When The King Destroyed Prime Jordan (reaction)

Today I do a reaction to a BTM Basketball Time Machine video called When The King Destroyed Prime Jordan. Head over to their channel and shoot a like and subscribe, he's great! Link is below:
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[@claytonphillips85]

Bernard King was absolutely that guy and I'd definitely like to see more videos of him

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Good cuz I'd like to do more. Consider it done

[@Iceman24424]

Bernard was actually cooking pippen and grant not MJ… But he was that dude!!

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Yes he was. King was a problem lol

[@forkpuncher]

It's funny how we forget how good someone was if they didn't win a championship. Most people nowadays won't remember how good Prime Blake Griffin was. That prime was only 2 years long too.

[@Kings0424]

Prime Blake Griffin in that lob city era was ridiculous. The crazy dunks that they did were spectacular. I remember playing MyCareer are NBA 2k14 and on NBA 2k16, got drafted by my favorite team the Sacramento Kings every time and bruh the Clippers were so hard to beat, especially in the playoffs

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Thats how i feel about steve nash. Outside of here in phx it already feels like everyone forgot how good he was.

[@forkpuncher]

@@TheRealMindCrime Nash was good, he was a deadly shooter despite being known more as a passer.

[@GapGod78]

Mitch Richmond is another one of those offensive players MJ had high respect for

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Oh for sure! Mitch was a monster from deep

[@GABEMOORE533]

​@@TheRealMindCrime🗣️MITCH RICHMOND WAS A MONSTER OVERALL . MICHAEL JORDAN SAID , " MITCH RICHMOND IS THE T💪UGH EST PLAYER⏯️ AGAINST ME ON B ↔️TH ENDS ." >🎤 🏀🗑️🤾⛹️

[@GABEMOORE533]

🗣️🎯EXACTLY ! MICHAEL JORDAN SAID , " MITCH RICHMOND IS THE T 💪 UGH EST PLAYER⏯️ AGAINST ME ON B↔️TH ENDS .">🎤 🏀🗑️🤾⛹️

[@RightHandKam]

Never get old the btm intro. I don't remember Bernard King

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Me too. Makes me feel warm inside

[@Epicentr]

Absolutely the godfather of YT basketball. Started there myself!

[@samjacob1310]

I was too young/not born to see Bernard King. Seeing this makes me appreciate his game. What an amazing legend. 🙌🙏

[@TheRealMindCrime]

That makes me so glad! Also im gonna do a follow-up to this that shows his whole career. I have some to learn about him too.

[@GapGod78]

Also Horace and Harvey probably got that “switcharoo” idea from the Richard Pryor movie called “Moving”. He had twin sons that raced track and halfway one will switch with the other discretely, and won the race.

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Lol thats awesome

[@moldyapple1789]

prob most underrated player of all time. you never hear about outside of Knicks games where occasionally he is mentioned

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Its the curse of not winning a ring. He was an amazing hooper

[@drama8471]

Growing up, Bernard King was one of my favorite players. He was unstoppable, scored just as easily as MJ

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Yeah he had no problem getting buckets

[@No_Use_For_A_Name1981]

Man,i really love the digging up on some guys who were great, but kind of forgotten over the years.

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Thats something i always wanna focus on here. Paying tribute to all the greats. Too many hoopers have been forgotten

[@hugheswhiteman1674]

I remember when the Knicks let him go to the Bullets instead of pairing him with Ewing. I was Big pissed

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Oh man thay duo would've been deadly!

[@random_name-44]

B. King could go beast mode at any time and put up absolutely crazy numbers. Look at that mid and post game he had. And coached right there by another legend Wes Unseld! And, yeah, I didn't think it would be a Lebron video, cos we all know that didn't happen, lol.

[@TheRealMindCrime]

I'm lookin forward to doing a follow-up to this one. I still need to fill in the gaps about his career that i missed out on.

[@philipskinner570]

Music nerd moment. The song at the beginning was “silent night” in a minor key. But on a basketball note, I didn’t know how good Bernard was. Wow

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Nice! I knew I was hearing it but it was definitely in a minor. Thank you lol

[@Kings0424]

Never got the chance to see others play because I was born in 2004 ɓut I always heard that Bernard King was a good player. I wonder why he was so underrated

[@TheRealMindCrime]

I remember him being in and out. So maybe he had some injuries. I just remember when he was in the lineup it was a problem lol

[@Kings0424]

@@TheRealMindCrime Damn that's sad to hear. I hate it when injuries ruin players careers in any sport

[@mattchooblink]

This was a cool vid! Very underrated. Sleep well, Jedi

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Thank you Master Matt!

[@jimmybrooks2000]

Bernard was a monster. I still go back and watch the video of him dropping 60 on christmas

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Oh yeah!!!

[@IkeThe9th]

Jordan probably didn’t lose sleep over it, the way Nique did with Bird - but I think Gary Payton was just as much a challenge for MJ as Joe Dumars.

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Yeah GP gave everyone trouble for sure

[@martymar8993]

No Bernard King = no Knicks fandom. He was a brand and a mascot and a hall of famer. Spike Lee would have stayed at home. Willpower incarnate.

[@martymar8993]

check out when he played injured, you will get it.

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Well said. I'm gonna look more into his career. I only remember little bits from him.

[@djyanno]

I pride myself in having seen all the players from the 80s to now. But I was wrong. I mean I knew of Bernard King. I knew him by his stats. But due to the limited amount of games I had access to prior to the 90s I think I have never seen him play and it's a shame. I know the Bullets games weren't a priority to broadcast here in Quebec but I should have seen him in his Knicks days. What a shame that I missed such an amazing player. I think his 90s counterpart of being forgotten might be Mitch Richmond

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Dont worry. Im gonna react to a vid that covers his whole career next. I'll do it in a few days. I remember him being awesome but I still wanna learn more too

[@masterrserch3971]

5:16 And it's crazy how it's kinda somehow not mentioned as much that he did this at 23 and 24 years old... guys usually don't hit their true dominant prime till like 27 the earliest

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Yeah he was definitely gifted. He could score at will i remember

[@ManafestoRah]

thta dude shot was pure and automatic wow, just saw the jordan what if vid and it got me thinking did Wizards Jordan play blazers pippen?

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Yes they did play against each other too

[@phillipcollins1658]

Theres a very good 30 for 30 on Bernard King that I would recommend if you're interested in learning a bit about the guy. He talks about how his parents would beat him as a child and racism he endured when he went to college at Tennessee. The documentary is called Bernie and Ernie I believe.

[@TheRealMindCrime]

oh good call. Thank you for that!

[@TygerClawGaming]

That was a lot of fun! Would you ever do a video on Scottie Pippen on the Rockets? I was watching a secret base video and they mentioned that Scottie and Barkley were having problems playing together. Not sure how your knowledge is of that time and Scottie's issues but thought I'd mention it

[@TheRealMindCrime]

I actually have that exact secret base vid on the list lol. Those two hated each other

[@TheDocmike23]

Thats one of the two Times he scored more than jordan🫡

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Nice. Not every day someone is outscoring MJ

[@redzoz]

Thanks man you are kind of wikipedia for the things I'm more interested. Bernard King is a player I myself don't remember enough but it was before my time

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Oh just wait for the follow-up vid for Bernard. Im gonna react to one that covers his whole career sometime this week. Thanks for the kind words btw!

[@redzoz]

@@TheRealMindCrime can't wait

[@sarahsloot2290]

Another one of those guys showing that MJ was the only skilled player of that era and before

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Right?

[@tawithmmk4800]

Funny thing is I remember king a little bit as far as his nba play. But what I really remember is using the kings Back in the day on a Super Nintendo nba game I had and king was a deadly shooter. - i think he was on the kings at some point anyway. About to watch the vid maybe it’ll clarify.

[@tawithmmk4800]

CORRECTION! I forgot it was the bullets lol

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Nice! I love those classic games. I'm gonna do another one of these that cover his overall career. There is still a lot i don't remember

[@mikeprolas2027]

Oh i thought benard played mostly in the 1970s do some more of him to actually know how good he was

[@TheRealMindCrime]

I will for sure. I found out during this vid that i have a lot left to learn about him. I'll do a sequel to this sometime this week

[@masterrserch3971]

Last one I swear lol, cuz im at the end when u ask about more KING vids.. The answer is YES... But also, let's get some of my underrated favs... Mark Price Glen Rice Mitch Richmond Chris Mullin "What if RUN TMC stayed together?," type vids And just for me cuz this era was my favorite team in any of my fav teams/sports... Some good ol THUG FRONT LINE 90s Knicks Oak and Mase in ya Face ENFORCER, "YALL DONT REALLY WANT IT WITH US" vids (Mason is my all time fav player...and yes, it started out cuz we're both lefty Anthony's 😂.... but man did Mason work and become a damn solid player, and all star , but uhh in friggin Charlotte)

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Good ideas here! Thank you

[@masterrserch3971]

@@TheRealMindCrime this is probably my "hottest" take, and i admit it, even being an "old head"....but im like 9 times outta 10 levels of sure that had they not broken up "RUN TMC," Hardaway, Richmond, Mullin woulda been a better trio than Steph, Klay, Draymond.... i mean, you'd be hard pressed to find 3 players who complement each other on the court and wouldn't fcuk up each others' games, while playing the 1, 2 and 3, and were HIGH LEVEL All Star Caliber players...then you got Don Nelson, a great coach, a great OFFENSIVE coach.... Sure, Steph is probably better than all of them...but u ramp up Mullin's 3 volume, he's basically Klay, and people forget Mullin had a SIX SEASON IN A ROW run where he literally put up 25 a night on 52% FG, 35% 3, 88% FT, with 5 boards and dimes a night...dude is right up there with unappreciated superstars (errr, despite being on the dream team lol)..... same for Richmond, Rookie of the Year, and BAM right after that, 9 more years IN A ROW, dropping 23 a game, on 40% from 3! 85% FT% with 1.5 steals... then you got one of the pioneers of the scoring PG, but still a "floor general" in Mr. UTEP 2STEP, who oh btw, again, 9 year stretch (missed a full year cuz of injury) dropping 19ppg, 9 dimes, 2 steals, with the exact same .353 3pt% like Mullin... Imagine all 3 of them growing, hitting their primes, TOGETHER, during that sick 6-10 year Mullin/Richmond stretch? It's not ridiculous to think they would've made each other BETTER, maybe not in terms of NUMBERS, but if you have all those years of those kinds of versatile playrs, you KNOW theyd come together and learn how to win.... theyd have to run into JOrdan's BUZZSAW Bulls, but man, it woulda been GREAT to see...

[@MultiBreezyb]

Bernard King was an amazing player if not for the knee injury who knows what would have happened. But I think he retired at 35 or 36 due to knee problems.

[@Kings0424]

Damn really. I mean I'm only 19 years old so I seen them play bit I always heard that King was a good player. I didn't know that his career was cut short due to knee injuries

[@TheRealMindCrime]

I think so too. But he was great when he was healthy

[@masterrserch3971]

I'm walking the dog in the bright sun, couldn't see the thumbnail, only the title.... DUDE My heart almost skipped a beat; I thought we were gonna see a (siiiiiigh) "KING" Lebron James smoke Jordan, in some BS comparison vid lol As a born and raised and still to this day NYCer, I'm always down for Bernard KING vids Liiiiiiiitle before my time, but I always make a case to learn the history of shit I love---- it's why I got Wilt 3 on my all time list (behind the man Larry Legend and of course, that slob prick bast'id Knick killer Jordan)

[@TheRealMindCrime]

Nice! I saw Bernard play but this vid made me realize i know less than i thought so I'll be doing a follow-up to this to continue the knowledge.

[@Rookie30590]

On the road to 50k!

[@TheRealMindCrime]

We're gettin there! 🙂

[@chicagoan5411]

Fake crap- he never destroyed Michael

[@TheRealMindCrime]

He destroyed everyone at some point. Ask Dominique lol.