Who would you like to see next in the "How Good" Series??

@YoutubeSugit

4 жыл бұрын

Jonny Arnett -NBA KZreadr Patrick Ewing Bill Walton or Rick Barry I think would fit the series really well.

@Martin-Querns

4 жыл бұрын

Terry Cummings

@anferneesimons8892

4 жыл бұрын

Sidney Moncrief

@victoralexander3767

4 жыл бұрын

In that order please!

@bwink23

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Stapanovich

Arguably the NBA's most underrated player ever...period!

@shaft9000

Жыл бұрын

Offensively, yes.... English was like a preview/prototype of KD in several respects.

@HiNRGboy

Жыл бұрын

I definitely think so, he was silky smooth

Alex English played taller than 6'7". He's release point and long arms made him look more like 6'9-6'10.

Alex English is play style is not boring to me. I love Alex's playing style in fact.

@Rakeemgrant

2 жыл бұрын

Same here

Grew up in Atlanta during the 80s. Hawks tickets weren’t always easy to get, but I always had my dad get Nuggets vs Hawks tickets to watch Alex English and Dominique go at it…. It was worth it!

@merovechthe1st

2 ай бұрын

Saw several of those myself. Michael Adams let me and a friend shoot some with him before one of those Hawks/Nuggets games.

This guy is the most underrated NBA player ever.

U actually did my request?! I'm honored man keep it up! Love your work! Alex is definitely one of the most slept on guys in NBA history!

@eydondozier864

3 жыл бұрын

alex is my cousin so thanksfor suggesting it

@cmc5394oparva

2 жыл бұрын

Alex English has to be one of the most underappreciated Hall of Famers in NBA history. The media largely overlooked him because he played in Denver, and he rarely tooted his own horn, but for almost the entire 80s his floor for scoring every night was 20 points a game. He was silky smooth, all business, incredibly consistent, and I consider him the greatest Nugget in team history.

@boydriceisawesome2520

2 жыл бұрын

Well jokic might surpass him but I agree

@Kevinschart

2 жыл бұрын

i've never heard of alex english. been watching the nba since '89

@kachow5830

2 жыл бұрын

@@cmc5394oparva and they snub my boy from top 75 😭

He is a very humble man. I see him from time to time and we talk about his career and he just shrugs it off. Too humble. Lol. Great guy.

@Johnkoth

3 жыл бұрын

Yep scoring wise he is top 5 all time at the SF position.

@armanieric1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Johnkoth I knew that. His only flaw is not being too flashy which still shouldn't be overlooked. He was silky smooth on the court.

Alex English was a great scorer because he didn't need to create separation, his release is so high that he just goes over and through defenses, not around them. Practically unguardable.

So glad you did English. Not flashy at all and extremely overlooked. Watching games in the 80’s though he was an offensive fixture. Great job!

@TheIcemanthomas

4 жыл бұрын

Overlooked because he was a one trick pony and he never won anything. All about his numbers

@TheIcemanthomas

4 жыл бұрын

Monster scorer but that's it.

@xxsauceyjayyxx8749

3 жыл бұрын

CPGoat #3 better than you tho

@eydondozier864

3 жыл бұрын

alex is my cousin

@alexenglish3416

3 жыл бұрын

Alex English@@xxsauceyjayyxx8749

One of the smoothest, no-nonsence, "on the wrong team" players ever.

Alex English and the Ice Man both had similar games and were physically similar, loved them both.

@belethon

2 жыл бұрын

Ice man probably got more recognition cause of his finger rolls and dunking ability making him more exciting to watch but definitely could see the similarity in their games

@Rakeemgrant

2 жыл бұрын

they are 2 of the 5 most natural scorers ever. Now I am off to watch one on Rod Strickland

@HiNRGboy

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I really liked Walter Davis' game too, and Bernard King.

I was in 7th grade and watched that Pistons/Nuggets game on tv. I was a Pistons fan and so the result turned out good for my team. The last I knew, that highest scoring game in NBA history was achieved on KZread. Isiah Thomas 47 points, John Long 41 points, Kelly Tripuka 35 points, Vandeweghe 51 points, English 47 points, Old man Issel 28 points.

His head Coach was Doug Moe.....and he had the best ever post game interview...he once said.....” Well, we had a few players out sick, a few injured , and then a few fouled out. In fact , toward the end of the game I was down to 6 players....and one of them was Bill Hanzlik ........still makes me smile.

@Dunkin-Idaho

2 жыл бұрын

Hanzlik told a story that there were only three players Doug Moe wouldn't yell at: Alex English because Alex was The Franchise; Fat Lever because Fat never made any mistakes; and Calvin Natt, because Coach Moe was afraid of Calvin Natt!! 😜

For a number of years when Alex English was teamed with Kiki Vandeweghe and Dan Issel they were impossible to stop. Issel was on the back end of his career, so English and Vandeweghe did most of the scoring damage. Still don't sleep on Issel. He could fill it up with the quickness. I was actually researching them when I found this video.

@RageManRegg

3 жыл бұрын

Issel top 10 Power Forward

Damn good! He wasn’t flashy or outspoken, which is why he didn’t get a lot of attention, but his greatness spoke for itself

Englishs' jumper was unstoppable. He released the ball at the peak of his jump with his arms high over his head. It was deadly too. All defenders could do was watch. Def deserved to be on list.

Alex was favorite player, ever!! My saddest sports memory was when the Nuggets took on the Lakers in the '85 WC Championship, and I think had a decent shot at an upset... but Alex broke his thumb, and the Nugs were dead in the water (Lever and Natt were banged up, too). If I recall, that year the Nuggets were the only team during the 80s to win the season series against both the Lakers and Celtics in the same year. If you ever got to attend a Nuggets game at McNichols Arena in those days, you probably got to hear Coach Doug Moe bellowing over the crowd noise when the Nuggets were in their half court offense: "Take him, Alex!!" [yeah, I'm from Denver]

He lead the Nuggets that averaged 126.5 points in 1982, which is still an all time NBA record.

Alex was one of the legends that people slept on forever. When he was in Denver i was so happy because not only Denver is where im from but he brought us to the conference finals and the playoffs

A lot of players go unnoticed because they aren't flashy. I appreciate videos like this where these types of players get some recognition.

Alex English was UNSTOPPABLE in his prime

nobody remembers him now but growing up this man was a shooter to look up to. Big time scorer

Thank you for posting this. We’re actually related, people never mention him even though he had the highest scoring average throughout the entire 80’s. Columbia SC stand up!

Watching the 80's Nuggets, I'll always remember the way Alex scored. Very underrated

Alex English actually has decent defensive numbers during his peak. good for 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks at his peak

One of my favorite players I'm glad you covered him

The NBA had a number of forgotten solid, steady, good small forwards in the 80s: Adrian Dantley, Mark Aguire, Walter Davis, Alex English, Kiki Vandeweigh, and Kelly Tripucka. Perhaps Bernard King was the best of them.

@41DallasMavsFan41

4 жыл бұрын

You could add Rolando Blackman, George Gervin, and David Thompson to that list.

@Ryenobal

4 жыл бұрын

@@41DallasMavsFan41 Blackman and Thompson were guards. The Ice Man is borderline "forgotten."

@ericthomas7560

4 жыл бұрын

Funny how Detroit became contenders after they traded Tripucka

@Johnkoth

3 жыл бұрын

Im a Knicks Fan. Alex English and Adrian Dantley has more 20 PPG+ seasons. Had longer careers. They were better scorers than Bernard King.

@Kevinschart

2 жыл бұрын

i've heard of kiki and kelly, and benard. the others get no love

Alex English was the Arjen Robben of basketball. They both had one go to move which was so good pretty much nobody could stop it even though pretty much everyone knew what they were going to do next.

Coach Moe was crazy. He hated rookies. For much of the winning times when Alex played with them the Nuggets were the shortest and oldest team in the NBA. I love that stat.

Easily my favorite player. Unbelievably graceful. (No surprise he's in Amazing Grace and Chuck, one of my fav movies.)

Thanks for the video. A lot of die hard NBA fans including myself don’t bring up his name enough when talking about the greats

@boydriceisawesome2520

2 жыл бұрын

Same here but we should

English was the Iceman's one true successor back in the 80s, except he lacked the latter's colorful personality (lol). Most prolific scorer of that decade and had he been a full-time starter from Day-1, could've very well joined the 30,000-point club at the end of his career. Mid-range game was elite-level, too. Damn shame the Nuggets franchise never really appreciated him during his prime and wound up tossing him aside as an afterthought around the turn of the 90s when he FINALLY began to "slow down". Oh, and he was probably the most durable swingman of his era. Amazing considering he didn't become a premier scorer until he was approaching his 30s... O_O

why does Denver completely ignore Alex English? dude gets no mention on local sports media.

Whenever I see that smooth shot of Alex English, I see the same smooth shot of Kevin Durant. Makes me if they ever showed Kevin Durant game film of Alex English. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

He is definitely underrated. Thank you for the video. Good info

Those Nuggets had good players, Alex English, Kiki Vandlewegh, Dan Issel

@fortnitejake850

4 жыл бұрын

GABRIELA ACEVEDO Yeah, sounds like lack of D was the issue, not help

@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO.

4 жыл бұрын

@@fortnitejake850 like he said in the video that Mike Dantoni would've been proud of this team. Also the game he mentioned where they scored 184 points and still lost 187 to 184 to Pistons.

@kegansnyder4376

4 жыл бұрын

David thompson also

@Johnkoth

3 жыл бұрын

They had a monopoly of scorers. But were terrible on defense. Worse than the Knicks defense of today.

@Rakeemgrant

2 жыл бұрын

Walter Davis Fat Lever

That was a fun video...I remember watching Alex English when I was a little kid late at night with my dad... Could he have won a championship with better supporting cast? Sure...maybe they could have made some deeper runs if coach wouls have made them play defense!

Great piece man.

Yep, I know I late to the party, but I am going to comment anyway. I believe that Alex did have that team that could have won a championship. People often forget that 84-85 team that started English, Natt, Lever, Dunn, and Cooper, with 6th man Issel. The series was split 1-1 with the Nuggets blowing out the Lakers in the Forum in game 2. Injuries struck and English broke his hand on one of Abdul-Jabbar's elbows. One of the greatest players I have had the pleasure of seeing live, but even a nicer man off the court. It really fits that he is a published poet because his game was pure poetry in motion.

Amazing grace

Great job on Alex English. Would love to see Buck Williams or Terry Cummings

i was born in 82 and i've never heard of him. colin cowherd was talking about him today. how does a guy like this escape ever being mentioned?

Underrated Legend

Those nuggets jerseys are 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Thanks for informing us of Alex English. I have Never even heard of him. It's sad for all his talent and athletic abilities that he got lost in time and was never rewarded for all of his contribution to the game of b-ball. 😞

Just imagine if Alex English and Bernard King had played with Larry Bird on the Celtics. They would have frustrated so many players. As I said, they all looked stoppable, but no one could stop them, and nothing frustrates athletic players more than a lesser athlete beating them. New-school players who fit this mold are James Harden and Steph Curry. Although Curry has good athleticism he doesn't rely on it. Bernard King beat people with his repertoire; no player in NBA history had as many moves as he had. He was also fundamentally sound and underrated as a passer, especially out of the post. Before his knee injury, he was also an above-average NBA athlete! He was incredibly strong...like Moses Malone strong, an aspect of his physicality that often goes undiscussed. Watch him in the low post. His nose for the basket was unmatched, as he could score in traffic like nobody's business. King is the best argument against players imitating Michael Jordan if they want to be scorers because he proved that athletic ability wasn't necessary in order to dominate. There was no defensive answer for him. Larry Bird was a fundamentally sound uncanny shorter who could also pass and had deceptive hand-quickness. He had great hand-eye coordination and impeccable footwork. All basketball players should study Bird. Bird was also a great defender with those great hands, which also made him an uncanny rebounder. One of the toughest, smartest NBA players ever. If Larry Bird had ever wanted to just be a shooter, he would still have been extremely dangerous. Even if he could not score, he would have been dangerous because of his genius-level intelligence on the defensive end. For these reasons and others, he was almost unstoppable. Alex English was exceptionally smooth, fundamentally sound, and very decisive about what he wanted to do with the ball. His arms were long, so he had a high release point, which was why he looked stoppable but wasn't. His only weakness was that he couldn't guard a fence. When I first saw Ben "Benji" Wilson, he reminded me of Alex English and George Gervin. English's repertoire of moves was underrated, as he had plenty of them and could score almost at will. He was often seen beating more athletic players because he always knew exactly what he was going to do with the ball. The sad part is that his defenders often knew, as well; they just couldn't do anything about it!

One of the best dance Gavin dance songs without a doubt 🤟

@Jonny Arnett...Your research is grade A top notch awesome. Nicely done! You remind me of Ryan Dawson, although his research is government corruption...👍👍👍

I'd love to see one on Tom Chambers.

@Rakeemgrant

2 жыл бұрын

He was a walking Dunk

Shame this man didnt make the 75th anniversary team. He and Dantley deserved to make it!

I'm glad you did one on Alex English, who is often forgotten. Seems to have been a very consistent and nice player, a better version of Joe Johnson maybe for the 00s (and I'm sure Joe Johnson is going to be forgotten as well in a few years). One small thing bothers me though: when you compare stats, take in account the pace of the eras. Kobe's numbers come in an era with a much slower pace, especially compared to the Nuggets who went running and gunning.

It would be interesting to cover some of the most over-appreciated players ever. Yep, I can think of a bunch of those.

I'm just sitting here waiting for a Shawn Kemp vid.

@keronwindley4950

4 жыл бұрын

@Tod Wilkinson For what?

@BigShaneGillis

4 жыл бұрын

Meh, one of the more overrated 90’s stars...

@Lymbe06

4 жыл бұрын

@@BigShaneGillis boooo

@Johnkoth

3 жыл бұрын

In the 90s the best centers were. Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Shaq, Hakeem. Then some where between them and average centers was Shawn Kemp and some others.

@Lymbe06

3 жыл бұрын

@@Johnkoth that's all fine and good but Shawn Kemp was not a center my man.

He had quite good supporting cast (at least offensively), but definitely nowhere near the Lakers. Its still impressive that despite the worst defense in the league they reached conference finals. You could make a video on someone else from that team like Fat Lever or Dan Issel

Sidney Moncrief, Rolando Blackman, Alvin Robertson.

@Rakeemgrant

2 жыл бұрын

Rolando was a high percentage jump shooter which is rare. Alvin Robertson had some good games against Jordan. Sydney was one of the best lefties ever

Very underrated

I think he was the only cat drafted 2nd round to ever lead the league in scoring(1982-83). Those Nuggets teams at that time with him Dan Issel and Kiki Vandeweghe ran the numbers up on teams but couldn't stop no one to save their life. English and Vandeweghe one time were #1 and #2 in scoring.

Unless you compare Alex English to other stars based on his point per possession rather than per game , you don’t really know his impact. The video brought the topic up indirectly, with the story of his 186-184 game, but really didn’t clarify anything.

Man, there have been some great Nuggets teams... so tough to beat those uperstar teams though...

Alex English (A.E.), Bernard King, and Larry Bird were arguably the greatest pure scorers in NBA history. English was a poor man's George Gervin. Late Chicago prep basketball phenom Ben "Benji" Wilson was often compared to Bernard King and George Gervin, but I thought he looked more like A.E. Notice that Bird, King, and English had one thing in common: they looked stoppable because they didn't rely on athleticism to beat teams. They were all extremely difficult to guard, let alone contain or stop.

Alex English should've been on the All NBA 75 team!

Alex English reminds me of Kawhi (offensively)

look at Lafeyette Levers numbers during those years , led the team in every category except scoring were he was second .

@Rakeemgrant

2 жыл бұрын

Fat Lever is criminally under rated

Sweetest baseline jumper, ever.

Shame Alex was once again snubbed on Top 75 greatest players list. He definitely deserved to be on list

@songshineoriginalmusic

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, he was robbed. I remember him filling up the stat sheet night and an night out in the 80's. But the number of eligible players were pared down to a somewhat random 75 just because the NBA is commemorating their 75th anniversary. I think it is a bit stupid to do that because some players will be randomly overlooked. Better to do a top 100 list and leave it at that. He is in and so is Klay and Dwight etc..

@christophertifre2018

2 жыл бұрын

The new list was based on playoff success, rings,even college national titles. Melo and English similar numbers, same amount of first round playoff exits,but Melo made list still because he has a college title and playing in New York helps

@andrewmauney3082

2 жыл бұрын

@@christophertifre2018 Klay Thompson won 2 championships and scored an insane 37 pts in one quarter but got picked over Reggie Miller and Dame Lillard made team even though he hasn't made Finals and has only one WCF appearance. This list was a mixed bag for me

Another great vid. English is sort of like Tim Duncan without the championships or defensive prowess.

@lainiwakura4678

4 жыл бұрын

Brad Daugherty is a better comp to a Tim Duncan without the rings.

@41DallasMavsFan41

4 жыл бұрын

So not like Duncan at all.

English was a silky-smooth, walking bucket. That baseline running jumper was completely unguardable.

Wouldn't let me like the video so I thought I'd say I liked this video here

alex english was an elite superstar having to face legends like larry bird magic johnson michael jordan and kareem abdul-jabbar

I can't believe you didn't mention his acting career

@waltertheus3467

4 жыл бұрын

Amazing Grace and Chuck? Oh my. I went to high school and college with Alex. He is the nicest guy in the world, and plenty bright. But acting probably wasn't his strong suit.

Why did I never google this guy before. Love the way he shoots the rock......such a high release point. All young kids should learn to shoot the ball from a high release point.

I only knew about Alex English through his 100 Rating card on NBA Mobile hehe. I got curious, and I’m glad I searched this video!

@mohammadqubbaj3600

3 жыл бұрын

Is it the live pass one? It is actually 101

Amazing Grace

Those Denver dark blue road unis are SIIIIIICCKKKK!!!!!!! Edit: Alex English comparison - Kawhi Leonard

@michaelhaydenbell

3 жыл бұрын

You understand Kawhi Leonard might be THE best defensive wing ever?? English is my guy but what in the world are you smoking??

@kingad8869

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhaydenbell Kawhi can't even play 5 games without needing a day off. He aint on Alex level offensively.

@atribecalledlen3567

2 жыл бұрын

Kawhi’s best comparison with somebody from the 80’s is probably sidney moncrief

The fact still remains a superstar with no ring is easily forgetten even if he was one of the most dominating player for a length of time.

@DelightFools

2 жыл бұрын

Barkley, Ewing, Karl Malone, Stockton, Kemp, Elgin Baylor, AI, Nique, Reggie Miller, T-Mac, VC, Nash, George Gervin, Bernard King, soon to be CP3, Carmelo, Westbrook, Dame say whaaa

It’s crazy how he got snubbed out of the 75th anniversary team

By far the best Englishman to ever play in the NBA

Would have been a perfect Spur along with Duncan(boring, consistent, fundamentals w/ no flash). His shooting motion starts super high.. Looks like he was a mid range killing machine.

Most unstoppable jumper in NBA history.

top 10 player of all time

I'm not sure he would have been a title Contender or champion on a better team. If he was on a better team he probably would have been coach to be more defensive-minded and probably would have scored less due to exerting more energy on the defensive end. He was a fine player and an Unstoppable score. He's definitely underrated and doesn't get talked about very much.

I love Alex English

Wow, that high release looks so weird, totally different from what everybody else is doing!

The 80s bucket Alex English

How good was Adrian Dantley?

Demar brought me here.. he said he's one of his favorite players

Might be later down the line but I'd like to see an episode on Lamar Odom

Dominique ten year peak was 28 ppg 7.4 rebounds 3 assists 1.5 steals 82% ft

Yeah if English was on a more physically dominant team, he'd come close to winning a chip. That goes for other great small forwards too of the era that just fell a bit short.

Andrew Toney, Philly 76ers. The 80s great. The Boston Assasin.

He averaged 26 ppg at 36.... in the 80's.... and we think lebron longevity was never seen before well some does...

My son is training at his camp

He painted on my middle school gym hand middle school

Please do smush parker 😂😂😂LOL

Mark Aguirre?

Bron uses the better cast excuse every year so yeah english could hav.

@yesmymajestybut898

3 жыл бұрын

But when English left teams his team won more,

Jamal wilk (silk wilk) LA Lakers

His shot looks like the animation from a GameBoy game.

He was quite natural in "amazing grace & chuck," he could have tried some acting if he wanted..