The Most Shocking Olympic Basketball Snubs 1984 Trials
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- In this video, we explore how future Hall of Famers like Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, and John Stockton were surprisingly left off the roster. We delve into the rigorous trials led by the legendary Bobby Knight, his controversial decisions, and the standout performances of players like Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing.
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The legendary 1984 trials at Indiana University.
Bobby Knight’s coaching style and controversial decisions.
The standout performances and shocking omissions.
The final roster that went on to dominate the 1984 Olympics.
Learn how these trials shaped the future of American basketball and set the stage for the iconic 1992 Dream Team. Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more basketball history and updates!
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Steve Alford was picked over John Stockton because he played for Indiana
Herb Brooks said it best in 1979.
"Im not looking for the best players. I'm looking for the right players".
Steve Alford over Barkley?
@@Le-xo8hh One is a point guard.
Derrick White over Jaylen Brown?
@@Le-xo8hh Knight was the boss and Barkley didn't follow orders. Simple as that.
@@jamesanthony5681 That I can understand!
Jordan, Barkley, Mullin, Malone, Ewing and Stockton among the aspiring college kids for the 1984 Team were future members of the first Dream Team.
So much talent in that 1984 class.
Of your group here only Jordan and Ewing played on the 1984 Olympic team..
@@terrytenley9327 And Mullin, you seem forget that, as for the other three I said aspiring College Kids, I didn't say all of them played on that team.
Read well before you critize someone.
@luisrodriguez-mb7cc some of them are 1985, like Ewing, Mullin. Stockton, Malone ..
@@jdmo When I said class 84, I meant those available for the Olympics tryouts. Not NBA draft.
Read well before you criticize someone.
@luisrodriguez-mb7cc whatever man, they don't have Olympic classes. And Knight cut some other juniors, like Porter, Stockton and Malone. How about you write better?
My favorite part about Knight describing Jordan is I don't think he's planning to say "this is the best player I've ever seen". Seemed like he thought about all the attributes in real time and was like you know what, this the best player ever 😂
I think that the record speaks for itself, They went undefeated against the NBA All Stars, IMHO, the 1984 USA Olympic Basketball team was only of the best ever in the history of the sport.
Prior to the Olympics, the 1984 team of college players played 8 games against NBA All-Star teams including Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Isiah Thomas and Mark Aguirre and they won all. Then they easily won the gold medal in the olympics. So the results speak for themselves.
Barkley wasn't a shock. We got to see some olympic prelims in Bloomington. Barkley had a reputation as a crybaby at auburn and must have been 300 lbs when he got to the tryouts. I've never liked Knight, but he was at the peak of his powers at the time, and there was no way he was going to bother with anyone who wasn't 100% committed. The Stockton snub is harder to reconcile if it's strictly about merit, but personal loyalties often win out. Regardless the squad he put together beat everybody by at least 20 points, so can't really argue with the results. 😊
I was at one of the trials also, Barkley did not play as hard as the others. He only played in spurts when he would look good. Would not have worked with Coach.
1984 was the last time the American college players were so talented when compared to others such that Coach Knight could have selected the team blindfolded and the Olympic result would most likely be the same. Who were on that invited group again? Jordan, Perkins, Ewing, Barkley, AC Green, Mullin, Dumars, the list goes on and on. When you have a group filled with future NBA greats, someone will have to be cut. The interesting thing is Knight ended up taking Leon Wood, Jeff Turner and Steve Alford over Barkley, Stockton and Malone. I guess the world works in a strange way.
That was a good team but we have to remember that russia/Soviet union didn't play so there was no true test for them. In 88', that team lost to the Soviet's which prompted the dream team.
Another great snub, maybe even greater, was Rick Barry not making the "64 team. He was probably the best player who tried out.
That was an even greater snub than Chuck Barkley. Rick was probably the greatest shooter of his era. If the coach asks you to lose 9 lbs. in 18 days, you better do it or you won't be making the team. Somehow Barkley forgot to mention that over the years.
Pearl Washington was another player that Knight didn't pick.
An insane amount of talent!
The 1984 and the 1960 USA Olympic teams were the most talented. But for me, the most talented USA Olympic team was supposed to be the 1968 team. Because of the civic rights movement, the backlash of the Vietnam War and preparing for the NBA draft, many of college top stars either boycotted or bypassed the tryouts. Noted absentees were: Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Pete Maravich, Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, Calvin Murphy, Bob Lanier just to name a few.
WOW, that's crazy....30 Hall of Famers and Charles Barkley, Karl Malone and John Stockton were cut.
Basketball is a team sport. Bobby knight was looking to create a team not a collection of the best individuals. There were no Snubs, I love Charles Barkley but he was not mature enough at the time.
Jaylen Brown would hurt the team? Stockton & Malone would hurt the team?
@@emilediekstra4555 It was mentioned in the video Bobby preferred a more physical defensive guard for international play and that was why Stockton wasn’t chosen. With what 40 future All-NBA-All-Stars there are many who will not get selected, doesn’t mean the team was weaker as a result. Lot of it is team chemistry, which Olympic USA basketball doesn’t always get right. Bob Knight for all his faults, this team selection was not one of the. IMO ☺️
@@Jo-oc-0 Choosing Koncak, Kleine, Jeff Turner and Alford instead of Barkley, Malone, Stockton and Joe Dumars IS Knight's fault
@@leejones6275A gold metal was Bobby Knights fault. One I’m sure he was fine with. It was his team and he wanted the players he chose.
Charles has said Stockton deserved to be on that team and was killing people in the trials
Thats quite the endorsement of Jordan from Bobby Knight. You rarely hear coach Knight go to that length of praise about any player. I would have loved to have seen those practices with coach Knight coaching Jordan.
It’s amazing how easily they won in 1984 with the guys they picked with the main reason being Jordan of course and Patrick Ewing, but imagine if they had Barkley , Stockton , and Karl Malone like they had on the Dream Team , it would’ve been close to what the Dream Team did . I know all those guys were young , but they were very good even at that time .
The head coach has the final say on who is on roster. Best player may not be the right fit. With the exception of Michael Jordan, he fit into any team.
Still not nearly as awful as Georgetown’s John Thompson choosing his own point guard Charles Smith over both Mookie Blaylock AND Sherman Douglas, as well as his own recruit, high schooler Alonzo Mourning. It’s no wonder this team lost. Thompson’s personal biases ruined amateurism in American Olympic basketball and gave birth to the Dream Team, and professionals partaking in Olympic basketball.
Most people cant play for coach knight
Bobby knight was the goat
I wonder why. Most players could play for John Wooden
Most people won't play for bobby dyke
Their loss.
@leejones6275 WOODEN the 🐐
I don't think he liked Charles plain and simple - but no matter they still won. That's just Bobby Knight my way or the highway style. Another story for Bobby Knight is having a young Larry Bird and Bird literally left campus and never went back.
Bird left after 2, 3? weeks because of the culture shock, a poor kid with few clothes coming to an elite university. Bird said he wouldn't have had a problem with Knight, with Larry saying 'players play and coaches coach.'
@@jamesanthony5681 Yes true. Bird had an awkward encounter with coach Knight while walking the campus but overall he was likely overwhelmed at the school.
Exactly no one talks about that because it’ll make a white coach look bad. If you can’t Coach Larry Bird you shouldn’t be Coaching 🤷🏽♂️
In Larry Legend’s own words, he left for financial reasons. IU didn’t pay their players and Coach Knight followed the rules. It had nothing to do with Larry being homesick or his relationship with Coach.
@@mfr440
Sorry, what were Bird's words, exactly? These were Bird's words: ' *I was out of my cocoon* ,' meaning, the culture shock of a shy, poor kid coming to a prestigious university, with teammates having nice clothes.
In the modern era, this was probably the second-best Team USA and was definitely #2 for collegiates all-time to the 1960 team featuring Big O, Jerry Lucas, and Jerry West. As far as who missed out on the 1984 team, it was a case of an overabundance of talent. Almost all of the guys who made the team were All-Americans and had big names. All were projected to be NBA stars. But, as projections go...
Coach Knight's job was to win the Gold. He picked the RIGHT players to make up his TEAM. At 20 years old Barkley was a fat, undisciplined, extremely talented slob. When you've been entitled your entire life leading up to that moment, you feel like you can do whatever you want because most coaches will sacrifice anything just to acquire talent and win. Not the best coach ever. He gave Barkley instructions to lose weight and work hard. Barkley declined. In fact, he did the opposite. Would you believe Coach Knight's version or Barkley's? Not even close. And what was the outcome of Barkley being cut? That team blew every opponent out of the building. So much for the injustice. Barkley's attitude not talent, was always his problem. In this case, his attitude left him off Olympic history. Imagine being able to tell your children and granchildren that you represented your country as a collegian in the Olympic games. The mound round of rebound blew it.
As far as Coach Knight's assessment of Michael Jordan, no one was a better evalauator of talent. Even at that age, he called Michael the GOAT. He got it right.
Yes. The great Bobby Knight formed a team based on what his system needed...
I’m surprised that Charles Barkley and Johnny Dawkins didn’t make the team. If Sam Bowie would’ve tried out, I think he would’ve made it instead of Joe Kleine. Also, Len Bias would’ve made it too.
work ethic and discipline (helps team) over talent (helps yourself) every time.
Jaylen Brown is lazy?
@@emilediekstra4555 Who mentioned lazy?
The better collection of talent on a 12 man roster in 1988 was 12 great individuals. They didn’t win gold
Knight had a team……they worked together and won
No question Knight made the right calls at the time.
Does it matter that he didn’t lose nine pounds if he’s playing well ?
Charles has later said he didn't really play WELL 'til after Moses convinced him to lost some serious weight.
Did you watch the video? Coach gave the ultimatum for Chuck to prove his commitment and work ethic. It wasn’t just about losing the weight. Duh!
And I’m old enough to remember that Olympics that wasn’t the best Olympics competitive wise
Screw Knight.
Physically assaulted his players at IU
Best move Larry Bird ever made was to leave IU before he ever played a game there
This was an outright snub of Barkley by Knight but even worse was the greatest scorer and ballhandler in college history, Pete Maravich cut in 1968 by Hank Iba, an anachronistic slowball proponent who didn't like flashy players and also snubbex Rick Mount and Calvin Murphy. Then there was Havlicek cut in 1960 when the rules said players on sponsored teams and military had guaranteed spots ...
How tf was Chuck supposed to lose nine pounds in a couple of weeks,in wtf was “ Stepin Fechit routine “ he was calling Charles a lazy black player.
Now your catching on
@@jamesdelaney3797 *you're
Huh? Barkley was 21, and he came into camp weighing 283 lbs. He lost 9 lbs in *6 days* , bringing him to 274. Knight told him to lose an additional 9 lbs, and Barkley had 18 days (a little more than 2 weeks) to do it. That's not a huge stretch for a 21 year old, and I've NOT heard Charles refute what Bob Knight has said.
Knight hated lack of effort, bad attitude, and dumb basketball. In Barkley's case, Knight could afford to cut him because the coach had an embarrassment of riches.
@@jamesanthony5681 He said Charles wasn’t going hard in a drill with Steve Alford who is white. His words were in i am paraphrasing “ He was doing his Stephin Fechit routine “ in the black community that name is identified with a person who is lazy and unintelligent.And Chuck wasn’t a dumb or lazy player by any means Knight showed his klan side when he said that racist sh!t.
Barkley actually won something with Knight.
Yep Coach Knight made men out if all of them, including the ones he cut.
Based on what?
Knight would have not been a fan of Zion Williamson. He might have turned Barkleys career around by shaming him for his weight. Zion needs someone like Bob Knight to tell him he’s fat and to lose weight. If Zion would get in shape, he’d stop getting hurt.
Zion who? 🤪
Stockton, Barkley and Malone got on the dream team in 1992…..lol
What would have made this clip more interesting would have been more analysis and pointing out who made the team instead of the future superstars who didn't. For example, instead of center/forward Malone, Knight chose Jon Koncak and Joe Kleine, two very mediocre players who lacked any outside shooting and jumping ability as evidenced by their limited NBA careers. Instead of Barkley, Jeff Turner was chosen, again a mediocre talent. Instead of Stockton, Knight chose showed nepotism in picking Steve Alford and Leon Wood, who were no match for Stockton-or for that matter the great Joe Dumars. Unfortunately, in most cases, it was lesser white players chosen over more talented blacks.
💯 facts. Not to mention Ewing only made the team due to the controversy that it would have caused had Knight cut him.
Coach made the right call. That group of players beat the best of the NBA and became the world champions. Those cut were unprofessional yet at that point in time of their carreers. Their contributions to the team might have jeopordized the cohession to be champions...
To be fair, Alford WAS a great High School (Mr. Indiana) and College player.
@@user-bb2sg6jn8r Any team with Jordan and Ewing would win the Olympics at that point, that's not the issue. What the focus is here is player selection mistakes. It's kind of strange to say Karl Malone, Barkley, Stockton and Dumars -all Hall of Famers could have jeopardized cohesion as a reason to choose such white mediocrities as Koncak, Kleine, Turner , Wood and Alford. It's clear they wanted white diversity like the quotas in the pros.
@@bricefleckenstein9666 Everybody invited was great or they wouldn't have been invited. However, that selection meant Joe Dumars and Stockton, far superior talents were left off.
They won, which was the ultimate goal. Therefore, it is hard to second guess the player selections. On the other hand, the ‘88 team lost. Is there a similar video regarding snubs from that team.
No major snubs. Just weaker talent v the Soviet professional. US was 11 blacks and one white player
Knight did fine with one exception. He never should have kept Steve Alford. Alford played for Knight at Indiana. That was a "homer" pick by Knight.
Alford was an all America in 1984 he ran knights system with precision Knight was looking for players that fit his system. Remember Stockton was unknown. Dont look how they developed later in nba. Look what they were in 1984. Knight had preferences like Ewing, Jordan Alford. Not always the best players but the right players to play in knights system. Ifcyou can’t follow orders you never play for knight. Period.
You must be a Kentucky fan? In the OLYMPICS, Alford averaged 10.3 points per game, was second in assists, and shot .644 from the field. Plus his leadership and being able to teach Coach’s system to the other players was invaluable. By “homer” did you mean Homerun?! 🤡
@@mfr440 if I'm wrong I'll admit it but I ask you one question: Who's better, Alford or Stockton?
@@randysandberg5615 Stockton’s Olympic stats: 3.4 pts, 2.5 ast, .512 shooting. I’d say Alford was better. 👍😂 it’s about the context. Alford was a better fit for the 1984 team.
@@mfr440 So are you actually saying Alford was better than Stockton? If the answer is "yes" there's no use arguing anymore.
If you were playing pick up bb, would you pick steve alford or charles barkley, despite the fact of all those rings alford has. I believe most would agree that stockton was better than Alford as well. Bobby knight is the president of the royal pain in the ass group, and while he screams and talks about discipline he had none. If he had been disciplined himself he could have coached for many more years, and now is remembered only for being an ass hole if your honest. For barkley to have lost 9 pounds in 18 days means hecwould needed to burn 31,500 calories more than he took in. That would have been hard but not beyond doing at his age and muscle mass. I still think knight just did it to get rid of him, he needed a reason to cut the 2nd best player he had.
Absolutely no complaints on the pick of this team.
bronsexuals would say "joe klein and jon koncak" and Steve Alford. How could those guys be better than any African American players at these trials??
@@johnnythekid4601 read my post below.
@@johnnythekid4601 hey you want diversity you got it.
@@jamesfields2916 yes i know and i agree with you. im talking about anyone from this generation that might see your post as we all know the disrespect they show "white" players. IE watch the video about the scallange. you have a guy 5 ft 5 who never played anything but streetball commenting on there that hes fast as fuck and he believes he would be able to seal the ball from scal. People are really delusional only because they know there's no way to prove any of their "so called acccompilshments
Knight ran a tight ship & im sure he wanted nothing to do with Barkleys clown antics.
Needless to say, he got the job done & dominated the 1984 Olympics with college players.
Pros weren't allowed
Barkly defind what is your definition of best player.
84 olympics team was basically amateur college students playing against European pro athletes.
The college athletes need to play exceptional DEFENSE rebound plus score from start to finish. No trading baskets back and forth. Playing Horse or a game of match will not win a gold mealdel. All around skills required.
I was around in 1984, I read all of the magazines and listened to all of the sports reports and the word at the time was that Charles Barkley was the best player in camp bar none. That's right. Even better than Jordan. All of the players were shocked that he got cut and the word was that Knight cut Charles not because he didn't lose weight but because he wanted to prove a point that he was in charge and that anyone could get cut. There is a lot of revisionist history going on right now about that team.
Bob Knight gave specifics at to why Barkley was cut and I don't hear Charles refuting it.
@@jamesanthony5681 It was just a power play for Knight. Zion is an incredible talent who is as fat as Barkley.
@@leejones6275 Look at it from Bob Knight's perspective. He was the boss and considered it an honor and privilege to play for your country. If Barkley wasn't willing to lose an additional 9 pounds (not a big stretch, by any means), then how could Knight (1) be assured that Charles would follow orders/instructions/strategy from the coaches in a key game?; and (2) why give a spot to someone who didn't appear to be serious enough, when there were so many other talented players who'd do anything to play in the Olympics? I can understand Knight's position.
Knight’s ego got in the way of the selection process.
Steve Alford who played for Knight at Indiana (6’1”, 163) at age 19 over 22 year old John Stockton (6’1”, 170). Jeff Turner over Charles Barkley? Bobby Knight was a *dictatorial clown.*
Interesting Bobby Knight didn’t cut Patrick Ewing due to the *controversy* that it would cause. He wanted to keep Joe Kleine and Jon Koncak over Ewing. *Controversy that he wanted to cut the black center with the black head coach in John Thompson at Georgetown.*
Irony much. Knight complaining about Barkley not doing something he was asked to do, when Knight pulled the same sh*t at both Indiana and Texas Tech.
what shit was that? Like YOU would know anything.you can't tell the difference between your ass and a hole in the ground.
He was in charge. Players were not!
@@davidclay2339 Not to his superiors in the Athletic administration at Tech
I think if you could leave Karl Malone off an Olympic team, Instead of taking it personal, he used it as motivation that’s a lesson We could all learn from!
Phony baloney
Yeah but Bobby Knight was perhaps one of the biggest jerks to be a coach in the ncaa.. Bobby had trouble with everyone and was always angry.. with his ego he passed over many great players here for the Olympic team..
Incidentally, showing that it wasn't just Knight making stupid player selections, beating out Cowens (future NBA mvp) and Issel, a regular 30 point pro scorer were Glynn Saulters and Ken Spain, who in their brief NBA careers average 2.7 and 2.2 points per game respectively.
So stupid. They dominated and won the Gold Medal. 😂
@@mfr440 The point is the snubs, not whether they won. Any team with Jordan would win. The whole point of this video is the snubs and they are terrible. If you know anything about Olympic basketball history, it's riddled with politics (AAU and Army interference), racist quotas and poor choices which eventually lead to defeats.
@@leejones6275 1984 had none of the above, except Jordan. Just because a couple of players went on to Hall of Fame careers doesn’t mean they were terrible snubs. They just didn’t fit.
@@mfr440 Dumars, Stockton and Malone would fit anywhere. It's a snub if you pick inferior talent which they did. Happened every Olympics and had little to do with "fitting".
@@leejones6275 Inferior talent = Gold Medal. Nicely done by the guy who made all the stupid player selections.
How about a video report on greatest snub of the Olympics (1968), when the "snub' was BY the players not the coaches. It was a team that was potentially even superior to the '92 Dream team, at least in the front court The civil rights and Vietnam War protests spurred the following greats not to try out: Alcindor (aka Kareem), Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, and Bob Lanier.Adding to that amazing front court were Dave Cowens and Dan Issel, both of whom tried out and failed to make it. Nonetheless, we won in '68 but barely and the "writing was on the wall," setting the stage for the '72 failure.
Knight IS the BEST COACH EVER
One of, not THE.
Not even the best coach FROM Indiana - that would be Wooden.
Knight in the top 10 of college coaches? THAT would be a slam dunk.
Absurd. Try John Wooden
@@leejones6275 Wooden had Sam gilbert doing all the Cheating. That throws out all his records. Wooden didn't win Crap until 1964. Gilbert showed up that very year. So Wooden got that title on his own - The others should be Tossed Out
@@stever1791 That's a ridiculous story by the jealous Knight. He couldn't even keep Larry Bird.. Such unsupported innuendo. Alcindor and Walton did not go there because of Gilbert.
@@leejones6275 Alcindor was "All Set to attend Michigan" before his freshmen year at UCLA. And again after his Freshmen year . jAnd then gilbert talked to him and all of a sudden Dave Strack the Michigan coach got really PISSED at Wooden, Sam was involved with Lew Alcindor . But NOT Walton - Walton went on his own
Stockton was lifting weights.
That’s the one that the Russians boycott it
Hell no Steve Alford should’ve been left off
Owners soposalby draft players to win championships star players have to decide if their careers is about individual stats,money or winning championships. Some players its only about entertainment and money there whole career.
They won the GOLD . Mission accomplished. RIP Coach Knight.
Why isn't Jaylen Brown selected?
The Bobby Knight Era ending was the greatest improvement to coaching n basketball. Players win games, bad coaches lose games n ruin players… The my way or the highway coaching approach, doesn’t work, you must adapt to the players period… Good Riddance!!
Sure thing.
@@future9511 Knight won three national titles and 76 Indiana team generally considered the greatest team of all time.He probably stayed coaching about ten years longer than he should have but one of the greatest coaches ever
If it didn't work, why is he in the Top 5 all time for NCAA championships won?
And "Adopt to the players" is part of the issue with today's joke called the NBA.
@@bricefleckenstein9666 show me proof of that stat. And believe it or not, winning is not everything, character or a lack of character does matter…
@@future9511 Ask a coach who has been fired how important winning is? Schools and teams will put up with just about anything as long as a coach is winning.
Barkley does not want to be in the Olympic team.. he just want to showboat for the pro scouts for the draft.
Yeah, Knight was A Really Good Coach, Some may argue that He's great. Opinions vary , but careful observation from afar would seem to indicate he had bad people skills.
So Charles is 6'6" and Jordan 6'5" ... Ok ,alright
Um
Yea
Who Thomas??? Isiah is one of the games' legends, how could you butcher that name?
The only surprise is Concack. He sucked.
Kleine and Turner also sucked
Will you be the best decision because they brought home the gold medal 84 so Bobby Knight did the best job and I don't like Bobby Knight too much but on this one he did his job crazy bastard😂😂😂
Knight was an A hole
Steve Alford shouldnt been there
This is the same Bobby Knight that let Larry Bird leave his campus and refused to go after him or call him......duhhhhhhhh
What's that got to do with 1984? They won Gold easy with the team he picked and coached
@@MrAitraining Alford over Stockton, McCormick over Barkley, Joe Klein over Karl Malone, Chris Mullin criticised and Jon Koncak was kept. The Larry Bird comment goes to lack of judgement, just like the selections on this team. Knoght knew he could easily win with 5-6 players so the others didn't matter. Knight was arrogant.
@@kingtyomama6564 The Larry Bird thing was not what most think. In Larry's own words he said the school was too big for him and he didn't have any money to live beyond a full scholarship, which he got. Bird never blamed bob knight and said it had nothing to do with him. Knight has since regretted not being more aware of the Birds $ situation but knight never paid players or cheated. Not sure what else would have worked and Larry is a type where once his mind is made up, it's probably over anyway. We'll never know
No. But who can?
why wasnt isiah thomas picked¿
Isiah was a pro. USA sent amateurs back then.
Knight was a great colllege coach but he wasn’t really a pro-oriented coach. He didn’t have a ton of player flourish in the NBA other then Isaiah Thomas. As the US coach, he seemed to select players who were more suited for the college game, like Joe Klein. I thought him leaving Barkley, Stockton and Malone of the 1984 Team was crazy. However, that 1984 team did play well together and it was a magical team that really showcased Jordan’s talents. He also let Jordan run free and Jordan surprisingly thrived under Knight. Jordan seemed like the antithesis of an Indian player, but Knight really thought the world of Jordan and Jordan had a glorious Olympics. Sucks they left out those Hall of Famers, but that 1984 Team really gelled together and their were a fun team to watch, with Jordan really showcasing his extraordinary talents and skills. Was a great lead in to Jordan shortly taking the NBA by storm. It was really too bad about Barkley and the other HOFer’s. However, Knight and Jordan were the original Olympic basketball ‘Dream Team’, and between the two of them, they weren’t going to leave that Olympics without a gold medal.
Barkley didn't want to be coached....out of shape and just a lazy ass player. It ultimately played out in his NBA career as well....he never won anything but games when surrounded by talent MVP, individual thing...... Barkley was all about HIMSELF......to this day still the same
The Olympic team represents the best of the nation so bobby couldn't have a fat Barkley on the team making the US look bad bobby made the right decision 😎
Knightvis an overrated coach who made in this case very bad decisions.
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I don’t care for Bobby Knight who was a great coach without a doubt. But he was an egotistical maniac with a child's tendency of spoiled brat. He himself should have bewn fired from Indiana long beforehand. He trashed Coach John Wooden who is the 🐐 coach.
Leon Wood Alvin Robertson, Vern Fleming, Steve Alford Mike Jordan, Chris Mullin Pat Ewing,John Koncak,Joe Kliene, Josh Turner, Sam Perkins, Waymon Tysdale. Who was the round mound of re-bound better than? Not in theb pros but in college.Nobody! wait the U.S.A. got killed in 84 no medal right? WRONG! Not stars TEAM! Jordan was NOT the leading scorer on this team. 3 centers,3 power forwards 4 interchangeable guards, point or shooting, and two G/F swings.6 great shooters, this is a team that in their prime could win gold today. This was the PERFECT TEAM and Barkley could NOT understand that.He could not hide his ego or big gut.
Barkley was better than Turner, Malone better than Koncak or Kleine, Dumars better than any of those guards. A little rough on Barkley-listened to Knight too much
@@leejones6275 Turner was in shape,a 87% foul shooter, had fewer turnovers and had zero attitude issues. Koncack was bigger,a true center and a far better shooter Malone became a far better pro, no contest. Kliene was supreme handling the ball.Tysdale and Perkins were 100 times better then Fat Chuck. Dumars again got better in pros,not in 1984. It is not about assembling 12 all stars it is about the best team.DID KNIGHTS TEAM DOMINATE AND WIN GOLD? End of the debate. debate. 4 years later Thompson picked all stars and LOST! Knights 84 team had ZERO weakness.NONE! Dumars was like Barkley, not the best team guy. Malone also was barely a 50% from foul line. Mullin was teams 3rd best passer.Knights team beat the Pro's. Dam right Bob got it right. 1,000%
@@davidwadsworth8982 A lot of fat shaming of Chuck jeez. Koncak is a far better shooter than who? I'd take Barkley and Malone easily over Perkins. All this got better later stuff-what's that based on? All the these guys were first round draft picks so they were obviously superior in college. If it's not about Allstars, then why is the Dream Team the best ever? That was nothing but stars. Any team with Jordan would win. Thompson picked all stars? What non-star did he leave off that would have made a difference. It was just a college group that was relatively weak-that happens. And the "professional" Russians were better. Who says Dumars wasn't a good team guy? Based on what? You have too many unsupported generalizations. Many Olympic teams beat the pros and it depends on which pros.
I believe Leon Wood is still in the NBA…as a long time official!
What about Terry Porter? After Jordan he was the best guard at the trials, and Knight kept the guy who went on the be a ref, Leon Wood. So this Knight jerk not only cut John Stockton, he cut Terry Porter too, and kept Leon Wood and Steve Alford. It was BS at the time, and it still is.
@@jdmo yes he was the only NAIA player to be invited. Unfortunately he had a chicken pox during the trial that might affect his chances.
@basketballglory295 sports illustrated reported at the time that he was the only guard in camp who could hang with Jordan. In fact, they got onto a fight. In Milwaukee, where everybody has chicken pox every other day, word is that Porte got cut because of the fight, but, I dunno - that's the sort of crap Bobby K likes. We know why he kept Alford. Never once understood why he kept Wood.
Bobby Knight was a good coach. But he was racist.
Racist? Proof? He had lots of great black players willing to put up with his crap
SCOTT MAY, THOMAS, KEITH SMART AND OTHERS