Bro he's 42 here. Players like Dr J rely on their athleticism and by the age of 42 that is gone. Players like Kareem rely on their size and that size don't go away at all. The only thing that would stop Kareem would be him losing his strength which probably went away around age 50 or 60.
Dr. J was the one who thought of this!! This was a business venture he began and there were two other PPV matches between other former NBA stars. Dr. J says that he spent so much time promoting the match that he didn't have time to get himself physically ready for it.
If I remember correctly, this was advertised a lot because this was shown on Ppv. It was 2 kids arguing on who was better and then Kareem and Dr. J overheard the argument.
I am so glad i found this clip. This is how real men play basketball. BigUp DrJ for his brave challenge and BiIgUp Jabbar for not turning this challenge down. This is love for the game and for the fans. They didnt care if they would look bad or if one would loose to the other. You will never see such a one-one today. Most players today are affraid of making a fool out of them self. Kyrie challenged Kobe who talked a lot of smack and chickened out. MJ vs Magic or kyrie vs Kobe. Those would be sick 1 on 1..
***** Kobe didn't chicken out, neither one was super serious about the challenge but were both willing to go if they other one was. Kyrie afterwards said he was kidding and knew Kobe would win. 3 years later I'm not sure Kyrie would still say the same thing lol.
***** I disagree. The players today are all super affraid of media and how their image is published in social networks etc.. Instead of accepting to get beaten one on one they find excuses or pretend like they dont take it serious. Thats why you dont see Lebron in the dunk contest or Kobe one on one against Irving. Lebron knows he has a very small chance winning and so does Kobe..
***** Lebron would win solely based off of popularity....Blake Griffin jumped over the HOOD of a Kia car (sponsor for the NBA, that's why he won) and Dwight Howard literally threw the ball into the net...Lebron would win easily. Also, with the Kobe 1 vs 1 I'm not too sure, remember this was before Dwight even came to LA and he's also much bigger than Kyrie; in 1 vs 1 match-ups size matters a lot, just look at what happened between Dr. J and Kareem.
well that would have been a mismatch but a lot of fun i think. Bird vs Magic would have been great. The young guys now are to scared of making a fool out of them self to participate in any one-on-one action. One a vid like that turns up on youtube I guess the looser would be embarrased..IF that person puts value to such criticizm..
too bad for dr j his jump/perimeter shots did not work which was supposed to lure jabbar to step up d on the outside and then dr J would just get pass to go for a dunk
Over 23 years ago, time flies for sure. Jabbar's size was too much, Dr. J obviously has lost his jumping, agility and speed. Way boring, no wonder I never heard of the match until now. Looks like they were trying to make series with this. To match up two retired stars, did not work out.
I tell you stupid folks. If you're going to one on one with a person who is taller than you, it's going to be difficult. He could just post you up and it is done. Yes you're faster but in one on one, it is very hard to get through your opponent (no screen, no distraction from temmate, even if you get passed him he could still easily block u if hes higher) I challenged many friends who was shorter than me and I could easily win, but not against the taller ones.
This is what I've always said. If a guard or small forward is going up against a post player of similar talent/experience in a one-on-one game, he has almost no chance. All a post player has to do is back him down into the paint and do what he always does. He has a huge advantage.
Not necessarily. I'm 6'4" and always kept the bigger guys out of the paint because I had much stronger legs than any of them. I could squat 600 and leg press 1400. Nobody was going to back me up anywhere I didn't want to go. Smaller forwards should work on their leg strength. That's the name of the game inside the paint.
I love the old school basketball but if you put a shooter in there of today's standard look out! If Dr. J could have made some more open 3's then it would have been close. The shooting percentage of these guys was just awful!
This would have been better with players of comparable size, say: Kareem Abdul Jabbar vs. Wilt Chamberlain or Dr. J vs. Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan. The size being similar makes a difference when both players are great.
I've always wondered why Dr.J agreed to this. Erving is only 6'7". The shortest I've ever seen Kareem listed is 7'2". This game was over before it started. I just hope Doc got paid some big dollars for participating in this mismatch.
Everyone says LeBron James is better than Jordan and he sure as sure as hell is not and here are 2 other basketball players that are way better than LeBron James in their younger days.
I love the oldschool guys as much as the next guy, but this crap? Embarrasing to watch. The doctor needs a doctor. He looks like he never played basketball.
WHY DID THE REF KEEP SAYING "JUMP BALL" AND THEN JUST GIVE THE BALL TO THE TALLER GENTLEMAN? DID HE JUST ASSUME THE TALLER GUY WOULD WIN AND GIVE THE BALL TO HIM AUTOMATICALLY? AT LEAST GIVE THE LITTLE GUY A CHANCE, MAYBE HE COULD JUMP HIGHER?
When these two were in their prime, Doc would drive the paint and dunk on Kareem's head. No longer mobile, Doc being the shorter man was at a disadvantage. This was a stupid idea. Whoever set this up should be horsewhipped.
Moon Shot Sports I really don't think that Dr. J could ever win against Jabbar, not in their primes nor when they are 80. Jabbar too high and too stong in a one on one.
mixkon1986 LOL, Sure buddy... I can't give best of all time to guys that don't have even a decent jump shot...haha, I don't count the best album of all time as the one that sold the most copies... Wilt played against white dudes that shot underhand, he wouldn't have done shit against Hakeem or Shaq. And c'mon, Bill Russell played when there was fucking 8 teams.
Jabbar would beat him, both in their primes. The only player that i think could beat Jabbar is Olajuwon. I'm talking about a one on one, Jordan can't compete against a giant who shot threes... Jabbar could block MJ all the time. Believe me, only Olajuwon could beat Jabbar.
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Doc was completely overmatched by Kareem in one-on-one but Julius could still posterize Kareem though.
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dr j has no j. he can't shoot a jumper to save his life. i feel like if jordan or kobe played jabbar, they would shoot a few jumpers at least.
Bro he's 42 here. Players like Dr J rely on their athleticism and by the age of 42 that is gone. Players like Kareem rely on their size and that size don't go away at all. The only thing that would stop Kareem would be him losing his strength which probably went away around age 50 or 60.
U not looking
He did hit outside
Dr. J was the one who thought of this!! This was a business venture he began and there were two other PPV matches between other former NBA stars. Dr. J says that he spent so much time promoting the match that he didn't have time to get himself physically ready for it.
@loy829 Kareem would score on you in EVERY possesion even at that age.
If I remember correctly, this was advertised a lot because this was shown on Ppv.
It was 2 kids arguing on who was better and then Kareem and Dr. J overheard the argument.
Yep ppv
if the smaller player can't shoot the ball well, there is no chance for him to defeat the bigger player in one on one game
歡笑一籮筐 Exactly! Dr J was more of a Patient J in this match. A scrub as Barkley likes to say :)
Totally agree
doc never stood a chance. I don't know what he was thinking.
He was a last minute fill in
this was ridiculous...Doc at this point is no faster than Kareem...and Kareem has 8 inches on Doc...
41-23 Win: Jabbar Vs Dr. J
I remember when this came on pay per view
I am so glad i found this clip. This is how real men play basketball. BigUp DrJ for his brave challenge and BiIgUp Jabbar for not turning this challenge down. This is love for the game and for the fans. They didnt care if they would look bad or if one would loose to the other. You will never see such a one-one today. Most players today are affraid of making a fool out of them self. Kyrie challenged Kobe who talked a lot of smack and chickened out. MJ vs Magic or kyrie vs Kobe. Those would be sick 1 on 1..
***** Kobe didn't chicken out, neither one was super serious about the challenge but were both willing to go if they other one was. Kyrie afterwards said he was kidding and knew Kobe would win. 3 years later I'm not sure Kyrie would still say the same thing lol.
***** I disagree. The players today are all super affraid of media and how their image is published in social networks etc.. Instead of accepting to get beaten one on one they find excuses or pretend like they dont take it serious. Thats why you dont see Lebron in the dunk contest or Kobe one on one against Irving. Lebron knows he has a very small chance winning and so does Kobe..
***** Lebron would win solely based off of popularity....Blake Griffin jumped over the HOOD of a Kia car (sponsor for the NBA, that's why he won) and Dwight Howard literally threw the ball into the net...Lebron would win easily.
Also, with the Kobe 1 vs 1 I'm not too sure, remember this was before Dwight even came to LA and he's also much bigger than Kyrie; in 1 vs 1 match-ups size matters a lot, just look at what happened between Dr. J and Kareem.
They tried to do MJ vs Magic but NBA was against it
well that would have been a mismatch but a lot of fun i think. Bird vs Magic would have been great. The young guys now are to scared of making a fool out of them self to participate in any one-on-one action. One a vid like that turns up on youtube I guess the looser would be embarrased..IF that person puts value to such criticizm..
They-had-the-ball's-to-do-it...all-of-today's-top-players-are-too-afraid-of-each-other-to-put-it-on-the-line-1-on-1...you-cant-respect-that...I'd-like-to-see-a-BIG1-version-of-the-BIG3
facts these players are to afraid to even do this
too bad for dr j his jump/perimeter shots did not work which was supposed to lure jabbar to step up d on the outside and then dr J would just get pass to go for a dunk
Over 23 years ago, time flies for sure. Jabbar's size was too much, Dr. J obviously has lost his jumping, agility and speed. Way boring, no wonder I never heard of the match until now. Looks like they were trying to make series with this. To match up two retired stars, did not work out.
If I'm not mistaken ... Shaq and Akeem was supposed to also play one on one on ppv .....
this is hilarious. wish active players would do this. i know kyrie and kobe were supposed to play before kobe got injured.
I tell you stupid folks. If you're going to one on one with a person who is taller than you, it's going to be difficult. He could just post you up and it is done. Yes you're faster but in one on one, it is very hard to get through your opponent (no screen, no distraction from temmate, even if you get passed him he could still easily block u if hes higher) I challenged many friends who was shorter than me and I could easily win, but not against the taller ones.
This is what I've always said. If a guard or small forward is going up against a post player of similar talent/experience in a one-on-one game, he has almost no chance. All a post player has to do is back him down into the paint and do what he always does. He has a huge advantage.
Not necessarily. I'm 6'4" and always kept the bigger guys out of the paint because I had much stronger legs than any of them. I could squat 600 and leg press 1400. Nobody was going to back me up anywhere I didn't want to go. Smaller forwards should work on their leg strength. That's the name of the game inside the paint.
not unless you're quick enough, i'm 5'5 starting on Varsity and I beat our center 6'8 1v1 first to 21 he had like 15 though
A-good-big-man-will-beat-a-good-small-man-but-a-very-good-small-man-can-beat-a-good-big-man....an-old-boxing-saying
Height doesn't diminish with age. Athleticism does
ive seen this on tv when i was young,and it was total mismatch,the nba should bring this back..so the young trash talkers today would get a lesson..
Kareem got me lol @ the end
Muy mal tirador erving
I love the old school basketball but if you put a shooter in there of today's standard look out! If Dr. J could have made some more open 3's then it would have been close. The shooting percentage of these guys was just awful!
hes 44...
Treasure
@loy829 ...yaaa
This would have been better with players of comparable size, say: Kareem Abdul Jabbar vs. Wilt Chamberlain or Dr. J vs. Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan. The size being similar makes a difference when both players are great.
I've always wondered why Dr.J agreed to this. Erving is only 6'7". The shortest I've ever seen Kareem listed is 7'2". This game was over before it started. I just hope Doc got paid some big dollars for participating in this mismatch.
Everyone says LeBron James is better than Jordan and he sure as sure as hell is not and here are 2 other basketball players that are way better than LeBron James in their younger days.
I feel like a 1v1 during all star weekend today wouldn't be this serious
You can see where Tim Duncan got his influence from in this video.
Would’ve liked to have seen Kobe v Lebron
You're delusional. All Kareem would have to do is post you up, all day...
I love the oldschool guys as much as the next guy, but this crap?
Embarrasing to watch. The doctor needs a doctor. He looks like he never played basketball.
He was a last minute full in I think it was supposed to be Wilt
Was this filmed at the retirement home or...
& u think either these men is better then mj 😴😂 they both have no move 1 one 1 no skills. team they great
JORDAN VS MAGIC??? WHO WOULD WIN??????
Really surprised how terrible the shooting was. Dr J must've airballed a dozen times.
When dr j had a j stop it
" my top 1 favorite NBA player of all the time.. Kareem Abdul Jabbar"
WHY DID THE REF KEEP SAYING "JUMP BALL" AND THEN JUST GIVE THE BALL TO THE TALLER GENTLEMAN? DID HE JUST ASSUME THE TALLER GUY WOULD WIN AND GIVE THE BALL TO HIM AUTOMATICALLY? AT LEAST GIVE THE LITTLE GUY A CHANCE, MAYBE HE COULD JUMP HIGHER?
HopUpOutDaBed Jr said jabbar...
To bad we can't see Jordan embarrass LeBron James in a one on one game.
Hold up is that trump 36:20
ok whos idea was this, lets take two old ass tired ass players and have them play one on one,
timfosho at least Kareem can make a basket
These guys were so good still
When these two were in their prime, Doc would drive the paint and dunk on Kareem's head. No longer mobile, Doc being the shorter man was at a disadvantage. This was a stupid idea. Whoever set this up should be horsewhipped.
Moon Shot Sports
I really don't think that Dr. J could ever win against Jabbar, not in their primes nor when they are 80. Jabbar too high and too stong in a one on one.
Agree to disagree Sir
That be great to see. It would've been a much better game, but I think Jabbar would still come out on top, but it'd be closer than this game.
That be great to see. It would've been a much better game, but I think Jabbar would still come out on top, but it'd be closer than this game.
That be great to see. It would've been a much better game, but I think Jabbar would still come out on top, but it'd be closer than this game.
Dr J was always overrated to me. He couldn’t shoot
u old af then
You do realize that he was 42 in this?
& skills dnt go no where
Kareem wasn't even trying on defense. Imagine if he was.
Wtf
Dr j
Why does Erving have gloves on?
He was selling some Dr J hand grips. I guess they didn't sell
Jordan scored over 40 points when he was 40 in an NBA game
kareem won an NBA championship at 40 with 32 point in the final game vs Celtics.
yea, anyone that says Kareem or Dr J is the best of all time, theyre fuckin crazy
The 1 LB. CLUB
Wilt Chamberlain is the best of all time, and then in order, Kareem,Russell,Jordan and Magic
mixkon1986 LOL, Sure buddy... I can't give best of all time to guys that don't have even a decent jump shot...haha, I don't count the best album of all time as the one that sold the most copies... Wilt played against white dudes that shot underhand, he wouldn't have done shit against Hakeem or Shaq. And c'mon, Bill Russell played when there was fucking 8 teams.
The 1 LB. CLUB
and for you the best players are? :)
I want to see Chuck vs shaq
Jue Miao Kobe vs MJ
No action they cant dribble
There is a reason why Kareem shoots 56% for his career and Kobe 43% is a joke. Marketing is what make Kobe a superstar
Kareem cant fuck with kobe no foot work or jump shoot or move
i wonder if mj played with jabbar....
Jabbar would beat him, both in their primes. The only player that i think could beat Jabbar is Olajuwon. I'm talking about a one on one, Jordan can't compete against a giant who shot threes... Jabbar could block MJ all the time. Believe me, only Olajuwon could beat Jabbar.
you re right
Judge nikos I don't know if i'm right, but it's the feeling i have after watching this video in which Jabbar literally humiliates Dr. J.
Alfredo Di Stéfano Laulhé kareem would destory hakeem. But wilt would beat anyone 1 on 1
Tom Kramer Maybe, the young Kareem was the most gifted player. Wilt was a beast.
Now you can change the title of this vid: "Jabbar humiliating Dr. J."
If I'm correct this was ppv on Cinemax it's a brilliant idea at the same time it's a humiliating idea
Wilt vs Jordan = Wilt
I remember this was a PPV, lol
dr.j actually tried not to close to the rim, he kept shooting outside.
Kaj is 7 2
kareem is the real goat