The Biggest "What If's" In NBA History
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- Taking a look at some of the biggest "what if's" that would have changed the NBA.
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One of the best things about sports is the amount of endless possibilities. A different trade here or an alternative draft selection there can completely alter the history of the league. Let’s take a look at the greatest what if’s in NBA history.
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Think about this: we only saw young d rose. Not prime d rose
Facts
*Meanwhile in another universe*
Flight: Damn, look at the Wolves man so inspirational
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Nah flight was a fan of Derrick rose before he was a curry fan so if rose never got injured he would’ve still been with rose.
Oh that’s too funny
@@jonavena1689 Flight's just acting like a curry fanboy just to mock them
Lmao
What if JR Smith remembered the score in that fateful evening of June 2018?
Underrated comment right here. Lol
The Cavs would have lost that series 4-1
@@dukes1993724 better than 4-0
What if George Hill made the free throw🤔
"The Lakers still trail the Celtics 17 to 16 in total championships" Not anymore
Also their 16th was in 84-86 something lol
@@spiritwooo 86
elgin baylor and even more so jerry west were more elite than bob cousy
the warriors and 76ers had the prime version of wilt chamberlain
bob cousy wasn't as elite as bob pettit but the hawks traded bill russell
"What if Wilt Chamberlain comes out retirement and played at 50?
he is dead
@@iguessitsgrim2279 He is dead. Unless you're joking.
Wilt died at 63 in 1999, in the 80s when he was in his early 50s NBA teams still recruiting him
hes dead
Guys I think he meant *came* out of retirement
7:08 look at how undersized Ben Wallace is, yet that man defensively destroyed some of the best centers in league history. That's incredible.
Yeah... I mean, Big Ben even blocked SHAQ!
Now that we look back on it, it's laughable that Wallace went undrafted!
The bulls are my favorite team and I was so excited for the team to maybe win a championship but since rose got injured I think i am gonna have to wait at least a few more years
I feel like the baseball gods won’t let the bulls win anymore rings. They gave us MJ and I guesss they said that’s enough. Our team will be talked about until the end of time lol
More like for a few decades
try a couple decades hee hee hee
Me too Big Bulls fan as a kid grew up watching Jordan-led Bulls winning their last championship..
I supported the team since then, even during mediocrity..
Was really excited when Rose became the star, and I had belief that we were just few years before winning a ring.
Sadly injuries ruined his promising career
i got another two:
1) what if Pippen went to Seattle as he was drafted? Would Sonics be significantly better (maybe win championship alongside with Kemp and Payton?), would Bulls win any trophy at all and how many?
2) what if Drazen Petrovis didnt die? Would he become a true legend and Jordan's greatest rival? Would Jordan quit in 94 if Petrovic was alive pushing on his legacy? Would Drazen win Championship? Probably not with Nets, but maybe he would go to a better team?
Did Drazen excel at anything else other than scoring?
1) who knows but bulls definitely would have made a move for some kind of second star soon
2)no but he would maybe have a career that rivaled say Dwayne wade
What if McGrady and Vince both stayed in Toronto?!
Still wouldn’t have won
They would've been the playoff sensation team
KOBE 💜💛
King M 8 likes
Goat
Forever in our hearts 💜💛
That Pistons pick in 03 reminds me of my Packers selecting Tony Mandarich instead of Barry Sanders, Derrick Thomas and Deion Sanders in the 89 draft. Three HOF taken after a complete bust
Yeah, what if D.Rose never got injured :'(
My dad is still sad to this day.
He will always be my goat
defo biggest what if in NBA history
@@Schubertz08 I'm still sad about his injury
@@justdark5416 He will always be my goat too
What if Penny Hardaways knees held up an what if Shaq had that killer instinct qn took care of himself are my favorites.
What if Michael Jordan kept playing baseball 🤔
He would have the same amount of rings as lebron
ツBeast that’s doesn’t make sense when he came back he played with the basically same team so he might’ve ended up have 7 or more instead of 6
Nathan_69 he said baseball not basketball
ツBeast no
@@bmccalvin yeah he would win world series titles with the white socks
You posted this on my birthday, thank you 😊
What if Bill Walton was never injured?
What if Ben Simmons had a jump shot?
He would be an NBA champion right now instead of Giannis
Thats a very big what if
Here's something even better for Detroit, what if Milicic actually lived up to his potential? The Pistons would be like a 60's Celtics 2.0.
Please make this a series
That D-Rose injury as a fan always hurt to remember
What if Jerry Krause had kept Phil Jackson as the Coach of the Bulls with Jordan, Scottie, Rodman? They would have won again man!!!
under the condition that the bulls salary for everyone especially pippen would be beyond its max limit, remember mj and pippen were underpaid during their tenure
What if Bad Boy Pistons are good?
wassup love the content keep it up boi
That_Cajun_Boi you haven’t even watched the video
James Charles fan 123 🙎♂️
@@eztowin3226 just being positive either way.
Len bias is the biggest what ifs in nba history would’ve been the goat hands down
"What if Wilt Chamberlain played in this era?" is one of the biggest "what if" in history.
At the same time that it is, it is really hard to even try to think where to start when comparing how player x would play in y era.
He would still dominate but not as dominant as in the 60s like MJ he would dominate if he was playing todays ere but not as dominant st the 80s to 90s
in today's game wilt chamberlain and bill russell would put up even higher statistics in A the playoffs and/or B the season
what if danny green shot that game winning 3 in game 5
LeBron still wins FMVP
That Lance Stevenson's blow to Lebron's face still cracks me up. Dude's eccentric
love this content,REMEMER TO GIVE ALL GLORY TO GOD.
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I really think that Houston would’ve gotten one, maybe two off Chicago. Going that deep so many years in a row would’ve caught up to them before 1998 also. Look what happened to Detroit after five years of it. They fell apart completely.
Man Duncan, Tracy and Hill could be a 5 rings team.
Len bias one was the biggest what if
i have a feeling that if bias had not passed jordan would not have the first of his 3 rings as
bias was a boss
@@dougbrown6534 College careers:
Jordan [3 years] = 17.7 ppg (.540 fg%), 5.0 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.7 spg, 0.7 bpg, 30.8 mpg
Bias [4 years] = 16.4 ppg (.536 fg%), 5.7 rpg, 1.3 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.7 bpg, 32.8 mpg
North Carolina Tar Heels vs Maryland Terrapins on January 12, 1984:
Bias = 24 pts, 4 rebs
Jordan = 21 pts, 12 rebs (7 off), 2 blks, at least 4 stls
Highlights of the game was uploaded by starks23 (stats provided in the description), which ended with Jordan's iconic cradle dunk at the buzzer. Both men played each other four times overall. The first two in '83, Bias wasn't a starter yet. The last one was on February 19th the next year where Jordan scored 25 and Bias had 18.
@@jp3813 If bias had not died before touching a nba basketball i feel he would have been 1 of if not the only player that could have truly givein jordan a run for his money and i would have loved to seen it sadly we will never know if he could have stopped the legend that jordan became as there numbers were very similar though jordan had the better vert with 48" - 40"bias was abit taller and weighted slightly more still would have been 1 hell of a show
@@dougbrown6534 Well, Bias would've had to catch up b/c by the time he got drafted, MJ just got done dropping 63 in the playoffs. Part of what makes a player great in the NBA is discipline, and since he couldn't stay away from drugs, it makes me question his commitment to truly improve. Although Bird said that he would've retired early if Len hadn't died, so we probably would've missed out on some of the former's greatness during his twilight years, including being in The Dream Team. On the other hand, there was a belief that the Bulls were trying to get into a good draft position by limiting MJ's minutes in '86, but he refused to just lie down so he helped the team qualify for the postseason. Who knows, perhaps him & Bias could've been teammates instead.
@@jp3813 hell bias and jordan combo dam that would have been dam near instant champ threat. And as for bias's self control if I'm not mistaken the only time he tried drugs they killed him
What if the Warriors drafted Nikola Jokic? But basketball reasons is always the craziest story to me every time I remember that I can’t stop laughing
What if Lebron went to college and avoided the Cavs?
You use that question for a lot of players.
What if Petrović lived?
i did do and will for multiple reasons 100% really truly fully and completely hope that reincarnation literally always has and will be as real as possible for as long and often as possible seriously period no questions asked at all not even one in one place on one occasion for even one split second
“James harden was the perfect third banana”😂😂😂😂
3:53 Huh? 😂😂 what
Tim Duncan joining the Magic would have been huge, but what about this: What if they sign Duncan and T-Mac, but decide to hold on to a young big man by the name of Ben Wallace instead of trading him to the Pistons for Grant Hill? Imagine Duncan, Wallace, and T-Mac for the next several years. The Lakers wouldn't have won another ring.
What if Scottie pippin wasn’t treaded to the bulls and stayed in Seattle
What if Portland drafted Jordan instead of Bowie?
Portland should have been on this list. They would have had Brandon Roy, Greg Oden, Lamarcus Aldridge, And Dame all healthy and in their prime.
The Rose story makes me feel bad every time I hear it 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
what if greg oden came into his prime and Brandan Roy had stayed a little longer and you add cj McCullum and dame lillard in later years and already have a all star pf in lamarcus aldridge
What if Tyler Herro always played like he did in the playoffs last year?
I still think "What if Arvydas Sabonis got to the league at a younger age" is an often overlooked What If
To be honest the 2003 draft is like the 1989 nfl draft
If Jordan never retired those years from basketball the Rockets would still of won those back to back Championships. Hakeem was just too unstoppable those years even Jordan admits it.
The other side of the Tim Duncan scenario is what then happens with the Spurs and Gregg Popovich?
Don’t mention rose I’ma cry 😢
This Channel is so underrated it’s not even funny😔🤦🏼♂️
The biggest what if in history.
Is what if zaza didn't injure kawhi
Kawhi and spurs was easily dismantling warriors in 2017, it's the birth of the best player. If spurs win all those championsi from 2017-2019 against warriors with durant, kawhi would have the argument as the goat of nba
#1. What if Chicago Bulls drafted Karl Malone in 1985 instead of Kieth Lee, Dennis Rodman in 1986 instead of Brad Sellers & Reggie Miller in 1987 instead of Horace Grant.
Starting 5 in the hypothetical Triangle would have been Pippen/Miller/Jordan/Rodman/Malone😳😨
#2. What if Cleveland Cavaliers drafted Kawhi Leonard in 2011 instead of Tristan Thompson, Damian Lillard in 2012 instead of Dion Waiters, Giannis Antetokounmpo I’m 2013 instead of Anthony Bennett, Joel Embiid in 2014 instead of Andrew Wiggins(No K-Love trade)
LeBron in the 2014”Return” to Cleveland would have had:
Irving
Lillard
Leonard
James
Embiid
6th Man young Giannis😱🤯
Whaaaat now that would have been a super team but a good version they definitely would have won more titles
what if the hawks never once at all traded bill russell
If the T-wolves drafted Curry, will the Klay Thompson - Kevin Love trade push through? and what if Minnesota had the Splash Brothers then?
If Len Bias didn't die, the 1987 Finals would have been a different story, and if Bias lived and played in the 90's and played alongside Reggie Lewis (who also what if didn't die either), they would give Jordan and the Bulls a challenge and probably would face Hakeem in 94 or 95 (or even both)
Now the other what ifs would be that if KD never joined the Warriors and instead stayed in OKC or teamed up with LeBron with the Cavs, The Celtics never got KG and instead Garnett ends up with the Lakers, Bosh and James stayed with their teams in 2010 or Wade, Bosh and James instead formed their big 3 in Toronto or Cleveland (and also if Melo joined them), Howard stayed in Orlando and never got traded, Kyrie never got traded to the Celtics and stayed with LeBron etc.....
Pacers trading their pick for George Hill made a lot of sense and was still a good move. Paul George needed to be the primary ball handler to develop and also Lance Stephenson was iconic for the Pacers culture.
"Now they have zero" hahah
What if Dennis Rodman was traded to the Magic in 1993? They looked into it, but the Pistons wanted Dennis Scott, and the trade didn't happen.
What if Chris Webber was traded from the Wizards to the Lakers in 1999 right after the lockout for Elden Campbell, Eddie Jones, and Nick Van Exel? Webber thought that was going to happen, but he was sent to the Kings instead.
That’s crazy I never knew that imagine Chris Webber shaq and Kobe on the lakers🤯
Intro aged well lol
It will affect on the player’s future all star or skills
Kawhi needed the spurs shooting coach tho
Duncan signs with Orlando: Detroit wins back-to-back titles despite drafting Darko
what if the 1995 season mvp award went to hakeem olajuwon
Larry legend
Just imagine pistons defence with carmelo's buckets that's the best combination
Who’s watching in 2021
While it could be argued that the OKC young core would've not flourished into "better individual players" due to shared time and glory, especially the thought of the three of them winning MVPs in the same team, that team would've still been elite going forward. Harden, while possibly not producing MVP caliber numbers because of sharing the court with Durant and Westbrook, would most likely still flourish as an all-star, and the same goes for Westbrook.
What if Len Bias and Reggie Lewis never passed away?
What if j.r. Scored
What IF Nonstop Sports stopped?
Now its 17 to 17
Lin Bias was like a Michel Jordan V.2
Nope
@@swanandjoshi333 he was there were equal
@@tefigs2092 At one point he was, but after 2 years, he was no match to Jordan, even Charles Barkley was better than what he had become
In 1999 2000 the sixers attempted to trade Iverson to the pistons and the deal was done but the NBA vetoed it Imagine that early 2000s piston team with Allen Iverson instead Chauncey Billups OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!
There was a "what if" missing from the video. That being "What if Larry Bird never got injured?"
17-17
L.a-Boston
I'm still thankful to Doc Rivers to this day hahaha....
One more ring and maybe an actual fight between the two.
What if there was no strike in the '95 baseball season, would Jordan have come back or stayed with baseball?
He would have stayed with baseball. I believe he came back in March 1995 because he thought that the strike would continue, and that there would be replacement players (Jordan didn't want to be one of those).
What if Grant Hill never gotten injured?
What if Allen Houston and the Knicks won the NBA championship?
What if Penny Hardaway went to the Golden State Warriors as a rookie?
What if Michael Jordan went to the Portland Trailblazers as a rookie?
Blasted off? Pun intended?
1:58 Not anymore :)
Okc have chris paul as a future hof
Lebron and Wayne also had Chris bosh
What if T-Mac stayed in Toronto with Vince Carter?
“What if Melo got drafted by the pistons instead of millicic”? 🤯
When he mentioned Kobe🙁
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Rip
Rip
What if the Bucks never traded Dirk?
What if Shaq stayed in Orlando
What if Tyler herro kept his bubble form.
To me Len Bias is the biggest what If In NBA History
Imagine he lived up to the hype and was MJ rival
What if charlett kept Kobe
What if Klay and Kd was not injured in 2018-19 finals
I don’t think the Pistons still win the chip if they take Melo over Darko. Gotta remember Sheed was the missing piece that put em over the top and they only made that trade because it was already clear Darko wasn’t what they expected. They probably don’t even make that trade if they have Melo instead
Thank you Timberwolves
you forgot the (what if tracy mcgrady played with the lakers)
What jason williams never go to practice late.
What if the Hawks kept Luka Doncic
Grant Hill was always injured with Orlando. Orlando had minimal success and really just had McGrady. I don't even think they made it past the 1st round during the time with Hill and T Mac.
The BIGGEST what If? Has to be of the greatest team ever played (bulls) stayed together for atleast another 5 years. In my opinion they would have won an extra 2 rings. Mj would have become the all time leading scorer, rodman would clump near the top on the all time rebounds. And there would be no debate ok who the greatest team or who the goat is
Greg oden? If he was healthy dear god
Bulls probably had 3 3peat from 91 to 99
Shaq was just Goku and Kobe was Vegeta
otherway
this vid legit pissed me of lol