His nickname is The Reason because the EBC already had a player named The Franchise (RIP John Strickland, go watch The Blackout) way before Steve ever came to the EBC. Just like when Kobe came up there they gave him the name Lord of the Rings because he just won his third ring. You went to Rucker to get your name, your name before you get there doesn't matter.
@capob16782 жыл бұрын
Steve Francis is a punk . Says Vancouver.
@KaoMinerva2 жыл бұрын
BIG FACTS. I grew up watching this kind of stuff and these players are immortalized in history. Kobe is my favorite player also. RIP Escalade
@creydadj2 жыл бұрын
You also go to the Rucker to get your street cred
@MoneyOverFame Жыл бұрын
RIP John Strickland AKA Big Strick AKA The Franchise, AKA The Re-ANIMATOR, AKA Baby Panda .
@jumpman3210 Жыл бұрын
The Chosen One?
@drolatin7272 жыл бұрын
Stevie Franchise was one of the most underrated PG ever! He was NICE!
@ibromussolini92552 жыл бұрын
He wasn't underrated when he played. Mfs just forgot. He was on top the world
@carlosacosta43822 жыл бұрын
The amount of 3XL white tees in the crowd is staggering 😂😂
@trecotton4224 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@Nywraper Жыл бұрын
😂 the good old days
@mitchell7309 Жыл бұрын
5 for $20 at Footlocker my G
@AaronDriver-t4z Жыл бұрын
yeah sorry no skinny girl jeans back in them days
@55cleon Жыл бұрын
This Is The Pre "Hair Coloring, Nutt Hugging Pants And Tattoo" Era 🤷🏿♂️.
@solowarrior11453 жыл бұрын
Skip to my Lou ain’t no slouch! He’s a legit NBA starting PG. Steve Francis was just Elite! It’s the confidence that he has that just exudes from his effortless street ball game style
@williamhaygood79962 жыл бұрын
I just seen the video lol but hell yea people forget he played in a NBA Finals with the Magic!!!
@blackout24302 жыл бұрын
@@williamhaygood7996 he wasn’t in that finals team but still a great player
@ricosuavepr120711 ай бұрын
@blackout2430 Yes, he was the PG in '09 Finals before they made the misake in bringing Nelson back.
@HEAT4YAFEATАй бұрын
False. @@ricosuavepr1207
@DreChampProductions5 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Escalade
@julianoutlaw8762 жыл бұрын
Trill Spill
@KaoMinerva2 жыл бұрын
Facts
@gabrielrizo31162 жыл бұрын
@@KaoMinerva bruh I didn't know. But R.I.P to him.
@hannibaldme5985 Жыл бұрын
R.I.P to my dude Troy Escalade Jackson a true gentleman and class act. I'm proud to have bestowed him his nickname. Thank you Mrs Jackson🙏🙏 for gifting us with his presence 💯🏀💙
@MR.__G2 жыл бұрын
Francis was way ahead of his time. Imagine him now in this guard oriented league with high pick n roll usage
@allygante37134 жыл бұрын
Steve Francis put on a show
@VaughnMcGregor3 жыл бұрын
A lot of people forgot how nice "The Franchise" was. He came and did what he was supposed to do at The Rucker. Skip made it to the NBA. Steve Francis was a perennial All-star in the league during his day. Big difference !
@Patawon Жыл бұрын
3x all star = perennial? He was nice though.
@joshuawoodard6998 Жыл бұрын
@@Patawon By definition, yes. 3 consecutive all-stars starting next to Kobe. Politics/trades and injuries did his career in though.
@mgeezy373 жыл бұрын
Steve Francis was a showman , 3X All-Star in the NBA 9 year career . He seems to be doing much better now , saw an interview he did a few years back he looks healthy .
@TheNazeem73 жыл бұрын
Not healthy but definitely better...
@dlife74273 жыл бұрын
@@TheNazeem7 why what happen with Steve Francis?
@funkyworm65172 жыл бұрын
@@dlife7427 Alcohol...
@dotprince834 жыл бұрын
Shooting all ft's off glass is cold
@80sfreak424 жыл бұрын
I bank all my shots...been doing it since 2011....I'm the king of all angles...I just wish I did it when I was younger....sucks...cause the bank is open all day...no one uses it...
@Skedoosh994 жыл бұрын
@@80sfreak42 lost art. I'm going to teach it to my youngest daughter. The open bank will live on
@LamelKendrick24 күн бұрын
@@Skedoosh99 teach her how to act in public and manage money
@dorriantaylor12382 жыл бұрын
Anybody notice Steve Francis shot all is free throws off the backboard? That’s crazy
@kamabokogonpachiro609911 ай бұрын
I think just because the rim was bent he had to bank it
@lifewithplayboy86822 жыл бұрын
People act like Steve Francis wasn't that dude had the handles, jumper , playmaker, would dunk on anyone and was a supremely talented showstopper
@marvelousmarc8632 жыл бұрын
Man I would have loved to see Francis in this era. He had such a confidence to his game. He made it look effortless out there. And you can tell his game was honed in streetball. So he felt right at home out there. Miss these days!
@buddyboy90192 жыл бұрын
This is what NY needs more of in 2022 and beyond..
@chrisjones7202 жыл бұрын
That EBC DVD was so fire back in the day when I was a teenager, when KOBE came to the Rucker and they called him The Lord of the Rings . It was different man I miss these times
@quemgg2 жыл бұрын
This shyt so old! Brings back so many memories, me being a “80s baby”, And1 and NAB JAM. Luv this!
@terryjones6624 жыл бұрын
People forget what Steve Francis really was and how he was a Legend in the DC area and had to go to JC before going to Maryland... 💯💯💯🤷🏾♂️
@maryenglish4724 жыл бұрын
Stevie could bring it. Used to ball with him in Maryland's gym. Son was no joke!
@dlife74273 жыл бұрын
His handles were amazing.
@Volodymyr.833 жыл бұрын
🙏
@cookiescreme99272 жыл бұрын
Aht Aht tell about Steve not hooping in high school frfr due to him transferring and issues with his grades on top of his mom dying while he was in high school thanks Steve 🙏🏾
@nnjvhvhhgc52132 жыл бұрын
Yessir! DC had straight ballers back in the 80s all the way up to the late 90s!
@PLAY2SCORE88 Жыл бұрын
Stevie franchise my fav player as a kid loved him at Maryland and with Houston I always admired his game sheesh time has gone so fast!!!
@HotGritz9104 жыл бұрын
Those behind the back crossover is next level ish! Look fly too
@T_TYME2 жыл бұрын
Steve shot every freethrow off da backboard.....I remember this game🔥
@Kstretch2714 жыл бұрын
Steve Francis is nasty. Skip to my Lou. Was scared to death to guard him. On my soul. Stevie Franchise is super nasty. Word to life. Word to. Word to God.
@theeverydayillusion77903 жыл бұрын
Word to mother?
@baldwinserrantshot3652 жыл бұрын
@@theeverydayillusion7790 Word to your mother's uncle.
@dtho92122 жыл бұрын
Omm
@Kingqubaent2 жыл бұрын
Word is bond!
@noodlereese45142 жыл бұрын
Say word
@kgema8911 ай бұрын
Lol going glass every free throw is nasty work but man do i miss this era and Stevie Franchise 😂
@mrdumpson17104 жыл бұрын
Steve Francis killed Skip To My Lou this game and Future killed Headache 💯
@smhatnation113 жыл бұрын
Aspirin was defeated by tylenol
@frayedends72912 жыл бұрын
SF has a few inches on Skip....
@chrisisslick2 жыл бұрын
@@frayedends7291 only 1. Steve was just better.
@Wyndamn9 ай бұрын
Rafer Alston is a legend.
@JohnDoe1135 ай бұрын
The crowd, the energy, and the commentating...can't replicate that.
@localcelebrity2972 Жыл бұрын
I never seen this footage until now. Absolutely loved it! Franchise is one of my all time favorite players. It was an absolute joy to see this. I miss Wink or Steve-O!😂😢
@chrispbacon11673 жыл бұрын
Yo this brought back so many memories it was a beautiful time to be from NY.. we use to sit on top of the great when we couldn’t get in
@UppurMGMT2 жыл бұрын
From 2:36-2:43,7:33-7:45 I practiced that whole sequence for years lol. Going up and down the court over and over . Some people have a good handle but Steve franchise and skip had what we call in the hood a yo-yo. The way steve brought the ball up the court and the crowd starts going crazy bruh It was flawless.
@healthyman58262 жыл бұрын
I feel you. I modeled my game after Stevie
@c1979h2 жыл бұрын
AO, had good handles too, turned on a dime, Franchise and Skip had better jumpers.
@healthyman58262 жыл бұрын
I modeled my entire high-school ball game after Stevie. 3s and flying high dude was an inspiration.
@eazythedon54st4 жыл бұрын
The good ole days!!!!😎
@benjaminddennis8 ай бұрын
Stevie Franchise always had that handle! He is totally disrespected by not being mentioned as some of the best handles in the league.
@yezzerskii31662 жыл бұрын
Nah what! This is vintage 🔥🔥🔥 Steve Francis was a beast!!!
@signoresantinoburnett1169Ай бұрын
I remember Skip playing here in Toronto for the Raps.
@marcuseversley33342 жыл бұрын
If you really watched Steve Francis in the league he had a street ball game. Him and A.I made the wide crossover famous
@c1979h2 жыл бұрын
Don't disrespect God Shammgod......
@Somethingfoulish2 жыл бұрын
Sham had one of the nastiest handles but when it comes to the big left to right and right to left cross that was AI and Steve. That cross started in MD. A dude named Dean showed AI that cross and he took off with it!
@skrilla4rilla2 жыл бұрын
Steve Frances got 1 of the best handles of All Times. Next to A.I, Kyrie Irving,& Hotsauce
@LaoKast21 Жыл бұрын
Hotsauce? Dude carries all the time. Don’t forget to mention Jason Williams and Baron Davis.
@signoresantinoburnett1169Ай бұрын
You forgot white chocolate.
@Baltimoretay212073 жыл бұрын
Both of their hezi pull ups are deadly 🤯
@reuelray3 жыл бұрын
There's a little Seventh -Day Adventist School in Takoma Park Maryland that used to be called Columbia Union college, now it's called Washington Adventist University. Stevie used to come in and hoop with us when he was a boy. There was a lot of dribbling from 'Jughead'. The seventh day Adventist have a basketball league and Stevie played in it. He was a dunk machine. A buddy of man who used to play for Columbia Union College that I mentored, took Stevie under his wings. He put Stevie on a AAU team along with a kid that I was mentoring and they completely decimated the league. When it came time to play for his Blair high school team in Montgomery county Maryland, he always came up short with the grades so he didn't really get a chance to show out. He cut his teeth however in local DC area leagues so much that the NBA was going to draft him off the playground. His mom turned it down. Stevie was a beast off the court too. A dude used to rent a gym called Takoma- Langley Rec Center. Only serious ballers were allowed along with their coaches. I had another kid I was mentoring and put him out there. Stevie had just got drafted. After the free play sessions, Stevie would Lead everybody to the weight room and then they would drive to his neighborhood in Takoma Park and Stevie would lead everyone to run up and down the steepest hill there. That dedication is what got him in the NBA and explain when I saw him come down for an open dunk, his shoulders were above the rim and he had to push down in the hoop. It was a two-handed dunk.
@pudge-nyce2442 Жыл бұрын
Franchise came to Harlem world and stood on business! Roasted skip in his own city🔥
@largon20083 жыл бұрын
I kkow skip owns streetball in general, but you gotta give that day to Francis. He was looking like the star that day and i can say i was there at that game so many years ago wow..
@marcuseversley33342 жыл бұрын
He was looking like the all-star because he was One lol
@WakeAndBakeWithUncleRay2 жыл бұрын
Salute And Respect to street ball Legends....
@malcolmdavis72522 жыл бұрын
Can't forget booger
@dsg30532 жыл бұрын
Skip had one of the greatest split careers lol Skip in the street Rafer in the league. That man was in the Finals showing off. I was proud of him he came a long way and gave street ball a good name by proving that he could be both. Great job Skip. Peace.
@80sfreak424 жыл бұрын
Fuck yeah...skip went to fresno state....I went there cause of him...but Francis was nasty in the NBA..skip had sick handle too...2 legends for sure...
@justaguy3287 ай бұрын
Steve Francis was a serious problem early in his career! Some of the best handles i've seen to this day
@petervang81273 ай бұрын
Steve Francis was the best player in the world that year
@reallife07282 жыл бұрын
THE GOOD OLE DAYS!!!!🤎🤎🤎 RUCKER PARK WAS LIFE!!!!!!💯💯💯
@rodrickthompson27992 жыл бұрын
I love both they game and swag, no shame in done!! No one would be in awe if was a superstar busting up a bum lol!! This is a legit opponent he handling the biz to, that's what makes it entertaining, it's all good!!!!
@BreakHarpe2 жыл бұрын
I feel like the beginning of the end of And1 was when they took away the vets. We've been seeing these individuals for years so why would u take them away? Even if they only got 2 minutes a game, it was more than how good of a player they were, they were also very entertaining off court. Headach always seemed like he was really having fun out there. When they brought in those power hungry coaches & took away the vets it was over. Main Event was a great coach in season 2...smh And 1 really dropped the ball
@RobThaBank4 жыл бұрын
Seeing the best player on ya team get cooked by the other teams best player will either humble you or motivate you
@largon20083 жыл бұрын
They should call steve francis the magnet. dude looks like he has magnetic hands bouncing the ball so hard and never loses it..
@marcuseversley33342 жыл бұрын
That's the Maryland crossover
@brandon51182 жыл бұрын
2000s babies don't know nothing about this! To the 80s and early 90s babies our childhood was the shit!!
@abelin5568 Жыл бұрын
Skip did not want that smoke in the end. You could see Steve was about to shut the lights off.
@dennismagee95554 жыл бұрын
STEVE FRANCIS HAD BETTER HANDLES THAN SKIP!!!!!
@ItsBenRoyboy4 жыл бұрын
naw, Skip had the rock on string it seems with both hands going up and down the court. Franchise had handles tho.
@Dvco333334 жыл бұрын
...No question...and could slam tha rock 🔥
@juansagredo5804 жыл бұрын
hell naw
@juansagredo5804 жыл бұрын
skip to my lou got the best handles ever.-
@philipcooper62644 жыл бұрын
Yeah Stevie was nice nice
@terryhill841 Жыл бұрын
STEVE CAME TO PLAY THAT DAY 😊
@DASHEVY2 жыл бұрын
Memories of watching And 1 mix tapes💯
@DASHEVY2 жыл бұрын
Nothing like it
@Corean_Jesus5 жыл бұрын
Skip 2 my Lou made it from the streets to the NBA and shake and baked Sasha Vujacic
@eddamonsta2 жыл бұрын
In this game it was lou with out the skip Francis killed it Crazy throw back game 🔥
@Tadrian40842 жыл бұрын
Daaaammmmmm I missed those days
@gainztrain98902 жыл бұрын
I remember this game. Stevie was really like dat.. Skip was a baller but Steve was next level on this court. These dudes couldn't fuck with him, not even Skip
@7Logik2 жыл бұрын
Everybody talking about franchise I'm the nba I remember him at Maryland in college kid was a problem against my Tarheels . Lobe snakcingbdudes on 2k with this dude, he's a beast
@aaliyah1320094 жыл бұрын
Both was in the NBA around this time
@J_Myers8372 жыл бұрын
Francis reminds me of ai he was legit with the handles and jump shots
@robertm3951 Жыл бұрын
RIP Greg G
@Sweat4043 ай бұрын
Man I miss this era of basketball
@SDSOverfiend2 жыл бұрын
I miss these days man. Baggy shorts ankle socks and buckets.
@bubbles123564 жыл бұрын
Steve was insan, he lil man'd skip
@joeycrack1120 Жыл бұрын
Whole park got the white tee memo 😂😂
@THEronleon12 жыл бұрын
Skip wasn't the same streetballer when he joined the league. His younger years as a streetballer is when he had more swag and smooth moves
@cap5362 жыл бұрын
I was at this game I remember feeling disappointed because both teams actually began to play defense at some point and no one really got a chance to show out like we wanted them to, still was a great experience tho
@sayone96952 жыл бұрын
If steve could have grasp control of them head aches the showdowns between him and the gone but never forgotten GOAT BLACK MAMBA mann
@Sgoldensr11 ай бұрын
🔥 🔥 🔥 that was lit!
@abelin5568 Жыл бұрын
Steve should have been arrested and charged with assault because of the way he destroyed headache.
@acethomas57744 жыл бұрын
Steve had the better handles and most def the better offensive game
@Kstretch2714 жыл бұрын
Way better than Rafer Alston. On my soul. And I'm born and raised in new York.
@ousmanjaguraga52933 жыл бұрын
Steve was more flashy but raef had the ball on the string way more u rarely ever seen him loose the ball
@DaShamGodDONFrankBatista347 Жыл бұрын
Late 90's - early 2000's Rucker Park was peak streetball. Flashy dribble moves were getting really popular before And 1 came around. Allen Iverson also had a game I believe where he dropped 40. Of course Kobe visited coming off a three-peat as well. Steve Francis was the man this game and I modeled my game after him growing up. I think that this is the same announcer that went crazy when Lamar Odom did that Shamgod through the defenders legs. I can tell because he sounds just like Stephen A. Smith 😂😂. Also I believe "Headache" is Tim Gittens right?
@martelllynchakatelltudaaka87194 жыл бұрын
Damn shame what happened to The Franchise Steve was one of the best right next to BubbaChuck A.I.3
@kp61533 жыл бұрын
Steve Francis was eating up skip like it was his last meal.
@perfectionbarberallenallen30412 жыл бұрын
Franchise 🐐
@jaybrown33412 жыл бұрын
When Stevie went in his flight bag it was a wrap🚀🚀🚀
@joshuawoodard6998 Жыл бұрын
Rafer was a great PG helping to lead his team to the Finals only to get done dirty by them and let a Fat, short rusty Jameer take his minutes lol. Francis was a special talent. He used to hold his own vs anyone in the league.
@ChrisJProductionz4 жыл бұрын
Rafer Alston is the second best streetball player to ever play in rucker park right behind Dr.J
@francisbaxter46634 жыл бұрын
Think Durant actually shut that place down.
@sixpack13853 жыл бұрын
@@francisbaxter4663 thank you
@macewindau30603 жыл бұрын
Many legends played at this park, Dr J & KD made cameos, but not necessarily considered ‘streetball’ players. Rafer Alston is a Harlem legend, but he is there along side dozens of others, Earl Manigault, Joe Hammond, Tyron Evans, Richard ‘Peewee’ Kirkland, Edward ‘Booger’ Smith, etc, etc, etc
@LibraLee883 жыл бұрын
Back when NBA had guys to represent them like Francis Iverson Marbury J-Will who handles were Nasty...now all i see is Kyrie Irving really
@uptownscenery91752 жыл бұрын
u doing chris Paul dirty
@willfrazier66602 жыл бұрын
Almost every guard in the NBA has stupid handles like this honestly. Just so much money to be made and people trying to protect their brand so much that they don't get involved with games like these.
@johnleon25942 жыл бұрын
@@uptownscenery9175 And Steph
@kwamegamble15613 жыл бұрын
Y’all didn’t even peep the original ninja head band tho
@Coach_Santos_Fitness2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know who number 19 was with the dunk? At about 2:20 min in cause he looks huge and I couldn't recognize him
@Q_StangGT30002 жыл бұрын
I always thought skip just had that one move, but hot sauce and AO had Handel's. Shane da Dribbling machine was alright, and white chocolate had and still have sick moves.
@networkchannel58044 жыл бұрын
Keep in mind nobody double teamed skip!
@Kstretch2714 жыл бұрын
They ain't have to. He garbage.
@northnuyork21083 жыл бұрын
@@Kstretch271 buggin
@MrPlus-lo1gx2 жыл бұрын
damn i watched this mad times just noticed they double team francis everytime he get the ball
@kincamell22 жыл бұрын
Much Gratitude
@jrvapor2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see this old footage, the thing I never liked is the announcers talkin the whole game smh!!!
@IssacEinstein2 жыл бұрын
Steve Francis constantly gave Skip and Headache a headache when he was skipped past them. Steve killed the Rucker
@BeenFlyySince874 жыл бұрын
When was Steve Francis called the reason... Sound like a myplayer on 2k😂😂😂
@philipcooper62644 жыл бұрын
Never was called the reason...they trippin...Hooper's Kno him by Franchise.." Stevie Franchise"
@DreChampProductions4 жыл бұрын
They gave him that nickname, that's what they did at Rucker. The name you had before coming there didn't matter.
@AngieCarr4 жыл бұрын
If you watch the full version, you can hear the announcer going back and forth with the crowd telling them that they already got someone called “Franchise”. They cussed him a bit and that’s when he tells them, they already got a “Franchise”.
@DreChampProductions4 жыл бұрын
@@AngieCarr Yea they did John Strickland(RIP)
@Kstretch2714 жыл бұрын
Best comment brosky brogod broham.
@thomasbridges73232 жыл бұрын
Wow watching this in 2022 they had fun no gun shots how the world had changed glad i am home i do feel for the 11 year old girl who' was killed today up that way in NYC it hurts us all
@robertlamell99212 жыл бұрын
The Franchise's handle in his prime had no equal..I said it...
@MR.__G2 жыл бұрын
That’s crazy because his handles displayed here are as good as anyones in todays league
@tjsmoothrock2 жыл бұрын
Young Escalade in the Rucker RIP
@martelllynchakatelltudaaka87194 жыл бұрын
I wish I could've played at the rucker in my prime! I would've definitely been an official streetball legend and not just in my home city of Gary, IN
@Q_StangGT30002 жыл бұрын
That man Steve was doing players up on the NBA something real bad.
@nanagyambibi74269 ай бұрын
Til this day I still have not seen anyone with a better handle than Steve Francis. Kyrie Harden all these guys today dont have the bounce that Francis had.
@michael.abosaid52522 жыл бұрын
Steve obviously has superior skills but to me he also looked to have slightly better ballhandling than skip.
@dlife74273 жыл бұрын
4:22 seen him do this move alot
@digbicknicknick4 ай бұрын
Playing with same color of jerseys is tuff.😂
@robelmekonnen15642 жыл бұрын
Steve got mad at the end he couldn't get Skip back cause time ran out lol
@dhanuparwito204 жыл бұрын
Steve Francis definitely a better player than Rafer Alston. Both in streetball and NBA.
@Kstretch2714 жыл бұрын
Dead ass. On my soul.
@preachmann12713 жыл бұрын
They forgot about...my man Francis..smh...by then skip is a nba pg..no more street baller....two great point guards...