Damn I never realized AI played against Russ/OKC Thunder

@mentalprograming5365

4 ай бұрын

time to study young man.. alot of matchups people talk about they wish they could see actually already happened.. depends on your age and nothing is wrong with that, always look for the old games, dont let these fools make u think their what if scenarios never happened

@atomskreborn5740

4 ай бұрын

Not prime vs prime​@@mentalprograming5365

@theonlygoodonehere2259

4 ай бұрын

you guys need to really start doing your homework, many importat parts in the [ast get swept under the rug, glad I witness them, I remember old shaq and younger lebron dominating 2010 thunder with kd, russ, harden, part of the reason why people think if kobe and shaq was put in our era, they would obliterate everyone, where do you think they got that idea from? do your homework guys

@dexter6052

4 ай бұрын

you and Theonlygodonehere need to like stop thinking your cool for being 30 and not doing much like ok ok@@mentalprograming5365

@YT.Is.Not.A.Career

4 ай бұрын

Me either AI was finna take Westbrook to the whole tho lol😅 he can't guard him😅

Not a single 3 point shot. Complete 180 from current NBA 😂

@m6bimmer30

4 ай бұрын

No 3s! Real basketball being played...I miss the good ole days

@ronaldedwards1022

4 ай бұрын

Steph curry changed that now you have big men trying too shoot 3's 🤦🏾‍♂️

@silentlyanonymous306

4 ай бұрын

​@@ronaldedwards1022it wasnt curry lmao, ray allen was already been doing all that stuff before curry, the fg went up in the perimeter in 95 , it wasnt curry.

@theoo149

4 ай бұрын

Golden state warriors** ​@@ronaldedwards1022

@2pacladen776

4 ай бұрын

@@silentlyanonymous306L take

The game was so different back then.

@leonardofabbri7930

4 ай бұрын

yes, they played basketball and not arcade

@allen62

4 ай бұрын

@@leonardofabbri7930ok then 2 shots for Harden

@Kratos69zzzz

4 ай бұрын

idk man all i see is a lot of walking around and a slow game with much less skill . @@leonardofabbri7930

@Kratos69zzzz

4 ай бұрын

"arcade" players would destroy old school players ez

@Kratos69zzzz

4 ай бұрын

i mean even rui hachimura is considered a superstar in this shit @@leonardofabbri7930

The last play OKC drew up was fantastic for only having .03 seconds left.

@angelitorivas8804

3 ай бұрын

Tbh !

@elhajjmalikel6266

3 ай бұрын

RIGHT! It was a great play, just not a lot of time for execution.

@x-senradam9009

3 ай бұрын

Exactly ✅✅✅

@avthecool129

Ай бұрын

fr

@vineezyproductions9638

20 күн бұрын

remember when jeff green actually hit a game winner with like .3 left against Miami??

2009 was one of those years between those amazing 90s/2000s stars and legends of today playing as rookies vs each other...Durant and Antonio McDyess in the same game. Westbrook and Iverson? Amazing

@Darvineb86

12 күн бұрын

Desmond mason and Westbrook in the same team ?? Talk about high flyers !

I don't remember Westbrook ever being this small

@justinwilhite617

4 ай бұрын

He was 6'2" 190 rookie season. Now he's 6'4" and 205

@southsideofhawthorne6507

4 ай бұрын

He’s always been small

@daymmmmmmm

4 ай бұрын

@@justinwilhite617how westbrook still grew if hes already in 20s at tht time

@gjohn6910

4 ай бұрын

@@daymmmmmmmbecause he is gifted and has talent and you don’t

@feterunner

4 ай бұрын

A few players grew after making it to the NBA and 20 isnt when you stop growing exactly.@@daymmmmmmm

Stockey should have gave AI his number

@jamj1855

4 ай бұрын

No because he was too Cocky

@yazib5563

4 ай бұрын

Too cocky?? How? ​@@jamj1855

@yazib5563

4 ай бұрын

​@@jamj1855 hes a hall a famer no body wears the no. 3 like Iverson in nba history

@bigshod5037

4 ай бұрын

He couldn't because you can't change numbers during a season.

@LeonYuL

4 ай бұрын

​@@bigshod5037 he refused

Let’s all remember Durant and Westbrook are 20 here and Iverson is heavier and going on 34 years old still quicker than Russ

@805fillmore

4 ай бұрын

Iverson heavier? Dude looks 160-170 at most.

@moheganson

4 ай бұрын

@@805fillmore no, he got up to 180 in Denver so NBA listing said. and this is after… he was way more sinewy in Philly

@moheganson

4 ай бұрын

@@805fillmore I didn’t mean heavier than Russ. Heavier than he himself used to be in his prime

@tonywong8134

4 ай бұрын

@@mohegansonNo way Iverson was ever 180. Russ here was 180 and is 3" taller and wider.

@dylanstafford8465

4 ай бұрын

Quicker? Are you fuckin blind LMAO

Yo My Legendary Childhood GOAT Allen Iverson AkA The Answer

@ZeckArriaga

Ай бұрын

I miss Iverson...

@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0

Ай бұрын

@@ZeckArriaga Same Here Dawg

@ZeckArriaga

Ай бұрын

@@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0 Stop it! you gonna make me cry!! LOL, Long Live Old-School BBall. LOL

Rasheed and AI on the same team is CRAZY🔥

@BleedBoston

4 ай бұрын

Ya, we all remember Chauncey Billups being on the nuggets … but it’s so easy to forget the opposite end of that trade with AI on the Pistons 😂 AI, rip Hamilton, sheed, tayshaun, etc. … pretty crazy to think back on.

@atmdot38215

3 ай бұрын

Did they have Ben Wallace when a.i played with them ?

@BleedBoston

3 ай бұрын

@@atmdot38215 no, he was on the bulls by then and then he got traded to cleveland or something like that

@myash32

Ай бұрын

Dumars did a bad job with that 04 group. he broke them up too soon. They had another run in them. Should handled like the spurs did tnt big three. Got everything out of them while raising up Kawai and others

@terrycarter2070

18 күн бұрын

@@myash32this wasn’t a kawhai on that team lol and hadn’t been since

Stockey didn’t want AI to take his shine…you can tell by how ball dominate he is

@sup7738

4 ай бұрын

Pistons ruined iverson’s career

@chitownkidd33

4 ай бұрын

@@sup7738lmao, he ruined his own career

@MiLLz830

4 ай бұрын

@@sup7738 but he still shined lol

@sup7738

4 ай бұрын

@@MiLLz830 he did still got some fuel in his tank, but they benched him for the rest of the season, ever since then AI was never the same

@xorret1

4 ай бұрын

Even wearing #3 lol

Man I loved this Thunder team. Fall in love with how they played the game. Before all the complaining and regular NBA stuff, they were just kids loving ball and trying hard. I miss that. Can't really watch the NBA anymore.

Nostalgic asf

Damn I forgot kd and Russ been in the league this long

@JohnJohnson-zu9gi

4 ай бұрын

Now think about Melo and lebron 😅

@LovelyHeartDiamond

4 ай бұрын

@@JohnJohnson-zu9gi no thanks, dont need to sit there and think about how long they've been/were in the league

@Wisestomatoe

4 ай бұрын

@@JohnJohnson-zu9gi bron been in since 03 😭 shit ridiculous

@JohnJohnson-zu9gi

4 ай бұрын

@Wisestomatoe absolutely insane

@millz4464

4 ай бұрын

How old are you lol

If you ever played 2k career mode back in those days you know Stuckey was cold af to have on yo squad

@wayoblizt3926

4 ай бұрын

Hell mf yeah

@elhajjmalikel6266

3 ай бұрын

Yeah. Rodney Stuckey was a real problem back then.

It looks like Durant grew a inch or two since this game.

@GamingCentralTV1

4 ай бұрын

Westbrook too

@DiorInEveryStore

4 ай бұрын

Just gained more weight and the jerseys less baggy

iverson's attack to the basket is fearless ! daym,,, pistons teamates hated him here, its good he shown them who is the franchise player when the going gets tough on this game, the rest of the team is fearful, hesitant and has no killer instinct and had given up, Iverson has none of that even in the dying seconds, he will attack !

@grizzlymac-tight

4 ай бұрын

Fax!

@theonlygoodonehere2259

4 ай бұрын

I wish he had a ring so bad

@grizzlymac-tight

4 ай бұрын

@@theonlygoodonehere2259 but then post Malone couldn't have made his best song

@grizzlymac-tight

4 ай бұрын

@@theonlygoodonehere2259 I need that money like that ring I never woooonn

@theonlygoodonehere2259

4 ай бұрын

@@grizzlymac-tight why?

Dis show how much da game changed pace ain't da same at all

damn, russel westbrook looking mad young back then. like a whole new person compared to now

@mentalprograming5365

4 ай бұрын

duh...

@JonahsWail

4 ай бұрын

Durant looks so damn different too

@JuwanTaylor-jz5zr

4 ай бұрын

Ikr russ was so damn skinny his rookie year he was skinny like wemby 😆 🤣

@TheLaird123

4 ай бұрын

Still can't grow a solid beard tho😅

@RaymondEstrada-nl7fz

4 ай бұрын

@@TheLaird123 facial hair is inversely proportional to the amount of testosterone. hes got too much

Not even one 3 attempt in 4mins of play. That's crazy

This game showed so much, 1st Stuckey made bad decisions & A.I wasn't comfortable with him on the floor until the game was on the line. Which means give A.I the ball and create a passing lane or pick and roll off Sheed and Dyes all day. Shout out Joe Smith for balling he really had game, I'm sick he going through what he going through.

@blastedent313

4 ай бұрын

What is Joe Smith going through?

@goodmoney7861

4 ай бұрын

@@blastedent313 the stuff with his wife

@hammersbaseball11

4 ай бұрын

@@goodmoney7861 Lmao, bro definitely is playin that up for attention and a bag. Shoutout to Joe tho

@blastedent313

4 ай бұрын

@@goodmoney7861 oh yeah damn I forgot all about that

@goodmoney7861

4 ай бұрын

@@hammersbaseball11 Idk bro he look embarrassed, no matter if he playing or serious that's still some low vibrations lol💯👑

Goddamn Jeff Green was on that young OKC thunder team too 😮

@Positive_CashCow

4 ай бұрын

Yeah bro you'll be suprised by the amount of players that were hoooping together at one point

@roscoedash6673

3 ай бұрын

Serge Ibaka too. That young Thunder team was filled with talent, which is part of the reason why fans got so mad about KD leaving and joining the Warriors. Thunder were a good franchise and KD abandoned them right when the going got tough.

@hotman718

2 ай бұрын

Jeff Green old ass still in the league

@jay9301

2 ай бұрын

@@roscoedash6673exactly bru, they definitely could’ve went back and won the next year but nah this dude wanna join the team he choked a 3-1 lead to. We ain’t forget

@daowonimdee

12 сағат бұрын

Sure was. He was a great asset. They shouldn't have gotten rid of him.

Detroit lied to him.

This is literally a clash of generations. Joe smith, Allen Iverson, Russ, KD. Very cool.

back when the stretch big was a big guy who could hit mid-ranges. PEAK HOOPS

Man i wish i could have been around more to watch Al play. I love his style of play and grit

Something about the old nba , it seemed like every basketball was valuable

@Coregame3

Ай бұрын

possession?

@PrivacyKingdoms

Ай бұрын

@@Coregame3 yeah he probably means possession

Oh man this brought back memories. Iverson at the end of his career, Baby KD and Russ. Definitely feels very 2009.

Old school basketball at its best. None of that soft ass current NBA floppers and cheating refs are always part of the game.

Hands down one of the greatest to play the game💯! He killed it when he played with the 6ers.

@pocketpetlaughs

4 ай бұрын

And the nuggets

Weird to see AI in a Pistons uniform

@van8016

4 ай бұрын

yeah! he's been dealt by nuggets to Billups on that year

@handsomeX

2 ай бұрын

I totally forgot he played for the Pistons.

@hualien0403

2 ай бұрын

@@handsomeX So did TMac and CWebb

Back when eveybody actually played defense 😭😭

You know your time is coming when you blow 2 easy layup. AI still clutch. Did Hamilton foul out? That was a YOUNG Thunder squad!!!

2:54 the net didnt even move

Can we get more hd Allen iverson highlights or like can you make his old highlights in hd or 4k pls🙏🏾

It hurts a bit watching some of this "old" game. Sheed barely got the ball on the other end, AI and Stuckey were just doing their own thing with McDyess getting a layup. I know they were older players but still, Joe Smith getting more touches and J's than Sheed is a choice. Those bigs who could shoot would be thriving so much in this era. The lack of player movement is weird too, lack of ball movement I kinda get because of the point guards for both teams. Just wild this was barely 14 years ago, cool time warp though.

@NickDeWayne

4 ай бұрын

They're gonna hate me for this and I'm old enough to have watched this in real time but I come away from revisiting this with the conclusion that the league is more talented than ever and players are BETTER today.

@ketsays8865

Ай бұрын

And then oldheads will say they like this era more lol

Iverson blew the layup. You know this outside of his prime

This was the first year I watched basketball! I used to love KD. He was my favorite player. I used to think OKC was gonna be the dynasty the Warriors ended up being. I also loved Jeff Green. Shaun Livingston was also on that team. OKC was such an exciting team

Dudeee I did not know Joe Smith was on OKC! Lol

@elhajjmalikel6266

3 ай бұрын

Same here. I was shocked to see him there. This is before the Thunder made their first playoff appearance, so nobody was watching them like that.

Is it me imagining things or has Westbrook grown a couple of inches since his rookie season?

@GamingCentralTV1

4 ай бұрын

Definitely has

@mjohnson510

4 ай бұрын

He grew 2 inches. 6’2 as a rookie and now 6’4

@cdgates1

4 ай бұрын

He grew some muscle also

damn im gettin old

Love this era

I really enjoy watching this game. At least, no one scored over 70.

@JQUOIS

4 ай бұрын

I like watching the players of today because of how talented they are in comparison to the median skill level in games like these

@kamotetops1572

4 ай бұрын

@@JQUOIS "today because of how talented they are in comparison to the median skill level in games like these" - How to say you're a casual without saying you're a casual. NBA Season games today is a washed down version of an NBA All-Star game. NBA Playoffs is where the excitement starts as POINTS are HARD TO EARN because teams are then actually starting to play SERIOUS DEFENSE.

@mac1art

4 ай бұрын

We enjoy watching the starplayers play in the 2000's.. Today's game has a lot of traveling. Not good for the fundamentals of basketball

@tiktokformenofculture9753

4 ай бұрын

@@kamotetops1572look at the players on the Pistons Lineup in this game and compare their talent Level and athleticism to the players on the Lakers, Suns, or Warriors today. Or even teams like the Celtics or 76ers. The 2nd scoring option on all of those teams except 1 is an elite scorer. There is literally nothing casual about it. Players like Smush Parker, Kwame, and Eric Snow were known for being scrubs but they were starters for prominent teams. No NBA player today on a top 8 team has that reputation.

@mac1art

4 ай бұрын

@@JQUOIS today's players are talented. But they are soft and no fundamentals or basic basketball. All I see are traveling violations

This young OKC team was about to rise through the ranks fast with these players. What a hell of a run they had in the draft as they were about to draft Hardin and pick up Ibaka soon.

AI gave his Answer 🐐

I remember this game like it was yesterday

Man I really be forgetting that some of these players played against each other before the OG players retire

This is the thunder team that made me fall in love with basketball

Watching this, I’m glad they changed the offensive rebound rule to 14 seconds instead of a whole 24 seconds. Speeds the game up.

This man AI blew a wide open lay and we are glazing

Little known fact, Allen Iverson was very close of being traded from Denver to Miami instead of Detroit in 2008. Had this happened you would've seen Iverson team up with peak D Wade and rookie Michael Beasley and veteran Jermaine O'Neal. Iverson was still good for 18 ppg that season so you know that team could've done damage

@porfiriato84

3 ай бұрын

Daammm! He would have had a chip most likely then. Sucks, feel bad he never got to win it all

AI one of my favorites of all-time and yet I still always forget he even played for Detroit

wow they're actually running play not just one person with the ball chucking up 3's

I loved it when Centers were down in the paint bullying mofos back then vs Centers that takes more threes than the point guard of a team nowadays

Allen Iverson was so quick for russell westbrook. 😬

@moheganson

4 ай бұрын

And this out of shape Allen heavier and 34 years old

@mosaab5597

3 ай бұрын

This is a rookie Westbrook .. watch the very next season he hits his prime athleticism

Crazy how Durant, Westbrook played against AI who played against MJ. Now those 2 are playing against Wemby in 2024. That's crazy!

@alo1417

Ай бұрын

well, lebron started playing the year after MJ retired for good

Crazy how in 09 they were using pencils to sketch their plays , INSANE

Durant was much faster than today.

@theonlygoodonehere2259

4 ай бұрын

he's younger here

@hankhill2154

4 ай бұрын

That was raw durant right there he’d destroy with angles to the basket, and blow by like LBJ off one dribble used to love watching that from him especially his Sonics time. His game is more refined now still love watching it tho.

its so weird to see KD and Westbrook play against Iverson, connecting the past and the present

Iverson baby.

24 second shot clock reset is notalgic asf 🔥🔥🔥

That last play by OKC was very well executed though, just couldn't convert

Damn kd, Westbrook & jeff green 😂

@elhajjmalikel6266

3 ай бұрын

That trio was nasty!

I miss this okc 😢

AI against Westbrook is a sight to behold… Two Greats..

that okc team was freakin stacked man. for years back then too. just couldnt do it

@yapyap3

27 күн бұрын

They were young. They blew up their core way too early. They should've flipped Harden for a better piece.

Goes to show if all ya got is gangsta style! You can be regarded as a Good NBA Player.

I don’t realize how much the game has changed since then. Offenses were slower but that’s because they were setting up and running plays to find easy shots. Now everyone just wants to shoot 3s. I don’t think the game grew or evolved, it got worse imo. Seeing 60 3pt attempts in a game is not fun to watch.

@JDwJC11

Ай бұрын

And they travel a lot nowadays which makes defending nearly impossible.

Back then players dun pull up from the 3 so often, unlike in today’s nba. Crazy how much that has changed. Even bigs making 3s look easy.

This 2009 young thunder team is like a collegiate team. Very young lads.

Crazy tht James Harden, KD, Westbrook AND Jeff Green (who was actually the most athletic of all before Heart Surgery) were on the same damn team. Now OKC is #1 West seed with the best SG & a ROTY 7’1 ROTY Unicorn 🦄 Super ⭐️

what series was this lol?

This was in 2008 (Dec 26) from the 08-09 season

that ws crayzy, MAN DURANT IS FKN INCREDIBLE, & OHHHHHHHHH how we loved us some AI DAWG, use to draw him & errything bruhh

nothing against NBA today- Lebron, KD, Curry, just some of excellent talent, BUT there is something about old-school NBA or 80-90"s basketball that was special. maybe its just me old-head but I miss it......

Allwn iverson still a legend

Westbrook put on some muscle over the years! I thought he was always big!

Very slow pace. I remember this era. Poor execution from Jeff Green at the last play. Iverson missed some easy shots too. This is when people were thinkin he was done, which was kind of true. Still a legend but a shell of his former self at that time.

this dude Westbrook really went fro, shooting over 80% FT to 60% FT since he turned 30.

Stuckey was shaving points because nobody got mad or reacted to them bad shots.

The Detroit coach doing a sudoku is so telling

AI, KD, RUSS, MCDYESS, SHEED,TAYSHAUN, JOE SMITH, JEFF GREEN,

@elhajjmalikel6266

3 ай бұрын

Crazy. You're seeing the transition of the league here from the older players to the new.

This was a rare highlight from the AI era in Detroit, that Billups for Iverson trade ended up being quite a disaster that season.

Weird to see 1995 top draft picks Joe Smith and Antonio McDyess still playing and producing in 2009.

Joe Smith and desmon mason💪🔥💪😎

Thats My Idol IA for life

Iverson the goat, imagine if he was 6'7, can we please stop the goat talk

3-27 Thunder at the time. December 26, 2008. Wow.

@youngkid102206

4 ай бұрын

Now it’s damn near the pistons record 😂

@cdgates1

4 ай бұрын

All that would change once Harden arrive a year later

Didn’t even recognize Russ at first he’s bulked up a lot since those days.

i full on was expecting a foul to be called at 1:37 damn bruh thats how normal fouls are being drawn today 😂

It's crazy KD looks like he's got taller since he's been in the league. IDK if I'm trippin but he looks short here

New and old AI < Prime AI

I’m in the first row behind the thunder bench. I’ll never forget this play. 2 of my favorite players went head to head on the last play

look at those men working hard in the post to get those 2 points. those were the real days and they were the real men. In late 2000s, I was around 10 living overseas but I had the motivation to wake up in the middle of the night to watch Kobe, Garnett, AI, T-Mac and Shaq. Now I know for sure I don't wake up to see Jokic's slow-mo 3s. pretty sad what NBA has come to.

2009 KD was already a monster and so athletic. And sad such ball hogs Stuckey and the rest of the piston squad was. Ai was still beater player then Rodney

Yessir

heck of a final play drawn by the coach, the pass was a little wild /off target

KD & Westbrook v AI . . . that's news to me

This NBA is straight up unrecognizable from today's. None of the foul baiting, but also terrible team play and poor shooting. Today's NBA players are simply way better than ever.

@JDwJC11

Ай бұрын

Players travel nowadays which allows them to shoot better.

@realspartakuz

15 күн бұрын

how does the NBA players today are simply better? bec. they shoot more threes? lol. Defense leads to poor shooting In case you didn't know, unlike today you barely see defense, see that DPOY Gobert. lol. cANT man Edwards, Tyrese Haliburton, Brunson, Ingram, Banchero these players leads their teams to playoffs, but if they are better than previous players how come they failed against team germany led by schroeder and wagners? at worlcup '23. and failed again against SGA led Canada with D. Brooks best player.? bronze medal match haha. Hell, these new players can't even get a bronze medal for team USA.

Look at the score and defense