10 What Ifs That CHANGE NBA HISTORY

[@BaithNa]

The Jaylen Brown slander is going to be insane this summer 😂

[@Matthew-cl6ny]

Skip Bsolz has been training to become the Avatar of Hate.

[@randomperson2540]

If Melo was actually drafted by the pistons like they were supposed let alone WADE, the pistons would've been a dynasty.

[@aaron-jeffreyrincon9438]

Would they still have Prince tho?

[@isaakfrmla]

@@aaron-jeffreyrincon9438 don’t matter when you have melo, sheed, Ben, billups, and rip

[@aaron-jeffreyrincon9438]

@@isaakfrmla Prince was important for that title run tho. Especially saving them with that iconic block on Reggie

[@johndoe39322]

​@@aaron-jeffreyrincon9438I'm pretty sure prince was already on the team. They traded for sheed that year I believe

[@isaakfrmla]

@@aaron-jeffreyrincon9438 yea don’t get me wrong prince is important to what happened but if we were to change history I think detroit wins more rings bc their offense would be just as good as their d

[@dtrain8530]

As an okc fan who was a kid during that 2012 finals, that James Harden trade keeps me up at night. We absolutely would’ve won at least a championship with that core

[@BaithNa]

Grant Hill was legitimately seen as the next MJ by everyone in the league. He would have definitely been a top 10 player if it wasn't for his injuries.

[@christ-Revealed]

What about the boston guy that died

[@RLSmith-jt8qj]

​@@christ-Revealedwhich one?

[@jeremiaha2672]

@@RLSmith-jt8qj Len bias I assume

[@alexismaldonado9707]

@@jeremiaha2672 only one I can think of

[@KaseyC.]

@@christ-Revealed never stepped foot on an NBA court. Being good in college doesn't always translate. I mean, look at Maple Jordan. Easily could have though, we'll never know

[@griffongaming4474]

Sage was cooking until he said 04 was just Shaq/Kobe everyone else play defense, the Lakers destroyed their team depth to bring in Gary Payton and Karl "kiddie didler" Malone who were both 20 ppg scorers the year before and both went to average around 14 with LA while Shaq and Kobe dropped to 24 and 21 per game, if anything as far as the Shaq and Kobe Lakers go that was probably the closest LA came to actually sticking to the principles of the Triangle Offense

[@chilldoc9638]

shaq wasnt even the same after 2004

[@griffongaming4474]

@ChillDoc well that's not entirely true, he had an mvp caliber season in 04-05(although I don't think Shaq should've finished second in mvp that year let alone first like he thinks, I think Dirk should've taken it with Nash finishing 2nd) and he was still a second option the following year at least during the regular season, but come playoff time he started to age out and after that 06 playoff run then he fell off

[@jusa9022]

@@griffongaming4474 he aged mid run like chris paul It became wades team very fast

[@ells1803]

What If Stephen Curry’s Offense Wasn’t His Defense 😳

[@courtofreels6253]

What if Russell Westbrook wasn’t averaging a tripl double last season

[@charger9912]

​@@courtofreels6253 What if he was averaging a quadruple double?! 😱😱😱

[@J.Lavallee]

Here’s a what if no one’s thought of: “what if MJ stayed in baseball and never returned to basketball”

[@akeme25]

Oooh that is a good one!

[@phunkjnky]

The Reggie Lewis story is a tragic one that ends with him in an unmarked grave in Jamaica Plain. It begins with being a member of the 1982 Dunbar Poets. Probably the greatest high school team ever. That team sent 4 guys to the NBA.

[@isaiahluciano7006]

Hank gathers story was tragic too

[@phunkjnky]

@@isaiahluciano7006 Absolutely... Sometimes, on the anniversary of his death, I post the Bo Kimble left-handed free throw pic with the caption, "X years ago, Hank Gathers wwent to a basketball game and never came home."

[@bucksfan1945]

Most underrated what if bill Walton he had 1 MVP 1 ring 2 all star 2 all defense teams at 25 if he never got hurt he could be top 10 to 15 all time

[@JamesSmith-ov5um]

Healthy Walton, Clyde and y’all draft Jordan woulda been crazy

[@christ-Revealed]

He has 2 rings

[@daxmoney5011]

17:35 2015 imo with a healthy Rose,Butler also the Bulls actually could have gotten Melo in free agency I believe in 2014 because I remember rumors that he would have joined bulls if Rose was healthy. Ain’t no way the warriors are beating himmy,rose and melo

[@Slyme1big]

Mild melo chose the bread 😢

[@daxmoney5011]

@@Slyme1big sadly 😭

[@miltonG5269]

Joakim Noah in there as well

[@TheHealingManifest]

We could have had LeBron in 2010 too we had the cap space for 2 max contracts that year to pair with Rose, Gordon, Deng and Noah and probably still get Jimmy Butler too

[@paquinraino8180]

The GSW in 2015 was the best defense in the league and also, how Jimmy (who wasn't Himmy yet), Rose ( who wasn't as great as he was) and Melo would have beaten the Cavs with Bron, Love (who was still at his all-star level) and Kyrie while the Cavs had a good defensive core as well

[@kyrakyle992]

I forgot about Reggie Lewis. He and Bias were only a few years apart in age. RIP to both. But Biases for a shoe line name? They’d have to call them Lens.

[@KaseyC.]

The Len 1s still just don't sound right

[@kyrakyle992]

How about the LB1? 🤣

[@blackjesuz8597]

@@kyrakyle992 no.

[@CRubey23]

As a bulls fan whose favorite ever player is DRose, I remember rookie DRose and Ben Gordon cooking “playoff Rondo” that BSolz mentioned.

[@KaseyC.]

The trade for CP3 packaged both Odom and Pau. It was apparently a 3 team that sent CP3 to LA, Pau to Houston and then the Hornets got Lamar, Kevin Martin, Luis Scola and Goran Dragic.

[@thatswhyhesthegoat3943]

To Sage's point about the 2015 Bulls, they were beating the cavs 2-1 in that series and if it werent for the cavs not being penalized for taking a timeout they didnt have before bron hit the game winner in game 4 the bulls couldve gone up 3-1 over the cavs and very wel could have won that series. Mind you this is a post-injury D Rose led bulls team with Jimmy slowly turning into a secondary star, Joakim Noah was still very good, I believe Pau Gasol was also on the team at that point and was still an all-star level player as well.

[@jayjay8716]

Carmelo wouldve been a catch and shoot player on the pistons

[@machoboys8884]

He probably would’ve been a shot creating sixth man in the Manu or Lou Williams role

[@NewGoldie]

Maybe in his first season. Those Pistons always needed a bonafide bucket getter in those years. Carmelo would of been that. And his defensive intensity would of increased.

[@jay7166]

Solz calling Len Bias a crackhead was a bad joke can’t lie, even if you say ok maybe not after that it’s still kinda crazy and I know you ain’t mean no disrespect but again it’s still crazy cause you ain’t have to say it like that at all. I know folks probably gon be mad at this comment but shit like that needs to be addressed as an adult cause that just wasn’t cool. Like I fw you so I wouldn’t want someone to see something like this and take it the wrong way and bring hate your way.

[@jaxsonburch-eo1vz]

I agree, it’s disrespectful and is just a lack of empathy for another human being who died tragically.

[@TheBigUpsNo223]

Shit was horrible I couldn’t even get to the “well maybe not a crackhead” without pausing for a min and just thinking ab all the honkey Celtics fans that have disrespected his name

[@conlan1015]

It was his first time actually doing coke

[@jay7166]

@@conlan1015 damn that makes the joke even worse

[@beatlesqueensabbatheclashc6301]

He corrected himself after, it was an intrusive thoughts that has been said, he should've edited out.

[@martinbyrne3859]

I think another big what if is what if arvydas sabonis was able to come to the nba in the 80’s at his prime. I think it would have changed a few things.

[@MortanAMrk]

Thats just the biggest what if off all time, having the greatest european player of all time on those amazing portland teams would be Eugh

[@Jay-tn2nx]

Man what if Solz accepts that Jalen Brown needs to pack up and leave?

[@JWill6969]

He's been saying he needs to get traded for a while

[@coopertodd28]

Definitely a hot take, grant hill was Bron before Bron. I’m those days they were all top ten player and so young. Hill and Hardaway in 1995 were both top ten players and under 24. They were both walking triple double threats that were 6’7 6’8 plus that could handle the rock. The league would’ve been on fire “if they stayed healthy “

[@devshah480]

Watch Gilbert’s story about it it’s crazy the lakers would have had enough cap space to sign like lebron and bosh while keeping cp and kobe after the trade cause the off loading of contracts and we would have seen the lakers be dominate for the next 20 years

[@dtrain8530]

Kobe, CP3, Dwight and potentially someone like Bosh or Melo? They easily dominate the league with health permitting

[@devshah480]

@@dtrain8530 yes bruh for the betterment of the NBA it was the right thing to do

[@Sqeaky6969]

They wouldn't have worked at all, the team would've been a mess and it'd end with cp3 and or LeBron asking to be traded, we forget because he's been on the suns for so long but cp3 has caused locker room issues every where he's gone besides the suns and it's usually with guys who have been in the league longer than him never younger guys who looked up to him

[@Bigedub101]

Exactly plus if the amestry clause or what ever it called can just get rid of a bad contract and not be on books and still sign like 2 more max contracts.. It make the KD TRADE be tiny .

[@DwayneIsK1NG]

I'm a Bulls fan and the Rose injury STILL hurts. We were gonna be contenders for a number of years

[@alphabrother6823]

I’m surprised the “what if KD never left okc” or “what if Klay never got hurt” was brought up

[@Whyzee12]

It was Odom that was getting packed up in the first one. That’s why he forced Dallas. I think they were keeping Gasol. Which is insane

[@KaseyC.]

They were packing both in a 3 teamer. Lamar to NOH, Pau to Houston

[@henry7486]

nah both were getting packed up. still would have been a good trade tho imo

[@Whyzee12]

Yeah you guys are right my bad. Gasol was in it. Wild trade to think about

[@PDXKing99]

As a blazers fan just thinking about MJ with Clyde would’ve been nasty also side note having MJ with his Nike deal and being in the same state where the company is would’ve been crazy

[@KaseyC.]

It still doesn't even make sense to me. You didn't want 2 shooting guards? Like, both players have played at small forward, and MJ even spent some time at PG. It's not like you have 6'0" SG Allen Iverson, they were both 6'6"/6'7"

[@PsychoWarper]

Surprised they didn’t mention the trade Hakeem talked about in his book, he said during 84 draft the Rockets turned down a trade from the Blazers that would have given them Clyde and the Number 2 overall pick for Ralph Sampson. Hakeem said the Rockets would have used the 2nd on MJ which would have given the Rockets rookie MJ, rookie Hakeem and 2nd year Clyde on the same team being lead by a HoF coach.

[@jonathansanchez6076]

The 90s were dark for the Celtics. Cruel fate and Rick Pitino created the Wilderness but the Truth brought back some glory in ‘08. PS: Reggie Lewis died of a heart attack on a practice court 😭

[@IrvingDL506]

T-Mac and VC would've been first team all dunking on folks, lol

[@nicklowbar]

Hey Sage, consider improving your lighting and recording quality to reduce the contrast and shadows in your scene (and improve the quality of your chromakey cutouts when you use the greenscreen) and check into what may be causing your mic to echo like at 5:02, it'll definitely improve the quality of your material.

[@paquinraino8180]

Yeah and also they should stop talking while the video is on

[@evancase3087]

“thats just a baseball bro” thats just a good quote for baseball in general 😂

[@MonteYRM]

what was solz oladipo rose take

[@StuntmanBeatz313]

10:25 as a Detroiter.. we needed Melo cuz WE COULDN’T SCORE… That’s why it was wraps after 05!!! we was combating DWade (28ppg) & Lebron (25ppg) with Rip Hamilton & Tayshaun Prince 😒😒😒😒

[@kenjiNaga]

Solz D rose hate was crazy😂😂😂

[@Zucceroni]

What if the Nuggets didn’t trade Donovan Mitchell for Trey Lyles & Tyler Lydon?

[@TheMissiIe]

Wait what? Nuggets could've had Jokic, Murray, MPJ, and Mitchell?

[@Menoman235]

@@TheMissiIesure could have. Keeps a lot of us Denver fans up at night

[@dcpettis9573]

⁠@@Menoman235 i mean Mitchell probably wouldn’t have been able to be the same player and Denvers still in the finals

[@paquinraino8180]

@@TheMissiIe That's mean that the Nuggets would have went to the Conf finals as soon as 2019 and still going further in 2021 not 2022 because Mitchell was hurt. Maybe, they would have already go to the Finals before

[@KaseyC.]

@@dcpettis9573 You're right. He would've been even better. Everybody has been a better player alongside Jokic

[@GregoryKeller]

If pau was included in the trade, I don’t think he and Kobe would have the type of relationship they had up until he passed. We see how loyal he is still being to the family even after Kobe is gone. there’s irreplaceable to that family as much as we would have wanted to see Kobe get a chance at ring number six.

[@IbNazty]

The Len 4’s Really Fye 😂‼️🔥

[@TobyKBTY]

SOLZ with the slight KD redemption to Giannis slander and then all in with Jaylen slander all in one postseason is what I live for

[@urbaindelva7869]

If Kobe and Shaq had lasted past 2004, it was gonna be Kobe's team regardless. Shaq was starting to wear down, and Kobe was continuing to rise, so it was only a matter of time before the Lakers organization started building around Kobe.

[@MrHari888]

For all of Solz’s jokes about Melo, he’s a fan of the modern day Melo.

[@weirdheriawan]

forgot the: What if USSR didn't ban Sabonis to Enter NBA during his prime....

[@SackVegasAnime]

Len was good friends with Jordan too.

[@Khvvgg]

The absolute biggest what if is Cade Cunningham with the injury this year he could’ve won the MVP and a title this year I guess there’s always next year

[@Yellowsurpreme]

😂

[@jeremiaha2672]

LMAO

[@phantacarrytemari]

the b's is crazy 😂

[@AKRosarioMusic]

0:05 HE CALLED IT 😭😭

[@uchihaitachi5683]

I think Solz hate Rose because he's always cooking the Celtics lol

[@shieldceo8917]

2004 Lakers trade a disgruntled Kobe to Toronto for a disgruntled Vince Carter. Vince goes from low help to veteran paradise and becomes a super shooting rejuvenated killer and Kobe becomes a more bitter solo team leader with low market power. Lakers have a passing SG that can shoot and win another few chips.

[@Zoro-cp9bj]

I think the craziest what if is the one where the Blazers offered the 2nd pick and Clyde Drexler to Houston for Ralph Sampson!! Ralph was great for a short period before his injuries and was part of the OG twin Towers with Hakeem and went to the finale early together BUT injuries ruined him.. so Houston could have traded him for Clyde and the 2nd pick who would have been Jordan essentially! So Hakeem, Jordan and Clyde would have formed the greatest trio and would have played for at least 8 years together…

[@NateMcCoy1194]

Solz fully embracing his role as a heel I see.

[@onewayvb2442]

Good video bois keep it up 👏🖤

[@A29711W]

6:12 and now he’s a finals mvp

[@Young_Brumm15]

The John Stockton slander/comparison to Jaylen Brown's dribbling skills is crazy. John Stockton's handle wasn't crazy, but he was most certainly an effective dribbler, who could dribble both ways. If BSolz compared Brown to some of the players in the 1950s, then we'd be talking. My problem was that he slandered Stockton, making it seem like homie was a scrub, which was not the case.

[@pattyweston-mg8kz]

Bias would have made the NBA even better than what it already was disrespecting him not knowing anything ab him fr is wild ngl

[@nathandepaulasilva2844]

W video

[@officialtyler8117]

It just started😂

[@Doodoo17]

On God bro just posted 😂

[@a.r.t93]

Healthy Greg Oden, B.Roy and Aldridge in Portland is a Top 10 What if imo

[@richporter1771]

Johnny has some great videos

[@Mptappin12]

0:05 as a Celtics fan same😂

[@blackjesuz8597]

Just imagining the alternate universe where niggas is wearin the Len Bias 12s😂😂😂😂

[@mywifisoldme4324]

Bro said a souped up Loul like it’s myteam 😂

[@KingKai992]

Holy shit Solz actually gave the Spurs some credit??? I must be dead

[@weirdheriawan]

there's one other "what if" Linked to portland 1984 Draft... Blazers really wants a big man, they offer Houston Drexler and 2nd pick for Ralph Sampson... Houston could have Hakeem, Jordan, and Drexler on same team..

[@reggiejones907]

I firmly believe that if G Hill stays healthy he’s a top 5-7 SF of all time.

[@snakexpert552]

NBA casuals are always "Kobe threepeats If CP3 was traded to the Lakers" but at the same time bash CP3 for being a choker 😭😭

[@Emmathelady]

The biggest NBA what if I have is what if Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf was not blacklisted by the NBA!

[@josephmatron]

Here’s an interesting one: What if the Warriors took LaMelo Ball at #2 in the 2020 draft over James Wiseman?

[@plothaki]

Not sure if you'll even see this. Or if you can do anything about it now but the audio of the original vid compared to you guys is super quiet. You kinda have to choose between having sage burst an ear drum or not hearing the original audio. Not tryna be an annoying need or anything. Just some genuine feedback for next time. love the content 🙏🏾

[@youngkobe6645]

If the Chris Paul trade happened is what I wanted to happen the most

[@darnellwilliams8783]

@youngkobe6645 David stern didn't want Kobe to pass Michael Jordan in rings

[@BaithNa]

​@@darnellwilliams8783 no, it was a bad trade for the Hornets and the team was owned by the NBA at the time.

[@machoboys8884]

I actually think they win less due to keeping Kwame and CP3 always getting injured in the playoffs

[@milespinson7915]

Kobe was washed wouldn’t work

[@machoboys8884]

*Bynum not Kwame

[@AMan_629]

No way solz saw rondo as a bigger threat to bron than rose man 😂😂 solz might have the deepest bag on the planet when it comes to slandering hoopers. Always knows what to say to piss fans off

[@keving6012]

The blazers almost traded the 2nd pick to Houston, Houston would’ve drafted MJ. Hakeem, MJ, Sampson all together. Yup.

[@wendyforde9303]

Blazers wanted to trade for Sampson with the 2nd pick. So it would've been Hakeem, MJ, Clyde. Sampson would've been with the Blazers in this scenario.

[@spartanpancho117]

If sage didn't get burned out he would have 2 rings

[@3TooWonder]

What's wild is, OKC might do it again soon lol

[@NotGyroo]

What if Lebron put his Mavericks jersey on?

[@FearsomeVoid]

What if Solz and Sage never met?

[@EZ33377]

LO was oart of the CP deal and Gasol go ot sent to houston to free up space. That deal had gm being bitches tho because that deal actually saved the lakers a lot of money.

[@isaakfrmla]

Melo on pistons would’ve been the team of the mid to late 2000s

[@NewGoldie]

Pistons almost repeated without Melo. WITH MELO?! We're looking at LEAST 3 rings for that squad. I know that draft decision keeps Joe Dumars up at night.

[@theinktician]

im lowkey disappointed the guy didnt talk about the possibility of MJ losing in 94/95 cause either way his legacy would have been vastly changed. Well, moreso if he lost than if he won. If he was consensus like the guy said in the video, winning 8 in a row wouldn't change much for him. People would still say "mailmen" or som dumb shit anyway

[@Hitorio]

Hakeem would've been historically revised to be a plumber if the Bulls beat those Rockets. He'd have been part of the weak competition.

[@KaseyC.]

@@Hitorio Hakeem is arguably the best Center ever too, that's what's so crazy. Not the greatest, but if Shaq is the most dominant and Hakeem would sweep him and Penny, what does that make Hakeem at the end of the day? But we might have never seen that match up and it was just more plumbers and fire men

[@monkeyfather27]

What If Magic did get HIV should be on here he was a top 10 player of all time with 5 seasons taken from him from his own fault

[@b345tx]

the melo slander is CRAZY

[@EmmanuelPerez88]

Ya don’t know how famous Grant hill was before orlando.

[@caml1720]

The bulls traded to bring Scottie in to team Jordan though. Maybe the blazers would've picked him up too...

[@elivandrisse]

I feel like the video you're reacting to is very quiet compared to your mic volumes

[@st0rmboi534]

I saw a clip of Larry bird saying he would of retired earlier in his career if he didn’t pass away cause Larry was starting to deal with the injury’s that plague him later in his career and the Celtics drafted their next star so he said he would of retired earlier I don’t if he said what year but it would have been earlier so that really could of changed things if Len didn’t unfortunately pass

[@BwTheMenace]

Kawhi was the Miami heat assassin

[@cutieovo9943]

Not trying to be an ass or nitpick, but the audio of the video they are watching was really quiet. Not sure if anybody else noticed🤷🏼‍♂️

[@RFJ0KER]

If d rose stayed healthy i think rhere best chance to win a ring is 2015 cause kyrie and kevin love got injured

[@whirlysquirrely3368]

Kobe and shaq can maybe get one! They have to go through the spurs, suns, mavericks, pistons

[@Mista.Sir.]

That was my number one was Magic

[@SwiftViper]

D Rose slander is crazy 😂

[@oliver5878]

I don’t hate the James harden trade for the thunder still for ibaka

[@host2498]

Boi Tmac would of had some help if Grant Hill never got injured Melo = Caleb Martin I'm dead Solz' shade is crazy lol

[@LoveyoDance]

This guy has been listening to Joe Budden’s podcast lmao 20:25

[@juliothom2408]

Y'all weren't alive back then, Bias was THAT DUDE!

[@ViewtifulAJM]

2015 100% would’ve been the year if Rose was healthy

[@cdskilla]

Can someone pls tell me what Solz said @ 3:25

[@LBEEZY_TV]

I don’t think he understands how the pistons played 😂 Richard Hamilton and Melo would kill teams in the mid range. Calling Melo Tobias Harris is just trolling 😂. He was coming off a national Championship

[@filipvidic8416]

1. Is what if Dražen Petrović didn't die

[@zenithzeitgeist7489]

What if Larry Jordan went to the NBA despite being short.

[@Landino-zb5eq]

Yo we gotta get the Sage echo sound fixed 😭 come on now

[@anthonyclark8317]

Nahhh I’m not wearing no Bias’s RIP tho🙏🏾

[@jenda1083]

anybody here after JB won finals mvp xDDDD