Dominique Wilkins was the most underappreciated NBA superstar
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- čas přidán 22. 12. 2023
- Story of the most underappreciated and underrated superstar, and hands down the best in-game dunker ever.
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Nobody talks about how Dominique went overseas in 1995-1996 and won the EuroLeague title with Panathinaikos, while being the finals MVP! It’s very impressive and should be mentioned!
All after a major ankle injury.
Nobody cared about FIBA then. I know I didn’t. Good for him 😂
Wow, we're bragging about Euro titles?
Why don't you throw in Marbury's glory years in China?
Dominique Wilkins was never a great leader in the NBA, just a one trick pony who could dunk.
As one writer said, he had the shot selection of a South African riot cop.
@123slashorer.16 or how about he ran into better championship teams
very impressive player
Met Nique last year at a signing. Great chill guy with an awesome personality. My favorite player of all time.
he's one cool bird fo sho
Dominique Wilkins one of the Greatest small forwards in NBA History. Ranked in the 30-40 area on my list. Imagine if Utah kept him an later got Stockton & Malone. NBA History as we know it probably is different. Especially the Western Conference seeing how from 1991-1994 they had a new finals representative, Stockton to Wilkens would've been just as beautiful as Stockton to Malone.
Grew up an 80s kid and 'Nique was special!! Why he's so underappreciated just baffles me!! Nique was Vince Carter before Vince Carter was Vince Carter. Insane hops, could shoot, play D and had dunks for days. He was a great scorer too. Him and MJ had duels like you never see today!! LONG LIVE THE HUMAN HIGHLIGHT REEL!!
to me wilkins and kemp are 2 best dunkers all time
Dominique,Alex English,mark Aguirre,rolando Blackman,sugar Ray Richardson,Roy tarpley,🔥🔥 there are in the Most underrated team of the 80 's .by the way he and Alex English should be in the 50 Best NBA players .another injustice .
It is amazing how his jump decreased after that terrible Achilles injury.😢
Dominique Wilkins was the best NBA player in Hawks history and one of the rivals of Michael Jordan and Larry Bird.
It's very unfortunate that he retired without experiencing the NBA Finals during his playing days.
Awesome video. Dominique Wilkins carried the Hawks the same way Jordan carried the Bulls.
The Hawks were the best team in the east in 94 and then they traded Nique and fell early in the playoffs.
I still remember shaking my head at that trade
Dominique was incredible .
Nice video, that trade didn't make any sense the Eastern Conference was wide open (1994) because of Jordan's abrupt retirement in Chicago...
The Atlanta Hawks were in contention with Dominique in tow, still in his prime form🏀💯
Wilkins and Worthy…always loved both and what they brought to the NBA in their own ways
No one punished the rim like Nique...
kemp and shaq ?
That’s a fact the Bulls v/s the Hawks was the best show in the NBA .
Great video. Yeah that trade was just ridiculous. I still can’t believe the front office thought losing Wilkins and adding Manning would actually improve the team. It’s just ridiculous.
It was unbelievable not to see him being included in the top 50 players of all time.
Wilkins didnt wanted to play for jazz, that's why he was traded.. later after retirementehe said he wish he stayed with utah seeing he could be playing with stockton and malone...
My all-time favorite SF!
Back in the 80’s & early 90’s, we couldn’t see many games in my area. One channel we got was WTBS out of Atlanta. That meant we got 1 or 2 games a week. Love watching Nique. One of my favorites! The teams weren’t always good but he gave everything on the court. I hate he was traded his last year. They beat the Knicks & Rockets during the regular season so they were really good. Lenny Wilkins felt Nique didn’t play D & killed the ball movement. He was the only player that could really get his own shot when everything broke down so not a great move.
I remember watching that Hawks/Celtics game live on CBS when he dunked off the rebound.
Moses Malone and Nique were extremely underappreciated. Facts. Even Bird respected Wilkins game. He was a fierce competitor
Superstar ??...thats a under the understatement this dude was like incredibly long over dueb he is my top favorite baller of all times
He's like a wilder version of Grant Hill above the rim. It's truly is team system that makes & ups players achievements. For me it's only nique,bird & hill on that sf position. No one else.
Bro wtf @4:21?!? Children are freaking hilarious sometimes 🤣🤣🤣
one of the best SF ever (TOP 10 SF ) ...a TOP 50 player...he and A.Dantley should have made that list in 1997...
man that dantley was crafty driving and inside scorer :O
Excellent
Larry Johnson is also just as underrated
Unfortunately LJ only really had a couple of years before his injury problems.
My G.O.A.T
Facts...
You're not wrong.This guy's athleticism and ability were insane.If he had the same mentality as Michael,this dude's game would have been off the charts.You can throw Penny Hardaway in this conversation as well.👍🏽
Penny owned jordan and was magic johnson 2.0...injuries robbed us all of his greatness :(
No seen him play nothing but the truth
'NIQUE is THE ABSOLUTE MAN ! # 21
I have Nique above LeBum on the all time greatest SF list. Nique is 3 behind Bird and Doc.
Stop the foolishness.
Wilkins was a stats guy, not a great leader of a title team
LBJ is far superior.
@@123slasher.16 not you saying Nique was a stats guy as your argument for The Vampire LeStat Padder 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡
@@AnthonyAnalog LeBron won titles in 3 different cities.
Who else did that as the best player?
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@123slasher.16 Robert Horry, because LeBron wasn't the best player on any of his championship teams. He went to WADE's Heat, Kyrie was better in the Finals, as was AD. Meanwhile, MJ, Kobe, Magic, and Bill Russell all won more rings, without having to homie hop from team to team 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@AnthonyAnalog dumb ass comment.
Kyrie Irving couldn't even get a winning season or playoff berth until LBJ came back.
From 2007-2010 Miami WITH Wade was trash before LBJ arrived.
When Shaq left, Wade was Tracy McGrady and nothing else
AD was injured more than Jimmy Garropolo.
Like I said, dumb ass comment
Top 2 player today... EASY.
Most of his buckets were inside clogged lanes, give the man a clear lane and he's averaging 30+ EASY.
Better post, mid, jumper than almost every player today, was able to extend his shot to the 3pt line. Could drive by you, would still be top 5 athletes today even better so with modern training.
If Wilkins played with Stockton and Karl Malone, they would have beat Jordan's Bulls for a chip.
Wilkins time after time beat Jordan when they meet each other
Shame he wasn't part of NBA50
- Dominique Wilkins is the reason I stopped watching The NBA. In 1994, The Atlanta Hawks traded Dominique to The LA Clippers for Danny Manning. Still, the absolute worst trade in professional sports history.
Hawks did Nique wrong
The only true rival to Jordan and the only one that could stand by MJ in a debate for the who’s better back in the day.. very close in stats too and won MJ in many games (less than MJ though).. in my book he is same level or even better than Cobe because of the era that MJ and Dominique played that I think was more difficult and competitive.. if he had more support from the team with players like MJ had from Pippen and Rodman he might also had some rings.. a top 20 in my list..
Underappreciated by younger fans. Best Hawks player in franchise history, Dominique Wilkins. 2nd best, ummm... nuff said.
My favorite player of all time. I will never forgive the Hawks for trading him. They may not have won it, but they would have went far. Whatever happened to Danny? I don't care. Just making a point. And Jon Konkac? What a joke of a so-called player there ever was.
this guy was one very handsome black man and I ain't gay. He had both the athleticism and looks to rival MJ :O
this guy was more athletic than Vince Carter, and while carter may have had the better dunks I'm gonna say that dude was just too surly and nasty to appreciate fully, and had a greater history of prior art dunks to draw on as well. But on the other hand, he didn't have a Larry Bird to teach him any humility and respect for athletes of different races and that superior athleticism is not everything in basketball (height coordination and team first mentality go a long way). I'm sure Wilkins was a better man and better person for for having competed and lost to Bird's teams
It was the most asinine trade in Wilkins era
And they say 90s players were not as athletic as today's players. Gtfoh. Like BDK once rapped. If you keep watching the game every week
You might find out your wife's gettin dunked by Dominique.
The worst trade in NBA HISTORY and yeah the Hawks have no love in Atlanta since. Dominique is my all time favorite player and never had a HOF caliber player on any of those Hawks teams with him. Lenny Wilkins George Karl Doc Rivers worst coaches NBA history. And yeah Manning was a walking injury. Atlanta Falcons traded Dion that same time. Club 21/Fred Tokars scandal.
Lol more like overrated
30 PPG in that ERA is like 40 POINTS now...do you have any player now averaging 40 PPG???
@onlyfacts3178 lol tell that to Larry bird who humiliated him in the playoffs
@@Skinnyman4485 One thing doesnt cancel the other..Hakeem Also beat Robinson in the play-offs and that doesnt make Robinson a bad player.
Níque was a great Scorer..he is similar to Melo , 2 players that couldnt make their teammates better but could Score whenever they wanted.
Have you ever seen him play?
@@Skinnyman4485 like there is 1 player who larry didnt humiliate
Best in game dunker ever