I dont know about dribbling..lol? He was good but he aint better than alot of other guys including Iverson..lol. AI made U look silly & go the other way & make U fall flat on your face with his Crossovers..lol.He would make the defenders skate..lol. I would give J-Will more credit on his passing skills. Around the back pass off his elbow was mad crazy..lol. I had to see the replay to actual see what he did & his passes were accurate & lighting quick even the ones behind his back from half court..lol.
ngpdreamteam2k4 AI isnt know for being athletic bro..lol. AI is known for his handles & his killer crossover..lol. Athletic players are like Westbrook, Rose, Vince Carter, etc... Smh..lol..do U even watch Basketball..lol???
Justin Yau You're wrong I've lived in Philly my entire life and was a big sixers fan through his entire career. He was one of the most athletic players to play the game. When he played football he was a michael vick clone. He used to iron man playing QB WR and CB. AI was a sick handler but he wasn't the best. He was just very well rounded (Not so much defense, but every AI needs an Eric Snow)
Jeffrey Riley How am I wrong..lol? AI isnt known for being athletic..lol. D-Rose, Steve Francis (who displayed his althletism in the dunk contest), Same as Spud Webb & Nate Robinson..lol. Now all these players have demonstrated their althletism. Not saying AI doesnt have a little bit of it. But hes well better known for his dribbling skills&ankle breaking moves..lol. Hes a finesse player&uses his skill & NOT his althletism..lol.Only in his early rookie yr he showed just a little bit..lol. AI has the best handles in the game&no one could ever crossover better than he could..lol. Name me some better??? Tim Hardaway wasnt as good. When AI got older in his career he learned that he didn't need the crossover all the time &learned to change speeds. Very underrated part of ball handling & also having good foot work also.
@@aljohntabion2751 by then though wernt they both on thier way out the league. U nvr lose it in a sense but that's almost like wizards mj vs prime 90's mike
in the nba, no doubt, as far as handles, Jason Williams. hands down. no one pulled off so many "playground" moves, that worked in the nba! amazing stuff against elite defenders! JWill
I remember that game in 97 when Shamgod crossed Arizona But Kenny said we grew up call that the Shamgod. Kenny was grown in 97. Lol It was a dope crossover.
@@sohcahtoa6046 Magic had great passes but that doesn't mean he had great handles. Y'all really don't know the difference between handles and passing??
Tell them youngstas about it... say it out loud for the people in the back. Also Tim Hardaway, Kevin Johnson, AI, Kenny Anderson and for the oldies, Pete Maravich. Edit.... Don't forget Damon Stoudamire.
i kno, G.P. jus looked at J.Will wit a smurk and was like, u got me White Chocolate, u a bad white boy wit a bball in yo hand. (#55 is a 100% pure streetballa)
Kenny Anderson is BY FAR the best ball handler to EVER do it! What separates Kenny from all of the candidates that I have seen listed so far is that Kenny didn't just have one move....he had a multitude and variety of several moves, and they were all done by instinct! Yes, A.I. had the killer crossover (which he picked up from a player in D.C. by the way), but that was it. Yes, Shammgod had that European pull-back dribble....but that was it. And yes, Rafer had that little skip to my lou dribble...BUT THAT WAS IT! But Kenny? Man...he had a behind the back dribble, a spin move that was second to none, a deadly crossover so quick that was easy to miss, and a hesitation dribble that literally made players fall (GTech vs. Michigan State 90-91 NCAA Tournament). And all of Kenny Anderson's moves were instinctual. In other words, he wasn't dribbling down the court thinking about using a particular move, they just happened b/c it was necessitated by the action on the court. Wanna know what I mean? Check out his game tape against Notre Dame in his freshman season...or even that Final 4 game against UNLV when Moses Scurry was dumb enough to try take the ball from him on the inbound play.
Kenny is in my top 5. Along with Tim Hardaway, Kevin Johnson, AI and Pete Maravich. These people just don't know.... and not as an insult, you gotta be as old as me to remember Kenny Anderson. I'm 47 and still remember his Nets days... just a beast!
Yall really overdoing it. I can name 10 players wit better handles than Kenny Anderson. I'm going on 40 so miss me with that young shit. I'd take Baron Davis handles and Steve Francis handles over Kenny Anderson handles.
@elbowgang9715 You stating opinions, I gave you facts. Ironically enough being a DC native I used to see Steve Francis on a regular in high school, and his handle kind of reminded me of Kenny Anderson's...a little bit. Franchise had crazy bounce, but to insinuate that his handle was better than Kenny's is preposterous.
Here’s something to keep in mind, the rules for ballhandling have changed over the years. That’s why so many old people cry about carrying and traveling today. Back when Cousy was playing the hand can only be on the top third of the ball or something like that. So to me, when you consider Maravich and the rules he played in, he has to be on the Mount Rushmore.
All nice but Pistol as far as handles go maybe zeke. Skip and Shammgod were wizards. People tell me 20 years later i had the best handles they ever seen. Shammgod and Skip were gods when it came to handles.
A.I. has the MOST ankle breakers so he is the best ball handler...if your making your opponent fall on his ASS then how are you not the best? look it up on youtube and watch the top 100 A.I. moves and become a believer.
I think Iverson had the best CROSSOVER, I think shammgod has the best HANDLE, im a believer theyre 2 diff things.. an example I think jcrawford has a better cross than cp3 but has better handle, hes not losing that ball, in traffic im iffy about crawford
ankle breaker and handles are different. Ive dropped couple players before but that does not signify that I have more handle over people who had never dropped players. I can agree skip because he showed the world at his best in terms of handles both legally, illegally, show off moves, etc. What iverson was known for was his crossovers and quickness. Skip is known for actually doing variety moves, more than just crossovers.
of that generation for me it's #1 White Chocolate, #2 Skip (even though he toned it down once he got to the NBA) then everyone else. honourable mentions: Steve Francis, Jamal Tinsley, AI.
guys like wade, cp3, kyrie, and jcrossover have dirty handles, but guys like pistol, hardaway, shammgod, AI, and j will are the ORIGINATORS of handling the ball so I'd give them the nod.. I mean wade, cp, kyrie, jcross were INSPIRED by hardaway and AI, they put the crossover on another level
It’s crazy how those would be my top 3 picks. I got to see all those guys live and in person. Nothing like it. Def the best era of basketball. Even chibbs was something special.
i dont think you can put kyrie over steph curry.. both are great but you cant really say one is better then the other.. watch steph curry train his handling and you'd know what i mean...
If your talking about Jason williams he is much older then kyrie bro... im talking about the league today.. best handles of all time would have to go to skip or shamgod, i'd put Jason williams after both of them but thats my opinion..
Funny how AI has been completely overlooked. Just a reminder he brought hip hop to basketball not only 'cause of his unique self-centered style, but also the way he played and handled the ball. Seriously...
A lot of cats commenting are oblivious to the difference of ball handling and a crossover. A.I. had one of the best crossovers the nba ever seen, the ball handlers mentioned have more skills making the look like its going one way and having it go somewhere else. To me J Will is one of the best def top 2 imo, being a Lakers fan I saw a lot of king games the way that man moves the ball is crazy damn near impossible to stop.
Ginobili learned it from Dodrigo or something like that .. A guy who did it before Shammgod & called it El Latigo (Spanish) or The Whip .. Multiple European players did it before Shammgod
+KMH I think Ginobili takes it from Dejan Bodiroga. You can ask Carmelo Anthony about Bodiroga doing that move. Bodiroga took it from Danko Cveticanin maybe, a croatian player from the 80's; and I think that Cveticanin took it from Dragan Kikanovic, a serbian basketball legend from the 70's...
***** wasn't saying that he was a bad player....just saying that he turns the ball way more often..just like westbrook, who's the best player today not named lebron..but leads the league in TO..so to reiterate, Iverson is out of the "best handles in NBA history"
Jwill at his peak was the most exciting player to see other than vince carter, like u had to see them play because u never knew what they'd do next! And the crazy part is they both came into the league at the same time. Mannn i miss the 90's
Kyrie because they just mentioned how j will and shamgod were good at one move. Even AI was just the best at the crossover. But having the best handle means being able to do every single move and combination almost perfectly. Who’s that? Kyrie Irving
I like everybody they named,i gotta give a nod to AI though based on the fact he could change direction,and handle it so fluidly going full speed IN TRAFFIC at the speed he was going. That speed being quick as shit lol.
I was thinking Jason Williams even before they mentioned his name. I was a big Kings fan at the time that he played for them so I got to see him working. "Skip To My Lou" Rafer Alston is another really good choice. And I agree with both Kenny Smith and Chris Webber. Rafer would've made MILLIONS in endorsement deals had he brought his street ball handles to the NBA, the major problem with that is a lot of the really good moves are considered traveling in the NBA.
Pete Maravich, Jason Williams - both had the best HANDLES - great dribbling and passing ability - making fools of the defenders, and making it look effortlessly. Magic Johnson is probably right with them as far as open court fast break passes. Also when the Dream Team scrimmaged the college all-stars, Michael Jordan said that Bobby Hurley had the best and quickest first step drive and dribble around the defender he had seen up to that time - early '90's
Also Maravich and Williams both did a constant, insane practice regiment. That's how they were able to outshine more talented ball handlers in their respective eras.
I'll take effective over flashy. Pete was far more effective than White Chocolate. It's actually disrespectful if you actually k own their careers to compare the two. Pete had a 68 point game with no 3 point line. J Will never had a 40 point game.
People don't know about the European version of the shamgod. That's where Manu got it from. Dejan Bodiroga was doing the whip over there, that's its name.
Agree. But, according to Dr J, who witnessed it in practice, he said Pete did those moves and drill at top speed few could approach. Calvin Murphy was similar too, a bit of a mini- Pistol in the same era.
Shamgod best handles Ive seen, I remember watching him live on tv in college, he had the best control of the ball with the left hand Ive seen, he could dribble in his sleep, the ball was basically attached on a string to his hands, his problem was he couldnt shoot and was kind of a showman with the dribble, people like it but the MAN really didnt want to see that in the NBA and the attention it brought with it, also him changing his first name to God made alot of people mad, I remember during his senior season many announcers wouldnt refer to him as that, the NBA has been blackballing players for a long time.
to be fair... the question posed was best ball handler they had ever seen, and the guys talked about players they played with. So the Pistol Pete suggestion might just be because he was before their time. All players mentioned were unbelievable though. respect.
i was going to say something but i realized when this vid was posted...btw kyrie irving uses the shammgod all the time so do many ballers to this day so i have to give it to the original shammgod
NINJA TRON 3000 no no no no no... i was referring to their argument of best ball handler ever, not the best PG ever. He will be lucky to get top 25, but in ball handling, he could be the greatest
juan sagredo if you see somebody use something that works, why wouldnt you try to learn those skills? what an ignorant comment. Plus, Kyrie is a better player than them as well so having handles makes a difference
Nick Van Exel was more known for his scoring ability, but he had some sick handles too, that allowed him to be a proficient scorer...
I'm not discrediting any other players but J Will was a baaaaaad man lol
I dont know about dribbling..lol? He was good but he aint better than alot of other guys including Iverson..lol. AI made U look silly & go the other way & make U fall flat on your face with his Crossovers..lol.He would make the defenders skate..lol.
I would give J-Will more credit on his passing skills. Around the back pass off his elbow was mad crazy..lol. I had to see the replay to actual see what he did & his passes were accurate & lighting quick even the ones behind his back from half court..lol.
Justin Yau
AI was super athletic bro. were talking about handles
ngpdreamteam2k4 AI isnt know for being athletic bro..lol. AI is known for his handles & his killer crossover..lol. Athletic players are like Westbrook, Rose, Vince Carter, etc...
Smh..lol..do U even watch Basketball..lol???
Justin Yau You're wrong I've lived in Philly my entire life and was a big sixers fan through his entire career. He was one of the most athletic players to play the game. When he played football he was a michael vick clone. He used to iron man playing QB WR and CB. AI was a sick handler but he wasn't the best. He was just very well rounded (Not so much defense, but every AI needs an Eric Snow)
Jeffrey Riley How am I wrong..lol? AI isnt known for being athletic..lol. D-Rose, Steve Francis (who displayed his althletism in the dunk contest), Same as Spud Webb & Nate Robinson..lol. Now all these players have demonstrated their althletism. Not saying AI doesnt have a little bit of it. But hes well better known for his dribbling skills&ankle breaking moves..lol. Hes a finesse player&uses his skill & NOT his althletism..lol.Only in his early rookie yr he showed just a little bit..lol.
AI has the best handles in the game&no one could ever crossover better than he could..lol. Name me some better??? Tim Hardaway wasnt as good. When AI got older in his career he learned that he didn't need the crossover all the time &learned to change speeds. Very underrated part of ball handling & also having good foot work also.
Jason Williams for sure. Not only did he handle the ball well but he also used that mobility to create openings for the entire team.
J Will was ridiculous! Best handles I've ever seen!
Stop it. Kyrie, Steph both better
CWebb is the only guy on the panel who was an actual teammate in the NBA with both those guys... His opinion holds the most weight in this debate.
Yup!!!
Shaq played with him in miami
@@aljohntabion2751 by then though wernt they both on thier way out the league. U nvr lose it in a sense but that's almost like wizards mj vs prime 90's mike
@@skysullivan but they got a chip tho
in the nba, no doubt, as far as handles, Jason Williams. hands down. no one pulled off so many "playground" moves, that worked in the nba! amazing stuff against elite defenders! JWill
+Jay Tee Totally agree, I had the luxury of watching JWill in Sac on the regular. Never seen anything like it.
+John Avanzino I bet. Only see stuff like that playing street ball
+Jay Tee All those playground moves perfected by Williams he said that he learned from watching the And 1 Street Ballers seen on ESPN.
Jason williams had the best passes not handles , he wouldnt blow by players with his handles as much asother players would
+Asa H. never.-
I remember that game in 97 when Shamgod crossed Arizona But Kenny said we grew up call that the Shamgod. Kenny was grown in 97. Lol It was a dope crossover.
facts
Best handles ever:
1. Shaq
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. Javale Mcgee
4. Dwight Howard
5. Yao Ming
haha
Don't forget about Kendrick Perkins.
This is disrespectful. How dare you rate all those guys. We all know that Mutumbo is on top, point blank period.
Where's Kwame Brown?
Hey you made a big mistake right there, everyone knows that Javale Mcgee deserves that number #1 spot.
LMAOO SHAQ AT THE ALLSTAR GAMES USE TO GET CRAZY LMAOO.
The OG's Bob Cousy and Pistol Pete Maravich started such a beautiful thing in Basketball.
SHaq and Chris showing J-WIll some love!
Gary Payton stopped playing defense just to say "DAAAAAAMN!"
😂😂😂😂😂
yeah, bcuz ove #55White Chocolate
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That is saying a lot when The Glove gets shook.
'Nuff said!
Pete Maravich drove a car while dribbling a ball. GOAT
J Ban He was like 8, his dad drove the car while Pete dribbled.
Hey, not taking NOTHING from "THE PISTOL", but that's not hard to do. We're talking PURE Handles.
@@vincentestone5764 pure handles? Okay, Pistol Pete still the man.
New Orleans Jazz should've never left.
He is unreal in the LSU days.
Skip has the best handles ever hands down
I wish Kenny had a time limit for comments, he dominates every convo and is the dumbest every time.
the loudest is always the dumbest
Stop talking Kenny, jesus.
Deron Williams & Chris Paul may have the most underrated handles in the league because they are more textbook than flashy.
+ADAJ3 check jamal crawford, easily one of the best
+ADAJ3 check jamal crawford, easily one of the best
+ripppking Yessir
First "Shamgod" move was Maravich. Then in the 90s a european point guard was doing it often (he might have gotten it from the US though)
Pete Maravich taught everybody that came after him and all of these guys came after him.
:| Oh! Soo... He was a Globetrotter! Got it..............
you'll never see Jason Williams do a chest pass. J will wins
What does a chest pass have to do with ball handling
What about the elbow pass?
@@sohcahtoa6046 Magic had great passes but that doesn't mean he had great handles. Y'all really don't know the difference between handles and passing??
@@sohcahtoa6046 pistols pass
They said handle not passes..
shammgod could come out and pick j-will himself, and kenny would argue with him.
C'mon..Kenny is loyal to NYC guards !!!
Rod Strickland. Never lost the ball and led a season in assists and unfortunately never made an all Star. Also one of the best finishers ever.
Tell them youngstas about it... say it out loud for the people in the back. Also Tim Hardaway, Kevin Johnson, AI, Kenny Anderson and for the oldies, Pete Maravich.
Edit.... Don't forget Damon Stoudamire.
One of the most overlooked and forgotten for sure. Rod was an ELITE ball handler. On a string every time.
I loveeeee how nobody mentions Pete Maravich
You know you're good if you make the Glove slip up on D.
i kno, G.P. jus looked at J.Will wit a smurk and was like, u got me White Chocolate, u a bad white boy wit a bball in yo hand. (#55 is a 100% pure streetballa)
Tim Hardaway Senior in his Golden State days. Isiah Thomas had some nasty handles too.
yep! zeke had insane handles.
Lol Payton face is priceless
Pete Maravich puts every one of them to shame. I'm not kidding in the slightest.
Kenny Anderson is BY FAR the best ball handler to EVER do it! What separates Kenny from all of the candidates that I have seen listed so far is that Kenny didn't just have one move....he had a multitude and variety of several moves, and they were all done by instinct! Yes, A.I. had the killer crossover (which he picked up from a player in D.C. by the way), but that was it. Yes, Shammgod had that European pull-back dribble....but that was it. And yes, Rafer had that little skip to my lou dribble...BUT THAT WAS IT! But Kenny? Man...he had a behind the back dribble, a spin move that was second to none, a deadly crossover so quick that was easy to miss, and a hesitation dribble that literally made players fall (GTech vs. Michigan State 90-91 NCAA Tournament). And all of Kenny Anderson's moves were instinctual. In other words, he wasn't dribbling down the court thinking about using a particular move, they just happened b/c it was necessitated by the action on the court. Wanna know what I mean? Check out his game tape against Notre Dame in his freshman season...or even that Final 4 game against UNLV when Moses Scurry was dumb enough to try take the ball from him on the inbound play.
Kenny is in my top 5. Along with Tim Hardaway, Kevin Johnson, AI and Pete Maravich. These people just don't know.... and not as an insult, you gotta be as old as me to remember Kenny Anderson. I'm 47 and still remember his Nets days... just a beast!
Yall really overdoing it. I can name 10 players wit better handles than Kenny Anderson. I'm going on 40 so miss me with that young shit. I'd take Baron Davis handles and Steve Francis handles over Kenny Anderson handles.
@elbowgang9715 You stating opinions, I gave you facts. Ironically enough being a DC native I used to see Steve Francis on a regular in high school, and his handle kind of reminded me of Kenny Anderson's...a little bit. Franchise had crazy bounce, but to insinuate that his handle was better than Kenny's is preposterous.
Here’s something to keep in mind, the rules for ballhandling have changed over the years. That’s why so many old people cry about carrying and traveling today. Back when Cousy was playing the hand can only be on the top third of the ball or something like that. So to me, when you consider Maravich and the rules he played in, he has to be on the Mount Rushmore.
The only answer is Jason Williams
Jordan Davies nope
but.. yes *****
Jordan Davies but... no... how long can we keep this up lol
Jordan Davies stop it u watch to many Jason Williams highlights
Jordan Davies No. third maybe second but anyone who knows anything about basketball knows God has the greatest handles ever.
I like how when Kenny was talking about the Shammgod move, they showed Manu Ginobli doing something totally different.
It's Pistol Pete by a mile. Everyone else is fighting it out for second.
Best handles, I would say Tim Hardaway, Zeke Isiah Thomas and J Will, J Crawford Stevie Franchise, Pistol Pete Maravich
All nice but Pistol as far as handles go maybe zeke. Skip and Shammgod were wizards. People tell me 20 years later i had the best handles they ever seen. Shammgod and Skip were gods when it came to handles.
C B Taylor were is kyrie irving
Everybody forgets about Stockton.
C B Taylor Good list but where's Kyrie and Steph? Also Kobe Bryant. Kobe has the best handle ever by far of anyone over 6'3".
@@thsu8 maybe, but anthony mason had some crazy handles for someone of his size/weight/strength.
Maravich, J Will, J Crossover, Kyrie
"He stuck that leg out" lol
A.I. has the MOST ankle breakers so he is the best ball handler...if your making your opponent fall on his ASS then how are you not the best? look it up on youtube and watch the top 100 A.I. moves and become a believer.
believe he was consider a SG instead PG.
I think Iverson had the best CROSSOVER, I think shammgod has the best HANDLE, im a believer theyre 2 diff things.. an example I think jcrawford has a better cross than cp3 but has better handle, hes not losing that ball, in traffic im iffy about crawford
Point well made Sharpshooter
Andrew King Also, I believe every person they talked about they had either played with personally or his brother had coached him
ankle breaker and handles are different. Ive dropped couple players before but that does not signify that I have more handle over people who had never dropped players. I can agree skip because he showed the world at his best in terms of handles both legally, illegally, show off moves, etc. What iverson was known for was his crossovers and quickness. Skip is known for actually doing variety moves, more than just crossovers.
pete maravich, magic johnson, jason williams, iverson, stockton, tim hardaway, bob cousy
In NBA 2k16, Jason williams handles is a 98. it's the best out of everyone in the game
Pistol Pete was a wizard and I would pick Jason Williams over Shammgod. Tim Hardaway had one of the best crossovers of all times.
Kenny Anderson they always forget Kenny Anderson. Bobby Hurley can tell you about Kenny Anderson’s handles.
Top 5 handles: 1) Kyrie 2) Maravich 3) Steph 4) Isiah Thomas 5) Kenny Anderson at Ga Tech
god shammgod. damn. I haven't heard that name in like 10yrs. that was mad random but dude was nice
Random you buggin no one ever forgets shammGod
I mean, Kenny... c webb played with both. And gave JWill the nod. How you gonna argue
And Shaq also played with J Will and second that
It seems to me that Kenny only big ups the NYC players. Just an opinion
Maybe I'm just old but prime Nate Archibald and Dave Bing should be considered in this conversation.
of that generation for me it's #1 White Chocolate, #2 Skip (even though he toned it down once he got to the NBA) then everyone else. honourable mentions: Steve Francis, Jamal Tinsley, AI.
gm pm Jamal Crawford???! Kyrie?
Jamal tinsley was slow motion with his handles...underrated
gm pm sorry but who is Jamal Tinsley?
not sure if serious, could easily google... but will oblige... former PG for the Indiana Pacers...
Jamal Crawford, Jason Williams, CP3, Pistol Pete, Iverson, Shammgod for me.
J Will had the handles, but he also had the turnovers
guys like wade, cp3, kyrie, and jcrossover have dirty handles, but guys like pistol, hardaway, shammgod, AI, and j will are the ORIGINATORS of handling the ball so I'd give them the nod.. I mean wade, cp, kyrie, jcross were INSPIRED by hardaway and AI, they put the crossover on another level
i've seen highlights of all the moves this panel describes in this segment, and all the video clip plays shown are the wrong ones lmao.
It’s crazy how those would be my top 3 picks. I got to see all those guys live and in person. Nothing like it. Def the best era of basketball. Even chibbs was something special.
dribbling is at the highest point ever in history of basketball. kyrie by far has the best handles ever
i dont think you can put kyrie over steph curry.. both are great but you cant really say one is better then the other.. watch steph curry train his handling and you'd know what i mean...
i think it's safe to say you can put kyrie over steph. he's broken his ankles badly twice in the finals.
***** yea after watching more kyrie.. i see that now.. kyrie has best handles in the league forsure..
+Gabriel Garcia better than J Will?
If your talking about Jason williams he is much older then kyrie bro... im talking about the league today.. best handles of all time would have to go to skip or shamgod, i'd put Jason williams after both of them but thats my opinion..
Funny how AI has been completely overlooked. Just a reminder he brought hip hop to basketball not only 'cause of his unique self-centered style, but also the way he played and handled the ball. Seriously...
Best crossover for sure but not handles
@@BboyZoinks yeap his quickness helped him a lot
Complete social detriment to our culture and the league.
Sounds like Jason Whitlock entered the comment section.
that's because his handle wasn't great. He had a great move not a great handle
Man I have only watched the NBA for like 2 years but Kyrie has some nice handles. He can cross over anybody
Swaggy Timberlake yeah and got blocked by kobe 1on1
Shorter guy getting blocked by a taller guy is nothing surprising..
A lot of cats commenting are oblivious to the difference of ball handling and a crossover. A.I. had one of the best crossovers the nba ever seen, the ball handlers mentioned have more skills making the look like its going one way and having it go somewhere else. To me J Will is one of the best def top 2 imo, being a Lakers fan I saw a lot of king games the way that man moves the ball is crazy damn near impossible to stop.
I agree, AI is far from one of the best ball handlers, but he had one of the best if not the best crossover in NBA history.
Yep....AI top two crossovers with Hardaway but HANDLES are different. Handles are tight. Jwill handles were more flashy than tight...
Mark Price! :)
I guess all these guys have never heard of Pete Maravich
3:04 first time in his life Gary was speechless
How C Webb was only a 5 time NBA All Star is beyond me
haha gary payton was like... nope, can't get tht haha. j will is still going crazy even today
That move he did on gp was a carry but other than that he was dope
Where is J Will playing these days? him, VC and KB were by far the most fun guys to watch live back in the day
Best Handlers( Not in order)
- Allen Iverson
-Pete Maravich
-Tim Hardaway
-Jason Kidd
-Steve Nash
-Jason Williams
need to go watch some Pete Maravich
“Everyone in NY do that” talk ya shit Kenny. Classic segment
Kyrie has the best handles in NBA history
Definitely
Nah, doesn't even have better handles cp3
@@Vipa567 u are hilarious 😂😂 curry even have better handles then CP3
Bro. What are you 12?
@@kittenmittensb1z138 25
Ginobili learned it from Dodrigo or something like that .. A guy who did it before Shammgod & called it El Latigo (Spanish) or The Whip .. Multiple European players did it before Shammgod
+KMH I think Ginobili takes it from Dejan Bodiroga. You can ask Carmelo Anthony about Bodiroga doing that move. Bodiroga took it from Danko Cveticanin maybe, a croatian player from the 80's; and I think that Cveticanin took it from Dragan Kikanovic, a serbian basketball legend from the 70's...
+Carlos You are absolutely correct about everything from Kicanovic to Cveticanin to Bodiroga.
+Kameezus Christ but european players dont have style.-
+Carlos did u also watch that video...
The move that ginobill
I know why Allen Iverson wasn't on here. Because he was a shooting guard
Haven Melton because he turned the ball more often than the other guys they mentioned.
***** wasn't saying that he was a bad player....just saying that he turns the ball way more often..just like westbrook, who's the best player today not named lebron..but leads the league in TO..so to reiterate, Iverson is out of the "best handles in NBA history"
Nath Anter no he's not
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AI is not as good a ball handler as those guys mentioned but he has the better crossover but handles he's not in the conversation.
Jason Williams was pure magic on the court, he may not have always played in control but he was a fucking enigma! Especially on the fast break!
a.i. and j. Will
#1 Kenny Anderson #2 Allen Iverson #3 Stephon Marbury #4 Jim Jackson #5 Grant Hill & tied at #5 Steve Smith my TOP 5 🏀 HANDLERS
That's a terrible list
jamal crawford, jason williams, deron williams, shamgod, alimoe aka black widow (R.I.P.)
1. Pete Maravich
2. Tim Hardaway
3. Allen Iverson
4. Jason Williams
5. Jamal Crawford
Williams is over Iverson
Jwill at his peak was the most exciting player to see other than vince carter, like u had to see them play because u never knew what they'd do next! And the crazy part is they both came into the league at the same time. Mannn i miss the 90's
Kyrie because they just mentioned how j will and shamgod were good at one move. Even AI was just the best at the crossover. But having the best handle means being able to do every single move and combination almost perfectly. Who’s that? Kyrie Irving
I know he never made it in the NBA, but Ed Cota had CRAZY handles at UNC.
I remember Cota. I am a Heels fan and was hoping he would make it to the pros....but didn't.
Ed Cota was nasty at UNC
AI was more quick rather than
fantastic handle wise
You aren't serious...... right???
There have been tons of amazing ball handlers in NBA history... however, there is only one Pistol Pete...
There is only one white chocolate too.
FanOfAttitudeEra yeah who can't hold a candle to Pete
Pete Maravich, definitely.
7 years ago, damn time flyes
I like everybody they named,i gotta give a nod to AI though based on the fact he could change direction,and handle it so fluidly going full speed IN TRAFFIC at the speed he was going. That speed being quick as shit lol.
Chris Gas and he destroyed hall of fame ankles
Chris Gas they said point guard not a ball hogging shooting guard.
Undo Wednesday , What hall of fame ankles did he destroy other than players past their prime?
I was thinking Jason Williams even before they mentioned his name. I was a big Kings fan at the time that he played for them so I got to see him working. "Skip To My Lou" Rafer Alston is another really good choice. And I agree with both Kenny Smith and Chris Webber. Rafer would've made MILLIONS in endorsement deals had he brought his street ball handles to the NBA, the major problem with that is a lot of the really good moves are considered traveling in the NBA.
Pete Maravich, Jason Williams - both had the best HANDLES - great dribbling and passing ability - making fools of the defenders, and making it look effortlessly. Magic Johnson is probably right with them as far as open court fast break passes. Also when the Dream Team scrimmaged the college all-stars, Michael Jordan said that Bobby Hurley had the best and quickest first step drive and dribble around the defender he had seen up to that time - early '90's
Also Maravich and Williams both did a constant, insane practice regiment. That's how they were able to outshine more talented ball handlers in their respective eras.
I'll take effective over flashy. Pete was far more effective than White Chocolate. It's actually disrespectful if you actually k own their careers to compare the two. Pete had a 68 point game with no 3 point line. J Will never had a 40 point game.
People don't know about the European version of the shamgod. That's where Manu got it from. Dejan Bodiroga was doing the whip over there, that's its name.
Pete Maravich had the best handles ever, his moves aren't the fastest but they were probably the flashiest and the most innovative.
Agree. But, according to Dr J, who witnessed it in practice, he said Pete did those moves and drill at top speed few could approach. Calvin Murphy was similar too, a bit of a mini- Pistol in the same era.
Maravich had size at 6'6"
3:04 The look on GP's face says it all. "This boy is good".
Jason Williams
Chris Jackson
Pete Maravich....
Yeah, you can see video of Pete doing that move they discuss back when he was at LSU in the late 60's
Little Joe bitch please he was the first and the best!
Little Joe you mad cause he’s white? Your black ass couldn’t guard him so stfu.
Maravich hands down.
Yeezys’ R’Gay your racist
Im very surprised that none of them mentioned Tim Hardaway, Allen Iverson or Nick Van Exel...smh
J-Will over ShamGod because he had an NBA career, long NBA career.
Isiah Thomas. Detroit Bad Boys.
ed booger smith
Jason Williams.
What about Pistol Pete though?
And what about Kyrie?
Kyrie Irvinggggggggg!
That dude is a wizard 🧙♂️
Too many to name. Kenny Anderson, Tim Hardaway, AI, Isiah Thomas, God Shaamgod, Earl Munroe. I'm going with AI though.
I think we all know...THE ANSWER.
shamgod handles was crazy
Shamgod best handles Ive seen, I remember watching him live on tv in college, he had the best control of the ball with the left hand Ive seen, he could dribble in his sleep, the ball was basically attached on a string to his hands, his problem was he couldnt shoot and was kind of a showman with the dribble, people like it but the MAN really didnt want to see that in the NBA and the attention it brought with it, also him changing his first name to God made alot of people mad, I remember during his senior season many announcers wouldnt refer to him as that, the NBA has been blackballing players for a long time.
to be fair... the question posed was best ball handler they had ever seen, and the guys talked about players they played with. So the Pistol Pete suggestion might just be because he was before their time. All players mentioned were unbelievable though. respect.
i was going to say something but i realized when this vid was posted...btw kyrie irving uses the shammgod all the time so do many ballers to this day so i have to give it to the original shammgod
don't forget the sick elbow pass jwill did in the allstar game.. dude is a magician
when its all said and done, Kyrie very well might be the best when his career is over. but its really hard to say anyone besides AI
NINJA TRON 3000
"ya right" what?
NINJA TRON 3000
no no no no no... i was referring to their argument of best ball handler ever, not the best PG ever. He will be lucky to get top 25, but in ball handling, he could be the greatest
NINJA TRON 3000
its all good, im just glad i dont sound like the idiot who would ever think Kyrie could be the greatest PG ever lmao
skip and shamgod best hanldes ever.- kyrie just a fake copycat.-
juan sagredo
if you see somebody use something that works, why wouldnt you try to learn those skills? what an ignorant comment. Plus, Kyrie is a better player than them as well so having handles makes a difference
So no one heard of pistol Pete, what about Earl Monroe c'mon Kenny.
maravich?
I agree, Shammgod is up there
SuperVillian SVWorld FACTS!!
Steph Curry and Kyrie Irving!
No def jay will
Gian Distefano Jay was nice but i like Kyrie and Steph a little better!
+Marvel and DC Fan man steph curry?LMAO steph curry probably isnt even in the top 5
+Marvel and DC Fan man steph curry?LMAO steph curry probably isnt even in the top 5
You started watching basketball yesterday if you think Curry and Irving are better than J Will.