The Best YouTube Highlight Videos of the NBA's Greatest Players

[WillC]

Please post your favourite YouTube videos of the NBA's greatest players (particularly of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players). I'll update this opening post as a reference list of the best highlight videos, one per player.

If possible, the videos should meet the following criteria:

- Highlights from the player's entire career (not just from one game)
- High quality footage and/or well-edited
- Suitable music/soundtrack
- Preferably no more than about 5-10 minutes in length

Please don't post links to NBA TV documentaries and the like.

I'll start us off with some of my favourite YouTube mixes but, if you disagree with me, I'm open to there being better videos for each player.

CavaliersFTW, I have dozens of your videos in my favourites, but I lose track of which ones are the most recent and best. Please can you post your favourites?

Bob Cousy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8IXS49q1DE&index=37&list=FL84D9r2Sttw_ghKiyTJKoaA

Earl Monroe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkQrtrlQYpI&index=216&list=FL84D9r2Sttw_ghKiyTJKoaA

Connie Hawkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp3UXNVqR9E&index=174&list=FL84D9r2Sttw_ghKiyTJKoaA

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0OKClJLUWo

Pete Maravich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq1oUk7sgRY

Julius Erving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAvhvpQ7DSw&index=66&list=FL84D9r2Sttw_ghKiyTJKoaA

George Gervin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EjHZJL6Jj8

Sidney Moncrief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ADAo3W4Hos

Larry Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flT88MH8hAM

Michael Jordan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBfjGOxrGAw

John Stockton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myMvojT6zIc&index=98&list=FL84D9r2Sttw_ghKiyTJKoaA

Charles Barkley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu3vkwP3GHQ&feature=youtu.be

David Robinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g7hwxEJ2zE

Shaquille O'Neal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewBnHq04CRg

Kobe Bryant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJhZVdRFNcI

Dwyane Wade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aecWKYfnNbY&feature=youtu.be

[sportjames23]

All you need for MJ is hoopsencyclopedia's The Artistry of Michael Jordan vids:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWvxijHNWB4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm6BEk3ktAQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDQClx7bT3c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10hVnrvmDYY

[WillC]

I've watched the Jordan Artistry videos before. They're certainly exhaustive and impressive, but I'd prefer the highlights to be condensed into one video if possible.

[dunksby]

A good short Kareem highlights vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0OKClJLUWo

[ImKobe]

don't make a mess of your pants while watching this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZyyejtInYU

[RoundMoundOfReb]

LeBron James: http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhVVMEX168UFDF9IOo

- Best vid ever

[WillC]

A good short Kareem highlights vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0OKClJLUWo

Good choice. That's definitely one of the best Kareem videos I've seen.

I'll add it to the list.

[StephHamann]

CavaliersFTW, I have dozens of your videos in my favourites, but I lose track of which ones are the most recent and best. Please can you post your favourites?


Larry Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flT88MH8hAM



I literally fapped to this video

[JohnFreeman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEyo2P5dgec

[WillC]

don't make a mess of your pants while watching this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZyyejtInYU

Very good choice - I hadn't seen that video until today.

It's a tough call between that one and the Kobe Bryant 'Clinic' YouTube videos. Those are great.

[WillC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEyo2P5dgec

30+ minutes is a little long for my liking and it only covers one season (in fact just one playoffs), albeit a great one.

Preferably the videos should showcase the best plays/moments from a player's entire career.

[#number6ix#]

Dwyane Wade clinic... Put your seat belt on
http://youtu.be/aecWKYfnNbY

[WillC]

Dwyane Wade clinic... Put your seat belt on
http://youtu.be/aecWKYfnNbY

Nice.

Added to the list.

[Dr.J4ever]

Please post your favourite YouTube videos of the NBA's greatest players (particularly of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players). I'll update this opening post as a reference list of the best highlight videos, one per player.

If possible, the videos should meet the following criteria:

- Highlights from the player's entire career (not just from one game)
- High quality footage and/or well-edited
- Suitable music/soundtrack
- Preferably no more than about 5-10 minutes in length

Please don't post links to NBA TV documentaries and the like.

I'll start us off with some of my favourite YouTube mixes but, if you disagree with me, I'm open to there being better videos for each player.

CavaliersFTW, I have dozens of your videos in my favourites, but I lose track of which ones are the most recent and best. Please can you post your favourites?

Earl Monroe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkQrtrlQYpI&index=216&list=FL84D9r2Sttw_ghKiyTJKoaA

Larry Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flT88MH8hAM

Julius Erving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAvhvpQ7DSw&index=66&list=FL84D9r2Sttw_ghKiyTJKoaA

Bob Cousy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8IXS49q1DE&index=37&list=FL84D9r2Sttw_ghKiyTJKoaA

Connie Hawkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp3UXNVqR9E&index=174&list=FL84D9r2Sttw_ghKiyTJKoaA

John Stockton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myMvojT6zIc&index=98&list=FL84D9r2Sttw_ghKiyTJKoaA

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0OKClJLUWo

Dwyane Wade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aecWKYfnNbY&feature=youtu.be

Julius:applause: :bowdown:

[dunksby]

Another nice short highlight video, this time Hakeem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIuXjf2QVqg

[Dr.J4ever]

One of Doc's favorite songs is "let it flow" by Grover Washington jr.. So it's only fitting that this be the background for highlights of his career.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co-xq3JzojU

:applause:

[#number6ix#]

Sir Charles this has highlights and fights
http://youtu.be/mu3vkwP3GHQ

[VengefulAngel]

What an earth happened to the original Dwyane wade clinic video...

[Bobcats2013]

This is still by leaps and bounds the best MJ highlight to date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBfjGOxrGAw

Hard to believe it came out 5 years ago. It's aged so well.

[WillC]

This is still by leaps and bounds the best MJ highlight to date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBfjGOxrGAw

Hard to believe it came out 5 years ago. It's aged so well.

I have to agree. That's the most enjoyable Jordan video I've watched. A nice mix of highlight reel plays and career 'storyline'. Bonus points for featuring the Shawshank Redemption soundtrack.

[WillC]

Sir Charles this has highlights and fights
http://youtu.be/mu3vkwP3GHQ

Barkley needs to be mentioned more frequently in discussions of the greatest in-game dunkers of all-time.

Good choice of video. Added to list.

[sportjames23]

I've watched the Jordan Artistry videos before. They're certainly exhaustive and impressive, but I'd prefer the highlights to be condensed into one video if possible.

I'm sorry, my friend, but you cannot contain that much epic in on video. :D

[SHAQisGOAT]

Shaq: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewBnHq04CRg

Moncrief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ADAo3W4Hos

Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgPpTvX86n8

Nique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nINqMTxKow

Pistol Pete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qv0YS1wHoQ
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq1oUk7sgRY
(not as long but the best quality)

D-Rob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g7hwxEJ2zE

80's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN0ruk2SJ2Q

Iceman Gervin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EjHZJL6Jj8

Bobby Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NxCr-3L8J4

[WillC]

Shaq: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewBnHq04CRg

Moncrief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ADAo3W4Hos

Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgPpTvX86n8

Nique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nINqMTxKow

Pistol Pete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qv0YS1wHoQ
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq1oUk7sgRY
(not as long but the best quality)

D-Rob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g7hwxEJ2zE

80's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN0ruk2SJ2Q

Iceman Gervin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EjHZJL6Jj8

Bobby Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NxCr-3L8J4


The 1980s video is one of my all-time favourite YouTube videos.

Thanks for the links. I've seen many of them before but a couple of them are new to me. I'll update the first post with some of them.

[StephHamann]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJhZVdRFNcI

Kobe

[WillC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJhZVdRFNcI

Kobe

Ok, this wins. Definitely the best Kobe video I've seen :bowdown:

[Height Freak]

These are over 10 min, but masterpieces, especially Pippen's.

Scottie Pippen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TynKwl9rfas

Magic Johnson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jte3NkMKCd0

Michael Jordan Birthday Show (exhibition games highlights only):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFF9DHsDkio