Rodman was an anomaly that we will probably never see in the NBA again. He was 6'6 215-220 and guarded the best power forwards and centers in a golden age of post players and out rebounded all of them. He is a 5 time champ, 7 rebounding titles, 9 time defensive all star, and two time Defensive player of the year. And wasn't great offensively but i believe he is one of the most unique and amazing players to ever play, incredible defender.
"Most people think Dennis is 6'9 260. And Dennis was maybe a half inch taller than me at 6'6 220. And he impacted the game a lot bigger" - Micheal Jordan
@@tbone2123 yes he did. Didnt affect my favorite player or team though. Got embarrassed this series. None of his "mind games" of flopping and baiting had any effect on Olajuwon ESPN and his fans dont show this portion of his career. Whining, quitting and looking for a escape route.
@@ChrisM07 You could sense his frustration that everyone wasn't on his level mentally b/c they had the talent to win it all but they were more interested in doing things a certain way. You use what you have, you showcase the talents of your players, using them to best advantage. You could see dennis was frustrated with the coaching and his teammates.
@@jc4388 I'm sure he was frustrated, but the Rockets deserve some credit it wasn't all about what the Spurs didn't do right. The Rockets were very tough to gameplan for because they didn't heavily rely on a PG in their system they used team ball movement that's why the single coverage defense the Spurs tried to use wasn't effective most of the time the Rockets had a lot of good facilitators on the team. AJ on the other hand was the one usually setting up the offense for the Spurs so it was easier for the Rockets to defend the Spurs down the stretch than vice versa.
@@jc4388 he wasn’t controllable for the Spur’s. They didn’t want him there. Think about how different history would be if Robinson didn’t go down for an entire year, they don’t get Duncan, if the bulls front office wasn’t so dumb, they make 1 year contracts for the team in a strike shortened season, and get some rest to play that year. I think the NBA is draining player’s ever since the pandemic
@@jc4388 his level? Rodmans the idiot that missed much of the season injured because his dumb ass got in a motorcycle accident (a huge no no for a nba player....see Jason Williams). Then late for many practices and shootarounds. Of course the media that praises him as a Bull or Piston sweeps this portion of his career under the rug.
Dennis Rodman did his job for the Spurs in this game. David Robinson looked really uncomfortable every time he caught the ball inside against the defense of Hakeem Olajuwon in the 4th quarter.
0:41 "Rodman, who is normally overpowered by Olajuwon..." The fact that Hakeem overpowered RODMAN to add on to the others he dominated against goes to show you how fucking talented prime Hakeem Olajuwon was. The Dream top 5 player all-time 💯
They meant that Rodman usually had the agility to throw bigger players like Shaq off but Rodman was more prone getting into foul trouble against Dream who himself had a lot of agility. Dream was also very good at rotating on defense so Rodman wasn't really getting the easy baskets often that he would usually get against Shaq who had slower reaction times.
"This is not a good matchup for Rodman." Are you kidding me? Olajuwon has never worked so hard to get his points, Rodman's genius-level defense is breathtaking to watch.
Did you look at the highlights? The majority of the time he needed double team help he was more effective guarding low post players like Shaq who backed their way towards the basket. The Rockets in general were a difficult matchup for him by constantly stretching the floor it prevented him from camping around near the basket he had to go out to the perimeter which happened numerous times throughout the series. Also Robinson was the league leader in both the regular season and postseason in defensive ws that year so he was obviously the anchor of the Spurs defense. An entirely different situation compared to what the Bulls had at the C position.
If he were the actual primary defender for longer stretches the same thing would've happened to him like everyone else. As a matter of fact he pretty much left Robinson hung out to dry throughout the series choosing to be matched up with non scorers like Charles Jones and Chucky Brown instead even in the 2nd half, he knew what would've happened if he took the defensive assignment.
Avery Johnson was actually a better point guard than either Kenny Smith or Sam Cassel that yr., Spurs had the superior forwards, were only lesser than Houston at the 2-guard spot, had home court advantage, so it really did just come down to The Admiral getting punked by The Dream.
@@ram10sin70 3rd biggest reason Rockets lost. 1st biggest) Olajuwon murdered Robinson. 2nd biggest reason) Bob Hill couldn't have picked a worse time of season to start pissing match w/ Rodman. Horry wouldn't have outplayed Rodman w/o #2.
Olajuwon did not muder Robinson. He surely played better and was more aggressive but there wasn't all that gap. Horry was the reason they won because Rodman picked stupid fouls and focused on rebounding instead of guarding Horry who was killing SA from deep.
@@ram10sin70 Look at the stats, and tell me he didn't murder him?: www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1995-nba-western-conference-finals-rockets-vs-spurs.html
@@arsonhakobyan Rodmans lazy ass didnt want to come out of the paint to contest Horry on the perimeter because he just wanted to get usual 15 odd rebounds.
I think probably yes. Rodman averaged only 6-8 ppg because he wasnt aggresive attacking basked, and if he would be so, it would not affect his rebounds much.
jack mehoff That's a little speculation in my opinion. Barkley had superior timing on the boards to Karl Malone, but he's still a few inches shorter than Rodman who's timing on the boards is just as good as Barkley's. It's tough to tell which ones the better leaper, for Barkley could really get up for being so thick, probably a little stronger than Rodman. But let's not forget that Dennis had all the circus tricks in the book and then some where he made rebounding into an absolute art. Dennis never quiet got to averaging 20 boards a game himself, for his highest I believe was 19. Maybe Barkley would've averaged 20 a game on the glass in his apex season cause he can just really push the hell out of people, but he did also collect some of his rebounds off of his own misses, so I'm not super confident that he quiet gets to 20, but upper teens, no doubt!
Instead of trying to push dennis into a round hole, if pop would've worked with what he had they could've won it all with the worm, thumbs up if you agree.
Grand probably used to work with my uncle Dennis rodman 10 everybody thought he was gay he was not gay what kind of tennis shoes did you have on they look fresh as hell
Probably. I've read some bad things about George Karl too, but he had far more success at getting the most out of players, even though they didn't like him.
Nobody Touches Jordan One more thing, how do you get access to synergy stats or play by play stats from before. Like isolation stats(PPP) or PPP allowed on isolation.
I don't use synergy stats, and I think you have to pay for it too. If I'm doing a video of a 1-1 defensive matchup I just watch the film myself if it's available and make my conclusions on defense from that.
Do you know whether or not raja bell played good defense on kobe during the 2006 playoffs? I remember kobe was averaging 35ppg that season, but against the Suns, he only averaged 28ppg. Is raja bell a good defender?
Raja Bell is a pretty good defender but I never thought he was anything special. But kobes lower ppg wasn't all because of the Suns defense. In this video "Kobe Bryant vs Charles Barkley on TNT" Kobe talks about how the game plan wasn't for him to go out and drop 35+ every game, because to a high powered offense like the Suns it wouldn't matter if one guy scored a lot of points, because he can't outscore the Suns by himself. He said the Lakers had to focus on stopping the Suns offense rather than expecting to out-gun the best run n gun team in the league and I think their focus on stopping the Suns more so than out-gunning them is why Kobes ppg took a hit. And if it wasn't for Tim Thomas' three, that game plan would have worked out in the end too.
Yah, you're right. According to the stats, kobe did better when he was playing the Phoenix Suns with raja bell on the floor. *2005-2006 Season* (Season Stats) Kobe- 12.2/27.2(.450fg%), 3.1tov, 35.4ppg, and 41mpg Raja- 37.5mpg (Against Each Other) Kobe averaged 14.66/30.66(48% shooting), 41mpg, 42.33ppg, and 3 turnovers per game Raja averaged 39.33mg First Game vs Kobe(Win) - Kobe plays 41 minutes - Raja plays 39 minutes - Kobe shoots 13/26, scores 39 points, and gets 3 turnovers Second Game vs Kobe(Win) - Kobe plays 40 minutes - Raja plays 40 minutes - Kobe shoots 12/33, scores 37 points, and gets 4 turnovers Third Game vs Kobe(Win) - Kobe plays 42 minutes - Raja plays 39 minutes - Kobe shoots 19/33, scores 51 points, and gets 2 turnovers *2005-2006 Playoffs* (Playoff Stats) Raja- 39mpg (Against Each Other) Raja- 42mpg Kobe- 27.9ppg, 3.6 tov, 45mpg, 10.3/20.7(.497fg%) First Game vs Kobe(Win) - Raja plays for 33 minutes - Kobe plays for 46 minutes - Kobe shoots 7/21, scores 22 points, and gets 3 turnovers Second Game vs Kobe(Loss) - Raja plays for 45 minutes - Kobe plays for 45 minutes - Kobe shoots 12/24, scores 29 points, and gets 4 turnovers Third Game vs Kobe(Loss) - Raja plays for 46 minutes - Kobe plays for 46 minutes - Kobe shoots 6/18, scores 17 points, and gets 4 turnovers Fourth Game vs Kobe(Loss) - Raja plays for 45 minutes - Kobe plays for 39 minutes - Kobe shoots 9/14, scores 24 points, and gets 4 turnovers Fifth Game vs Kobe(Win) - Raja plays for 38 minutes - Kobe plays for 43 minutes - Kobe shoots 10/17, scores 29 points, and gets 5 turnovers Sixth Game vs Kobe(Win) - Raja plays for 40 minutes - Kobe plays for 52 minutes - Kobe shoots 20/35, 50 points, and gets 7 turnovers Seventh Game vs Kobe(Win) - Raja plays for 45 minutes - Kobe plays for 43 minutes - Kobe shoots 8/16, scores 24 points, and gets 3 turnovers
Nobody Touches Jordan Kobe was just trying to develop Kwame Brown into an overnight superstar in this series, cause he knew the Lakers were dead w/ all the offensive firepower the Suns had if some of his sucky teammates didn't all the sudden start averaging 17ppg. Just wished Kobe was like this consistently w/ Shaq, so the Lakers could've won 5 straight. But the scoring avg. in this series by Bryant is deceiving, for his field goal %age actually went up, cause he knew he had to be efficient against a team that runs off of every miss and has so much talent.
Rudy T was a great coach, the Spurs probably felt they were doing the right thing having Robinson playing Dream 1 on 1 so the Rockets shooters wouldn't be open often. The reason it ended up backfiring was Dream was hitting a lot of those shots and the Rockets rotated with the ball so well it was difficult to defend them even when the Spurs tried not to double team.
We have too many uninformed people (who've been influenced by the goofballs who cover sports now) commenting on this video!! Dennis Rodman's ridiculous antics RUINED the Spurs chances to win the title, that's why the announcers were bashing him in this game and why he got traded to the Bulls for pennies on the dollar after this season. Despite the high level of play in San Antonio, Rodman clearly prioritized seeking fame and attention for himself (openly disrespecting coaches and teammates, committing flagrant fouls, skipping practice, showing up late for games, etc.) over basketball. If it weren't for Jordan and the Bulls, Dennis Rodman may have been out of the NBA for good in 1995-1996 because he had adopted the "All Publicity Is Good Publicity' mindset from shallow musicians and entertainers like Madonna and Carmen Electra, and NBA teams weren't going to put up with it. That nonsense works in other forms of entertainment, where a marginal talent can become famous and rich with smoke and mirrors/bells and whistles but Rodman didn't have to resort to that, his elite rebounding, defense and hustle should have spoke for itself!!
You'll notice from this series nobody on the Rockets fell for his "mindgames" like a lot of other players did. He tried to trip Hakeem this game too. They were solely focused on closing out this series. And he wasn't even bothering to guard Horry who killed SA from 3 because he was so focused on getting rebounds And then he had the audacity to trash the Spurs in his biography as not putting in the effort/desire to win like he supposedly had. You also didn't add he missed a huge chunk of time in SA recovering from a motorcycle accident. When alpha leaders Isiah and Michael weren't there to see he toed the line he was a malcontent. I was going for Houston, but I didn't realize how bad it was for Robinson and i feel sorry for him in retrospect...he should've laid out Rodman with a uppercut!!
I bet lebron won't win any championship if rodman was still playing! Rodman will crushed him into pieces and lebron will go home crying every time! 😂😂😂
Getting doubled and tripled teamed by rocket players that doubled off Avery Johnson and Rodman. On the other end Rodman had to stay with Horry at the 3 ball line and Avery couldn't leave players like Ellie/Cassell/Smith. In short The Dream got to play one on one while David has Doubled a lot.
The only time Hakeem ever went one on one is because he could bring the ball out away from the basket. Any time he was near the basket he was getting swarmed as usual. He countered it by playing away from the basket at times.
@@ballaclub9393 finally someone who really watched the entire game instead of highlights and repeating the same biased story " the dream destroyed robinson"
@@ram10sin70 great players get double teamed. Olajuwon scored at will on the Spurs in this series even when doubled. On one play he scored vs 3 Spurs defenders without even looking at the basket to shoot. Robinson on the other hand unfortunately never developed a back to the basket or real post up game which made it easier for defences to scheme against him in the playoffs than Hakeem.
Gtfoh with that Rodman stuff. Did they only show Rodman’s highlight’s on this. There are other video’s where he got torched in this series just like the whole Spur’s team. Hakeem’s stat’s in the series. I’ll do Rodman’s next. Game 1-27 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 blocks, 1 steal Game 2- 41 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 3 steals Game 3- 43 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 blocks Game 4- 20 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks Game 5- 42 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 blocks Game 6- 39 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 5 blocks. Leading scorer every game.
The Rockets did do a pretty good job neutralizing him at times, even though he was still getting his rebounding numbers they were making work harder on defense than any other series I've seen him involved in. He either was been drawn away from the basket a lot or when he was the primary defender inside he was getting in foul trouble fast matched up with a player that didn't rely on power like other interior players Rodman went up against like Shaq.
@@ChrisM07 foul trouble is correct. I believe the games the spurs won was when he wasn’t in foul trouble, but that’s what decided a lot of game’s back in the day. Especially with Shaq.
@@mockingslur6945 I believe the Spurs really won those 2 games because the Rockets weren't attacking the basket as much. The Rockets usually slashed inside a lot where they scored easily or got fouled.
The Spurs are idiots. They got rid of a monster player for Will Perdue cause he didn't fit their corny squeaky clean image. David Robinson even tried to convert Dennis to Christianity. What part of the game is that? I'm glad he went to the Bulls and helped them win 3 rings.
They had no choice but to get rid of his whiny malcontent ass, even if they got the short end of the stick in the trade. He didnt want to be there anymore and the feeling was mutual.
Turned out good for both teams. The Spurs were terrible the next two years and ended up with the 1st pick. They got some guy from Wake Forest and I heard he had a good career with the Spurs.
Rodman was an anomaly that we will probably never see in the NBA again. He was 6'6 215-220 and guarded the best power forwards and centers in a golden age of post players and out rebounded all of them. He is a 5 time champ, 7 rebounding titles, 9 time defensive all star, and two time Defensive player of the year.
And wasn't great offensively but i believe he is one of the most unique and amazing players to ever play, incredible defender.
Scott Summers He was listed as taller i thought
Scott Summers 6'7
"Most people think Dennis is 6'9 260. And Dennis was maybe a half inch taller than me at 6'6 220. And he impacted the game a lot bigger" - Micheal Jordan
Olaf Santos lol who tf said that I love Wilt but you bitching
He is 6'7".
little did everyone know that he would be picked up by the bulls to create a combination of 3 the greatest basketball players ever
Yeah the trade was widely criticized at the time. And he wasn't their guest choice. So in a way they got lucky too. Since they wanted Coleman.
Yeah, got his ass stomped by the Rockets this series and was left homeless and needing somewhere to live.
FuShengAlex then won 3 straight tiles
@@tbone2123 yes he did. Didnt affect my favorite player or team though.
Got embarrassed this series. None of his "mind games" of flopping and baiting had any effect on Olajuwon
ESPN and his fans dont show this portion of his career. Whining, quitting and looking for a escape route.
FuShengAlex your favorite nba player only got 2 championships? 🤨🤔Pathetic 😒😏😂
Its harder to guard Hakeem than Shaq beacuse Hakeem is beast in skills, but rodman did hell of a job
This Rockets team in general was a pretty tough matchup for Rodman, he had to go further out to defend Horry often.
@@ChrisM07 You could sense his frustration that everyone wasn't on his level mentally b/c they had the talent to win it all but they were more interested in doing things a certain way. You use what you have, you showcase the talents of your players, using them to best advantage. You could see dennis was frustrated with the coaching and his teammates.
@@jc4388 I'm sure he was frustrated, but the Rockets deserve some credit it wasn't all about what the Spurs didn't do right. The Rockets were very tough to gameplan for because they didn't heavily rely on a PG in their system they used team ball movement that's why the single coverage defense the Spurs tried to use wasn't effective most of the time the Rockets had a lot of good facilitators on the team. AJ on the other hand was the one usually setting up the offense for the Spurs so it was easier for the Rockets to defend the Spurs down the stretch than vice versa.
@@jc4388 he wasn’t controllable for the Spur’s. They didn’t want him there. Think about how different history would be if Robinson didn’t go down for an entire year, they don’t get Duncan, if the bulls front office wasn’t so dumb, they make 1 year contracts for the team in a strike shortened season, and get some rest to play that year.
I think the NBA is draining player’s ever since the pandemic
@@jc4388 his level? Rodmans the idiot that missed much of the season injured because his dumb ass got in a motorcycle accident (a huge no no for a nba player....see Jason Williams).
Then late for many practices and shootarounds. Of course the media that praises him as a Bull or Piston sweeps this portion of his career under the rug.
Wow! I actually never knew till now that at this time period, Popovich was not the Spurs coach yet 😱
+Nicholas Ablong not until 97
Dennis Rodman did his job for the Spurs in this game. David Robinson looked really uncomfortable every time he caught the ball inside against the defense of Hakeem Olajuwon in the 4th quarter.
He always shrank in the big games, especially vs elite centers.
@@jc4388 Sometimes vs elite power forwards like Karl Malone. Sometimes against just an elite offensive team, like the Run TMC 91 Warriors.
0:41 "Rodman, who is normally overpowered by Olajuwon..."
The fact that Hakeem overpowered RODMAN to add on to the others he dominated against goes to show you how fucking talented prime Hakeem Olajuwon was. The Dream top 5 player all-time 💯
They meant that Rodman usually had the agility to throw bigger players like Shaq off but Rodman was more prone getting into foul trouble against Dream who himself had a lot of agility. Dream was also very good at rotating on defense so Rodman wasn't really getting the easy baskets often that he would usually get against Shaq who had slower reaction times.
@@ChrisM07good points
"This is not a good matchup for Rodman." Are you kidding me? Olajuwon has never worked so hard to get his points, Rodman's genius-level defense is breathtaking to watch.
Did you look at the highlights? The majority of the time he needed double team help he was more effective guarding low post players like Shaq who backed their way towards the basket. The Rockets in general were a difficult matchup for him by constantly stretching the floor it prevented him from camping around near the basket he had to go out to the perimeter which happened numerous times throughout the series.
Also Robinson was the league leader in both the regular season and postseason in defensive ws that year so he was obviously the anchor of the Spurs defense. An entirely different situation compared to what the Bulls had at the C position.
What's are the broadcasters talking about that Rodman can't guard Olajuwan? He absolutely can and did.
Stop it.......Rodman couldnt do anything with Olajuwon...
If he were the actual primary defender for longer stretches the same thing would've happened to him like everyone else. As a matter of fact he pretty much left Robinson hung out to dry throughout the series choosing to be matched up with non scorers like Charles Jones and Chucky Brown instead even in the 2nd half, he knew what would've happened if he took the defensive assignment.
1 game. What happened in the other games
Best move was to go to the Bulls..
Rodman got traded in the off season to the Bulls.
Countries with very low GDPs and high rates of child labor (if there are any jobs to be had at all) seem to prefer soccer over basketball.
NBA's Rockstar, Rodman
Rodman is a beast out on the court I mean the spurs is gonna win the game 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
You know Dennis is a beast out on the court. No one can beat him
1:43 haha, I remember that now.
Big shot Bob had a great career this was the Houston team that blasted the spurs in the playoffs after Dennis Rodman went to the Bulls.
GO DENNIS RODMAN 🏀🏀🏀🏀
Avery Johnson was actually a better point guard than either Kenny Smith or Sam Cassel that yr., Spurs had the superior forwards, were only lesser than Houston at the 2-guard spot, had home court advantage, so it really did just come down to The Admiral getting punked by The Dream.
Casual. Rockets won because Horry Outplayed Rodman
@@ram10sin70 3rd biggest reason Rockets lost. 1st biggest) Olajuwon murdered Robinson. 2nd biggest reason) Bob Hill couldn't have picked a worse time of season to start pissing match w/ Rodman. Horry wouldn't have outplayed Rodman w/o #2.
Olajuwon did not muder Robinson. He surely played better and was more aggressive but there wasn't all that gap. Horry was the reason they won because Rodman picked stupid fouls and focused on rebounding instead of guarding Horry who was killing SA from deep.
@@ram10sin70 Look at the stats, and tell me he didn't murder him?: www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1995-nba-western-conference-finals-rockets-vs-spurs.html
@@arsonhakobyan Rodmans lazy ass didnt want to come out of the paint to contest Horry on the perimeter because he just wanted to get usual 15 odd rebounds.
Rodman was so efficient in this game. He just went to rebound and took the best place to get the ball passed by his teammates.
he always could take guys inches taller than him/ and get them off their games... great player
Rodman could easly average 12-14 points if he just wanted to.
LoneWolfMishania But would he still have averaged the 17-19rpg doing that?
I think probably yes. Rodman averaged only 6-8 ppg because he wasnt aggresive attacking basked, and if he would be so, it would not affect his rebounds much.
LoneWolfMishania Do you think Charles Barkley could avg. 17-19 rebounds per game if rebounding was all he was invested in?
+Arsen Akopyan Barkley would get 20 a game. He had a great all around game. At his size of only 6'5, he really dominated the game like a 7 footer.
jack mehoff That's a little speculation in my opinion. Barkley had superior timing on the boards to Karl Malone, but he's still a few inches shorter than Rodman who's timing on the boards is just as good as Barkley's. It's tough to tell which ones the better leaper, for Barkley could really get up for being so thick, probably a little stronger than Rodman. But let's not forget that Dennis had all the circus tricks in the book and then some where he made rebounding into an absolute art. Dennis never quiet got to averaging 20 boards a game himself, for his highest I believe was 19. Maybe Barkley would've averaged 20 a game on the glass in his apex season cause he can just really push the hell out of people, but he did also collect some of his rebounds off of his own misses, so I'm not super confident that he quiet gets to 20, but upper teens, no doubt!
Instead of trying to push dennis into a round hole, if pop would've worked with what he had they could've won it all with the worm, thumbs up if you agree.
Rodman was a practicing genius. Hakeem was also a beeeeeast.
Grand probably used to work with my uncle Dennis rodman 10 everybody thought he was gay he was not gay what kind of tennis shoes did you have on they look fresh as hell
Bob Hill must be the worst coach ever to have coached a 60 win team.
Probably. I've read some bad things about George Karl too, but he had far more success at getting the most out of players, even though they didn't like him.
@@darshloaf Yep. At least Karl we could say that he was a really good coach with multiple teams. Bob hill's career wasn't nearly as impressive.
what a beast he just handled Sam Cassell like a doll after he fouled him
Nobody Touches Jordan One more thing, how do you get access to synergy stats or play by play stats from before. Like isolation stats(PPP) or PPP allowed on isolation.
I don't use synergy stats, and I think you have to pay for it too. If I'm doing a video of a 1-1 defensive matchup I just watch the film myself if it's available and make my conclusions on defense from that.
Nobody Touches Jordan
Oh ok. Thanks
Do you know whether or not raja bell played good defense on kobe during the 2006 playoffs? I remember kobe was averaging 35ppg that season, but against the Suns, he only averaged 28ppg. Is raja bell a good defender?
Nobody Touches Jordan
Raja Bell is a pretty good defender but I never thought he was anything special. But kobes lower ppg wasn't all because of the Suns defense.
In this video "Kobe Bryant vs Charles Barkley on TNT" Kobe talks about how the game plan wasn't for him to go out and drop 35+ every game, because to a high powered offense like the Suns it wouldn't matter if one guy scored a lot of points, because he can't outscore the Suns by himself.
He said the Lakers had to focus on stopping the Suns offense rather than expecting to out-gun the best run n gun team in the league and I think their focus on stopping the Suns more so than out-gunning them is why Kobes ppg took a hit. And if it wasn't for Tim Thomas' three, that game plan would have worked out in the end too.
Yah, you're right. According to the stats, kobe did better when he was playing the Phoenix Suns with raja bell on the floor.
*2005-2006 Season*
(Season Stats)
Kobe- 12.2/27.2(.450fg%), 3.1tov, 35.4ppg, and 41mpg
Raja- 37.5mpg
(Against Each Other)
Kobe averaged 14.66/30.66(48% shooting), 41mpg, 42.33ppg, and 3 turnovers per game
Raja averaged 39.33mg
First Game vs Kobe(Win)
- Kobe plays 41 minutes
- Raja plays 39 minutes
- Kobe shoots 13/26, scores 39 points, and gets 3 turnovers
Second Game vs Kobe(Win)
- Kobe plays 40 minutes
- Raja plays 40 minutes
- Kobe shoots 12/33, scores 37 points, and gets 4 turnovers
Third Game vs Kobe(Win)
- Kobe plays 42 minutes
- Raja plays 39 minutes
- Kobe shoots 19/33, scores 51 points, and gets 2 turnovers
*2005-2006 Playoffs*
(Playoff Stats)
Raja- 39mpg
(Against Each Other)
Raja- 42mpg
Kobe- 27.9ppg, 3.6 tov, 45mpg, 10.3/20.7(.497fg%)
First Game vs Kobe(Win)
- Raja plays for 33 minutes
- Kobe plays for 46 minutes
- Kobe shoots 7/21, scores 22 points, and gets 3 turnovers
Second Game vs Kobe(Loss)
- Raja plays for 45 minutes
- Kobe plays for 45 minutes
- Kobe shoots 12/24, scores 29 points, and gets 4 turnovers
Third Game vs Kobe(Loss)
- Raja plays for 46 minutes
- Kobe plays for 46 minutes
- Kobe shoots 6/18, scores 17 points, and gets 4 turnovers
Fourth Game vs Kobe(Loss)
- Raja plays for 45 minutes
- Kobe plays for 39 minutes
- Kobe shoots 9/14, scores 24 points, and gets 4 turnovers
Fifth Game vs Kobe(Win)
- Raja plays for 38 minutes
- Kobe plays for 43 minutes
- Kobe shoots 10/17, scores 29 points, and gets 5 turnovers
Sixth Game vs Kobe(Win)
- Raja plays for 40 minutes
- Kobe plays for 52 minutes
- Kobe shoots 20/35, 50 points, and gets 7 turnovers
Seventh Game vs Kobe(Win)
- Raja plays for 45 minutes
- Kobe plays for 43 minutes
- Kobe shoots 8/16, scores 24 points, and gets 3 turnovers
Mamba Wiggins Good, yes. Great, no.
Nobody Touches Jordan Kobe was just trying to develop Kwame Brown into an overnight superstar in this series, cause he knew the Lakers were dead w/ all the offensive firepower the Suns had if some of his sucky teammates didn't all the sudden start averaging 17ppg. Just wished Kobe was like this consistently w/ Shaq, so the Lakers could've won 5 straight. But the scoring avg. in this series by Bryant is deceiving, for his field goal %age actually went up, cause he knew he had to be efficient against a team that runs off of every miss and has so much talent.
This is the look of the Demolition man. Which Rodman adopted after being traded by Detroit.
Yeah he sure got demolished here!
It would’ve been incredible if Rodman played for the Rockets instead of the spurs.
1:46
一番個人的に荒れていた時代だったねｗ
1:42 hahaha rodman
if Pop was Coaching this Squad , Spurs Win
Rudy T was a great coach, the Spurs probably felt they were doing the right thing having Robinson playing Dream 1 on 1 so the Rockets shooters wouldn't be open often. The reason it ended up backfiring was Dream was hitting a lot of those shots and the Rockets rotated with the ball so well it was difficult to defend them even when the Spurs tried not to double team.
David Robinson was so damn soft
Im so fucking tired of this commentator bashing dennis rodman
The bulls should have added hakeem as their center,Rodman jordan,pippen and kerr.........imagine to get prepared for that.....
Will Perdue for Rodman !!! FCK ! :(
We have too many uninformed people (who've been influenced by the goofballs who cover sports now) commenting on this video!! Dennis Rodman's ridiculous antics RUINED the Spurs chances to win the title, that's why the announcers were bashing him in this game and why he got traded to the Bulls for pennies on the dollar after this season. Despite the high level of play in San Antonio, Rodman clearly prioritized seeking fame and attention for himself (openly disrespecting coaches and teammates, committing flagrant fouls, skipping practice, showing up late for games, etc.) over basketball.
If it weren't for Jordan and the Bulls, Dennis Rodman may have been out of the NBA for good in 1995-1996 because he had adopted the "All Publicity Is Good Publicity' mindset from shallow musicians and entertainers like Madonna and Carmen Electra, and NBA teams weren't going to put up with it. That nonsense works in other forms of entertainment, where a marginal talent can become famous and rich with smoke and mirrors/bells and whistles but Rodman didn't have to resort to that, his elite rebounding, defense and hustle should have spoke for itself!!
You'll notice from this series nobody on the Rockets fell for his "mindgames" like a lot of other players did. He tried to trip Hakeem this game too. They were solely focused on closing out this series. And he wasn't even bothering to guard Horry who killed SA from 3 because he was so focused on getting rebounds
And then he had the audacity to
trash the Spurs in his biography as not putting in the effort/desire to win like he supposedly had. You also didn't add he missed a huge chunk of time in SA recovering from a motorcycle accident.
When alpha leaders Isiah and Michael weren't there to see he toed the line he was a malcontent.
I was going for Houston, but I didn't realize how bad it was for Robinson and i feel sorry for him in retrospect...he should've laid out Rodman with a uppercut!!
I bet lebron won't win any championship if rodman was still playing! Rodman will crushed him into pieces and lebron will go home crying every time! 😂😂😂
Neither would any goat, he shut down shaq before
idiot
Osas Larry bird says hi
@@TrideepNagg lol that dirty bird, he was a cheat code.
And where's the hell is David Robinson?
Getting doubled and tripled teamed by rocket players that doubled off Avery Johnson and Rodman. On the other end Rodman had to stay with Horry at the 3 ball line and Avery couldn't leave players like Ellie/Cassell/Smith. In short The Dream got to play one on one while David has Doubled a lot.
The only time Hakeem ever went one on one is because he could bring the ball out away from the basket. Any time he was near the basket he was getting swarmed as usual. He countered it by playing away from the basket at times.
@@ballaclub9393 Dream was defending Robinson by himself in some of these highlights too.
@@ballaclub9393 finally someone who really watched the entire game instead of highlights and repeating the same biased story " the dream destroyed robinson"
@@ram10sin70 great players get double teamed. Olajuwon scored at will on the Spurs in this series even when doubled. On one play he scored vs 3 Spurs defenders without even looking at the basket to shoot.
Robinson on the other hand unfortunately never developed a back to the basket or real post up game which made it easier for defences to scheme against him in the playoffs than Hakeem.
Gtfoh with that Rodman stuff. Did they only show Rodman’s highlight’s on this. There are other video’s where he got torched in this series just like the whole Spur’s team.
Hakeem’s stat’s in the series. I’ll do Rodman’s next.
Game 1-27 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 blocks, 1 steal
Game 2- 41 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 3 steals
Game 3- 43 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 blocks
Game 4- 20 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks
Game 5- 42 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 blocks
Game 6- 39 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 5 blocks.
Leading scorer every game.
The Rockets did do a pretty good job neutralizing him at times, even though he was still getting his rebounding numbers they were making work harder on defense than any other series I've seen him involved in. He either was been drawn away from the basket a lot or when he was the primary defender inside he was getting in foul trouble fast matched up with a player that didn't rely on power like other interior players Rodman went up against like Shaq.
@@ChrisM07 foul trouble is correct. I believe the games the spurs won was when he wasn’t in foul trouble, but that’s what decided a lot of game’s back in the day. Especially with Shaq.
@@ChrisM07 Rodman averaged 6.7 and 15 for the series.
@@ChrisM07 Olajuwon had 35.3 pts, 12.5 rebounds, 5 assist’s, and 4.2 blks for the series
@@mockingslur6945 I believe the Spurs really won those 2 games because the Rockets weren't attacking the basket as much. The Rockets usually slashed inside a lot where they scored easily or got fouled.
The Spurs are idiots. They got rid of a monster player for Will Perdue cause he didn't fit their corny squeaky clean image. David Robinson even tried to convert Dennis to Christianity. What part of the game is that? I'm glad he went to the Bulls and helped them win 3 rings.
They had no choice but to get rid of his whiny malcontent ass, even if they got the short end of the stick in the trade.
He didnt want to be there anymore and the feeling was mutual.
Christianity. Lol
@@FuShengAlex punk ass Spurs
Turned out good for both teams. The Spurs were terrible the next two years and ended up with the 1st pick. They got some guy from Wake Forest and I heard he had a good career with the Spurs.