The CRAZY Origin Story Behind Marques Johnson's 'White Men Can't Jump' Character, Raymond

The character was based on Reggie Harding. Harding was selected by the Detroit Pistons as the first player drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) without having played in college. However, he battled addiction to heroin his whole career.
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[@rayrichard4665]

Reggie make Rodman and artest seem like church boys 😂😂

[@LembeckIsStaying]

Apparently! Gaaaahhhhh damn. 🤣🤣🤣

[@yourfavoritesportspodcast]

Rodman is out here befriending whole dictators and the US has done nothing to him yet. Pretty wild if you ask me.

[@melvinpruitt3907]

....This guy raped former Supremes member Florence Ballard in 1960👎🏾

[@herculesking8054]

Up until somebody split his head open.

[@rayrichard4665]

@@melvinpruitt3907 I thought that was him, he was still in high school at the time

[@aintnohalfsteffen]

“You can relate to this” 😂

[@cameronpalmer401]

😂😂😂 I mean he didn’t lie

[@Bo55edup]

Lol 😆 that was comedy gold! It went from feeling sympathetic 😔 towards Reggie situation to a complete 360 of laughing😂 at the locker room scene and throwing a jab referencing Arenas locker room incident 🤷‍♂️.

[@chuckt9630]

Hilarious! bet his ass was on the court in 2nd half lol

[@kevinlau5099]

@@cameronpalmer401 😊😊😊😊

[@blizz1004]

Gil why me lol

[@DadamnDeal]

This dude was a legend😂😂gave Wilt 30 and 20 while pimping. This dude was a walking Air Force one and not the white pair😂😂.

[@amani7724]

While pimping is crazy

[@dreday69_]

OnGod🤣

[@Curtchrisdagod]

You ain't lying bro! 🤣

[@professionaltrollkilla5965]

This man is a great story teller

[@akeemt149]

LMAO Facts!

[@bigsaleem]

"... and you can prolly relate to this..." The Marques Johnson shade is so amazingly subtle... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wunshot1633]

I’m dead

[@lrodnyc9047]

He got 'em with that one 💀

[@PrettyPearlAllDay]

AAAYYYYYYOOOOOO 🤣🤣🤣

[@upraw4lizzife]

I'm glad I caught that right away. That's was good lil shot OG.

[@GroovKing]

This killed me when he said that 😂😂😂😂

[@AkFlav]

“Nah nah, this ain’t Raymond”. One of my fav parts of the movie as a kid lol

[@yahnathantasian5152]

Yeah, tryna rob somebody that sees you regularly in a less than half ass disguise.

[@Bizness1st]

He said "Na this ain't Me"

[@brianbroussard1206]

Lol!!! Still use that line til this day 😂

[@fantominout4546]

@@Bizness1st they say Raymond in the movie...

[@poindextertunes]

“Alright $250 but now you robbin me” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jonrite813]

"All I know is I better get on the court the 2nd half" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@KingDizzleLTDinc.]

😂😂😂😂

[@MarcusDailyMedia]

"That's all I know"😂😂

[@mauriceanderson5780]

I bet his ass was on the court in the 2nd half.

[@gunplaygaming6830]

real old school detroit ninja 🥷 shit.

[@kaibalogun7974]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@byltraining]

I’m from Detroit and Reggie is still regarded as one of the 5 best high school players to come out of Detroit.

[@andreb.thomas5926]

That's absolutely correct, young man. Chao. Retired Vietnam era veteran, ex Detroiter, expatriate living in México, Colombia, etc....permanently.

[@Funreese]

Sad ending. His son Reggie Harding Jr is 6 9. Doing life in prison.

[@Riles3152]

I've read up on Reggie Harding's life. Dude was Ron Artest, Latrell Sprewell and Vernon Maxwell rolled into one.

[@mauriceanderson5780]

And Rodman.

[@Riles3152]

@@mauriceanderson5780 Nah Rodman was just super weird and played mind games with his opponents. Spree was hood while Maxwell and Artest were just not playing with a full deck up stairs.

[@kevingitonga1013]

😂😂

[@andreinybakken9252]

People still sleepin' on Allen Iverson.

[@trivone]

He said, “Gil, you can relate to this…” 😂😂

[@garya.2281]

That comment flew below the radar 🤣 😂

[@Kevinschart]

yo this is one of the best stories of all time....They need to get the movie made pronto

[@Spacesprocketz]

Lmaooo

[@lancelance4582]

Savage!

[@TheNadroj10]

That part had me dying. People didn’t really peep that part

[@elvingallard7255]

This is like a Charlie Murphy's e true Hollywood story. Reggie was crazy.

[@cnote729]

Right!!...

[@michaelmcmillan1425]

@@cnote729 DAMN!!! Reggie did a Red, from the Five Heartbeats!!! Hanging that singer off the Balcony. Lmao 😂!

[@melvinpruitt3907]

Reggie did even worse than that.He raped former Supremes member Florence Ballard in 1960.👎🏾

[@michaelmcmillan1425]

@@melvinpruitt3907 So why didn't he get charged, and PROSECUTED???

[@melvinpruitt3907]

@@michaelmcmillan1425 I don't know the answer to that.But you can Google his name and read about it yourself.

[@Cee_Armel1]

Marques Johnson has always been one of my favorite OGs to learn about. These stories are golden!

[@cornbreadmilton5265]

UCLA/Bucks Legend.

[@syrupofwahoo3059]

MJ was sooo smoooooooovvvee

[@cornbreadmilton5265]

@@syrupofwahoo3059 U gonna laugh at dis,I played Michael Jordan in a 1v1 21 blacktop game with Marques johnson on 2k22,and every time I scored,MJ would score n we both played past the 21 point mark to 50 points I almost got da W,but Jordan blocked my dunk attempt n scored the 50 point it was crazy cuz.

[@syrupofwahoo3059]

@@cornbreadmilton5265 for real Cornbread? or you talkin bout 2k video game? Cornbread Maxwell was the early prototype of Draymond Green. i did"nt like hime cuz i was a 76er fan.

[@cornbreadmilton5265]

@@syrupofwahoo3059 LOL,Video game 2k is what I'm talkin bout,plus Jamal Wilkes was in a movie called Cornbread Earl,and me.He was Cornbread.

[@SmoKeFella70804]

His voice in the movie when he says Nah Nah this ain't Raymond is etched into my memory from the first time I seen the movie😂😂😂😂💪🏿

[@damianashcraft1635]

Raymond that is you take that shishh of your head

[@PPCSI133]

“Going to my car, get my other gun….shoot everybody asses”lmaoooooo

[@dc7236]

They jumped that fence so damn fast!!! 💨💨💨💨

[@ehoffman2260]

He wasn’t playing favorites. He was gonna shoot everybody. You gotta respect that.

[@CeazeDaGod]

Never knew that character was based off a real person I have to look him up

[@runninwitdatmop152]

He is HIM

[@AtlLateNight]

If you mess with podcasts, Crime in Sports told his life story not too long ago. Great stuff.

[@4romDaSyndromTv]

@@runninwitdatmop152 who ? They said he died .

[@runninwitdatmop152]

@@4romDaSyndromTv 😂😂😂 you slow

[@4romDaSyndromTv]

@@runninwitdatmop152 mannnn 😂😂😂😭😭 Nah I thought you were talking about the guy to the left of the video saying he is Him

[@FuxwitLim]

A Reggie biopic would be awesome

[@MrCal903]

Facts!

[@phillybul215]

I said the same thing sound like a movie

[@drphot6050]

Documentary*

[@gregeverett764]

It is one called celebrity underrated

[@Tristan-vg5ed]

Lol it should be a comedy

[@ericmcmillan2831]

Marques Johnson still looks great. Shout out to the OG.

[@anthonysmith2050]

Marques Johnson and Moncrief were That Duo. The Eastern Conference was No Joke back then!!! Marques was automatic Buckets. Should've been in the HOF.

[@sfrank8687]

I agree with you 💯!!! If it wasn't for my 76ers they could have had a chip

[@anthonysmith2050]

@@sfrank8687 76ers was my team too 💪💪

[@anthonydeshaun6326]

Out of all people, for Gilbert to be the one to say that the era sounds “EXCITING” is freakin HILARIOUS!! Wtf? Lol 😆

[@waltergregg3706]

It was the way his eyes got wide when he said it, in full weirdo mode🤣

[@GillonDritz]

Lol some ppl never learn

[@lunchmoneydixon3931]

Johnson should do a outside the lines type show on players from past & present...Some people have the gift of story telling

[@georgewitt6842]

As a 16-17 year old in Indianaoplis and a Pacer fan Reggie Harding was an anti hero! I believe he had several women he considered his mother. That is a true story!!! He was the first player to be drafted without going to college! He may not have graduated from high school and they made him wait 3 or 4 years before they let him play. Tweedy Bird was the point guard from Kokomo…Jimmy something! I guess the NBA doesn’t want to acknowledge what they consider unsavory.

[@rayrichard4665]

No disrespect but was he also the guy that was accused of raping one the singers from the Supremes?

[@unclebrother6244]

I'm from the east coast, but I've been to kokomo, many times (still have friends out there). Reading your comment brought back alot of memories.

[@takk3d9]

Lol H

[@antoniocannon2586]

Indianapolis stand up

[@jazzyfour]

I thought it was Moses Malone

[@reefmulkey982]

Best movie of all time. That scene is LEGENDARY

[@randyanderson6289]

Man I Nearly died when he said.. you can relate in point at Gilbert 😅🤣😅

[@tristonwilson2221]

Mannn I thought I was the only one who caught that lol 😂

[@randyanderson6289]

@@tristonwilson2221 that Wizard bullets locker room was something 😅

[@tristonwilson2221]

@@randyanderson6289 yes it was lol

[@spenceandretti5135]

Thanks for sharing the stories, glad to see bro in good health and looks like he is in a good place in his life.

[@jomoguera2824]

When I was a kid, I thought Marcus Johnson was a god. From UCLA to the Bucks. Thanks for bringing him on

[@derrickjohnson9166]

He could be unstoppable. I cant remember him making a mistake

[@TL2354]

Marques. It’s literally in the title AND you still got it wrong after editing the comment. Doesn’t get much dumber than that

[@Built_on_a_rock]

@@TL2354 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@manyogurt4645]

5:07 Reggie was dead serious about race relations. lol

[@williebeamen9312]

“Shot him twice in the head, he was dead” Gil: that era sounds fun 🤨

[@shadrach422]

Said same thing 🤷‍♂️

[@dc7236]

This was the comment I was looking for!!! Like wth.. That was so dark

[@TheWattsSuperhero]

Marques J, one of the coolest players on Bruins squad, gave Arenas the "Gilbert" with that 357 convo!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🔫

[@mikegoalz4178]

What a wild story. But OG got a All The Smoke hoodie on and took a drink from a flask 😆

[@zeke3388]

🗣️ " Is that you Raymond " 😂😂😂... Nah no bs Marques Johnson #8 was a pure scorer

[@MrBruceWayne44]

Reggie Harding was the best Center out of Detroit next to Roy Tarpley. His number versus Wilt and Bill Russell were phenomenal

[@123slasher.16]

I guess you never heard of Spencer Haywood, Chris Webber, Derrick Coleman, Kevin Willis or Stuart House?

[@ronrico8189]

Dont know about Reggie But Roy Tarpley was out cold.

[@MrBruceWayne44]

@@123slasher.16 oh they were great power forwards. Reggie was drafted out of high school when it was unheard of.

[@MrBruceWayne44]

@@ronrico8189 Roy was the truth.

[@123slasher.16]

@@ronrico8189 Technically, Reggie Harding was the first NBA player that didn't play college ball. My junior high teacher went to high school with him and he used to tell us how talented he really was.

[@theodoremonroe6440]

When Detroit is in the house, 🗣️OMG DANGER 😉

[@pw2051]

Marques will always be a legend to Seattle Supersonics fans. Color commentator with Kevin Collabaro during the Payton/Kemp era. Some of the most hysterical and entertaining sports broadcasts ever.

[@jamesstephens9702]

Thanks for sharing this video

[@DorianGroup82]

Deep background on a classic scene. Thank you

[@ricorite5617]

Wow BEST VIDEO OF ALL TIME!!! You have just been GOATED

[@parkermudsen1063]

Reggie Harding and Spencer Haywood are the two wildest NBA players I’ve ever heard of.

[@allthewaylivemedia]

The coincidence of telling the story of a guy bringing guns into the locker room to Gilbert Arenas is hilarious.

[@SiccDeville]

that's why he said you can relate to this. lol

[@BigSlim1919]

Celebrity Underrated did a video about Reggie Harding. I had no idea this character was based off of him.

[@oochskillayoung]

I watched that video. He also rapped The Supremes singer Florence Ballard

[@royaldavis640]

What are we gonna do when these guys are gone?? Stories like this have to be told!!

[@balaine3960]

Absolutely awesome stories ....I would love just sit at a round table with old NBA players and just listen to them tell stories ...."like you remember that one time "

[@hawkkingboxing1521]

I grew up in the Midwest in the 80’s-90’s playing basketball and it was soooo many characters like this that were good at football & basketball! Great story tho! LOL

[@lunchmoneydixon3931]

We need all those stories lol

[@mynamelildarryl71]

Word, every hood got a few of those dudes that couldn't leave the streets alone.

[@missayawk]

There's a talented athlete like Reggie Harding in every large city and some small southern ones too.Years ago SLAM Magazine did an article on him.There are so many wild NBA stories we haven't heard.I wish someone would do a book on some of these hard to believe stories like the book entitled " Loose Balls" by Terry Pluto which had some wild stories about the ABA and some of the wild characters like John Brisker, Warren Jabali, Wendell Ladner and the infamous Marvin " Bad News" Barnes.Bill Simmons also had book which had some NBA inside stories.

[@mrstanbmw]

if you know who Warren Jabali. AKA Armstrong you know ball, big ups guy 6 ft 2 and would dunk on you like know ones business

[@popireal3628]

Look up a guy named Maurice Baker. He made a brief appearance in the D League. 6’2 PG, a monster out of an area Madison, IL not far across the bridge from St. Louis/E. St Louis

[@justinpeterson3686]

I grew up with Marques Johnson calling Sonic games and he's a legend in my eyes.

[@SiccDeville]

me too in Seattle. i was looking for a comment like this. i think he and Kevin Calabro called washington college games too. i remember watching that scene from White Man Cant Jump and saying that the guy calling the Sonics games.

[@blakebrown84]

Marques Johnson has always been of my favorite OGs to learn about. I knew he played basketball but for what team. They told me Milwaukee Bucks and he was a legend in his time in the NBA. The Bucks are happy to retired his number as a Milwaukee Buck. I knew he was in White Man Can’t Jump and Blue Chips. Salute to #8 Marques Johnson!!!

[@blakebrown84]

I didn’t know how tall he was at all.

[@FuxwitLim]

Legendary interview

[@dennissmith7214]

“Come on Reggie you done hit me 4 times this month” 😳……….”this ain’t me”!!! 🫣😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@ConcaCon]

I immediately thought of the GTA SA stick-up scene with Ryder.

[@cpaganjr123]

This ain’t me had me ☠️

[@sbosses]

Damn this is some legendary information 🔥

[@AtlLateNight]

If you mess with podcasts, Crime in Sports told his life story not too long ago. Great stuff.

[@cnote729]

They need to make a movie about Reggie Harding

[@jonrite813]

A 7ft tall jackboy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jerometremble4770]

Thanks for this #1

[@d.gskinny4964]

Reggie deserves a Movie frfr

[@lilpon920]

Every time I see Arenas I think "I bring all my guns to work, Gilbert Arenas" - 2Chainz 🤣🤣

[@scopemaverick8733]

One of the voices of Inside Drive 2004. Classic game!

[@c.l.crowder6590]

4:49 the shade was too real 🤣 "you can probably relate to this " 🔫 👀

[@RD22]

Never heard of Reggie Harding before, sad but interesting story. A lot of playground legends, but this dude actually played in the NBA.

[@xq8152]

4:14 Gilbert had a deep revelation and flashback with that sigh. 😆😆😆

[@howardboyd8244]

He looks great 👍 GOOD TO SEE YOU BROVA

[@30parkwood15]

I wonder if Marques Johnson remember a player named Gregory Howard aka Stretch that played for the Phoenix Suns, they say he had some WILD moments

[@sixone2256]

All time classic movie... i can watch it over and over

[@silewis9396]

Crazy stories. Sounds similar to Marvin Barnes who I just finished reading a book about

[@elbowgang9715]

Melvin Bad News Barnes

[@G-Lewww]

Video Gold

[@westwood9163]

My dawg💪🏽

[@davidcoombs9282]

Marquis look great. Great story about Reggie. I would love to hear Jalen Rose about this Reggie guy

[@kashifevans9072]

I could listen to his stories all day. I know he has alot.

[@paolobrossi78]

This is so cool … love this stories ..

[@Joe-oj4rh]

00:12 this quick camera switch to Gil though 😂🤣

[@richkrupansky1339]

Great story teller

[@grindlyfemuzik2952]

OMFG 🤣🤣, I SWEAR TO GOD, THAT'S MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIE SCENE!!!! I EVEN USED IT AS AN EXCERPT FOR MY ALBUM

[@cbrown940]

Another gem. 💎

[@Brodieiamnot]

YOOOOOOOO thats RAYMOND

[@lifeisajourney6036]

“Naw Naw this ain’t Raymond” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 You asked for that bro

[@bighou2359]

@@lifeisajourney6036 Got me a couple chumps down at the park man.

[@Brodieiamnot]

@@bighou2359 $250 but now you robbing me 😂

[@3sevenmafia]

Simply dope!!!! 🔥💪🏾

[@Kevinschart]

I've seen this movie multiple times and just thought he was some random basketball player from LA. This dude's resume is really good. How have I never heard of him?

[@jasonallen3678]

Good story teller

[@osas5211]

Lmaoo this is why I never take away from the og players cuz think about how much crazier getting caught up in the streets was then vs now cuz poverty was hitting different then

[@bigA-cy3he]

I use that line every time I have beef in the club..

[@Charlieace1]

Those were great stories... had me laughing so hard!

[@JrobAlmighty]

Gil like a kid in a candy store with this story lmao Me too 😂

[@lg6400]

We had a guy named Dee back in our old neighborhood. Dude was 6'8", great baller and would rob gas stations when he started smoking that shit. He was the only 6"8" dude in our neighborhood and everyone knew who it was.

[@nicka.417]

How did I not know that Raymond was Marques Johnson? 🤯🤯

[@macjr2001]

This is why it’s hard to compare eras. Different type of mentality. The money wasn’t as good as it is now. Players were hungry. Might actually be killas on the court and not just

[@phillyvoodoo]

This needs a movie!!!!!

[@Smiddy95Official]

Brooooo my grandfather played ball with Reggie’s in High school, this is wild

[@paulgeetv]

Lolol yoo, Any stories from your grandad about him?

[@IsaiasMGPalafox]

Gil related to that locker room story fr fr. 😂👏🏼

[@marcuskey4996]

This is why the internet is important…❤

[@VonteXP]

Legendary clip.

[@myarose2347]

Reggie, is that you . Na na, this ain't Raymond classic 🤣😂💯🔥.

[@qceaz11]

"You Can Probably Relate To This!"💀😭

[@Becauseimme]

Uncle Ques taught me how to do a left hand layup.

[@slab817]

@1:58 "this ain't me!" 🤣🤣

[@5yearsout]

Robbing the store was one of my favorite scenes in the entire move, Marques trying to hunch down, with a ski mask on so he doesn't get recognized by the clerk, just thinking about it makes me chuckle.

[@mynamelildarryl71]

Crazy I read about dude before and never would have thought about him being referenced in that movie. That's wild as hell.

[@beenfrank]

He ain't lying Reggie Harding was a mega beast Love my city east to west Detroit 🙌🏾 💯

[@hubertsumlin9697]

Fascinating. Detroit is no joke.

[@chozenwon1234567]

1:56 this ain't me 😂 😂

[@priztucker]

Oh yea Gil can relate to all this ish for sure😄

[@iambornjustright]

We need the film now

[@heinzyketchupy4175]

The YEAHHHH YEAHHHH was the iconic line 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dextercrawford466]

This sound like that scene on the BMF series

[@Prodigy_B798]

I love these stories 😂