10 Players Who INSTANTLY Made A Team Better

These 10 players joined a new team and instantly took them to the next level. Any player can get the stats, but it takes a special kind of player to be a leader and bring wins to a team.
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[@AustinSweatt]

Other player's who could have and should have been mentioned are Tim Duncan, David Robinson, and Larry Bird!

[@tybreeze]

Austin Sweatt so why Lebron wasn’t on this list he took a cavaliers team that had the worst record in the nba in 2014, to the nba finals the next year

[@Nick-rr9sw]

Tywaun White-Fileds because there were a lot of roster changes. I guess the rule is very little changes about the team for it to count for this list

[@BinniamEskender]

Completely agree! I was especially waiting for Tim and David... the turnaround the respective years the team made when they finished their first seasons is even better than any players on your list. Nevertheless, a good list. Didn't know how important Baylor was for the Lakers.

[@jameslearing970]

Wes Unseld?

[@TheIronAviator]

what about mj? 47-35 to 72-10

[@danimalman3]

Brian Scalabrine: Not on the team 2010 Bulls 41-41. Signed in the offseason 2011 Bulls 62-20.

[@marquisekelly5431]

Danimal The Animal let it be known

[@daddygreen9399]

Got to watch out for the white mamba

[@razza1580]

Lmao

[@deucebiggz8156]

🤣🤣🤣🤣💯

[@bonehead757]

"Scaaal..."

[@ye13beast26]

6 feet tall at the age of 9? Wilt Chamberlin is unbelievable.

[@youre100right3]

Freakiest athlete ever. Based on the anecdotes, he made LeBron and Shaq look normal.

[@DanielHernandez-up3fw]

At ten I was 5 foot 2 and people thought I was tall

[@camerondawkins6865]

Wow I was 10 and 5'2

[@nationalsocialismforeveran133]

You're 100% right .

[@nationalsocialismforeveran133]

Daniel Hernandez .

[@adambarrack]

You say the nets finished 52-30 thanks to Jason Kidd but you say they also drafted Scal that year. Are we sure Jason Kidd was the reason for the turnaround?

[@hbdowntown5486]

Adam Barrack yeah

[@benshabsels1600]

Scal in his prime was the best athlete to ever live

[@narjesdeoso7118]

So much disrepect to white mamba

[@stopbappinho]

@@benshabsels1600 best athlete even out of prime

[@samuelheadley473]

Ben Shabsels ur zachs friend right?

[@sportsfreakcjr]

For number 2, it sounds like the GOAT Brian Scalabrine turned the team around, not Kidd.

[@elcampeon212]

I swear not a lot of people talk about Moses Malone anymore. But he was such a good big man. His work on the Rockets was brilliant. His time on the 76ers was also incredible. He doesn’t get talked about enough.

[@AustinSweatt]

I agree, definitely underrated.

[@moonroach4839]

SBG 10 he was a top 5 player for 10 years, a champ, and an MVP, and now a HOF. Terribly underrated

[@nickfowler547]

I think he gets overshadowed in an era full of great bigs with bigger names or on bigger teams.

[@craigkdillon]

Hell, you are just getting older. People don't talk about Bob Cousy, or John Havilicek, or Dave DeBusschere, or Bob Love, or Artis Gilmore, and so many other greats and near greats. Time marches on....

[@elcampeon212]

Craig Dillon man I actually forgot about Former Chicago Bull Bob Love. Artis Gilmore was great too. Isn’t he the starting center on the All Time Bulls Team on 2K18? Rose. Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and Gilmore, right? Anyways I think a lot of people talk about Havlicek. John won 8 championships and was still amazing after Bill Russell retired. I will admit not a lot of people talk about Bob Cousy. He was one of the first or the first person to be considered an elite Ball Handler and Elite Passer. Nobody said that when he was playing but I mean in today’s basketball terms he was one of the very first. Thanks for letting me remember greats. I don’t know a whole lot about Dave DeBusschere but I do know he was a wing if I am correct and that he was a part of the Knicks. I have seen stat lines when I was researching trying to make an actual All Time Time for the Knicks and I found his stats on Basketball Reference. I don’t remember the exact stat line but it was something like 22 PPG - 7 RPG and I immediately put him on the team. I did forget about Melo and then he went to the Bench but whatever. James Worthy and Elgin Baylor are on my Lakers bench and they are great so. Thanks Craig

[@CLewey44]

People wonder why Nash got MVPs. Definitely deserved the first one. Second is debatable.

[@jocelynlabbe9749]

I think D'Antoni had more to do with it than Nash. The fact that Stoudamire was hurt the previous year also contributed in their poor record

[@C.P.Brown_]

HE DIDNT DESERVE NEITHER 1. That was the closest they could come to changing the color of the player to win MVP, thinking it would be a good enough reason in hopes no suspected anything. There"s no way he should have beat out Shaq or Kobe those 2 years. & there were others more deserving.

[@jocelynlabbe9749]

@@C.P.Brown_ the first one should've Shaq's, while the second should've gone clearly to Lebron

[@JohnSmith-dj2ml]

mr.c.p. brown they almost always give it to the best player on the best team. It’s stupid, but it’s how it’s always worked. Kobe’s team won 45 and 34 games during those Nash mvp runs. Kobe didn’t have a chance. Shaq or Lebron I could see, but not Kobe. If you automatically won mvp just because you put up 35 a game then Harden would be going on his third straight

[@rickryan6271]

Deserved both of em'. Both debatable but, deserved both of it.

[@marcdegiovanni5258]

Wait..... Larry Bird improved the Celtics wins by 32, at the time an NBA record for most improved season. How could you casually leave that out?

[@bigdinlaca]

I agree but I will play along. He may not have included Bird because the year prior the Celtics had McAdoo for part of the season. I think that if McAdoo would have stayed, and then had Bird, then it will look like Bird was the missing link because it was almost the same team the year prior. However, because McAdoo left, the argument could be that McAdoo would have turned the team around without Bird if he was given a full year in Boston. Other than that, I don’t know.

[@greatomeister675]

Very nitpicking comment

[@0RatedChess]

@@javieralanon6466 What about the rest of the season?

[@lk2704]

read the pinned comment

[@alanela6761]

​@@lk2704 that pinned comment really looks like it was added after Larry Bird and a couple of the people got a few mentions in here. After one of the Larry Bird comments, Austin actually said "you're right, how did I leave him out?"

[@jordanrivers7978]

Where’s Derrick Rose. How in the world can you forget about the youngest mvp who took his team to the playoffs. although he got injured and didn’t finish his career well. I think he deserved a spot

[@niki8280]

Rose didn't win the mvp in his first year. The turnaround happened after Thibs became coach.

[@jordanrivers7978]

Niki yeah I know. I never said he won the mvp his first year but he was the youngest mvp ever. Derrick Rose carries his team to the playoffs with some additional help from Deng and Noah. Derrick Rose I hate to see him forgotten. He deserved better but not even that. When he got traded to the Knicks. And the Knicks played the bulls everybody started booing him. He tore his acl for his team and people hate him cause he was traded. WTF

[@duanedoldrum7570]

Jordan Rivers Bruh the video's about having player that has instantly impacted and improved the whole team in general. I'm sure Rose was a great factor for his team, but just not good enough to make the list. There's just so much many more better than him. I get it that you're a Rose fan and feel sympathy for him, but at least try getting some sense for yourself bruh.

[@xdm0147]

Duane Doldrum nah rose made the bulls the god damn top seed, but it took him 3 seasons to do it so he doesn’t apply on this list

[@hennylo68]

Best turnaround in the first year is what the video is about. Not second year.

[@didntask5368]

Don’t let this distract you from the fact wilt averaged 50 ppg and 20rpg and didn’t win MVP

[@razkable]

oscar avg. 29 10 and 10 didnt win mvp

[@didntask5368]

Asmosis Jones I know but 50ppg is just ridiculous

[@REDPotriats757]

That is the most ridiculous shit ive ever heard lmao

[@Architectsoflight]

totally! Bill Russell won yeah? Wonder what his stats were...

[@jackgabbert3269]

Architectsoflight it was like 15 pts and 30 boards

[@husseinalhadi5471]

Where's Larry Bird??????? 1979 Celtics were 29-53 and then won 61 games in Bird's rookie season. Mchale and Parish joined the following season, this was one of the biggest turnaround's in NBA history as was when Robinson joined the Spurs.

[@imarino1349]

Hussein Alhadi This dude is a clown. His videos are never close to being acurate.

[@AustinSweatt]

Your definitely right , I don't know how I forgot it 😅😅

[@Wolfiesson]

What about Kevin Durant the warriors blew a 3 - 1 lead then when the snake showed up they weng back to back

[@joeronald6597]

bball fan you are so stupid

[@tybuzz67]

Austin Sweat, Maybe ur a Jordan or a Lebron fan, that is why you didn't mention Bird.. Most MJ or LBJ fans always leave out what Larry did to the Celtics from day one because it would make MJ or Lebron their idols' GOAT issues insignificant. Bird was/is better than them both.

[@noloyalty4670]

Larry Bird improved the celtics win loss record by 32 games his rookie year 😏

[@justonerandomguy6580]

I remember going to a Rockets game after Moses Malone past away. It was the season opener vs Denver. The organization had a tribute video for him. I remember seeing the older fans in the arena shed a tear. Even some of the younger fans. Just shows the impact a player can have on a franchise.

[@g0atgla5s9]

I'm sry where is Allen Iverson

[@erfan4217]

WORD

[@chrisbeeler4873]

Exactly

[@Al.j.Vasquez]

And MJ, he made an instant impact with the Bulle and the Wizards.

[@g0atgla5s9]

@@Al.j.Vasquez I mean ig the bulls Bc they made the playoffs but they lost in the first round so idk. And the wizards didn’t even make the playoffs any with Jordan so.

[@SuperFlameboy23]

Chris Paul is very underrated man always makes teams better like this years rockets team which would have won the championship if he was healthy

[@taydafranklin7800]

That argument is invalid... They lost this year with a healthy Paul and an injured KD

[@flescobarp]

man, all the effort into researching and compiling this content is amazing! Thank you!

[@mofftarkin6010]

Does Donovan Mitchell count. Everybody said the jazz were going to suck after Gordon Hayward left but Mitchell made them good and they eliminated the Thunder in the playoffs.

[@elekanderson9658]

Moff Tarkin even though they still had a good record Donovan Mitchell should be on it. He also should have won ROTY in my opinion

[@TheIcemanthomas]

Mitchell wasnt the sole reason for that. Rudy Gobert was. Mitchell didnt really take off until the rodney hood trade. And they were already good. He didnt turn them around.

[@elekanderson9658]

CPGoat #3 but until Mitchell started playing really well the Jazz didn't have a top 8 record in the West

[@mofftarkin6010]

CPGoat #3 did not know that

[@SanctumROTMG]

So imagine if they never had hood mitchell would average like 23+ in his rookie season

[@bballfan9836]

Moses is one of the least if not the least talked about legend of all time

[@razkable]

3 time mvp who was a beast in the aba

[@OwenRona]

I think this is only true in kids who never saw him play. The Four - Four - Four - Four is legend.

[@BMac2307]

This dude said Dan Ma-hair-ly 😂😂😂

[@FoxTheMaybeRealMcCloud]

Thank you! I’m not the only one!

[@brianarbenz7206]

Great job on this, Austin Sweatt! I would place Wes Unseld high up on this list. Wes took a Baltimore Bullets team with lots of perimeter talent, but little team chemistry and took them to the top of the division. Unseld's defense surprised every great center and he rebounded their missed shots and fired the best outlet passes in history for fast breaks that gave points to speedy guards. He was voted the MVP as a rookie.

[@williambrown4309]

I really like Shaq and he definitely helped the Heat win, But Dwayne Wade was a rookie the season before, and he improved the Heat by 17 wins as well. I think it was likely that Wade would have improved and the Heat would have had maybe 6-7 more wins the next season anyway just by their young star developing. Shaq still helped, but I don’t think he singlehandedly turned them around.

[@razkable]

getting shaq and getting rid of altson odom and butler who took ball handling duties away from wade turned out to be the best thing for the kid...it became his team ...

[@justintejada3243]

Chris Paul did it in 2021 for the Suns! Team went from 34-39 10th seed to 51-21 2nd seed while making a finals appearance.

[@azncloud7479]

Now it’s Kawhi Leonard lol

[@danielzhan86]

AznCloud Raptors were a solid team, the teams on this list were quite bad.

[@AthallaNaufal-yo2xt]

@Andrew Fischbach they were 59-23 and 1st in the east before they got kawhi wym not a playoff team

[@dazaikin8961]

Andrew Fischbach you got your facts wrong brother

[@greatomeister675]

Raptors won 59 games in 17-18

[@trevorbrady2889]

Andrew Fischbach bruh you’re an idiot. Did you really just say a much younger Kyle Lowry? How does 1 offseason make him a lot older than the previous year when they won over 50 games?

[@laurajenadam]

Dude I've just stumbled across your page and I've smashed through so many of your videos. Keep up the good work

[@Genochocker]

6:07 I wasn't ready for this from Shaq 😆😅

[@roque5426]

Best sg from every team!!!!

[@AustinSweatt]

Spicy MTN Dew working on that now

[@d-d.nashton-report4413]

Vince Carter. How can u leave out this great player. before no body cared or knew much about d raptors. Vince not only made d team win allot of games but was a super star that made d team a global sensation. Vince ought to be here big time. He made d raptors so much fun to watch too

[@user-ko8bk5vo1j]

15:47 i knew it. Team success was not about jason kidd but the goat himsef!

[@NobodyTouchesJordan]

Kevin Johnson is more deserving of a spot on this list than Barkley or Chris Paul. KJ had already led the 1989 and 1990 Suns to consecutive WCFs and the 1992 Suns to the 2nd round the year before Barkley was on the team. Along with Jason Kidd and Steve Nash, who were included in this video, Kevin Johnson and those other PGs did a much better job than Chris Paul in instantly turning a team around. Kevin Johnson, Jason Kidd, and Steve Nash all joined teams that had under 30 wins (1988 Suns, 2001 Nets, 2004 Suns) prior to their first year starting with their new teams. All of them immediately took sub-30 win teams to consecutive Conference Finals, or NBA Finals in Kidd's case. KJ did it despite the 1990 Suns being 0-2 in playoff games in which KJ was injured (Game 1 vs Jazz, Game 6 vs Blazers). Unlike Blake and Deandre playing great without Chris Paul against the 2015 Rockets, KJ's best teammates in Eddie Johnson and Tom Chambers played horribly in KJ's absence without his playmaking to set them up. Game 1 vs 1990 Jazz, Game 6 vs 1990 Blazers with KJ injured Tom Chambers - 18 ppg on 10/32 FG (31%), 4.5 TOpg Eddie Johnson - 8 ppg on 4/15 FG (27%) Nash did it despite Joe Johnson missing 3 of 5 games in the the 2005 WCSF and 2 of 5 games in the 2005 WCF due to a broken orbital bone and his best teammate Amare Stoudemire missing the entire 2006 Playoffs, on top of Raja bell being suspended for an elimination game against LA and missing 2 of 6 games in the 2006 WCF. Nash and KJ both averaged 20-10 twice apiece in their 2 Conference Finals runs even with injury issues, joining Magic Johnson (x3) as the only players to average 20-10 for 3+ rounds 2 or more times. The only teams to immediately go from sub-30 wins to at least 2 consecutive Conference Finals are - Kareem's Bucks (1970, 1971, 1972) - 3 round format - Bird's Celtics (1980, 1981, 1982) - 3 round format - KJ's Suns (1989, 1990) - Kidd's Nets (2002, 2003) - Nash's Suns (2005, 2006) Kidd's Nets are the only team to immediately go from sub-30 wins to 2 consecutive NBA Finals.

[@razkable]

people give barkley too much credit for 93...the suns without him were great...kj thunder dan and chambers were a great trio and then they added hornacek as well ...smdh ...rambis ervin johnson ...cedric ceballos mark west...gtfoh barkley

[@letterstoalice]

Nobody Touches Jordan cp3 has put any team of divas (rivers) and kids with down (blake) to the playoffs.

[@tychut111]

What about Hakeem Olajuwon ? They might forgot about him

[@NobodyTouchesJordan]

Pen Wednesday But KJ Kidd and Nash all took sub-30 win teams to consecutive WCF or NBA Finals in Kidd’s case, going further with lesser teams. Plus the clippers had a winning 42-40 record after Paul left despite every starter other than Deandre Jordan leaving and most of their new roster being injured as well.

[@lordswine7962]

Nobody Touches Jordan Can u b my friend.?

[@tybuzz67]

WHAT THE HECK?!? Where is LARRY BIRD??

[@loopTSB]

Without larry bird the Celtics were still pretty good

[@JJE42224]

Bruh

[@jaxiscarpenter8485]

STEVE NASH IS THE GREATEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO SUNS, ALSO HIS IMPACT NOT ONLY IN THE NBA BUT ON BASKETBALL IN A GLOBAL SCALE WAS AMAZING, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS STILL IN HIGHSCHOOL EVERY PICK UP GAME YOU START TO SEE TEAM PLAY AND A LOT OF PASSES AND RUNNING WHICH WAS NEVER THE CASE BEFORE 2004 Because IT WAS DOMINATED BY LAKERS SHAQ AND KOBE, ALWAYS ISO BALL, POWERING YOURSELF INTO THE BASKET AND PULL UP JUMPERS, BUT WHEN NASH STARTED TO PLAY FOR PHX AGAIN, NOT ONLY DID HE HIGHLIGHT THE ESSENCE OF TEAM SPORT BUT THEY MADE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES AS "THE MOST EXCITING TEAM IN THE NBA" and "THE RUN N' GUN PHX SUNS" (amazing passes, pick n rolls, fast breaks, 7 seconds or less offense). People say today that nash didnt deserve those mvps, but ive watched and witnessed his mvp careers,and i remembered that only shaq was the only one who stated that nash didnt deserve one of those mvps of nash, thats because he came in as a runner up and he was upset, but if youre really a fan of nba you know nash deserved it and a lot of media and players thinks so too at that time, those people who are saying that nash robbed kobe and shaq of those mvps, didnt even watched the game during those years, they just based their opinions from looking in the stats in wikipedia and a lot of youtube highlight videos. But MVP means most valuable player to the team, you can be the most valuable without putting stats like kobe and shaq, How nash turned the suns season around when he came back proves his value to the team.

[@daniyalbatrkhanov4065]

You have too much time on your hands

[@edwardtimbal9508]

Want to also add it bro. That almost every roster/player steve nash played with; manage stay in the NBA for almost 6+ years even the garbage time player. They'd really know what is their role in the team and how to contribute well.

[@giottovongolaprimo4146]

i agree to this one... time really flies so fast I missed Nash :(

[@samuelrobert4083]

Kobe is the only player to average 35+ ppg in the modern NBA, where teams use zone defenses. What's more impressive is that he did this while facing double teams every game since he played with bums like Smush Parker and Kwame Brown.

[@sahilsardar4905]

How long did this take? Bro how

[@UNSCR1PTED]

Brian "The Goat" Scalabrine blessed that Nets team. He should be number 2.

[@darksager44]

I think you should add on-screen text while talking about statistics/records for the more visually attentive people

[@filohari1851]

Scottie Pippen should’ve been there, I know Jordan is the best but without him maybe Jordan would’ve never won a championship

[@22BCMF]

Filo Hari Scottie is so underrated

[@nathanbaca5131]

The most underrated. He wouldve easily been number 1 on nearly any other team. The fact that he was willing to stick with the bulls and play second fiddle only attests to his devotion to the team and winning championships.

[@juwandunbar8897]

u sound crazy Scottie needs mj more den mj needed Scottie

[@22BCMF]

Juwan Dunbar true, but Scottie was the perfect fit by MJ, he could’ve easily fit elsewhere too, and even though Scottie would be hard pressed to get one ring without Jordan, jordan wouldn’t have approached 6 without scottie

[@bruhwhat.]

Filo Hari honestly jordan possibly would’ve won one? maybe because he had rodman but that’s a slight possibility.

[@benmurawski]

Nice job with making this video, Mr. Sweatt.

[@makmacapundag1988]

The white mamba caught me off guard! 🤣 rolling on the floor laughing fooook 🤣

[@zachengland8208]

Moses Malone was THE first professional basketball player out of high school.

[@chemist8897]

Dan Majerle... pronounced Marley....

[@mus31]

Chemist8897 Ma-hairley lol

[@wlfente]

One of my all time favorite Suns players!

[@erasmussen14]

Ma-hairly... Easy to tell who just started watching b-ball among the KZbin talkers.

[@turtleluvin9287]

LOL I was thinking the same thing, I was like why did he say dans name that way? He was a top 8 SG in the early 90s.

[@Kevinschart]

the guy who posted the video has no clue what he's talking about

[@nix420stuntd7]

GOD BLESS Awesome video man! Forreal. You're the best.

[@NameCallingIsWeak]

Elgin Baylor - never saw him play except for this video, but his rebounding numbers are amazing, and he looks like a sharper shooting Dr. J. I believe it.

[@AI-pe3iy]

8 blocks a game for Shaq as a high scholer🙉😱

[@TheIcemanthomas]

Anthony Infante that's normal

[@xnrq]

LOL?

[@duanedoldrum7570]

That's normal. I mean even Anthony Davis aversged 6 blocks per game and I mean that's in college, that's way better competition than in high school.

[@utthamprakash4976]

Wilt averaged 8.8 blocks in 200 NBA games. Lol

[@the1reef.243]

So did Marbury make teams worse? He was replaced by the point guards who made the team better.

[@razkable]

stat stuffer..hard to play with

[@TheAbsolutShame]

Oddly enough Marbury was ahead of his time. He would flourish in today's game but back then he was too ball dominant.

[@the1reef.243]

Orange Man Yeah but the thing was it was during Marbury’s prime not his twilight years unlike A.I. He should’ve stayed with the wolves as he isn’t a 1st option.

[@elcampeon212]

When Austin was talking about the NCAA Championship Game (Magic vs Bird Vol.1) I thought #5 was gonna be Bird but then I saw Chris Paul and thought he was gonna be 3rd or 2nd or something like that and than I also expected Tim Duncan but we all make mistakes and we all forget greats. Especially when the NBA has been around for 70+ Years! That’s a lot of teams to choose from. That’s like 50+ Seasons for most teams on this list. Great Video. Really enjoyed. Subscribed, Notified, Liked, Commented, Watched!

[@craigkdillon]

Thank you. That was great. One thing those players show is that great players have immediate impact, even the first year they are drafted. We keep hearing about players "developing", and many do, but the great ones have immediate impact, it seems. Jordan was great right away. He did develop. Became smarter, and learned to use his teammates, but he was great right away. We keep hearing about how Zach Lavine is going to develop -- learn defense, become more consistent on offense, etc. If you believe that, I am taking bets.

[@marioneto6723]

It's funny how 10 people said "first"

[@llwssa220]

Mario Neto Brazil???

[@marioneto6723]

ll wssa Yes

[@McLovine46]

First

[@williamblake7386]

9 losers and only 1 winner.

[@Gabriela1Acevedo]

Mike Bibby over Jason Williams, Sacramento went a lot further with Bibby.

[@yeeboiii5720]

Didn't watch the whole video but what Moses Malone did was simply incredible. As someone mentioned before he is vastly underrated. He needs to come up in discussion more often.

[@nitsujneal]

Steve Nash was so good. Such a special player. Definitely deserved his MVPs.

[@sedcdf]

Steve Nash deserved both of his MVPs. David Robinson makes his team better too. Spurs were a lottery team when he was out for the entire season. Before he suffered that injury, Spurs were always winning 60-55 games. Robinson was really underrated.

[@brendanhessels7282]

The Canadian deserved those mvp s

[@tonymack2007]

Hell no kobe got robbed.

[@danielharper5885]

They tanked on purpose to get Duncan everyone knows this stop using stats without context

[@x15tian]

Mr.Calculus/TheUnBiasedDude Kobe

[@razkable]

the nash mvp in 06 was awarded for winning 54 games without amare their leading 23 ppg 10 reb scorer from the previous 2 seasons ..the fact he went down after 2 games and yet the suns barley skipped a beat after losing amare joe johnson steven hunter casey jacobsen jake voshkul and q- rich and really only adding career backups tim thomas eddie house james jones kurt thomas pat burke and boris diaw proved nashs worth...no one else could of kept them at that pace...they were a flawed team..losing 3 of your 5 main socrers starters and still being a top 3 seed is impressive out west

[@ondecember8th241]

3:36 "Ma-hare-lee"?

[@cameronsams9758]

This is a perfect channel not crazy hype or rumors with no proof

[@faceman7966]

Great content as always

[@AMF924]

DAN MAHAIRLY! LMAOOOOOO

[@bundy4559]

Isaiah Thomas to the magic 2018-2019 season

[@williambrown4309]

I also like Nash, and he definitely Helped Phoenix, but I think people underestimate the impact that Amare improving and playing more games Had as well

[@unremarkable3913]

"Dan MehHairly" LOL

[@Bluebirdfalling]

Dan Mahairlee. LOL. I'm guessing you weren't watching bball then.

[@seanhandlin9577]

Thunder dan

[@Jhd306ck]

Where is Chauncey Billups or Rick Hamilton or Ben Wallace

[@kennethpitner7999]

No Rasheed Wallace either.....

[@queddogg22]

@@kennethpitner7999 facts

[@MelloStarr3]

Glen "Big Baby" Davis. His rookie year, the Celtics went from a 24 win lottery team to a 66 win NBA championship squad. That's a 42 win improvement. I'm sure that's not a coincidence.

[@jaedynwhitfield499]

I remember having this Phoenix Suns poster with Nash, Stoudemire, and Marion on it as a kid living in Tucson and Nash and Stoudemire jerseys. I loved those so much. I still have the jerseys, but I think I lost the poster

[@krazie835]

You should have gone even further with Jason Kidd, since he did return to the Mavericks and he won a Title there, and not to mention he even went to the Knicks where they did become a playoff team again, but he was a shell of himself by that point.

[@andrecampbell4532]

The same reason he didnt put Lebron up there.. He did the exact opposite for shaq

[@hakeemolajuwonBESTROCKET]

AUSTIN WHATS YOUR FAVOURITE TEAM

[@ojeyston]

hakeem olajuwan BEST ROCKET Knicks

[@hakeemolajuwonBESTROCKET]

Ojeyston dang everyone is a knicks fan

[@themaskedone1755]

I agree that this list makes since Austin nice list dude

[@jasonwhite2458]

You should have put the 🐐 GOAT on there M. Jordan

[@vamzies7168]

+ Kawiha Leonard

[@codyaaa1346]

Kawhi*

[@brandonhibbert2246]

Kawhi Leonard lead the Raptors to the NBA Championship in 2019 in his first season!

[@trevorbrady2889]

BJ Hibbert with a team that was 1st in the east the previous year. He didn’t transform them to the extent that this list is talking about. They were already a really good team

[@juanchico6527]

Scalaaaaabriniiiii!!! 🐐🐐

[@MelloStarr3]

David Robinson led his team to a 35 win improvement during his rookie year, which was a record for 25+ years. He should have been on this list.

[@elekanderson9658]

Austin you should do top 10 players who left teams and the teams immediately got way worse

[@jcdrgaming1960]

Elek Anderson defenitely cavs and heat in that top 10 when lebron leave. Lol

[@Shadow017M]

One where a player left and the team got way better would be funnier

[@neuralink7018]

Shadow017M warriors Monta Ellis

[@hxpnotick]

JCDR Gaming the heat really

[@justynjmsr8684]

@@jcdrgaming1960 except the heat made the playoffs without lebron. Idiot.

[@youngervision9057]

Lol..who tf is Dan M'Hurley? 🤣

[@ccwkexs9894]

Other player's who could have and should have been mentioned are Tim Duncan, David Robinson, and Larry Bird!

[@omranmomen7146]

Kawhi Leonard should be added to this list. He led the raptors to a championship and won finals mvp in his first season there.

[@henryallen4158]

Steve Nash is super underrated. I mean, two time MVP, and he led those incredible Suns teams of the early 00s, one of the best passers/shooters and yet most people don't respect him at all.

[@krishneeley4566]

Kawhi Leonard is carrying the Raptors

[@seunstealth]

Moses Malone had 72 rebounds in 4 games?! That's 18 rebounds per game. INSANE!!!

[@didntask5368]

stealth1234567 wilt had a game were he had 44 rebounds in one game

[@brettrobbins2707]

Back in those days that was the norm, back to the basket was the game

[@razkable]

not to mention moses was a known stat inflator late in games that were over he would miss close shots on purpose to get his own rebounds up and some times did it when the game was close just to see if he could during games ..not that impressive

[@victorrosa7517]

Ben Wilson 55*

[@youngtropics749]

ihategooglespooks competition

[@cezardallman9888]

Brian Scalebrine: *gets drafted* Nets: instantly go to back to back finals Brian Scalabrine in 2007: plays Power Forward (Celtics finish with worst record in the East) Brian Scalabrine in 2008: plays Center (Celtics finish with best record in the league and win the championship) 2010 bulls record: 41-41 2011 bulls record (after signing Scalabrine): 62-20 Idk what else I have to say here this list was just hating on the 🐐

[@KillaMusiktv1BlACKEYEDCORN]

Both Jason Kidd and Steve Nash joined teams that were riddled with injuries the year before and had young players that were developing. So of course they were going to improve the following year.

[@mikemcgrath6150]

Racist.

[@jaynus08]

This list should be updated. You know why :)

[@John-gz5mz]

*Laughs in Kahwi*

[@yeah8709]

@@John-gz5mz wow its not like the raptors were a playoff tean before.....

[@chriscausey5304]

Larry Bird lead a 39 win improvement when he joined the Celtics. I thought he'd be #1!

[@chriscausey5304]

32

[@LxTxSURGE]

The GOAT

[@chendaddy]

Elgin Baylor also has the distinction of retiring from a Lakers team that in the same season then without him ripped off 33 wins in a row, won a franchise season-record 69 games, and won the NBA championship for the first time since George Mikan. So, kinda went both ways for him. And then he went on to GM the Clippers, but that is a tragedy for another day.

[@A-Roddy]

Lillard??? He has tooken his team to the playoffs in his rookie year!!!! He also took his team to the 2nd round which they haven't done in 14 years!

[@neoblade8164]

clash gamer That was his second year in 2014 and Aldridge was arguably the better player

[@royalblue0505]

"Tooken"?? Seriously??

[@brettwerner7128]

Damn there’s a lot of the number “33”

[@yuzewu8491]

No Lebron downvoted. Joined Heat, 2x Championship. Turned Cleveland into title contender and beat a 73-9 Warriors team.

[@crhuynh8]

Dont forget about bosh and Kevin love. Lebron can't even make it to the playoffs in the west without a superteam. Hope AD and cousins will carry lebron to the playoff in the west. Otherwise, Lebron will trade the whole team away.

[@slightdesign4041]

Moses also has 3 other players joining during the year don't think it was only him

[@spookszn9103]

# love your channel

[@khentsaludo5162]

So Wilt is a Rookie-MVP? That's crazy! Correct me if I am wrong.

[@billycausgrove9657]

Yep

[@jonathanholbrook8284]

Let’s not forget about KG who turned to 24 win team in 06-07 to a 66 win team in 07-08 and winning a championship

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Moses is badly underrated as a center - definitely Top 10 all time and has some argument for Top 5. HANDS DOWN the best "straight from high school" player of all time IMO.

[@Who_You]

Dan Mahaleeee? Try Dan Marlee (Marjerl)

[@zachatupan4705]

The cavs instantly became booty when Lebron Left.

[@JKTProductionzIncNCo]

It wasn't just Lebron who left. The team completely went bust. Even the coaching staff heavily changed.

[@zachatupan4705]

@@JKTProductionzIncNCo they had no choice

[@potatoesforlife1234]

With Kevin Love carrying them. Just embarrassing. As good as Kevin Love is, he shouldn't be the best player of the modern Cavaliers. It just doesn't sound right.

[@ASURAN24]

I think Donovan Mitchell and Dante Exum both had their fair shares of taking the loads to turn the team around!

[@willriedeman9230]

Dude. Isiah Thomas for the pistons literally changed them in 1980, from being one of the most mid teams ever, to being a deep playoff team

[@Amnistar]

Kidd made the nets fun to watch

[@gloriosatierra]

Players looked in their 40's back then...

[@jamesarmstrong1811]

Isaiah Thomas,1981 Detroit Pistons, Larry Bird,1979 Boston Celtics,Stephon Curry,2010 Golden State Warriors

[@CallMeWesly]

did he just say 6ft at 10 years old😱... Wilt is a freak of nature

[@rikvoltaire876]

What about LeBron

[@EmerEmo94]

You left out Larry bird bruh

[@eljr8573]

Shaq is like murasakibara from Kuroko's basketball

[@050679rudy]

I couldn't help but laugh 3:35pm. "Tom Chambers, DAN MAHARLEE 😂, and Kevin Johnson..." When I was a kid playing basketball video games. I pronounced Thunder Dan Majerle name Mah-Gerral 🤷🏿‍♂️