Barkley was undersized, and he's well past his prime here, but he's still blocking shots, tearing down rebounds, banging down low, and dishing out hard fouls. What a beast!
LOL undersized next to Malone sure. Back then i bet he was avg for forward regarding height above avg wingspan and weight. Malone was past his prime too they were born same year and Malone got the better of him in 97 WCF, but the guy making this video is like the rest of us and huge Barkley fan judging by all the clips.
@@sirmi9868 Chuck wasn’t “ OLD “. He and Malone are basically the same age 🤣 Barkley just took a different role when he went to Houston and his rebound numbers went up while his PPG averages decreased as a result.
@Bruno Salvatore Guzzo yeah because 6’6” guards could bully centers back then. Not that he was a guard, but no way in hell could any 6’6” nba player bully a center back in the 80s and 90s. Charles Barkley was a beast to play his position with that size in that era.
@@AC-nx7qr Bro, everyone has the desire to get a chip. Reread my comment.. You clearly misunderstand me. I mean that players from the 90's had super heated rivalries that drove them. Unlike now where players just go anywhere they want and create super teams cuz there is no real rivalries or hatred anymore. They are all friends and no one cares like that. Of course they want to win but the way they go about it is completely different. Back in the 90's you couldnt just easily up and leave and go to any team you wanted and create teams with your friends. Todays NBA is a joke.. Its why NBA's ratings are so bad now
the fact they're all homies off-court and they still fight each other should be a lesson taught by the later generations. leave that all on the court. everyone takes it way too personal nowadays and hold grudges for each other when sh*t gets heated.
@@dashauncarney9651 Bill Laimbeer was one dirty son of a bitch when he was playing basketball. He was intentionally fouling opposing players and hurt them. Larry Bird had every right to be mad and hold grunge at him.
@@dysfunctional4912 So.It's still a game at the end of the day.It's not like Laimbeer held personal vendettas against guys that attacked him,something others from the past can't say.
So many levels of basketball to be appreciated here. Refs and commentators know there's a game within a game- they know there's going to be friendly back and forth (because it's WCF). All in all, today's NBA makes me appreciate 90's NBA that much more. Glad to have watched it in person.
I lived in Houston a few years ago, and the HATE that Houston has for the Utah Jazz is still absolutely palatable even 25 years later. You can hear it in the announcers voices as they talk about the Jazz. Most of the current Jazz roster were infants and toddlers during 1997. I find it hilarious.
people see him on tv now and forget- barkley was a beast. and loved both the pressure- and the contact. shame charles was coming to the end of his run here. his best seasons were spent probably in phoenix. basketball might never be this much fun again..
Nah, his best years were in Philly. In Phoenix, he was way smarter, of course. But at least physically, he was already on the back end of his career, even in Phoenix.
Yes agreed. Tail end of philly and his phoenix days were his peak. Those years, he took care of his body. When he joined the rockets, his health declined. Dude picked up some weight from eating all that churros wit those big ass women down in san antonio🤣😭💀
Charles telling the two time champs - who knocked him out the playoffs both times - to play with a sense of urgency. I always felt like if they had just kept Horry and Cassel they would have beaten this Jazz team and gone back to the Finals.
A Daaamn shame Chuck has no ring, he wasn’t the biggest or most athletic, but he took nobodies bullshit and put it back in their faces, i miss the 90s NBA, todays game is so soft its hilarious
back in the those bodybuilders nba bigs barely could dribble the ball and was way worse jumpshooters.Bunch of Kevon Looneys and Aytons one sided style in big positions,but no Durant,Lebron,Davis,Jokic,Nowitzky types big that can kills teams from everywhere not just in bruisers style
Chuck and Malone had immense respect for one another. They were both wary of the other one drawing fouls because they knew when it came down to it theyre the strongest of the strong.
Thats how it should be !! Im sick of all this hugging and kissing and handshakes now a days. U are here to cement your legacy, not hold a popularity contest
Love Bill Walton's comment "that's just cheek to cheek ballroom dancing." lol. One of the things I hate about the NBA is it's so obvious when the league wants a certain team to win and you can see it so clearly in the way the refs are calling the game. At least back then the announcers would call it out that something was a clear foul or flop. Soon after that it was obvious that the announcers would get the word to go along with it and would either not talk about something again or show the replay about 20 times to point something out. And if a player or coach tried to point this out they'd get fined.
Watching them talk about getting to the finals at the other’s expense is like watching two wrestlers talk about fighting for a world title opportunity at wrestlemania
I loved Malone in that series. Houston ruined the Jazz play off runs many times before this series. I think it was before game 1 Malone was shown riding into the stadium on his motor cycle and just looked so bad ass. You could feel something in the air with that shot of him. Right away in game 1 the Mailman was playing so intense and in the faces of Barkley, Hakeem, and the other Houston bigs. Just going at them, not backing down, super physical. I said to my girlfriend "This is different, Karl's had enough being bullied by this team, they are winning this series." Such a great era, Stockton and Malone my fav players of all time, and was addicted to the Jazz from 88-02. Gosh I miss them.. sigh. NBA just means nothing to me these days.
NBA should have a competition for 3rd place. Have the Lakers and Celtics do a free-throw shoot - kinda like the penalty kick thing in soccer match when the score is tied (I know - it's lame, whatever). Winner takes third, gets a plastic trophy with a ball that's just about to go through a hoop.
Malone, para mi el mejor 4 q ha existido...Mala suerte en no haber conseguido ni un anillo y perder aquel famososo balón contra MJ en las finales contra Chicago....
Being a native Utahn and Jazz fan since I was conscious of basketball in the late 80's I relish the physicality and play of the NBA of yore. Today's league is so flaccid by comparison. It's really sad how lame it is now. Virtually NO posting up in the paint. Almost no real power forwards. I doubt if anyone in the NBA today dedicates as much time in the weight room as Malone did. Fast-break 3 pointers are so boring compared to drives and dunks of the greatest NBA era.
90s basketball was something else
88,89 and early 90's NBA was indeed something else :)
Dam agree!!!!!
💯💯💯
This is when Power forwards were POWER FOWARDS!!!!!!!!! 2 of the top 5 greatest PF ever!!!
And people trying to compare Green with Barkley? 😂
@@maxmx767 Green isn't even half good as Barkley's shadow when he sleeps.
2of THE best ever
🤦🏼Old heads
@@RamsLakersDodgersNo PF today comes close, only Giannis but he's alot less physical.
mid-80's to mid-00's was the greatest era of defensive basketball.
One Pistons team doesn't move the needle that broke circa turn of the century.
Lmao no.
Late 80s but yeah.
@@shadhinov this era is better to you?
😆
Two of the best ringless players ever.. both deserved it highly.
And neither deserved one...LMAO
@@jehuslay5238they're both a top 5 power forward
Barkley was undersized, and he's well past his prime here, but he's still blocking shots, tearing down rebounds, banging down low, and dishing out hard fouls. What a beast!
Undersized? He's 260 pounds and has arms down to his knees.
LOL undersized next to Malone sure. Back then i bet he was avg for forward regarding height above avg wingspan and weight. Malone was past his prime too they were born same year and Malone got the better of him in 97 WCF, but the guy making this video is like the rest of us and huge Barkley fan judging by all the clips.
@@barryjbHe was 6'4 playing at PF. If that's not being undersized, then I don't know what it is.
Barkley is an anomaly...6'5 power forward that guarded all three front court positions...too me he is the greatest power forward of all times
Agreed 👍🏾 👍🏾
Hell yes he is duncan is a natural center, im ok if some people choose the mailman but here is an old Chuk dominating Malone. Great series tho
@@sirmi9868 Chuck wasn’t “ OLD “. He and Malone are basically the same age 🤣
Barkley just took a different role when he went to Houston and his rebound numbers went up while his PPG averages decreased as a result.
I don’t know about that one. But I respect your opinion.
I don’t know about that one. But I respect your opinion.
One of the all time best head to head matchups!!!
Barkley was insanely tough for his size, but Malone was a beast.
@Bruno Salvatore Guzzo yeah because 6’6” guards could bully centers back then. Not that he was a guard, but no way in hell could any 6’6” nba player bully a center back in the 80s and 90s. Charles Barkley was a beast to play his position with that size in that era.
@@youngandbearded8474
Malone would kill someone with the muscular body he got
@@norpriest521 this was a reply to someone else and they’ve deleted their comment.
@@youngandbearded8474 ok
His size? dude he is a 6'6 exact as M.J
This was back when people actually wanted to win more than they wanted to be friends.... I miss those times...
Man i really do miss early 90's NBA 😢
Today’s players want to win much more which is why they switch teams to win a chip ala KD
@@AC-nx7qr Bro, everyone has the desire to get a chip. Reread my comment.. You clearly misunderstand me. I mean that players from the 90's had super heated rivalries that drove them. Unlike now where players just go anywhere they want and create super teams cuz there is no real rivalries or hatred anymore. They are all friends and no one cares like that. Of course they want to win but the way they go about it is completely different. Back in the 90's you couldnt just easily up and leave and go to any team you wanted and create teams with your friends. Todays NBA is a joke.. Its why NBA's ratings are so bad now
nothing wrong with being friends with some nba players but ok boomer
Chuck and Karl were actually friends since high-school or college.
2 of the best PF of the era(and possibly all time).. 👏
possibly?
@@benjammin775 word. aint no possibly about it
Possibly?? Yeah I’m pretty sure Barkley and Malone are 2 of the 5 greatest power forwards on any credible sources all-time power forward ranking.
They are the 2 best PFs. Tim Duncan was a Center. Let’s face it.
@@Shaquazam Horseshit, he patrolled the perimeter for bank shots and never blocked any shots. Also, he made his free throws.
I LOVE Charles Barkley!!!!
My favorite player going back to his early days in Philly. #roundmoundofrebound #sircharles
Yea kudos on that
Why he lost every time
My Favorite as well !
he was so great...Philly Charles was where it's at....he was a total beast
Look at these legends, fighting over who gets to lose to MJ.
Not fair. Everyone had to lose to Jordan lol
lol
Mj had other legends he never got past 1st rd till pippen came. Stop treating mj as GOD
Lol 😂 😆
Bulls fans can't DREAM without Nigerian nightmares.
the fact they're all homies off-court and they still fight each other should be a lesson taught by the later generations. leave that all on the court. everyone takes it way too personal nowadays and hold grudges for each other when sh*t gets heated.
What about Larry Bird and Bill Laimbeer?
@@dashauncarney9651 Bill Laimbeer was one dirty son of a bitch when he was playing basketball. He was intentionally fouling opposing players and hurt them. Larry Bird had every right to be mad and hold grunge at him.
@@dysfunctional4912 So.It's still a game at the end of the day.It's not like Laimbeer held personal vendettas against guys that attacked him,something others from the past can't say.
@@dashauncarney9651 it's no longer just a game when he's actually trying to hurt you
@@mojebi3804 So.Take the high road.It takes more class to forget and forgive (Like David Robinson) then to fight and hold a grudge,Like Larry Bird.
So many levels of basketball to be appreciated here. Refs and commentators know there's a game within a game- they know there's going to be friendly back and forth (because it's WCF). All in all, today's NBA makes me appreciate 90's NBA that much more. Glad to have watched it in person.
Appreciate this so much more nowadays...Thank you for the good memories
The best two power forward ever played the game!
Mchale, Rodman, Duncan, Garnett.....
@@joepermenter7228 Dirk...
@@OllyHutton lol true.
moses malone
I lived in Houston a few years ago, and the HATE that Houston has for the Utah Jazz is still absolutely palatable even 25 years later. You can hear it in the announcers voices as they talk about the Jazz. Most of the current Jazz roster were infants and toddlers during 1997.
I find it hilarious.
Charles is 6’5 guarding and competing w Malone 6’9.Barkley is a beast things he can do w his height is amazing!
Malone probably wasnt 6'9
@@seansmith7462 maybe 6’8 the least
Malone used to cook Barkley but yea he was a strong competitor
Malone was 6-7
@@attattebaio nah! Malone 6’9 look it up
Barkley still had it even with the rockets
I think his back gave out on him towards the end of the season.
@@phillippepym1560 ya but he started having back problems in Phoenix
He was still averaging a double double in his Houston days man still had it
was the number one option, even then
people see him on tv now and forget- barkley was a beast. and loved both the pressure- and the contact. shame charles was coming to the end of his run here. his best seasons were spent probably in phoenix. basketball might never be this much fun again..
Naw. Philly
Nah, his best years were in Philly. In Phoenix, he was way smarter, of course. But at least physically, he was already on the back end of his career, even in Phoenix.
In Philly, when it was him, Hershey Hawkins and Jeff Hornacek....ironically they all would make it to the finals just not with Philly.
Mvp in Arizona
Yes agreed. Tail end of philly and his phoenix days were his peak. Those years, he took care of his body. When he joined the rockets, his health declined. Dude picked up some weight from eating all that churros wit those big ass women down in san antonio🤣😭💀
There will never be another Charles Barkley.
Thank God.
@@Mo-yd8xc 😭🤣😂
ZION WILLIAMSON DISAGREES!!
Draymond Green
@@hughjass8383 Not quite.
They were monsters, still tremendous players well into their 30s
Barkley 1st ballot HOF player, even more of a legend as a commentator.
This video should hv been titled 'Charles Barkley Highlights Against Karl Malone!"
When the league wasn't soft
Barkley was locking Malone ass up 😄💪🏾🔒
Two titans fighting to get back to that place!
Great video of two tenaciously terrific titans, pally! It DEFINITELY gets a GREAT, BIG, HUMONGOUS "thumb's up" all the way!!!
Lol, this was a one sided Barkley video.
When Barkley was talking about playing with "urgency" he was referring to clyde Drexler. He felt clyde got complacent after winning his ring
Some truth to that
He lead the league in steals and was snubbed for the all-stars. Barkley lead the league in donuts and people thrown through windows.
@@joepermenter7228 regardless he was still referring to clyde
Clyde was probably scared to face Mike again after what happened with Portland 😅
@@joepermenter7228 Meanwhile, no one talks about Clyde today while plenty of people are still talking about Chuck. That's all that matters.
One on one, pound for pound, I got barkley over malone 🤷♂️...
Malone better
Man i do love Karl Malone a lot , amazing player but! " Charles Barkley " will be my fav player period.
Two Best PFs in The Game…90s Era!
i love charles, unfortunately he was playing in the same time MJ was playing, then came shag and kobe.
Charles telling the two time champs - who knocked him out the playoffs both times - to play with a sense of urgency. I always felt like if they had just kept Horry and Cassel they would have beaten this Jazz team and gone back to the Finals.
A Daaamn shame Chuck has no ring, he wasn’t the biggest or most athletic, but he took nobodies bullshit and put it back in their faces, i miss the 90s NBA, todays game is so soft its hilarious
Prime Barkley 87-91 was better than Malone but Malones prime outlasted everyone
87-94
Barkleys Prime didn't end in 91 it was after the 93-94 season when he started slowing down
Barkleys Prime didn't end in 91 it was after the 93-94 season when he started slowing down
Barkleys Prime didn't end in 91 it was after the 93-94 season when he started slowing down
Barkleys Prime didn't end in 91 it was after the 93-94 season when he started slowing down
Gosh I miss Karl Malone. Best thing to come out of Summerfield Louisiana. My favorite player.
Karl Malone, Barkley: A Era de Ouro do Basquete NBA!
A Bulls v Rockets Finals in 97 woulda been really fun to watch.
Man I would’ve loved to see this rocket team play the bull’s in the finals.
These 2 Ringless Legends would school D.Green
Esto si era la maldita NBA, no la mierda que vemos hoy en dia.
This series had 5 first ballot legends on the floor!!
I love the modern power forwards now.. Pick and pop, shoot 3s, don't play defense, swap jerseys.
Imagine chuck and Karl as roommates 🤣🤣
Back in the day when there was defense and the post up
back in the those bodybuilders nba bigs barely could dribble the ball and was way worse jumpshooters.Bunch of Kevon Looneys and Aytons one sided style in big positions,but no Durant,Lebron,Davis,Jokic,Nowitzky types big that can kills teams from everywhere not just in bruisers style
LEGENDARY
Sad Jordan didnt allow them to have rings
The thing is, Barkley never really had a Stockton his entire career. He did most of the heavy lifting all by himself.
I missed those type of players back then comparing of what the players now :(
Just classic hard basketball against two greats 😂🤣 when Barkley set that foul up on Malone even the people court side was laughing
Mannnnnnn I love when NBA was competitive.. nowadays they would've just both joined the Bulls 😒🤣
Barkley and Malone didn't even realize that they were only fighting over who would have the privilege of losing to the Bulls LOLZ
Miss the gamesmanship, physicality, and even commentary between players is hilarious. Now they all friends off and ON the court.
Barkley forgot about urgency when he was “closing out” on Stockton at the end of game 6.
Love this… all respect
Commentator: Barclay says, "Return this Mr Mail Man" 🤣
Chuck and Malone had immense respect for one another. They were both wary of the other one drawing fouls because they knew when it came down to it theyre the strongest of the strong.
I truly forgot how annoying Bill Walton was and most likely still is
Thats how it should be !! Im sick of all this hugging and kissing and handshakes now a days. U are here to cement your legacy, not hold a popularity contest
Rockets uniforms are disgusting
Stockton hit the big shot that ended Barkleys legacy
Malone won this series :)
Love Bill Walton's comment "that's just cheek to cheek ballroom dancing." lol. One of the things I hate about the NBA is it's so obvious when the league wants a certain team to win and you can see it so clearly in the way the refs are calling the game. At least back then the announcers would call it out that something was a clear foul or flop. Soon after that it was obvious that the announcers would get the word to go along with it and would either not talk about something again or show the replay about 20 times to point something out. And if a player or coach tried to point this out they'd get fined.
6'4" vs 6'9"
Watching them talk about getting to the finals at the other’s expense is like watching two wrestlers talk about fighting for a world title opportunity at wrestlemania
I remember watching this series. Stockton and Malone were soooo dominant. This video shows one side.
Remember CHicabo Bull vs Phoenix Sun 1993 , 1994
Malone at this stage of their career was stronger, quicker and in better shape...but Barkley was more intelligent inside the court...
Frustration is they don’t have the sense of urgency I feel. Exactly.
This is like an mma championship at the same time 😂
The era when you have to earn every point, when its very rare to see free dunk & layup compared to todays basketball
That's the real basketball game!
NBA was fantastic
NBA players down low today would cry if Barkley and Malone would have played at their peaks in today's NBA
Tell that to Zion Williamson, Jokic, Steven Adams, LeBron, Giannis, etc.
“Somebody can’t go” - KARL MALONE!!
I loved Malone in that series. Houston ruined the Jazz play off runs many times before this series. I think it was before game 1 Malone was shown riding into the stadium on his motor cycle and just looked so bad ass. You could feel something in the air with that shot of him. Right away in game 1 the Mailman was playing so intense and in the faces of Barkley, Hakeem, and the other Houston bigs. Just going at them, not backing down, super physical. I said to my girlfriend "This is different, Karl's had enough being bullied by this team, they are winning this series." Such a great era, Stockton and Malone my fav players of all time, and was addicted to the Jazz from 88-02. Gosh I miss them.. sigh. NBA just means nothing to me these days.
And The Air Jordan was waiting on both of them!
Jordan was lucky he never faced the rockets he even admitted his bulls had no answer for “that monster” (Hakeem)
He got to feast on that easier trash "L"eastern conference.
Chuck never back down from anyone whose bigger than him
It's funny because they used to be roommates and best friends off the court
2 of the greatest power forwards of all time.
yeah like to 20😁
NBA should have a competition for 3rd place. Have the Lakers and Celtics do a free-throw shoot - kinda like the penalty kick thing in soccer match when the score is tied (I know - it's lame, whatever). Winner takes third, gets a plastic trophy with a ball that's just about to go through a hoop.
Malone, para mi el mejor 4 q ha existido...Mala suerte en no haber conseguido ni un anillo y perder aquel famososo balón contra MJ en las finales contra Chicago....
He didn't lose the ball. MJ *stole* it from him! 😂
2 old head uncles
Charles, one of the highest IQ players to ever play the game.
Barkley was superior than Malone for sure .
Those Houston uniforms were terrible
it was karl over Charles here...in the 1997 playoffs the Jazz beat the Rockets in 6...
"That's a sexy daughter you got there, Chuck..." -Karl Malone
I wonder how the likes of giannis, bron, KD (wilt too) would've fared against these '90s bruisers
It's hard to look at Jim Grey bc the size of dudes forehead is crazy
“I respect him as a human being & as a person”🤔
Being a native Utahn and Jazz fan since I was conscious of basketball in the late 80's I relish the physicality and play of the NBA of yore. Today's league is so flaccid by comparison. It's really sad how lame it is now. Virtually NO posting up in the paint. Almost no real power forwards. I doubt if anyone in the NBA today dedicates as much time in the weight room as Malone did. Fast-break 3 pointers are so boring compared to drives and dunks of the greatest NBA era.
Nobody shooting 3’s back then.
And even in his prime Barkley is the "plumber" Jordan played against in the finals in the "less competitive" league at the time 🤣
Jordan wasn't even matched up with him please just stop dude
'I just flopped..'
Wooo-weeee.
The best who never were champions, only Iverson is missed in this video.
They are indisputably HoFers, yes.... but Elgin Baylor was the best to never win it all.
Steve Nash too
Charles could score with so various offense options against Karl. Post up, face up, Charles could cook Karl easily
If i had a time machine i'm going to throw Green in this era
My super hero Charles , why why why You lose that damn game against Bulls ..... That was that time and place for Suns 😢😢😢