NBA Legends Explain Why Dominique Wilkins Was Not Human
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I'm a Laker fan of 30 years. Dominique absolutely should have been put on the top 50 ahead of James Worthy. He scored 10k more points in his career. If the Lakers had drafted Wilkens and Worthy fell to the Hawks, Worthy wouldn't even have made it to the hall of fame. Worthy would have made 2 all star games and Wilkens would be the guy with the career that people give all the recognition to.
You're drunk. Slow your roll son. Big game James showed up and was better than Dom hands down v
I disagree with you on that Worthy assessment, strongly disagree. They didn’t call him Big Game James for nothing…
Both deserve to be in the top 50.
Nodoubt
May be East Coast bias but I like Nique
One of the worst happenings to ever occur in the NBA was leaving Dominique off that top 50. In no way was Bill Walton's career and career numbers better than Dominiques' and he's just one I picked. Leaving him off was a whole slap in the face to kids who grew up in the '80s and '90s. I'm still bitter about that shit
I'm a Lakers fan and I'm bitter too. He was straight up robbed.
Yeah pretty bad.
Walton revolutioned the game. Walton was Nikola Jokic 40 years before nikola jokic. Walton was a very good scorer, an elite defender, and a elite playmaker from the center position. Walton was an MVP, Finals MVP, and NBA Champion (2 times), things Nick never achieved. So, no, you can not leave walton outside of that top 50 list to include nick...
@@leonardoyi3183 he had 4 good years if that
@@Chali_M yeah, and in those 4 years achieved way more than nick...
His toe-to-toe showdowns with Larry Bird was the stuff of legends! Edge-of-your-seat type action
That game seven in the Garden still has me shaking my head after all of these years. Bird and Nique had the crowd going crazy!
@@laryanryan9170 That's THE game to reference! 👌
Dominique was incredible and dominated - he was so athletic!
Quite possibly one of the most underrated NBA players ever.
Please stop with “underrated”. Especially when referring to a HoF’r. You want “one of the most underrated NBA players ever”? Look up John Johnson.
You know what he’s talking about. Nique is most definitely underrated. He had his own team and was a superstar for ten years battling with bird and Jordan in the east and wasn’t on the top 50 list?! That was insane@@Fakename70
@@user-kl4fo6ru6u If he was a superstar for 10 years as you described, he definitely wasn’t underrated. People just love using the word when it really isn’t applicable. Same goes for “literally”. We agree he should’ve made the NBA top-50, though. Ahead of Pippen, specifically, if you ask me. No way in hell should Pippen have been included in the top-50 as a standalone player without the team success he had as second banana to you-know-who.
I guess they don’t talk about that man enough to me. I think that that’s what I mean by underrated. Imagine if Nique would have gotten picked first instead of third in that draft. He would have gone to the lakers to play with magic and Kareem. Imagine that…. The only thing Nique didn’t have was another legitimate superstar. If he did the hawks would have won a championship or two. Yeah he deserved to go ahead of pippen because he literally had his own team. I used literally on purpose btw😂@@Fakename70
As good as it can get. As kids in the 80s we had Turner networks, TBS, TNT, TNN - and we got to watch Wilkins 3 times a week. Unfortunately he had Larry and Michael and The Bad Boy Pistons in his conference. People dont know how great this guy was and is. The most unstoppable swing man that existed then, and with the modern game, i dare say the most unstoppable ever. I was so blessed to grow up in Nique's era. Loved him
He was extremely dangerous anytime he took the floor
Yes Dominic Was One Of My NBA Heroes Growing Up. His Flair & Strength Was Out Of World. I Really Watching His Jump Shot Because I He Jumps Very High To Shoot The Ball
Here in NYC, I used to love watching Hawks games on TBS. Remember that playoff series in 1988 when he and Larry went at it in Game 7? ATL had a chance to close out Boston in Game 6, but couldn't get it done.
@@MrBronx61 I certainly do remember. McHale was tough to stop and Larry took over game 7. The hawks were so close to being a championship team.
@@yappers2011 That was their best shot. It would have been interesting to see them against the Bad Boy Pistons.
2:42 Strongest Rebound ever recorded ... Nearly Punctured the ball 🤯
He is a class act and was as good as any of the top names that come up.
Dominique was one of the greatest athletes I ever seen play anything!! MJ could not even come close to stopping Dominique and omg the man did incredible things!! No doubt so criminally underrated!! Fun for kids of all generations!!
I watched Niques entire career. He was my fav player growing up. The guy was always overlooked and underrated. His Hawk teams could never win the big game. He was incredibly athletic, turned into a solid jump shooter and was an underrated rebounder. 26k career points and the best dunker of all time, hands down.
Mine too I'm pissed Bec they snubbed him out of too 50grestest players
Vince Carter is the best dunker ever
@@dhuston521
Please dude. Vince dunked when no one played any D. Nique dunked on everyone in the toughest era.
@@jasonlommen4769 Wow , Jason Sir , please read this twice . I am 59 years old and I know ( so what ? ) lol. And I’ve been watching B - Ball for all my life so let’s say 50 years . And out of all the comments I see , you just got voted number 1 . My name is Joey ( another so what ) lol but yes I agree 100%. What makes DW #1 was not just his designed dunks coming down the court as a lane filler and the dish, but his PUT BACK dunks off of missed shots by others . Those towering rebounds and then slams were non - describable. If anyone disagrees please call Dr Phil . His sweeping presence in the lanes or paint is downright silly . I once was in the Phipps plaza in Atlanta with my wife as I came from Pennsylvania to see a UGA football game . Yep lifelong UGA football fan . Waited 41 years since high school to win a title . 1980!. Anyway while I was there we were shopping in this area called Buckhead in north Atlanta . And as I was looking at expensive leather jackets, I literally turned and bumped into DW and I was shocked . Naturally no camera on phone in year 2001. At least with me . But I stood next to the legend and he was kool as ever to me and my Mrs. Well my friend thanks for reading this novel I wrote and please accept my apologies for its length. And continue your great writing. Joey A
@@jasonlommen4769 Stop believing what you here about the 80’s. There was only two super athletes, Jordan and Nique. Vince is jumping from the free throw with two hands, doing 360 dunks the opposite direction … in the games.
People don’t realize that Dominique tore his achilles and came back the next year and was just as amazing. I remember when they didn’t include him in the 50 greatest players, I was shocked and couldn’t believe they picked Shaq, being he had only played 5 years in the league. Of course in hindsight Shaq turned out to be Shaq but, at the time that decision was controversial.
He became a better shooter
So you realize it but people don't realize it? Hmmm.
@@nakho3550 Wow you are so clever. 🤡
Even now...
In top 75 in history we have PPL like Harden, Russ or AD...
For me...
Personal opinion
Russ in top 75 in and his plaing like this...
Allot turnovers, stupid plays, bad shots, no D...
This is disgrace...
When i see another player like him i stop watching nba...
Ben Simmons in top 100??
hehe
Wilkins should have been in the top 50, and he should have been in Dream Team 1, top 75 has questionable entries like Harden and Lillard, when Dwight has a better resume than those 2
One of the greatest players to never win a title. “Human Highlight Film” was well earned and is remembered by all true fans
What title has to do with anything ?? Where are Jordan rings in 80's if he is such a champion ?? Wilkins is better than MJ too bad he played in solid Hawks 95% of his career. Give Wilkins that Bulls 90's superteam he would win 5, 6 rings too.
@@Celtics6-0vsMonkeyJordan the number of titles is a measure of greatness. Unfortunately Dominique didn’t get that chance to play for one. It’s fun to play “what if”, but that’s just how his career played out. I also didn’t bring up the Bulls, but they were not the reason Dominique didn’t win his titles. His peak came during the Celtics/Lakers/Pistons era.
@@halfpricesushi Horry >>> Jordan thanx for saying Horry is better. 7 rings is GOAT level Robert Horry is best player ever.
@@Celtics6-0vsMonkeyJordan check what I wrote. I will emphasize the important part “the number of titles is A MEASURE of greatness”.
- I never said it was the ONLY measure.
- I never mentioned either Rober Horry or MJ. I merely said Dominique was great.
YOU on the other hand seems to think every discussion is about MJ.
he won a European championship in 1996 at least
The One on one with bird known as the 'DUEL' not only one of the great moments in basketball .but one of the great moments in sports history .
Bird and Wilkins were fun to watch, completely different styles to score buckets of points.
@@powerboatguy2308 Bird top five all time .Wilkins definitely should have made the top 50 in NBA history .
@@wobblertv8083 I believe the reason Wilkins did not get the respect he deserved it that people thought he was a ball hog, shooting 40% from the field, just padding his stats, but for a small forward, to shoot over 50% I pretty good.
@@powerboatguy2308 other than steadily improving his shooting, he didn't really expand his game. Unlike a Baylor, Havlicek, Barry, Erving, Cunningham, Bird, Grant Hill, LeBron, Durant, he didn't incorporate ball handling and passing into his game much. The very best SF's did this.
Your comment proves you didn't see Nique play that much.
Dominique is amazing, so much fun to watch to this day. he had sweet jump shot too
This made my day. I'm from Atlanta, and I have been a fan of 'Nique since his college UGA days. Thanks for spotlighting such an underrated NBA great
His UGA games were incredible. Absolutely no one could guard him.
Nique & bird had some incredible rivalries with eachother. Really helped make the ECF playoffs in the 80's to early 90's. Loved the human highlight reel ! He was robbed in Chicago in 1988 for the slam dunk contest
NOT really robbed of slam dunk. He as doing the same old one-hand windmill and was awarded a 50 for doing that dunk twice! Both times he got a 50. So they overrated his scores by accident, then decided to subtract the points from his final 2 dunks later on. Since 1989 they added decimal points, instead of just numbers for judges. So they could give a 9.6, totaling a 49.3 instead of just handing out 50s when 5 judges gave 10s.
You delusional. Robbed for being 50 Greatest, mos def, but Jordan put on the most phenomenal show in dunk contest history that year. There's no shame in 'Nique losin' to the GOAT.
Best dunker of all time & top 10 player in the 80's & 90's.
"Best dunker of all time..."
Uh, no.
Vince….and i had posters of Nique as a kid
Being from Chicago and of course being a die hard Chicago bulls/ MJ Fan, But The human highlight film known as D. Wilkins was an exciting player & scorer to watch he gave crazy work to the best of em and I was also a big fan of his also.
JORDAN IS NOBODY. SHALL WE CALL BIRD TO SWEEP HIM AGAIN OR U GONNA ADMIT THAT PIPPEN IS THE REASON THAT JORDAN HAVE RINGS. SO WHAT IS GOIN TO BE ??
@@PIP...33 look random internet troll move around with all that talk. Yes Pippen helped the bulls get rings along with MJ. its a team sport not a 1v1 buddy.Yes the larry bird and the celtics teams beat mJ and the bulls in the playoffs. That has nothing to do with my comment.
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Yeah When Dominique & Atlanta Hawks Came To Chicago To Play Our Bulls. I Knew It Was One Of The Greatest Shows On Earth
@@Dantana773 IF ITS TEAM SPORT WHY U CALL HIM GOAT ?? JORDAN IS NOBODY. LOOK A BLIND GUY WHO CANT SHOW ME 2ND ROUND OF JORDAN
@@Dantana773 OLAJUWON WON RING ALONE. LOOK JORDAN HAS NO RINGS. SHOW ME JORDAN 2ND ROUND ?? IF ITS TEAM SPORT THEN JORDAN IS NOT EVEN TOP 50 IN HISTORY BECAUSE HE IS NOT TEAM PLAYER. PIPPEN IS GOAT
The difference between Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins is that Jordan got blocked few times in his career going for a dunk.
When Dominique Wilkins went for a dunk, Nobody ever blocked the Human Highlight Reel.
Crazy how he was not included on the top 50. The Human Highlight Film indeed.
So much more to his game than just dunks. (Although he was an insane dunker!) Great post up player, great mid range shot, & he became a respectable 3 point shooter. One of my favorites!
Nice wait so how good did u like my 3rd cousin yes I said it he is my 3rd cousin and I just fount that out
I'm glad Kenny pointed that out. If by some miracle you blocked him off from dunking when he wanted to, he'd just shoot over you.
greetings from greece. he was a huge factor for panathinaikos to win the euroleague in 1996
DOM-AH-NEEK was one of my favorite players from the 90s! He beat Jordan in that dunk contest in Chicago. What a close contest that was!
fr fr, jordan, himself said, if that dunk contest was anywhere else he would have lost
He ain't beat sh*t. Money took the dunk contest into the stratosphere that year. It wasn't even close.
There is no way he should have been left off of the top 50. Simply a fantastic player!
dude had to play against prime bird and mj and still survived and got his too. badass ❤
agreed
WON MANY GAMES VS SUPERTEAMS TOO UNLIKE JORDAN WHO NEVER BEAT BIRD ONE GAME
@@PIP...33 and yet bird idolized mj
@@classicdufferin8739 NOPE . YET BIRD SWEPT JORDAN AND SAY ON CAMERA TO GET RID OF MEDIA ATTENTION HOW HE IS GOD. AND YET OFF CAMERA WE ALL KNOW WHAT BIRD SAY REALLY.
@@PIP...33 mj 63 points vs 5 celtics hall of famer, then bird called him the black jesus . Cry baby
Definitely one of the best SF's ever.
Top three dunker ever hands down!
He deserved more, he was a fantastic player and human being, another player for whom I will gladly pay the ticket to watch a game.
He still is a great human!
I'm Greek and I'm glad that Dominique also played for my Panathinaikos and got the Euroleague championship in the city where he was born! Paris! But obviously I remember more of his Atlanta days! I remember having Dominique Wilkins' poster next to my Julius Erving's poster and under my Larry Bird poster! Dominique! According to Danny Ainge he's a top 25 player of all time! And according to Bernard King, Dominique Wilkins is the only player that he feared! And Dominique felt the same! Great job Sean! Speaking of Bernard King, can you do a Bernard King video please? And a George Gervin video? You the man!
Folks be sleeping on Bernard King. All of the NBA players who played with him say he's one of the goats.
You stole that Euroleague from FC Barcelona and you know it. One of the biggest robberies I've seen in my life
@@exwerksWhat robbery?
Dominique Wilkins is a class act on and off the court. 👏🏀
Man, D. Wilkins ... no words.
Wilkins' dunks and alley-oops were better than Jordan's.
In particular, Game 7 of the conference semifinals against the Celtics on May 22, 1988 was truly a masterpiece.
I really liked the Hawks when they had the unique stars of the 80s like Wilkins, Rivers, Webb and Willis.
No, they weren't.
Agreed. Both were awesome, but Wilkins’ dunks were superior.
Championships don't make a great player and Wilkins is proof. Sadly people forget how far he took his team with less talent. He was the actual MVP most of his career because most of his career he elevated a non playoff team without him on the roster.
Exactly. Take Wilkins away from those Hawk teams and they would've been the Clippers (a dirty word back then) with a southern accent.
Unlike his contemporaries at the time, the Hawks front office gave him absolutely no help at all (an old Reggie Theus and older Moses Malone doesn't count). Stan Kasten and later, Pete Babcock was perfectly fine with Nique carrying the entire franchise on his back to the playoffs every year without the thought of working hard to surround him with REAL players.
While he more than held his own with Bird, Magic, Isiah Thomas, or MJ scoring-wise, he had NO ONE to offset Pippen, Ainge, McHale, Worthy, Dumars, or Kareem. That more than anything was the chief reason why his teams could never get beyond the second round of the playoffs...
Watching him and Jordan go toe to toe Mike's first few years was electric.
Bird's gentle ribbing while respecting the man lol!
Worth mentioning is Nique was one of the best ever to use the glass. His ridiculous arsenal of bank shots is something current players should study if they want to increase their shooting percentages. In my mind, he was as good as Tim Duncan and Kevin McHale at using glass and maybe even more versatile with it because he would jump over people and bank in 8 to 15 footers with regularity and ease.
Say that a little louder so the folks who say he couldn't shoot can hear you. Even at UGA he could shoot.
my fave player as a kid in New york during the 80s...whenever the hawks came to New york , my father would take me to the Garden to see him...he always put on a sick display..just as cool as a cat could be...
The most underrated NBA player ever. I'm glad i watched Nique playing a lot. He Always was among my very top favorites, and should be present even in a top 30 list. He had an excellent mid and long distance shoot jumping, an electrifying reverse, his dunks on games were contest quality.. the best in history rebounding/dunking his own failed shots..so powerful, so classie and so humble.So respected by everybody. He dunked on everybody's face a million times, and you never watched him challenging nor provoking the guy trying to stop him. Many trashtalked while Nique just played. A gentleman inside and outside the court.
According to whom? Who came up with that list anyway?
Still to this day I can't believe we had the honor to have Dominique Wilkins on Panathinaikos, and win Euroleague.
Golden childhood years.
Me and my best friend imitated his signature way of walking for 2 months straight when he arrived in Panathinaikos.
Absolutely one of the best in-game dunkers of all time... PERIOD...
When he came into the league he couldn’t shoot at all. By year 5 he was a lights out midrange shooter. I can’t imagine how much time he put in to get there.
Nique was/is a true gentlemen and ambassador of the NBA. Atlanta was lucky to have him the majority of his career. We were lucky to have TBS!!
One of the greatest ever💯
The greatest NBA super star ever to play in Europe, it was an absolute honour for us , i remember when he arrived at the Greek airport 5000 Panathinaikos' fans were there to welcome him. Absolute madness back then, Dominique Wilkins playing for a Greek team, he was seen as the Messiah!
And won a chip for them too!
European basketball 😐
The wars between Nique and Jordan made that such a great time for basketball. MJ could (and still can) knock some pretty serious players...But he never took a shot a Nique, not then, not now. Mike's respect for (in my eyes) the second best player of that era...is palpable. Even those last few years when Nique was basically a journeyman for the Clippers, Magic etc. When Mike came to town...Nique was his old self again, back and forth poking at each other. Those two fought wars....such a great time for the NBA...Giannis reminds me of Nique sometimes.
My Dude for life one of the greatest
Dom Wilkins recovered from achilles injury in record time; that was 30 years ago. He was no joke
Always been one of the most underrated players should've been 50 greatest and on dream team 1
I think he was injured at the time of the 1992 Dream Team.
I think you're right wait didn't he win his last dunk contest that year or was it 91?
My personal FAVORITE PLAYER EVER. & til this day I am still pissed about not only he not being named top 50 player, but the way & how the Hawks did him in what was probably his best chance of reaching the finals (next to the 88 playoffs game 7 Bird vs Nique showdown at the Garden). I felt they showed him total disrespect. It wasn't like he wasn't having a good season or anything. Or that Danny Manning was the answer. Yes, he was a bit younger, but Nique still performed just as good as Manning did for the season as a younger Manning did. & even though he was top 75, it still does nothing giving him something he deserved 25 years earlier. So it didn't move my feelings at all. Just a cover up for their fk up. That's all.
When the Hawks traded Nique I stopped watching the NBA for over a decade. It hurt that bad.
I agree Nique got shafted by not being on the dream team. And again by not getting included in the top 50 of all time list back in the day.
He was a top star and explosive scorer. Some say his defense wasn't great but he always outscored his opponents.
When he was in his prime the Hawks never really gave him much help.
He averaged 25-30 points a game and 7-8 boards for quite a long stretch. He never had all that much help. Just Doc Rivers and Moses Malone in the final third of his career. I know I watched the Hawks all the time as a kid on TBS. He made them a perennial playoff team and they usually were a tough 2nd round matchup. They usually lost to Boston which is no shame they had a stacked roster during that era. Then in the late 80s they had to deal with the Bad Boy Pistons and then Jordan and the Bulls after that. The East was stacked in the 80s and early 90s. The Bucks had tough teams too back in the 80s.
He had so many great dunks that I feel like he got almost typecasted as a one dimensional guy who was only known for power dunks. But his stats are very, very impressive. He obviously had a lot more to his game than just dunks to average multiple 30 point seasons with 8 or 9 boards.
Dominique Wilkins is my all time faved NBA player! #21 💯💪🏾🏀
Top 50 fa damn sho!!!
One of the Greatest of all time and very much underrated!!
Dude was
Doing show
Dunks in
Games.
Direct quote.
Should have easily been on the original “Top 50 Players”
A fairly early subscriber, I'm so happy to see BTM grow. You are hitting the sweet spot for us 50+/60- with a fading memory. Thanks!
Nique is my favorite 80's NBA player I wasn't even alive when he played 4 da Hawksbut I've seen many of his games via internet and I often play as him and the 86 hawks on 2k.
Sean, when will you get around to covering the original "Round Mound of Rebound" >>> Wes Unseld?
He was phenomenal, and criminally underrated. He took a team that was last place before his arrival to winning the division title his first year, and carried them to four NBA finals in his career.
He won an NBA Championship with the Bullets. The BULLETS !!...(now Washington Wizards).
Edit: He's also #50 on ESPN's top 75 NBA players of all time...only 4 places behind Dominique.
#21 was my favorite player back in the days. Usually, I just stick with Knicks and Nets. But much respect to Wilkins, Bird, and Joe Dumars!!!
Great episode
Great video. Thanks 💯
I finally met him at a signing in Federick MD a couple weeks ago. Fun and full of personality! It was cool and enjoyable.
Great content new subscriber Dominic belong in top 50 awesome basketball player and entertainer 😀😀😀
1. Of The Most Greatest Players Of All Time. But Was Underrated By Many. But In Reality Was A Monster On The Court. He & Jordan Made Sports-center Famous Back In The Day. I Would Make Sure To Watch The Highlights. Must See T.V. An Absolute Legend!.
You’re awesome. Thanks as always.
I recommend you constantly to anyone I grew up with that were basketball fans or around my age (43 now) you deserve more love for what you're doing here! I was huge Kenny Anderson fan as a teenager I'm going to search if you did one on him now...
Nique was my favorite player growing up. If the league paid close attention, they’d see that he was always second to Jordan damn near every year in scoring and stats. How the hell is this man not of the top 50 best players? Put him against any player ever and I guarantee he’ll put on a show. He was a beast and a humble player! To be robbed of what was well deserved makes me sick! It was an honor to have lived to see him play and and wear his number all the years I played basketball as well. He’s a true icon to the sport! 🙏🏽💪🏽
Not sure that ive seen a player with Wilkins type of athleticism, smoothness and skill.
Another Top BTM.
There has been so many Underrated Players over the Years and Wilks is defo on that List i feel but i am so glad he is getting his dues nowadays tho and everyone can see how great he really was.
So chuck went back in time, got drunk on his big wheel & crashed while watching Dominique? God Damn. 😂😂
The only player whose default dunk was a windmill 😳
Such a Fan of Nique that I named my son after Him! The Human Highlight Film was just that…Sit back and Watch cause every game He Came With It 💯
It's sad he was not on top 50, it means something to me to hear Larry B. Say what he said. May God bless you all
One of the most underrated players ever. I had the fortune of being able to watch him play in most of his games as a Hawk. He was absolutely scary good. Great, great guy as well!
Nique and Kemp are THOSE DUDES. Love the Wilkins love. Great video
My favorite Dominque Wilkins moment. He yelled at me outside of the Hotel I was working at, that Hawks were staying at. (Kimpton Milwaukee, Wi). He thought I was one of the players I was chatting with the signature chasers hanging outside. Im 6'4". He sees me smoking, Dark Green American Spirits, and he starting yelling at me about shooting practice the next day. "Who are you?". "I'm the guy that checked you in". [Added note: He didn't see our valet, who was 6'7"]
Thank you
i had to watch barkley's big wheel story twice.... hilarious!!!!! lmaso hahahahahaha
I’m an eighties kid from Springfield so your videos literally hit home for me 🏀
One of my favorite players from my NBA viewing era.
The interesting part that people don't realize but watch a dunk highlight reel from Nique and you will see most of the time when he jumps he jumps with 2 feet on the ground, compared to most just going off 1 leg. It's actually amazing try and touch the rim when running and jumping off 1 leg then try it off both legs and you will realize how hard that was.
In Jesus Name. I’m a one foot jumper. It takes so much rocket power to blast off 2. Him & VC best 2 foot dunkers every.
Power and grace.
Most underrated player in NBA History
No one could guard Wilkins back then...and no one could guard him now. He's one of the most elite athletes the NBA has ever known. I can't remember any other player tip-dunking his own misses the way Wilkins did. Bird's quote is hilarious! Larry Bird: "I'm pretty sure it (the statue) wasn't made with you in a defensive stance." Congrats on your statue, Mr. "Human Highlight Film!
One of my favorite players of all-time, and one of the very best dunkers you will ever see footage of. As a kid who grew up in the '90s in love with the game of basketball, Dominique Wilkins was the stuff of legend. To the Atlanta Hawks, he is the icon of the franchise as far as I'm concerned (I feel that Bob Pettit is a player from before my time that deserves tremendous recognition, and believe his accolades place him among the game's all-time greatest as well. However, unless one is a student of the history of basketball, Pettit is likely one who most are unfamilar with these days, whereas with Wilkins, you have a superstar who played during the era which saw the NBA grow into becoming the globally-renowned league that we have today. To know ANYTHING about the history of the Hawks is to know of The Human Highlight Film.) Wilkins' impact and the excitement he injected into the game with his must-see jams and overall abilty to light up a scoreboard, make 'Nique an important figure in the timeline of basketball's evolution. So glad that he was honored among the 75 Greatest, as he was somehow snubbed from being on the NBA's 50 Greatest back in '96. An "oversight" that left even a 9-10 year old fan like myself outraged at how he could have possibly been overlooked at the time. Though Atlanta was never my favorite team, Wilkins was such a tremendous player that there are few people who I believe could have been fans of basketball who saw Dominique in the 80s or early 90s, and NOT be convinced that this was truly one of the greatest players to ever lace up some sneakers and step onto a ball court... Wilkins was, for years on end, a consistent scorer to the tune of averaging around 30 ppg. He was a legendary finisher who would attack the rim and manage to convert dunks that would be awesome to see on a wide open fast break. Wilkins would go strong to the hoop in the half-court, or on the fast break, with such ferocity that even seven-footers were just as likely to end up posterized as anybody assigned to matchup with Wilkins defensively at the SF position. The dude was awesome. Plain and simple.
One of my favorite players in the 80s.
One year the Detroit Pistons played at the silverdome.swear to God Dominique caught the ball at top of backboard on a rebound slam.
I started liking Atlanta Hawks just because of Dominique when I was a kid and I definitely had the Brooks
It was one thing to see Nique on TV… I remember seeing him in person as a kid at MSG in the late to mid 80’s and it was arguably one of the greatest displays of explosive athleticism I have ever seen… he was a metahuman among boys… playing freakish above the clouds and destroying the rim 🔥🔥👏👏💯💪💪
My favorite player
Nique is so underrated today. The dude beat Jordan in a dunk contest-- I don't care what anybody says.
MJ won the popularity contest but ‘Nique was the magic
@@catherinelynnfraser2001 Yup. MJ had the Nike ad machine $$$ behind him.
My favorite NBA games were the Bird/Wilkins matchups.
Dominique legend incredible player..... The best💪💪💪
D. Wilkins… a living legend
'Nique was THE TRUTH! The most ferocious dunker of that time! He was literally unguardable one-on-one. Too bad he played in the same conference with Larry Bird and Jordan and the Pistons. He should've went to at least 1 NBA Finals with the 80s Hawks.
Nique's playoff battles against Bird and Celtics were nail-bitting classics. I loved watching them.
he was so fast dunker nobody cant stop.him
Damn right he belongs in the top 50!
In my opinion best dunker of all time.
Saw him play against Bird at the Omni, Atlanta in the early 90's.awesome game.
Niq was the best tip dunker ever. Hands down.
Real Talk.... Dominique Wilkins was one of the top 10 all time NBA scorers when he retired. It's no way he should have been left off the top 50 list. He was more than a dunker. You don't score that many points all on dunks. Besides, he played defense as well. I remember seeing him play in the Omni against Jordan and he would go toe to toe with him, sometimes outscoring Jordan. The Hawks couldn't get past the Celtics and Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals which would been a big moment for Nique. The year of Jordan's first retirement was Dominique's best chance to get to the finals. However, Lenny Wilkins traded him for Danny Manning.