How George Mikan Became The NBA's FIRST SUPERSTAR!

[@rustybuckets]

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[@samuelbarlow4376]

thanks rusty, another amazing video, keep up the amazing work

[@hugovazquez7533]

Christiano Felicio is still better than DeAndre Ayton

[@rustybuckets]

I don't care lmao. Fuck the Knicks

[@juliusutsey1821]

@Puma atoq The Knicks are trash

[@jayvionwilliams4061]

Puma atoq knicks are fuckin sorry as hell and traded away their best chance at making the ECF gtfo

[@iyobosawambui7795]

So basically, George Mikan is the reason my 5'7 headass won't make it to the leauge

[@Martin-Querns]

I thought I was oldschool but you taking it really oldschool with George Miken

[@rektz2457]

Ah, i remember watching George Mikan play in person when i was just a boy. What a talent Good times

[@rustybuckets]

same. the 1950s where lit bro

[@yd945]

@@rustybuckets lol

[@hakeemolajuwonBESTROCKET]

your like 70 then lmao

[@ayushbajaj4708]

@@rustybuckets were*

[@Milbrandt]

I believe this was just a few years after Vince Carter invented dunking.

[@hugovazquez7533]

George Mikan wasn't the first NBA superstar. Taj Gibson was

[@undefed3282]

Hugo Vazquez pablo prigioni first and imo best ROTY

[@shawswervoo]

Kawme Brown

[@hugovazquez7533]

@@shawswervoo shit checkmate

[@logan3326]

it was obviously hasheem thabeet

[@Xsaber2000]

The white mamba

[@OhioRizz6969]

Doesn’t matter if the 1960s the knicks still takes L best quote ever

[@yd945]

You mean 50s

[@siddharthpatil2683]

@@yd945 Actually 40's.

[@MikeH1]

No it was the 50s

[@amonguscontent9779]

@@siddharthpatil2683 50s

[@radioactive1014]

It was the 50's but the point still stands. The Knicks still take L's even in the 60's.

[@pp3917]

I just realized you hold a basketball for the entirety of every video

[@DAEDAEANT]

Legend has it he's been holding it ever since

[@JeffersonSteelflexx]

Some say he came out of the womb holding a basketball

[@justas423]

@@JeffersonSteelflexx his mother suffered major genital mutilation upon birth.

[@dteddy304]

Mad respect for making a video about George freaking Mikan!!! 🤣 we are talking about a major throwback.

[@Last-In-Line]

Lakers Mt. Rushmore for centers Kareem, Wilt, Shaq, and Mikan

[@davidprevost6670]

Take mikan off that list. Not even in the same vain broseph. Hoping that was sarcasm.

[@jayvionwilliams4061]

David Prevost right. nigga was asf when the shot clock was added

[@Terror832]

Naw the Mt Rushmore should be Robert Sacre, DJ Mbenga, JaVale McGee and the GOAT of GOATS Kwame Brown

[@rugbyking3133]

David Prevost Won them chips tho

[@rugbyking3133]

Drippy Jay still won them chips

[@Sldumas1983]

Ain’t nothing but respect, George Mikan is one of the greatest Basketball players ever it doesn’t matter the era and I believe there was strong competition but anyways he is one of the Goats he changed the game he was skilled he played great defense crazy footwork and could score in different ways.

[@samuelbarlow4376]

once again another amazing video topic, Thanks Rusty, keep up the good work

[@J_Doz]

6:22 that is still going on with the knicks right night

[@StellarSomebody]

R.I.P George Mikan

[@joni1405]

I love how it was apparently shocking to people that being really tall might be an asset in a sport where the basket was high in the air.

[@radioactive1014]

I think it was because the game is fast paced like it was today but without the 3 point line.

[@jaywaz680]

The REAL first superstar was Brian Scalabrine.

[@brianmolstad1255]

Brian Who?

[@ice8erg]

Roc native here, good to hear our town has something historically in pop culture other then Kodak lol Classic battles with the Lakers lol

[@Inn0IWNL]

Crazy how the Lakers had so many great players play under their banner

[@Andandand25]

How the hell does this guy only have 47k subscribers, what the hell youtube?

[@lappelduvide2946]

You should make a video on Joe Fulks, best player on the first championship team

[@Nukethem]

4:44 why that coach look just like brad Stevens

[@traxagenda3445]

From a distance. But when it zoomed in not so much

[@ItsTheMunz]

He may have been the first. But the White Mamba will be the last.

[@exwhyzgaming8996]

what about mythcal patrick mccaw

[@upper9170]

by far the best yt channel

[@will_p_tv2434]

Keep up the good work Rusty ur such a great basketball mind and I love ur content.

[@bjnt92281]

LeBron ironically was born in December of 1984. Jordan’s rookie year in the NBA.

[@ryanjones313]

2:00 “nor did [basketball] have a professional league until right after [Mikan] finished college” This is not true. There was the NBL, which dated back all the way to 1938, the league in which Mikan signed with in 1946 when he finished his collegiate basketball career at DePaul. This league merged with the BAA in 1949, forming what we know today as the NBA.

[@najihwright2057]

My favorite player of all time watching him was so entertaining I had his jerseys💪🏽

[@davidprevost6670]

Love the old school underhand fts. It's kind of hard to look back on any sports early years. With the 3 major american sports not letting African-American players play until the 50s and 60s i don't put much stock into player's who dominated in these era's no matter the sport. It was a different time i get that but that doesn't mean i have to respect competition when there where many amazing players who just weren't getting the chance to play.

[@jamesmeuwissen7823]

The first black NBA player was in 1950, right around when Mikan entered the league.

[@NealBones]

Aye Rusty that shirt smells like teen spirit, have you considered washing it?

[@WeCube1898]

Kareem " Lew Alcindor " Abdul Jabbar and Chamberlain took the Mikan Hookshot to Omega Level ...

[@jasongraves3921]

Mikan also invented the three point line

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

No, the American Basketball League had it six years before the ABA.

[@brianmolstad1255]

When he was commissioner of the ABA.

[@itsmetyvion8751]

There’s a statue of Mikan in downtown Joliet

[@Gabriela-Acevedo]

Mikan 1 out of 4 players to be best player on his team while winning championship and not playing for that team the next year. Mikan retired after winning championship with Lakers, Jordan retired twice after winning, and Kawhi just went to Clippers after winning championship.

[@slim8553]

4 times, 3 players lol

[@Gabriela-Acevedo]

@@slim8553 true my bad

[@slim8553]

@@Gabriela-Acevedo gotchu

[@InsidiousSwede]

I understand that the franchise moved to LA, but seriously, why don't these championships count for the Timberwolves? They were won in Minnesota. Same reason I hate seeing how OKC is given credit for a title won in Seattle.

[@wpl8275]

Evolution of the game? Do you think today's NBA game is better than it was when big men ruled? I haven't seen that at all. Arguably today's game is far worse. Technically skilled but far worse.

[@saucyszn3445]

I think hes top 50 all time

[@liggonsreacts21]

#thebigmanmatters

[@billybob5337]

"Doesnt matter if its the 1950's..........the Knicks still take L's." Ouch

[@oscarr_1455]

If miken didn't play 5'9" could actually have a chance at the nba

[@bryan-yo9ne]

the average at that time was 6-6'4 not 5'9

[@tomitstube]

just came across some mikan footage. he was really athletic, and 6'10" isn't that far off todays players. he dominated the game, and transformed it.

[@brianmolstad1255]

Today he would be 6'11. In those days they measured players stocking foot. But no one plays in stockings, so now they measure players with shoes.

[@tomitstube]

@@brianmolstad1255 lol, thanks for that tidbit, measuring people in their shoes makes no sense.

[@T.H.E.O.R.Y.]

Funny; I guessed Willis Reed when you put this on Twitter

[@sacredninja6866]

Did you really say JOY-LET Illinois.......LMAO

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Mikan, despite his glasses, had good hand-eye coordination. He was scouted by the pros as a baseball pitcher and was the county champion in marble shooting as a kid. But he was a "project" at DePaul. Ray Meyer had him skip rope, shadow box and play 1-on-1 with a 5'6" teammate to develop agility. His size was matched by his determination.

[@williamhild1793]

Mikan was so far ahead as the number one player of his era compared to number two (whoever that would be). The gap between Russell and Chamberlain, Jabbar and Erving, Magic and Bird, LeBron and Kobe etc. was much smaller. But there was NO DOUBT that George Mikan was SO far ahead of number two. The only guy who COULD have maybe challenged Mikan was Bob Kurland, and Kurland never played pro basketball. So Mikan stands alone in his era.

[@The_notorious_justin]

Bruh love this channel fr always a good laugh too 😂

[@qua_decka2173]

Mr Mikan man is the man

[@greek1237]

I guess it didn't help the giants in Sports when small guys like Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis were knocking em out in a few rounds.

[@2shotmj921]

The Knicks were still taking L’s lol.

[@anwjuice]

Mikan was a White King who helped make the league watchable. Some go give Kyrie a nba history lesson. He thought the nba started in 1990s

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

Bill Russell said that George Mikan inspired him to aspire to be a pro NBA player.

[@awc6007]

Showing respect to the OG goat

[@mfroid4073]

Heres my question Whats his 2k overall

[@Terror832]

99 just like his jersey number

[@Brockandrews22]

67 cause he average nba size now lol

[@jsrryy]

6”10 looking like 7”8😂

[@OhioRizz6969]

First

[@rowanc210]

This dude cannot make a bad video i swear

[@rustybuckets]

completely disagree, but I appreciate it

[@dennytuma]

chicago BEERS???

[@arthasmenethil4297]

Lebron was born in 1984 that’s big difference from 1990, when were you born 1999?

[@markbucio5725]

Always remember this from MJ " he is a better 3 point shooter then i chose to be "

[@pmsfar-outgrooviness8025]

It's Meyer, man

[@FragzonYT]

Good video

[@piedpiped3267]

“The gears dismantled” heh

[@terranceramirez4816]

That is a nice punny funny line, however it's not exactly what happened... They tried to form a competitor league to the NBL with themselves as the cornerstone franchise. If my memory serves me correctly, the league folded after something like 9 games and the NBL had to do a dispersal draft for the league's players. The Lakers having been the worst team in the NBL the year prior, they had the first pick in said draft and the rest is history

[@metalgecko24]

George mikan was a fuckin legend And yes I am a lakers fan but still he was a legend

[@d34n_]

You should also do a video on bill Russell. Easily the most underrated player ever. I understand that the competition may not have been the same then as it is now, but people act like he only won like 3 championships. If he won like 6 championships with that competition, then I get the argument that he was only good because of the competition. But he got 11 rings in 13 seasons. What more could you have expected him to do? He did what he was supposed to do while the competition was weaker. He is also arguably the greatest defender ever

[@robertcovingtonstan6591]

Your channel is growing tremendously.

[@7omni748]

Mikan hieght grew the sport now NBA is going back to its first stages. Nba is not growing it's the opposite

[@WeCube1898]

Mikan Drills anyone, He invented some of the skill exercises

[@Dubz9Ball]

One of the greatest won 7 Championships in under 10 seasons.

[@neaquehatami1045]

Dunno why Mikan had to go off like that against my hometown royals

[@itsyaboiswish0635]

1 view and 8 likes, KZbin is drunk again

[@jalendominguez5948]

This isn’t joe fulks

[@squilliamfancyson6996]

Do this for wilt chamberlain!

[@mojerm9226]

Any new Bulls content on the horizon?

[@thepatsnumber1fan]

Is there a reason why his jersey hasn’t been retired by the Lakers?

[@sightlessninja2456]

When Rusty can’t say Joliet lol

[@picafavo3466]

Who is the best Hawk of all time Pettit or Wilkins

[@jamesmeuwissen7823]

Pettit and it's not really close. No disrespect to Nique, but Pettit was way better.

[@WeCube1898]

Bob Pettit

[@na-nz2yy]

Noce way to stretch it to 10 minutes

[@alvinweaver1450]

Before Mikan there was a player named Joe Fortenberry Look him up. another center of that era Was Bob Kurland and Clyde Lovelette

[@brianmolstad1255]

Lovelette was a second string center behind Mikan, and replaced him when Mikan retired. Later he played for the Celtics and other teams. He has the distinction of being the only player Wilt slugged. Wilt KOed him with one punch. Clyde was leaning way too heavy on Wilt. Clyde was the only player in the NBA then who out weighted Wilt.

[@Carbun4732]

uhh Joe Fulks is nbas first superstar was the first to average 20 points

[@ahtalk9847]

I mean let's be honest he is obviously a bad player compared to 80s till now but this was the start of bball he was a superstar back then we like to compare but that's how it was back then. Wilt would be a great player in any era because his athleticism and ability to rebound and score would still show in any era. Bill Russell would be more like a player of Dikembes stature. Very good defensive bigs who could rebound the ball very well.

[@tracys4161]

It's Ray Meyer, not Myers.

[@vlogedgamez2315]

Omg

[@ayewhosthat2083]

360p gang

[@sp1d3rmanu12]

This camera crisp

[@clutchmoney33]

Ya I agree! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@WeCube1898]

Original Boy Labo

[@andrewkim2013]

I don't know about calling George Mikan a "superstar". He was a superstar by NBA standards at that time. However, I would argue that the nba wasn't a great league in the 40s and 50s. The 1948 championship winning Lakers, with George Mikan played an exhibition game against the Harlem Globetrotters. The Lakers lost 49-45. Even though it was just an exhibition, the event still demonstrates that the nba was trash in the 50s.

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

He was a superstar in every sense that matters. When the Lakers came to town, the marquee at Madison Square Garden billed it as "George Mikan vs the Knicks." And after narrowly losing the first two matchups against the Globetrotters, the Lakers won the next six.

[@shg45]

6:31

[@OGKNUCLEHEADFOE]

LeBron James was born 1984

[@NameThatNobodyTakes]

He was the NBA's first superstar, true. But let's face it, legacies are formed by how someone competed against the available competition. He dominated when it was mostly scrawny guys competing against each other and when he was challenged physically for the first time when he played against the Globetrotters, he immediately got his ass handed to him.

[@nathansteele4358]

Well they played multiple times and the lakers won most, and mikan was the top scorer in every game

[@thenotoriousmichaeljackson8938]

Why ain’t you mention da Milan drill goof ball

[@zamrodtheswaggod]

Where would Mikan rank all time? Like fr a genuine question.

[@davidprevost6670]

Not close to anyone past the late 50s since he only played other white player's

[@Dubz9Ball]

David Prevost doesn’t matter , he has no control in the era he played in he won 7 championships in under 10 seasons and was the best player in his era.

[@zamrodtheswaggod]

@@Dubz9Ball yeah thas what i was thinking. Sure it was a weak era but what counts is how you played against your competition

[@Dubz9Ball]

Zamir Hays absolutely, but you have to take his era into consideration at the same time so to answer ur question I would rank him top 20

[@pmsfar-outgrooviness8025]

#9

[@joni1405]

Saying George Mikan slowed down the evolution of basketball on the grounds that teams are getting smaller nowadays is kind of a ridiculous argument. The reason teams are getting smaller today is because of the strategic value of 3 point shots..which didn't exist when George Mikan played. Tall players dominated the NBA for decades and have slowly become less valuable as a) the 3 pointer got introduced, b) NBA rules changed over time to incentivize 3 point shots and c) people figured out the best ways tactically to take advantage of 3 pointers. Mikan didn't slow down that evolution. It's just that tall players were way more valuable pre-3 pointer than after it. Also, the reason the NBA adopted the 3 pointer was because the ABA showed its viability and they merged with the NBA in 1976. The commissioner of the ABA who was a big proponent of the 3 point shot and was instrumental in its adoption was...George Mikan. So ironically Mikan actually helped introduce the rule change that eventually made big men like himself obsolete and was directly responsible for the evolution of the NBA into the style of play that exists today.

[@arioca]

George Mikan is the only player in NBA history to have his own name on the Madison Square Garden marquee, reading not Lakers vs. Knicks, but Geo Mikan vs. Knicks.

[@bosslax3162]

Mikan MAY be the first superstar, but it is easier to argue for Bob Cousy, Neil Johnson, Paul Arizin, or Ed Macauley.

[@universalturtle4836]

Damn bruh... Knicks stay coppin Ls

[@Lobcity_2.0]

Knicks always losing

[@jalendominguez5948]

hAhA to the Knicks joke

[@atlrunner1397]

Why is it GOATmentary? That makes no sense. It’s not ‘docmentary,’ it’s docUmentary

[@davidprevost6670]

Thanks 4 that

[@braidenb3973]

That was so false MJ definitely wouldn't not work on his 3 point shot because he would be in plumbing school #burned

[@rugbyking3133]

Braiden B L

[@braidenb3973]

@@rugbyking3133 #burned #someoneusinghashtagesaredefinitelybeingserious