Something about Black Jesus "Pearl" Earl Monroe

[AzianBoy7]

holy shit is that ray ray



[LAClippersfan2]

ray allen was young

[lalomex1123]

it always seemed to me that ray allen was darker when he was younger

[Econ1260MetZRoberto]

@lalomex1123 yeah bruh! he is on that vybz's kartel ish! LMFAO

[emmanuelb]

what a great scene and even a greater MOVIE

[SPIDER]

There will never be another Denzel Washington.

[Sensui01]

denzel washington is the greatest actor ever. he is the michael jordan of acting.

fuck jack nicholson!

[xluckysevensx]

hmmm.... what the hell is ray allen wearing? anyone else trying to figure that out?

[teezilla]

@xluckysevensx He is wearing 1998 man ... and THAT's the truth!

[SmoothMM]

@JesusInNike23 True. Michael is a very common name. Jordan is a cool sounding name. Either way, I see it as a win-win.

[SmoothMM]

@JesusInNike23 Why not Michael instead of Jordan?

[zedeckomnipotent]

before the NBA WAS RIGGED BY LUCIFER.

[yaiqab]

@zedeckomnipotent

I agree. All these championship winners are pre-selected now.

[proballa27]

i thot paul pierce was the truth

[iloveshoes415]

that's a good looking jumper you got there, ray ray! lol Yes, pun intended

[jaygreg50]

u would think after Denzel told him all bout why he name him Jesus & all that. His feelings would change about how he felt bout him & y he name him that.

[Caron3Butler]

@jaygreg50 I've watched this movie so many times. Right after this is where he tells Ray, why he's REALLY there, to get him to play for Big state university. Not to mention that he murdered his mother. This movie has so much texture and detail, you need to watch it several times to get the beauty of it. I absolutely love this movie.

[jaygreg50]

@Caron3Butler i know homie i got the movie. Aiight bret check out my videos.

[mrbigshot053]

for a guy who was never an actor...ray allen was great in that movie

[CreatureLikeGod]

@mrbigshot053 He really was

[6ft2220beast]

so true about earl the pearl and the nba "lockin up" players games....

[Caron3Butler]

@6ft2220beast the nba didn't lock up his game. The Knicks did. Earl the Pearl will always be JESUS in Washington.

[6ft2220beast]

yeah but the nba back then was the "corporate" league- no afro's, no one on one game, no shake and bake.... the aba was where it was at- street ball, imma get mine attitude, afro's, wild styles... the knicks locked him up, but i promise the NBA did too....

[mysteroy3k]

@sn83 Hell yea dat was the style, fuck a mofo head up and let one strap hang, y'all don't know shit bout dat, y'all where women jeans today

[tibiasuckness]

this movie is so good, it's sick. denzel is hell of an actor, and spike lee is hell of a director

[123four124]

people may not know but denzel use to ball back in his day think he may have played at university that maybe why he seems so in tune with the game

[skater5045]

lmfao wtf is rayray wearing?

[sn83]

@skater5045 that was the style back then lol

[freshness152]

ray allen was fresh wit da foamposites in dis movie

[dojOdRiFTeR]

dam allen can act

[Mio248]

Perfect scene! This was indeed a movie made from the heart and spirit!

[nandansho]

Damn I Love Denzel Has he won an Oscar for best Actor? I remember his first movie Carbon Copy been a Fan since. In Glory he had me standing in the Theater yellin "Yeah Kill them racist Muthafukas!"

[ddean1987]

@nandansho Yes, for "Training Day".

[timothy666]

@ddean1987 Training Day and Glory.

[heathercb07]

IM IN LOVE WITH RAY ALLEN HE IS SUPER SUPER SUPER FINE

[Econ1260MetZRoberto]

Wow, Denzel is beyond fantastic in this movie. Magnificent piece of filmmaking, kudos to Lee

[fuigotrobbed]

wtf is up with them wack overalls

[Caron3Butler]

@fuigotrobbed That was the shit in 1998..

[TheRagefc]

best basketball movie ever

jesus n jake shuttlesworth

[JoeTheGreat08]

@TheRagefc- nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. WHITE MEN CANT JUMP IS WAY BETTER

[NooDLES411911]

This isnt acting for Denzel. This is his true self, he acts in all his other movies.

[Weezyfan2008]

sumn that pissed me off in this movie was why didnt they let his father out after he got his son to play for big. never understood that they say he broke out of prison and a buncha bs the warden shouldve kept his word.

[turner03122]

@Weezyfan2008 Technically he didn't during that scene Denzel Lost, still gave him the choice...Ray ripped it up. At the end going to BIG was Jesus decision...they only way the father was going to get released is if Jesus signed the papers of intent.

[Caron3Butler]

We should all remember that SPIKE LEE directed this movie, the biggest Knicks fanatic. It's impressive how he openly admits in his movie that the Knicks shackled the Pearl's game up.

[sn83]

earl the pearl was the truth....he was embarrassing guys way before hotsauce, professor and skip to my lou lol. but seriously this movie is a basketball classic..."Jesus of North Philadelphia", gotta love it.

[clayg80]

Spike can direct some damn good movies

[trufiend138]

id take earl Monroe aka "why cant i just be Jesus?' over kobe.

[deltanaija]

should have just named him earl

[sn83]

@deltanaija lol that's excactly what i was thinkin....would of made is child hood so much easier lol

[KidSupremes]

best movie ever.

[Caron3Butler]

earl the pearl, the greatest Washington/Baltimore player ever.

[willslab]

one of my favorit movies all time

j-dub aka struggle

[letsgoceltics123]

the knicks did shackle the basketball jesus ..

[thickncute420]

plus we all should know that hollywood never likes to show black athelets in a good light with a mother and a father with a good up thats cultured. we see the same old the daddies not there or in this case hes in jail. i just meant kobe as in hype and coverage when in was in high school

[thickncute420]

i meant more like in hype

[pippoman75]

I love how Denzel calls Monroe "the Truth," and a few years later, Ray would be playing alongside Paul Pierce, The Truth.

[yulikesrice]

I miss the days when Ray played for Seattle. Now we dont even have a team anymore...

[Bluesdoggie]

The Knicks shackled The Pearl?!....They also got him his only ring......ask him if he's good with it.

[emmanuelb]

fave scene

[basquait1]

"Not Jesus of the Bible...but Jesus of NORTH PHILADEPHIA....!" cLASSIC!

[DaBullA215]

From Raymond Rosen Projects to Richard Allen Projects...North Philly stand up

[bluesharkoon]

Jesus of the playgrounds!

[rpskittles]

couldnt have got a better person to play tha role of Jesus, it woas origanlly supposed to be AI, im a fan, but Ray played tha role to perfection.

[littlenickyscarfo]

i think rasheed wallace likes this clip b n that hes from north philly too...i know i love it..ya cant get out of n.philly usually w/o b n a drug dealer or an athlete

[thickncute420]

i always felt that movie was about Kobe

[deathcontinued]

I always felt that too, especially the part, where do gets beaten in one on one... Yeah, classic Kobe...Loser..

[Caron3Butler]

kobe? really? Kobe's dad was a rich ball player that played for the NBA and in the European leagues. Kobe lived in Europe, not Coney Island. Kobe..hahahaha wow

[srloss3901]

how is the song called at 1:20 ??? i look for it since years

[markyost34]

its from aaron copland apalachian springs spike lee had public enemy do the soundtrack but also had the classical music too all around one of the best movies of all time period

[loachendormi]

Check out Denzel Washington's body language here. He talks sport and feels sport. He really is a good actor.

[burx18]

@loachendormi he truly can play any part

[marcusparks]

Great acting by Ray, but I'm glad he decided to stick with basketball.

[bluesharkoon]

Great acting? I'd say decent acting considering he is no professional... but great acting? That's what Denzel does in most of this movie.

[SexPanther235]

Granted he's not a great actor, but considering the role he plays, a naive high school basketball star, he fits the role. In certain scenes he really does resemble that ignorant teenage attitude.

[jhalas20]

@SexPanther235 just had to think back about 10 years to how he used to think before Calhoun wooed him to UCONN

[jeremydvid]

Imagine Tmac in the role of "Jesus Shuttlesworth" he auditioned when he was with the Raptors

[NotQuickEnough]

jesus of the playgroundz ya heard me

[Da3Answer3]

he played for bucks when he made this

[ChrisVarick]

so why did ray allen quit acting again?

[MadMonkey13]

great great movie.... so real

[Ramzyziom]

what is this a film ???

[drawingbp]

he got game

[GenesisX09]

That's Arthur Agee from Hoop Dreams at 0:58 I think

[jcaudill6921]

Um no. That is still Earl Monroe.

[Domini478]

@GenesisX09 Arthur didn't make the NBA dumbass...btw, Monroe played in the 70s and Arthur graduated from high school in 1991! Dumbass nigga!

[Italia418]

I love Ray ALLEN!! Celtics baby thanks for everything!

[mcmikec48]

spike lee is cool, do the right thing great, but he's slipped here with this movie... i don't get it at all...what was the deal with all those porno interludes?????

[Suryoyoyoyo]

what do you mean with porno interludes?

[mcmikec48]

i meant all those sexy scenes, which were weird, sometimes i felt like i was watching a different movie other than one about basketball....

[whosdarealist86]

what you mean something about black jesus...powerful part of a beautiful masterpiece....one of the best movies of our time...miss me with titanic and all that garbage...

[JAYLIB03]

spike lee is one of my favorite directors.

[mcmikec48]

yeah, and you're a supremicist....

[LBC6893]

I meant it in a good way

[sexyballs]

me too, i love this movie and 25th hour

[KrfNYC]

The movie is called "He Got Game".

[AlphaBetaCool]

I know I sound like an idiot but what movie is this?

[scs7656]

best part of the movie

[ngmawon]

THE TRUTH!!!! BEST PART OF THE MOVIE

[randomguy123616]

HA JAY ALLEN!

its ray allen.

[LBC6893]

08 champs baby!

[lilmizzdragon]

i love ths movie

and jay allen's fine lol

[eDub5750]

your an idiot

[Bnsashbl]

I was at the Wizard's game lastnight, where they honored and retired Mr. Monroe's Bullets Jersey! Go #10!!

[Foundation23]

One of my favorite parts of the video!:)