Ernie's so cool. Respectful, honest, keeps the boys on their toes, keeps the train moving and most importantly, listens. He has traits that we all should take from. I don't think anyone could speak negatively about him.
I love this show. Baseball should definitely have something like this. Now those guys must have a TON of stories to tell with all the sitting and standing around they do. I miss Isaiah Thomas whenever he's not on the show. Articulate and analytical, with a comedian's timing. He knows how to tell a funny story and get big laughs.
I felt like John Starks was a bit nervous at the beginning but he got cooler as time passed by, I think it's great that they talk about New York and the Knicks on Open Court because usually they make fun of them since they haven't won rings in such a long time but Patrick Ewing, John Starks and the 90's Knicks deserve a lot more respect than they get I just wish they could get Patrick Ewing or Kobe on the show too.
Shaq is by far the laziest nna player ever. You can literally look up him talking about how he would foul shave so he wouldnt have to play certain games, broke his toe near the end of a season and instead of going to the doctor in the offseason in order to PLAY THE NEXT SEASON, he waited until the season started because "i got hurt on company time, im gonna heal on company time" so he missed like 1/3 of the season. Shaq was a fucking clown for like 90% of his career and wouldnt have a single ring without kobe and Dwade, and Dwade basically proved he didnt need shaq in the finals
And the Mark Jackson and the many others (especially on those Knicks late 90s Playoffs runs, there was always a NY guy, and playing in NY before the NBA etc on the opposing team wanting payback/revenge lol), especially because of the Mullin-Jackson Pacers connection also.
Mark Jackson up there with KenNY wouldve been great because they were a part of the Holy Trinity of the 1983 HS PG class along with Pearl Washington.They have stories.
When Kenny brought up Riverside Church AAU it took my memories way back. I remember when they came out west to play a tournament in Scottsdale. That was the team that had Malik Sealy and Twin Campbell. I also was taken way back when Grant talked about watching Georgetown and St John's play at the Garden in 84. I followed east coast high school basketball closely back then and remember how many great teams there were, especially the incredibly talented early 80s Dunbar teams with Mugsy, David Wingate, Reggie Williams and Reggie Lewis. Wingate and Williams went on to play at Georgetown. The Big East was loaded back in those days with Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, Villanova and more. I know I was just one of many people who would tune in to ESPN for Big Monday with a Big East game. There were so many great players in the conference then with Patrick Ewing, Pearl Washington, Chris Mullin, Walter Berry being just a few. Even the coaches were big personalities with John Thompson, Lou Carnesecca and Jim Boeheim running teams. St. John's was my favorite team because I really liked what a great shooter Chris Mullin was and what an impressive player Walter Berry was. The conference saw quite a few epic battles in those days and reached the peak in 85 when three teams reached the final four with Villanova pulling a historical upset over Georgetown.
I haven't watched even a second of an NBA game in at least, probably, 15 years. But I do enjoy these Open Court shows, and I was wondering if they're still doing them. All the ones that I've seen are from a couple years ago.
Yeah, I watch these shows but rule changes have ruined the game in my opinion. I stopped watching the NBA when the centers and other integral parts of the game were eliminated.
@@sw5401 The NBA has become soft. To be real it is an example of the PUSSIFICATION OF SOCIETY. YES, EACH GENERATION TENDS TO BLAME THE ONE B4...BUT MILLENNIALS AND THE ME2 MOVEMENT AND WHATEVER THE HECK THIS GENERATION IS CALLED TODAY IS INCREDIBLY DISRESPECTFULLY.
Mark Jackson didn’t do anything physically great, but a ton of things good! And his bball IQ was/is incredibly high!! I feel like Kenny rattled off too many things. Lol
I know right Kenny trying to downplay him. Mark Jackson was a bad dude his basketball IQ is up there and could get everyone scoring the guy is like 4th all time in assists
New York, New York! Yo KNY didn't mentioned the competitive IS8 summer Pro Am League in Queens! It was good to see the ultra competitive John Starks, who grew up n' Oklahoma, but embodies that raw emotions of NYCity 🏀...
Kenny Smith. Goes to show you how much timing has to do with life. Dude was in the right situation, at the right time. Decent guard for a great NorthCarolina team, then a decent shooter, if he was open, for a good Houston squad. If it wasn't for Hakeem and Horry, dude would've been out the league in 5 years. Now the dude's makin' lots of cash on TV. I ain't hatin' tho. I'm just sayin'...DAMN, that's alright.
@@CRedd9830 yea to say he woulda been out of the league is a stretch. He was your regular run of the mill PG in that era. If he doesn't play with Hakeem and win those rings he just has a normal career and we forget about him and he's probably doing local nba coverage instead of national on TNT
Shaq got it right with New York City players getting all that hype and media coverage in the biggest media market in the country. Pearl Washington was a magician at Syracuse but he did nothing in the NBA. Tiny Archibald and Marbury are the only New York City point guards to be perennial all stars
@@Ch3zzy Been there a bunch of times - don't like the place at all, though it has a couple OK spots, and the Museum of Science and Industry was nice to visit in my youth. It got DATED though when I went back to see it in the last 1990s or early 2000s though. 8-(
15:24 "Every third block there's a basketball court". In Indiana, there's commonly a half dozen hoops PER block, depending on the type of area - and some blocks it's a hoop on EVERY garage. And for Indiana style basketball in the NBA, there is no better example than Larry Bird.
How could you be the Mecca if your own team literally has sucked the life out of a basketball city. Literally 50 year losers. The Miami Heat has achieved way more in it's almost 30 years in the league than the Knicks ever could in their whole time of existence. If there's a Mecca it should be LA or Boston.
Say to ANY Knick fan: " 2 for 18" and they INSTANTLY know what you're talking about.Also where is Bernard King, Chris Mullin, Mark Jackson or even Rod Strickland to sit in on this panel?
Please don't give us that crap. He played basketball at North Carolina from younger years, up until college. It is like saying "Oh, Steph Curry is from Akron, Ohio"
I know he was born in NY, specifically Brooklyn. But it counts where you grew up, not where you were born. That is why I said, if you count like that Steph Curry is born in Akron, Ohio the same place as Lebron.
lol that Starks dunk wasnt over MJ xD, Jordan was quite far away from the play and just jumped along as he got closer but he was 2 players away from Stark and the rim.
@@jamesvickers2026 horace got dunked on. MJ was help defense trying to rotate but wasn't there in time. Nice try tho, you just gotta look at it to know. Nice dunk tho!
I don't know why Shaq is there lol It's like not fair to have him talk about New York guys, because you know in the back of his mind, he's like, these guys ain't as good as ME lol And lo and behold, that's what it turned into lol Well, coming back from Germany, I was making a name for myself in high school, but the New York guys got all the hype. And I seen them play, and they were alright, but not really that good lol They wouldn't even let me in Rucker Park, you too good lol
Starks got 15 minutes of infamy for a excellent dunk when Jordan was helping on defense. So, he has bragging rights for a very nice play. But, dude! STARKS(and the knicks) LOST THE GAME.
@@johnmayberry7933 I stand corrected. But, my point was, Starks' glory was for a brief moment in a lost series. I'll have to also say, that was a great dunk in traffic.
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0:40 - "I'm not talking about your free throws..."
Damn, Ernie is brutal when he chooses to be, lol!
Seracen cold lol
That was just stone cold from Ernie.
Ernie always talking shit and ain't did nothing on a court if it wasn't tennis he need to stop it immediately!
BRICK CITY XD
@@victormack5648 chill maan🤣😅...
Ernie is a straight monster, definitely best NBA show host
So much better than other sports show hosts.
basketball wasn't even his main thing coming up. It was always baseball.
@@hanj31 interesting
Ernie's so cool. Respectful, honest, keeps the boys on their toes, keeps the train moving and most importantly, listens. He has traits that we all should take from. I don't think anyone could speak negatively about him.
I can never tell if Shaq is lying or telling the truth, he lies so much.
So many lies. His David Robinson diss story. Lie. His hall of fame speech story about Yao. Lie
It helps to assume he's lying unless someone backs him up
Anyone who, lies or enables liars in their life
- you're goina be made a fool of
😄💙🌿.
Same with Kenny.
I love this show. Baseball should definitely have something like this. Now those guys must have a TON of stories to tell with all the sitting and standing around they do. I miss Isaiah Thomas whenever he's not on the show. Articulate and analytical, with a comedian's timing. He knows how to tell a funny story and get big laughs.
I felt like John Starks was a bit nervous at the beginning but he got cooler as time passed by, I think it's great that they talk about New York and the Knicks on Open Court because usually they make fun of them since they haven't won rings in such a long time but Patrick Ewing, John Starks and the 90's Knicks deserve a lot more respect than they get I just wish they could get Patrick Ewing or Kobe on the show too.
Ernie: "2 out of 4 from the stripe!"
Shaq: "50%!.... That's not bad!"
LOL
What a low standard for a pro player for FREE throws.
Shaq is by far the laziest nna player ever. You can literally look up him talking about how he would foul shave so he wouldnt have to play certain games, broke his toe near the end of a season and instead of going to the doctor in the offseason in order to PLAY THE NEXT SEASON, he waited until the season started because "i got hurt on company time, im gonna heal on company time" so he missed like 1/3 of the season. Shaq was a fucking clown for like 90% of his career and wouldnt have a single ring without kobe and Dwade, and Dwade basically proved he didnt need shaq in the finals
@@aquadonkey. but without shaq dwade wouldn't have made the finals dummy
@@aquadonkey. He has 3 finals mvp's tho
@@mastercheif522991 Bruh he was easily replaced
Starks: "Shaq I've blocked your shot once"
Shaq: "NO YOU DIDN'T, STOP IT"
@ 20:17
I know nothing about basketball but the basics, but I can't stop watching them. I wish football had something like this
European futbul, or american football?
Marcus stfu stupid dumb bitch
Says the person who calls themselves "FUCKING DUMBASS"
Marcus Sikvayugak he didn’t say soccer.
Shaq rocking the "Shaqnosis" shoes. Those shoes are crazy!
They should have had Chris Mullin on this panel. He's from New York
Stephon Marbury too
They did call mullin, but he refuse because he was busy with a close relative wedding.
And the Mark Jackson and the many others (especially on those Knicks late 90s Playoffs runs, there was always a NY guy, and playing in NY before the NBA etc on the opposing team wanting payback/revenge lol), especially because of the Mullin-Jackson Pacers connection also.
Mark Jackson up there with KenNY wouldve been great because they were a part of the Holy Trinity of the 1983 HS PG class along with Pearl Washington.They have stories.
Starks was pure heart and grit..went from bagging groceries to the league.
When Kenny brought up Riverside Church AAU it took my memories way back. I remember when they came out west to play a tournament in Scottsdale. That was the team that had Malik Sealy and Twin Campbell. I also was taken way back when Grant talked about watching Georgetown and St John's play at the Garden in 84. I followed east coast high school basketball closely back then and remember how many great teams there were, especially the incredibly talented early 80s Dunbar teams with Mugsy, David Wingate, Reggie Williams and Reggie Lewis. Wingate and Williams went on to play at Georgetown. The Big East was loaded back in those days with Georgetown, St. John's, Syracuse, Villanova and more. I know I was just one of many people who would tune in to ESPN for Big Monday with a Big East game. There were so many great players in the conference then with Patrick Ewing, Pearl Washington, Chris Mullin, Walter Berry being just a few. Even the coaches were big personalities with John Thompson, Lou Carnesecca and Jim Boeheim running teams. St. John's was my favorite team because I really liked what a great shooter Chris Mullin was and what an impressive player Walter Berry was. The conference saw quite a few epic battles in those days and reached the peak in 85 when three teams reached the final four with Villanova pulling a historical upset over Georgetown.
They should've had Reggie come to be with starks
DylanGuzman7 Reggie and NY, so many stories
There would have been a fist fight on set.
NY did make Reggie an offer when he hit free agency. He declined.
@@carmens3685 bet they both regret that
@@ssj-rose4572 Kame....
When New York is relevant, the league is better.
True true
League is doing fine. Same with Hip Hop. NY is always overrated themselves and believed the sun revolves around them
@@gobot581 facts but NY definitely need to get their spot back on the hip hop tip cuz lyricist are a dying breed
go bot league is better when NY is good just look at the 90s or even early 2010s
West Coast 🖖
I loved Kenny's description of New York
Grant Hill is underrated. The dude is too funny.
Stfu you clowns think everything and everyone is underrated
@@naeemakhtar928 Lmao. Ok there buddy.
Chris Mullin should’ve been on this panel
Every time I watch open court, I always think how big those sofas must be to make them look normal sized
Shaq has a funny personality in small doses.
He has great comedic timing.
shaq rockin' the shaqosis sneaks
I haven't watched even a second of an NBA game in at least, probably, 15 years. But I do enjoy these Open Court shows, and I was wondering if they're still doing them. All the ones that I've seen are from a couple years ago.
Idk what happened to this show tbh they kinda jus stopped suddenly but shows like this really let me appreciate the history of the game
Yeah, I watch these shows but rule changes have ruined the game in my opinion. I stopped watching the NBA when the centers and other integral parts of the game were eliminated.
@@sw5401 The NBA has become soft. To be real it is an example of the PUSSIFICATION OF SOCIETY. YES, EACH GENERATION TENDS TO BLAME THE ONE B4...BUT MILLENNIALS AND THE ME2 MOVEMENT AND WHATEVER THE HECK THIS GENERATION IS CALLED TODAY IS INCREDIBLY DISRESPECTFULLY.
@@scottdavidson9963 agreed
@@scottdavidson9963 dumb
Mark Jackson didn’t do anything physically great, but a ton of things good! And his bball IQ was/is incredibly high!! I feel like Kenny rattled off too many things. Lol
I know right Kenny trying to downplay him. Mark Jackson was a bad dude his basketball IQ is up there and could get everyone scoring the guy is like 4th all time in assists
I’d takeMark over Kenny any day of the week
Halle’s looking at me? I’m bouta go to work 😂 shaq funny as hell
Thanx for the upload! Gonna watch them all on your channel.
Damn, that was probably one of my favourite episodes.
Got love for NYC baby.
New York, New York! Yo KNY didn't mentioned the competitive IS8 summer Pro Am League in Queens! It was good to see the ultra competitive John Starks, who grew up n' Oklahoma, but embodies that raw emotions of NYCity 🏀...
A lot of those memories of that head-butted you can tell came back to John Starks. Good stuff.
Kenny Smith. Goes to show you how much timing has to do with life. Dude was in the right situation, at the right time.
Decent guard for a great NorthCarolina team, then a decent shooter, if he was open, for a good Houston squad. If it wasn't for Hakeem and Horry, dude would've been out the league in 5 years. Now the dude's makin' lots of cash on TV.
I ain't hatin' tho. I'm just sayin'...DAMN, that's alright.
He wouldn't be in the league today
@@scarykurapika100yago2 He was a hella good three point shooter, he would thrive in todays league.
@Steven Jackson In his 5th year in the league and his first year on Houston he averaged 17 points on 52% shooting along with 7 assists. He could play.
@@CRedd9830 yea to say he woulda been out of the league is a stretch. He was your regular run of the mill PG in that era. If he doesn't play with Hakeem and win those rings he just has a normal career and we forget about him and he's probably doing local nba coverage instead of national on TNT
@@scarykurapika100yago2 kenny wouldve been solid being that pg's now have more have offensive freedom than when he played.
Shaq says he saw a rat once. Actually makes an entertaining story out of it.
Ernie Johnson - the silent assassin. Pure savage with his comebacks!
Shaq's trolling is soo priceless sometimes
lol barbecue Zimbabwe chicken shaq is funny....kenny a fool Sony lol
@ 31:05
Good thing Reggie wasn't on set.......
wow u have all open court episodes! u have my subs!
Love this show...
Stark's was one of my favorite players. I was always a Knicks fan until AI came.
you are a man amongst boys dude
he da real MVP
Knicks fans are truly passionate fans. Glad to see they are a 4 seed this year
ERNIE DROPPIN' BOMBZZZZ
36:35 kenny be just saying the most random shit ever THAT DID NOT HAPPEN KENNY hahahahaha
36:32
great, all-time, basketball story
Chicago got it:Dwade,Ant Davis,Mark acguire,Zeke,Drose,Big Ticket,Eddy Curry,Jabari Parker,Qrich,Corey Maggette,Shannon Brown,Doc rivers,antoine walker,pat beverly,tim hardaway,mo cheeks,will bynum,shaun livingston,kendall gill,nick anderson,hershey hawkins,juwaan howard,shawn marion,iman shumpert,dee brown,luther head
Michael Finley, Terry Cummings.
The screen set on Miller for Starks at 19:36 would be a 3 game suspension in today's NBA.
5:06 Grant Hill's laugh could rival Thanos' power.
Kenny: Celebrity doesn't matter in New York.
Jay Z: Hey, watch it.
The pamoranick view is the best
john starks accent is so smooth
Steve smith and grant hill look like the same person
Hank Trill Dirty Sprite Savage I agree
Quavo YxRxN NBA 2k17 they both look boring as fuck
no
Steve is sexier.
Apparently Hill, Smith, and Reggie get confused for each other.
🎶New York, New York ... big city of dreams ... and everything in New York ain't always what it seems.🎶 -- Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
shaq dont remember getting blocked by anybody 😭
Shaq got it right with New York City players getting all that hype and media coverage in the biggest media market in the country. Pearl Washington was a magician at Syracuse but he did nothing in the NBA. Tiny Archibald and Marbury are the only New York City point guards to be perennial all stars
"The Shot" Michael on Jazz 1998
"The Block" Lebron on Warriors 2016
"The Dunk" Starks on Bulls 1993
Just google those words
MSG seating is different too it makes it feel like a football game or maybe that was Oakley and Starks
You can always tell somebody is from New York because they bring it up within 2 minutes of meeting them
Amazing !
I live in NYC and this is all true its by far the best city in the world nothing else compares
False. Chicago low key better.
Been there once.
Not the worst experience of my life - but a very NOT GOOD one.
Never will go back.
@@Ch3zzy Been there a bunch of times - don't like the place at all, though it has a couple OK spots, and the Museum of Science and Industry was nice to visit in my youth.
It got DATED though when I went back to see it in the last 1990s or early 2000s though. 8-(
The people who don’t like NYC can’t handle it
Shaq’s story at 26:00 murdered me
shaq shifts between the personality of a 75 year old oil baron to a 12 year old kid depending on the subject
Perhaps the popularity in the 90s wasn't all about Jordan. Maybe some of it is that the Knicks happened to have a damn good team then!
I’d like to see Derek Fisher on open court more
Maurice Jackson with Matt Barnes
Shit. Grant Hill played 19 seasons? I knew he was around for a while but god damn.
John the phenomenon
You guys have to bring Reggie Miller and John Stark together on the show.
Shaq I was too good 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Nice dunk.. Still they are crazy. Mike did not get dunked on by Starks on that play
35:55 but fr. if two 7 foot guys that play very physical screamed at me, i'd shit on my pants dude
Lost Battalion Hall is the place
Yep, its the Reebok. Shaq's.
15:24
"Every third block there's a basketball court".
In Indiana, there's commonly a half dozen hoops PER block, depending on the type of area - and some blocks it's a hoop on EVERY garage.
And for Indiana style basketball in the NBA, there is no better example than Larry Bird.
I say Oscar Robertson.
NY still better
NY, NY the MFing Mecca of Basketball!!!
why is Patrick Ewing not ever on these types of panels?
No chips
How could you be the Mecca if your own team literally has sucked the life out of a basketball city. Literally 50 year losers. The Miami Heat has achieved way more in it's almost 30 years in the league than the Knicks ever could in their whole time of existence. If there's a Mecca it should be LA or Boston.
We love you starks but you cost us a title
Say to ANY Knick fan: " 2 for 18" and they INSTANTLY know what you're talking about.Also where is Bernard King, Chris Mullin, Mark Jackson or even Rod Strickland to sit in on this panel?
Michael Jordan was born in NY
Please don't give us that crap. He played basketball at North Carolina from younger years, up until college.
It is like saying "Oh, Steph Curry is from Akron, Ohio"
Vlatko Ristovski Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn NY look it up the hospital was Kings County
I know he was born in NY, specifically Brooklyn. But it counts where you grew up, not where you were born. That is why I said, if you count like that Steph Curry is born in Akron, Ohio the same place as Lebron.
Brooklyn Hospital/Cumberland Hospital. Same hospital I was born in 💪🏾💪🏾
Kyrie Irving was born in Melbourne, Australia.
@31:00 😂😂😂😂
I be forever be a Knick.
Julio sorry for that lol
Imposible to change my blood color.
there may be another cat around cooler than Steve Smith...but I doubt it
What a shame Reggie isn’t in this episode.
Ever since the drob story, nobody will believe anything you say Shaq. You still funny tho. Lol
What shoes is Shaq wearing?
reebok shaqnosis
shaq "zebras"...
Shaqnosis
Zam0rak41 they are his first Reebok shoe. I once owned them
@@Dcassella20 I still own 2 pairs myself
They shoulda had Reggie Miller on this episode
So, starks how do you describe ny?
S: " well.. it's like tulsa.. but more of bit, like... More buildings" bro 🤣
JOHN STARKS MISSED A SHOT THAT WOULD HAVE WON THE KNICKS A CHAMPIONSHIP
2-19 for the game.
I well he cashed that check though
Imagine bron trying to drive to the basket
4:20 "Tulsa Oklahoma ain't like New York" ... yea, no shit Sherlock lls!!
18:50 He's a Bum!
lol that Starks dunk wasnt over MJ xD, Jordan was quite far away from the play and just jumped along as he got closer but he was 2 players away from Stark and the rim.
Jordan got dunked on!!!!...
@@jamesvickers2026 horace got dunked on. MJ was help defense trying to rotate but wasn't there in time. Nice try tho, you just gotta look at it to know. Nice dunk tho!
shaq playing against men that hes a foot taller than
Yo what are the shoes shaq is wearing tho?
Those are Rebooks, I can’t remember the exactly ones.
@@herkyj Shaqnosis
Why does Kenny think he has to run his mouth and over talk everyone
I don't know why Shaq is there lol It's like not fair to have him talk about New York guys, because you know in the back of his mind, he's like, these guys ain't as good as ME lol
And lo and behold, that's what it turned into lol Well, coming back from Germany, I was making a name for myself in high school, but the New York guys got all the hype. And I seen them play, and they were alright, but not really that good lol They wouldn't even let me in Rucker Park, you too good lol
Starks got 15 minutes of infamy for a excellent dunk when Jordan was helping on defense. So, he has bragging rights for a very nice play. But, dude! STARKS(and the knicks) LOST THE GAME.
They won that game! They lost the series.
@@johnmayberry7933
I stand corrected. But, my point was, Starks' glory was for a brief moment in a lost series.
I'll have to also say, that was a great dunk in traffic.
Why no reggie miller in this episode?
18:54 bum
20:00 block
25:00 block
36:45 aisle 3
Wait… is NY a special place Starks?
Philly, historically ,has had a much better college and pro game than New York ----
Only 90 miles down the street
Michael says "You didn't dunk on me" yeah no shit I dunked on Grant you, michael were behind him.
Eric H and got dunked on also
Shaq is always lieing :-)
Barbeque Zimbabwe chicken 🤣🤣
I am from NYC and John Starks made me dislike the Knicks.
Jazzy Jeff.Just say " 2 for 18" to any NY Knick fan, and they will AUTOMATICALLY get sick!!