The 10 Biggest Playoff Chokers IN NBA HISTORY

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[@Westbrook__]

Sage was literally caping and selected which melo years were gonna count and still came up with 43% this is crazy LMFAO

[@cosanostra132]

He literally said im finna cape 😂😂

[@habibi1195]

Sage made the best argument against melo on accident 😂

[@Visual_Ghoul]

Billups carried melo

[@ThisDude234]

That shit killed me 😂😂😂

[@sulwhale3171]

@@Visual_Ghoul and didn’t face Lakers or spurs in the first round

[@sethcherry1527]

“Averages to 43%”-💀

[@emmanuelmondesir]

« that shit went up by 2. What was blud cooking? » 😂😂😂

[@bradentucker4854]

BSOLZ laughter was funny as fuck

[@johnny4830]

@@bradentucker4854bro you lame asf

[@B4dafam]

@@bradentucker4854 I couldn't stop rewinding the laugh

[@BobothyThe1st]

Which sounds not the best 😭

[@anthonynorman7545]

In David Robinson's defense, what center wasn't getting worked by Hakeem?

[@Remi0dd6]

I mean there's a reason why nobody roasts Huston for getting Hakeem over Jordan

[@anthonynorman7545]

@@Remi0dd6 💯

[@ikhoonyejelem2967]

Literally no one, dude outplayed every center in the 80s and 90s

[@paquinraino8180]

Not just Hakeem he was getting worked by Barkley and Malone (who is himself in the top) too

[@tonyis_lit1137]

@@paquinraino8180Malone is a regular season merchant and Barkley is a bully ball merchant Hakeem couldn’t stop those two for those sole reason.

[@AAwesome22]

Sage cooking with Melo's fg% at 2:19 was peak comedy 😭😭😭

[@merchuegrandmasterthortono8159]

I'm a Sixers fan and the first thing that came into my head was Kawhi's shot

[@kevwth]

pause

[@taylertroutt1327]

After this year, I think I can finally watch that shot. I've given up on this era of Sixers. Process over.

[@actioninmyphannypack]

“Blowing” a 3-2 lead against the Spurs with Duncan, Parker, and Ginobli, while playing for the New Orleans Hornets is understandable

[@MegaKhalid121]

Thank you lol. The Hornets and the Spurs had damn near the same record that year. The Spurs had the best player on the court

[@Bigedub101]

​@@MegaKhalid121exactly that isnt a blown lead and hate people say that like Spurs wasnf just the NBA CHAMPIONS and a dynasty and Hornets had all kinds of drama and young

[@jimsouch8632]

Latrell Sprewell shows up first since he actually choked his coach back in Golden State (P.J Carlesimo) in practice and got suspended for 60 something games the folllowing year.

[@ethanbaileylol2283]

i want this mf on my team in NBA trivia

[@DemiDarkoYT]

As a CP3 fan lemme just go ahead and brace myself 😂😂

[@goatpower321]

Oh… don’t worry. I’m a TMac and Harden fan. We’re in this one together

[@MortanAMrk]

Rockets fan moment

[@kohsmoger1567]

Well hes on my warriors now. Hopefully he can help us or we can help him win a chip

[@officialcapone4848]

Tough being fans of players that don’t do good in the playoffs (harden fan talking) 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@nightvibes6760]

How do you feel about CP3 joining warriors

[@Bilaldane]

That Melo Sage segment killed me 🤣🤣🤣

[@ajgreene5677]

You guys missed his whole point about Chris Paul. It’s just one of things that you can narrow down to a specific stat, but if watch that series all the way through you can tell he’s choking

[@ethanbaileylol2283]

the eye test for sure said he was barely hanging on

[@MegaKhalid121]

Which series are you talking about?

[@theinktician]

the one from last season was historical. He turned into a completely different player once game 4 started

[@manz7860]

2021 against the bucks was just sad. Can't be the shortest, oldest and slowest guy on the court and think teams aren't gonna go at you. The bucks targeted cp3 relentlessly. Cp3 ego was too big to sub himself out.

[@drcheesepuff3805]

@@manz7860huh?😭so it’s CP3s fault that the coach didn’t sub him out? It’s on Monty to make those adjustments because he did so during the finals when he subbed dbook out of the 4th quarter

[@TheProswagonist]

I can't even hold Solz for the first defining moment for Embrid to think of was Kawai's shot. It was the EXACT same for me. 😂

[@ajgreene5677]

Losing after being up 3-2 is still pretty bad. If you were supposed to win the series, 2 chances to win the last game should definitely be enough

[@ewanmcgregorofficial3641]

I’d say it’s only really bad if you really shit the bed, like your star missing a big shot or bad turnovers in the clutch. Normally I’d call a choke blowing a lead of 2 or 3

[@Kiok-k9j]

@@ewanmcgregorofficial3641 no one has ever choked a 3 game lead

[@ewanmcgregorofficial3641]

@@Kiok-k9j they have in other sports, it’s happened a few times in the nhl

[@MegaKhalid121]

I have never heard the term ‘blown a 3-2 lead’ used on anyone but CP3 even though we’ve seen it happen before and after he did it

[@theinktician]

@@MegaKhalid121 you heard it for Harden. But it was the same team so i guess that prob doesnt matter

[@naoikeda9472]

Also, I think you can kind of argue Kyrie into honorable mention. Bro always gets injured, and tends to choke when he is the first option (2019 vs bucks), or just chokes (2022 vs Celtics).

[@Sam-oe4dt]

Having one of the most clutch shots in nba history cancels out anything tbh

[@Michael-zp7mm]

@@Sam-oe4dtthat was 7 years ago

[@VictorVonson]

@@Michael-zp7mm so was the 73-9 warriors but people still bring that shit up to prop Lebron.

[@manz7860]

Na

[@Michael-zp7mm]

@@VictorVonson Lebron went to the finals in 2018, won a ring in 2020 and went to the west finals as the seventh seed?

[@lazzi2462]

T-Mac was my favorite player growing up, but he should definitely be on that list. I mean all of those guys on that list made it much further than he ever has. He was arguably the best player in the NBA & the best SG at some point, yet he has never made it out of the 1st round, that's pretty crazy & sad when you think about it. Me being such a huge fan of his & watching his career very closely, watching those playoffs series during his Houston days against the Mavs & Jazz twice, he choked a lot in all 3 series, with huge key turnovers or missed shots. I loved that dude growing up, but he just didn't have that "It" factor. He wasn't HIM in the playoffs, that's why the only thing people talk about when they bring him up is his 13pts 33 seconds as if that's his biggest & only accomplishment. Just a record in a regular season game. T-Mac was super talented, but didn't have that drive & mentality that Kobe always had, he's even admitted to not trying hard & not giving it his all at times.

[@MEGARAYMANable]

to be fair, external circumstances (Grant Hill) killed his time in Orlando, and Houston well unfortunately his and Yao's body betrayed them. it also sucks that he left the Magic right before they got Dwight

[@gurhhjde2937]

​@@MEGARAYMANablesure he was injury riddled but even in his healthy years Tmac underperformed in the playoffs. Blew a 3 1 series lead to the pistons, shot below 40 percent against Utah, shot 20 percent from 3 the year after. In fact after Tmac got hurt in 09 the rockets made it out of the first round and pushed the Lakers to 7 games with Yao missing 4 games in that series as well.

[@lazzi2462]

​@MEGARAYMANable Man, I've always wondered what Dwight & T-Mac would've been like. I think it's possible that Dwight would've made the Finals a little sooner if T-Mac had stayed. T-Mac still had a good 3 years left when he left Orlando.

[@jjjaydog719]

@@lazzi2462 yeah but the you have to wonder if dwight still develops into what he became if you have the constant pressure of tracy on the roster.

[@yahiaali4059]

I actually don’t think tmac is hall of famer a few all star games never made it out the first round ? At this point will Bradley Beal make it lol

[@naoikeda9472]

I was surprised you didn’t mention Playoff P. “WAY OFF, HITS THE SIDE OF THE BACKBOARD”

[@udithsethu552]

PG was crazy in the playoffs years and he was really good in 2021 took the clippers to WCF without Kawhi

[@alxx292]

Cringe take lil bro

[@duck0023]

wtf u on about pg was him in playoffs

[@naoikeda9472]

@@duck0023 his okc days? His 2019 playoffs? Losing to rookie D-Mitch? Losing to Dame in 5? Blowing 3-1 lead in the 2nd round?

[@redlion45]

​@@duck0023 not since he was on the Pacers. Now he's Wayoff P

[@AKelly_102]

Chris Paul is definitely a top 10 choker he has lost 6 game 7’s in a row

[@AKelly_102]

NBA record btw

[@mixedalfro9372]

The Kawhi shot was the only thing that pop in my head to 🤣🤣

[@ahmedelarbi1025]

they gotta be choking because their offense isn't their defence

[@brome42]

they choke because they dont average a triple double

[@Anthony01538]

Chris Paul has only ever really choked a few times His TEAMS have just blown a few leads LOW has a great video breaking it all down

[@j.27-d6o]

I be telling ppl this man elevates in the offs

[@saucyca1821]

He elevates in the playoffs, but not being available in a lot of the biggest games of his career has to count for something

[@canadadry4609]

Nah. You're the point guard. You gotta set your guys up. His CHOKING in 2014 mentally scarred his teammates (according to their own words) and then 2015 happened against houston. 2017 he crapped the bed in game 7. 2019 choked against a kd less warriors. 2022 wasnt a choke? Stop it. His fanboys need to accept his reality. His stats were fine overall but in big MOMENTS he always let his team down. Finals included.

[@j.27-d6o]

@@canadadry4609 bruh 2014 got no excuse but 2015 was cp supposed to solo the entire rockets bench on that run they had?😂 I can't remember 2019 and 2017 off the top but 2022? Really bro?😂 a 38 year old 6'0 point guard shouldn't have even been a 2nd option on a championship team

[@canadadry4609]

@@j.27-d6o Again, 2014 GRANDFATHERED the clippers choking. It was never a thing before that. After that all his teammates and himself would get nervous. His own teammates said they were never the same after that 2014 chokejob. Thats extra pointa for cp3s reputation there that people just overlook...And he was on the floor as they choked that big lead. How is he not responsible as the pg? 2019 was when kd got hurt and everyone expected the rockets to win and cp3 played like dookie and choked. Again. 2022 shouldn't count when you lose by 100 at home? When you score like 1 bucket in the first 3 quarters and in the 4th you grossly score 8 meaningless points before sitting the rest of the game just so he could score double digits? The whole meme of "chris paul takes a three...bang! The suns cut the lead down to 70!". He was the embodiment of it that game. Most 3-1 leada choked by a player ever by a WIDE margin...Stop it. Ya'll give that man TOO MANY passes.

[@brisioso]

Does Solz see KD when he sleeps or smthn? I swear this man will find a way to bring him into any conversation no matter the topic

[@killersnipe23]

The Fact that he compared Russ chokin in the playoffs is the same tier has KD is REALLY NASTY AND DISGUSTED 😭‼️🤮🤮🤮 These couple years, Kd might not been as efficient as he use to be, but he will give u 25+. But Russ 😂😂 he will give u 7 points on 14% field goal🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ Btw, Russ lost to a rookie with a big 3 on is own jas never happened to Kd‼️

[@DoubleR___]

Thanks

[@DoubleR___]

I did not mean to do that. Light 2 dollars down

[@ArcticTyrion]

the fact that he has wilt #4 playoff choker all time and still had him the best player of the 60s in his other video makes no sense and shows his bias against all time great players who happened to have good teams, that they had the most impact on.

[@colombianthing3343]

Because he was the best player in that era

[@flu3b93]

Wilt is in the list because he was the best player of the era. He should have won more.

[@sadtwolvesfan]

It's crazy how one run can completely change a player's perception, like Dirk was a notorious choker until 2011 after which he immediately became a "top 10 most clutch" player

[@Christopher._M]

The thing is he never deserved the choker label. They did him dirty just because of that 2007 year

[@meechriney]

Westbrook has never really been in enough opportunities to choke. In OKC Russ was second to Durant and he was really only the guy for like two years after he left and even then he wasn’t really expected to win anything.

[@thetruth4654]

Westbrook was second to Durant, but Westbrook`s shot selection and poor decision making made OKC loose a lot of games due to Westbrook becoming a bricklayer and turnover machine when it matters. I blame KD for joining the GSW, but not for leaving Westbrook

[@meechriney]

True but his play didn’t decline in the playoffs much. He had these issues in the regular season as well.

[@MegaKhalid121]

He was expected to win in the first round in 2018 and 2019

[@meechriney]

@@MegaKhalid121 they were the 6th seed in 2018 with Carmelo who was on his way out the league and Paul George choked. I will give you 2019 though but he was also playing with Harden so that takes some of the spotlight away from him.

[@MegaKhalid121]

@@meechrineyunfortunately they were the 4th seed in 2018 when they played the Jazz. I think you got 2018 and 2019 mixed up cuz they were the 6th seed in 2019

[@christianjohnson2918]

I initially subscribed for the Barry reactions! I stayed because Solz and Sage are funny af together 😂

[@terrancebaker3211]

The Latrell sprewell inclusion went over y’all head 🤣

[@shanaandshawn]

I don’t think so all was hearing Barry when he said how consistently Karl Malone choked. Choking for damn near two decades is absolutely wild behavior and is 100% worse than Harden

[@EdSmith313]

Sage tried to cape for Melo and pulled a Baba Booey 😂

[@thebobbymft5805]

Coming from a Celtics fan calling Giannis a choker is wildly hilarious

[@ILOV3BUTT3R]

I think y'all arent realizing how bad Malone's drop offs in the playoffs were. This was a multiple mvp winner who was expected to win each year from 96 to 99 and each time not only did his free throw problems sell the series but he became a liability with turnovers

[@kierancusack7774]

yeah the chris paul one makes sense because the team that wins game 5 has n 80% chance of winning the series

[@rebirthreaction883]

I’ve heard that if it wasn’t for Chris Paul that number would be 90%+

[@Kobejordan23248..]

Solz take about kd is crazy if he’s serious about it. Kd has the 4th highest playoff ppg of all time and 4th highest finals ppg of all time on 48 percent shooting that is not a choker.

[@xavierd.1668]

Yknow how Solz feels about Kevin Wayne. It’s gotta be a troll fr

[@akshyadulal1455]

I think the problem people have with Kd is that if you take his pre GSW and post GSW stint,he has never come close to hitting those numbers and the numbers you mentioned are padded by him playing with two great Shooters in Steph and Klay getting single coverage,well you get the gist.

[@Kobejordan23248..]

@@xavierd.1668 yeah probably just messing he do be trolling wayne too much

[@Kobejordan23248..]

@@akshyadulal1455 nah okc days kd still averaged a respectable 28.4 in his first 6 years. Bron averaged like 28.6 first 6 years so still not a choker

[@Kobejordan23248..]

@@akshyadulal1455 and post golden state 3 years he’s averaging about 29.6. Not to mention his highest scoring post season performance was with the nets at 34.3. Higher than Lebron highest playoff average

[@easy.kbreezy2221]

“the kawhi shot came first into my head” AYOOOOOO???

[@ognjengaric2687]

Me too, can't lie🤣

[@astashasta1]

7:30 ya same thing happened to me. Kawhis shot is embiids greatest playoff moment

[@rollingpaper-x2u]

Nah, him crying a river walking into the locker room was embiids greatest playoff moment

[@kyahwallace1706]

Bro hearing bsoulz laugh like that made me laugh man I love y’all’s content

[@Antreand]

Sage with the clutch play to put 41% to 43%💀

[@akiokohler2324]

"That shit went up two" is crazyyyy 🤣🤣🤣

[@From_Here_To_Here]

I agree this new narrative of guys blowing a "3-2" lead is still head scratching to me.

[@dazgordon-hill2660]

Do YOU KNOW what a LEAD is?!?!

[@goldenstatewarriors9418]

The caliber of player someone is in the regular season vs the Playoffs matters a lot too. If you look at Malone’s regular season numbers and accolades you’d think he was one of the 10 if not 7 best players ever to play. But because of how vastly he underachieved in the Playoffs, he’s not thought of anywhere near that level. Also KD has the highest Game 7 scoring average in NBA history lol. He’s nowhere near the top 10 chokers. Also what are Russ’s moments that are consistently worse than CP3 in the Playoffs?

[@MrSlashblade]

Wilt “dropping” down was still the best scorer in the league. If you go from beating everyone by a mile to beating everyone by an inch you still beat everyone.

[@SlippyNips412]

But he didn't beat everyone that's the problem. He dropped dramatically and lost way more often than he won. And quit a few times too

[@MrSlashblade]

@@SlippyNips412 actually he only really lost to Boston at his prime. And everyone lost to Boston. LA had two guys avg more then 30 in a series and they still lost. You look at wilt before LA, He beat everybody else but Boston except for Syracuse once. I’m not gonna hold him to a standard that very few people figured out, and nobody figured out more then once

[@SlippyNips412]

@MrSlashblade he lost to Boston everytime except once. He was supposed to be the best player anybody ever seen that standard he was held to was more than fair. And time after time he failed and Bill Russell came out on top. Still an all time great but major major blemishes come post season time his whole career

[@thebeesknees6896]

@@MrSlashbladeso it shouldnt matter that lebron was getting fucked in the finals by golden state?

[@MrSlashblade]

@@SlippyNips412 okay and nobody beat Boston more then once, he might be more talented then West and Baylor separate but clearly not combined so no it’s still not fair. Just imagine if Jordan best player remained Oakley and always faced a 86 like Celtics team over and over. It just doesn’t make sense when he couldn’t beat the team that everybody couldn’t beat.

[@nov11794]

The Kevin Durant hate is crazy.

[@MoronicShiznit]

The hoops sage has to dive through to defend his favorite players are crazy 😂

[@lukacalov1988]

I dont like when Barry uses PPG decrease in playoffs as an argument Cuz majority of the times its gonna happen You are playing better teams and refs are allowing harder play

[@justc1re617]

If you take the 3 year stretch KD was on the warriors away then you could argue it. But then again those years happened so

[@lunz4880]

I ain’t had a hug since kindergarten

[@Coreyy12]

Idk maybe it’s just me but using shooting percentages decreasing is my main pet peeve for calling someone bad in the playoffs. Like yeah, they didn’t shoot 53% for an entire playoff run when they play the same team for two weeks when they can constantly scheme and gameplan on how to specifically slow you down as your team’s number one option. Not to mention how many times do you face teams with worse defense the further you get in the playoffs? The teams who advance are usually top 10 in defense or have the requisite skills on defense to slow down their opponents. Decreasing by like 4-5% isn’t the best but it ain’t like they going 2/25 every game

[@anthonynorman7545]

Yeah, him putting David Robinson and critiquing The Admiral for having inefficient games against HAKEEM is crazy.

[@albericponcedeleon2696]

You're right. Changes in shooting splits from regular season to playoffs really need some additional context to know if they mean anything. Maybe something like the median change and/or the bottom quartile among playoff participants. One could be extra granular and use mpg or games started to filter for high impact players. Or some other criteria that selects players that have similar roles within their teams.

[@Recurses]

​@anthonynorman7545 no it's not he was fucking awful

[@TheInferno0099]

​@anthonynorman7545 exactly of course David's percentage is higher in the regular season than the playoffs is because he didn't have to play Hakeem 7 straight times this goes for every player they are most likely playing the best defenders in the league every night compared to the regular season where you don't play the top guys as often

[@KaseyC.]

But then there's the all time greats who don't have those kinda dropoffs. Like, Steph drops 2.2% on his career, LeBron and Jordan both drop 1%, Kobe actually goes up, although it's only .1%, Bill Russell isn't even known for his offense and he drops by just 1%, Shaq drops 2%, Tim Duncan by .5%, etc., so to think about guys who were arguably on their level when you compare regular season numbers, for the all time greats to have these slight dropoffs then guys who start dropping by 4-5%, it's not hard to say "yeah, Karl Malone should be top 15 all time, if he didn't drop by 5% from the field come playoffs"

[@cozzyono]

But seriously when did we start tracking 2-0 to 2-1 lead losses?

[@Okieant]

Calling Patrick Ewing a choker is massive disrespect. Ewing was trying to get a ring with John Starks as his #2. He carried our carcasses to the damn Finals and were a finger away from winning that Finals. This dude is wildin

[@Bigedub101]

He choked and got outplayed by 1994 Hakeem

[@SwiftViper]

Sage had the cape on today

[@Asap750]

It slipped a choke because you lost 2 games straight while you needed to win 1

[@urbaindelva7869]

But we see that happen often, though, so it's at the point where it's not that big of a deal. A 3-1 or 3-0 lead, though? Those leads are rarely blown.

[@eduardohomrichgarcia5120]

Embiid retired Danny Green after fallin on his knee, no cap. Dude a 7 footer with 300 lbs just casually falling on a paint full of players.

[@yuwasrevenge78]

No tmac or russ but cp3 on there. I don’t get it. At least demar got on here. He’s one of the worst playoff droppers of all time, hasn’t had a single good moment except that one game vs the bucks which was his best playoff game ever

[@gmdwill]

The blown leads is just criticizing teams for the order in which they lost their games Edit: I said something about Julius Randle not knowing he was basically playing injured in the last playoff series

[@victorampo1137]

Which is valid. Not all losses are equal

[@urbaindelva7869]

I'm confused by this. Elaborate?

[@alexgrissom3513]

@@urbaindelva7869say 2 different series go to 7 games. Team A wins game 1, Team B wins games 2 and 3, then they trade off and Team B wins the series. Now a second series: Team A and B trade wins games 1-4, Team A wins game 5, then Team B wins games 6 and 7. In both scenarios Team A lost in 7 and Team B won 2 games in a row somewhere in the series, but the narrative difference is that in scenario 2 Team A “blew a 3-2 lead”, while they didn’t have the opportunity to blow said lead in scenario 1. Hope that makes sense

[@gmdwill]

@@urbaindelva7869Basically whether they blow a 3-1 or a 3-2 lead, or a 2-1 lead (assuming the leading team wins one more game), they still lose in 7 games. The only difference is the order they lose their four games.

[@skinnymelo]

Randle had to get surgery the moment they got eliminated. Please dead the idea of him “choking” when the guy is playing with no ankles on either foot. Only other time he’s made the playoffs (where he performed bad) was his playoff debut where his spacing consisted of Elfrid Payton, Reggie Bullock, RJ Barrett, and Taj Gibson. Please bffr.

[@GoldMoufP]

Kawhi shot just came on my head is KRAZY 😂😂😂😂😂 WTF

[@wumbotails]

The best playoff moment of Joel Embiid's career: John Collins dunking on him and putting him on a shirt

[@jjjaydog719]

The only defense ill give Patrick Ewing is I play pickup with guys who are better perimeter shot makers than some of the guys he played with in new york. That being said he did force A LOT of bad shot and settled way to much for post up jumpers at times.

[@Justinn3923]

2:19 SOLZ got a WHOLESOME contagious laugh man

[@anthonybrilhante2580]

Sage was bout high as shit😭😭😭

[@Albert17k]

Jason Tatum should be there honestly 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 JT Choke Artist 🎨

[@kingkruseeditz2368]

WE NEED MELO BAG REVIEW

[@kb4231]

Karl Malone isn't number 1 but like Sage said he hates Jordan so yeah.

[@kingtrell44]

17/19 playoffs, 3 finals and not a single ring and the drop offs. Number 1 was right

[@dustinjones1346]

As much of a lebron stan as Barry is, I'm surprised he didn't find a way to call steph and mj chokers

[@Zythroxes]

Uh he's just honest with his opinion he doesn't hate on other players just to hate

[@urbaindelva7869]

Steph literally had one series in his playoff career in which he choked (2016 Finals), and MJ basically had almost none. That's why they're not on the list. The list is based on players that ROUTINELY choke and/or underperform.

[@dustinjones1346]

@@Zythroxes well he constantly brings up kd joining the warriors and ruining the nba and uses kd to discredit 2 of stephs rings. While simultaneously refusing to acknowledge that lebron did it first in miami. Kd ruined stephs legacy but wade and bosh and one of the deepest benches in history didn't so much as blemish lebrons sooo....

[@userunknown1578]

​​​​@@dustinjones1346Bron joining the Heat ruined the NBA and hurt LeBron's legacy... Add on his 2011 Finals(the biggest choke-job by a top player in NBA history), and he's out of any real consideration for GOAT.

[@footyroll8678]

cause the leageu was still competitive. there were teams to challenge the heat. bron just made even playing field. warriors without kd itsefl was the best team in the league. There was only 1 winner there@@dustinjones1346

[@drakevick1646]

I THOUGHT OF THE KAWHI SHOT, TOO! Lmao

[@majindeez18]

Chris paul is in the top 5 for his position arguably and is called "point god" and can be seen as the direct reason for thr loss in a lot of cases, not just on the team. I think that distance is why

[@JLMilly]

There are two type of nba fans, fans that like to watch basketball and people who like to argue.

[@theinktician]

Christopher Paul solidified his top 10 status last year when he randomly "got old" in the middle of the series. We've never seen that level of drop-off -- of PROLONGED drop-off in the playoffs. We thought he was retiring after that

[@theinktician]

Mavs-Suns series

[@josecurveo]

Solz and sage so mad russ ain’t on this lists😂😂😂😂cry more

[@jamiesantos6935]

Sage....you're not winning this Melo debate bro lol

[@canadadry4609]

How dont you guys see the cp3 argument? His stats may have been fine overall but in big moments he consistently came up small. 2014. 2015. 2019. 2022. All choke jobs. Most blown 3-1 leads as a player...Those are 4 examples that are insane for a top tier point guard... he absolutely belongs on this list. Probably even higher. You dont get that from just checking his career stats season to playoffs...

[@MegaKhalid121]

Most blown 3-1 leads as a player? He only did it once. I’ll give you 2014 and 2022 even though this old cp3. 2015 he was playing on one leg and if you actually WATCHED the series he played well in game 6 and 7 his team just let him down. And in 2019 he was clearly not the same he was hurt the whole year

[@hassanromulus1476]

The same way Joel is known as 2nd round, CP3 being that up until 2018 being the best player on so many great teams he’s to me definitely top 10

[@rollingpaper-x2u]

Emflop he flopped so many times falling over lmao 🤣

[@drawkcab9731]

You all caping hard af for CP3 is weird. Dude is the known playoff choker of our generation

[@mkaybreezy1680]

That big guy sound like a cartoon chatacter😂

[@theinktician]

I think the reason malone is 1 over Harden because shooting 42FG% in multiple playoffs as a big is insane. But I think it's still Harden cause double digit TOs in multiple playoff performances, sometimes in elimination games? nah James Harden is #1, even though he DOES have a season or two where he raised his efficiency

[@ActualSportsFan]

CP3 100% deserves to be on this list

[@ChrisIchiban]

7:35 Kawhi shot for me too SOLZ 😂😂

[@KingD-Trix]

I recon in a few years Tatum and Brown are gonna be on this list.

[@BuckFieri]

Sage argued himself into a corner

[@sadoubarry7150]

I get yall don’t like embiid but he def has moments. Game winner vs toronto, coming back from a face injury to bring the sixers back from 2-0 to 2-2 against the heat. 33 pts and 4 blks game 5 this year. Played great vs the nets 2019, averaged 30 pts 12 rebs against the celtics 2020 but ben was out. 30 pts 13 rebs vs the hawks. Not much of an efficiency drop either.

[@rollingpaper-x2u]

When it comes down to go big or go home embiid chokes hard he choked against Boston last year bad he choked against the hawks he had like 8 turnovers in game 7 he probably gave the hawks like 12 points just off his 8 turnovers and choked in game 7 vs the raptors only had 21 on 6/18 shooting Bricking all game then cried a river you don't see jokic the real mvp choking like that

[@datutahiir8762]

3-2 lead is a choke. Why? Because the leading team only needs to win ONE more game as opposed to playing another one should they lose their leading chance to close the series.

[@dazgordon-hill2660]

ESPECIALLY if G6 is AT HOME!!! Because you've just BLOWN "Home court advantage"...

[@Bigedub101]

Naw thats not a blown lead unless u highly favored

[@londonedwards8605]

B Solz I for sure thought of the Kawhi shot first

[@nathanprempeh4706]

Biggest Playoff GAWK GAWK in NBA History

[@blackcurlmagicgrey-sloan8640]

JAMES IS EASILY NUMBER ONE TO ME

[@tc-channelhobby4051]

"Melo never had the proper roster around him facts", Chauncey Billups, Amar'e Stoudemire, and many more good role players would like to disagree. In fact, Jeremy Lin literally lead a great record with said roster that he had when he was in the knicks.

[@angolanguy]

2:27 But nah fr what was blud cookin😭😭🤚

[@Princecharisma111]

Ewing literally just eastern conference Robinson

[@g.o.a.tjames8861]

I don't think y'all know how HORRIFIC a 10%FG drop is for Malone‼️

[@Bigedub101]

Exactly these guys young, Malone would have 5 or so scoring titled if Jordan didnt exist and highly efficient in regular season . MALONE had lots of bad Turnovers ... And like he said he made playoffs every year

[@SpeedFoe]

CP3 Big Choker…!💯

[@faustinoramos-n7b]

B Solz that beanie fuego

[@moc_fitt]

YES SOMEONE HAS TO WIN. if u up 3-2 all these damn times n cant get it done thats fkn choking. if that was melo with those teammates n scenarios yall woulda killed him WAY WAY more. i dont get what yall be talkin about sometimes honest to god. im REALLY MISSIN' how melo is over david robinson AND chris paul. Also "he woulda went crazy today"(cweb) as the man jus told yall his shit dropped damn near every playoffs and he showing u all these misses. Oh so bc its today he just gone start making shots.. man yall be wild'n

[@GhostM675]

This is my point a lot of time when I’m caping for Melo as well. He’s had the least amount of help between anyone on this list outside of 09, and when he had comparable help he went to the WCF. It just so happened he went up against the arguable goat in Kobe and those Laker teams. Melo never once in his prime ever had a guy that can also got create their own bucket or to take pressure off him come playoff time but yet he’s a choker 🙄

[@dazgordon-hill2660]

Cap and Capeing

[@connerwittig9288]

I got love for both of y’all but BSolz I know we would be friends if we knew each other. Y’all keep up the great work.

[@rapgodreloaded9259]

Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and others should've made this list.

[@userunknown1578]

Jordan a choker? LOL! Even the seasons when the Bulls lost in the playoffs, Jordan was playing at a whole different level... Averaged 39 ppg vs the Celtics, was "held" to 30 ppg vs the Bad Boys. Jordan showed up.

[@CIavis]

I honestly don't think Harden choked in 2015-2019 (against the Warriors specifically). I think it was more bad circumstance than anything. CP3 pulls his hamstring while their up 3-2 and they go on to miss 27 straight 3 pointers. In 2015, I know he had a 14 point elimination game but he had 45 points the game before and was trying to solo squad the Warriors. In 2016, he was in the same situation as 2015 and he got bounced in 5 again and dropped an efficient 35 in the closeout. His best showing against the Warriors was 2019 averaging an efficient 35/7/5 and just lost simply because Paul took a step back from the year before. I guess you can count 2019 as a choke if you believe KD was the "end all be all" of that Warriors squad even though that year should've shown you that they were still an amazing team with or without KD because they made the finals without him.

[@goldenstatewarriors9418]

What about 2017? The Spurs are already missing Parker and Kawhi goes down in Game 5. He gets his shot blocked by Ginobili in Game 5, and then at home against a Spurs team without their 2 best players, puts up 10 points, 2/11, with 6 turnovers. And those stats are kind to him, as everyone including Harden fans, thought he was either point shaving or drugged that game. I’ll give him 2016 off because they were clearly outmatched, even though Curry missed most of that series, but 2015, you can’t set an NBA Playoff record for turnovers in an elimination game. And if we’re going to talk about the games where he played well and his team didn’t live up, what about when it was the other way around? Like in that Game 6 vs the Clippers where he was playing so badly they benched him for the rest of the game mid 3rd quarter, and then the infamous Josh Smith and Corey Brewer rally took place? I don’t hold that against him because they won, but I will hold against him the horrible turnovers he had in Game 6 of 2019 especially the terrible offensive foul that basically ended the game.

[@LILJAY11313]

2 chance to win 1 game is crazy yes

[@iamsheron7408]

Chris Paul just shows me as a basketball fan how hard it really is to win a nba championship

[@cb2253]

Blowing a 3-2 lead shouldn’t be a knock on someone

[@thejadurant6682]

Me personally I don't believe that Wilt was a "choker" as his losses were more due to losing via badluck and facing better teams (Celtics) yes I know he blew a 3-1 and 3-2 lead but from 1960 to 1965 he really only had 1965 to win and lost due to Hondo stealing the ball.

[@tbates2906]

Mental gymnastics aside how is blowing a 3-1 not chocking?

[@joshuaebel7096]

I mean i see where you are coming from but I do disagree because he went from someone who scored at will and averaged 40-50 pts like it was nothing to struggling to score 20-30 pts

[@klxvd9970]

The caping in this is the nastiest I ever seen

[@Ebonyleopard]

How you going to give it to Russ if you aren't giving it to Durant. When Durant left, what expectations did any of Russ's teams have to actually be successful in the playoffs? If anything he got teams over achieving than choking. You can't choke if now one is expecting you to actually do something. Chris Paul definitely deserves to be on this list , because his teams had actual championship expectations and his going down often was the catalyst to why they didn't win.