So before I get this comment(tho im sure I still will)yes I used the same background music that mike korzemba does. And I did that, because…. It just freaking sounds good. Its not stealing, as this song is called bts prolog by kevin macleod, not by mike korzemba. So yeah, this video took a lot of work to make so id appreciate if you could like and subscribe for more. what if playlist-ruclips.net/video/Do7I1aRc3Ok/видео.html my twitter-twitter.com/RustyBUCKETS321
Being a Spurs fan, it jumps out at me that the Spurs did not end up winning those 3 rings in 03,05, & 07. The whole Spurs dynasty of the 00s & the greatness of Tim Duncan possibly would have been voided through Dirk playing with the 76ers.
It's so funny people keep saying this.. Why in the world would the NBA rig the draft so he goes to Cleveland? It makes no sense at all! Cleveland is not an attractive market. David Stern Couldn't care less about the "hometown hero" thing. He just wanted the biggest star in modern time to play in the biggest market possible..
I can't argue with 5 either and Iverson seems to have an even better career in your scenario than his actual career. 5 chips with one team and 2 MVPs and 1 finals MVP. I take it that Larry Brown never takes another HC job except with SMU. Lol! I do have one quick question, is your scenario saying, Dirks career is better than AI. Lol! Keep up the great work man. I really enjoyed it.
Micah Jalloh idk that either are necissary better, but dirk entered his best years as ai was leaving his, so who wad the best player on the team shifted at some point.
Bron and KG together God that would beautiful and Brons career looks better but the sleeper is the mavs they get two chips with nash pierce shaq and amare but Dirk and A.I take the cake both two time mvps with 5 chips they'll become top 10 players ever
So Kobe has.... what? Six rings? Seven rings? Imagine the Kobe vs Jordan argument in thus universe. Kobe also would have had much better years to end his career, competing for championships, and being way more healthy than he was on the Lakers, so he can average more points. A healthy Kobe can average more points than an injured Kobe. A healthy Kobe who has teammates who can take the focus of the defense off of him can average more points than an injured Kobe who has no help, and as such is the only person people focus on guarding. A healthy Kobe with help on his team, and as such can average better stats, and has six or seven rings vs Jordan. God damn, that argument must be insane.
@@MrCubFan415 no he wouldn't have shaq beat him in 95 then hakeem smashed shaq in the finals hakeem woulda won both those years even if mj was there they had alltime great perimeter defense but not interior defense until they got rodman, possibly the best defender of all time
Do what if t-wolves trade Kevin love for Klay Thompson (this almost happened btw) Edit: who do Cavs trade for instead? Love would have been making too much money for the W's to pick up KD, so where does he go? Boston almost snagged him or does he stay? what would have become of Draymond? Does he get traded? Does he develop as a small forward or does no one ever discover his brilliance at all? All just some food for thought
well you have to always take into account the fact that there is only one ball, if pierce, Nash, and Amare are all playing together, all of their stats will dip because of less touched. therefore their asking price for contracts will go down. also this mavs team had no bench basically, all of the money went to their stars
Man if only this happened irl my 76ers would be a force and I would love to go to those game dirk and A.I. fucking 76ers front office fucked it up ugh at least they’ll be good in a few years
This is amazing! 😀 Please keep making these! Love your channel, you are the man! I have a suggestion for a future what-if video (and a relatively short one): what if Yao and McGrady never get injured in the 2009 Season, allowing the Rockets to upset the Lakers in the second round of the playoffs and make it to the finals (assuming they get past the Nuggets)? I would LOVE to see this one! No one has ever done it before!
Great, thought-provoking video. However, I feel like it was missing a few gems: - Tracy McGrady, one of the best guards of his generation. Not a single mention. In this alternate timeline, does he still go to Orlando? Does he join Yao in Houston, or does he wind up elsewhere?? - Vince Carter - Ditto McGrady. One of the most explosive athletes to grace the NBA. Do Carter & T-Mac stay together in Toronto? Does Vince join the Nets? - Grant MF'in Hill - Once hailed as the successor to MJ. Does he remain in Detroit if T-Mac stays in TOR? Does he avoid the ankle issues? Most relevant to the video, does he go on to join Steve Nash and play out his later years with the PG maestro? - Yao Ming, Greg Oden? What happens to these gifted BIGS? Do they avoid the injuries? - Brian Scalabrine - Where does this legend end up? Once again, cool video and great effort. I just feel like the video was centred around a select group of players without considering additional greatness.
Despite i like this kind of videos, both you and korzemba put to many details. Just say: "Sixers wins by close", instead of the score, time, time to realease, how the ball goes in, etc. Makes it easier to belive. Great job though, man. Keep it up.
This reminds me to the what if videos from Mike Korzemba. With the same way of story telling. And the exact same background music. But still very very good video.
Warriors win 2018,2019,2020 NBA championship if this scenario was real just like what giannis is going to win in 2018, 2019, 2020 with the bucks averaging 45 points a game
As a Mavs fan, This actually makes me happy. Dirk would have been given more help and would have had more championships and Steve Nash would have had a chance to win a championship as a Mav. I prefer this over real life to be honest.
I dunno i feel like Don Nelson was way to important for Dirk Nowitzkis development as a Player, i don't think he would've worked out on any other team the way he did in Dallas. He would've probably been a solid PF in the league but i don't think he would've been the same All NBA, All Star player he became in Dallas. I feel like Larry Brown would've used Dirk much more like a typical PF at the time and would not let him shoot threes and stuff like Nelson did in Dallas!
Pau still plays with Chicago just when he is older sadly. The Chicago team with older Pau could have won a championship if they got a better starting SF and a good back up PG to play 6th man behind rose. Also kobe wanted to play with deng that's why he called off the trade so that trade still wouldn't go down
To the 6rs defense, Hughes was a great defender. He played 1,2, and 3. Iverson was playing the point at the time as well. Dirk wasn't known by many. Not drafting Pierce was the bonehead move.
Kirilenko didn't go to the NBA the year he was drafted. He originally joined the Jazz in 2001. I don't know if this was the reason but players couldn't go from the Russian league to the NBA at the time, so when he did decide to leave he first signed for Partizan Belgrade, just so he could go to the NBA. Sadly he never played for Partizan.
As mentioned already, No Spurs sighting is troubling, I feel, D.Rose injuries are inevitable, its just bc of how he lands after a dunk not bc of the team he was on (just saying) and last point the Thunder, the Thunder are successful bc of the back office and how they drafted, I think you slept on them. I would bet the Thunder would have faired pretty well.
Definitely a great video although what happened to Seattle in the 2007 nba draft as they went from the 2nd pick to outside of the lottery without any substantial moves being made to the franchise?
there are some mistakes like that that you can find if you really look. I don't go into crazy detail when it comes to the graphics. detailed on everything else tho
Larry Brown said in an interview that he wanted to draft Paul Pierce but he didn't because he had already given Larry Hughes his word he would take him. Maybe you can do a video on if the 76ers drafted Pierce.
I would like to see a simple if the Blazers drafted Kevin Durant over Greg Oden ive thought it through like you do and it opens up a lot of fun lineup option for the Blazers having Batum, Wes Mathews, Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Kevin Durant so they could have started playing LaMarcus at center sooner or possibly picking up a diffrent young center makes lots of fun picks.
This one might be my favorite a What if?? I wish happen AI gets a championship CP3 in Boston only problem is I feel Kobe and Lebron in two team that doesn't feel right even thoe but great video
Hey man i have an idea for your what ifs. What if david robinson never got injured? Think about that, that said tim duncan never gonna be drafted by the spurs. What do u think about that?
So before I get this comment(tho im sure I still will)yes I used the same background music that mike korzemba does. And I did that, because…. It just freaking sounds good. Its not stealing, as this song is called bts prolog by kevin macleod, not by mike korzemba. So yeah, this video took a lot of work to make so id appreciate if you could like and subscribe for more.
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Rusty Buckets I don’t mind it. It just sounds like good what if music to me lol. I haven’t watched this yet but I seems great!
Me neither its sounds dope. Mike is my fav yt so its just a + 😉
it makes the video sound so much better and more intriguing great stuff Rusty!
Rusty Buckets thanks for the explanation lol thought I was trippin. Good vid keep em coming bro!
Rusty Buckets maybe you didn't steal korzemba's song, but you definitely stole AFunkyDiabetic's personality
40 page script. mad respect, and as a 76ers fan, it was nice to see A.I. not be wasted
would have been like 60 if I didn't speed up the scenario at the end
Rusty Buckets can you do this rebuild please on nba 2k
Facts
Being a Spurs fan, it jumps out at me that the Spurs did not end up winning those 3 rings in 03,05, & 07. The whole Spurs dynasty of the 00s & the greatness of Tim Duncan possibly would have been voided through Dirk playing with the 76ers.
Same as a. Spurs fan I just wanted them to win the finals, I just for some reason had that feeling.
Ombeni Idassi not likely tho duncan was too beast
Can you do a 'What if, the malice at the palace never happened'?
coolgamez DK pacers wouldve had a championship
Jake Cook i know fam
Jake Cook Ben Wallace gotta ruin it for us
Secy Man i know the feeling fam #Pacernation i'm a pacer fan too
Nba 2k17 is rigged
The one thing you messed up was that the nba would just rig the draft again to get LeBron on the Cavs...other than that great vid
Kurt Wagner it wasn't rigged
Cleveland had a 22% chance to get the number 1 pick
It's so funny people keep saying this.. Why in the world would the NBA rig the draft so he goes to Cleveland? It makes no sense at all! Cleveland is not an attractive market. David Stern Couldn't care less about the "hometown hero" thing. He just wanted the biggest star in modern time to play in the biggest market possible..
Kurt Wagner no 2k wont Lebrun got drafted by the Celtics when I was playing
Cleveland had a high chance of the 1 pick tho...
The kings still get robbed by the lakers in 02
The Sixers clearly won this "what if" with 5 chips in 15 years. Crazy! I guess we never draft Embiid and Simmons.
I think id take the 5 rings lol
I can't argue with 5 either and Iverson seems to have an even better career in your scenario than his actual career. 5 chips with one team and 2 MVPs and 1 finals MVP. I take it that Larry Brown never takes another HC job except with SMU. Lol! I do have one quick question, is your scenario saying, Dirks career is better than AI. Lol!
Keep up the great work man. I really enjoyed it.
Micah Jalloh idk that either are necissary better, but dirk entered his best years as ai was leaving his, so who wad the best player on the team shifted at some point.
Micah Jalloh yo I feel bad for the Spurs though
Grizzlies were a very close second in the what if race
I'm sorry, the Sixers just got my 3 all time favorite players in Ak-47, Dirk, and AI.
Bron and KG together God that would beautiful and Brons career looks better but the sleeper is the mavs they get two chips with nash pierce shaq and amare but Dirk and A.I take the cake both two time mvps with 5 chips they'll become top 10 players ever
Johnathan Nabors KD and Steph stole 2 early could b a dynasty
4 chips, by my count (2002, 2003, 2006, 2012)
This was absolutely incredible, well done for the hard work and entertaining vid
Skarrerx thanks alot man
As a Bulls fan, I second this!
So Kobe has.... what? Six rings? Seven rings? Imagine the Kobe vs Jordan argument in thus universe. Kobe also would have had much better years to end his career, competing for championships, and being way more healthy than he was on the Lakers, so he can average more points.
A healthy Kobe can average more points than an injured Kobe. A healthy Kobe who has teammates who can take the focus of the defense off of him can average more points than an injured Kobe who has no help, and as such is the only person people focus on guarding.
A healthy Kobe with help on his team, and as such can average better stats, and has six or seven rings vs Jordan. God damn, that argument must be insane.
tecs513 LeBron still got a losing record too 😂😂😂
But Jordan could have won eight rings if he didn’t retire in ‘94
@@MrCubFan415 no he wouldn't have shaq beat him in 95 then hakeem smashed shaq in the finals hakeem woulda won both those years even if mj was there they had alltime great perimeter defense but not interior defense until they got rodman, possibly the best defender of all time
They didn't have an answer for shaq they wouldn't have had one for hakeem
@@mr.anderson1562 Good point.
Finally bro I've waiting at least 8 days for this
Do what if t-wolves trade Kevin love for Klay Thompson (this almost happened btw)
Edit: who do Cavs trade for instead? Love would have been making too much money for the W's to pick up KD, so where does he go? Boston almost snagged him or does he stay? what would have become of Draymond? Does he get traded? Does he develop as a small forward or does no one ever discover his brilliance at all? All just some food for thought
Silas Ingram I pretty much did that with the Andrew Wiggins what if
Oh, I guess I haven't seen that one yet
Can't watch it rn but already liked and excited for it
Mr Garbage same this is gonna be awesome
This makes me happy as a Grizzlies fan
fritzyness Glad to see A fellow cub
Try to do a what if on if shaq stayed with LA and Kobe got traded or he left
It's so crazy how 1 change in a draft selection, can change the NBA in so many ways for so many players and franchises
thats what makes these videos so damn fun man
Another GOD DAMN AMAZING video! Thank you.
your channel is underrated you are creative with your videos keep it up
Jay dimes appreciate that man
Great vid ! Only critique is you should talk about important draft picks that aren't top ten. Bledsoe, Marc gasol, IT, Kawhi, jokic, etc
Josh any time a pick isn't mentioned it's because its gone unchanged. Didn't mention kawhi bc the pacers still drafted him and traded him to the spurs
MAKE THIS A SERIES!!!!
WADER 007 like as in a what If series? Bc I have more what ifs on the channel u can check out
Rusty Buckets yeah i know i saw them earlier i meant like make more or more often please :)
WADER 007 well they take alot of time to make. If I could make em more often I totally would
Rusty you are probably on my top 4 you tubers I watch
I love your what ifs but I have a question: do you take into account the salary cap
yes I do, and I think I did a much better job with this one vs ones in the past. I tried to not make any teams too stacked
Rusty Buckets I just asked because it surprised me that the Mavericks could be that stacked
well you have to always take into account the fact that there is only one ball, if pierce, Nash, and Amare are all playing together, all of their stats will dip because of less touched. therefore their asking price for contracts will go down. also this mavs team had no bench basically, all of the money went to their stars
Rusty Buckets Also, its Mark Cuban. Cuban is willing to spend money if he thinks its worth it
Man if only this happened irl my 76ers would be a force and I would love to go to those game dirk and A.I. fucking 76ers front office fucked it up ugh at least they’ll be good in a few years
Joel the process embiid is quickly becoming my favorite player in the NBA
Same jojo is awesome and an amazing trash talking he’s a perfect player for the 76ers that’s why we love him and A.I. so much
This is amazing! 😀 Please keep making these! Love your channel, you are the man! I have a suggestion for a future what-if video (and a relatively short one): what if Yao and McGrady never get injured in the 2009 Season, allowing the Rockets to upset the Lakers in the second round of the playoffs and make it to the finals (assuming they get past the Nuggets)? I would LOVE to see this one! No one has ever done it before!
I can tell how much work was needed for making this video, it was very entertaining!
I like your what if’s u put much more realism in it it’s not just drafts but trades are realistic with free agency being much better
Man you put a lot of work Into these videos. I salute you, man!
A.I and Dirk both end up being top 10 players in history clearly they won
Been waiting for this! 🔥 vid Rusty!
Great, thought-provoking video. However, I feel like it was missing a few gems:
- Tracy McGrady, one of the best guards of his generation. Not a single mention. In this alternate timeline, does he still go to Orlando? Does he join Yao in Houston, or does he wind up elsewhere??
- Vince Carter - Ditto McGrady. One of the most explosive athletes to grace the NBA. Do Carter & T-Mac stay together in Toronto? Does Vince join the Nets?
- Grant MF'in Hill - Once hailed as the successor to MJ. Does he remain in Detroit if T-Mac stays in TOR? Does he avoid the ankle issues? Most relevant to the video, does he go on to join Steve Nash and play out his later years with the PG maestro?
- Yao Ming, Greg Oden? What happens to these gifted BIGS? Do they avoid the injuries?
- Brian Scalabrine - Where does this legend end up?
Once again, cool video and great effort. I just feel like the video was centred around a select group of players without considering additional greatness.
6:40 you forgot to notice that the refs didn’t have to put the lakers in the finale because the 6ers provided enough star power
Finally a 'What if' video. Thanks and keep up the great work
As a suns fun I wish it turned out this way lol, just started watching your vids a month ago man great content been binging it since
Despite i like this kind of videos, both you and korzemba put to many details. Just say: "Sixers wins by close", instead of the score, time, time to realease, how the ball goes in, etc. Makes it easier to belive. Great job though, man. Keep it up.
This reminds me to the what if videos from Mike Korzemba. With the same way of story telling. And the exact same background music. But still very very good video.
lol 2011-12 was a lockout year and it still shows the Magic & Pacers playing 82 gms.
Alan Nadeau III also, Miami should be the 4th seed
This video is just incredible. Thank you very much for giving DÖÖRK more Championchips
We need a video where the Sac Kings win a Championship! We all know they were robbed back in 02'!
As a Los Angeles Lakers fan I have to agree the 2002 Sacramento Kings were ROBBED
Kinda heart warming that you made Lebron stay for so long in Memphis while Cleveland continues to rot 😭
Lastest Deep dive: Why what ifs are heavily flawed
Also Rusty:
Warriors win 2018,2019,2020 NBA championship if this scenario was real just like what giannis is going to win in 2018, 2019, 2020 with the bucks averaging 45 points a game
9:41 At this rate, the modern-day NBA of this alternate timeline will be completely unrecognizable.
As a Mavs fan, This actually makes me happy. Dirk would have been given more help and would have had more championships and Steve Nash would have had a chance to win a championship as a Mav. I prefer this over real life to be honest.
i love how dirk ended with the sixers with so many championships.
"unlike the cavs, were like to give lebron help". I like that
good video please keep making more what ifs
thank you rusty buckets
Lets go Rusty New what if
I love this type of video
best what if’s on youtube you deserve more subs
Great video man!
I dunno i feel like Don Nelson was way to important for Dirk Nowitzkis development as a Player, i don't think he would've worked out on any other team the way he did in Dallas. He would've probably been a solid PF in the league but i don't think he would've been the same All NBA, All Star player he became in Dallas. I feel like Larry Brown would've used Dirk much more like a typical PF at the time and would not let him shoot threes and stuff like Nelson did in Dallas!
Also, Steve Nash was on the team at the time of Dirks' original rookie year in 1998. There is a picture with them in '98.
great video; kerp up the grrat work!!
p.s can u do what if lebron played in the 90's
Keep up the great work bro love this video keep it coming
You're obviously a fan of the Portland Trail Blazers.
cornelius1241 He’s a bulls fan
TheBertMan hes making a joke based on my description
Pau still plays with Chicago just when he is older sadly.
The Chicago team with older Pau could have won a championship if they got a better starting SF and a good back up PG to play 6th man behind rose.
Also kobe wanted to play with deng that's why he called off the trade so that trade still wouldn't go down
This video was dope keep up the work
Loved the video, keep up the good work.
This reminded me of a classic mike korzemba vid lol
I like this. I am a grizzlies fan so I love the gasol brothers but getting 3 rings is awesome
Dirk would never get that good next to Iverson... the Mavs coaching stuff put so much work for him... other than that the drafts are always fun
To the 6rs defense, Hughes was a great defender. He played 1,2, and 3. Iverson was playing the point at the time as well. Dirk wasn't known by many. Not drafting Pierce was the bonehead move.
This is very well thought out. You should make a 2k roster for these years
This video is lit🔥🔥💪👍my favorite "what if video" of all time
Kirilenko didn't go to the NBA the year he was drafted. He originally joined the Jazz in 2001. I don't know if this was the reason but players couldn't go from the Russian league to the NBA at the time, so when he did decide to leave he first signed for Partizan Belgrade, just so he could go to the NBA. Sadly he never played for Partizan.
Your almost as good as mike korzemba I subbed
Any amazing video! Good job and keep it up!
great video man
Music is anxiety inducing like a horror film
I watched this before but never realized The song. I was really just interested in the commentary 😂
Dirk would stretch the floor to as far as the three point line and Shaq would have to defend him at three point line
Jiaming Liu well dirk was playing pf not center so not really
As mentioned already, No Spurs sighting is troubling, I feel, D.Rose injuries are inevitable, its just bc of how he lands after a dunk not bc of the team he was on (just saying) and last point the Thunder, the Thunder are successful bc of the back office and how they drafted, I think you slept on them. I would bet the Thunder would have faired pretty well.
Definitely a great video although what happened to Seattle in the 2007 nba draft as they went from the 2nd pick to outside of the lottery without any substantial moves being made to the franchise?
well I guess that was a mistake I made, my bad. things like that happen when you try to take into consideration 20 years of NBA history
Yeah I guess when it’s a 40 page script hahaha
Good shitt
Wooo love these scenarios
Great Video!!!!!!!
Keep doing these
10:42 Hold up. The heat make the playoffs WITHOUT D Wade!?
there are some mistakes like that that you can find if you really look. I don't go into crazy detail when it comes to the graphics. detailed on everything else tho
Can you do a what if Steve Nash never left Dallas maverick
possibly in the future sure
RIP 7 Seconds or Less offense
@@connorlove9149
Actually the Mavs ran a form of that when they had Dirk and Nash....
Being a Celtics fan who grew up in Louisiana , Chris Paul in Boston is like a wet dream for me 😍
Larry Brown said in an interview that he wanted to draft Paul Pierce but he didn't because he had already given Larry Hughes his word he would take him. Maybe you can do a video on if the 76ers drafted Pierce.
Do "What if DIrk stayed with Tennis?" How would his career have been? Wimbeldon? Grand SLams?
Awesome video
11-12 was Kobe's bounce back year after 2 seasons of slowing down
Awesome vid
I would like to see a simple if the Blazers drafted Kevin Durant over Greg Oden ive thought it through like you do and it opens up a lot of fun lineup option for the Blazers having Batum, Wes Mathews, Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Kevin Durant so they could have started playing LaMarcus at center sooner or possibly picking up a diffrent young center makes lots of fun picks.
I think lebron would have left the grizzlies because their a small market and he wanted to play with his friends
Could you do What if Kobe never got traded by the Hornets. And also What if MJ never existed, who would win the most championships during the 90s?
It’s just weird seeing Dirk in anything but a Mavs Jersey
Dirk got hella rings. I'm happy to hear it.
This was fire
Those 5 chips, with Tim losing out at the same time, would almost certainly have people calling Dirk the best ever power forward
THANK you
As a knicks fan i cried when i saw we selected russell over KP i love him so much
0:30 all this happened in the 1998 Draft and not the 1997!
Obviously a fan of Mike korzemba. Even have the music.
This one might be my favorite a What if?? I wish happen AI gets a championship CP3 in Boston only problem is I feel Kobe and Lebron in two team that doesn't feel right even thoe but great video
WAR ON SPACING IM DEAD OMFG
Hey man i have an idea for your what ifs. What if david robinson never got injured? Think about that, that said tim duncan never gonna be drafted by the spurs. What do u think about that?