NBA Greatest Duels: Magic Johnson vs Charles Barkley (1990)

[@ilphi08]

Tallest Point Guard VS Shortest Power Forward

[@FreddyGomezThinksTooMuch]

Touche.

[@lukethewall]

so funny

[@TheGoldenKing709]

Astute observation

[@xart23x]

Magic was such a killer. All bout winning. Worthy with the beautiful touch around the basket and Barkley with the strength. 3 top 50 players. Beautiful basketball.

[@christopherbanuelos2147]

Let's not forget how brilliant of a play-by-play man Chick Hearn was. An absolute legend. One of the top 3 NBA play-by-play announcers of all time.

[@davemartino5997]

They were team oriented not selfish stat padders like some players of todays game

[@larrylegend199]

Barkley and Magic had 6 unreal ''duel'' games from 86/87 to 90/91... Magic 16/9/18 vs Barkley 29/13/4/5 in 86/87 Magic 32/20/11 vs Barkley 31/23/6 in 88/89 Magic 26/10/18 vs Barkley 36/12/3 in 88/89 Magic 34/6/9 vs Barkley 35/19/6 in 89/90 Magic 22/5/17 vs Barkley 32/15/5 in 89/90 Magic 34/13/13 vs Barkley 34/9 in 90/91 4 of this 6 games are available on YT so you can check them out (I have two remaining duels on my HD, I'm gonna upload them soon)... kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z33Sdn-cg6uNl7M kzbin.info/www/bejne/roeyoqueptmlpdU kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGjUf3ZrbbSVbc0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fILNqmVoeJ1gb6s

[@davidholcomb9393]

When i was growing up Barkley was my favorite power forward. He was undersized yet dominated rebounding on both ends of the court,could shoot,run the break ,pass,defend.You name it and the chuckerster was an all around great player.

[@酒霄]

He doesn't have any championship rings，he is a big loser

[@dayaaron87]

No disrespect and I love Barkley too but Barkley was the worst defender and that was probably his biggest downfall lol

[@atlaslion5128]

酒霄 So what? He is still an all time great.

[@boogieloo1831]

酒霄 - that's laughable. So many greats don't have rings - especially the greats that played in the MJ era. The only people that hate Barkley are butthurt LBJ fans because Barkley speaks facts.

[@shydre]

@@酒霄 🤡🤡🤡

[@dayaaron87]

Magic passing the ball was AMAZING!!!

[@necyasports]

One of the most amazing feet in Barkley's career, getting most vote for the 1st place in MVP voting that year ahead of prime Magic & prime MJ.

[@Daewonnni]

Barkley should have finished his career with two mvp’s.

[@christopherbanuelos2147]

Actually, in the season that this game was played (the 1990-1991 season), Jordan won the MVP by averaging 31.5 points a game to go along with 5.5 assists, 6 rebounds, 2.7 steals and a block. Magic averaged 19.5 ppg, 12.5 asts and 7 boards. Barkley averaged 27.6 ppg, 10.1 boards, and 4.2 assists. So, Jordan was the better player of the 3. However, the year that Barkley won his MVP was the 92-93 season. Magic was retired because of HIV at this time. So it's not quite accurate to say Barkley beat out prime Magic for an MVP.

[@necyasports]

@@christopherbanuelos2147 cause I’m talking about 1990 season. Misled by the title with (1990) as a game played in dec 90 is part of 1991 season. Anyway, Barkley got more 1st place votes in 90.

[@christopherbanuelos2147]

@@necyasports Yes. I see what you mean. Although Magic won that year, Sir Charles did in fact get more 1st place votes than both Magic and Jordan. My apologies for misunderstanding. Oddly, Buck Williams of Portland got more votes than Drexler did that year, too, even though Drexler averaged 10 more points per game, 3 more assists per game, as well as more steals and blocks per game, too. The only category Williams led Drexler in was rebounds. Curious. In fact, Buck Williams had just as many votes that year as Larry Bird did.

[@davemartino5997]

@@christopherbanuelos2147 bird won 3 straight with all of them in the league including Kareem , bad boys , mj , magic , Barkley and doctor J .

[@Mr._Moderate]

"he didn't giant slam it he put the baby to bed with ease" these announcers RIP chick 😂

[@Dany-dw1vj]

Great Chuck 👌

[@camm8642]

Magic played a bit before my time outside of the return in 96 but gotta say watching him play is a pure pleasure such a great floor general and underrated scorer could have easily scored way more but with all the talent around him didn't really need to....I go back and forth between him and kobe as the greatest laker....but I still think its Magic.

[@jesuscarbonell3566]

Sure he could score 40 or 50 if push comes to shove individually but that is not winning basketball and he knew it.Winning basketball was running and getting everybody involved.20+ points,17+assists,8+ rebounds consistently was Magics formula for winning.No wonder the Lakers were the team of the 80s and Magic the player of the decade.

[@nocomment1469]

Barkley was an absolute beast, in my all time PF spot over Malone, Duncan

[@john1023va]

He was one of my favorite players of all time. Way more talented than Malone and Duncan, but those guys had better careers.

[@dustyroze150]

Barkley wasn't betta than Shawn Kemp as a power foward outta high school, the RainMan was your worst nitemare on the court.

[@scottdavidson7001]

@@dustyroze150 Barkley is a HOF. Kemp needs to keep his prick in his pants, go on a diet and find a financial advisor. He is a wreck. Ate himself out of the league. Poor work ethic. Flounder terribly in his last few years. Shaun Krump.

[@brettvanbortel73]

Maybe Malone but not Duncan

[@luismepr1]

100% agree. Is my 1st choice when selecting a PF...any era.

[@therocket280z7]

The Lakers were just loaded, even with Kareem retiring. I watched a lot of these games live on tv. When I played a lot, I was a similar size to Barkley, and was a dominant player everywhere I went. I could just do a lot of things better than most of the competition, and surprised a lot of people. Watching how effortlessly Barkley does what he does is REALLY impressive. If you haven't watched him earlier, and later, in his career. You should, because even 30-40lbs heavier he still does everything he does in this video. Even the years of wear and tear didn't seem to discourage him from doing whatever he wanted too. He was a special player, and blessed with extraordinary talent.

[@jaysantos11]

nice story bro

[@williamshereef2755]

From a diehard Chicago Bulls fan, Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley were two of the NBA's greatest players!!

[@aricohen283]

“Manute Bol 7’7 about 130 lbs“ I lost it when he said that 🤣 RIP Chick

[@Ichabod3247]

I just want to say your channel is amazing

[@deshonmiller5573]

#32 The Great Magic Johnson! PEACE

[@Michael-fw5ef]

These players had amazing low post games. I miss this type of NBA game. Today's NBA is just a 3 point fest. Boring as hell. They should move the 3 point line back in today's game. Move it back another 5 feet and try to get the game back into low post style. Imagine Barkley in today's NBA? He would be out of this world dominant.

[@airkuna]

Or they should play d closer to half court line today!

[@rafikz77]

« just s 3 pt fest » 🤦

[@rafikz77]

😂Thinking Barkley would be dominant today

[@IndianaSmallmouth]

Garbage. All 5 players on each team standing within 5' of the rim, bricking contested shots. Wide open 3 point line that could have spread things out. They just weren't thinking back then. Making 33% of 3's is 50% from the field on 2's. What if you make a higher %? It opens up the lane, spaces the floor and allows easier drives to the rim.

[@Michael-fw5ef]

@@IndianaSmallmouth With low post games, you get opposing players into foul trouble and you can take them out of the game.

[@wilsonaponte1079]

Check out that pass at 5:55 kids need to see that. MJ knew how to get it there

[@edgaredgar9138]

Magic own the Game of Basketball He did everything on the Flor every night He Put on Show Magic was Show time

[@mickshaw555]

Magic was the most handsome NBA player of all time, probably. What if instead of 12 prime years (79-91), he played 18? He would "definitely" be Top 3 of all time, behind MJ and LBJ.

[@GamerFace167]

barkley over malone

[@nikiforosvlachos5906]

oh yeah

[@justincoe129]

I've been saying that for yrs

[@lashawnjames4184]

+Stupid American why?

[@Diaz23]

Stupid American Malone needed stockton to go to the finals. Barkley took the 93 suns to the finals.

[@StoneageVultures]

with kjohnson and majerle

[@seedheechhaatee3891]

Charles Barkley a true 6'4 3/4 or 5/8 power forward beast said by him with an amazing field goal percentage. Got steal an MVP

[@arizjones]

The end of the Magic run. Kareem is gone, Cooper is gone. But Magic still has a better supporting cast than what Barkley had at Philly. Magic still makes it to the finals, but with Worthy and Byron Scott injured they were never going to be able to beat the Bulls.

[@FreddyGomezThinksTooMuch]

Thanks for this amazing game.

[@meg-k-waldren]

Barkley wanted to play *against* Magic. Lebron wants to play *with* everyone.

[@paoloalcantara2465]

Prime Barkley was a beast while Magic had a basketball IQ that was off the charts.

[@joeynumbuhs]

Best part of the vid is hearing Chic Hearn call the game with 3 hall of famers playing at a high level. And several Champions in the game aside from that eg. Mahorn, and Scott. Fun to watch.

[@christopherbanuelos2147]

Actually, Vlade is a Hall of Famer, too. So there were 4 hall of famers in this game. Not 3.

[@mscottlawrence2037]

CHARLES BARKLEY

[@tretimes9883]

Magic could dominate the game without dominating the shots. 🐐

[@pichapie2979]

Chuck was so underrated when his in philly he was more dominant and had great stats than in his phoenix years

[@Daewonnni]

He had already lost his legs by the time he got to Phoenix. But he was finally surrounded by some other all stars. MVP.

[@jcaliberty8288]

"Puts the baby away with ease"

[@powerboatguy2308]

The tallest PG of all time taking on the shortest PF of all time, both of these guys were freaks and could do it all.

[@IndianaSmallmouth]

Chuck wasn't undersized. That's a popular myth. He had the Wingspan of much taller players at 7'+ plus those broad shoulders. He outreached and outjumped, used his wide body. His physical aspects were an ADVANTAGE. His height hardly mattered when he had a near 40" vertical to add to those super long arms.

[@Leo-ly3qg]

Good Ol Chicky-Baby! :)

[@meg-k-waldren]

That lefty fake and right hook move by Magic was sick.

[@paulv7744]

Looks like Lebron's "unstoppable move" from team USA.

[@benfresh1699]

Did y’all hear how they played Vlade ! 🤦🏾‍♂️😂🤣 “yeah chick he’s really improved” 🤣🤣🤣

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

4:55 FEROCIOUS defense by the 76ers there 🙄

[@hugefan-tb8ou]

Thats called a break down on defense. They were probably getting killed and gave up.

[@DonBJ21]

Loved Sixers since Dr J. But never gave A.I. or Barkley or Stackhouse a true side kick. Lakers & CELTICS were STACKD

[@jesuscarbonell3566]

The greatest playmaker and the greatest poward forward.Barkley should have joined the Lakers in 1991,Scott and Worthy were plague with injuries and Magic was starting to decline to slow down .But because he was still the premier playmaker ,Magic and Barkley playing together could have won at least two championships.Barkley would have energized a declining Laker team,he would have elongated Magic career and Charles would have won a well deserved rings.I have Barkley as the greatest power foward,not only csn he played in the post he could get up and run a fastbreak as well as efficiently pass the ball unlike Tim Duncan.But he went to Phoneix,a very good team but not the Lakers.Imagine if Jordan didn't have Paxon and Pippen,he would still be a great player on a subpar team.

[@biffalobull2335]

Charles was in shape

[@rahulbosebose1]

Magic had a good 3 pt shot plus was at his best running fast break. I think he would have been evev better if he played in todays NBA.

[@shirle7343]

4:58;5:12 "I can, finger role"

[@hugefan-tb8ou]

Lakers even without Kareem ended up the regular season with 64 wins in 1990.

[@obatron1]

Magic cooking the Sixers guards.

[@sirmirelbey1184]

7'7 about 130 pounds! Lmao Chick was no joke! RIP Chicky

[@afg229]

Manut Bol was so tall holy shit

[@mmarlkraig30]

Barkley had the points, Magic had points plus assists

[@expergisci]

Barkley had the points... rebounds, blocks, assists, power, speed, strength, shooting, etc.

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

And Barkley lost the game. In the end, it doesn't matter if the guy overstuff any kind of stat if he is unable to lead his team to victory.

[@andreaspapadakis2602]

@@RRRRRRRRR33 these sixers are like todays lakers..charles had literally nothing..charles was not stat padding either meaning his stats could get 15 percent bloated easily if he did..in todays league he would have 10 pnts average only from coast to coast dunking..definetely the most dominant pf ever..go check his games against kemp a 6.10 freak of nature..charles had him for breakfast..i really like shawn as well but charles was an extreme case of unstoppable..

[@franknberry6397]

@@RRRRRRRRR33 That might be the dumbest thing I've re ever read. Barkley was practically all the Sixers had.

[@yehor_ivanov]

what's actually great here as well about Barkley is how clean almost all his shots are) and his vision (almost always), too: so many times the man was completely in the right place at the right moment, damn the strength and overwhelming quickness, in addition and, surely, the character) all props to Magic also, no cap. impeccable passes, freaky vision, all-around plays)

[@cflo1386]

That's alright, that's alright!!!

[@werkinprogress5267]

Magic carried the ball when he crossed over

[@mcbrideradio100]

Every point guard in the NBA since the 1970s has carried the ball when crossing over (if you're reading the 1950 rule book). He didn't know or announce that he had HIV until almost a year later. Better check his numbers from the '90-'91 season. He was still the best point guard in the game.

[@enriquemanuelmunoz6677]

Barkley the best

[@cdgates1]

Barkley only got 3 career wins against Magic

[@TheManOfTheHourEveryHour]

I'll take Barkley over Bron any day.

[@howong8561]

Magic fakes not only the opponents but also the spectators.

[@SeecretWeapon]

Barkley and Jason Kidd, same height Think about that

[@mikjord]

Barkley is a little taller. Jason Kidd is 1 inch shorter.

[@IndianaSmallmouth]

Chuck wasn't undersized. That's a popular myth. He had the Wingspan of much taller players at 7'+ plus those broad shoulders. He outreached and outjumped, used his wide body. His physical aspects were an ADVANTAGE. His height hardly mattered when he had a near 40" vertical to add to those super long arms.

[@SeecretWeapon]

@@IndianaSmallmouth how tall again?

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

I love these oldschool highlights that exposes how weak the defense was sometimes. People act like every team in the 80's are the Pistons, all teams in the 90's are the nicks, etc.. Not even close, the 1v1 heavy bball with superstars taking advantage, this was perpetrated through both decades, ocasional good defensive teams and so on.. Just like every other decade in the NBA.

[@stephcurrytheg.o.a.t]

Rafael Teles bro keep speaking these facts. The 2000s and 2010s defense way better, than 90s defense

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

@Joel Villarreal Physicality works both ways, a superstar can initiate contact and have the benefit of the doubt all the time. The star protection started with Jordan. Also, if the player is stronger, faster or more skilled, to smack them makes no difference. Now, if you use 2 or more defenders to trap the superstar, that at least have some minimum impact, it can bother them a little bit (like the pistons and sonics playing phantom zones against jordan and olajuwon respectively). In 1v1, the offensive player will always have the advantage considering modern basketball rules (mid 70's and so on), with the advent of star protection, the advantage got even wider.

[@rafikz77]

Facts 80s and 90s defenses were actually terrible

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

@@rafikz77 Naah, they were not really terrible, just different. If playmakers takes advantage nowadays, back in the 80s and 90s it was all about the 1v1. The ideal rule set is from the early 00s, mixing the physicality of the 90s with free zones, in this scenario only the best of the best would have impactful games, a player like Trae Young would never average 25pts per game if the NBA allowed real basketball

[@jaysantos11]

charles was not a passer by any stretch of the imagination. so chick hearn was even close calling him the most complete player in the league

[@randybutler1697]

I love Barkley, but he does not want to admit he's not on Magic's level....he figures he's with Magic and Bird and Jordan is alone....Team play....magic is the GOAT!! And-one player...Jordan is the GOAT!!

[@ComicBookKing]

no hate to players back in the day but only a handfull of players from back then could make it in the league now. The greats like magic, MJ, etc

[@Riles3152]

Most of the players from back in the day, were way smarter when it came to knowing how to play the game. They knew what they could and couldn’t do. And their skills were better as well. Today’s player may be more athletically gifted and talented, (although MJ and Dominique were two of the most athletically gifted players of all time in any era) but I would wander how a guy like Steph Curry and Kevin Durant would have fared in the MUCH more physical era of the late 80’s and early 90’s. There are certain players throughout NBA history who would’ve been great in any era and other players whose greatness was perhaps greatly benefited by the rules that were in place at that point in time. I think Durrant would’ve been great in any era but Curry possibly would have had a harder time because of the physical play, and if we’re going before the 80’s, he wouldn’t have been anywhere near as dangerous because of no 3 point line.

[@mamster233]

Did Magic have aids at this point? His body weight looks really low???

[@benjaminan1183]

No

[@yoursportsnow9729]

This was early in his career so he was young that's why he looks lean. He doesn't have Aids and never has, anyone that has Aids is sure to die within a year if not months. He has HIV which anyone can live a full life with if you take care of yourself and he is rich and has been taking the best medicines for 30 years so I doubt the virus even still shows up on a test for him.

[@airkuna]

I didn't know that magic,barkley worthy were so good...