Kurt Rambis On The TOUGHEST Player To Guard

[@iamTW64]

Going from guarding Alex English to guarding Artis Gilmore in the next game is crazy! I understand why Rambis was a great defender.

[@thelostandfoundnetwork9245]

Kurt doesn't get the respect he deserves! He did soooo much for those showtime teams!

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

He was respected by those of us who saw him play.. especially with the Showtime Lakers! He also did not play a glamour position. It is what it is

[@davanmani556]

Kurt hinted that he was a Paul Westhead guy. Pat liked Landsberger and Mitch Kupchak. Pat’s ego got in the way when he let him go to expansion. He lost the team then. My question: why did Phoenix traded him early in the 92-93 season? It looked like he and Barkley could have been a tandem.

[@Amick44]

AC Green, too.

[@369284ab]

​@@davanmani556if I remember right, I believe it was Pat who took Rambis off the bench.

[@radar0412]

​@@davanmani556 Kupchak signed a long-term contract with the Lakers in 1981 at the behest of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, who told owner Jerry Buss, "If we could get Mitch Kupchak, I know we could win", after the team's playoff upset. 26 games into the season, Kupchak injured his knee and did not play again until the 1983-84 season.

[@stoytrivia1126]

That Artis Gilmore story is gold, I had never heard that before.

[@nazztynatenugglife5891]

Kurt Rambis, was one of the unsung heroes on the Lakers. He did whatever was needed of him, he never took a bad shot, played with heart and grit every game. Teams that win Championships, always have a guy like that on their team. #31 will always be respected by me and people who watched him play. We had Superman before Shaq, and it was blue collar, lunchbox carrying, never complaining Kurt Rambis!

[@MaloPiloto]

I attended Santa Clara when Kurt was the star of the 🏀 team. Met him once. Nice, quiet guy

[@nazztynatenugglife5891]

@MaloPiloto Before Steve Nash, Kurt was the pride of Santa Clara no doubt.

[@leeolie3728]

Called a role player. Doesn’t put out high flying highlights but gets its done. Scottie Pippens another

[@rodman9121]

i love his answer. back then there were a lot of scoring 3-4 forwards (like big small forwards), besides the usual power forward and quicker small forwards, and kurt had to guard all the spots from 3 to 5 (besides taking the toughest assignment, every night, too), what a challenge... definitely not easy (almost impossible)

[@slshusker]

The 80's was the golden era of tv NBA games. Kurt was tough.

[@cazdrexler555]

Buga Suga

[@buckeyewill2166]

When a player goes for a layup, he is pulled down

[@slshusker]

@buckeyewill2166 , Would you like a clothesline with that layup, sir?

[@cazdrexler555]

@@buckeyewill2166 if I was coked out, how would I play defense?

[@philliparambula]

Funny Kareem who don’t you want to guard? Perfect blue collar guy for a team of stars!

[@Lord_of_The_World]

I had such a good laugh with the Artis Gilmore story. Thank you!

[@alantoler8266]

Alot of people had problems guarding Alex English

[@Apple2-ux8uo]

A lot of players were weaker than Artis Gilmore.

[@ThomasJJacksonVA]

Saw Rambis back in the Santa Clara Broncos days. A real player.

[@andrewmillman45]

Good interview honest answers good chemistry talking about the good old days which was much more enjoyable to watch than today's game.The players seemed tougher smarter very few if any divas like the NBA today any thanks for enjoyable interview.

[@lettucetomatoonion]

More Artis Gilmore stories please

[@lisanapoli257]

What about Kevin McHale? I can still envision the clothesline.

[@zeppelinmexicano]

The weird thing about the McHale clothesline was that he was never the type to do that until Larry called out the team for being soft after the game before. As far as guarding Kevin goes, well that's a thankless task and Kevin took many defenders to their worst games. Just hold him under 25!

[@ic5761]

Barkley said McHale was the toughest guy he ever guarded, because Kevin had so many moves.

[@Trancymind]

LBJ's clothesline from hell.

[@stophoaxing345]

Byron Scott, classic 2 guard

[@scurvybro8850]

My time at Santa Clara University overlapped with Rambis' time there. He had a couple of friends on the dormitory floor where I lived, and he was a frequent visitor. A lot of pot smoking went on there.

[@williamwalsh1533]

Snitch.

[@scurvybro8850]

@@williamwalsh1533 That was almost 50 years ago. Anyone today who cares about who did or didn't smoke pot back in the day has a problem.

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

He looks like he grew his own

[@DavidSmith-xr8js]

I don't know why I hated the Showtime Lakers. Those guys were pretty nice dudes. Maybe it was because they were so good and I was a Celtic fan then.

[@zeppelinmexicano]

We did hate the Lakers in some weird psychological fan kind of way, but it wasn't real, wasn't based upon any reality like them being head hunters or baby killers. Even as we hated them I think we realized without saying it that we were lucky to have that kind of rivalry as it made the games truly unforgettable.

[@888jimm]

Same feelings here in reverse 😂

[@gainesp2003gainesp]

I just assumed he wore those protective glasses everywhere, all the time, for the rest of his life.

[@williamweiss6128]

All of those legends, must have been brutal.

[@southwest1988]

Ramboooo Rambis !!!!

[@wingman-1977]

Ram is did the dirty work. Any team would love to have a guy like that on the roster. He did the little things that show up on stat sheet.

[@Censored4UViaGoogle]

RAMBIS!!!

[@PhillipPahinui]

I loved this guy.

[@arctan2010]

I would’ve thought a big forward would hate chasing a guard and would get pretty old but Kurt did took an above average amount of body blows setting up picks and boxing out bigs.

[@SonnyListon-xz5oj]

Both Great Players and Dudes.

[@stevetseitz]

Rambis elbowing Gilmore 😂😂 that is awesome!

[@MorganBrown]

"My bad, Artis." 😂❤

[@davidstearn-b1h]

I was thinking it would be Kevin McHale because he had so many moves in the post but after the clothesline, I don't think that Kurt wanted to give him his due and I can't say I blame him. The Artis Gilmore story is classic but just think that other centers like Bob Lanier, who was alot bigger than Rambis, were telling the same kind of stories about Wilt Chamberlain. That's crazy how big & strong those guys were.

[@GG-si7fw]

Rambo??? Kurt looked more like Clark Kent but was the unsung worker on the Laker roster. He would help the Lakers by getting the mismatch and count the teammates quickly to help out. Very unique strategy back then. Noone could pull that defense scheme off night after night.

[@MaxMorgan-rj9nu]

Bernard King!

[@jamesh2711]

Kurt had a hard time guarding Mike Mitchell of the Spurs as I recall

[@FavreianVengeance]

I love Artis Gilmore. Gentle giant.

[@lazysob2328]

Four greyhounds and a blood hound. The lakers with Rambis

[@mcbnj]

As a knicks fan, seeing Kurt Rambis makes my stomach hurt

[@murphyotoole9014]

The 1983-84 NBA highlight video has Cedric Maxwell doing an imitation of Kurt Rambis before Game 3 or 4 at the Forum during the shoot around. Maxwell seems like he'd be a fun guy in the locker room with his wit . . .

[@chuckrogers5567]

Rock solid role player critical to the Laker’s success. Always hustled.

[@ronaldocastro432]

I think kurt rambis should be inducted in basketball hall of fame...

[@jaygerlach6884]

Hakeem the Dream is one of the favorite players!

[@minutemaid1987]

If you don’t have Hakeem in your top 10, you don’t know basketball!! 💯💯

[@citypopFM]

@@minutemaid1987 Facts

[@williamwalsh1533]

It's crazy that he had to guard small forwards to centers.

[@f430ferrari5]

Byron Scott be singing in his head NBA Rap: To take Artis Gilmore to the Hoop… Artis - No Byron 💀 😂

[@veerchasm1]

The Real NBA

[@phillipmullineaux9641]

Had to be Olajuwon. He ate up everybody, including Shack.

[@陳柏安-q5k]

1:24 Artis Gilmore, 7'2 and Rambo is 6;'9 lol

[@thsu8]

For someone who didn't like to be touched, Kurt sure loved clotheslining people.

[@rdubb77]

He steadfastly claims it was an accident. In this particular podcast as well, I listened to the whole thing.

[@ronaldnasados869]

I called him super man

[@jeffboyce2426]

ARTIS GILMORE MY ALL TIME CENTER I FOLLOWED ARTIS SINCE ARTIS PLAYED AT JACKSONVILLE ALONG WITH PEMBROKE BURROWS THE ORIGINAL TWIN TOWERS AND MIKE MY ALL TIME FORWARD MITCHELL IM GLAD I WAS ABLE TO TELL MIKE MITCHELL HE WAS MY ALL TIME FORWARD EVERY TIME HE CAME TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

[@powerboatguy2308]

Kevin Garnett said Charles Barkley was the hardest player to guard he ever faced.

[@rogerfortner3109]

I cannot believe Kevin McHale was very easy

[@leafygreen2799]

Barkley said McHale was his toughest guard

[@Lightningslick]

He was Charles Barkley's nightmare.

[@an7285]

A train!

[@croftmire]

Looks like he has a mangled little finger on his right hand; wonder if he got that from his playing days..

[@rommelflores2618]

Yes I noticed it.

[@ricddewbe54]

Good player but does not need to make any Lakers team decisions

[@Shockmozulu]

Ned Flanders was a heckuva player 🤣

[@caribbean7667]

I'm pretty sure Kevin McHale.

[@SenatorBlutarsky]

Byron Scott... fantastic player. I stopped watching/supporting the NBA after that "Golden Age" of professional B-ball - it got to ghetto/gangster for me. Now it's just the NCAA March Madness..... that's it.

[@JonasQuigly]

McHale??? Kevin was unstoppable but Kurt can't admit it.

[@bubot17]

Bernard king was a problem

[@americusdeville865]

# S H O W T I M E

[@ChefDuane-d5r]

Superman could guard anybody.

[@eddiejohnson8582]

Kurt was down with them black folks, (The Lakers) to fight them white folks (The Celtics)! LOL!!!

[@frankieboy8414]

Parish and Dennis Johnson were white? Could've fooled me.

[@buckchile614]

He sounds woke

[@yaakw]

Rambis is white Dennis.