Chris Mullin: The Lefty Larry Bird? The 1992 US Olympic Dream Team’s MOST UNKNOWN Career | FPP
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- Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025
- While they were all incredible players, Chris Mullin's career may be the most overlooked out of all Dream Team Members. A basketball standout in New York from a young age, Chris Mullin became a 4 year Big East standout with the St. John's Redmen under head coach Lou Carnesecca in the 80s, playing alongside guys like Mark Jackson and Walter Berry. He would join an underachieving Golden State Warriors team through the 1985 NBA Draft; joining players like Purvis Short and Sleepy Floyd. But just a few years into his career, he had to face his demons. So Mullin acknowledged his addiction and sough help for his alcoholism, and after doing this, his career took a turn for the best. From 1989-1993, Mullin was an MVP candidate and one of the league's best players. In that time, he would join forces with Tim HArdaway and Mitch Richmond to form Run TMC; who would overwhelm teams with their relentless pace in Don Nelson's Run N Gun offense. The trio would quickly be disbanded, and after reaching his peak in 1992; injuries would steal the next 4 years of Mullin's career. As even though the Warriors had incredible young talent like Billy Owens, Latrell Sprewell, Chris Webber and Joe Smith, injuries always held them back from doing anything with it, and Mullin was often one of the players on IR. After over a decade in GOlden State, he spent three years with the Indiana Pacers, helping them to three straight conference Finals appearances and an NBA Finals appearance in 2000. Chris Mullin used his insane work ethic and incomparable basketball IQ to close the gap between him and his more physically gifted peers; as a prime Chris Mullin was one of the league's best all around players and best shooters of his era; and even though he couldn't win it all in the NBA, he'll always be apart of one of the most memorable Gold Medals in Olympic History.
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Man this one was needed, Chris Mullin aka "Mully" wasn't athletic but his Lefty Jumper WAS CASH, when he was healthy with the Warriors he was good for 25 a game and damn near 50/40/90 shooting, CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED!
Chris Mullin to genuine basketball fans is NOT underrated. The guy won 2 gold medals. He was a player of the year in college, a multiple-time all-star, all-NBA selection & overcame alcoholism to become one of the best of his time.
He is a 2-time Hall of Famer for a reason. Appreciate the video.
Chris Mullin played in the prime Big East and got his; he bounced the ball off the floor, hit the backboard, and he caught and dunked it one hand on the fast break by himself, I was a fan ever since; I already liked him, but that sealed the deal
One of the best small forwards of the late 80's and early 90's!!!
TOO bad he couldn't guard any one,no defensive ability at all. LOL. Mullin was a shorter version of Dirk Nowitzki ( Dirk didn't even try to play any defense,his lack of trying to play any defense got Shawn Bradley ( I believe he was 7 ft-6,he also once played with Dirk on the-MAVS ) posterized by several players like-T-Mac,Kobe,etc,etc,.
@@kerry-j4m In a career spanning about 16 years, he did manage to average 1.6 STEALS PER GAME. While steals don't indicate someone's defensive prowess, it does indicate some modicum of defensive effort. If nothing else it indicates a willingness to play the passing lane to gain a possession for your team. As far as comparisons to Dirk? No, their games did not even remotely resemble one another. There is a reason that he was on the 1992 Dream Team, that is because he was THE REAL DEAL!
@@O.J.S. Mullin was a good player,but,his defense was lacking,severely.
@@kerry-j4m I didn't say that he was All-World defensively, but to compare him to Dirk defensively is just downright disrespectful.
@@O.J.S. Neither player played any defense,they were more offensive minded,nothing wrong with that,Allen Iverson was also like this.
Mully spanned the Lakers 80’s dynasty, the Bulls Dynasty and the Lakers second Dynasty (not counting Detroit or Houston). A great player who would have been even better in today’s space and pace NBA.
Mully was a great player , those runTMC teams were so fun to watch the limited times they would be on - thanks for the Mully docu- much appreciated
I loved Mully's game so much. His jumper was so wet. He also had great court vision and high basketball IQ. He had some great hands as well, people forget before the injuries he was a good defender.
Never saw this coming cuz for me Mully wasnt a forgotten player
These stories are important in many ways. A big one in this story is he showed and proved that a person can really transform themselves if they get their mind right. Big time powerful role modelling. Things aren’t hopeless if we dig deep and do that work.
Peace and prosperity to everyone in the chat . Chris Mullin was and is a class act working at jw Marriott Essex house hotel in the city I would see him when he was coaching St. Johns and he never acted like he was above anyone so happy he overcame his addiction and gave us fans his all. Salute to him
Chris Mullen is a great NBA player while didn’t score over 20,000 points nor didn’t win a championship but he definitely had outstanding hall of fame career and part of Run Tmc trio.
Run TMC had a losing record and never won a playoff series
I'm a Bay area fan born n raised. I started watching sports on TV in 1988. I read every box score for the warriors and giants until 2002. This is what I think about the title of Mullin being the left-handed Larry Bird, 😂+🫵🏿🤣
@@randytuittii3622We were competing with great stacked teams that had interior players we could not defend. Dampier was our best center from 1976-2003. Shaq could have changed that narrative in an instant. If any of the hall of Fame centers chose to come to the warriors would have given them the best opportunity to win. But they were too stupid to realize we had the best perimeter players that needed just one rugged big man. Whether it was at the power forward or center position
@@randytuittii3622 The Warriors drafted Webber and instantly went to the playoffs. That was the floor for a team on an upwards trajectory. He never got to play with Hardaway, Mullin, or Richmond. Richmond was traded Mullins was hurt, Hardaway got hurt when Mullins came back. Sprewell needed to grow the whole order of operation was out of whack. You can't give a fair assessment because of dumb moves by management. And a boycott by the big men in the league thinking the warriors were too soft to even contemplate playing for us. Billy Owens messed us up, man 😂
Run tmc had a winning season and won a playoff series in 1991.
Hes definitely not forgotten, U gotta do more unknown players .
The final part of the Warriors Run TMC trio.
Waiting for my food to arrive. Have this on pause😂 keep it cooking my man!
I remember watching a game back in the day Chris Mullin dropped like 40 all his shots were damn near all net
Great to see this Mullin was a real good player, I’m hoping for a mark price individual breakdown and hopefully a Elton brand one too
Chris Mullin in my opinion is the most underrated player in nba history love you covered all the old school warriors you should do Chris Webber next
Mullin is definitely underrated. I would agree with you on C Webb. The Kings were robbed. I would also include Mark Price as one of the most underrated point guards to ever play the game. I would even say The Admiral is underrated.
Criminally underrated. I grew up in the bay area, and when the warriors were STINKY, I remember getting my Chris Mullin throwback for my birthday along with a new Nerf gun back in grade school. The older teachers would be like "what you know about Chris Mullin!?"
I still wear that jersey sometimes. Chris Mullin was as good of a hooper as there ever was.
As a born and raised NY'er and a St.Johns fan in the 80's and 90's I'm gad to see Chris is getting portrayed here. sweet jumper, good passer seemed like you look up and he had put up 25 before you realized what happend.
My favorite NBA player ever ! I’ve tried to model my game after his since I’m a lefty too.
Amazing stuff, thanks!
Plz upload more vidz more oftenly hehe much appreciated
One of the most efficient and beautiful lefties of all time. A Dream Teamer. Video well deserved and probably needed even though for an old school fan Mully won't be forgotten.
I would have a name for you who definitely is underrated and probably also a bit forgotten. Most people probably have not heard about him at all. SIDNEY MONCRIEF! The legend tells he was so good defensively that the DPOY trophy was pretty much created because of him and 'for him'. He needs a video!
I saw him play once live in Oakland, his hands were so fast they blurred my vision
One of my favorite players of all time. He just possessed the sweet, smooth looking left-handed shooting stroke that I really loved watching and emulating despite me being right-handed.
Love channel! Thanks for your videos
You MUST all know these things about me, so that you can understand where, when and HOW I grew up: I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American and male. 5'10", a decent height for an Asian male of my generation. Right-handed. Decent, not great jumper. Now, I was done with anything beyond shooting around, at 28 and beyond. Still, I liked to do deliberate dribbles, zone in on the basket, and shoot the fundamental jump shot, and pretend that I was Chris Mullin. What I admired, was how Chris Mullen could BLOCK SHOTS! Figuratively, and even literally, I was a Larry Bird/Chris Mullin shot-blocker: I wasn't going to outjump anybody like Hakeem Olajuwon or Shaquille O'Neal. Rather, like Mullin and Bird, I "learned the tendencies of opponents," and I would "time my jump, with when I thought he would release his shot." I would have that ONE split moment, where I could block a shot. In a pre-season Phoenix at Golden State Game in 1992-93, I saw Chris Mullin block a Mark West shot.
31:35 Chris Mullin turnaround jumper over Sarunas Marciulionis.
Marciulionis and Mullin were 2 of the greatest lefties ! Marciulionis the creator of the Eurostep
Appreciate this one bro one I requested and waited for Reggie Miller and Rasheed Wallace next
One of my dad's and therefore my all time favorite players! 🏀
Damn, I just found your channel and as a new sub I'm hooked on this series. I grew up in the 80s and 90s so this is definitely a trip down memory lane. Love your channel
St John's Redman 🎉 they called me his cousin, Bob 😂
He had that great left hand shot and the best flattop in the 90s.
17:19 is that john starks next to mullin?
Yes... he was a bench player
BK stand TF up! Mully was a underrated all around player. Could get his assist, rebounds and steals. We all know this guy couldn't be left open to shoot.
Theo Ratliff vid please 🙏 I need to see my king be honored the way he should be
One of the greatest left handed shooters of All Time! Period. Probably top 3
One of my favorite all time.
Ahhhhh man college basketball was very good back in his g years all college games were good to watch.
Top 20 players in the late 80s/90s...top 5 fowards in the late 80s/ 90s..Malone..Barkley..Pippen..Rodman..Mullins...From 88 to 93...Today's weak long ball era with no d would fit Mullins perfectly.
40 + minutes!! How long does it take the edit these things😅
Its not fair to compare him to Bird because he’s white. It’s unnecessary. He’s a legend in his own right.
Is it true!
One of my fav❤
My favorite player got to play with him at dyker park im 6ft3 we killed everyone on the court
Thank you 😊
Thanks for this one. Long overdue ….appreciate you and your channel!
Consider
Felipe Lopez
Rik Smits
Trent Tucker
Dell Curry
Rony Seikaly
Charles Smith
Billy Owens
Super efficient
Jaques Demolay Occidental Chapter #72 Ballard Washington State Hoop veteran I'm 46 now , I mirrored my hoop game off Mully & Shaq so I could score if I really needed to I had my go-to shot I couldn't miss , my junior year of H.S. I broke my wrist dunking and slipping off the wet Pacific northwest outdoor rim when i slam dunked on the 9½ foot rim I'm only 5'10 so i never had the height to move onto the next level I Played rec league thru H.S. in college and NBA but if I was 6'10 I woulda been 1st Round Pick fosho
He had the left of death jump shot
Ahhhhh yeah very nice game he had and nice shot too.
Naw he wasn't a lefty Larry bird. He just what he made him self what us black dude was saying he's a bad white dude and we all watched him play ball. And he always came to play thanks for this
If he never had the injuries..... Id say he would be top 25 all time
Do Cuttino Mobley
IMO, Chris Mullin Will Always Be A Bay Area Sports Legend.
real good one
Love the vids, could you do Brad Miller sometime?
Just don't know why mullin didn't come off the beach when he got to Indiana and bird didn't just start f-ing Rose? Pacers probably could have had a better chance of winning a championship from 98-00, by the time mullin got out of Cali he was already declining, really don't know what Larry Bird was thinking about 🤔 at that time?
Chris mullin in NBA Jam was a great player to use
I CALL BULLSHIT!!
CHRIS MULLEN WAS a Member of The DREAM TEAM 🏀
Man was a beast period
Better times man
I'm a Warriors fan and Chris Mullin was kinda like a poor man's Larry Bird. He was not underrated at that time. He was one of the best scorers and shooters in the late 80s early 90s.
He's beloved by Warrior fans, along with Tim Hardaway and Mitch Richmond. But yeah, he's been mostly forgotten by the NBA over the years.
Haircut can do wonders lol
Why they never made a legit card of Prime Mullin in my team 2k ill never know
mullins looked so adorable *no diddy*
He was new version Larry bird smart player
Can you do rick mahorn please?
prime player vs prime chris mullin ?? who do you pick ???
chris mullin is the second best player ever for golden state warriors.
request video for Tim Hardaway
My Tim hardaway video is linked at the end of this video
Do Shaeef Abdur Raheem.
This guy was great if he only would of had more defense he would of been up higher
Is this the first HOFer on this list?
He was good, but wasn't Bird
Chris Mullin was awesome!
He played better than Jordan in the 1992 dream team except for assists, which Jordan doubled. People sleep on that dude.
Call me Arenas cause im pulling out the Blinky next day
Ok ok ok 41:00 slow it down id say he’s better than Hardaway Sr……. Mitch Richmond tho???? That’s literally the only NBA player MICHAEL jordan didn’t get the best of and was scared to see
No. Jordan thoroughly outplayed Richmond in head to head matchups and was never scared. I get that his channel is the place to dream on players and extrapolate from shining moments, which is what makes it great, but this statement is patently ridiculous.
Micheal Beasley next. Come on.
Good one
I don't know how Mullin got in over Nique.
Like I said bad white dude thanks glad to watch and. To see these star players. Ahhhh he got two gold medal 🏅 that tell what kinda player he was made everyone he played with.
PPL DONT KNOW CHRIS MULLIN??? (im an unc)
That outfit is Dope pants to tight for my liking she wearing pajamas outside breaking all the rules.
olympic games arent careers
Unknown to who 🤔 Gen Z lol
NO
Another great that's shadowed by Jordans career smh
He was no Larry Bird at all stop it he had game but not Bird game