NBA Superstars 2: Olajuwon, Robinson, Ewing

[larrence029]

just remember where Dwight, Lebron, Rondo, and Kobe get their little post/shake em moves.....HAKEEM THE DREAM

[Chaimazulay07]

You are forgot about Dikembe Mutumbo!

[chispot02]

The aleague is all about flashiness thanks to jordan. Its a joke and soft, we need more bigs.

[larrence029]

Hakeem > David > Patrick

[yowyOw69]

Nowadays centers are Godzillas with wooded hands, feet and basketball IQ. What a pity!

[benjie414]

the tapes were cool. but some of the music is lame. gladys knight? what were they thinking?

shawn kemp and pearl jam is by far the coolest 1 i've seen.

thanks for uploading.

[Air23Davis]

Hakeem Best Center Ever!

Bill Russell and Wilt also Kareem

didnt compete against centers that he went up against!

[Omnicronimous]

Prior to Popovich that is.

[Omnicronimous]

Ewing began declining quickly after '94, having played his entire career on bad knees and he gave everything in those Finals. Olajuwan definitely had the better career after '94, but Ewing at his peak was better than Olajuwan at his peak. Robinson was just as good as either of those two most of the time, but was inconsistent and never had very good Playoff coaches.

[williwo]

@Omnicronimous Absolutely, I agree 100%. Ewing was the best Center in the NBA in the early 90's. From 90-94 he was better than Olajuwon. However, like you said, 94 and after, Hakeem was better....and Ewing's injuries started to take their toll. Hakeem marks use the 2 championships to boast about Hakeem over Ewing. But they forget(or ignore), that Ewing was the better player for most of their careers. from 85-94, Ewing was the superior player. From 94-2001, Hakeem was.

[Omnicronimous]

@williwo Right on. To see this in action all one need do is watch the few games that they played against one another during those earlier seasons. They had to use screens to get Hakeem away from Ewing because Ewing was so difficult to score on one-on-one, and at times Hakeem would even switch to the PF role and another Rockets player would rotate to Center. Hakeem was good, but during Ewing's peak years he was clearly the best center.

[Omnicronimous]

Prior to the '94 series you would have found few NBA experts outside of Texas that would have said Olajuwan was better. Ewing was bigger, stronger, and a better head to head player than Olajuwan for most of their respective careers. This is why oftentimes Olajuwan would switch off Ewing (usually Thorpe guarded him) or receive help from a double team on Ewing. Ewing's teammates were an inferior cast to the Rockets, so they could afford to help counter Ewing.

[RICK24BARRY]

is there a way to get to see the credits music of the NBA SUPERSTAR 2.. it's classic people watching this should watch the credit to it is BEAUTIFUL

[funakiexpress]

theres like no big men today, just d.howard and an injured yao ming

[Rick9PF]

3 Best Centers!!!

[KERTY95140]

aille liallla ! trop bonne EPOQUE! PATRICK EWING ete mon joueur preferer; dans cette epoque...

[bigmez83]

i can imagine those 3 guys in an actual nba, poor of big mens. they'll be, also with the new rules, simply unstoppable.... Superman Howard it's not an inch of Hakeem (and probably againt's him he'll fouled out in 10 minutes :D)

[ljuves]

Ewing was so powerful center....the best center in the world ever ! ! !HE WAS SO TOUGH !

[chaveznieves]

i miss the era of dominant centers. when basketball was a tough game more than a finesse game

[thebigaznguy]

all three of these guys were beastly in their prime

[NJPlayer79]

Great video but I'm a little disappointed that they never put the video on NBA Superstars III with the centers we would all really like to see...Tree Rollins, Frank Brickowski, and Yinka Dare.

[westsidenasfan]

@NJPlayer79 How about one like this:NBA Superstars 3:Mourning,Shaq,Mutumbo

[NYKgjl10]

Ewing fadeaway: Priceless =)

[TheSwoopist]

dope old school 45 degree filming angle

Olajuwon holding it down

[Xrayballer88]

2:17 lol.

[Shaty21R]

olajuwon so cute posing like a faggot !!!

[NYKgjl10]

Olajuwon,Ewing, and Robinson are one of the top 50 greatest NBA players of all time.

[Wobgoblin]

Hakeem played against Shaq, Robinson, and Ewing and pretty much had his way with them. His dominance over Robinson during Robinson's MVP year is startling. Hakeem is quite possibly the best center ever.

[djdiggydiggy]

You make a mistake by grouping Shaq in with that group. Hakeem never had his way with Shaq. That is a misconception. Look at their head to head matchups, and you get a different story. Nice try though. Hakeem may possibly be the best center ever, but Shaq IS the best center ever.

[PlantersVoid]

djdiggydiggy - Shaq says Hakeem was the best center ever. 'nuff said.

[betito1288]

@PlantersVoid Shaq has no game. HA! Compared to Olajuwon Robinson and Ewing. Shaq can only dunk the ball.

[westsidenasfan]

@betito1288 He does have a game,it's just not as polished as Ewing,Olajuwon,Robinson.His game mostly has to do with power,their's has to with both power and applied skill.

[betito1288]

@westsidenasfan Excatly! Look at what you said, applied skill. Big diffrence!

[xiilmaticx06]

@betito1288 thats all u need to do when your huge sometimes u jus gotta kno how to use what u got really

[mrovito604]

@djdiggydiggy No votes for Russell or Chamberlain? Or Kareem?

[cabdisomali]

Agreed.

[williwo]

@Wobgoblin You're forgetting that Ewing dominated Olajuwon at times as well though. Remember they played to a hotly contested 7 game series. If you compare their stats...they were VERY close. Hakeem had a higher point average overall. However Ewing had more 20 point seasons and once aeveraged 28 a game. Something Hakeem never did.

[hailhopes]

@williwo 2 championships an MVP! Something Ewing never done and oh yea he didnt start playin till he was 17.

[williwo]

@hailhopes U cant just measure on championships. TEAMS win championships. Keep in mind Ewing had to face MJ and the Bulls 6 times in the Playoffs.....whereas Olajuwon never had to face him. The 2 years Olajuwon made it.....Jordan was gone. So theres a good chance that if Jordan was there.....Olajuwon would have lost back to back just like Malone did. He was very lucky there

[SmoothMM]

@williwo I wouldn't call it luck: Hakeem and his team just beasted their way to those championships. And they were never a #1 seed entering the playoffs.

[williwo]

@SmoothMM You dont just "Beast" through a 7 game series.

[SmoothMM]

@williwo Yes, you do. That's when you're a superstar (and Hakeem was). Or when it's a sweep. Take it one night at a time. Just ask Dirk. His lowest scoring game in the Finals was 21 points. Most of his scoring came in clutch situations. When Hakeem played in back-to-back championships, his lowest scoring was 21 (1994 in 7 games) and 31 (1995 in 4 games). That's pretty beastly, individually of course.

[williwo]

@SmoothMM No you dont. Also, lets not forget that Ewing was starting to slip into the downside of his career at this point. In the late 80's and early 90's, Ewing was generally considered the best Center in the NBA, and the superior player between the two. And he typically had his way with Hakeem, in contrast to the original comment. Hakeem often had to have help guarding Ewing, who was a straight up Beast (circa 1990.) by 94, his Knees were failing and the Knicks in general were fatigued.

[SmoothMM]

@williwo Yes, you can beast through a 7-game series.  And I don't know what's the original comment you were referring too (I just in on the Hakeem luck part you said). But if I recall correctly, Hakeem mostly played Ewing straight up . But sometimes, a double team was needed to get Ewing out of his rhythm. Same for Hakeem or any other dominant player.

[williwo]

@SmoothMM Dude, no you cant. Winning in a 7 game series implies that you had to struggle your ass off to win it. It means that both teams generally played well, and gave each other a great fight. Thats not beasting through. And if thats the case, then Ewing was a beast himself. Since he had 30 blocks and set an NBA Finals record. He also out-rebounded Olajuwon for that matter. You would have to admit that Ewing was a beast defensively, in order for your argument to be fair

[SmoothMM]

@williwo All playoff games are a 7-game series, meaning it has the potential to reach 7 games but doesn't mean it will (still have to win 4 games). Teams can sweep teams in a 7-game series. However, their were 5-game playoff series in the past. And yeah, that would mean that Ewing beasted through the series defensively, just as Olajuwon beasted offensively.

[williwo]

@SmoothMM Fair enough...I still disagree with you on the beasting thing. But you're entitled to your view

[SmoothMM]

@williwo Ok. I'm just trying to establish a common ground. I love talking NBA basketball.

[hailhopes]

@Wobgoblin Best Center ever? How bout the best Basketball player ever. Better than Jordan

[williwo]

@hailhopes definitely NOT

[tabkitchen1983]

@Wobgoblin I would say that Hakeem is the better center out of the everyone in the 90's but in that series against D-Rob in the Spurs, Hakeem took it to D-Rob in one game, other than that game they were pretty even...the difference in that series was Clyde Drexler he was a monster in the clutch

[alec9tap]

@Wobgoblin Ewing played him neck and neck... The Knicks might've have been champions had John Starks called in sick in Game 7 lol... As much as i love Starks

[moybutter]

This is why the Redemption Team would never beat the Original Dream Team, with these three Hall of Fame Centers plus Barkley & Karl Malone all in their primes!! All Mike & Magic would have to do is get the ball down low, they are just way too big for Chris Bosh, Boozer, & Carmello. Dwight would be the only intimidating force on their frontcourt, but his game isn't polished yet.

[mrovito604]

@moybutter Hakeem didn't play on the original dream team.

[SmoothMM]

@moybutter Or Dream Team 2, when they had Hakeem and Shaq. Imagine: Hakeem at the 4, Shaq at the 5 vs. Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler, Carlos Boozer or Dwight Howard... Domination.

[quacmayer]

1 OLAJUWON 2 EWING 3 ROBINSON

[pickzkickz]

1:26 - 1:29 dunked on Oakley & Ewing, then Rodman & Robinson!

ElephantRage, if that's ur order, your clueless.

Olajuwon played against 6 of those and easily outplayed all of them. Prove me wrong.

[sloopjohnb324]

Probably the best trio of big men the NBA has seen.

The Admiral probably had the best vertical of the three.

The best all around player was the Dream.

And Ewing probably had the best jumper of the three.

What an era of basketball.

[jermaineonealnumber7]

doctorpepper91 5 stars vid. Takes me back.

Those were the days.

[jermaineonealnumber7]

HALL OF FAME !!! Admirable.

[pacmanlil]

Lets not foget that Daid Robinson still won 2 championships in his career even though he needed the help from tim duncan. every great player needs help to win a champiohsip. Magic Johnson had worthy and Kareem. jordan had pippen. Shaq had Kobe. when Robinson was in his prime he had no true scorers along side him. he had a decent poin guard in Avery johnson and a inconsistent player in sean elliot. I think that David Robinson did it the best he could have considering lack of talent around him.

[liweiwu007]

sean elliot was playing on a bad kidney. give the dude a break.

[kharbour82]

just. wanted smits to get an honorable mention. And robinson was a natural leader who for the most part had no players to back him up/ lets be honest other that Elliot,he had no one. I hate to say it but A.J. on any other theam would have been a no body, same goes for del negro. We got doc Rivers late in his career, and chuck person was unreliable. Robinson still managed to carry this team on his back and to a division championship asomewhere along the lines of 11 out of years.

[kharbour82]

Robinsons accomplishments in the leauge far surpass those that Shaq has. Now granted, shag has more rings, Robinson lead the Leauge in rebounding, shot blocking scoring Was named defensive player of the year, and an mvp. Robinson also averaged three assits plus his whole career and 1 plus steals a game. Shag has no finese

[ElephantRage]

Here i have to songly disagree, Shaq is a there time Finals Mvp recipient, wehereas Robinson often choked in big games. Shaq is ten times the player robinso was.

[shyadeny]

naw...not ten times; mayb 1.5~2 or 3 max. and that's only in the big games-robinson was phenomenal, can't deny that. That's a solid fact bro

[ElephantRage]

Robinson was possibly the most gifted of them all if we consider size, skills and athleticism but, once again, too many times lacked guts in big games. That's why 30 Gm's out of 30 would rather have Shaq or Hakeem: if you are a star, you gotta shine when it counts the most. Most Gm's would rather have Ewing as well for he was a leader. That being said David is a bona fide all time great.

[cmfdemon33]

From 1-10 ratings of centers

Ewing-10

Hakeem-10

Robinson-8

Duncan-9

Howard-6or7( he has no moves and no shot)

The Daddy-10+

The only thing Ewing didnt have was teamates

[MachaTevere]

This brings back so many memories, I used to have this video on VHS, I think it was part of NBA Superstars, or something like that.

All 3 were awesome centers, I'm glad that I had the chance to see them in their prime.

[ElephantRage]

While Hakeem is undoubtedly the best of the three, I'm still not sure whom to pick between Ewing and Robinson. Numbers and awards wise The Admiral gets the nod, but in hindsight Ewing led his team to two Finals while Robinson was never convincing in the post season before Duncan landed on this planet. My list from 90's and 00's 1 o'neal 2 olajuwon 3 ewing - robinson 5 mourning 6 howard 7 yao 8 daugherty 9 mutombo 10 divac forgot any?

[kharbour82]

Rick Smits, he was the man in the "middle" for the pacers the whole time Reggie was in his prime. He created second chance shots and gave an in side presence that gave Miller and Jackson the open oppetunites.

[ElephantRage]

Uhm, not quite sure he was better than any of the ones I have, but you do have a good point. Rik was great offensivly but weak boarding and poor defense go against him whereas Divac was definitely an all-arond player.

[mcummins14]

I hate that people say that Robinson wasn't good enough to bring a championship to San Antonio.

Shaq couldn't do it without Kobe or D Wade. Hakeem had a plethora of talent around him. Robinson had elliot who was more like a post-injury Grant Hill. Robinson did need Duncan. Jordan wouldn't have done it without Pippen either to regress for a sec. In todays NBA you need at least two Superstars to win. Or a team like detroit in the mid 2000s. Robinson is a top 5 all time center.

[ElephantRage]

Top 5?!

Wilt

Kareem

Shaq

Russell

Walton

Olajuwon

Mikan

Malone

Ewing

[ruju]

olajuwon owned d-rob unfortunately. i would like to see olajuwon and duncan in their primes go at it.

[THEGREATMIAH777]

diff player same result. the dream would OWN

[49ERSATX]

tim duncan and kevin garnett are power forwards not centers.

[MayLuga]

how about mutombo?

[DRiPPz6800]

the centers today beside shaq are not really as good as these 3 and pass centers before the 2000's

[L92185]

amen

[galaarid]

How about Alanzo Mourning?

[DRiPPz6800]

i kinda forgot about that guy

[Konephoros]

He gets schooled by Ewing in all playoffs series between Hornets vs Knicks (1993) and Heat vs Knicks 1997-2000.

Ewing, Mutombo and Mourning played in Georgetown.

[guidi2005]

I agree man but Tim Duncan is up there with them

[MasterThomers]

i like these guys. They were (and are) very sympathic. Look at the players today. Many of them want to be cool and want to look like gangsters or hip hoppers. It's pity that the new players aren't that nice as Hakeem, The Admiral or Ewing were.

[SmoothMM]

What about KG and TD? They seem pretty cool in interviews and on tv.

[SmoothMM]

They're power forwards (I know) but they can play the center position. But if not them, what about Dwight Howard? They all seem to be cool players.

[MasterThomers]

Yeah, but they're still different. Ewing, Robinson and Olajuwon seem as normal persons to me. I'm talking about their whole appearance. If I look at KG and Dwight, i see two funny guys, but they aren't the same as the other three. But you're right about Tim Duncan, i totally forgot about him, he's also a person like you and me, just a better Basketball player^^

[silverkatt02]

where is the love for the game like these guys. todays game no love it really doesn't make it worth watching............ NO LOVE FOR THE GAME...........

[sigto117]

i dont think anyone thinks robinson was better than Hakeem do they?! thats madness! Hakeem is probly the best center ever where as david might only just be in the top 5centers of all time.

[Freebird79]

look i am a knicks fan and patrick was as good as both of those guys they never ran into Number 23 in chicago patrick did. david won when he had Tim Duncan and was embrassed by akeem (yes I am calling him akeem) in the 95 playoffs after david won the mvp

[alexmauro2007]

thanks!!

[alexmauro2007]

I was looking for this long time ago!!!

[jsaing]

1) Hakeem

2)Ewing

3)Robinson

Hakeem's game was sick, too many moves.

[zomack]

1. The Admiral

2. Hakeem

3. Ewing

Outside the '95 playoffs, where Hakeem was incredible, DRob did better in career heads-to-heads against both the others(stat-wise and win/loss wise) -- see basketballreference dot com. Individual achievements also favor DRob.

Bot I'd take any of those three. I MISS the '90s when the centers ruled.

[maxpeezaay]

Don't even try. Hakeem kicked the so-called MVP David Robinson when David had his best season in his career...

And don't matter that Drob did better in win/loss games against Olajuwon cause I've seen the stats in the head-to-head and Olajuwon had better stats even though David won more.

Individual achivements, are you crazy? Now you're just getting silly!

[maxpeezaay]

Hakeem Olajuwon:

NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1993, 1994)

NBA Most Valuable Player (1994)

NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (1994, 1995)

NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1997)

12-time All Star

[peralez2383]

Dont forget d.rob LOST 2 years while serving the Navy. Was drafted in 87, didnt play till 89

[maxpeezaay]

That's true, but it was his own choice. And in terms of success in those 2 years for his team with him in it is none. He only won because of TD.

[maxpeezaay]

David Robinson:

10x NBA All-Star (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994,1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001)

1995 NBA MVP

1992 NBA Defensive Player of the Year

1990 NBA Rookie of the Year

2001 NBA Sportsmanship Award

50 Greatest Players in NBA History

[cirexlab]

addding in his era (when he was active) no other active player scored 71 points, and most, only Hakeem and him record "quadrupple doubles"

[maxpeezaay]

So? He scored 71 against the worst team in the league, he didn't do shit when he played The Dream and he was a choker in the playoffs, he only won because of Mr Duncan.

[Saibecc1]

Im a fan of both David and Hakeem and to say David was a choker is pretty ignorant. Hakeem had a much better game for the playoffs and a better system than the Spurs. I compare it to KG(pre Celtics) and Timmy. Also if you dismiss David's 71 pts because its against a weak team then you minus will dismiss Kobe's 81 pts too (Raptors). I think its amazing regardless of which team anyone scores those points against.

[maxpeezaay]

He was a choker, to let someone do what Hakeem did to him the year he was voted the MVP of the league shows what kinda player he was. He didn't live up to the expectations, Dream crushed him and made him look like a fool. And yes, I dissmiss Kobe's 81 pts because I saw the game and he was selfish as hell and played a darn weak team. And better system bla bla, it's bs, he didn't have a less good team than Hakeem's but Hakeem just mangled him and them.

[Saibecc1]

I see where you stand. I for one enjoyed both players and definitely give props where its due(and Im a Spurs fan). Its not a one on one game in the playoffs. Hakeem's team system was much better. The Spurs D was horrendous and Hakeem just exploited that.They doubled David and played Hakeem 1 on 1 where he's impossible to gaurd. And to dismiss Kobe and David's records then you minus well dismiss Chamberlain. There was no 3 second rule and there wasnt anyone who could gaurd him back then as well.

[L92185]

amen been sayin that 4 yrs

[maxpeezaay]

You're a smart homeboi then.

[maxpeezaay]

Hakeem have 6 first All-NBA first team, Robinson have 4. Hakeem have 3 All-NBA second team, Robinson have 2.Hakeem have 5 all-defensive first team, robinson have 4.And Olajuwon holds the all-time leading record in blocks, 1000 more blocks than Robinson. And Hakeem holds the highest playoffs-scoring average by any center by all-time with 25.9, even higher than Wilt and Jabbar. David Robinson scored 8 points lower in the playoffs. David was good against bad teams. Olajuwon was great against em all

[peralez2383]

Dwight Howard is like all of them combined

[jotaalpha]

1. Robinson

2. Hakeem

3. Ewing

Robinson beeing one of the best defensive players of the NBA. Great man, great character!

[maxpeezaay]

Haha, Hakeem is a better defender than them both and especially Robinson. Look at their stats.

[smk2652468]

how bout u look at head to head. Hakeem was way better than robinson.

[ElephantRage]

Man i respect your opion but putting robinson ahead of olajuwon is pretty odd since all evidences are the other way.

Hakeem

Ewing

Robinson

[sloopjohnb324]

I agree with Hakeem at number one, but considering The Admiral's championship rings I'd have him at two.

[mua2]

OUCH!!!! Hakeem Olajuwon block at 00:23,...sick.

[JetsFan369]

1. Hakeem

2. Patrick Ewing

3. Robinson

that is the order from best to worst.