in my TOTALLY honest and/or accurate OPINION legend PRETTY MUCH sums up a retired bucks player i did do and/or PROBABLY will really LOVE being kareem abdul-jabbar
I’ve always liked Latrell Sprewell. Yes he was a bit of a hothead, but on the court, he was a tremendous talent, competitor on both ends of the court and was fun to watch. If it wasn’t for the choking incident, he very well may have ended up in the Hall of Fame. Dude played with an edge and a fire that I just don’t see in most star players today.
@@poindextertunesyes. He was on his way if that incident didn’t happen. He already made 3 all star games and could’ve made another 3-4 easily if that didn’t happen
I'll never forgot coming home from the beach with my boys. Got home just in time to catch Larry Johnson hitting the 4 point plays, the entire bronx errupted. This is a fact. The other time i heard that was after David Tyree's catch
Each year his two hand dunks got crazy and crazier. From college it didn't look as strong. Then his rookie year he started putting the ball behind his head with more power. I really love that two hand dunk. One of the best signature dunks if not the best.
Brah this channel should be having millions of subscribers.....we have to help this guy get some more money man.....he's the best at keeping us informed with underrated or forgotten legends
Thanks for the great content. I can’t believe GS gave up three picks & Penny for Webber. Sprewell was a killer, the kind of player everyone wants on their team.
Latrell Sprewell's career was somewhat derailed by immaturity, but when he was rolling, there weren't many wings who were better than him. He choked his coach P.J. Carlesimo in an ugly incident and spent the rest of his career trying to rehab his image and channel his aggression.
RIP was the man. He won at every level, except high school because Coatesville couldn’t get past Kobe & Lower Merion. Natty @ UConn @ chip with the Pistons. I remember working at Nova Basketball camp after Detroit beat LA. Jay Wright talked about RIP’s movement without the ball to the camp kids for about five minutes. He was so hard to guard because he was always on the move wearing out his defender.
Latrell Sprewell became one of my favorite players from being one of my big brother's (not a big sports fan) favorite players player. I was like if he liked Spree then I might should pay attention go him. As for me I am a lifetime sports fan and player and had all the video games and cards. I absolutely loved those Sprewell, Houston, Camby and LJ teams. Then my brother bought me a Sprewell Knicks dunk figure collectable. So thank you for making this truly Forgotten Player video. By the way i even had my hair like his and Troy Hudson when they played for Timberwolves since it was already long like that.
I was so mad about that 1994 season being a warriors fan we had the team that year injuries happening then we lost Webber it was over spre for 3 he is a legend 💯
Thanks for this one, I was looking forward to seeing a video on Latrell when I saw you hadn't done one on him yet. Also, that Brian Shaw episode on the Paul George podcast might be one of my favorites of any I've heard just for the stories he tells about every big star he's played with.
The nba is the only job where you can choke your boss and not go to jail for it. Shaw and his team-mates should've got Spree off of their coach,pro ball players are such prima-donas and entitled folks. I wish that first judgement had been up-held,Spree needed to be taught a very hard lesson.
He was the type of player who could take a coaches breath away 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
in my TOTALLY honest and/or accurate OPINION a really elite star TOTALLLY sums up a NON top 50 player who i did do and will SOMEWHAT like being clyde drexler
one of my favorite guards in the 90s/2000s. I really thought he would be unstoppable if he was a bit tad more consistent and less streaky. If he was that athletic with allan houston's touch he would be up there vs tmac and kobe.
I was a fan of him at GS then when he was traded to my Knicks omg i was so happy . He would make me jump in joy but days id be yelling at tv to stop shooting. lol He was very erratic on the floor of good days and some bad days but i would keep him on my team no matter what.
My heart sank when I read the papers and saw Hardaway was injured for season with a devastating ACL injury. I was a big fan and it took the Warriors from contenders to bottom feeders for many years. What could have been.
He was my favorite player in the league at the time. I was a young teenager. My father took me to see the warriors while they were in portland. This was while spree was asking for a trade or a new contract from the warriors. He wasn't happy with them. He damn near walked up and down the court the whole game. No effort, didn't care. I never felt the same about him after.
Thank you for these videos giving those guys their props Ima old head I remember all of em.. I loved that team at Alabama Gary Waites, Hollywood Robinson, Spree, Robert Horry and Melvin Cheatum I think Cedric was a freshman anyway that team coulda won a chip Wimp did a good job with them guys✊🏾✊🏾🏀⭐
Sprewell's stock REALLY dropped, even in the summer of 1995. That was after he was All-NBA FIRST Team in 1993-94! In the summer of 1995, an OAKLAND writer was asked if the Warriors might do a Rod Strickland for Latrell Sprewell trade, since both were disgruntled. The OAKLAND writer said, "They might do an Otis Thorpe for Sprewell trade." Now, I love Otis Thorpe, but Thorpe was 33 and on the downside at that time." Of course, in 1997-98, Sprewell was temporarily worthless. He was a great ball handler with the Knicks, REGULARLY going coast to coast on fast breaks!
@@jamespohl-md2eq James, I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. The Sonics had just come off of our second first round playoff loss, and EVERYBODY was so anti-Gary Payton in Seattle (yes, he was a punk). There was thoughts of trading Gary Payton for Latrell Sprewell, and then trading Kendall Gill for Rod Strickland, giving Seattle Strickland and Sprewell in the backcourt, WOW!!! But, to answer your good question, maybe they were ready to flip Tim Hardaway somewhere. OR, fans (myself included) believed that if the Sonics traded Gill for Strickland, and kept Payton, that we could make it work with Strickland and Payton in the backourt. Or, that the Warriors could have made it work with Hardaway and Strickland, or Hardaway and Payton, especially since Payton and Strickland were tall enough to play 2 guard. Believe me, after 1995, I wanted Strickland in Seattle SO badly! During 1994-95, I wanted Clyde Drexler in Seattle SO badly! I DO admit, that my "NBA trade ideas world" revolved around the Sonics and Blazers. Oh, as for Otis Thorpe, at the 1994-95 trade deadline, I heard that Charlotte was offering Hersey Hawkins, and the Lakers were offering Anthony Peeler AND a #1 pick! Portland REALLY undersold what they could have gotten for Otis Thorpe! The Blazers and Sonics are so STUPIT, when it comes to drafts and trades!!
@@unappealingundesirable2826dude get over yourself. You arent in basketball for a reason. Case in point ...your suggestion of pairing freaking tim hardaway with rod Strickland...NEXT
~ one of the takeaways from this video: there were some bad coaches. Not bad as far as basketball strategy, but in understanding players. Don Nelson was highly successful. As a coach, his offensive genius, was a fire runner to much of what we see in the modern game. I can remember his success in Milwaukee when I was young. They had some extremely talented players. I remember his teams always had versatile bigs who could face and shoot and “space” the floor. The fast pace of the Warriors~ as a fan of the game, I loved watching his teams play. Even as a “fan” of those Warrior teams, the way Nelson, “broke” up the team essentially after one season, with all of that young talent ~ pitiful. I have nothing good to say about P.J ~ despite his modest college success, never thought he should’ve been an NBA head coach. I can recall a few stories about players at Seton Hall “disliking” his ways … I also remember him being an assistant on the Spurs and inexplicably getting another head coaching job years later.
Hated the guys attitude in gsw (choking incident) but respect the fact that the guy was able to become the player that he has become even though he was late in picking up basketball.
My most favorite player ever .... come on, who hasnt wanted to choke the supervisor at work for over talking his authority 🤣🤣🤣 after he choked P.J That two hand monster dunk became my dunk of choice.... everytime I took off, in my mind I was Sprewell 💯
Yes, we definitely remember Spree for choking his coach and he couldn’t feed his family on $21 million. But he definitely had game. It’s like with everyone. The only thing people remember is what’s talked about. Negative things outweigh positive things. It’s sad. Of course he should be held responsible for his own actions and behavior, but also let’s not forget that Spree was one of the best players in the game at the time.
Spreewell and X-man, the two best Knicks pickups of unwanted players from the Western Conference. GS loss was our gain. Ridiculous that he's not in HOF.
Great work! Btw could you do a profile on Jeremy Lin aka Insanity? Lin had an inspiring story, respectable career and even his own documentary film. Thanks !
"The type of player to take a coach's breath away!" Lmfao... Litteraly choked P.J Carlismo😂😂😂😂😂. He was a beast though
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He said that on purpose 😂
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I’m born and raised in Milwaukee,WI. He’s a legend here. Trust that.
Yessirrrr we love spree here in the mil
in my TOTALLY honest and/or accurate OPINION legend PRETTY MUCH sums up a retired bucks player i did do and/or PROBABLY will really LOVE being kareem abdul-jabbar
Also a legend here in Bama 💪
We loved his game all the way across the PAcific
Straight up legend and regular home town dude. Will post up and talk shit with you if you run into in the clubs.
I’ve always liked Latrell Sprewell. Yes he was a bit of a hothead, but on the court, he was a tremendous talent, competitor on both ends of the court and was fun to watch. If it wasn’t for the choking incident, he very well may have ended up in the Hall of Fame. Dude played with an edge and a fire that I just don’t see in most star players today.
A bit of a hot head is a huge under statement 😂
@@j_mad 😭🤣
HoF tho? 🤔
@@poindextertunes Absolutely! Spree was a HOF level talent without question.
@@poindextertunesyes. He was on his way if that incident didn’t happen. He already made 3 all star games and could’ve made another 3-4 easily if that didn’t happen
Latrell Sprewell was criminally underrated
I see what you did there😭😭💀
😂 Good one.
I still love that '99 Knicks team 'til this day!
I'll never forgot coming home from the beach with my boys. Got home just in time to catch Larry Johnson hitting the 4 point plays, the entire bronx errupted. This is a fact. The other time i heard that was after David Tyree's catch
@@Brhoward31Yo!!! That four point play was crazy. Back then a four point play was very rare. I was young but I remember that play and loved that team.
It sure was the good old days @@matthewc3488
Each year his two hand dunks got crazy and crazier. From college it didn't look as strong. Then his rookie year he started putting the ball behind his head with more power. I really love that two hand dunk. One of the best signature dunks if not the best.
Brah this channel should be having millions of subscribers.....we have to help this guy get some more money man.....he's the best at keeping us informed with underrated or forgotten legends
Facts
Latrell Sprewell was the most electrifying player to play on the court. He had a solid NBA career.🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
I never saw him choke.🤷🏽♂️😂
one of my fav players back then. his angry dunk on the break was a thing of beauty
Thanks for the great content. I can’t believe GS gave up three picks & Penny for Webber. Sprewell was a killer, the kind of player everyone wants on their team.
Latrell Sprewell's career was somewhat derailed by immaturity, but when he was rolling, there weren't many wings who were better than him.
He choked his coach P.J. Carlesimo in an ugly incident and spent the rest of his career trying to rehab his image and channel his aggression.
Golden State Sprewell was an athletic explosive baller
12:10 15 years 74 Million ??? That’s wild
You never miss my boi. I always enjoy your content. How about Rip Hamilton in the near future.
RIP was the man. He won at every level, except high school because Coatesville couldn’t get past Kobe & Lower Merion. Natty @ UConn @ chip with the Pistons. I remember working at Nova Basketball camp after Detroit beat LA. Jay Wright talked about RIP’s movement without the ball to the camp kids for about five minutes. He was so hard to guard because he was always on the move wearing out his defender.
One of my favorite players growing up!!! Thank you 🎉🎉🎉!!!
Forcing a trade was a low key smart business move by Chris Webber!😂
Latrell Sprewell became one of my favorite players from being one of my big brother's (not a big sports fan) favorite players player. I was like if he liked Spree then I might should pay attention go him. As for me I am a lifetime sports fan and player and had all the video games and cards. I absolutely loved those Sprewell, Houston, Camby and LJ teams. Then my brother bought me a Sprewell Knicks dunk figure collectable. So thank you for making this truly Forgotten Player video. By the way i even had my hair like his and Troy Hudson when they played for Timberwolves since it was already long like that.
That T’Wolves team was sick. Troy Hudson came out of nowhere, a true bucket getter.
I was so mad about that 1994 season being a warriors fan we had the team that year injuries happening then we lost Webber it was over spre for 3 he is a legend 💯
This is one of the best friggin channels on TH-cam.
Another Banger my guy Latrell Sprewell kill the hearts of Miami Heat fans but mad respect for him
Being from bham Alabama, spree became my guy. I hate his way of thinking destroyed his career because he had another 3 to 5 more years in him.
One of my favorite players to watch loved his energy and athleticism and his signature two hand dunks
Finally, I been waiting on the sprewell video
those dada spinner shoes is all i remember
He had the potential to be one of the greatest players, but his toughest opponent and his worst enemy was himself.
Side note: Though this is totally irrelevant to this video, I still dig those early 90s Orlando Magic uniforms. They were still dope.
You did it again another classic Big Time Great Job
One of my favorite Knicks of all time took us to a finals
Thanks for this one, I was looking forward to seeing a video on Latrell when I saw you hadn't done one on him yet. Also, that Brian Shaw episode on the Paul George podcast might be one of my favorites of any I've heard just for the stories he tells about every big star he's played with.
The nba is the only job where you can choke your boss and not go to jail for it. Shaw and his team-mates should've got Spree off of their coach,pro ball players are such prima-donas and entitled folks. I wish that first judgement had been up-held,Spree needed to be taught a very hard lesson.
been waiting for this one for a while ...
Fam was nice on the court.
The last converse I had were Sprewell's Acropolis
A profile on Zydrunas Ilgauskas would be lit
Ugliest spot up jumper of all time but he made them mfs 😂
Ahead of his time really. Although he might’ve been a touch too slow to play todays game
@@poindextertunes Nah he could play today. He can shoot and protect the rim ala Brook Lopez
“Takes a coach’s breath away” is crazy 😂😂😂
He was the type of player who could take a coaches breath away 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
One of my favorite players
Love your stuff Please make a Clyde drexler video !
in my TOTALLY honest and/or accurate OPINION a really elite star TOTALLLY sums up a NON top 50 player who i did do and will SOMEWHAT like being clyde drexler
please tell me is there any particular footage your seeking of clyde drexler
@@youtuber3328 like a well edited breakdown of his play style (like greatest peaks) or a career retrospective of Clyde drexler
@@randyryry6656 please tell me have you EVER EVER typed in clyde drexler how good and/or clyde drexler documentary
Favorite player 🏀🎖️🥇🏆
one of my favorite guards in the 90s/2000s. I really thought he would be unstoppable if he was a bit tad more consistent and less streaky. If he was that athletic with allan houston's touch he would be up there vs tmac and kobe.
One of my warriors all time favorite sprewell!!
I was a fan of him at GS then when he was traded to my Knicks omg i was so happy . He would make me jump in joy but days id be yelling at tv to stop shooting. lol He was very erratic on the floor of good days and some bad days but i would keep him on my team no matter what.
Great video, as always.
I wondercis a video on Joe Smith and Billy Owens coming next? I love this channel
My heart sank when I read the papers and saw Hardaway was injured for season with a devastating ACL injury. I was a big fan and it took the Warriors from contenders to bottom feeders for many years. What could have been.
Thank you 😊
He was so fun to watch back then.
that t wolves 2004 so good team garnet sprewell cassel
I think the choking incident along with the emergence of Iverson signified a changing of the guard and transition to a different type of player.
He played raw, he played with a unbridled fury. He was him. Spreeeee!
AWESOME PLAYER THANK YOU
“My comedy style is like Sprewell -
just chokes the sht outcha”!
-Cedric the Entertainer 😂
This was my guy in high school. Every time he showed up in Jam Session, it was like Christmas on a Saturday.
SPREE! I used to wear # 8 cuz of Spree. No disrespect to Kobe
This was blessed to go toe to with all the greats of his generation and he went for the neck at all times😂😂😂😂. Respect Killer 🙏🏾💯❤️❤️❤️❤️👑
He was my favorite player in the league at the time. I was a young teenager. My father took me to see the warriors while they were in portland. This was while spree was asking for a trade or a new contract from the warriors. He wasn't happy with them. He damn near walked up and down the court the whole game. No effort, didn't care. I never felt the same about him after.
Sprewell was tremendous.
Sprewell was a baller no matter what people say. Especially for the short time he played from high school to college and to the NBA 💪🏾
Right On 👍👍 💯
This guy was a beast man.
Yeah,just ask his coach he choked. LOL.
@@kerry-j4mduur hurrr sO fUnNy
Sprewell was nice on the Knicks!!!
I had no idea he spent time in Flint. That speaks volumes about his style of play.
Legend . Have you ever done Gerald Wallace Lindsey Hunter , or Rashad Lewis?
Glad you told both sides of pj 💯. Media always made it seem like he was a great guy
Facts we know how the media likes to play favorites but yeah pj was a notorious hardazz goin back to his time at Seton hall
Thank you for these videos giving those guys their props Ima old head I remember all of em.. I loved that team at Alabama Gary Waites, Hollywood Robinson, Spree, Robert Horry and Melvin Cheatum I think Cedric was a freshman anyway that team coulda won a chip Wimp did a good job with them guys✊🏾✊🏾🏀⭐
He always reminded me of Buckwheat.
In retrospect Nelson playing Webber at Center was kind of genius.
True American indigenous Indian 💎
Sprewell's stock REALLY dropped, even in the summer of 1995. That was after he was All-NBA FIRST Team in 1993-94! In the summer of 1995, an OAKLAND writer was asked if the Warriors might do a Rod Strickland for Latrell Sprewell trade, since both were disgruntled. The OAKLAND writer said, "They might do an Otis Thorpe for Sprewell trade." Now, I love Otis Thorpe, but Thorpe was 33 and on the downside at that time." Of course, in 1997-98, Sprewell was temporarily worthless. He was a great ball handler with the Knicks, REGULARLY going coast to coast on fast breaks!
Why would they trade for strictland when they had Hardaway. It has nothing to do w his stock.
@@jamespohl-md2eq James, I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. The Sonics had just come off of our second first round playoff loss, and EVERYBODY was so anti-Gary Payton in Seattle (yes, he was a punk). There was thoughts of trading Gary Payton for Latrell Sprewell, and then trading Kendall Gill for Rod Strickland, giving Seattle Strickland and Sprewell in the backcourt, WOW!!! But, to answer your good question, maybe they were ready to flip Tim Hardaway somewhere. OR, fans (myself included) believed that if the Sonics traded Gill for Strickland, and kept Payton, that we could make it work with Strickland and Payton in the backourt. Or, that the Warriors could have made it work with Hardaway and Strickland, or Hardaway and Payton, especially since Payton and Strickland were tall enough to play 2 guard. Believe me, after 1995, I wanted Strickland in Seattle SO badly! During 1994-95, I wanted Clyde Drexler in Seattle SO badly! I DO admit, that my "NBA trade ideas world" revolved around the Sonics and Blazers. Oh, as for Otis Thorpe, at the 1994-95 trade deadline, I heard that Charlotte was offering Hersey Hawkins, and the Lakers were offering Anthony Peeler AND a #1 pick! Portland REALLY undersold what they could have gotten for Otis Thorpe! The Blazers and Sonics are so STUPIT, when it comes to drafts and trades!!
@@unappealingundesirable2826dude get over yourself. You arent in basketball for a reason. Case in point ...your suggestion of pairing freaking tim hardaway with rod Strickland...NEXT
~ one of the takeaways from this video: there were some bad coaches. Not bad as far as basketball strategy, but in understanding players.
Don Nelson was highly successful.
As a coach, his offensive genius, was a fire runner to much of what we see in the modern game.
I can remember his success in Milwaukee when I was young. They had some extremely talented players.
I remember his teams always had versatile bigs who could face and shoot and “space” the floor.
The fast pace of the Warriors~ as a fan of the game, I loved watching his teams play.
Even as a “fan” of those Warrior teams, the way Nelson, “broke” up the team essentially after one season, with all of that young talent ~ pitiful.
I have nothing good to say about P.J ~ despite his modest college success, never thought he should’ve been an NBA head coach.
I can recall a few stories about players at Seton Hall “disliking” his ways … I also remember him being an assistant on the Spurs and inexplicably getting another head coaching job years later.
Penny and Sprewell in the back court wouldve been insane 😳
9:53 hi Dominique
What song is that in the background?
in 99 , slam magazine had sprewell on cover w lead story as "sprewell saved the nba", I think it was due to the nba lockout.
Absolutely freaky athleticism! He embarrassed so many players 😂❤ Reckless abandon
Look at:🕵️♂️
Warren Moon (QB)🔥
Nnamdi Asomugha (DB)🔥
Devin Hester (ST)🔥
Joe Smith said a few of their big men were scared of him, said he had DMX energy and he was OD strong 😂😂
I loved, loved, loved that Warriors team with CWebb, Mullin, Spree, Owens and Hardaway. If Hardaway had not gotten hurt and Cwebb stayed there...
This channel is the fucking best
Hated the guys attitude in gsw (choking incident) but respect the fact that the guy was able to become the player that he has become even though he was late in picking up basketball.
My most favorite player ever .... come on, who hasnt wanted to choke the supervisor at work for over talking his authority 🤣🤣🤣 after he choked P.J That two hand monster dunk became my dunk of choice.... everytime I took off, in my mind I was Sprewell 💯
I remember that Chappelle skit.
Milwaukee’s Best💪🏿
I've always wanted a team with Sprewell, Artest, Kenyon Martin etc.
He’s such a good ball player
Spree was my 2nd favorite sg after Jordan.❤️🔥
The year Latrell got 2nd place in MIP he should have won that year easily.
He lost a ton of athleticism between GS and NY/MIN. and was still quite effective
Yes, we definitely remember Spree for choking his coach and he couldn’t feed his family on $21 million. But he definitely had game. It’s like with everyone. The only thing people remember is what’s talked about. Negative things outweigh positive things. It’s sad. Of course he should be held responsible for his own actions and behavior, but also let’s not forget that Spree was one of the best players in the game at the time.
Spree messed that bag up when he didn't take that 3 year 21 million if he only signed that contract and got busy Spree was my guy since Alabama
I found a Sprewell jersey at a thrift store a few weeks ago
Which one
@@marcuswilson8422 Knicks
Knicks
Spreewell and X-man, the two best Knicks pickups of unwanted players from the Western Conference. GS loss was our gain. Ridiculous that he's not in HOF.
10:25. It wasn’t close. It was a sweep.
"the type of player to take a coach's breath away".. Too soon? 😂😂🤦🏽♂️
Did y’all buy the Dada sneakers?
rip craig sager
spreewell And Reggie Miller was my 2 favorite players in the NB.A
Hot take: Nelly coaching The Hardaway bros, Spree, n Mulls!
Now picture this squad in today's league!!!😤
Great work! Btw could you do a profile on Jeremy Lin aka Insanity? Lin had an inspiring story, respectable career and even his own documentary film. Thanks !
I new a guy who's last name was spelled the same way. He pronounced it more like "Sproowl".
Yes sir💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
We want Josh Smith next please
Do Brandon Jennings
I GOT A FAMILY 2 FEED