guarding him at the post
One of the best.
In the world. 👍Bravo sofo
Bravo Sophocles ... you were a GREEK BASKETBALL LEGEND.
He played in Italy when he was 18 years old and the best anectode was when he ate 12 pizzas in a restaurant and brought home another 4.
12 slices or 12 extra large pie ?
I believe you... My friend was a delivery guy when sofo was playing at paok and he was ordered 5 crepas for him at 2 pm
When he played in Thessaloniki for Aris BC in 2005, i saw him in a restaurant to eat five pizzas. It was crazy!!
he was ordering 20 cheeseburgers from mcdonads
The great what if. There should be a EuroLeague vs NBA final at the end of their respective seasons
That would be dope actually. It happened once in the past where Euroleague champions in 2010 Barcelona played against the NBA champions Lakers and Barcelona actually won.
So the NBA has no real benefit from that , it would only hurt the league if the NBA champs lost against a supposedly "inferior" league. But the difference really isn't as big as people think between the top Euroleague teams and NBA teams. What makes the difference big are the top 10-20 NBA stars but beyond that the talent in rosters is comparable, most Euroleague players could be role players in NBA teams
More shocking than Baby Shaq was Kirk Heinrich being on team USA!🤷🏾♂️
Don’t hate on Captain Kirk
kirk is one of the best player in his prime, 2003 draft,
He most likely was a sub for someone who didn't want to play 😂
imagine put him and Giannis as a duo
imagine speaking english
No shooting bro
@Omar Muhnna ?
Spanoulis these years was KILLER
Yeah , he rule the euroleague with Maccabi
@@thisguy4345 what are you talking about.spanoulis ain't play ever to maccabi
Spanoulis every year was Killer :P
@@sakisartklein1519 Are you dumb ? He played in maccabi more then 4-5 seasons
@@thisguy4345 No dude
Zion willianson it 10-12 years
Nahh
Nah, he will never beat a team of this caliber.
That first attempt of the announcer trying to pronounce his name.. Gosh can't stop laughing.
Maccabi Legend
Just add Giannis and this Greece team will be unstoppable.
The way they circled around a little too far away from the middle kinda bothets me
Sofo we love you... ❤️💕💖❣️ He is the greatest Greek player with Nikos Galis..
So this team just beat a team of NBA all stars meaning they theoretically should make NBA championships too ?
They've already one , Giannis 😉
82 games tho + Playoffs
@@arisart22 Agree!
I think the rules are different, in fiba if im correct you dont have a rule where u stay at the painted area for more than 3 sec n stuff, which is why most of the european teams can match up with the more athletic USA team.
@@HuracanSeneca There is a 3 second rule but only offensively. Defensive players are allowed to stay in the zone as long as they want
Can't tell me that's not Spice Adams.
😂😂😂
Zion, before Zion
These highlights were so much more entertaining than todays NBA.
Giannis does this everyday bro
2:06 for me it was a clean block to "The King", this Lebron superstar felt so frustrated that shrug the shoulders after being buried.
This guy is like a Bear + Human hybrid my god what a beast LOL my jaw dropped at first sight
LeBronze lol
Silver
Fail
@@assassinuser6006 bronze spain win the gold
Another reason y ppl can’t compare him with MJ
Dude was 21 but go on
Always a legend!!!
His name is SOFOKLIS SKORTSIANITIS not baby shaq ... Fix the name
Οφ κορσ μα μποιι Μπιγκ σοφό
Ο σκουντης μαλακά
Damn!Dont take it seriously ....
@meme DanK bullshit, have some dignitty man.
Shaq was the coldest. Great video.
This dude is moving with such ease
Lebron like "So this is kinda feels like when i face Shaq in the court..." 😂
As a Maccabi fan, I can tell you Schortsanitis was not just big. He had the vertical leap of a much lighter player. Another thing greatly underrated with Sofo were his amazingly good hands. Any pass to him he will catch! True big man connoisseurs will attest that this is what makes a big man really good - good hands! (Kwame Brown as a contrast).
His demise was uncontrolled weight. Who knows why he does this to himself... Definitely not lacking in spirit - the guy would lunge to the floor for absolutely every loose ball. I think he's just addicted to food :( He will die very young if he doesn't fix this.
🤲😎👏👏👏👏¡ CONGRATULATIONS🇬🇷GREECE ! YESSS!🏀🏆⛹️♂️⛹️♂️⛹️♂️⛹️♂️⛹️♂️🤲
0:31 was very impressive for a big man his size running the floor
Sofoo wow
This will be Zion's final form xD
lol you mean zion is the final form cause he huge with a 45 inch vert neck at the rim.
I want a head to head battle with him and Glen "Big Baby" Davis.
Nothing like a little humble pie... Beautiful to see international basketball go from revering the US and just being glad to be in the same court to now knowing they can possibly defeat them. An whom do they have to thank for that?!... Well the US of course!!!❤️😆❤️
He is not Baby Shaq he is Big Sofo!!
HE is very quick for his size
Wow what a athlete
Man he moves like a guard.
He is amazingly fast for his size
Thank you and God bless
Him and Giannis would've been unstoppable
Giannis with the 3 guards that this Greek NT team had would have been unstoppable. Diamantidis, Spanoulis, Papaloukas. Look at the passes Sofo was getting.
Just came from the woj pod
there was a guy in 2000-2001 who played for kinder bologna was same build but his name was griffith
Sofo was at a peak that year...sofo had it all except for mental stability... It is tough for some people follow all the rules so as to be the best ...it is more common that you see talented players with big potential to make 1-2 good years....but is very difficult to have a decade or more at the very high level ...mental and psychological stability are coming first whatever you do
He looks like a "Big Baby Durant"..
Big Sofo aas unstoppable
Big and light., One guy make a huge difference...
Only Greece can achieve such great athletic miracles worldwide!!
💙🤍💙
No question about it you can feel it, up ahead t- BIG MAN SCHORTSANITIS FOR THE DUNK! 😂
That dude is a freakin tank!
He was just unstoppable under the paint and usa players couldn't even guard him, he was strong and fast and even though he was a big man but he was athletic and had a good footwork, he made the usa players look very small compare to him.
THE ONLY REASON WHY GALIS DIDN'T PLAY FOR THE NBA WAS THE GREECE NATIONAL TEAM. AT THE TIME THERE WAS A LAW IN THE USA THAT SAID AN NBA PLAYER COULDN'T PLAY FOR HIS NATIONAL TEAM WHEN THERE WERE NBA GAMES. GALIS SAID NO, IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME TO PLAY FOR THE GREECE NATIONAL TEAM RATHER THAN IN THE NBA!!!! AND GALIS IS IN THE HOLE OF THE GAME !!!
Baby shaq doodoodoodoodoodoo
Baby Shaq doodoodoodoodoodoo
Man. The dude making the passes tho. Man those are some crazy passes. Did he ever make it to the NBA??
Are you referring to #4? If so, that's Teo Papaloukas. He never played in the NBA but he's a Euroleague legend, among the greatest PGs in Euro history.
Or maybe you're talking about #7 Spanoulis who did play briefly for the Rockets back in the T-Mac years but then went back to Europe and became a legend as well. He's still playing and holds numerous records on scoring, passing etc.
In general that Greek team had an amazing backcourt, which is mainly the reason they beat team USA and reached the Final.
Spanoulis was revered by Giannis and Luka Doncic. That should be enough to know his status among European fans/players
I thought he's a younger Shaq. Just found out that they're totally different person 😂
Sofo 💛💙
Sofoklis Schortsanitis is currently in a bad condition. let's hope he will recover soon!
I take back everything I have ever said about Zion needing to lose wait... He is just fine the way he is.
“A nobody player doing a somebody plays”
-flighreacts
*A nobody doing a somebody move
has great hands.
he just like shaq fr
What a game!!
I almost heard Lebron's shoulders cracking sound at 2:00
Imagine having this team and losing to greece, fortunately im greek
And then lost the final against Spain.
@@pestoi Spain has always been one of the top in basketball europe
He seems more like a bigger zion for his speed considering the size
Big Sofo had the best accelaration for his hp/kg
This guy played 4 quarters and was not fazed.. lord have mercy