George McGinnis : The ABA And NBA Was Dominated By Big Mac
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- This is a look back on George McGinnis's Hall of Fame career. Built like a modern NBA player McGinnis would have success terrozing the boards while having a multitude of ways to put the ball in the basket. Which helped him earn several all-star appearances and even an MVP.
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A lot more of the ABA should be shown so today's fan could see how great the players were in that league. It should not be forgotten.
Watching the ABA Pacers at the old Fairgrounds Coliseum was the most fun I have ever had watching basketball.
Like 🌎 World B Free. He used to Go at it with Legends Of The Rucker Tournament!
I said the same thing that's why I like this dudes channel and subbed early after seeing this and the Kelly tribuica videos
Big George brought the Sixers back to a respect team..We are grateful for GM and will never forget him.
Big George was the best high school basketball player I ever saw. In his final game, the annual Indiana - Kentucky All Star Game,, he dominated the second game of the event In Louisville KY by scoring 53 points and grabbing 30 rebounds, records that still stand today. He could have scored 60 but missed nine foul shots, including the front end of five one-and-one opportunities. His biggest mistake imo was wasting two years at Indiana University … he could have signed a pro basketball contract immediately following that game. Thank you for this video, and for keeping alive the legacy of one of the forgotten greats.
I'm old enough (almost 69) to have watched these guys; I saw Dr. J and Charlie Scott with the Virginia Squires (and followed the Docter with the Sixers, when in grad school in Philly). I saw a number of the ABA guys into the merger (my High School team, Huguenot in Richmond, played against Moses when he was in Petersburg), and that was an interesting time in basketball. I subscribed because you have such thoughtful analysis of the older players and the newer players, and your even-handed comparisons of them. Thank you for your love of the game, and your judicious evaluations of players, some of whom time otherwise might have forgotten. They are an important part of NBA history.
George McGinnis was a beast and a great all-around player despite being a smoker. McGinnis could handle the ball, shoot his one handed jumper, and he was a helluva rebounder. He's one of the great players from that era.
Most famous picture of George ever playing in Denver with him, sitting on the sideline, smoking a cigarette during a practice.
@@patriclo9509 Just because he smoked doesn't make him a bad person. He had some faults but who doesn't ... Are you perfect on your job and what if he came to your job and started pointing out everything you did wrong how would you feel about that ?
@@rogereverett9599 LOL! False equivalency. We aren’t talking about me. I don’t get paid to be an athlete. Not sure why you’re calling George a bad person. He just showed a lack of professionalism.
@@rogereverett9599He was stuuuuupid smoking
In his prime, before all the injuries, McGinnis was a truly great player.
Could do anything and everything on the court. Score inside and outside, rebound, handle the ball like a guard, all of it. Way ahead of his time. Would excellent at the
3 in today’s game. The
76ers we’re a laughing stock before he got there. In his first year there, his first in the NBA, he almost single-handedly turned them around. Doug Collins still talks about it today.
As an aside, McGinnis played tight end for Washington HighSchool, as well as basketball. He was All State at the position. Several Big Ten football coaches, including Michigan State’s Duffy
Dougherty, said that he was the best tight end prospect they’d ever seen. The best comparison might be a
6’8 version of Hall Of Famer Antonio Gates.
Think about that for a moment!
He was just different!
Big hands George mcguiness
Good information and background on “Big George” another one in a long line of ABA Superstars who were ahead of their time and more talented, skilled and physically gifted than some of their NBA counterparts pre merger. McGinnis was unique not only for his incredible physique and strength, agility and quickness but his style of play with his wingspan and massive hands which allowed him to shoot those one handed jumpers (not sure if any coach ever discouraged him from doing it that way)- Dr.Js hands were bigger if you can picture that - hence one of the distinctions between the two. McGinnis once scored 42 points and grabbed 42 rebounds as a Pacer! I recall seeing that box score from an ABA game - it wasn’t a mistake- that guy was something else. Side note: McGinnis tried to jump from ABA to NBA by signing a contract with the NY Knicks in the early 70s (Coach Red Holtzman loved the guy) but the 76ers complained to the league (NBA) because they held the original draft rights - so there he went! It can be argued that if “Big George” had better strength and preventative training his career wouldn’t been shortened.
Yes if he had taken better care of himself he would have extended his career and be mentioned with all the other NBA greats.
THANK YOU --- I PLAYED AT GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 80'S ----LEGEND
My Favorite ALL TIME Sixer. The One Hand Swoosh Shot was AWESOME! George and Dr J. on the SAME Team was like having Jordan and LeBron on the SAME Team. They were Awesome Together!
this is my favorite content on youtube rn . please keep going ! i love how you highlight greats that get buried in history !
Bro! This is fire! My Pops and me went to every Washington home game George's senior season. I was 10.
That year at IU was awesome, I was at about half of the home games. His first run with my beloved Pacers was what really got me hooked on pro ball. Fortunately, my family had (and still does) have season tickets since 1967. So you know where I was! Thanks for this my man. The ABA was an awesome league.
Wow nobody every talks about him having 5 yrs of double double in pts and rebounds in the nba not the aba. Great video. Learn something new.
RIP George McGinnis!❤
He was the first stretch 4.
I would like to some NBA/ABA highlights of Connie Hawkins, Spencer Haywood, and Sidney Wicks etc...
McGinnis was a great player but the Indiana Pacers wanted him back home even though he slowed down. He was traded for Alex English who led the NBA in points scored in the whole decade of the 1980s
I forgot how good this guy was. Great piece of work this video.
I was in high school when McGinnis was kicking butt. His high school Washington team and my Shortridge team had legendary battles. He also was a heck of a pitcher in baseball and could have been a pro tight end in football. Mc Ginnis was a pure beast.
11 subs bro?!! Keep it up and you'll be golden, sick content 👌
Yeah he needs more because this video is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I was freshman at Indianapolis Cathedral when George was senior at Washington. He was a monster in high school in both basketball and football--in which he was a five-star prospect. Cathedral "won" the city football championship (there were no playoffs; the champion was decided by sportswriters' votes), and the only blemish on our record was a tie against Washington in which McGinnis--a 6'8", 240-lb. tight end--just dominated our DBs. In basketball, he and Steve Downing on the same team were just unfair.
That 1976-77, 76ers squad had Julius Erving, George McGinnis, World B. Free, Doug Collins, and Daryl Dawkins. Literally 3 years later and that team would have been nuts
Another excellent video, I was just a year or two to young to really get to know the impact George McGinnis had in both leagues. His stats are unreal. I would like to see a video of Connie Hawkins
Love the channel keep dropping pressure🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great video coverage 🏀💯
Most underrated power forward, helped bring the Sixers back to respectability
He was a ballhog!
I want that Pacer jersey in the thumbnail
Yeah it’s 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great job!
RIP G-MAC🙏
I WENT TO MY FIRST PROFESSIONAL GAME JANUARY 1973 NEW YORK NETS AND THE VIRGINIA SQUIRES AT THE NASSAU COLISEUM I WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND I REMEMBER SEEING GEORGE ICEMAN GERVIN FOR THE FIRST TIME ICE WAS 19 YEARS OLD I FOLLOWED ICE ALL THE WAY TO THE HALL OF FAME MAY 1996 I'VE NEVER RECOVERED FROM THAT EXPERIENCE ICE IS THE GREATEST EVER
Great video!!! From philly and the first game I went to was when big Mac came back to philly after the trade
People forget about George. Before he dominated in the ABA, he was great at I U. The OSU play by play man said, "George is so tough, he could go bear huntin' with a twig." That's about it. With the 76ers, Nuggets, very good -but his chain smoking caught up with him.
He had the innate talent to be so much better. I saw him in 1969 state title game and he was incredible.
Good content. Keep it up.
Love the old unis. And that shot putt
George McGinnis, Played With My Favorite Basketball 🏀 Player Ever DR.J. One Of His Biggest Downfalls
"His Hate For DR.J"!!!!
Informative video so who are these guys Michael Jordan and LeBron James and this hype! One year of college and next aba champ! 😊❤ Again what's ah air Jordan or king James!😅😂 Great video
It's somewhat amazing that the 76ers didn't win a Ring with George, Dr. J, Lloyd Free, Doug Collins, Henry Bibby, Darryl Dawkins & Caldwell Jones. Hell, Kobe's Dad, Joe Bryant, was a backup on those teams.
Back then the Sixers adding Doc and McGinnis was akin to the Clippers getting Paul and Kawhi! No team could match up with both.
I'm so glad my guy finally got some recognition.
For all y'all that don't know.
Just imagine Karl Malone with a better jumper and DGF AT ALL.😳
Artis Gilmore, World B Free, Bob McAdoo, Tiny Archibald, George Gervin, Downtown Freddy Brown, Slick Watts.
Ralph SIMPSON was traded from Denver with Bobby Jones
I think your viewers might like a look at Big Macs Washington H.S. team over all. (And team over a 5-6 yr period)The coach was a beast too. But review the other players on that team,its an interesting sidebar to Big Mac that many dont know. In fact the years around 1965 to 71,washington had Several college all Americans,and 1st round NBA picks.
Another interesting story is the small county of Morgan County home to Monrovia and Martinsville high schools and in particular,UCLAs John Wooden and Indiana University who both played and coached at the schools and later found even bigger fame as college coaches. These schools were very small. My graduating class had 63 ,the average was 110-120 a year. Interesting story there for those into sports history as some things that are just uncanny.
Excellent video. One thing to note. The trade to Denver was for Bobby Jones and Ralph Simpson - not Ralph Sampson. Not a huge thing but wanted to point it out
Proof that there isn't one proper shooting form. As long as yours work and is effective. But I can't imagine myself shooting the ball without using a guide hand like McGinnis lol... Bob McAdoo is another great player from the 70s that had a strange shooting form. He used two hands, but it looked like he was using both hands to push the ball out, instead of using one hand as a guide. And finally, as soon as the ball left his hands he would flail his arms to the sides or bring them immediately down with no follow through, so you always got the impression that it wouldn't go in, yet it did consistently. One of the greatest shooting big men of all time.
The ankle was a partially torn Achilles
Would love a video about Bob McAdoo
I know you are busy with your job right now, but I heard that you meant to say Ralph Simpson not Sampson as fans would be confused for that one. Anyways, McGinnis was the LeBron of the ABA that fans was comparing to and what the NBA's Pacers fans didn't know that McGinnis is the real Pacers franchise record holder for most points in a game when he scored a career high of 58 points in the ABA while Reggie Miller came in second with 57 points, but holds the Pacers' NBA franchise record. RIP George McGinnis.
MCGINNIS!!!!!
never even heard of this brother before
1971 Indiana was a talented but undisciplined team. They would have made the NCAA but then only the league champ went. Coach got fired, Knight got hired.
OOOO - THIS BROTHER HAD HIS OWN UNIQUE SHOT... GATTA SEE IF I CAN FIND HIM ON NBA2K
Played with older homie from Lorain, at IU- Bubbles Harris.
Bob Dandridge was a small forward, not a guard. Also, the player was Ralph Simpson, not Ralph Sampson.
My idol from W,B Wen one Hand shooters were Gold😂
I definitely remember watching McGinnis with his one-hand shot,
Enjoyed the video.
Try a video on Andrew Toney, former Sixers shooting guard, great shooter but a serious football injury cut short hair is career...
How? "Hair?"
At some point McGinnis started releasing his jump shot on the way down and he was never the same player.
McGinnis, Spencer Haywood, and Bob McAdoo were 3 guys who dominated in the 70's and then seemed to fall off a cliff around age 30. Pretty sure drugs was the cause of Haywood's. Guess it was injuries for McGinnis. Not sure about McAdoo though he did have a resurgence with the Showtime Lakers earning 2 rings coming off the bench.
Was that the OJ bronco at the end 😂
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Is this the father of the guy on the podcast with arenas?
He not in the top 75 but bill walton is woooooooow that a snub.
I watched him in his prime, in the ABA. He was better than Malone and Duncan. He is on my all-time team--Mcginnis, Erving, Chamberlin, Jordan, and Oscar Robertson (who I believe is the best basketball player to ever play in the NBA).
Somebody say something ...!
this guy is only a two guard now
He could have came out of high school in this day,, no problem
I grew up watching Big George. He had a unique style. Still, I must share what I observed and what the statistics reveal. Despite excellent percentages the first couple of years in the ABA, he shot at a very low percentage for the whole of his career. 41% for the 75-76 season, for example. His perimeter shot was broke and it soon became apparent to everyone in the NBA. People would blatantly lay off him, take away the drive (he could ONLY go to his right, no left whatsoever), and dare him to shoot. That’s how it was. No amount of highlights of ONLY his makes can change that. Continuing on the percentages theme, go look at his 3-point shot percentages: they were similar to Charles Barkley, if you know what I mean. Lastly, take a look at his free throw percentages: some of his seasons his free throw numbers were similar to Shaquille O’Neals. The end result? Much inefficiency and ultimately, many wasted possessions throughout a game. This proved particularly costly at playoff time. What could George McGinnis do? He could run the floor unlike any forward that had played the game previously. He was a new breed of player. He was a window into the future of the game: ‘bigs’ that could move like a guard. Finally, seeing him struggle all throughout the finals in 77 (it was actually throughout most all of the playoffs that year) was difficult to watch. He was one of my favorite players and I wanted to see him do well. Unfortunately, the finals against Portland, especially the last four games, would be how many people remembered his career.
You have to remember he had a groin injury so he couldn't perform to the best of his abilities in the finals that year, Plus the last game he did come up big with a 26 point effort. Every player has a weakness and Big Mac was no exception. Could he have done any better with his game ? Yes I'm sure he thinks about it now but everyone wishes they could do something different in their life where they could change things. So let's appreciate what the man gave us on the court in his career and don't beat him down because he wasn't perfect. Without him who know's if Dr. J would have even come over to the 76er's .
Did he say Ralph Sampson??
Have to ask this to those who watch hoops for years, George McGinnis was LeBron James,, the closest that I can see,, maybe? In that era.,,,
I think he was better than LeBron.. considering the rules were different..😊
Sixers lost to Portland because, Collins got punched by teammate Dawkins and Free had a cracked rib received against the Rockets, two scoring guards both out
Revisionist!
Worst trade the Denver Nuggets ever made. Traded Bobby Jones to the 76 ers for McGinnis.
Let's keep it real. George McGinnis did NOT "dominate" the NBA. George was a nice player, particularly on offense. But he never won an NBA title.
but there is a stain in his legacy..he failed hard to show up in the playoffs in 77 and 78 and was the major reason along with Free and Dawkins that the Sixers locker room was toxic demanding first option over Dr J and failing to deliver when it mattered..one can say that the Sixers lost a ring in 77 and Dr J instant NBA dominance and finals mvp with the numbers he put up because of McGinnis shooting a miserable .38 and Free an even worse .30 in the finals and next year conference finals AGAIN!
ABA yes the NBA no
I don’t like him for crying for the ball and messing up Dr. J’s legacy.
No doubting his immense talent, but his shot selection was horrible. Had me screaming at the TV.
By all reports he was a very likable guy
I'll never forgive him or forget him. He choked big time against Portland Bobby gross wore him out, Maurice Lucas destroyed him, he choked in every way imaginable he was invisible by the end of that series. I'll never forgive him or Henry Bibby. They cost Dr J a title that series against the trail blazers George is trash.
As a basketball player..
McGinnis was an awful defensive player.
IF GEORGE WOULD HAVE JOINED THOSE KNICK TEAMS ,AFTER ABA ,LIKE IT ALMOST HAPPENED...CLYDE AND RED HOLTZMAN SAID HE WOULD HAVE BEEN MULITABLE CHAMPION