@@VictorLionsTV And if they still had All-Star Reggie Theus at PG that season (still scratching my head over that trade they made with the Kings, lol) and someone more polished like Hubie Brown coaching them instead of Doug Collins, they would've given Detroit a way harder time than they did in that ECSF. Sucks that Gilmore was already in his twilight years by then. Had they even gotten back the Spurs-era Artis they make the Finals with that squad for sure.
70sFan there’s a famous pic of Eaton, K. Malone, and John Stockton together. Malone is 6-9” and was 265 and Stockton was 6-1” and 185.... Eaton made Malone look like a point guard and Stockton like a middle School player.
@@70sfan It wasn't just his height either, he had a huge frame and wingspan. That and he had a "scary" face. Rik Smits was also 7"4 but he didn't make guys look as small as Eaton did.
@@handlebucket6285 MIKE EATON was also not just TALL. INTIMIDATING and LONG WONGSPAN.. EATON can play phisical and has skill as a CENTER.. his a force. imagine BIG MARK EATON was with UTAH in the 95=98 SEASON and his PRIME.. JAZZ will be a CHAMPION for sure.. EATON was more menacing than both GREG OSTERSTAG and GREG FOSTER combined
Only time Jordan and Gilmore ever played together on the Bulls. Too bad Artis was at least 3-4 years removed from the tail end of his prime at that point, but he still was a physical presence in the paint that opposing teams just had to respect.
Gilmour really is that strong, that's like one few times you will ever really see Karl Malone get rocked like that and Gilmour was at end of his career. Usually when Oakley bumps into people they move even his teammates, Gilmour just there like it's nothing. Most today's players have no idea how it's like play against giants like Eaton and Gilmour.
The southpaw match. 😂. Gilmore limited himself by not developing a right hand shot. Kareem shot with either hand and that gave Kareem more versatility. Plus, Kareem had that amazingly consistent Skyhook.
1:56 This is where Bird fakes the shot and passes to Parish for the easy slam. Just like MJ couldve passed to Gilmore. But NOPE because “The GOAT” plays “ME BALL” only. ME ME ME ME ME ME ME
Was such a great rivalry, RIP Big Mark!
If only Gilmore could've played with Jordan in his younger years.
VictorLionsTV An easy 70W season
@@VictorLionsTV And if they still had All-Star Reggie Theus at PG that season (still scratching my head over that trade they made with the Kings, lol) and someone more polished like Hubie Brown coaching them instead of Doug Collins, they would've given Detroit a way harder time than they did in that ECSF. Sucks that Gilmore was already in his twilight years by then. Had they even gotten back the Spurs-era Artis they make the Finals with that squad for sure.
@@VictorLionsTV I always said the same kind of thing. If Eaton was on the late 90s jazz teams instead of Ostertag.
Uh, he did.
Gilmore at 7-2” was around 280-290 at this time. Eaton was so huge he made Gilmore look like a PF.
Eaton was arguably the most intimidating player in NBA history in terms of size. He made giants like Kareem or Gilmore look small.
70sFan there’s a famous pic of Eaton, K. Malone, and John Stockton together. Malone is 6-9” and was 265 and Stockton was 6-1” and 185.... Eaton made Malone look like a point guard and Stockton like a middle School player.
Mark Eaton was a mountain
@@70sfan It wasn't just his height either, he had a huge frame and wingspan. That and he had a "scary" face. Rik Smits was also 7"4 but he didn't make guys look as small as Eaton did.
@@handlebucket6285
MIKE EATON was also not just TALL. INTIMIDATING and LONG WONGSPAN.. EATON can play phisical and has skill as a CENTER.. his a force. imagine BIG MARK EATON was with UTAH in the 95=98 SEASON and his PRIME.. JAZZ will be a CHAMPION for sure.. EATON was more menacing than both GREG OSTERSTAG and GREG FOSTER combined
Only time Jordan and Gilmore ever played together on the Bulls. Too bad Artis was at least 3-4 years removed from the tail end of his prime at that point, but he still was a physical presence in the paint that opposing teams just had to respect.
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And he was even playing with a rookie Pippen too at that point
What a powerful man Gilmore is. He knocked down Malone from air 2:41 and pushed Eaton away from his spot by only one arm 3:41.
Arguably the strongest basketball player ever ;)
@@70sfan In my opinion, the gentle Gilmore in 1980-1983 is the strongest player ever.
@@wormholefan I agree!
@@wormholefan ever hear of wilt Chamberlain
@@lloydkline6946 Wilt wasn't human. Gilmore was the strongest among the mortals who played.
Crazy that the A train was still playing when Jordan was around.He must have stayed in great shape to take that pounding for all them years.
Gilmour really is that strong, that's like one few times you will ever really see Karl Malone get rocked like that and Gilmour was at end of his career. Usually when Oakley bumps into people they move even his teammates, Gilmour just there like it's nothing. Most today's players have no idea how it's like play against giants like Eaton and Gilmour.
What a clean block by Gilmore at 2:46, that was SOOO CLOSE!
Artis gilmore vs mark Eaton, grest matchup center ♥ it
There is a 1988 game of Celtics vs pistons in Boston. Regular season Gilmore manhandled Mahorn anx Laimbeer.
The southpaw match. 😂. Gilmore limited himself by not developing a right hand shot. Kareem shot with either hand and that gave Kareem more versatility. Plus, Kareem had that amazingly consistent Skyhook.
Eaton was more of a thrower than a shooter
MJ was taking some WILD ass shots.
The coach for Utah Frank Layden went crazy cause refs were late on that traveling call on Gilmore
both were underrated
Plot twist cp3 will join the Lakers
1:56
This is where Bird fakes the shot and passes to Parish for the easy slam. Just like MJ couldve passed to Gilmore. But NOPE because “The GOAT” plays “ME BALL” only.
ME ME ME ME ME ME ME
Basketball those days was 10x slower
It was actually a bit faster back then.
The average playoffs teams are 10x better than Lebron ever had.
The game were so fast paced because all teams do the fastbreak
syntax error u don’t even know what a millennial is.
Shove This L Up Your Ass he’s right. The pace of play was even faster than today. Nothing slow about that era. Teams were regularly dropping 110+.