ohh, Celtics vs Pistons in the late 80s-Larry Bird goes up for a lay-up, gets mauled by Rodman and Laimbeer.

He gets up to go after Laimbeer and the refs and teammates get in between. The BEST PART about this fight was when Larry was still being held at the baseline and Laimbeer at the free throw line, Larry spots the basketball at his foot, picks it up, and CHUCKS it RIGHT AT LAIMBEER’S HEAD! it hits him in the shoulder and they kick Larry out. All that was called was a shooting foul on Laimbeer. Game went on as normal. Classic.

Sheed as a peacemaker..hahaha

how about derek harper vs jo jo english, 94 ec finals, spilled right into david stern’s lap

Vernon Maxwell vs. Jeff Hornacek. Went up into the stands a couple times.

@dapro

Rudy T vs Kermit was not a brawl, it was damn near manslaughter

man, everyone is mentioning artest but what about crazy ass stephen jackson, he was straight instigating, he threw like four or five punches just cuz!….its just some players you have to stick crazy ass in front of their name and them two dudes is it…..also dennis rodman and xavier mcdaniel

Not a fight, but “Bruce Lee” Bowen’s flying kick to the face of Wally World was funny as heck.

Tmac vs Bobby Jackson was pretty entertaining.

Anthony Peeler elbowing KG was fun to watch too.

Spree vs PJ Carlesimo’s neck

and doctor J vs. bird???????????????????

Somebody please post a link to Alonzo with JVG clinging to his leg… That’s my all-time favorite NBA fight, bar none!

jrav
we all know hes a bit of a homer but that book took it to a diff level. i mean comon is not all bad but i knew it wasnt going to go well after he explained how much better russell was over wilt sayin that russell didnt have the best team all the time like many people think.

big b
really? grow up please but hey enjoy this one cuz its prob the only time someone mentions a book that uve read or at least tried to. ignorant fool.

carmelo is a bitch!!! and he wants to be the man

To be fair, he presented good arguments which I believe proved that Wilt’s teammates were not as crappy as many state nor were Russel’s celts as perfect as everyone thinks. It was easier to win back then and Russel was thankful to have Red but Russel was willing to do whatever it took to win which includes being coachable.

Simmons is a homer but he did put Magic ahead of Bird so you can’t state he’s completely blind.

Not sure about the walton over the admiral, both were able to help their respective squads in their later years but walton managed to lead the blazers to a championship as the main components while unfortunately the admiral ran into some of the toughest competition during his prime years (late 70s’ werent exactly a prime time for basketball though).
I can’t remember the author but it was in a book which ranked the 50 greatest players prior to the 2004 season, Shaq was 1st, and in it, the author wrote how the Admiral was more than a basketball player while others were only focused on victory and had almost a berserker competitiveness, the admiral was just competitive while enjoying life, he always gave it his all but he just wasn’t a killer.

oh and i never said wilts team sucked but he didnt have the better team all those times. loved how he also said russell played the rope a dope and let wilt score the first 3 qs and denied him in the 4th that is kinda dumb. if he did that all the time the celts would be playin from behind all the time.

neoy says:
“whats the story behind Charles Oakley? Why is he labelled as one of the hardest NBA goons?”

WHAT!? Dimemag needs to start doing History 101 classes.

Oakley slapping Sir Charles in a players only closed door lockout meeting?

Oakley slapping Tyrone Hill multiple times over not being paid an owed gambling debt.

Oakley slapping Jeff McInnis over a woman before a game.

Oakley vs PJ Brown

Oakley vs Xaiver McDaniel

Even at almost 50 years old Oakley still gets down
http://backporch.fanhouse.com/2010/06/04/charles-oakley-supposedly-scuffled-with-security-at-vegas-resort/?ncid=edlinkusspor00000004

Bill Simmons described him best:
The John Shaft Award

This goes to Oakley. One of the networks needs to have a “Coolest guy on the planet” contest because Oakley would absolutely win. You know those “Road House” scenes in which Swayze just stands in the bar, surveying the scene with a thin smile on his face, barely moving a fingernail and meanwhile, 10 drunk guys are brawling a few feet away from him? That’s what Oakley is like. You could hire some extras to play gang members at one of these parties, then have them fire blanks at each other 10 feet from Oakley and I’m not even sure he would flinch. The great thing about him: He served as MJ’s enforcer in Chicago, and now they’re both retired … and from what I could tell, he’s still Jordan’s enforcer. Could there be a greater tribute in life to someone’s kickassability than Michael Jordan himself deciding, “You know what? I need to make sure he’s still on my side. I don’t care if we’re in our 40s.”

Anyway, on Thursday night, I asked one relatively famous current player who knows him, “What makes Oakley more intimidating than everyone else?”

His answer: “There’s a lotta tough guys in the league, but Oak don’t give a f—.”

if shaq landed that punch, he would’ve had a broken hand. maybe the lakers don’t even win the chip that year.

@Ian and yoda
yall two bitches prolly cant fight yall own damnselves yet yall call melo a pussy why cause he backed away? i would’ve did the samething if i was outnumbered and my team is on the other end of the court…. and ian ur on the internet calling another man a pussy and then tellin someone else to grow up….. dude u lame as hell…. now u tell me who got 4 lips and and bleed for seven days?

red bulls
what??? please repost in english and try to make some sense.

i just can’t get over the Shaq haymaker… He almost ended his life with that. Man…