I mean 17ppg 5rebs 3ast, while having the best big man ever and the best point guard ever..........not much to talk about🤷🏾♂️. He still hall of fame tho
Worthy had some amazing highlights later that year in the '87 Finals against Boston. His baseline jumper, his spin move to the hole and dunk. So many offensive moves, he was awesome!
Has massive hands. He would jump functionally as well. He sticks that ball out as high as possible. Jumps off one leg so he doesnt have to slow down much and thus jumps from further away. Theres a couple of his where he is so fast and he needs to fly to barely beat his trailing defender. He jumps from farther away then normal and only just high enough to dunk. Its like a play only he does. No one b4 or sense.
One of the few MJ never talked trash to. Worthy was a beast to deal with. He was just on a team that was stacked with talent so we didn't see him in his raw form like we did when he was in Carolina.
People who never saw him have no clue how great this man was. I remember Magic went down in the 89 finals. Worthy destroyed Rodman and Salley. He some 40s on them even though he was the only weapon left. That was against one of the great defensive teams. James Worthy couldn't be stopped.
Last year the NBA Allstars played for Charity, and it ratcheted up the intensity, because now they were playing for something important. Let's hope they make Em play for Charity again.
they were really out there to compete for bragging rights.. except that all start in 92 when Magic came back to play out of retirement. It was clear the east folks gave it to Magic. 93 was the best... seeing Pat Riley cheering for MJ in closely contested game that went to OT where Malone and Stockton were co MVPs.
This was at the Kingdome in Seattle. Hasn't been around for a while, it was taken down in 200. I remember seeing John Elway play there against the Seahawks when I was a kid.
Magic running pick and roll was always a clinic - he could always find the seam on the pass and actually ran it with Mychal Thompson for a few years. With Worthy, as you here... James barely screens he sees the play develop and immediately rolls and Magic delivers. Those two were always in synch.
The most brilliant/basketball god/supreme IQ moment was this...how Magic ran the fastbreak and attacked the basket so hard you though he was going for a layup, because he drew the defenders in so closely...THEN...he dumps it off to Worthy at THEE precise moment. GENIUS.
This all star game probably was the all star game with the best players or at least a top 5 all star game with the best players because there was soooo muuuccchhh HOF on that team
If Worthy would've been on any other NBA team he would be considered a top 15 or 20 player ever. Kareem and Magic were the primary two options on the Laker's someone had give up parts of their individual game. If you member college it Worthy's team not Jordan's.
Remember James worthy and Michael Jordan played on the same team at north Carolina We're they won the ring that year So I no they no each other pretty good They both are great players? Well you no they face off in the 1991 finals were it was the Lakers against the bulls and you no that Jordan and the bulls beat worthy and the Lakers 4 straight to win the finals and bring the ring to Chicago
You would have to be INSANE to believe that a slow, non-athletic white boy was a better basketball player than James Worthy. When Kareem didn't have good games Worthy took up the slack, he was unguardable in the post and when he developed that 15 foot jump shot, it was a rap!!
Yea, he dunked over MJ....ok. Kinda like how Starks dunked over MJ as well even though Horace Grant was in front of MJ and Starks was right next to Grant. People will say such things and exaggerate the truth just because it was Jordan and they're trying to diminish him anyway they can. Pathetic attempts.
It looks like James Worthy had no trouble playing against All Stars and Mr Wilkins struggled all game long. I always thought Worthy was a better player than Dominique...Nice Video Hoops Madness...
@@Hallstyle Wilkens was great but he was more of a ballstopper. Worthy knew how to play with Magic. Nobody could stop James one on one. Magic had nothing to do with Worthy's sweet footwork, lightening 1st step and low post skills.
@@realg5276 True Worthy had a lot of god given talent and a lot of skills. But so do a lot of players. Worthy and Magic fit together perfectly. Magics unselfish style of play was taylor made for a finisher like Worthy... But in that era how many finishers were better then Dominique? Not a lot.
@@Hallstyle Worthy had Basketball fundamentals that dominique Wilkins never had. Dominique had solids teams in Atlanta, but as soon as management knew they weren't going anywhere with Nick, they traded him. Let's remember Dominique is the only Allstar, best player on a team, to be traded when the team was first in his conference after the Allstar break, that's pathetic. Worthy carried MJ to an NCAA title.
HUH? You watched a highlight and figured that out? The new players are imitating the older players...they didn't want Wilt to dunk so what does that tell you about the game back then? They didn't want that in the game, run sets, get the easy basket, shoot when needed...dunks were frowned upon. Just years before Jordan the ABA was the high flying league!
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Big game James is a guy who doesn’t get talked about enough.
I mean 17ppg 5rebs 3ast, while having the best big man ever and the best point guard ever..........not much to talk about🤷🏾♂️. He still hall of fame tho
@@tgreg9542 I appreciate your reminder of those 2 teammates he had. They make me proud to be an Angeleno.👍🏻
@@joshuagavile4775 well of course ima die hard Lakers Fan
Agreed
He doesn't like to be issued off.😂
One of my all-time favorite Lakers!
Athletism, speed, glider, coachable & a class dude!
One of the best ever!
Michael Jordan, Julius Erving and Dominique Wilkins.....how sweet does it get?
Worthy had some amazing highlights later that year in the '87 Finals against Boston. His baseline jumper, his spin move to the hole and dunk. So many offensive moves, he was awesome!
No one finished around the rim better then Big Game James Worthy, and that Statue of Liberty dunk of his was off the hook! Worthy was one of the best!
I HATED seeing that whenever the Lakers played the Sonics
Definitely solid finisher and nice down low as well.
...Yep big game (James) NBA games were fun to watch back then.
Has massive hands. He would jump functionally as well. He sticks that ball out as high as possible. Jumps off one leg so he doesnt have to slow down much and thus jumps from further away. Theres a couple of his where he is so fast and he needs to fly to barely beat his trailing defender. He jumps from farther away then normal and only just high enough to dunk. Its like a play only he does. No one b4 or sense.
Big Game James was my favorite player ever! Loved this guy!
Kevin P he’s in my top 5 even though I was born in 2004😂
One of the few MJ never talked trash to. Worthy was a beast to deal with. He was just on a team that was stacked with talent so we didn't see him in his raw form like we did when he was in Carolina.
People who never saw him have no clue how great this man was. I remember Magic went down in the 89 finals. Worthy destroyed Rodman and Salley. He some 40s on them even though he was the only weapon left. That was against one of the great defensive teams. James Worthy couldn't be stopped.
you wouldn’t talk trash to your old college team mate with whom you won an NCAA championship.
the intensity of the game is much bigger than nowadays in the all star game
Last year the NBA Allstars played for Charity, and it ratcheted up the intensity, because now they were playing for something important. Let's hope they make Em play for Charity again.
they were really out there to compete for bragging rights.. except that all start in 92 when Magic came back to play out of retirement. It was clear the east folks gave it to Magic. 93 was the best... seeing Pat Riley cheering for MJ in closely contested game that went to OT where Malone and Stockton were co MVPs.
The Worthy/Magic fastbreaks are executed at 1.25x speed.
MJ learned so much by Worthy's example at Carolina.
Worthy was so incredible! Once he stretched out for that Statue of Liberty slam ~ watch out below
James Worthy mentored young MJ at Carolina and MJ knew what was about to go down. Here comes the BOOM! lol
Worthy RARELY dunked with two hands.
Jordan gets posterized by Big Game James....
I bet this dunk from Worthy happened a lot to Jordan when he first got to UNC.
....You're probably right!!!
Worthy dunks on his former UNC Tar Heel teammate 😎
Gosh! So sad we don't see players like this in the NBA today.
Back when it meant something! Worthy, one if the most under-rated super-stars ever! One of the quickest first-steps ever
He had that pump fake and lightning quick first step! So underappreciated!
This was at the Kingdome in Seattle. Hasn't been around for a while, it was taken down in 200. I remember seeing John Elway play there against the Seahawks when I was a kid.
1:27 Classic Worthy 🔥
I remember watching that screaming "don't do it to yourself Mike"🤣👏🏽🤣👏🏽💯🎯
The mid late 80's very early 90's NBA Allstar game was the Greatest spectacle in Sports history.
Los mejores años de la NBA
When basketball players were actually stars 🌟 and played hard.
Damn! Dunked like MJ on MJ
When Jordan picked his all time starting five, he had Worthy in his lineup.
He would never pick slow Larry Bird over Big game James!!!
When the Stars played the All Stars Game like real Stars... #HardPlays #competitiveness
Magic running pick and roll was always a clinic - he could always find the seam on the pass and actually ran it with Mychal Thompson for a few years. With Worthy, as you here... James barely screens he sees the play develop and immediately rolls and Magic delivers. Those two were always in synch.
Michael had a flashback from 5 years earlier in Chapel Hill.......he said, "F that." lol
The NBA has really gone down hill. Shout out to Big Game.
People forget that when Jordan and Worthy played together in college, Worthy was the better player.
Jordan Ridding the coattails of Worthy in North Carolina...
Worthy said in last dance he was better than Jordan for about 2 weeks so... no
They played together for 1 season
Nobody forgets that. It’s just that it became irrelevant when they played in the NBA
@@quickchaos2009 yeah that part
Big game James
"It was at that point, that I took it personal."
The All Star Games were so fkin competitive.
The most brilliant/basketball god/supreme IQ moment was this...how Magic ran the fastbreak and attacked the basket so hard you though he was going for a layup, because he drew the defenders in so closely...THEN...he dumps it off to Worthy at THEE precise moment. GENIUS.
Even in these limited highlight clips, you can OBVIOUSLY see that Lebron's game resembles Magic more than it does Jordan.
Big game james one of the best small forwards of all time.
I thought he was a power forward? 🤔
Nah he played small forward
@@fttime9746 Yep you are right thank you for this information.
This all star game probably was the all star game with the best players or at least a top 5 all star game with the best players because there was soooo muuuccchhh HOF on that team
dope!
Wow!
Kareem and Olajuwon on the same team 🤯
Worthy was such a quick leaper...
That first step is devastating
Statue Of Liberty!!!
When the game was pure.
Jordan didn't even attempt to defend Worthy on that last dunk. I guess he didn't want to risk really looking bad.
He used to shit on Jordan all 80's long
Real basketball.
Worthy had mad game
Magic + Kareem + Worthy!!!
My favorite laker
2:03
Worthy & that patented Statue Of Liberty dunk
OUT MY WAY, JORDAN!
Big Game James dunking past his younger brother lol
If Worthy would've been on any other NBA team he would be considered a top 15 or 20 player ever. Kareem and Magic were the primary two options on the Laker's someone had give up parts of their individual game. If you member college it Worthy's team not Jordan's.
Remember James worthy and
Michael Jordan played on the same team at north Carolina
We're they won the ring that year
So I no they no each other pretty good
They both are great players?
Well you no they face off in the 1991 finals were it was the Lakers against the bulls and you no that Jordan and the bulls beat worthy and the Lakers
4 straight to win the finals and bring the ring to Chicago
Was that Michael Jordan shooting the airball ? Goat.
As if LeBron, Kobe, and others have never shot an airball, especially from the 3 point line 😏 Stop 🛑 it.
He wasn't a 3pt shooter...teams had specialists for that!
@@C_71 he shouldn't have shot it than. Stop making excuses for Jordan when he doesn't look good.
@@mitchbordborden8152 what player hasn't shot an airball? I seen mj shoot air balls more than once, just like I've seen other greats shoot them
@@l9ikjam I agree everyone has shot an airball, but I don't like the corny excuse that he wasn't a three point shooter. That is all
@1:53. Jordan shot an airball, then gets dunked on. LOL.
Man I didn’t know MJ could Airball
Worthy showed mj styles of dunking in college.even mj said it in his biography books.
Watch you head Mike . Lol
That's a statue of liberty
Worthy was a good Klingon.
You would have to be INSANE to believe that a slow, non-athletic white boy was a better basketball player than James Worthy. When Kareem didn't have good games Worthy took up the slack, he was unguardable in the post and when he developed that 15 foot jump shot, it was a rap!!
#Laker4Life
Paul George looks like him.
ppssss Jordan don jump to block
Yea, he dunked over MJ....ok. Kinda like how Starks dunked over MJ as well even though Horace Grant was in front of MJ and Starks was right next to Grant.
People will say such things and exaggerate the truth just because it was Jordan and they're trying to diminish him anyway they can. Pathetic attempts.
Awe, let the peasants have their moment.
Now u saying Worthy better than Jordan smh, really?
Then he took it personal.
Jordan shooting brick's
Jordan top 1-------Worthy top 50
One diunk on mj not enough
They’ve both dunked on each other. Research it.
haha butt-hurt Jordan-groupie no, Jordan has never dunked on Worthy. Only Worthy has dunked multiple times on Jordan, research it, MJ-nut-hugger.
It looks like James Worthy had no trouble playing against All Stars and Mr Wilkins struggled all game long. I always thought Worthy was a better player than Dominique...Nice Video Hoops Madness...
Worthy had Magic.. If Dominque had Magic OMG...
@@Hallstyle Wilkens was great but he was more of a ballstopper. Worthy knew how to play with Magic. Nobody could stop James one on one. Magic had nothing to do with Worthy's sweet footwork, lightening 1st step and low post skills.
@@realg5276 True Worthy had a lot of god given talent and a lot of skills. But so do a lot of players. Worthy and Magic fit together perfectly. Magics unselfish style of play was taylor made for a finisher like Worthy... But in that era how many finishers were better then Dominique? Not a lot.
@@Hallstyle Worthy had Basketball fundamentals that dominique Wilkins never had. Dominique had solids teams in Atlanta, but as soon as management knew they weren't going anywhere with Nick, they traded him. Let's remember Dominique is the only Allstar, best player on a team, to be traded when the team was first in his conference after the Allstar break, that's pathetic. Worthy carried MJ to an NCAA title.
Dominique became a Better Player later,......and Never had much Help Team Wise either,....!
I guess the Michael Jordan worshippers are going to act like that air ball 3 point attempt by Jordan never happened. 😆
No, they just know it has zero bearing on his legacy.
Business decision by MJ……
Worthy was Michael Jordan
Worthy was Worthy ..
orlanduce ...Jordan was only freshman. He did not rule then.
@@jamesvickers2026 ...You're absolutely and positively correct, James!
@@brucescott4261 Michael couldn't win an NCAA championship without worthy...
and then mj destroyed james worthy in the 1991 finals, hahahaha shame
Well technically MJ destroyed Byron Scott. Worthy did not play much in that series. Sprained ankle.
All star games now is garbage. hear that NBA ?
Today's players are simply more athletic. For example, the Golden State warriors team is more athletic.
They have better range. That's it. Curry, Klay or Draymond couldn't do the dunks Worthy did here.
They I.Q. Of the game is far lower for sure. Athleticism can be debatable.
Wrong ❌ Yesterday’s players would dunk on today’s players, you, and ya mama 😏
👍🏾
HUH? You watched a highlight and figured that out? The new players are imitating the older players...they didn't want Wilt to dunk so what does that tell you about the game back then? They didn't want that in the game, run sets, get the easy basket, shoot when needed...dunks were frowned upon. Just years before Jordan the ABA was the high flying league!