@@Robert-wo4xp exactly Robert, we had plenty and many of sharp shooters Reggie Miller Danny ainge Steve Kerr Larry Bird Isaiah Thomas the list goes on and on
Just like my Mom always told me "fighting gets you nowhere" and that's exactly where those Knicks went with Oak and Mase, nowhere!!! Too bad Ewing didn't have any real help in NY
@@sirm.a.r.s4640 I was alive and a grown man to see those teams. They lost only to the eventual NBA Champion the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan in the Eastern conference Semifinals, 1993 Eastern conference finals and went to the NBA finals on 1994 losing to the Hakeem Olujuwan and the World Champion Houston Rockets that went to 7 games. 6’ 10” Horace Grant wasn’t a Big? 7’0 Hakeem Olujuwon (selected as one of the 50 greatest players All NBA) wasn’t Big? How is a team with no skillls except for fighting advance in the playoffs every year for three years straight and vie for an NBA title?
@@95Ldunc Few reasons, 1. Expansion teams which is free wins. 2. Still had Ewing who was one of the greatest bigs ever and very skilled. 3. Fighting people back then worked and was allowed despite being pathetic. 4. Grant is eh...... Dream is my all time favorite and a top 3 big in my opinion. 5. The rest of league outside of Spurs, rockets, bulls, magic at the time didn't have any bigs to worry about not stats kinda hornets but not really. It's the equivalent of not enough talent in the league so you get these teams in the finals that probably shouldn't be there
Remember this are the guys Shaq has to fight through in his career guys like Oakley,Rodman,Mason,Barkley,Malone,Mourning,Olajuwon,Ewing,Robinson and many others... if he played in this era in his prime its barbecue chicken all the time no one can stop Him
@@shawnmaverton7635 that’s what I mean Shaq had to fight the likes of Rodman,Oakley back in the day , in today’s game the closest guy to stopping Shaq is no one
Still 301 lbs his rookie year in 1993 lol. Let's you know how massive 2000s Shaq was. Shaq in 2004 I believe was 345. In 2011 with the Celtics he actually was 370 lol.
@Brian taylor I wasn't talking about "rivalries". I was talking about the nostalgic feel. It's also kind of strange that you list Bulls/heat as a great East rivalry but not Bulls/Magic. Need I remind you that Orlando knocked Jordan and the Bulls out of the playoffs one year then the Bulls got vengeance by sweeping them the following year. One could make the argument that the Bulls/Magic was a bigger rivalry than the Bulls/Heat. Plus there was also a fierce Knicks/Magic season rivalry. Remember, Ewing and Shaq went at it a lot in the 90's and would constantly chant "WHO'S THE MAN" back and forth at each other during the games. Those were fun times. So know that when you say "Nobody cared about the damn Magic", you speak only for yourself and not all NBA fans.
@Brian taylor the magic were the next big team. They went to the finals in 95, one year after the Knicks. They also knocked Jordan’s bulls out...how on earth did no one care? Lol..knocking Jordan out was the biggest news that decade
@Imran Rasheed today they are clever and know how to play basket ball. All these 90"s teams with stupid physical grown men as you said won nothing. #Fact
@Imran Rasheed Today's game they just float to the basket untouched and cry if they are. It's hard to watch a regular season game now. The playoffs are a little better, but it's just not the same.
oakley was tough but he knew not to mess with shaq you can see it in his eyes when he constantly turns his back and looks away. but he seems more wt ease when he bigger than the person he facing or taller.
Yes. Physical play. But in the 90s that stirred a lot of fights and dirty fouls. Today's players are not soft they just play by the soft nba rules bc no player today wants to pay a $20,000 fine for a soft foul or a suspension. What was considered a hard play on foul in the 90s is a flagrant and thrown out of the game foul by today's rule. The players r not softer today they just abide by the rules
@@socalbeauty1516 It was even more physical in the 80s. The later 70s, 80s and early 90s was peak physical NBA. Even Shaq admitted by the mid 90s when he was still a young guy in the NBA, it was getting softer with the rules. Not as soft as today, but watch the NBA from 1987 and then 1997, a lot had changed.
I seen all those Knick games and it wasn’t oak looking away most of the time that was shaq! He was used to ppl getting out of the way but Oak never backed down to ANYONE. I’ll put it this way if anyone else hacked Shaq like that it would be a fight but he knew better with Oak
@@pertburton5586 It was the other way around. Shaq didn't want any part of Oakley. Guarantee you, everyone around the league knew who Oakley was and what knew what they were in for when they played against him. Just like old school NHL--there was that one guy on the other team you just didn't want to fuck with.....
Oakley was tough but he was definitely passive in these videos against Shaq because if it was someone other than Shaq he would have been much more aggressive and ready to fight.
I didn't see anything passive about how Oakley played O'Neal. The only thing he didn't do was fight him. If not fighting is what you call passive, then you're mistaken. You need to refer to that as being controlled.
Shaq use to destroy them really bad though. He had monster games against Ewing/Oakley/Mason at the same time! In only his second season he was dropping 40 on them it was unbelievable to watch I felt so bad for the Knicks they got bullied so bad. Plus they are still one of the worst NBA finals teams of all time. Highest scorer in the finals for Knicks in 1994 only avg 18pts per game which is beyond pathetic!
@Eilliw Nodrog Na Shaq was only a 3rd year player which would’ve been 1994-95 Allan Houston and Sprewell got to NY when Shaq was already in LA. In fact Shaq played Ewing/Mason/Oakley four times that season his combine avg in those games 40/13/2 on 62% shooting while Magic won the series 3-1.
@@JayYo21 Not really a fair comparison because all 3 of them where past their prime when Shaquille debuted. Ewing and Oakley are 10 years older than Shaq. Shaq was 20 in his rookie year, Ewing was already 30
@@mmarsh1972 Shaq was a baby early 90’s stop that Ewing was still putting up MVP caliber regular season numbers I don’t want to hear that all. 1993 Shaq was destroying them so stop that stupid talk
And some people still believe that Lebron James and these new superstars would dominate in the 90s as well. There were plenty of fearless players like Charles Oakley in the 90s. No easy layups in the playoffs.
They change the rule now so guys like Lebron can drive to the rim and flex their muscle and yell much easier. You can even camp the rim to protect it no more. It’s just a big open lane for easy lay-ups and lame unchallenged dunks now
This is what people don’t get when older fans compare eras. Doing your job out there is hard enough, but add in physicality and the effect intimidation has on you. The physical and emotional toll it can have. Taking an elbow to your chest and dust up fight, shit talking etc… can throw you off mentally for a few plays, the quarter or the game. Players today do not deal with a hostile environment on the floor like we see here. Real tough guys like oak and mason ready to get in your head or hurt you out there. It has a huge affect on performance.
I was a hardcore Bulls fan back in the day but this era of the NBA I could watch and enjoy these other teams playing each other, it was physical and those other teams had legit players and chemistry.
The 90s were the best era, because it had all basketball has ever offered, plus a mega star in MJ, the 🐐, and the best set of rules, and the best styles of logos and colors. Best dunk contests and all star games too. No political movements embedded. True rivalries and a passion to win across the league, not playing for the money, but to win. None better all the way around, nor will ever be again. You will never have a better group of all stars play in 1 era either than the dream team of that time. Heck, you can call it 87-88 to 97-98 and get some of the 80s in there too. That's the straight truth. When Jordan reigned, that NBA was thee best -- period. We will never experience that again. A 6-time league champ and goat, and highest ppg player ever playing. Highest player rating ever. Toughest opponents too. 90s were where it was at, hands down. Who else can testify to what I'm layin down?!
Oak fouls mase protects and pushes, damn these New York team was intimidating and tough. #ripmase he was extremely underrated, could impact the game in every aspect.
@@dwade2006 Yeah, that sounds about right. Back then teams like the Knicks, Pacers,Pistons, and Bulls played brutal defense. It was like watching a football game.
It's funny how many people on the internet think Shaq is an unstoppable force. They just started watching basketball since 2000 when the league started to get watered down and grown men were either old or retired.
Shaq put on alot weight (and muscle) when he started playing in LA. That is when he moved people in paint, before that he didnt have the mass to move people.
Shaq throughout his whole NBA career and going back to college was nothing but a big bully, but when he played the New York Knicks at this time he found out he couldn't bully Mason or Oakley. 😠
@@buckchile614 you obviously don’t know Oakley I’m assuming you aren’t old enough to have seen these boys play live and if you are you must have forgot!
@@pedrotorres2452 It's true, I don't remember this testing of a younger, skinnier Shaq. All I remember is once Shaq grew into manhood, how Oak didn't want any part of Shaq when he was a grown ass man. I stand by my original comment
@@JackFlaps No it didnt. Lack of physicality did. You let the game be played under 90s rules and you can forget about all that 3pt spamming for a number of reasons.
Thats when the game was pure! I missed those days. Come down the lane you gettin put on ya ass. Strong enforcer basketball! Throwback 90s shit. Best era in everything! Nba entertainment music wrestling. You name it. Best ever..
I've been watching hoops since the late 60's. And as a Knicks fan, the most exciting era's were the early to mid 70's, and the 90's. Those were the Knicks gate crashing hooligans. Oak Tree, Mace, Ewing & Company.
@@tomwalk4066 show me where Shaq can’t fight lol. Had he connected with charles that day, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Plus he’s 7’1 and strong af. There’s very little you can do with someone like that. You gotta keep him at bay and try to take out his legs but one mess up and he grab you, it’s gonna be a long day
@@Kenaz2226 the fight with Chuck is exactly my reference point. Shaq kinda lunged at Chuck with a half assed jab while ducking at the same time. I was like what in God's name is this lol. He did slap sparks outta Alvin Robertson tho
@@NinodaBlogger vey true!However,Oakley’s energy is a lot different when it comes to Shaq!As a long time Bulls fan I loved Oakley when we had him in the 80’s!Hated him on the Knicks but respected him as probably the toughest NBA player of the late 80’s and throughout the 90’s!With all that said,he wants absolutely NO SMOKE 💨 with the Diesel!Shaq is just too damn big bro!Did you see how he pushed the late great Anthony Mason and Oakley at the same time?😂!They like rag dolls to him my g!Its not fair!Oakley might be tough but it’s levels!Oak know he would get washed in a fight with the big Aristotle!
I remember Charles Barkley used to treat Oakley like his bitch. He would completely dominated in the game, then slapped the hell out of him on game. They got in a fight in another game when Oak did a cheap shot from behind and Chuck went after him.
I remember Oak fouling Shaq really hard and Shaq jumped up and tried to take (I think Chris Dudley's head) off when it was apparent that Oakley had hit him. As for Barkley, it is well known that Oakley had slapped the crap out of Barkley during a Players Union Meeting and Barkley just took it. . No ref around I suppose. And this was verified by by other NBA players.They were some tough players in that era that would have stood up to both of them though like Kevin Willis , Antoine ( Original Big Dog ) Carr and Antoine Davis . However the sixties and early seventies were the years you had the real tough guys.
@@cyborgdude2k4 No. He wouldnt have the nutritional and technological advantages of today. And also, with Lebrons character, he would have quit after an Oakley foul....stop saying nonsense
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This should be called the world only remember one of your names.
I really miss the 90s NBA... I really miss the 90s, PERIOD!
NO BS .. 💯💙 MUCHLUV, OL SCHOOL IZ DA BEST PERIOD
Heck yeah. We didn’t realize how good the 90’s was compared to this stuff now
@@Robert-wo4xp exactly Robert, we had plenty and many of sharp shooters Reggie Miller Danny ainge Steve Kerr Larry Bird Isaiah Thomas the list goes on and on
Weak era 90's. 80's was much better.
Me too. I think everyone that lived through that era feels the same. I see lots of talk about it on the internet
That knicks team with Ewing, Oakley and Mason were physical!
They were dirty.
Modeled after the Detroit “bad boys!”
Yeah the 92 Knicks team with Xavier McDaniel was very physical every game
Physically tough, mentally soft.
@@scarykurapika100yago2 that's when it started with the knicks having x-man, oak and mase
Those 90’s Knicks teams were tough and physical. Oakley and Mason were always ready to fight.
Just like my Mom always told me "fighting gets you nowhere" and that's exactly where those Knicks went with Oak and Mase, nowhere!!! Too bad Ewing didn't have any real help in NY
0 rings. They sure could fight, though.
Because they wasn't skilled. They had to fight because they dam. Sure wasn't slowing down any premier bigs
@@sirm.a.r.s4640 I was alive and a grown man to see those teams. They lost only to the eventual NBA Champion the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan in the Eastern conference Semifinals, 1993 Eastern conference finals and went to the NBA finals on 1994 losing to the Hakeem Olujuwan and the World Champion Houston Rockets that went to 7 games.
6’ 10” Horace Grant wasn’t a Big? 7’0 Hakeem Olujuwon (selected as one of the 50 greatest players All NBA) wasn’t Big? How is a team with no skillls except for fighting advance in the playoffs every year for three years straight and vie for an NBA title?
@@95Ldunc Few reasons,
1. Expansion teams which is free wins.
2. Still had Ewing who was one of the greatest bigs ever and very skilled.
3. Fighting people back then worked and was allowed despite being pathetic.
4. Grant is eh...... Dream is my all time favorite and a top 3 big in my opinion.
5. The rest of league outside of Spurs, rockets, bulls, magic at the time didn't have any bigs to worry about not stats kinda hornets but not really. It's the equivalent of not enough talent in the league so you get these teams in the finals that probably shouldn't be there
Shaq’s sideburn was disrespectful
Very. I don't know what he was thinking having those....
Lol
😂 no attachments
Nothing good comes from a freestyling sideburn. Shaq should have known better.
I was like what the hell is Shaq doing with that side burn 🤔
Remember this are the guys Shaq has to fight through in his career guys like Oakley,Rodman,Mason,Barkley,Malone,Mourning,Olajuwon,Ewing,Robinson and many others... if he played in this era in his prime its barbecue chicken all the time no one can stop
Him
The problem with Shaq is it was barbeque chicken all the time for him. His big fat gut stopped him.
Rodman shut him down
@@shawnmaverton7635 that’s what I mean Shaq had to fight the likes of Rodman,Oakley back in the day , in today’s game the closest guy to stopping Shaq is no one
Too slow.in this era
@@roycebaguio1342 too slow..fck..you have no fckn clue
Lol, Shaq taking on the entire Knicks team..almost forgot how much of a unit Anthony Mason was(RIP).
😂😂😂😂
haha Oak lucky Shaq is a kind hearted person, if Shaq wanted to he would put Oak in hospital, people forget Shaq trained in martial arts to.
@@koasizmworld1927
You talking about Shaqfu?
@@DemonKing-oi4jd hahaaa yesss!! how did i forget that name!
And I think mason came into the league at 210
And to think that this was 'skinny' shaq LOL
Still 301 lbs his rookie year in 1993 lol. Let's you know how massive 2000s Shaq was. Shaq in 2004 I believe was 345. In 2011 with the Celtics he actually was 370 lol.
@@handlebucket6285 shaq was 390 2002/2003 with lakers thats why kobe and phil Jackson was so upset n we lost to spurs after bad year
He was better in that weight
@@pacman911Indeed. And he was still the strongest in the NBA in his "skinny" weight.
@@khalifahmuhammad1574 and more agile
Anyone talking about how Shaq tried shoving Mase in this video, and Mase went nowhere? LOL.... RIP Anthony Mason, legend
I'm not talking about Mason as a person, just strictly as a baller. he's not a legendary player
Oakley was no joke. Man I miss that team 😔
Real talk!
Dirty player cause he wasn't that good
Don't forget Lambeer and mahorn
Cut it out he ass as hell all did was hit ppl what skill set did he have ?
@@grant1739 Oakley was good for 6 dirty fouls each game 🤣 Ewing deserved better in NY
Shaq in Orlando, Oakley in NY.
MAN! Those were the days.
@Brian taylor I wasn't talking about "rivalries". I was talking about the nostalgic feel.
It's also kind of strange that you list Bulls/heat as a great East rivalry but not Bulls/Magic. Need I remind you that Orlando knocked Jordan and the Bulls out of the playoffs one year then the Bulls got vengeance by sweeping them the following year. One could make the argument that the Bulls/Magic was a bigger rivalry than the Bulls/Heat. Plus there was also a fierce Knicks/Magic season rivalry. Remember, Ewing and Shaq went at it a lot in the 90's and would constantly chant "WHO'S THE MAN" back and forth at each other during the games. Those were fun times.
So know that when you say "Nobody cared about the damn Magic", you speak only for yourself and not all NBA fans.
@Brian taylor Oh, you're a teenage troll. My bad, nevermind.
@Brian taylor the magic were the next big team. They went to the finals in 95, one year after the Knicks. They also knocked Jordan’s bulls out...how on earth did no one care? Lol..knocking Jordan out was the biggest news that decade
Look at all those grown men playing. They were built for physical contact.
Today Oakley would have grown up to be an interior lineman and Anthony Mason would have been a tight end or an edge rusher
@Imran Rasheed today they are clever and know how to play basket ball. All these 90"s teams with stupid physical grown men as you said won nothing. #Fact
@@cedrickoye7725 all best players are from 80s-90s
@Imran Rasheed this is 100% truth current nba is total crap + it is very boring to watch,0 defence and they all just spam 3s
@Imran Rasheed no free baskets in 90s:)
Back when the NBA was tackle football and not flag football.
The NBA back then was tougher than today's NFL
But its basketball not football like wtf
@@nylgnd38 Hey man let the retirement home have their party lol
@Imran Rasheed Today's game they just float to the basket untouched and cry if they are. It's hard to watch a regular season game now. The playoffs are a little better, but it's just not the same.
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Oakley couldn’t bully Shaq 😂. Shaq wanted all that smoke as a young bull lol
Shaq didn't bully Oakley either let's not get it twisted now
@@terrymoore8786stats say otherwise
@B L I actually saw the games so....
@@terrymoore8786 you didn't see them well enough..... stats say that Shaq had zero problems with oak
@B L think whatever you want I could care less Happy Easter
Amazing how Shaq never had any serious injuries in his long career, especially with all the hard fouls he took from other big players.
He’s a very special specimen. Very strong
Obesity. Kobe would tell you.
How serious injuries did he give to other players
Except his toe.
I can’t imagine facing that mid 90s frontcourt of the Knicks Anthony Mason, Charles Oakley, and Patrick Ewing? And Shaq made them look silly.
That's the NBA I grew up with and fell in love with in '96. It has changed a lot since then.
@MrPipe Herdown it should get better not worse. That is the main point in his comment.
Yea u ain't lying when u say 96. 90s nba was something special but 96 was definitely a memorable yr
It's political now. Ruined
Its like overly soft. Fouls on fast breaks? Its u watchable
Unwatchable
When the big boys were men in the NBA!
Today’s nba is like from (men to boyz)
Oakley tried to snatch the ball out of Shaqs hands but Shaq just looked at him like "what are you doing"? Lmao
Oaks was about two sizes lighter than Shaq even around '94...
oakley was tough but he knew not to mess with shaq you can see it in his eyes when he constantly turns his back and looks away. but he seems more wt ease when he bigger than the person he facing or taller.
Shaq wasn't intimidated at all like scottie was lol.
@@Tirrell25 Shaq was big. he was not an intimidator..
@@noslack5049 Let someone bigger than him get in his face and see.
Shaq was the most physically gifted , althletic , dominant, and in the best shape of any center ever in Orlando
In today’s game, these are year suspensions
Exactly !!!
Don’t forget the apology letters they would have to post on Twitter in a his era.
Ron artest ruined it for everyone
Look at that Knicks lineup, Ewing, Oakley, Mason, Starks, and Harper ! Geez now that’s a tough hard nosed defensive group!
When the NBA was a man's game.
As in football?? Basketball is not a physical 1st game, u have Rugby and Football for it.
Yes. Physical play. But in the 90s that stirred a lot of fights and dirty fouls. Today's players are not soft they just play by the soft nba rules bc no player today wants to pay a $20,000 fine for a soft foul or a suspension.
What was considered a hard play on foul in the 90s is a flagrant and thrown out of the game foul by today's rule. The players r not softer today they just abide by the rules
@@socalbeauty1516 It was even more physical in the 80s. The later 70s, 80s and early 90s was peak physical NBA. Even Shaq admitted by the mid 90s when he was still a young guy in the NBA, it was getting softer with the rules. Not as soft as today, but watch the NBA from 1987 and then 1997, a lot had changed.
Yup back when you didn't need any skills just muscle... LMAO stfu. This is exactly why MJ shitted on this era. No skill, all muscle.
@@SimplyOneSound big facts
Oakley was strong in his own right.
and anthony mason knicks had some rugged players
Yea but Oakley didn't want no parts of Shaq, proofs in the puddin, you see it
@@cesarforte617 and Ewing. And Larry Johnson.
@@Luci-nk5fq yea I seen it, yu can see it on his face
@@Luci-nk5fq umm 🤔 nahhh
I love how after Shaq fouled Oakley he always just looked at him like, "Try Me."
Oakley really wanted no part of Shaq.
@@pertburton5586 I highly doubt that. O'Neal was mostly talk and size. He couldn't fight for shit.
I seen all those Knick games and it wasn’t oak looking away most of the time that was shaq! He was used to ppl getting out of the way but Oak never backed down to ANYONE. I’ll put it this way if anyone else hacked Shaq like that it would be a fight but he knew better with Oak
@@pertburton5586 It was the other way around. Shaq didn't want any part of Oakley. Guarantee you, everyone around the league knew who Oakley was and what knew what they were in for when they played against him.
Just like old school NHL--there was that one guy on the other team you just didn't want to fuck with.....
@@pertburton5586 He would whoop Shaq easily
Oakley was tough but he was definitely passive in these videos against Shaq because if it was someone other than Shaq he would have been much more aggressive and ready to fight.
He didn’t want that smoke
That’s shaq lol
Shaq is gigantic enough said
I didn't see anything passive about how Oakley played O'Neal. The only thing he didn't do was fight him. If not fighting is what you call passive, then you're mistaken. You need to refer to that as being controlled.
That's where Dennis Rodman and Charles Barkley were different they didn't care who you were. How big you were
Man Shaq was a behemoth but the Knicks had Oakley and Mason.
Shaq use to destroy them really bad though. He had monster games against Ewing/Oakley/Mason at the same time! In only his second season he was dropping 40 on them it was unbelievable to watch I felt so bad for the Knicks they got bullied so bad. Plus they are still one of the worst NBA finals teams of all time. Highest scorer in the finals for Knicks in 1994 only avg 18pts per game which is beyond pathetic!
RIP Anthony Mason
@Eilliw Nodrog Na Shaq was only a 3rd year player which would’ve been 1994-95 Allan Houston and Sprewell got to NY when Shaq was already in LA. In fact Shaq played Ewing/Mason/Oakley four times that season his combine avg in those games 40/13/2 on 62% shooting while Magic won the series 3-1.
@@JayYo21 Not really a fair comparison because all 3 of them where past their prime when Shaquille debuted. Ewing and Oakley are 10 years older than Shaq. Shaq was 20 in his rookie year, Ewing was already 30
@@mmarsh1972 Shaq was a baby early 90’s stop that Ewing was still putting up MVP caliber regular season numbers I don’t want to hear that all. 1993 Shaq was destroying them so stop that stupid talk
0:32 that moment you realize the whole Knicks squad was with the smoke....one by one they pushed Shaq
He bullied them 😂🤦🏾♂️ they didn’t even do nothing
@@karithema9ician657 I love Shaq I'm not talking shit at all, it was experiences like this earlier in his career that helped make him the HOF he is
and shaq tossed all 3 of them around like nothing 😂
@@LaPlasita47 thats not what I saw..
@@karithema9ician657 bullied? seems like they bullied his young ass
NO TECHNICALS. YOU HAD TO DRAW BLOOD TO GET A TECH. AND STILL PLAYED THE REST OF THE GAME
A playoff foul was a side out.
draw blood🤣
Last glory days of the Knicks. RIP Anthony Mason
They still weren’t that glorious. No rings!
@@ricardof9394 they didn't gave their opponents easy time. All of their games were hard fought
The 90’s, by far, was the best period in basketball.
And some people still believe that Lebron James and these new superstars would dominate in the 90s as well. There were plenty of fearless players like Charles Oakley in the 90s. No easy layups in the playoffs.
Today’s players are toooo soft. Three or four trips through the lane (if that many) and they would be ready to fight.
They change the rule now so guys like Lebron can drive to the rim and flex their muscle and yell much easier. You can even camp the rim to protect it no more. It’s just a big open lane for easy lay-ups and lame unchallenged dunks now
You really think a guy with Lebron's size and athleticism wouldnt dominate in a league of physicality? Not to mention his shooting ability.
Dude, Oakley himself likes lebron and is friends with him... swearnto god how childish some of you are man
@@otismichael2583 dominate? No, be a very good top player yes...
Only Shaq can make a guy 6'9 265 of muscle look relatively small. It's crazy how big the Diesel really was.
And its crazy how charles didn’t back down! He was a bad dude
Not only do I miss the 90's NBA. But I miss the 90's Knicks.
ewing and starks were more popular,but I miss Anthony mason.
I miss watching them lose in the big games year after year….
R. I. P. Anthony Mason 🙏🏽
How did A Mason pass away? He was a scary dude. Him and Oakley were the enforcers.
@@redriders7149 I'm not sure but I think it had something to do with heart complications
@@thumbingthroughstacksdaily392 ok, thank you.
@@redriders7149 all good
@@redriders7149 lol 😆😂
Great Great work putting this together. Awesome brother. Nice job
Imagine if todays soft coddled players were asked to play this hard, ha the court would be empty cause they'd go on strike.
Dude even the bench players would mop the floor with you.
@@keithlc1972 they'd be moppin up Lebron cause he'd be a floppin, the big cat that he is.
That shit was wrestling
You can really feel the respect on both sides...they didn’t want to start a fight
Shaq had heart, just think if he had one more bruiser on his squad back then, they would've shut the Knicks down. Real NBA back then.
Back went centers were a part of the game before they changed the rules for more points and to attract people who didn’t watch basketball.
Turned this shit into a Euroleague shooting contest
@@solomontrump
Definitely
Giannis wouldn't make it he want to play point guard or shooting guard that why they get their ass handed to them by the nets
That's facts!!
Well said. So true
Shaq had for Oakley the same kind of respect you have for an older person, he wasn't scared of him at all.
Shaq was well brought up. Respect to his mother
Lol 😂 Shaq can’t fight for shit !!
Oakley was 10 years older then Shaq, yeah that’s older, but still kinda a peer. Not like 20-30 years older. But maybe NBA years are different
@@John-ct9zs Oakley was a veteran. I meant in that way. He was respectful with Ewing, Olajuwon, etc..
@@danieloceans9652 Father and Mother.
Shaq didn’t want them problems. Oak is built different.
Now you see why Shaq wanted to get the hell outta the Eastern Conference. Every night was a war in the East.
@Raymond Forester true. But the East was physical even outside of the Bigs. The guards were very strong defenders too.
@Raymond Forester indeed.
Shaq went to the Lakers because he wanted to be in movies and record albums.
@@josecarranza7555 whatever dude
Thats cap. Shaq dominated all the bigs in the east. The only centers he may have struggle against are hakeem and robinson which are both in the west
ANTHONY MASON AND CHARLES OAKLEY WERE THE TOUGHEST COMBO EVER!!!!
Antonio and dale davis
@@carlossosa1359 ha respect!! An actual fight who knows!?! But basketball skill toughness and overall affect on the game I still take MASON n OAKLEY
And they never won anything 😆😆😆😆😆😆
I agree but shaq could probably take them simultaneously along with Ewing
RODMAN AND LAMBEER ALSO
Nice Compilation!
This is what people don’t get when older fans compare eras. Doing your job out there is hard enough, but add in physicality and the effect intimidation has on you. The physical and emotional toll it can have. Taking an elbow to your chest and dust up fight, shit talking etc… can throw you off mentally for a few plays, the quarter or the game. Players today do not deal with a hostile environment on the floor like we see here. Real tough guys like oak and mason ready to get in your head or hurt you out there. It has a huge affect on performance.
That undercut by Oakley would have been an ejection today.
The greatest era, or era's of basketball have already been played 👍👍👌👌
Oakley didn't want it with Shaq. The same with Barkley or Mahorn. This was just friendly comp.
Exactly. This occurred every night.
I was a hardcore Bulls fan back in the day but this era of the NBA I could watch and enjoy these other teams playing each other, it was physical and those other teams had legit players and chemistry.
Not now buncha softs
The 90s were the best era, because it had all basketball has ever offered, plus a mega star in MJ, the 🐐, and the best set of rules, and the best styles of logos and colors. Best dunk contests and all star games too. No political movements embedded. True rivalries and a passion to win across the league, not playing for the money, but to win. None better all the way around, nor will ever be again. You will never have a better group of all stars play in 1 era either than the dream team of that time. Heck, you can call it 87-88 to 97-98 and get some of the 80s in there too. That's the straight truth. When Jordan reigned, that NBA was thee best -- period. We will never experience that again. A 6-time league champ and goat, and highest ppg player ever playing. Highest player rating ever. Toughest opponents too. 90s were where it was at, hands down. Who else can testify to what I'm layin down?!
Oak fouls mase protects and pushes, damn these New York team was intimidating and tough.
#ripmase he was extremely underrated, could impact the game in every aspect.
My fav team. Was those 90s knicks all of them up 2 2000 man made me a knicks fan forever
Mason and Oakley, that's a tough duo even for Shaq!
Lebron would need therapy if he played back then!
Shit, just about all of em would.
Funny so true dude
Would need a hospital at least...
He would spend not 1 mil but 5 mil just to repair his body...everybody talk about his durability yeah goodluck when u absorb these kind of physicality
@@dwade2006 Yeah, that sounds about right. Back then teams like the Knicks, Pacers,Pistons, and Bulls played brutal defense. It was like watching a football game.
Damn, I miss these NBA(No Babies Allowed) league days.
It's funny how many people on the internet think Shaq is an unstoppable force. They just started watching basketball since 2000 when the league started to get watered down and grown men were either old or retired.
you have no idea what you are talking about.
Shaq put on alot weight (and muscle) when he started playing in LA. That is when he moved people in paint, before that he didnt have the mass to move people.
@@situbes.972 This is totally incorrect. He was moving other Centers his rookie year. I know because I watched him do it live.
@@hoodatheist5549 Actually, that would be you.
80, and 90, s basketball was a real man’s game.
Oakley was a real Power Forward ( Enforcer ) Out of Virginia Union . Ask Antonio Davis who was his idol!
Shaq throughout his whole NBA career and going back to college was nothing but a big bully, but when he played the New York Knicks at this time he found out he couldn't bully Mason or Oakley. 😠
Mase always got Oaks back I miss those boys they would be banned today!!!
facts.....remember when it was x-man, mase and oak were the enforcers and even our guards stark and greg anthony had the bout it bout it in them
Oak would have needed Mase and wouldn't have bucked as much as he did, if he had to take him on alone. It is written
RIP Mason
@@buckchile614 you obviously don’t know Oakley I’m assuming you aren’t old enough to have seen these boys play live and if you are you must have forgot!
@@pedrotorres2452 It's true, I don't remember this testing of a younger, skinnier Shaq. All I remember is once Shaq grew into manhood, how Oak didn't want any part of Shaq when he was a grown ass man. I stand by my original comment
The 90s as a whole was classic. Some of my favorite in the NBA was in the 90s
Oakley said ain’t shit for free!!!! 😂😂😂
Shaq said make me pay for it tho...lol
@@beerrrr6869 😂😂😂
@@beerrrr6869 He did make him pay....he put his big ass on the floor...😂
Back when it was fun to watch! I cant watch these ballerinas in todays game.
Well said CatfishCarl.
3 point shot ruined the game
@@JackFlaps No it didnt. Lack of physicality did. You let the game be played under 90s rules and you can forget about all that 3pt spamming for a number of reasons.
It's basketball not football being physical isn't exactly a highlight play
90s knicks team! Love watching them during this era.
I miss when the league was rough and rugged like this! 80's and 90's NBA was the best era!
It was a bit more fun back then
Oak was ripped and still seems alittle apprehensive
Thank you 4K TV.
This is old school love it!!
You will never ever see a Knicks team like this again that was the era of Knick domination
Thats when the game was pure! I missed those days. Come down the lane you gettin put on ya ass. Strong enforcer basketball! Throwback 90s shit. Best era in everything! Nba entertainment music wrestling. You name it. Best ever..
I've been watching hoops since the late 60's. And as a Knicks fan, the most exciting era's were the early to mid 70's, and the 90's. Those were the Knicks gate crashing hooligans. Oak Tree, Mace, Ewing & Company.
Don't forget X-Man
Real NBA 💯💯💯💯Salute to Shaq and Oak 👏🐐💯I like how this video was arranged 💯💯
Oak, Mase, Ewing, pesky ass Starks... imagine if X was still on the squad.
Don't forget Harper...he was always ready to scrap as well!
@@klmbaby6 facts
Look like Oak treaded softly with Shaq lol. I would have too
Lol. Shaq can't fight tho
@@tomwalk4066 show me where Shaq can’t fight lol. Had he connected with charles that day, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Plus he’s 7’1 and strong af. There’s very little you can do with someone like that. You gotta keep him at bay and try to take out his legs but one mess up and he grab you, it’s gonna be a long day
@@Kenaz2226 the fight with Chuck is exactly my reference point. Shaq kinda lunged at Chuck with a half assed jab while ducking at the same time. I was like what in God's name is this lol. He did slap sparks outta Alvin Robertson tho
@@tomwalk4066 lmao yeah that hit i remember perfectly!
@@Kenaz2226 😆
Look at this: Anthony Mason, Shaq, Oakley, Ewing .. yet all we hear is guys are "bigger faster stronger"
tfo..
Damn that looks violent compared to today. Love it. Grown men playing right there.
Real NBA 💪🔥🔥🔥
"Oakley fouls me brad Miller was there so i had to touch him up" shaq on shaqin a fool
Shaq with the baldy cut and leaving the sideburns is nasty work
Shaq was a f'in beast, he was so much stronger than everyone else in his prime.
LeBron be flopping all game like a fish on land if he played back then.
LeBron would be so worry about his head band falling off to cover his bold spots 😂
Yo!!! Shaq had a lot of muscle to go through. Oakley, Mason, Ewing etc...😂😂😂
Yet they couldnt bully shaq😂 he held his own.
Damn!!!!!! That New York Knicks team back then was hard-core 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
The toughness was real back in the 90"s i love the competition
Oak didn’t just run up on shaq like he did with everyone else
@@NinodaBlogger vey true!However,Oakley’s energy is a lot different when it comes to Shaq!As a long time Bulls fan I loved Oakley when we had him in the 80’s!Hated him on the Knicks but respected him as probably the toughest NBA player of the late 80’s and throughout the 90’s!With all that said,he wants absolutely NO SMOKE 💨 with the Diesel!Shaq is just too damn big bro!Did you see how he pushed the late great Anthony Mason and Oakley at the same time?😂!They like rag dolls to him my g!Its not fair!Oakley might be tough but it’s levels!Oak know he would get washed in a fight with the big Aristotle!
This was like rookie Shaq handling 10 year vets lol
Very few people could get away with pushing Charles Oakley, Anthony Mason AND Derek Harper in the same game.
I love the fights and hard fouls the attitude era of basketball. Even WWF was tougher back then and Ray Lewis ..80 & 90’ ruled.
You know when a dude like Anthony Mason is playing small forward the league must be tough as nails.
You gotta LOVE The Oak Man 😂😂😂😂
Prime Shaq was a beast! He makes Charles Oakley and Anthony Mason look small.
Yo, Anthony Mason was strong as hell. Shaq just hit a wall and got pushed in the other direction lol
I remember Charles Barkley used to treat Oakley like his bitch. He would completely dominated in the game, then slapped the hell out of him on game. They got in a fight in another game when Oak did a cheap shot from behind and Chuck went after him.
Go bro watch the tape fool. Barkley socker tap slap n Oakley gave back stiff hard slap
I remember Oak fouling Shaq really hard and Shaq jumped up and tried to take (I think Chris Dudley's head) off when it was apparent that Oakley had hit him. As for Barkley, it is well known that Oakley had slapped the crap out of Barkley during a Players Union Meeting and Barkley just took it. . No ref around I suppose. And this was verified by by other NBA players.They were some tough players in that era that would have stood up to both of them though like Kevin Willis , Antoine ( Original Big Dog ) Carr and Antoine Davis . However the sixties and early seventies were the years you had the real tough guys.
Imagine lebron playing in this era. Flops every possession
Lebron would piss his pants and fake an injury to get out of the game!!!
He's taller and bigger but Oakley forgot to say that Shaq was also stronger as well especially when got throw on the floor by Shaq 😂
Shaq threw the entire Knicks team around like he was Andre the Giant
And they say Lebron faced tougher competition... hahahahahhahahahahaha !!!!
Folks have actually said that Lebron could have dominated in that era....yyyeeaah okay!!
@@jgc792infinitee6 why wouldn’t he tho ? Lol
@@Hot33333333 lol....seriously?
Lebron would be a way more atheletic malone in that era, haters gotta hate though
@@cyborgdude2k4 No. He wouldnt have the nutritional and technological advantages of today. And also, with Lebrons character, he would have quit after an Oakley foul....stop saying nonsense
Oakley was strong
Shaq handling all they ass Oakley, Ewing, and Mason 😂😂😂