Serge Ibaka - Rugged Rim Protector (OKC)
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- Serge Ibaka. The Shot Blocker. 3x NBA All-Defensive First Team. 2x NBA Blocks Leader. 2011 FIBA European Championship Gold Medalist. 2012 London Olympics Silver Medalist. Each of those 5 defensive honors came during his time with the Oklahoma City Thunder. That is not to say that his best is already behind him, but his time with the Thunder was truly special. He finished third in Defensive Player of the Year voting in 2012-13 to Marc Gasol (the eventual winner) and LeBron James (the Most Valuable Player). Rather than try to impress you with wordplay in this description, I’ll just let the former Real Madrid man’s many blocks do the talking for me. Below is a list of players (not comprehensive) featured in this video getting rejected by Serge iBLOCKa.
LeBron James
Kobe Bryant
Tim Duncan
Stephen Curry
Dwyane Wade
Chris Paul
James Harden
Chris Bosh
Dwight Howard
Klay Thompson
Gordon Hayward
Blake Griffin
Vince Carter
Joakim Noah
Victor Oladipo
Deron Williams
Shawn Marion
DeMarcus Cousins
Carlos Boozer
DeAndre Jordan
Tyson Chandler
Lamar Odom
Goran Dragic
John Wall
Andrew Bynum
Hedo Turkoglu
Andre Miller
David Lee
Kenyon Martin
Tyreke Evans
Michael Carter-Williams
This video is getting thrown up when it is because to have a throw back (some pun intended) performance on the grandest stage of them all deserves some recognition. Six for the 6ix.
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He was robbed in 2011-2014 for DPOY. Ben Wallace, Mutumbo and Olajuwon all acknowledged Ibaka should have won it at least once those years. In 2017 Ibaka was asked why he transitioned primarily to a shooter after impressive defensive years...2-time runner up to DPOY and 4 time All NBA First Defensive Team (only Kawhi and few guys have such impressive defensive resume), he said it was lack of appreciation for not getting the DPOY after putting the best of his years those 4 years. He said it makes no sense doing the same, putting in all that effort jumping that high over 10 times a game and not being appreciated, wasn't worth it for his health and longevity in the league. He decided to focus on his all-round game, which actually was the right decision then, giving he is an excellent two-way player now.
Crazy how he player under 30 minutes and average 3.7 blocks once a season om 27 minutes. The okc coach shoulda benched bum Kendrick Perkins Smh
You forgot he was robbed in the dunk contest that one year
Nah
I’ll never forget Serge as I always targeted him in my fantasy drafts from 2012-2014. That man alone carried my blocks categories in the head-to-head matchups. Also was very high field goal percentage player before he fell in love with jumpers.
The people who never got to see Serge in his prime with OKC could not understand why at the time the organization chose to keep him over Harden. Serge was special back then.
Great edit as usual. 👍
He still special now... highly impactful against the warriors, not only is he still a great shot blocker but he’s mobile enough to keep up with the guards... I think those down years with trash ass Orlando had him off the radar but he’s back and has really contributed a lot to the raptors, I’m happy for him unlike harden and Durant he actually deserves a fucking ring
He was efficient last year and had been efficient this year thus far for the Raptors. He really developed his mid range shooting, he’s an excellent pick and pop player.
Finally got his ring 🏆
Eric L people dont give him the credit he derserves kd didnt have to worry about his man beating him knowing ibaka was around
Easily a top 10 most talented shot blockers in NBA history
Yes he is
He really was a special shot blocker
Prime ibaka was a menace
He's more like top 5
Love that this dude is a champion. Totally deserves it.
Mutombo blocks - "Not in the house of me ☝"
Serge blocks -
"AAAUUUUUHHH!"
That OKC team was legendary but could have done so much more.
3:59 “3 pointer” 😂😂😂
Prime ibaka was Iblocka now he add that mid and 3 point game man
Serge Ibaka is one of the most underrated rim protectors this league has seen. Timing, Strength, jump recovery time, just everything you need
2012-2015 was the IBLAKA era
In 2011 he had some sick blocks too (for example the chasedown one on Wilson Chandler)
@@butahir2242Never thought I’d hear Wilson Chandlers name again🤣 absolute dawg
My goodness he was such a beast for that stretch of time. At least he still has some of that level of tenacity right now.
Umm, what. His best year was in 2016 or right now.
@@tagtheroller dude I'm talking defensively
@@GarbageMan144 okay, then it's 2016.
@@tagtheroller no, it was from 2012-2014, he was all defensive first team multiple times that period
@@GarbageMan144 Umm, no. He was blocking a ton of shots, and that's what granted him those all defensive team selections. In 2016, he was a smarter, stronger and a much better defender on the perimeter.
Serge IBLOCKA
I still don’t understand why OKC didn’t at least 1 championship that’s unreal
Jamal Crawford superb separation
This man deserves DPOY
He was a block maniac when he was on OKC. It was so entertaining to watch him play defense in his prime.
biyombo or jrue holiday defensive highlight?
I miss watching this so much
The Serge Protector
One of my favorite nba player because of his shot blocking ability
Ibaka one of the best bloker in NBA !
i forgot how excited this used to get me
SERGEJ IBAKA
Serge is my all time favorite players ahead of goran Dragic
I love your work. Really.
Can you make one for mr j crossover
Jamal crawford ??
Also request if possible for Carmelo Anthony - Quick Second Step.
Melo had a knack of grabbing his own misses in the post and putting them back in right away. I’ve never seen anyone else so talented in getting their own misses and recovering them. Please compile this if possible!
Eric Lee I made that video a long while ago. I think I framed it that as just being persistent bec I still thought Marion had the best second jump in the league at the time
Eric Lee th-cam.com/video/Z0Z9BGpybjU/w-d-xo.html
Evin Gualberto exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Corey
Cousins
Lebron
Kobe
Deron
Duncan
These people got nightmares from Iblocka
Yes he become the Serge Iblocka he was
he blocked his way to the championships
He was mean, as a okc fan we were fun to watch
Exactly...OKC was fun to watch then. Those Ibaka blocks and Westbrook follow up fast breaks energized the atmosphere.
I wonder if anyone rembers when they used to call him serge iblocka back in his day
Jrue Holiday defense or a 2019 PG13 super separation
Serge i-blockaaa!!!
I was trying to send Ibaka a text message, but it was blocked by ibaka
That block on Howard was dirty
0:51
Please do sum of jamal crawford broken ankles all threw them highlights
Great video
This video is about Durant's poor one on one defense...
yea he grew so much lol
I swear to god the amount of times lebron beat kd off the dribble in the 2012 finals was astonishing... absolutely one of the reasons we lost the series, he stood no chance against lebron
@@GarbageMan144 he's still a relatively poor man to man defender. Help defense is his strong suit.
@@tagtheroller hes not poor at all. He guards his position very well. Idk why u expect him to be able to guard well against 1s or even 2s hes literally 7 feet tall.
@@GarbageMan144 Who said that I'm expecting for him to do that? All I'm saying is that he's a relatively poor man to man defender due to his lackluster lateral quickness and the inability to get around screens. Durant is a great defender, and most of that value comes off the ball, with his rotations, switches, covers, etc.
Hey, could you do a defensive highlight of George Hill? :)
Can you do old school video like Hakeem Olajuwon in the post, MJ unreal defense, David Robinson great shot blocker ?
Tony Parker fantastic finisher
Warren Stanley th-cam.com/video/DoEHWHXIPDI/w-d-xo.html TECHNICALLY a footwork video but so much finishing in it.
In February of 2012 alone he had three double digit block games
Defensive player of the year ?
early 2000's Serge should've won Dpoty
Imagine Dort on this OKC squad.
Dude reminds me of theo Ratliff
Malcolm Brogdon precise scorer?
唉！如果他沒有打封閉針......
burt I like kd better