How good was Clyde Drexler ACTUALLY?
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Clyde "The Glide" Drexler was one of Michael Jordan's rivals at shooting guard in the 1990's and he even won a championship with the Houston Rockets but how good was he actually? There was a time where people thought he was almost as good if not equal to MJ himself. Was this overblown or did he actually come close?
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Clyde Drexler was amazing. Dude looked like a 60 year old man but could ball out. Definitely one of the best ever!
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And the Glide was so classy, his game was so complete and fluid
Yes, he had Class, he was a Gentleman, somehow he exuded that
This dude gave himself the Cylde Drexler haircut 😭
watching this made me realise that DeMar is closer to Clyde’s archetype than Jordan’s archetype
Exactly I immediately thought of Demar lol
Astout observation. I didn't think of that, that's very true.
I wouldn't say demar
Dame and Curry are today’s comparison to Clyde and Jordan
@@namos3369 did you just compare curry to Jordan
Drexler was so underrated, if MJ never existed. Clyde would of been the MJ of the NBA during that era. MJ had major issues covering Clyde. They both went blow for blow n MJ came on top.
Sounded the other way around. Clyde couldn't do nothing with MJ. Averaging 35 and 6 head to head is dominant
@@joshlewis575 Neither could truly guard each other. MJ had the quicker first step, but Clyde was bigger. Yes, MJ scored more sometimes a lot more but he also took more FG and FT attempts. Elsewhere however, Clyde sometime did better in rebounds, steals, assists, whatever, and still score over 20 points on him. Plus, don't forget about Scottie who covered for MJ while he rest, during transitions and mismatches.
@@jcpenny3606 Don't forget about the refereeing. The officiating was ALWAYS blatantly in favor of Jordan, more so when the Bulls played the Blazers for the NBA title. I was always a Jordan fan, but it was hard to watch, because I got an earful from others.
Being a blazer fan. This conundrum is always in the back of my mind. Drexler is a legend here.
Comparison between Clyde the Glide Drexler and Michael Air Jordan by mainstream sports media was FAIR but inaccurate at the same time . First of all when properly observed you can see that they're two different types of players. Air Jordan is a shot dominant alpha scorer , and an alpha personality like Magic and Bird , who was given the ultimate Green light to do whatever he wanted to do on the court at any given time, from the day he was drafted, it's well documented the bulls organization was trash , they had Reggie Theus( who got moved out for Jordan) as their All Star point guard who averaged 5.9 assist , and the Bulls was such a trash team that when Air Jordan got drafted and got busy the bulls became known as the "Jordanaires" (pka Bulls) for a long time. He led his team in scoring from the start , his team had 2 years of a losing record he only had Olando Woolridge as the only player to share the ball with , .
Clyde the Glide on the other hand was not an alpha personality like Magic , Bird or Air Jordan ( and this guy should be thankful that he wasn't) and got the opposite end of the green light when he came in the league because he played for Jack Ramsey who was known for not liking to play rookies. It was hard for a guy like Clyde who since college always did what the coach wanted him to do which was to be a super athletic role player , Clyde the glide was averaging 15 points a game throughout his entire college career,although he was the most athletically gifted on his team outside of Hakeem olajuwon, Clyde was always a cog in the machine , he was never the scoring alpha male .also when Clyde the glide came to the Portland trail blazers he had to deal with two All Stars strongly manning the only two positions that he could play on the team , hence another reason why he couldn't become a starter the first year, those two players were Kiki vandewe and Jim Paxton. Plus good old Jack Ramsey didn't believe in giving the keys to any one player, so Clyde had a slow start to his career because of this. Where as Jordan was able to take over the team right away when he got drafted in 1984, Clyde the Glide drexler who was drafted in 1983 was allowed to take over his team in 1986 the same year he made his first All-Star appearance. Clyde the glide Drexler's team was never nicknamed after him, his team before his time and during his time with them was always the Portland trail blazers ( unlike Jordan and the Jordanaires).
I like this, Clyde deserves his hymn - He was a baller!
I think out of every MJ rival Clyde is the most underrated out of all of them, I feel like most of the newer fans group all of them up but there's levels to this.
Because it wasn't a rivalry, lmao.
It was a one off series thing.
@@LaidBack-- it very much was a rivalry just like Olajuwon vs. Ewing or Olajuwon vs. Shaq was a rivalry.
@@benyah3390 no
It DEFINITELY wasn't
@@LaidBack-- yes it was. *DEFINITELY!!!*
@@benyah3390 not
I was growing up when the Bulls went on their championship runs. I stayed up late at night to watch the Bulls blazers championship.
Clyde was indeed one of the greatest that ever laced up.
I attended Houston when Drexler played there. He was probably just as good an athlete as Jordan. Better size. Not the same level of skill, but pretty damn close.
MJ kicked his ass that series... Clyde isn't in the same league as Mike
@clotshots9072 I didn't say that Drexler was as good a player as Jordan. I said that he had around the same athletic gifts. Drexler might have been two inches taller than Jordan. I doubt that Jordan had much more hops, if any.
@clotshots9072 Drexler was more straight line. And he didn't have Jordan's handle. I didn't like the way that he put his head down while driving. Jordan had MUCH more change of direction in his game. Jordan was listed at 6'6" but his true height, barefoot, was 6' 4" and a half. Drexler was listed at 6' 7" and I think that might have been close to his true height. So, you say you've seen pictures of them standing together and they are the same height? I suppose you say things like that in the hope that nobody will fact check you.
@clotshots9072 My link probably is going be deleted, but why would you say something that is demonstrably false? I suppose because you think it will be difficult to disprove.
Cylde drexler is underrated and a great all around player. He was a great defender . Drexler was a great all around scorer. So to me he was that good.
Clyde the glide is pretty underrated tbh
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Klay Thompson before James Harden? Please explain. Really curious.🤔
😅 4 rings bro
@@fakename1656 your insane
@@fakename1656 + defense
@@fakename1656 0 mvp 1 ring as the number 2 2 as the number 3 and 1 as arguably the number 4
Love Klay, but If he had to lead his own team, no way he gets past the first round. It would be like a Bradley Beal type situation, always struggling just to make it into the playoffs.
Yeah I agree with you that that Portland teams did not have a second superstar. But, top to bottom, they were one of the deepest teams and had like 6 players scoring in double digits.
They were so deep that they just gave drazden petrovic away to the nets
@@jlobiafra You're right.
That was a dumb move. With using him more who knows what would happen. He would torment the Bulls from 3 point line opening Clyde even more for his slashes and drives. The guy was giving 40 to Jordan in Nets uniform. I think he would become that second super star on Blazers if given a proper chance. But even without him they were deep. Clyde, Porter, Uncle Cliff, Duckworth, Buck Williams, Ainge. All actual all stars or border line all stars.
It doesn't matter how "deep" a team is when the opposing teams 2nd star player is much better than any other teammate you have. Chicago's 3rd best player was as good as Portland's 2nd best player.
@@benyah3390 Tell that to 04 Pistons beating Shaq and Kobe:) or 2011 Mavs beating LBJ, Wade and Bosh. In Pistons case their best player was as good as Lakers 3rd or 4th. Or in Mavs case their second best was as good as Heat's 4th or 5th.
@@markomeker7789 no sir. Mavericks I give you. Detroit, no sir. You had The Wallaces who could cancel out Shaq, and Billups, Prince, Hamilton could cancel out Kobe. Portland had Clyde who could cancel out Jordan or Pippen and that was it. Detroit was far superior than Portland beyond Clyde. Dallas I'll give you, but that's a 1 out of however many finals there have been chance.
As a blazers fan, Drexler being so under rated drives me insane. He's probably the most disrespected NBA legend of all time. So many people don't even put him in their top 10 SG lists. That's absolutely ridiculously stupid.
Also the biggest what if in Drexler's career is not sam bowie or MJ, it's actually Sabonis. Imagine a PRIME SABONIS on that early 90's Drexler lead team. Had the soviets not stopped sabonis from playing in the NBA after Portland drafted him, 90's could have quite literally been blazers era, that was their missing piece. This would have drastically changed not just Drexler's legacy, but mj's legacy.
They get a lot of flak for passing on Jordan but actually the 90-92 Blazers as a whole were underrated. A lot of people don't bring up the fact that the majority of the core of those Blazers (Porter, Kersey, Robinson) were draft steals that went late in the first round or second round. Even Clyde himself was a mid teens pick.
If Sabonis had came over when he should've then he'd have fixed their only woe on offense those years....they just could not score as effectively in the halfcourt as they did in transition.
I can't believe there are fools that put Harden over Drexler smh
Clyde stayed at my hotel a lot in downtown Portland. Always a class act.
Did this "NBA expert" just put Klay Thompson ahead of James Harden in the all time NBA SG list?
Did James harden won 3 rings?
@@yahyah1907 did James Harden have the 2 greatest scorers of all time next to him?
@@yahyah1907 does Klay have a MVP award has he broke scoring records?
Bruh steph is the franchise player lmao... Why do you think klay will win any mvp. And James harden had a chance to go to the finals he just choked.. 🤷♂
He did break a scoring record 14 threes and 37 points in a "QUARTER"..
Teammates can make or break your legacy.
Jordan had Pippen and Rodman, Drexler had some decent players, but nothing on that level. Drexler has nothing to be ashamed of.
As for the stat comparison, stats don't tell the full story. They simply weren't the same type of players.
Drexler was a team first oriented player, who was always getting everyone involved, so he wasn't ever going to have the same scoring stats that Jordan did.
1. Drex had Hakeem, then later Barkley. You seriously think talent-wise they arent better than Jordan, Pip and Rodman? Naw you just making excuses
2. Head-to-head matchups? Mike had more assists than Clyde. Thinking Basketball made an analysis and called Mike a playmaking machine in the 92 Finals because he scored and assisted most of the Bulls points, so how does Mike not play team-oriented basketball?
3. Vid already shown a difference in efficiency, even if Clyde took more attempts, he wont sniff Mike’s scoring numbers.
4. Dont insult Terry Porter like that.
@@BaXiStA lol, relax, I never claimed Drexler was better.
You Jordan fanboys get riled up real easy over nothing.
@@dcaseng dont cry, attack my argument.
Drex had a big 3, I dont see how Jordan didnt get anyone involved especially when the Triangle specifically was created to remove the ball from Mj’s hands. I only addressed your points.
I talk basketball, dont try to gaslight because tbh I love Clyde. I have him over AI and Harden. Extremely underrated player but you’re attempting to mislead people with such comments.
I’d be the first guy to defend Clyde from people who try to knock him off the top-5 SG all-time list but come on now you know better than this.
An excellent, excellent basketball star and an A+ player. One of the best perimeter players ever. And just as good of a human. Loved watching him play
"The glide" was really an appropriate nickname. So smooth.
Clyde the glide, Drexler! Most robust and well respected by all player ever. 🙂
Well for being a dude that looked 50-60 years while he was in the league, dude had major hops
Harden>klay
You are one of my Favourite you tubers but klay over harden make me go ohooo
Klay should be 10th or off the list
@@razorgliscor940 my top sg is:
1 mj
2 Kobe
3 d Wade
4 west
5 AI
6 Clyde
7 harden
8 T Mac
9 Carter
10George Gervin
11 ray allen
12 Miller
13 manu
14 Pete Maravich
15 klay
@@adarginossar9775 manu isn't above Klay Thompson one was a 6th man and only was a all-star 2 years also someone may call me an AI hater but he is the most overrated player of all time super inefficient like his MVP year he shot worse then Jerry Stackhouse (same year btw) and phily was known for defense more then offense
@@adarginossar9775 Reggie Miller is better than Ray Allen, T-Mac and Vince Carter.
Drexler is an incredible player and deserve more love
Also your list is whack
Fax
His goat list also a whack
Love his videos tho
James Harden, Reggie Miller and Ray Allen are better than Klay Thompson.
In the Playoffs, Klay Thompson"s stats are not as good as in the regular season. When it really matters, its effectiveness is reduced.
*Klay Thomspon ( age 24-29 ): Playoffs Per Game ( 2014-2019 )=20- 4- 2, FG-44% 3P-42% FT-85%.*
*True Shooting Percentage: TS-57%.*
*Player Efficiency Rating: PER-15.*
Reggie Miller was super efficient.
*Reggie Miller ( age 24-30 ): Playoffs Per Game ( 1989-1996 )= 25- 3- 3, FG-48% 3P-44% FT-86%.*
*True Shooting Percentage: TS-63%.*
*Player Efficiency Rating: PER-22.*
James Harden- 1x MVP, 3x Nba Scoring Champion.
The fact that he puts Jerry West over DWade and Allen Iverson on his list is whack🤦🏾♂️
Nice work 🎆✨
I love your videos
same
Yeah and Clyde is a great player
Can you please make a video about Jerry West? I’m really curious as to how good he was for his time and what he would be able to do in todays league.
Ain’t no way he’s better than Dwade sorry
@@jamesmcinerney1030 who said he was lmao
@@aniruddhabhuvanapalli8651 this list in the video
@@jamesmcinerney1030what are you apologizing for
Can you make videos on your top 10 players for each position and why
I think if Clyde would have marketed himself he could have made it more neck and neck. I've seen most of their head to head games and Jordan really couldn't guard Clyde and Clyde was never intimidated. Their finals matchup Clyde had an injured leg
Cap. Jordan put the clamps on Drexler numerous times. There was never a debate. Jordan had a wrist injury in the Finals
@@sideshowbobsaget8876 ?Jordan barely guarded him, it was Pippen..What tha?!?!
@colinforsecs3393 That's a lie. Where are you getting this from?
Those Portland teams were stacked. Clyde had fellow all stars Terry Porter, Jerome Kersey, and Kevin Duckworth. Along with veterans like buck Williams and Danny ainge. A sixth man of the year candidate cliff Robinson. Too bad they ran into the bad boy pistons and the Jordan bulls
Man this vid was BY FAR THE MOST rollercoaster bid ive ever seen, with all the "was he actually better then jordan? Yes ofcourse but no actually not obviously" this was fun
Hahaha - thanks for watching anyway 😏
i loved his game...my favorite
I’m going to have to respectfully disagree with a lot of that SG ranking list
MJ is 1, Kobe is 2, that’s basically the consensus
I consider West a PG so I don’t count him
Then I have Wade at 3, and Harden at 4. You’ve said KD is a top 10 all time player because of his talent, so why isn’t Harden a top 5 SG?
5 is Clyde, 6 is Vince for his longevity and skill, 7 is T-Mac, 8 is Ray, 9 is Reggie, and 10 is Klay.
To clarify, I think Gervin is moreso a SF and Iverson is usually someone I lost as a PG like West. I think Klay is a great 3 and D guy but he didn’t have much of a bag for himself outside of shooting 3’s until later into his career so I can’t put him over these guys
Klay>reggie
@Hyab Berhane tell me 20 sg better than klay
You guys are forgetting about team success
@Hyab Berhane klay is 5-8
Yes Klay is better then Reggie, he has 3 rings Reggie has 0. Klay plays defense, Reggie doesn’t, Klay averages more points and shoots much better
I agree with pretty much everything said here minus the assertion that the Blazers didn't build a team around Clyde. Yes they didn't have another super-star, but those early 90's Blazers were considered one of the best teams in league history to not win a championship. They were stacked with a bunch of good players - from Porter, to Duckworth, to Buck, to Cliff, to Ainge, to Drazen, and of course - Kersey, guys who all woulda averaged close to if not over 20 a game if they were on any other team. Its annoying to watch videos talking about Clyde, to then listen to people who obviously don't know shit about those teams outside of their stats and constantly denigrate those around Clyde to make it somehow more impressive that he managed to get the Blazers to the finals, let alone win the championship.
*@Jesse Haffner*
Drexler did have several good teammates for a stretch of years, but the large majority of championships have required at least a 2nd superstar in order to win it all. I wouldn't go so far as to say that they didn't build a team around Drexler, but very few players in the league at the time could have done what he did with those Blazers teams. Getting them to back to back NBA Finals appearances, 3 straight conference Finals appearances, and leading them to 50+ wins in 5 out of 6 seasons from 1988 through 1993 including a 60+ win season was pretty incredible I would say.
@@justsayin669 I agree with you for the most part, but my opinion is that one or more of those supporting caste around Drexler in those years - could or even - would - have been superstars , but because there were just so many guys none of them really had the touches to do what Pippen did with MJ on the Bulls. I mean Kersey in the 1987-88 season put up just shy of twenty a game and Porter in 92 averaged over 18 a game, even with all those other guys to go along with Drexler, which imo proves as much. This is especially the case when it comes to Kersey specifically. Similar to the Drexler/MJ comparison, while Pippen was a better player Kersey, he certainly wasn't better by a whole lot. And i think he was good enough to where if he was switched with Pippen and he was on the Bulls in those years, he had the skills/ability to have statistically produced enough to where he woulda been considered a superstar too, just maybe not as great of a superstar. That said - I def take your point though. God i loved those teams! It's so damn sad that it took Clyde having to leave and go to Houston for him to finally win a championship.
@Jesse Haffner the problem with those Blazers when people bring up the ppg averages was right from Clyde on down is they could not score as effectively when the pace of games slowed. Had Sabonis been able to play when he should've then they'd have won a title at some point during those 3 years because imho he'd have fixed their only flaw....consistent halfcourt offense
If a game was fast paced, Portland would run every team in the league outta the building those years.
@@FuShengAlex I partially agree with you, but they were pretty damn good in half court too man, i mean most of Duck's points came from the post
Nice Video!
Drexler was easily the 2nd best SG during the so called " Jordan " Era. They were the only two SG that could score from any position on the court. They could also create there own shot. A rarity for SG back then .
Ellis, Richmond, Dumars, R.Lewis, R.Pierce, Sprewell, Houston, E.Jones, Petro, R.Blackman, Hornacek, A.Robertson, Isiah Rider, Jim Jackson, Ron Harper, Hersey Hswkins, Steve Smith, Kobe, Ray Allen, Iverson, Kendall Gill, Sean Elliot, Nick Anderson, Mullin, Stacey Augumon etc. What games have you been watching 😂
You are the best!
Harden above AI and Klay, and maybe even Drexler.
Maybe in shroomworld he does
I absolutely agree, putting Harden below Klay is the most casual take ive ever heard.
The list should be as follows:
1. MJ
2. Kobe
3. Jerry West
4. Dwayne Wade
5. James Harden
6. Clyde Drexler
7. AI
8. Ray Allen
9. George Gervin
10. Reggie Miller
@@amayrhossain3598 perfect list
@@ballerboy1323 Casey’s listings are usually pretty solid, idk what he was thinking with this one 🤷🏻♂️
@@amayrhossain3598 yeah I usually agree with him on most things
Clyde Drexler was Bad Ass!
A Bad Ass with CLASS.
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Only Clyde and Dr J could block a shot from one end of the court, kept the ball dribbling and do a 1 foot take off from the foul line in game situation not dunk contest. MJ's always way inside the foul line with a 2 feet take off most of the time. Clyde's footwork was one of the best; back then players made sure they didn't drag their pivot foot. If they did, it was gonna be called for a travel.
Very good list 👌
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Clyde, the Doctor, Larry, Bernard King, and David Thompson (the original MJ)...that's my all time starting 5
We want the Houston rockets off-season video pls, my dad likes the Houston rockets 😭😭
After Celtics Rockets are my favourite team
@@anitabrdar1787 great choice 👌
Although they never won a championship, the Drexler's Blazers were one of the greatest teams of West.
Drexler had a knee injury going into that Blazers-Bull series. It was the only time during his entire career that he was handicapped.
Klay over Harden?
Clyde was great, lucky to have him all those years on Portland.
Lakers broke their heart in 1991 vs Blazers
Those 90's boys are the greatest
How does ur hair go from this to what’s it’s like now? SOO CONFUSED ABOUT WATCHING YOUR OLD VIDEOS
My dad’s favorite player too and we are Knicks fans!
Drexler led Portland to the finals vs Pistons too
Clyde the Drive! Reggie Miller needs to be squeezed in there too! Great video!
Clyde 'The Glide' was so good. And not just a good player! He was a genuinely good guy and a great leader for the Blazers, who hadn't seen anything close to greatness since Walton/Lucas in '77. I was always amazed at how he'd find and exploit even the tiniest opportunity a defender gave him. Like water through rocks, there was no stopping him. Drexler will always be the King of Rip City.
Clyde was my favorite player
fire
Drexler was an underrated passer as well.
when i was a kid, clyde was my favorite player nexto to magic
Drexler was amazing and I was a Jordan fan
I'd argue he deserves to be higher on that list. He could score, create for others, crashed the boards and was good on defense.
He didn't get the awards because of the era he played in.
*@K B*
What about his era made awards harder to get?
@@justsayin669 well, he was drafted to a team that already had an Allstar at his position. There were only 2 all nba teams until 89, so there's 2 spots he didn't have an extra chance to land on compared to 89 and onward.
He was good defensively but not as good as Jordan, Moncrief, Cooper, Robertson, Dumars, Johnson, Payton.
The only 2 seasons he put up mvp level seasons he was still a notch behind that Jordan fella.
@@KB-qk1ic
Drexler being drafted to a team with an all-star at his position isn't much of a factor since he proved in his limited touches in his rookie season that he was an inefficient player in the NBA at that point. Whether he would have had an all-star at his position on his team or not he wasn't going to get any awards in his rookie season. Not to mention that part doesn't really have to do with his era.
There were also only 23 teams in the league before 1989 so the percentage of players who make the all-defensive teams now is similar to what it was back then, but you may have a slight point there.
If you say that Drexler should be moved up the list, then I'm assuming that you are saying he belongs ahead of Wade. Well Wade was also competing against great defensive guards such as Kobe, Kidd, Tony Allen, Rondo, Jrue Holiday, John Wall, etc for the all-defensive selections. Dumars wasn't even a great defensive guard and he wasn't even a better defensive guard than Isiah Thomas, he's the most overrated defender in NBA history. Drexler was a better defender than Dumars. Also Moncrief, Robertson nor Payton should have ever won DPOY, they were never the most impactful defender in the NBA in any given season, not even close really.
As far as your insinuation that Drexler didn't win MVP because Jordan was in the league, well LeBron was also in the league the entire time that Wade was in the league.
@@justsayin669 that was a very nice long reply but filled with errors that made it pointless.
Nobody in their right mind would say Dumars wasn't a good defender, and yes better than Isiah. And I'm an isiah Thomas fan since I was 2.
Drexler was not inefficient for a rookie or his 2nd and 3rd, he did not become the full time starter until his 4th and shared with Paxson. Regardless if you believe Robertson, Moncrief and others were the best is irrelevant as they were still going to get the nod over Drexler because while he was good on the defensive end he was not elite, they were.
@@KB-qk1ic
I didn't say that Dumars wasn't a good defender, I said that he wasn't a great defensive guard, but I would probably even say that he wasn't a good defender. He didn't really do anything special defensively, he just had a narrative placed around him since he was part of one of the best defensive teams in NBA history, but Dumars wasn't even a top 5 defender on the team or the best defensive guard on the team in the championship seasons.
Yes Drexler was inefficient asba rookie even for a rookie... He definitely wasn't efficient for a rookie and his scoring efficiency (49.6TS%) was well below the leaguewide scoring efficiency (54.3TS%) while taking just 6.8 shots per game. Drexler wasn't a full time starter until his 4th season, but he was already getting starter minutes in his 2nd and 3rd seasons at 31.9mins and 34.3mins per game including almost 9 more mins per game than Paxson in his 3rd year. Besides, even if I conceded whatever point you are trying to make concerning the team that he was drafted to, well what does that have to with his era supposedly making it harder for him to get awards?
My point in saying that Moncrief, Robertson and Payton shouldn't have even come close to winning DPOY is not just to say that they didn't deserve to win DPOY, my point was that they weren't even DPOY caliber nor were they really any better defenders than the 2000s and 2010s guards that I named. If Drexler wasn't better a defender than them then he just wasn't better defenders than them, but those guards didn't really make it any tougher for Drexler to make the all-defensive teams than the guards that I named made it for Wade to make the all-defensive teams.
Drexler was as good as Kobe Bryant. In fact, some advanced have him with a significant edge. Box Score Plus minus of 5.4 to 4.6. Offensive and Defensive Rating differential of 9 to 5 (for Kobe). And he was a far better leaper. One of the best verticals in the history of the game.
Drexler was not as good as Kobe
@@d3adyoutubeaccount Drexler was a FAR better leaper than Kobe. Kobe had a 38 inch vertical. People on Portland claimed that Drexler had a consistent 47 inch vertical. And like I said, there is no advanced stat that has Kobe any better than Drexler. Most give Drexler a slight edge. Kobe, a WS/48 of .170 for his career. Drexler, .173.
Clyde is no way near as good as kobe. But he is definitely a top 5 SG of all time just behind Mj, Kobe, Dwade and AI
@@bryhighlights4226 Well, if you say that loud enough, often enough, and long enough, that will make it true. And, of course, that is what the NBA did with Kobe. After the retirement of Michael Jordan, they needed a replacement and Kobe was the chosen one. His numbers simply do not stack up. And even those probably are inflated. He, notoriously, got special treatment from the refs.
@@Kermit_T_Frog Longevity
FYI there is a new luc longley documentary for an update for his video
How did you regrow your hair?
Casey: we can spend a whole video defending this list.
Everyone else : We
We will wait for that vid
Hahahhaa
cant wait.
respect for having klay high up that list as i feel most people dismiss him and only see him as stephs sidekick
Not better then harden!
@@yoni3343 maybe not in terms of scoring but Klay is an elite three level scorer coupled with the fact that he is an all nba and all defense level player year in year out prior to the back to back injuries
@@premsanghvi19 Reggie Miller is better than Klay Thompson.
@@glennrobinson.377 in what way?
@@premsanghvi19 In the Playoffs, Klay Thomson"s stats are not as good as in the regular season. When it really matters, its effectiveness is reduced.
*Prime Klay Thomson ( age 24-29 ): Playoffs Per Game ( 2014-2019 )=20- 4- 2, FG-44%. FG-42% FT-85%.*
True Shooting Percentage: TS-57%.
Player Efficiency Rating: PER-15.
Reggie Miller was super efficiency.
*Prime Reggie Miller ( age 24-30 ): Playoffs Per Game ( 1989-1996 )=25- 3- 3, FG-48% 3P-=44% FT-86%.*
True Shooting Percentage: TS-63%.
Player Efficiency Rating: PER-22.
Reggie Miller ( age 34 ) led his team to the 2000 Nba Finals and was able to win 2 games against the Lakers ( Shaq and Kobe ). In the 2000 Playoffs, 34-year-old Reggie Miller ( SG ) outplayed players like Allen Iverson ( SG ), Ray Allen ( SG ) and Kobe Bryant ( SG ).
I went to South Houston elm, same elementary school Clyde attended. He was bigger to us then even Hakeem, during UH and early NBA, Hakeem was the better pro, ofc but Drexlers all round game is always overlooked.
We got kind of got a Clyde drexler in our new Rockets 😏; jalen green that’s have to be your new favorite team and so you come back to the rockets family
Yo Casey.. You need to do Penny Hardaway NEXT 🏀
Your top 10 is solid.
The last dance didn't talk about clyde in a disrespectful way.
Hey Casey can you do a how good was Patrick Ewing
Please do Hakeem the dream
Clyde was legit.
For a "small market team" Whatever that even means.
Portland gets a lot of love on this channel, Id almost even think your a fan of RipCity,
When you get slow, lets get some Sabonis love, I feel like hes the template for Euro players, which are a huge part of the NBA now.
Also i sometimes think how different the entire PNW would be if Jordan was in Portland
You're right, they did not show me highlights when Clyde Drexler was blocking and stealing and dunking when Michael Jordan.
No the question is what if Scottie Pippen was playing along with Clyde Drexler with the Blazers?
Plz a video on Jerry West. BEFORE I PUT HARDEN ON HIM😂 got to be sure😂😂🤦🏾♂️
having jerry.w In front of Dwade is crazy
Do a video on whether Kobe can beat MJ in one on one and whether Kobe Lakers beat MJ Bulls?
A top 10 SG ever. That good
Casey - where would you put Reggie Miller on the top SG list? If not for the Malice at the Palace, he'd have been a champion too
It's a team game but the NBA is sold on marquee individual match-ups
jonny arnett type of title ? 😆
Wow it’s happening now in PGs with Curry and Damian
P.S Portland really sucks on getting help for their stars
Drexler is a bit behind MJ. I'm a diehard Blazers fan but you gotta respect the game first. MJ just had that killer instinct. It's that instinct when combined with such gifted athleticism that puts him on another level. Clyde didn't have that mindset.
Teams back in the day weren't drafted like they are now. Saying drafting Bowie was a mistake is a little wonky. Glad this vid points out that the Blazers already had that position filled w/ Clyde. Hindsight is 20/20. You draft for better player most of the time nowadays. Fun vid.
For me this beef and rivalry is similar to Kobe and Ray Allen in the 2000s
I know I'm 2 years late but Iverson below Wade is wild
Clyde was so smooth & very classy gentleman. He played with the flow of the game.....similar with Dr. J......they both made spectacular plays....and put up #'s without demanding or hogging the ball.
Jordan was the Greatest because he took it "personally" everything! By da by ....Iceman was probably #4 or #5 alltime at shooting guard.
clyde imo is a top 5 sg.
I consider him to be a Dwaune Wade level of player
7:15 so guys, what do you think of this list? Me personally I'm taking harden above thompson and ray allen should be replaced with reggie miller, no disrespect to jerry west but i think he's a point guard so wade should be in the top 3.
Best Comparison has to be the playground analogy difference between players
Its like Dame and curry beef
I’m from H town too but ppl sleep on Clyde and MJ at times couldn’t guard Clyde , Clyde is like the clone kinda like ex( Harden = MJ , Luka = Kobe , KPJ = Clyde )
Top 5 SG since the NBA/ABA merger, that good.
People would say different things, if Drexler played in Chicago and Jordan in Portland. It's like whan player scored 50 points and his team wins, he is a god of basketball. Whan he scored 50 points and his team lost, it beraly mentioned.
Liked him in Portland not in Houston more entertaining as a Blazer