Nice. The time went by so fast, nuts. Oak just seems like a really fun guy to talk with, feels like this could have easily been a much longer conversation. Thanks for the work. Always appreciated.
So far one of the most deep interviews from the podcast. Thanks. Taking in count overall Oakley was a good/great role player between the 80s and 90s in two contender teams, similar to JJ in the 00's and 10's, the interview was pretty clever. Most of the media don't understand the context of the NBA as a league today, so they take for granted the changes that the League have suffered the last decade and discredite it. At the end, there's no answer, If one era was better than the other, is better just to apreciate both, the story already told and the story that is developing right now.
AWESOME INTERVIEW JJ. The 90s Knicks were my team. And it was so good to see and hear Oaktree in an interview. Great questions and very enjoyable watch. Thank you again guys!
This podcast has joined my regular rotation of listens. Love the in depth perspective and all the guests….Oak is the first guest that I immediately clicked on
JJ has turned this podcast into the most in-depth Basketball Podcast on TH-cam. Always has real players who know the game. Don’t change and keep em coming.
I can see why other humans like this guy. He doesn't get flapped at BS, but stands up for his friends and ethics. Seems like a solid dude and a great friend to have.
I love hearing old heads talk sport. Please, please, please, JJ, if you are reading this, get Dr J on the show. I would love to hear him talk with a contemporary player.
Next get Mj, I can hear it already, “What’s the best way to pay Michael Jordan when you lose a bet over a water drinking contest? Cash App” But seriously, I really appreciate what y’all do. It makes my day when y’all put up new content. Jj and Tommy and the rest of the production team, keep going ALWAYS. It is incredibly amazing work you’re doing. And no matter what y’all go on to do, I know for a fact you will be successful in any given endeavor.
Great interview JJ and Tommy! If it’s possible to get James Harden on the pod that would be awesome, he’s one of my favorite players and I haven’t seen him do a podcast yet.
My dad was at that Game 5 during the OJ chase, and he always talks about being pissed because they put the chase up on the jumbotron and he couldn't see the game from his nosebleed seats
Get Mike Dunleavy as a guest and ask him about his career and also what happened on that Giannis collision, that could be a good conversation between Dukies.
Great interview! Oak is a true OG. Love the stories. Just FYI, the lighting is pretty bad. JJ´s light is great but you can barely see Oak throughout the interview...
How much money have you earned playing basketball? What professional teams have you played for? Please enlighten us with all of your qualifying experiences. Please inform us as to why you know more about basketball than a man who played 18 years in the NBA earning millions of dollars along the way.
@@georgewagner2352 if you really believe that gianni's would be a bench player in oakleys days then you have a problem. Would lebron survive in that era ? Because most of lebron points come from driving to the basket too. What about Shaq ? He did it so ,so could giannis
@@georgewagner2352 it’s not this dude vs oakley on that opinion. It’s the whole basketball world vs oakley. Ask any expert, coach, or whatever. They’ll tell u giannis would dominate any era he plays in.
Not with the way players now a days cry over every call (lebron) and refs give em everything. Back then you got destroyed if you drove to the basket. Sure MJ might have gotten those calls too but he got his butt whooped by those knicks and pistons teams.
I think he meant because the physicality of players that rely on their drives has changed in the past 25 years. He doesn't believe Giannis would be the same if he got hammered every play and it wasn't a foul.
Early NBA Giannis would totally be on the bench. The real question was, would Giannis develop into a monster that he is today if he was put in an era that probably don’t give him a chance?
Over/Under Seconds Tommy stays conscious in a 5×8 ft locked closet with a pissed off Oakley. 4.2 sec is the line for conscious 17.7 sec is the line for dead(no pulse) Whatcha got, fellas?!?!
it is about making the most money with the least amount of injuries to players. rules to protect players and by extension the nba product. nba is successful - highest paid players by far than any other league. wait until the new tv contract in 2025. max contracts for 10 year players will be $350M for 5 years.
@@dawg7846 why do you feel the need to belittle Oakley ? He's a Knicks legend either you like it or not . You should watch some 90's Knicks game and you'll see why he's a legend
@@matthieusaade3616 by the way he ain't no New York "legend", he was just another role player. Just another Robin to his Batman. Patrick Ewing is the real legend don't get it twisted goofy you must've forgot
Is it me or when he asked what his motivation to write a book was where the first words out of his mouth "owe money"? and then he stopped and said something else
90’s era was definitely tougher but not as talented as today’s era. Those knicks team played a physical style of ball because that was the only way they could win. Ewing a great player but was never the best big in the game surrounded by a bunch or role players that fit together. In the game of basketball skill beats toughness
Oakley definitely the type to say his era was better because today’s era is “soft” even though players can’t throw a punch without being suspended for 5 games
Yeah people gotta understand that there is always a conservatism in sports until a new paradigm is pioneered that teams take up to it. And for the Knicks in the 90s it was definitely getting the talents who can play physical on both ends of the floor.
JJ you need to get Olajuwon, Abdul-Rauf and Ron Harper on the show. Rick Fox would be good too.
🔥🔥🔥
Imagine if he got Jordan or Pippen
These are awesome suggestions
@@FromRussia_wLuv together lol
PLEASE GET OLAJUWON ON THE SHOW!!! Would love to hear his back story and how he transitioned into basketball.
Nice. The time went by so fast, nuts. Oak just seems like a really fun guy to talk with, feels like this could have easily been a much longer conversation. Thanks for the work. Always appreciated.
awesome, making a cuppa tea here in yorkshire to watch a legend. Thanks guys.
also bet the guy filming was stoked with that lighting situation ha
@@Neuri lol
Wake and bake over here in Pennsylvania. Cheers Neuri
What tea you having lad better be yorkshire
@@stinkyfingers1617 same here bro🏄♂️
So far one of the most deep interviews from the podcast. Thanks. Taking in count overall Oakley was a good/great role player between the 80s and 90s in two contender teams, similar to JJ in the 00's and 10's, the interview was pretty clever. Most of the media don't understand the context of the NBA as a league today, so they take for granted the changes that the League have suffered the last decade and discredite it. At the end, there's no answer, If one era was better than the other, is better just to apreciate both, the story already told and the story that is developing right now.
He sucked...
About time Oakley is on a real basketball podcast. I love the questions y’all are asking him
Thank you Tommy/JJ podcast. I'm a big Knicks/Sonics fan as a kid in the 90s. Kudos to Sir Oakley and you guys hosting him.
AWESOME INTERVIEW JJ. The 90s Knicks were my team. And it was so good to see and hear Oaktree in an interview. Great questions and very enjoyable watch. Thank you again guys!
This podcast has joined my regular rotation of listens. Love the in depth perspective and all the guests….Oak is the first guest that I immediately clicked on
keep em coming! Grats jj, tommy and whole podcast team!
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Lifetime Knicks fan…thanks for this one. Love the content
Man wasn't expecting to see this. Awesome! I love Oak. Pure 90's Knicks nostalgia.
Pure shite...
The oakman!!!! His grip on the mic was palpable!! JJ was choosing his words carefully. Great interview.
JJ has turned this podcast into the most in-depth Basketball Podcast on TH-cam. Always has real players who know the game. Don’t change and keep em coming.
"You played in the league , you called and I always support the guys in the league".. when he starts it off like that, you know he a real one.
JJ you’re crushing it man! Watched several of oak’s book interviews and you got the most out of him.
I can see why other humans like this guy. He doesn't get flapped at BS, but stands up for his friends and ethics. Seems like a solid dude and a great friend to have.
God bless JJ, this was a phenomenal interview!
I love hearing old heads talk sport. Please, please, please, JJ, if you are reading this, get Dr J on the show. I would love to hear him talk with a contemporary player.
I’m a VUU alum from The Land myself love this interview! Great work gentleman👏🏾
This is the best interview on Oakley's promo run
Oakley seems like a real chill dude. Just don't mess with his teammates 😁
Great session, guys!
I see why MJ has kept him in his close circle all these years. He had the LeBron scoop a year in advance and said nothing. True OG.
Prolly forgot..brain is wobble wobble
You believed him
@@positivevibes1746 yes
@@starttheconvopod 😂😂😂😂
@@raisinbigdaddykane9723 say that to his face and he'll make your head wobble wobble
The 2016 Cavs turned very physical in finals after Love and Ky were out against GS. Was great to watch that shift.
@mosquitojoyride
Was that in 2015 or 2016?
It was 2015 they won 2016
@@Cashmoneez I thought so too
2015 I stand corrected!
@@mosquitojoyride It was 2014-2015 season and you could say the same thing in 2016.
Next get Mj, I can hear it already, “What’s the best way to pay Michael Jordan when you lose a bet over a water drinking contest? Cash App”
But seriously, I really appreciate what y’all do. It makes my day when y’all put up new content. Jj and Tommy and the rest of the production team, keep going ALWAYS. It is incredibly amazing work you’re doing. And no matter what y’all go on to do, I know for a fact you will be successful in any given endeavor.
Great interview JJ and Tommy! If it’s possible to get James Harden on the pod that would be awesome, he’s one of my favorite players and I haven’t seen him do a podcast yet.
This was really great stuff, JJ.
Interesting point about the comparison to a missed field goal or a blown save. Shooters don't have that pressure now.
OAK! A real OG of the game and one of the toughest players to ever play💪🏾💪🏾
Thank you!!! JJ i was so bored lol... great upload
Big Oak ! i want to order your book, cant wait to read it, you one hell of a dude! big loooove and respect.
JJ rehabilitates these old nba legends. great to see them and hear their stories.
Rehabilitates? Tf you talking about? Oak never been out of the spotlight or on drugs so idk why you would say that
What a stupid comment
@@JP-jd8wr rehabilitates their reputation dude. Oak was known as a curmudgeon. now we get to see he is a nice authentic guy.
Thats the guy that was hating on Giannis
Everybody is not going to be liked by everybody. And we are all wrong sometimes
Who cares. People know a lot more about Oakley than one comment about Giannis
Great content guys. Love watching all your shows
Oak is always so entertaining!
Heroic games vs Pacers watching live in the 90s!!! Thx Big Oak🙏🙏🙏🇺🇦💪
My dad was at that Game 5 during the OJ chase, and he always talks about being pissed because they put the chase up on the jumbotron and he couldn't see the game from his nosebleed seats
More older players please
Yep
Love these jj my favorite college player ever
JJ is a good interviewer. Scottie Pippen, let you get over the hump
Spurs with Bowen and Ginobili and those boys were right up there with Memphis and Detroit in terms of physical teams from that era.
this was AWESOME
The original Oak tree!! Great flashback!! Thks!!
8:56 pros and cons of NBA era (drug usage)
20:49 Getting away with flagrant fouls
Thank u🙏
Yo ik you already have people lined up and that its not under your control fully, but an episode with anthony edwards would be awesome
Get Mike Dunleavy as a guest and ask him about his career and also what happened on that Giannis collision, that could be a good conversation between Dukies.
Good interview
Great interview! Oak is a true OG. Love the stories. Just FYI, the lighting is pretty bad. JJ´s light is great but you can barely see Oak throughout the interview...
JJ😍😚 5:50 lebron story was news ..and definitely goin to read his book enforcer ✌👌
This was dope
Great video
Oh hell yeah.
Legend!! Just bought the book
I wish you did the draft for every episode!
JJ, how are you gonna take the seat with the best lighting and leave Charles in the shade?😂
Can you get Hakeem on the podcast too!
He just never took the speaking classes like MJ or some other athletes. True man...not many left. Legend
Sounds like he's on the coke though.
Charles "Giannis would have come off the bench back in my day" Oakley is deranged
How much money have you earned playing basketball? What professional teams have you played for? Please enlighten us with all of your qualifying experiences. Please inform us as to why you know more about basketball than a man who played 18 years in the NBA earning millions of dollars along the way.
@@georgewagner2352 if you really believe that gianni's would be a bench player in oakleys days then you have a problem. Would lebron survive in that era ? Because most of lebron points come from driving to the basket too. What about Shaq ? He did it so ,so could giannis
@@georgewagner2352 it’s not this dude vs oakley on that opinion. It’s the whole basketball world vs oakley. Ask any expert, coach, or whatever. They’ll tell u giannis would dominate any era he plays in.
Not with the way players now a days cry over every call (lebron) and refs give em everything. Back then you got destroyed if you drove to the basket. Sure MJ might have gotten those calls too but he got his butt whooped by those knicks and pistons teams.
@@shaq2.062 but still mj average about what 30 something points? and dont forget that was the time he doesnt have a midrange jumpshot.
Still hoping that one day you guys get DRose on here
let oak get some of that sunlight jj !
Was really hoping they would talk about him getting kicked out of msg
Shout out to Tyrone Hill's face for being tact and resilient
great chat. that part about the OJ chase, hilarious and when Lebron taking his talents to South Beach, Charles already knew.
That dude said no so long ago that Giannis will be a Bench player in 'his era's'
So?
I think he meant because the physicality of players that rely on their drives has changed in the past 25 years. He doesn't believe Giannis would be the same if he got hammered every play and it wasn't a foul.
An absolutely asinine statement from him
@@robesterd8132 I don’t like the hearing mentally deficient speak for 50:26.
That's his opinion. Yall take subjective arguments to heart too much
JJ sitting on the side looking like some model when he's focusing
I wish some podcasters invite player from the 60 and 70s get their stories tiny archival got stories
JJ you need to get Muggsy Bogues, Julia Roberts, Jonathan Bender and maybe Mookie Blaylock on the show!
He said yea I punches him lmao
I liked Oakley until he said Giannis would come off the bench in his era. Then I realized he's a bit cenile.
and he's only 58 poor guy
I bet he can spell senile correctly
@@georgewagner2352 Maybe he should join a spelling bee instead of talk basketball.
@@georgewagner2352 are you dating Mr. Oakley?
Early NBA Giannis would totally be on the bench. The real question was, would Giannis develop into a monster that he is today if he was put in an era that probably don’t give him a chance?
John Starks played at Oklahoma State. Don’t know how small that school is.
Everybody hating on Oak in the comments are so angry it’s funny 😭 strong hate for a 50+ old man who just talks about basketball
2 DPOY 1 ASG 0 rings and left off the Chi-Raq dynasty 🤣 yup he's just talking about basketball calling Giannis a fraud
Over/Under
Seconds Tommy stays conscious in a 5×8 ft locked closet with a pissed off Oakley.
4.2 sec is the line for conscious
17.7 sec is the line for dead(no pulse)
Whatcha got, fellas?!?!
Oak got the inside scoop on Bron because oak is Brons Paps
this should be known as the "stretch 4" episode
Oakley didn’t even give honorable mentions to Stockton in his starting five lol
You gotta get Orlando Woolridge on here.
JJ needs to sign with my Timberwolves
To lose in the play in or 1st round? Lol
@@JP-jd8wr Better than being on the couch in the first round or play in.
@@JP-jd8wr i just want him there so he can do an episode on us.
What was the motivation to write a book its money ctfu
A couple other good guest would be Kevin Mchale, Isaiah Thomas, Dirk, Ginobli, Kenny Jet Smith, and Vince Carter
it is about making the most money with the least amount of injuries to players. rules to protect players and by extension the nba product. nba is successful - highest paid players by far than any other league. wait until the new tv contract in 2025. max contracts for 10 year players will be $350M for 5 years.
Can we get J.J. Redd some better lighting. I can see JJ but not the Legend.....
2 DPOY 1 ASG 0 chips "legend" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@dawg7846 why do you feel the need to belittle Oakley ?
He's a Knicks legend either you like it or not . You should watch some 90's Knicks game and you'll see why he's a legend
@@matthieusaade3616 by the way he ain't no New York "legend", he was just another role player. Just another Robin to his Batman. Patrick Ewing is the real legend don't get it twisted goofy you must've forgot
GO NEW YORK GO NEW YORK GO
Timestamps. Come on, now. Please.
Is it me or when he asked what his motivation to write a book was where the first words out of his mouth "owe money"? and then he stopped and said something else
Who got the time stamps
Need another Joel Embiid interview
Jamal Crawford would be a great guest
Please talk about the consequences of the addiction of the restricted zone!!!!!!???!
90’s era was definitely tougher but not as talented as today’s era. Those knicks team played a physical style of ball because that was the only way they could win. Ewing a great player but was never the best big in the game surrounded by a bunch or role players that fit together. In the game of basketball skill beats toughness
Oakley definitely the type to say his era was better because today’s era is “soft” even though players can’t throw a punch without being suspended for 5 games
Yeah but toughness beats out skill when the skill gap isn't that big
Skill won't win with a sprained ankle
Yeah people gotta understand that there is always a conservatism in sports until a new paradigm is pioneered that teams take up to it. And for the Knicks in the 90s it was definitely getting the talents who can play physical on both ends of the floor.
@@TheTrumanator the gap is Micheal Strahan big
the nba gyms when jordan started are small like a highschool gym
This is awesome
31:52 bro did he admit that jordan was on the powder? 💀
To make nba better limit 3s taken per game.lets say 20 per team.that would be closer to 90s ball
LMFAO yeah you can go back to playing 2k now dumbass jit
80's Celtics(Lunch Pale)
80's-90's Pistons(Bad Boys)
90's 76ers(No Brotherly Love)
90's Pacers(Davis Boys, Miller...)
90's Sonics(Cage, X-Man, Kemp...)
90's-00's Knicks(Black n Blue)
90's-00's Heat(Bump n Grind)
00's Pistons(Bad Boys 2.0)
00's Pacers(Malice n the Palice)
00's-10's Celtics(Lunch Pale 2.0)
10's Grizzlies(Grind House)
10's Rockets(Artest, Battier...)
20's Grizzlies(Grind House 2.0)
nice
Back in the day, the players don’t have a platform to defend themselves, the media controls all the narrative.
Anyone here after Oakley's tragic take about Giannis?
0:25 "owed money"
Can somebody please find Tommy his spin? He is sitting there like a toddler between adults, lol..
Terrible lighting fellas
Next time, please set up the camera frame to benefit your guest.
Horrible angle. Who's idea was that? Treat the legend better than that!