When Dr.J announced his retirement he is so beloved that that every team that he played against gave him so much credit and respect for the game and the way he played and his classy way of sportsmanship
By no stretch of the imagination am I saying that 6ft 7 Dr J would ever beat 7ft 1 Kareem one on one but is only chance at even being competitive would have been his athleticism which was not even nearly what it used to be when tis mismatch took place
First of all, J wasn't supposed to play K, it was supposed to by Wilt, but he backed out late, so J for the sake of "the show must go on" stepped up. Second, if it was a full court game rather than a half court game, J would have a much better chance simply because he would out run K. J made a habit of dunking on K when they were playing in the NBA
One on One vs Team Basketball are two entirely different games. This is like a Race with some race car packing a V8 vs a 4 Banger at the 24 Hours of Lemans.
At the 7:50 mark: "....hoop on the side of a barn in Indiana ..." I wonder if he is referencing Larry Bird there? :) And basketball was invented by a Canadian. I'm just saying. :)
![Kareem Abdul Jabbar • Interview (Basketball/Islam/Oriental Rugs) • 1977 [RITY Archive]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3duCUU-ojls/mqdefault.jpg)
Both these guys are class acts.
When Dr.J announced his retirement he is so beloved that that every team that he played against gave him so much credit and respect for the game and the way he played and his classy way of sportsmanship
Kareem may have decisively won this, but Dr. J. was an amazing ambassador for the game of basketball - such a classy guy. Love him!
Dr Jay is A Top 10 player
Doc and K were both special
But i admit i loved Doc
Kareem was a center so obviously that was a massive mismatch
I don't know if you saw the game but it would have been much closer with a 27 year old Doc and a 30 year old Kareem. That's just my belief.
YES💪🏽🏀
The doctor🖤🖤❤💯👑👑👑
Man.. It feels odd to watch this video and see them as I remember them towards the end of their careers.
By no stretch of the imagination am I saying that 6ft 7 Dr J would ever beat 7ft 1 Kareem one on one but is only chance at even being competitive would have been his athleticism which was not even nearly what it used to be when tis mismatch took place
Kareem is like 7ft5 bro ..look at him next to Ralph Sampson
The doctor was out of breath early in the matchup, he retired years before Kareem and the cigar smoking didn't help him either!!
John wooden said the “greatest center to play the game was bill Walton, when healthy”
First of all, J wasn't supposed to play K, it was supposed to by Wilt, but he backed out late, so J for the sake of "the show must go on" stepped up.
Second, if it was a full court game rather than a half court game, J would have a much better chance simply because he would out run K.
J made a habit of dunking on K when they were playing in the NBA
The Match up Should have been Dr.j vs George Ice man Gervin that would have been a better match.
One on One Kareem crushes Jordan or James too.
One on One vs Team Basketball are two entirely different games. This is like a Race with some race car packing a V8 vs a 4 Banger at the 24 Hours of Lemans.
At the 7:50 mark: "....hoop on the side of a barn in Indiana ..." I wonder if he is referencing Larry Bird there? :)
And basketball was invented by a Canadian. I'm just saying. :)
1st all Dr. Was Replacement For Wilt Chamberlin Chamberlin out it OUT
ALL MISMATCHES
We didn't get to see
BOB LANIER vs ARTIS GILMORE 1 ON 1 legends
@@mrboo3049 Been wait`in on this since 1970. NCAA tournament. St. Bonaventure(lanier) vs. Jacksonville U.(GILMORE).
@clarencebanks1953 ...I SECOND EMOTION!!!
We all know Dr. J DUNKED on Kareem and on a fast break Kareem couldn't touch Dr. J. This thing was rigged. Even Kareem had to think before he did it.