The Greatest Players of All Time VS Each Other

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Published 2023-08-01
A compilation video of my Versus Series, with a Brand New matchup.

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All Comments (21)
  • @jonnyarnett
    A massive compilation video of my VS Series, with BRAND NEW content. Who you like to see this series continue? Let me know if you have any suggestions for matchups. Time Stamps are listed below. 0:17 Charles Barkley Vs Karl Malone 10:37 Shaquille O’Neal Vs Hakeem Olajuwon 20:49 Allen Iverson Vs George Gervin 27:57 Kevin Garnett Vs Dirk Nowitzki 37:45 Steve Nash Vs Jason Kidd <———(BRAND NEW) 46:37 Vince Carter Vs Tracy McGrady 54:57 Tim Duncan Vs Kobe Bryant 1:06:22 Magic Johnson Vs Larry Bird
  • @ironangel667
    Barkley was also a very talented passer and floor general. Also, he was much better at creating his own shot.
  • @Xenon-cb5re
    Johnny forgetting one of Bird's accomplishments: Making half the Hawk's bench cheer and fall off the bench in laughter as he scored on them.
  • @lilpenny1982
    Hakeem was better than Shaq because Hakeem was more versatile offensively and a way better defender than Shaq. Also, Shaq was useless in the clutch and would sometimes be sitting on the bench. Hakeem on the other hand was good in the clutch even at center. Shaq also relied on his teammates to pass the ball to him down low. Hakeem can get the ball down low and more importantly on the perimeter too so his reliance on his teammates to give him the ball down low was not an issue.
  • @giehlemanns
    damn you're a machine jonny, very excited to watch another long-form video
  • @NotGord
    Crazy how Barkley was so good at rebounding and being efficient when he is 6'4.
  • I was in middle school when I started watching basketball. Watching Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwan is what made me fall in love with basketball.
  • For accolades, I would add that Barkley also had the best overall performance on the greatest team ever assembled.
  • @operationcarnage
    Hey jonny! i think in the future you should make another video about players ahead of their time, but now give them a accurate current-day comparison. looking foward to this video!
  • @onunka16
    So happy to see some Jason Kidd love. He is one of the best PGs to play the game but seems to always be forgotten
  • @rafaelraad555
    Watching how good Bird was in the 1980s, he would literally destroy the league today and top 5 in any era. Holly
  • @deepwaterrehab7685
    Jason Kidd led the entire 2011 Finals in plus-minus with +42. More than Dirk, Wade, Lebron and Bosh 🔥
  • @c.n.i7105
    Imagine a Tim Duncan vs Hakeem Olajuwon matchup with both in their prime. Houston’s dancer 7 footer against San Antonio’s cold 6 11 machine Plus, I believe Hakeem was a better player than Shaq but O’Neal had more impact in the league overall
  • @HiThere-ju3wg
    Day 5 of asking for a video on who would be your top basketball team of all time. 15 players, 3 players per position. It's not just about talent, but also chemistry. To make it more interesting, you can also pick which year of that player you'd decide on. The ultimate dream team.
  • @demorik6794
    I love Hakeem, if i had to pick a center for my best 5 man team he'd be it.
  • @timl9724
    The Malone and Stockton synergy was so unique, it's almost impossible to properly evaluate them individually. They both were so incredibly healthy, that we seemingly have a too-small sample size to evaluate them playing without the other. Each also only played one season without the other, one as a rookie off the bench, and the other in an injury season at age 40. Did Stockton make Malone an all-time great scorer with those perfectly timed and placed passes and offensive orchestration, or did Malone make Stockton the all-time assist leader with his ability to make the right plays off ball and finishing them? It seems that many fans and pundits diminish their individual status with the claim that they had that other guy helping, which seems to be the case here in this video. I will add that Malone did start his ascent as a scorer while Rickey Green started at point, for what that's worth. Basketball is a team sport, and that synergy with other players is itself a skill. Barkley had plenty of solid point guards in his prime, with Cheeks and Dawkins both being among the best passers in the league, and KJ when healthy, being a phenom even greater than Stockton for a time. But Barkley never had that synergy with teammates. He was a force unto himself for the most part. His MVP season was the only one where he really fit well. That Suns team was special, and his connection with those guys was solid, but still nothing close to Stockton-Malone, Jordan-Pippen, or Magic-Worthy type synergy.