time to study young man.. alot of matchups people talk about they wish they could see actually already happened.. depends on your age and nothing is wrong with that, always look for the old games, dont let these fools make u think their what if scenarios never happened
you guys need to really start doing your homework, many importat parts in the [ast get swept under the rug, glad I witness them, I remember old shaq and younger lebron dominating 2010 thunder with kd, russ, harden, part of the reason why people think if kobe and shaq was put in our era, they would obliterate everyone, where do you think they got that idea from? do your homework guys
2009 was one of those years between those amazing 90s/2000s stars and legends of today playing as rookies vs each other...Durant and Antonio McDyess in the same game. Westbrook and Iverson? Amazing
@@ronaldedwards1022it wasnt curry lmao, ray allen was already been doing all that stuff before curry, the fg went up in the perimeter in 95 , it wasnt curry.
Ya, we all remember Chauncey Billups being on the nuggets … but it’s so easy to forget the opposite end of that trade with AI on the Pistons 😂 AI, rip Hamilton, sheed, tayshaun, etc. … pretty crazy to think back on.
Man I loved this Thunder team. Fall in love with how they played the game. Before all the complaining and regular NBA stuff, they were just kids loving ball and trying hard. I miss that. Can't really watch the NBA anymore.
iverson's attack to the basket is fearless ! daym,,, pistons teamates hated him here, its good he shown them who is the franchise player when the going gets tough on this game, the rest of the team is fearful, hesitant and has no killer instinct and had given up, Iverson has none of that even in the dying seconds, he will attack !
This game showed so much, 1st Stuckey made bad decisions & A.I wasn't comfortable with him on the floor until the game was on the line. Which means give A.I the ball and create a passing lane or pick and roll off Sheed and Dyes all day. Shout out Joe Smith for balling he really had game, I'm sick he going through what he going through.
Serge Ibaka too. That young Thunder team was filled with talent, which is part of the reason why fans got so mad about KD leaving and joining the Warriors. Thunder were a good franchise and KD abandoned them right when the going got tough.
@@roscoedash6673exactly bru, they definitely could’ve went back and won the next year but nah this dude wanna join the team he choked a 3-1 lead to. We ain’t forget
@@JQUOIS "today because of how talented they are in comparison to the median skill level in games like these" - How to say you're a casual without saying you're a casual. NBA Season games today is a washed down version of an NBA All-Star game. NBA Playoffs is where the excitement starts as POINTS are HARD TO EARN because teams are then actually starting to play SERIOUS DEFENSE.
@@kamotetops1572look at the players on the Pistons Lineup in this game and compare their talent Level and athleticism to the players on the Lakers, Suns, or Warriors today. Or even teams like the Celtics or 76ers. The 2nd scoring option on all of those teams except 1 is an elite scorer. There is literally nothing casual about it. Players like Smush Parker, Kwame, and Eric Snow were known for being scrubs but they were starters for prominent teams. No NBA player today on a top 8 team has that reputation.
It hurts a bit watching some of this "old" game. Sheed barely got the ball on the other end, AI and Stuckey were just doing their own thing with McDyess getting a layup. I know they were older players but still, Joe Smith getting more touches and J's than Sheed is a choice. Those bigs who could shoot would be thriving so much in this era. The lack of player movement is weird too, lack of ball movement I kinda get because of the point guards for both teams. Just wild this was barely 14 years ago, cool time warp though.
They're gonna hate me for this and I'm old enough to have watched this in real time but I come away from revisiting this with the conclusion that the league is more talented than ever and players are BETTER today.
This was the first year I watched basketball! I used to love KD. He was my favorite player. I used to think OKC was gonna be the dynasty the Warriors ended up being. I also loved Jeff Green. Shaun Livingston was also on that team. OKC was such an exciting team
Crazy tht James Harden, KD, Westbrook AND Jeff Green (who was actually the most athletic of all before Heart Surgery) were on the same damn team. Now OKC is #1 West seed with the best SG & a ROTY 7’1 ROTY Unicorn 🦄 Super ⭐️
Little known fact, Allen Iverson was very close of being traded from Denver to Miami instead of Detroit in 2008. Had this happened you would've seen Iverson team up with peak D Wade and rookie Michael Beasley and veteran Jermaine O'Neal. Iverson was still good for 18 ppg that season so you know that team could've done damage
look at those men working hard in the post to get those 2 points. those were the real days and they were the real men. In late 2000s, I was around 10 living overseas but I had the motivation to wake up in the middle of the night to watch Kobe, Garnett, AI, T-Mac and Shaq. Now I know for sure I don't wake up to see Jokic's slow-mo 3s. pretty sad what NBA has come to.
nothing against NBA today- Lebron, KD, Curry, just some of excellent talent, BUT there is something about old-school NBA or 80-90"s basketball that was special. maybe its just me old-head but I miss it......
That was raw durant right there he’d destroy with angles to the basket, and blow by like LBJ off one dribble used to love watching that from him especially his Sonics time. His game is more refined now still love watching it tho.
This NBA is straight up unrecognizable from today's. None of the foul baiting, but also terrible team play and poor shooting. Today's NBA players are simply way better than ever.
I was todays years old when I found out Russ and Iverson played at the same time in the league and as an bigtime NBA fan I feel a lil bit embarrassed ngl
2009 KD was already a monster and so athletic. And sad such ball hogs Stuckey and the rest of the piston squad was. Ai was still beater player then Rodney
Very slow pace. I remember this era. Poor execution from Jeff Green at the last play. Iverson missed some easy shots too. This is when people were thinkin he was done, which was kind of true. Still a legend but a shell of his former self at that time.
Damn I never realized AI played against Russ/OKC Thunder
time to study young man.. alot of matchups people talk about they wish they could see actually already happened.. depends on your age and nothing is wrong with that, always look for the old games, dont let these fools make u think their what if scenarios never happened
Not prime vs prime@@mentalprograming5365
you guys need to really start doing your homework, many importat parts in the [ast get swept under the rug, glad I witness them, I remember old shaq and younger lebron dominating 2010 thunder with kd, russ, harden, part of the reason why people think if kobe and shaq was put in our era, they would obliterate everyone, where do you think they got that idea from? do your homework guys
you and Theonlygodonehere need to like stop thinking your cool for being 30 and not doing much like ok ok@@mentalprograming5365
Me either AI was finna take Westbrook to the whole tho lol😅 he can't guard him😅
The game was so different back then.
yes, they played basketball and not arcade
@@leonardofabbri7930ok then 2 shots for Harden
idk man all i see is a lot of walking around and a slow game with much less skill . @@leonardofabbri7930
"arcade" players would destroy old school players ez
i mean even rui hachimura is considered a superstar in this shit @@leonardofabbri7930
The last play OKC drew up was fantastic for only having .03 seconds left.
Tbh !
RIGHT! It was a great play, just not a lot of time for execution.
Exactly ✅✅✅
2009 was one of those years between those amazing 90s/2000s stars and legends of today playing as rookies vs each other...Durant and Antonio McDyess in the same game. Westbrook and Iverson? Amazing
Not a single 3 point shot. Complete 180 from current NBA 😂
No 3s! Real basketball being played...I miss the good ole days
Steph curry changed that now you have big men trying too shoot 3's 🤦🏾♂️
@@ronaldedwards1022it wasnt curry lmao, ray allen was already been doing all that stuff before curry, the fg went up in the perimeter in 95 , it wasnt curry.
Golden state warriors** @@ronaldedwards1022
@@silentlyanonymous306L take
Let’s all remember Durant and Westbrook are 20 here and Iverson is heavier and going on 34 years old still quicker than Russ
Iverson heavier? Dude looks 160-170 at most.
@@805fillmore no, he got up to 180 in Denver so NBA listing said. and this is after… he was way more sinewy in Philly
@@805fillmore I didn’t mean heavier than Russ. Heavier than he himself used to be in his prime
@@mohegansonNo way Iverson was ever 180. Russ here was 180 and is 3" taller and wider.
Quicker? Are you fuckin blind LMAO
Stockey should have gave AI his number
No because he was too Cocky
Too cocky?? How? @@jamj1855
@@jamj1855 hes a hall a famer no body wears the no. 3 like Iverson in nba history
He couldn't because you can't change numbers during a season.
@@bigshod5037 he refused
I don't remember Westbrook ever being this small
He was 6'2" 190 rookie season. Now he's 6'4" and 205
He’s always been small
@@justinwilhite617how westbrook still grew if hes already in 20s at tht time
@@daymmmmmmmbecause he is gifted and has talent and you don’t
A few players grew after making it to the NBA and 20 isnt when you stop growing exactly.@@daymmmmmmm
Rasheed and AI on the same team is CRAZY🔥
Ya, we all remember Chauncey Billups being on the nuggets … but it’s so easy to forget the opposite end of that trade with AI on the Pistons 😂 AI, rip Hamilton, sheed, tayshaun, etc. … pretty crazy to think back on.
Did they have Ben Wallace when a.i played with them ?
@@atmdot38215 no, he was on the bulls by then and then he got traded to cleveland or something like that
Stockey didn’t want AI to take his shine…you can tell by how ball dominate he is
Pistons ruined iverson’s career
@@sup7738lmao, he ruined his own career
@@sup7738 but he still shined lol
@@MiLLz830 he did still got some fuel in his tank, but they benched him for the rest of the season, ever since then AI was never the same
Even wearing #3 lol
Man I loved this Thunder team. Fall in love with how they played the game. Before all the complaining and regular NBA stuff, they were just kids loving ball and trying hard. I miss that. Can't really watch the NBA anymore.
Back when eveybody actually played defense 😭😭
If you ever played 2k career mode back in those days you know Stuckey was cold af to have on yo squad
Hell mf yeah
Yeah. Rodney Stuckey was a real problem back then.
damn, russel westbrook looking mad young back then.
like a whole new person compared to now
duh...
Durant looks so damn different too
Ikr russ was so damn skinny his rookie year he was skinny like wemby 😆 🤣
Still can't grow a solid beard tho😅
@@TheLaird123 facial hair is inversely proportional to the amount of testosterone. hes got too much
Yo My Legendary Childhood GOAT Allen Iverson AkA The Answer
I miss Iverson...
@@ZacArriaga Same Here Dawg
@@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0 Stop it! you gonna make me cry!! LOL, Long Live Old-School BBall. LOL
Damn I forgot kd and Russ been in the league this long
Now think about Melo and lebron 😅
@@JohnJohnson-zu9gi no thanks, dont need to sit there and think about how long they've been/were in the league
@@JohnJohnson-zu9gi bron been in since 03 😭 shit ridiculous
@Wisestomatoe absolutely insane
How old are you lol
Not even one 3 attempt in 4mins of play. That's crazy
Nostalgic asf
Dis show how much da game changed pace ain't da same at all
iverson's attack to the basket is fearless ! daym,,, pistons teamates hated him here, its good he shown them who is the franchise player when the going gets tough
on this game, the rest of the team is fearful, hesitant and has no killer instinct and had given up,
Iverson has none of that even in the dying seconds, he will attack !
Fax!
I wish he had a ring so bad
@@theonlygoodonehere2259 but then post Malone couldn't have made his best song
@@theonlygoodonehere2259 I need that money like that ring I never woooonn
@@grizzlymac-tight why?
This is literally a clash of generations. Joe smith, Allen Iverson, Russ, KD.
Very cool.
This game showed so much, 1st Stuckey made bad decisions & A.I wasn't comfortable with him on the floor until the game was on the line. Which means give A.I the ball and create a passing lane or pick and roll off Sheed and Dyes all day. Shout out Joe Smith for balling he really had game, I'm sick he going through what he going through.
What is Joe Smith going through?
@@blastedent313 the stuff with his wife
@@goodmoney7861 Lmao, bro definitely is playin that up for attention and a bag. Shoutout to Joe tho
@@goodmoney7861 oh yeah damn I forgot all about that
@@hammersbaseball11 Idk bro he look embarrassed, no matter if he playing or serious that's still some low vibrations lol💯👑
It looks like Durant grew a inch or two since this game.
Westbrook too
Just gained more weight and the jerseys less baggy
Goddamn Jeff Green was on that young OKC thunder team too 😮
Yeah bro you'll be suprised by the amount of players that were hoooping together at one point
Serge Ibaka too. That young Thunder team was filled with talent, which is part of the reason why fans got so mad about KD leaving and joining the Warriors. Thunder were a good franchise and KD abandoned them right when the going got tough.
Jeff Green old ass still in the league
@@roscoedash6673exactly bru, they definitely could’ve went back and won the next year but nah this dude wanna join the team he choked a 3-1 lead to. We ain’t forget
Iverson blew the layup. You know this outside of his prime
Something about the old nba , it seemed like every basketball was valuable
possession?
@@Coregame3 yeah he probably means possession
back when the stretch big was a big guy who could hit mid-ranges. PEAK HOOPS
Oh man this brought back memories. Iverson at the end of his career, Baby KD and Russ. Definitely feels very 2009.
Detroit lied to him.
Man i wish i could have been around more to watch Al play. I love his style of play and grit
2:54 the net didnt even move
Weird to see AI in a Pistons uniform
yeah! he's been dealt by nuggets to Billups on that year
I totally forgot he played for the Pistons.
@@handsomeX So did TMac and CWebb
Hands down one of the greatest to play the game💯! He killed it when he played with the 6ers.
And the nuggets
I really enjoy watching this game. At least, no one scored over 70.
I like watching the players of today because of how talented they are in comparison to the median skill level in games like these
@@JQUOIS "today because of how talented they are in comparison to the median skill level in games like these" - How to say you're a casual without saying you're a casual.
NBA Season games today is a washed down version of an NBA All-Star game.
NBA Playoffs is where the excitement starts as POINTS are HARD TO EARN because teams are then actually starting to play SERIOUS DEFENSE.
We enjoy watching the starplayers play in the 2000's.. Today's game has a lot of traveling. Not good for the fundamentals of basketball
@@kamotetops1572look at the players on the Pistons Lineup in this game and compare their talent Level and athleticism to the players on the Lakers, Suns, or Warriors today. Or even teams like the Celtics or 76ers. The 2nd scoring option on all of those teams except 1 is an elite scorer. There is literally nothing casual about it. Players like Smush Parker, Kwame, and Eric Snow were known for being scrubs but they were starters for prominent teams. No NBA player today on a top 8 team has that reputation.
@@JQUOIS today's players are talented. But they are soft and no fundamentals or basic basketball. All I see are traveling violations
Old school basketball at its best. None of that soft ass current NBA floppers and cheating refs are always part of the game.
its so weird to see KD and Westbrook play against Iverson, connecting the past and the present
It hurts a bit watching some of this "old" game. Sheed barely got the ball on the other end, AI and Stuckey were just doing their own thing with McDyess getting a layup. I know they were older players but still, Joe Smith getting more touches and J's than Sheed is a choice. Those bigs who could shoot would be thriving so much in this era. The lack of player movement is weird too, lack of ball movement I kinda get because of the point guards for both teams. Just wild this was barely 14 years ago, cool time warp though.
They're gonna hate me for this and I'm old enough to have watched this in real time but I come away from revisiting this with the conclusion that the league is more talented than ever and players are BETTER today.
You know your time is coming when you blow 2 easy layup. AI still clutch.
Did Hamilton foul out? That was a YOUNG Thunder squad!!!
This was the first year I watched basketball! I used to love KD. He was my favorite player. I used to think OKC was gonna be the dynasty the Warriors ended up being. I also loved Jeff Green. Shaun Livingston was also on that team. OKC was such an exciting team
AI one of my favorites of all-time and yet I still always forget he even played for Detroit
damn im gettin old
This man AI blew a wide open lay and we are glazing
Back then players dun pull up from the 3 so often, unlike in today’s nba. Crazy how much that has changed. Even bigs making 3s look easy.
Crazy tht James Harden, KD, Westbrook AND Jeff Green (who was actually the most athletic of all before Heart Surgery) were on the same damn team. Now OKC is #1 West seed with the best SG & a ROTY 7’1 ROTY Unicorn 🦄 Super ⭐️
Can we get more hd Allen iverson highlights or like can you make his old highlights in hd or 4k pls🙏🏾
I’m in the first row behind the thunder bench. I’ll never forget this play. 2 of my favorite players went head to head on the last play
AI gave his Answer 🐐
Damn kd, Westbrook & jeff green 😂
That trio was nasty!
Is it me imagining things or has Westbrook grown a couple of inches since his rookie season?
Definitely has
He grew 2 inches. 6’2 as a rookie and now 6’4
He grew some muscle also
Crazy how in 09 they were using pencils to sketch their plays , INSANE
Dudeee I did not know Joe Smith was on OKC! Lol
Same here. I was shocked to see him there. This is before the Thunder made their first playoff appearance, so nobody was watching them like that.
Love this era
Man I really be forgetting that some of these players played against each other before the OG players retire
Little known fact, Allen Iverson was very close of being traded from Denver to Miami instead of Detroit in 2008. Had this happened you would've seen Iverson team up with peak D Wade and rookie Michael Beasley and veteran Jermaine O'Neal. Iverson was still good for 18 ppg that season so you know that team could've done damage
Daammm! He would have had a chip most likely then. Sucks, feel bad he never got to win it all
look at those men working hard in the post to get those 2 points. those were the real days and they were the real men. In late 2000s, I was around 10 living overseas but I had the motivation to wake up in the middle of the night to watch Kobe, Garnett, AI, T-Mac and Shaq. Now I know for sure I don't wake up to see Jokic's slow-mo 3s. pretty sad what NBA has come to.
nothing against NBA today- Lebron, KD, Curry, just some of excellent talent, BUT there is something about old-school NBA or 80-90"s basketball that was special. maybe its just me old-head but I miss it......
This was in 2008 (Dec 26) from the 08-09 season
This is the thunder team that made me fall in love with basketball
Durant was much faster than today.
he's younger here
That was raw durant right there he’d destroy with angles to the basket, and blow by like LBJ off one dribble used to love watching that from him especially his Sonics time. His game is more refined now still love watching it tho.
Allen Iverson was so quick for russell westbrook. 😬
And this out of shape Allen heavier and 34 years old
This is a rookie Westbrook .. watch the very next season he hits his prime athleticism
AI against Westbrook is a sight to behold… Two Greats..
I remember this game like it was yesterday
Watching this, I’m glad they changed the offensive rebound rule to 14 seconds instead of a whole 24 seconds. Speeds the game up.
I loved it when Centers were down in the paint bullying mofos back then vs Centers that takes more threes than the point guard of a team nowadays
this dude Westbrook really went fro, shooting over 80% FT to 60% FT since he turned 30.
Didn’t even recognize Russ at first he’s bulked up a lot since those days.
24 second shot clock reset is notalgic asf 🔥🔥🔥
Iverson baby.
Imagine if I Iverson would of joined the 2004 pistons 🤯
New and old AI < Prime AI
I miss this okc 😢
That last play by OKC was very well executed though, just couldn't convert
Weird to see 1995 top draft picks Joe Smith and Antonio McDyess still playing and producing in 2009.
Allwn iverson still a legend
Goes to show if all ya got is gangsta style! You can be regarded as a Good NBA Player.
that ws crayzy, MAN DURANT IS FKN INCREDIBLE, & OHHHHHHHHH how we loved us some AI DAWG, use to draw him & errything bruhh
This NBA is straight up unrecognizable from today's. None of the foul baiting, but also terrible team play and poor shooting. Today's NBA players are simply way better than ever.
Players travel nowadays which allows them to shoot better.
AI, KD, RUSS, MCDYESS, SHEED,TAYSHAUN, JOE SMITH, JEFF GREEN,
Crazy. You're seeing the transition of the league here from the older players to the new.
The Detroit coach doing a sudoku is so telling
i full on was expecting a foul to be called at 1:37 damn bruh thats how normal fouls are being drawn today 😂
Westbrook put on some muscle over the years! I thought he was always big!
I was todays years old when I found out Russ and Iverson played at the same time in the league and as an bigtime NBA fan I feel a lil bit embarrassed ngl
Like Jordan vs Shaq sound crazy,or Dominique Wilkins vs Vince Carter
@@tonycruz5643 those regular bro Wilkins vs Carter maybe a lil bit .
@@KevinDurant58 those regular? Lol ok
feels like how vince carter played against MJ, and then played against luka doncic
@@LovelyHeartDiamond crazy
Stuckey was shaving points because nobody got mad or reacted to them bad shots.
Joe Smith and desmon mason💪🔥💪😎
heck of a final play drawn by the coach, the pass was a little wild /off target
2009 KD was already a monster and so athletic. And sad such ball hogs Stuckey and the rest of the piston squad was. Ai was still beater player then Rodney
wow they're actually running play not just one person with the ball chucking up 3's
what series was this lol?
Young westbrook has way more consistent touch
Very slow pace. I remember this era. Poor execution from Jeff Green at the last play. Iverson missed some easy shots too. This is when people were thinkin he was done, which was kind of true. Still a legend but a shell of his former self at that time.
i miss the days where the coaches wore suits, it looks badass. reminds me of the EU soccer coaches.
Back when Detroit was the Eastern Conference's Wall, you can never get past the East without going thru them
the 2 biggest brick artists in HOF history: iverson and westbrook
Man.. crazy how players are more skilled and talented nowadays
Players are allowed to travel nowadays and teams don't play defense.
This was Iverson last game the legend was tired he knows he can't keep balling rest well champ
Ahhh the good ole days-- Westrbrook before Westbrick
Watching this give me memories watching the nba gametime channel
3-27 Thunder at the time. December 26, 2008. Wow.
Now it’s damn near the pistons record 😂
All that would change once Harden arrive a year later
wessel russbrook looks so young in this game.
That might be the most nonexistent under the basket foul EVER 😅😅