Isiah Thomas Flames Charles Oakley's Giannis Take 👀
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Zeke didn't shy away from defending Giannis after Knicks legend Charles Oakley questioned if the Bucks superstar could hang in his era of tough nose basketball.
Here's his full take on NBA TV with Kristen Ledlow and Jamal Crawford.
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Zeke to Charles Oakley about Giannis: "That dude would dog you every single time y'all stepped on the court."
He ain't lyin
Click bait loooool lame
@@bradypfeiffer1107 that’s word for word what he said xD. BR does clickbait but this was actually on point
EVERY NIGHT!!
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This had to be said. Thank you Isiah.
Exactly!
YES because THOMAS is know for saying right things ahahha.
HE just compared a 6,11ft SF with a 7,4ft PF.
@@onlyfacts3178 Yall compare a 6'9 240 lbs small forward to a 6'6 215lbs shooting guard ALL THE TIME.
@@sholovesholove4620 Tell him!!!
@@sholovesholove4620 I dont compare them..specially because weight is something changes from season to season.
And back then weight was only when you were a rookie.
JORDAN begun with 195lbs he got weight the 2nd time due to retirement.
So a lot of players say that they were 250lbs when they weight a lot more.
This Charles Oakley take is the reason why people think all retired players are just sour old heads who don't appreciate this era's basketball. When most of the retired players aren't haters.
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@@alienmcqueen omg, Ben Dover? THE Ben Dover??
@@StefveoX no just ben.... dover
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i love the 90s (i was too young to have appreciated the 80s) but the level of play across the league today is ridiculously high and that is in great part to the players of the previous eras. They should be proud instead of insecure.
Put Giannis instead of Charles Oakley on the 1994 Knicks and they would win the chip
Facts, I like Oakley but he was just a enforcer
dude's could make the knicks a dynasty lmao. something nobody ever will.
Facts.
Well you put giannis in current Knicks they will be contenders as well. Guy is that good
Hell no
“You ain’t got no game, you ain’t got no game” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Straight playa 🤣
100% that mf act like he did anything but foul!
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Oakley 100% would’ve been a bench player in today’s league.
@@chuyozuna2398 Shiiiid G-League. Tristen Thompson get 10-14mins and he's a 10 & 10 guy. Lol
Giannis is one of the most 90s style players in today’s game. He would fit in in the 90s better than just about any current player as far as I’m concerned
Him and Lebron. This kind of player can play in any Era.
Nope wrong. Ben Simmons
DeMar DeRozan is looking like a sleeper MVP and the majority of his shots come from mid range and below. Extremely little 3s.
That just screams old school 90s/00s baller.
@@Terror832 demar is able to do it becuase of how teams defend. they force players to take mid ranges which he is elite at and he because of the spacing. its basically what cp3 been doing for years. not really the 90s iso back to the basket midrange in the 90s
@@Jeffery99 HELL NO!!! YOU MEAN BEFORE OR AFTER HE GOT OUT OF THE MENTAL INSTITUTE
If you drop Giannis in the 80’s they’d be amazed at how someone almost Kareem’s height is pushing the ball like Magic.
Exactly
Well put.
Just like we are now lol
With almost the same built as Wilt in his Prime
Magic was 6’10
Ego is the problem with alot of these older players. If a player is good at what he does and has a good skill set , he'd adjust and be good in any era. Giannis, KD , LeBron, Steph , all of them would dominate in any era, same way MJ, Malone , Barkley etc would have dominated in any era.
Tbh I think Steph would have to play SG in another ear to dominate, which would make him a worse defender than he already is, but as a PG he would have a lot more trouble creating his own shot in the hand checking era. I don't feel like Westbrook or Harden's game would have translated at all.
Era, not ear.
@@robbnoble1509 I disagree . Gilbert arenas started that hybrid score heavy pg and he was getting buckets in the early 2000s , and Gil ain't no Steph Curry, so Steph would adjust and he'd dominate same way, As for Westbrook he'd be the same player though , he would have taken less shots and and his fg%might have been better, he'd still rebound and assist as he does. Harden would go less times to the line yes,but let's not forget he has a perimeter and , mid range game, so he'd still get his, he's also a great passer.
Barkley is like Cousins. He would be one of those the refs would quickly give fouls and technicals. He couldn't dominate in this era no matter how much he'd try. The refs dominate this era. If these retired players were playing now, they will get their taste of their own medicine and be laughed at in TnT and ESPN by whoever clowns sitting there and get paid for whatever trash they say.
@@donateloh6894 You obviously didn't watch Barkley throughout his career... did you? He got fouls and techs in that era. LOL, you kids say the wildest stuff. Barkley would absolutely destroy folks if he played today with the game played wide open like it is and the weak ass big men they have today.
I don't understand. The man just played the entire finals and dominated after an injury we thought might rule him out a game or two. Plus his game is not finesse based, which is what all the old timers argue would not survive the 80s/90s. He's physically tough, mentally tough, his game is tough as hell and he's got the size and strength and athleticism to compete at any level.
They just hanging bro
Bro needles to say Giannis would have his way with those guys literally do whatever he wanted
A game or 2?😅 bruhh most players would be done for the whole series! Dude a monster definitely can’t deny that about him
10000% agree!
Giannis did his thing, no doubt. Let’s be honest though.. no Kyrie injury = no Giannis ring. That completely changed that series, which in turn changed the Finals.
I love zeke, he's not a grumpy old man. He's always showing love to the new gen.
Because Zeke has stayed part of the game post retirement.
Because his generation banned him for years because he was an a**hole. Now he tries to explain new gen don't be like me in youth, be like old me. Don't get me wrong, he won NBA fair and square, but when he lost, he couldn't admit somebody else is better. He went in fight with all greats in his time, with Bird, Magic and Jordan. He never admitted to those guys that they were better, meaning their teams were better than his, imagine how low personality you need to be to not congratulate to any opponent who beat you. He was definition of a**hole.
Oh you mean that fake smile is Zeke still Harassing women and crying about being on the dream team? Or maybe he could go back to coaching he did so well at that
He is only grumpy about Michael Jordan
@@MarioCindric lebron does that all the time and even Brady has done that not shaking their opponent hand after they lost to them
Giannis has been getting disrespected too long
Oakley saying Giannis wouldn't be a top 140 player in the 90s is beyond stupid
@@gnomechomsky2524 I mean, Giannis is a top 75 player of all time allready xD
@@0nePieceGeneration I would pay good money to see prime Giannis vs prime Oakley go against each other. Giannis would fist Oakley.
@@gnomechomsky2524 NOW YOU GOING BEYOND STUPID. i GET WHAT OAKLEY IS SAYING BUT THE BAD BOY PISTONS WERE ONLY DANGEROUS FOR 3 SEASONS. Those three years would have been Hell for Giannis but he won't give up. Gotta not hate on past or future players. Fans might be backing Giannis but don't disrespect Oakley.
@@adamsamuel8593 Giannis has the potential to be the GOAT or top 5 all time with what he has accomplished at his age
You're delusional if u think Giannis wouldn't survive other eras
Oakley wouldn't survive now. He was an enforcer, he couldn't defend like that now.
OTOH in the 90's Giannis would be able to get physical on both ends of the floor with Oakley.
At this point it ain’t delusion no more it’s stupidity
Oakley's punk ass wouldnt make a roster today
@@PaulGalindo-u4p and y’all think y’all got more credentials more zeke, foh
Charles Oakley’s take doesn’t make sense because Giannis actually plays mostly with the 80s style. He can play back to the basket or pick and roll. He’s a superior athlete. He absolutely would dominate.
and they forget giannis is one, if not the most competitive today. Dude plays allstar games like its the finals.
Yea Giannis is super physical too, he loves contact in the paint.
Exactly. You can say that some current players would have problems playing under more physical 80s rule set (the way we see now how FIBAs more physical rules affects certain players) but NOT Iannis.
Exactly! Just wondering what's goin on with Oaktree 🤷♂️
it shows his xenophobia because Giannis the last player you would say that about
Facts 💯 Giannis will dominate in any era
No he wouldn’t
@@cwebed-stuy9951 lol when wouldn't he?
Not in shaq’s team. Shaq will dominate him instead.
@@qxezwcs Shaq can’t guard the perimeter and Giannis is not just a post player
@@cwebed-stuy9951 Yes he would
I remember old heads dissing Steph for shooting threes yet they praise pistol Pete for shooting same distance before three point line was installed. I find that crazy . You praise some one for a long two but not for a three point.
Straight up facts. Zeke hits it right on the head. Old heads always saying "he wouldn't be good in my day" or "he wouldn't survive in my day". Stop the bs. You had dudes playing in the 80's and 90's who wouldn't even make the g league today.
Not all old heads...Zeke is older than Oak
Them old niggas was strugglin against sammy who now and dem but wanna say they’d wash The greak freak lmao
They be drawn sometimes like "Steph Curry wouldn't do that back when we played". Like his pop played in that era, what he didn't teach his kid who obviously likes basketball none of the the skills to make it to the league?? My pop played ball in a semi pro league and he put me on game. Much respect to Isiah for having an unbiased purely basketball opinion...
@Shaq lmao
Giannis will be an all time great. He’s got all the skills. But 90s NBA has some real players.
Zeke speaking facts
Oak was a player with limited skills compared to the other players at his position, he was mainly used as an enforcer to protect a star player. Every team could use someone like him, but he knows well and good Giannis would absolutely body him! He's salty that one resume completely buries the other, same with T-Mac.
What about tmac?
he was MJ's and Ewing's bodyguard
He’s be like wilt in the 80’s 🤣🤣🤣
Right tf this nigga talking bout Giannis would average 35 and 20 back then fuck he mean
Oakley wasn't threat even back then bro 💀
Oak averaged 4.8ppg when his Knicks last had a playoff series with Isiah's Pistons.
@@LoyalOpposition Bro was running around fr
People forget that 90's basketball allowed more contact on offense too. He might be one of the few players that would have been better in the 90's.
Embiid and Anthony Davis would be in a full body cast after one game if they played in the 80s and 90s 💀💀💀💀💀
@@yomain7227 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Uncle Ruckus nah, he'll be out as well seeing how he doesn't take care of his body.
@@Camera728more centers would play Embiid straight up..
And he'd average 40..
@@yomain7227 AD in a body cast? Nigga would be dead, you sneeze in his general direction and he on IR.
I agree with Isaiah 100%. I get tired of these guys from the 80s and 90s, some from the 2000s pretending like these guys wouldn't be as good. There was nothing special about the players back then. Any player will adjust to whatever time period they're playing in.
Just the fact that you said it’s nothing special about the players back then just told me your age!Your disqualified kid from this conversation!your perspective is primitive!Go to bed kid!😂
@@gmoneybagz2376 He is telling the truth. Oakley had no footwork, no 3pt shot, slow jumpshot release and even his post up game is meh. You are just ignorant of basketball history.
@@gmoneybagz2376 You a straight clown 🤡
Basketball only sport in the world where players get weaker.
@@Gd-jq6mz To the ignorant that would seem obvious. Athletes today are just better, faster, more skilled than later eras.
Lost all respect for Oak with that weak take. Giannis would dominate in any era. Just like all the other greats of the game.
Oak has said a lot of shit - he's selling a book.
Oakley was a bum. He was just physical. That's why I'm glad Isiah called that out
Did you lose respect for Isiah saying lbj was tye GOAT? Keepin 💯, that's a bigger lie than what Oakley told
@Uncle Ruckus you're talking cumulative status (which speaks more to him playing longer) not per game stats or winning stats which MJ crushes LBJ in...or even like what happened a few weeks back, when lbj went to the like against the warriors needing 3 free throws to tie the game, but missed 2 out 3 free throws...those are important points and lbj doesn't really have those kinds of stats.
@Uncle Ruckus free throws are stats
Giannis is the most hated player ever. Isiah speaking facts
Absolute facts!
Lebron but I get ur point 👍
I’d say Giannis is the most disrespected
Nah lebron is. Giannis is just the most disrespected
The same isiah that thinks bron is the goat only because MJ didn’t want him on the dream team
Giannis would make Charles Oakley wash his jersey before and after the game . Old dudes like Oakley need to get checked for Alzheimer’s with these foolish takes
On god
Love Oakley but come on Giannis is tough AF!! This is like when Wilt tried to say MJ couldn't play in his era which was laughable lol!!
At least Wilt had the right to talk holding every single record. Oakley was a role player and now wanna talk crazy like sit down bro nobody ever bought a ticket to watch Oakley play lmao.
Thank You OG for keeping it a buck!!!! 💯
I Love when an actual NBA Legend talks NBA basketball. Oakley was trash, and he wasn't even the best enforcer frl. The two best enforcers played with Zeke in Detroit. Rick Mahorn & Bill Lambeer.
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Good point
They wanted no part of Oakley especially laimbeer…you 🧢
FACTS!
Trash? He was an all star and a defensive team member
Tell em Zeke, players in the 80s /90s aint never seen a player like Giannis, they wouldnt even know how to stop him lmao
It’s beyond time to cut that shit out. Charles Oakley was trash as a player you wouldn’t be able to do a damn thing with Giannis bro stop it. Mfs act like fouling makes them elite FOH 😂
Oakley has always been delusional.
Coming from a Suns fan, Giannis could dominate in any era. The take from Oakley is a bad one.
HOW? WHEN HE IS NOT DOMINATING NOW?
@@ibe310 I think you're watching WNBA
@@ibe310 he’s literally putting up similar or better stats to his two MVP seasons
Respect to I.T. for not hating on the new generation. I'm disappointed in Oakley for saying that. Ridiculous take.
Seems like EVERYONE hates on the 21st century players. Mostly former all-stars, but not Isiah, who always says things I never considered before. I highly recommend checking out his long interviews.
Facts. Isaiah keeping it 💯. Giannis would dominate any era. Idk why all these people are hating on Giannis.
Not sure if he would have dominated any era. I enjoy watching him play, but we need to take into consideration the fact that there are no centers anymore and 20-30 years ago the focus on body strength wasn't much. To conclude is unfair to compare players from different generations, because the game continuously evolves.
@@georgiosyiannakou5537 stop
@@georgiosyiannakou5537 bro a center is and mostly big 245+ in. The 80/90s Giannis is not only moving faster more athletic and 245 moving at you how can you stop the momentum he would foul your center out in 8 minutes
@@HuyNguyen-vj1uw lmfao I’m saying the freak would smash them
All these people?
Isaiah is one of the few real ones from old days. Seems like alot of the old heads from mainly 90s are completely full of it. I don't get it. The 80s guys seem to be the honest ones. Magic, bird, Kareem, Dr. J, and Isaiah. They keep it so real.
So tired of Oakley talking. This dude was an absolute bum. Miss me with all his takes.
Oak averaged 4.8ppg last time his Knicks faced Isiah's Pistons.
I agree. Every video he he makes are about trying to fight somebody or slapping people smh
i always fw zeke, never hates on todays players and doesn’t try to include himself in conversations, respect king
Do you think they'd keep Zeke on the payroll if he was bashing today's younger players?
King?
Isiah speaking facts
I totally agree with Isiah, ewing, Oakley and Mason for example was too slow and stiff that's why Hakeem and Robinson ate them up. Then when shaq came it was game over because he was big and heavy as all of them but could move like Robinson and Hakeem. And it stayed that way even as he got bigger and heavier.
Oakley just mad and salty because these young players are having a better career than him
Hakeem-Giannis would've either been the best duo or the best match-up ever. Two offensive and defensive beasts who always gave 110%
@@shak9558 Hakeem would be crazy good had he played today. He had good shooting mechanics.
I believe he would have developed a reliable 3 pointer.
If you're a basketball player who's most remembered as an enforcer rather than what you can actually do with a ball in your hand, says a lot about you as a player just saying
That's because back then they NEEDED enforcers!
@@gregoryharlston0602 I never once said enforcers weren't needed
If Niggas don't remember Oakley averaging double-doubles and making All-Defense that says more about their lack of basketball knowledge than anything. He stupid for what he said but lets not diminish what he was
Greek definitely could be the best player ever when all said and done.. I’ll leave this here to let it age gracefully 💯💯
He start hitting 3's work on that post game ooooh ..
@@MELLWALT5000 that’s all he needed too bruh, the turnarounds and jumper looking nice and he lookin confident with it. Resume gonna be top3 all time when all said and done .
He does have a chance but it gonna be hard mj the goat did the unimaginable dude was the best ever and it will remain like that but if any one can do it it’s giannis
@@alkebulanlion6198 facts
He could but the media wouldn’t allow him to be because they love jordan so much , no matter what he do he’s not gonna get the edge over jordan
Giannis is Connie Hawkins on flame mode and everyone else is playing techmo bowl. So cool to watch someone unlike anyone else, but Embied improving every year too. Good matchup for years to come?
NBA 2k22 already updated I had the bucks vs the the new look philly the pick around role game between harden n embid unstoppable
Damn, Ralph Sampson is a name that true 80's basketball lovers know and love. I never thought of Giannis that way. Thanks to the O.G. Zeke for re-opening my eyes!!
Theres a video that Thomas breaks down that comparison if you search it
Ralph Sampson is not even at the same level of Giannis, i think Zeke was comparing style of play, because in player material, Giannis is fair better.
@@viniciussantos2857 nah
@@viniciussantos2857 actually he isn't
The NBA is full of super teams and Giannis still did it the old school way and won the championship by having players around him and play as a team rather than having 5 all stars with no synergy, Giannis is whole team
Giannis in the 80s at 250lb is averaging 50 and 20 a night because he doesn't have an off button
Zeke’s takes are always perfect unless it’s about mj 🤣🤣 other than that he’s the best basketball analyst out there.
Isiah called MJ the greatest.... until Lebron. And MJ said "I hate him, but I think he's the greatest point guard of all-time right behind Magic" (The Last Dance) Isiah is the only guy on TV who says things I never thought of before. Here's something he just said. He was saying how he, MJ, Magic, etc., all had great coaches, and how Lebron didn't play college, but never played for a Phil Jackson or anyone close in the NBA.
He also said, MJ didn't win in the 80's .. which is true .. He won in 1991 ..
Thats why bron can easily won 10 championship in that era. That era just knows to hit hard. Thats only it. Lack of skill set compared todays nba players.
There are loads of old dudes from the 80's, 90's and even from the 2000s that love to hate on the current generation, thank you Isiah for keepin' it real, Giannis would bust Oakley's ass in an instant
Giannis’ mental and motor are high. Just hitting him won’t do the trick. U got to have a plan and stick to it cuz he’s gonna keep coming back for more.
He’s played in Europe vs grown men
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Giannis body is literally built for the 80-90s.
Oakley just old and salty lol
Facts, he talks crap about everyone, just a old hater
He got dementia
dude's like 60. at least his hair looked nice back in the day.
@@Terror832 something wrong with that old fool😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
oak was just an enforcer... we dont have them really in today's league
honestly the only reason i think ppl listen to Oak is because he friends with MJ and he used to play for t he knicks. i knew a couple years back that oak was sour and kinda a hater on the new gen
Giannis would be dominant in every era. He would probably score 100 points the same game wilt played
100+
Shout out to Zeke for speaking facts I love Oak Tree but like Gilbert said old school players act like their ish don't stink
The better question is would Oakley make an NBA roster in todays game
He’s a good shooter.
Hitting like 45+% from 16-23 feet in his later years.
And his rebounding/hustling would still be valued.
He was more than just a goon.
He’d be waived come every March
Shanghai Sharks
Bruh oakley was a walking double-double with a midrange game and defense. Of course he'd be in today's league if guy like Harrell and Portis can be
I love Zeke ngl. He's one of those og players that actually gives new players their props and never hates on them
Hates in Jordan tho
Him and AI are real ones
I like Isiah, no nostalgia BS like the other types. Todays players are better and more skilled than the past players
Giannis would have had Oakley puffing his cheeks balling his fist walking back to the locker room cuz he mad and got ejected on a nightly basis
Zeke keep it 💯. He get a bad rep cuz him and Jordan didn’t get along but he is rarely wrong
80s were the best decade of basketball, but Oak is full of shit saying ridiculous crap to get everyone to buy his book. Oak averaged 4.8pgg vs. Isiah's Pistons the last time they played the Knicks in the playoffs. Isiah called MJ the greatest.... until Lebron. Isiah beat MJ, Bird, and Kareem/Magic in just a single year to wina title, and he has a winning record (reg. season and playoffs) against all of those guys... MJ said "I hate him, but I think he's the greatest point guard of all-time right behind Magic" (The Last Dance) Oakley can't even talk. He makes shit up to sell books and those morons on up in smoke laugh it up and kiss his ass. Isiah beat MJ three years in a row and Chicago had to wait until Isiah had season-injury wrist injury (he didn't listen to doctors, but still missed a majority of the season) and the loss of Rick Mahorn the day after the Pistons won (dispersal draft) before they did shit. Isiah, Magic, Larry, Dr. J, Kareem, etc etc were all gone when MJ won 5 of those titles.
Who's stopping Giannis? Better yet who cant Giannis guard with all the physicallity he could enforce? Oakley who?
Hakeem David Robinson it’s actually a lot more people back then built like Giannis vs todays nba
@@willrich7209 that's true plus due to Giannis being able to play both the SF and PF position it would have been a pretty good mismatch on both sides of the floor
@@willrich7209 cap….none of them run like Giannis tho…you right about the build tho it was plenty skinny tall guys but none of them was as fast and athletic as giannis
Giannis would have trouble defending these guys 1 on 1. They're bigger and stronger. But Giannis is one of the greatest help defenders we will ever see so he doesn't need to.
@@steampunkofgondor2619 they most def wasn’t bigger and stronger back then…todays players are bigger,stronger and more athletic…
Not just his skill and size but his competitive attitude too would dominate at any era
Does he realize how much better players are today? Austin Rivers would be an allstar in the 80s😂😂
Isiah is absolutely correct! This is the biggest complaint I have against these old-timers.
They are always sitting around talking about what they would do to these current NBA players, even though most of today's players are bigger, faster, and stronger.
Shocker-Alert... Jordan would be great today, but do you really think that Curry, LeBron, Durant, Jamorant, Kyrie, Giannis, and our other top stars wouldn't be getting there "SHINE" today, also.
Folks, we have some real DOGS playing in the league today.
I've been watching basketball before Jordan entered the league... A long time!
WITH MJ DENFESE HELL NAH
@@RamzDesigh Either, you are kidding.... Or you have lost your DAMN MIND!!!! 🤔
When you are on top, people will always try to throw you down
Yeahhhhh that's wussup Isaiah Thomas thank you for showing love to Milwaukee here for us bro all love from Milwaukee Wisconsin 💪😎💯
Giannis is a freak of nature. He would ball out in any era.
Thank you isiah . Giannis would absolutely destroy Charles Oakley
Oak needed to be put back in his place. He actin' like he was a superstar back in the day when he really just a role player. If he played today he'd be one of the Morris twins.
he was alright. I remember watching him as a kid in toronto? idk but dude's more like one of them old dudes get off my lawn type.
The Morris twins way better than Oakley
No morris brothers have more skills then charle okley
Oak wouldn't even make the NBA. He would be on the Shanghai Sharks or Beijing Ducks
I love Zeke because he’s one of the few old greats that embraces the new generation and keeps it a buck realizing that with these new guys now it takes more than natural talent to be great and they make it look so easy.
Oakley would be in the G-League today as a bench player lol
Hot take: Jordan wouldn’t be Jordan had Giannis been an eastern conference player in the 90’s.
Depends what team is giannis on
Shhhhh don't say that too loud, I mean we all know in our hearts your speaking facts, but people not ready for that kind of truth
Put the pipe down.
Yeah you delusional
Facts tho
Thank You Isaiah…Thank you ….This had to be said ….I think those MSG cops knocked oak upside the head by accident
''You ain't got no game''.
That sums up Oakley's entire scrub ass career
Fact:
In the 1988 Eastern Conference Semi Finals when Isiah's Pistons whipped Oakley's Bulls 4-1, Dennis Rodman forced Oakley into shooting 13 foot bricks THE ENTIRE series.
The results, the Bulls shipped Oakley to NY for a washed up Bill Cartwright.
All this talk about Oakley protecting Jordan is straight myth, because Oakley was like that bouncer you hired that constantly got his ass whipped by the bad guys.
Who is Oakley to talk about a player would be a bench player.lsaiah was dead on on this one.Giannis is quicker and has more moves in the paint than any body talking against him.He scored 50 in the final game of a championship when it counted most.
I love how 80's & 90's players say Lebron, KD or Giannis wouldn't survive their era when Spud Webb & Mugsy Bogues Lived in the Paint!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Isiah Thomas told the absolute truth on take this time. The Greek Freak is truly a awesome player.
Despite all the things Isaiah has done that hurt his image and some people might not like him, Zeke’s IQ, the understanding of the game the feel for the game is as good if not better than anyone that has ever played the game and i don’t even like him like that but dude is just speakinfacts!!
Thank you IT. This is the truth. With Giannis' work ethic and genetics he would be bullied those first two years, and then evolve like he has. Also, Giannis could hard foul you back.
fr. any great will adapt just fine. with their talent and work ethic.
respect to Zeke for standing up for Giannis. Oakley's a fool
This is why I love Zeke.
naw word isiah tell em how he's just remisnicing the past and getting too delusional with it 1:08
Thank you Zeke, I don't know what Oakley was talking about. Giannis would dominate in any era period.
Folk love when Isiah gives Giannis praise, but when he gives it to Lebron then all of a sudden hes a salty old head hating 😂
duh, why do you think people hate todays basketball gen, they get mad when they don't hear what they want to exactly hear, they don't like the truth that opposes them
@@weneedhim526 I have the feeling that the same argument could be applied to the oldheads tho... Don't know why, really.
@@Luca-yb4sh eh kind of, some oldhead people that I talk to, understand that the talent now evolved, they are just stuck on jordan or shaq, or the big man of the past, but todays basketball is even worse
Absolutely he would with his style of play he'd probably take an extra year to adjust to the more physical game that it was and have to learn to not complain about non calls cause contact is going to happen but then he'd dominate after that
Did the NBA send Charles Oakley his Top 75 players of all time jacket?
You can talk all that stuff cos you don't play no more
All former players need to hear this. They feel their days were more difficult. Same reason we try to belittle the amazingness of LeBron over that of Jordan
Let's be honest Giannis giving everyone a 50 piece in the 80's and 90's
Giannis would dog Oakley that’s all facts.“After u hit him hard you ain’t got no game “😂😂 the truth
Isiah Thomas always step up for the new generation because those old guys act like their crap don’t stink
Hard to make the “he couldn’t handle our era” comments about a 6’11 shredded monster who is faster than anyone his size and has genuine ball handling and play making abilities if double teamed. Lebron KD and Giannis are the 3 guys of this era who may even be better in old eras than they are now
What annoys me the most about this take is Oakley played in an era of illegal defense. Meaning they wouldn’t have been able to load up on defense at the paint or do pre rotations AKA the only thing that could kind of work on Giannis.
Imagine Giannis getting guys like Oakley isolated at the top of the key with no help until Giannis is at the damn rim UNLESS you hard double him in which he’s still one of the best big man passers of all time. On top of that Giannis isn’t the best shooter but he would be one of the better shooting bigs of that time. It’s legit the worst take I’ve heard from someone who ACTUALLY played the game.
People need to stop it every All Time Great player is getting buckets, boards and assist in every era of the league.
Preach! I said this in another forum too, the Illegal D back then prevents packing the paint like what they do today, don't they ever wonder why it was soooo easy to do an entry pass to Shaq even if he far outmatched every single big then? You can't sag!
This is why they hate Zeke he always keeps it 100, Giannis is kemp on steroids
Maurice Lucas with the Portland Trailblazers in the 70's was the first true enforcer, that brother knuckled-up with the "Chocolate Thunder" Daryl Dawkins back in the day, those two were true beast back in the day, may they RIP🙏 🙏🙏
Knuckling up isn’t basketball that’s the old head argument y’all just out there hacking guys you can’t stop
Oakley could barely move a big flatfooted foul machine, all he's doing is trying to sell that wack ass book
Mad respect for Isiah for recognizing greatness. I'd buy that man a beer
I think if Giannis gets another ring in more MVPs he could be the greatest power forward of all time
Tim Duncan is a far better player though
Finally someone with enough credit to call out the old heads. Stop hating.
I think Giannis would be a superstar in any era. He’d adapt.
Most NBA players today would be at least an Allstar back in the 80s
hell. even carmelo anthony? hahaha
Maybe but only select would be starting. Remember all top players in any era would survive in any era. Just give them 1 year to adjust and maybe build muscle and dope just as a certain someone in the league rn.
True. All they do in the 80s is hit everybody. Takes no skill at all
@@Nothing-nf8ve You Reaching Bro.
Jordan Clarkson would be a god in the 80s
Oak is Tripping fr 😒 that might be the most ridiculous thing I ever heard in basketball. Shout out to zeke for keeping it 💯
Giannis carried the bucks to a championship without massive signings