The number 1 carry job is.... Everybody’s my career player!

even though they lost Dwight Howard carried the magic to the finals at only 23 man was a monster

I wanna give an honorable mention to Allen Iverson in 2001, no the Sixers didnt win the Finals, but the journey there was very tough.

People always think that Duncan had tons of help in all of his championships, yet his best players in 2003 were Stephen Jackson and very old David Robinson.

The only one I disagree with is Kawhi. You are straight up disrespecting Lowry, Pascal, VanVleet, Ibaka, and Gasol. Kawhi certainly didn't carry that team, especially not in the Finals.

Glen Rice was lights out in 2000 Finals with a 63% 3pt

Hakeem's 1994 playoff-run is much more impressive. He had 0 All-Star teammates.

If Kevin Johnson (or anyone besides Barkley) shows up in 1993, The Suns might of won.

How GOOD was Derrick Coleman really? Was he as good as Malone and Barkley before the laziness?

I'm a massive Lebron fan but it was nice to see Dirk win in 2011. After losing to the "We Believe" Warriors, from there on out he was seen a choker, before that he was up there with the best PFs in the game like Duncan, Garnett etc. He comes across as such a nice, likeable guy, that run he went on in 2011, beating Kobe the defending champion in the process, solidified him as a great.

No one carried a team like peak-Hakeem!

If “Personal Vendetta” was a person, they carried Michael Jordan through life.

"The worst Finals series for Kobe Bryant" 2004: 🤨

The reason Kobe played poorly in the 00 Finals was because Jalen Rose purposely injured him. And Kobe actually led the Lakers to an overtime win in game 4 after Shaq fouled out. If he doesn't do that, Pacers are up 3-2 going into game 6.

Honorable mention : A. I. carrying 76ers to the finals

Even if they lost the finals,2001 AI and 2018 LBJ can be mentioned too because they don't have nobody to help them.Even if their carry jobs weren't finished their jobs they deserve the credit

I think it needs to be stated that Hakeem won pretty much every award in 1994 and a championship. He bagged MVP, FMVP, DPOY, and a Championship in the same season. It's unreal how much of an unstoppable force of nature he was in those two years.

Tim ducan is the greatest Power forward, change my mind

kawhi def did not carry in 2019. vanfleet and siakam had games where they were better than kawhi in the finals and lowry had a huge part in that finals too, same with gasol and ibaka

Dirk's 2011 championship was the best championship in recent history. When they annihilated Lakers, I knew that they're going to win the Title.

I feel like Duncan should be #1 his second leading scorer (sophomore tony Parker) averaged only 15 PPG for the season and with that team knocked out the lakers no one was able to beat the lakers the past few years

1993 Jordan was the best Jordan, but I think 1998 was a better carry job

Hakeem and dirk had huge spirit of champs🔥

Andy releasing masterpieces on a Wednesday?! Thanks Andy

kobe's worst finals was actually in 2004.

2003 Tim Duncan run is the greatest individual run in nba history. Duncan don’t get his respect man, I don’t understand.

The real carry job of 2000's were the refs. Edit: So you talk about the refs in '06 but not when they were obviously helping the lakers in the early 2000's? LOL

kobe had an ankle injury during the finals

I'd love to see the Raptors do it again. They've got the experience over the other contenders. The Lakers aren't just going to be able to walk through like a lot of people think.

At least give LeBron an honorable mention for 2018 and 2007

Somewhere in LA during this quarantine, I can still hear Kawhi's wonderful laugh

LeBron in the 2007 playoffs. The degree of difficulty at age 22 and what he pulls off to get that Cavs team into the championship series is unreal.

Bro Kobe was injured, put some respect on his name. Don’t forget that he clinched the series in overtime, when Shaq fouled out come on man.

You should do a how good was Mitch Richmond

How good was Robert Parish a solid center in his prime with the Celtics in the 80s.

Dirk 🏗 2011 MAVERICKS Another fine video, Mr. Hoops.

Too much credit for Kawhi, he & Raptors advanced to finals without LeBron in the East, who Derozan & Raptors always stopped by And even the finals... Warriors without KD & Klay... That was big different level of finals😅

I remembered the Spurs during the 2000's. They were not known for their ball movement and passing but they were very scary defensively.

You should do how good Wes Unseld was as he recently passed away, and it would be nice to do an entirely separate video on how his legendary career went

My Mavs boys did their thing in 2011!!

Mavs 11 was the best and most satisfying ring. Dirk was godly. His guards were always foul trouble. Still remember that championship run ❤️

Are we not gonna mention Allen Iverson from the 2000-2001 Finals? Carried a trash ass roster to the finals and took a game from one of the best teams of all time.

I know his team didn’t win but Iverson carried that 76ers squad to the finals in 2001. And they were a great team that got multiple awards. But AI was the entire offence. It was so memorable. I remember after watching that season, I understood that one guy can’t carry a team to a title without some kinda help.

This was a great video!

Great list Andy, i'm agreed with you in the top 3. It's fair to say even if they "carried" their teams, every team was extremely good and deep in most of them. The other main pieces just performed vey low when the team need them, so the first piece came out and took over. In the case of TD, Dirk and Hakeem, they have very good and veteran teammates, but not enough greats to be part of the key pieces, as the other 7 players in your top 10.

Tim Duncan Is A Top 5 Player Off All-Time. And The Best Player Off The 2000s *Change My Mind*

I’m Loving This Recent Content Sir Great Job!

Love your videos Bro! Keep them coming please especially during holidays I just chill drinking some hot chocolate! And just enjoy! 👌🏽

Love the channel! Can you do a video on the 1999 Knicks? They were a really fun team that had an amazing run to the Finals.

I think I would have Jordan higher the number 5 considering it was a record-setting finals for him. Then againgoing back and watching a series and watching it as it happened or two different things. I was 12 in 1992, so I was old enough to not be some little kid that didn't really understand what he was watching. All I can say is, watching him live was really something special. It was the same thing watching Wayne Gretzky live. You just knew you were witnessing something special. Or you are witnessing history being made. I got that feeling every time I watched MJ.

"I don't want to take away from Wade's performance"? The carry job was 100% the refs, Wade played well but would not have been that level of impressive without all those ghost fouls called.

great video Andy as always. informative and entertaining content

i agree kahwi was the most significant key in the playoff run , but in the finals if you check the stats .. he deserved finals MVP but he did not in any way carry the team .. everyone played a part in the team’s success

That Kobe part about the 2000’s finals needs more context. Jalen Rose came out and said he literally injured Kobe.

Your videos are so relaxing and good to the point i smile when a got the notification cuz i know im gonna watch something good Keep it up

Honorable Mention to Bill Walton 1977

Great video these guys were not only All Stars they are WINNERS

Yeah, except you left out the part when Kobe was intentionally injured by Jalen Rose in game 2 and played only 9 minutes of that game, saved the Lakers in game 7 against Portland, saved the Lakers in game 2 against Phoenix, and of course saved the Lakers in game 4 of the finals when Shaq fouled out. To say Kobe was carried is asinine.

All right , an early Andy hoops video !!!! Dem trumpets

Man you missed 2018 playoff Lebron he literally carried the cava to the finals

I respect Shaq, but he had a lot more help than anyone else on this list.

The 94/95 Rockets championship run was amazing considering that they were the 6th seed in a competitive Western conference. Seriously, when was the last time you heard of a lower seeded team going all the way to the Finals and actually won? That should be something you should consider in your next video, Andy (as a mere suggestion).

Great video💯

Goat timing with this one

Hey Andy, yes Kobe may had his lowest scoring output in 2000 finals but sometimes numbers don’t tell the whole story. Game 3 Kobe didn’t play because of a severely sprained ankle and game 4 he came back and took over in overtime while Shaq fouled out. This is one of the games that made Kobe career. Because of that the Lakers won the series, if pacers won game 4 they might have just won the series and lakers wouldn’t had been champions

1:32 Incredible

another one by my idol andy hoops 🔥🏀🏀

great and original topic!

Man this looks like a list a casual would put up.

I'm surprised that LeBron in 2018 isn't on this list. I know he didn't win the championship, but just managing to get there required just about every ounce of strength he had. Not to mention that legendary game one performance that ended with JR being, well, JR. As someone who watched every game, the Cavs would have lost by a large margin every game they played if LeBron didn't play phenomenally.

Thank you for talking about Hakeem in 95’ definitely the best carry job in nba history

You nailed it, thank god. I've watched NBA since 80's and never seen a single player carry a whole team to the promised land like Akeem Olajuwon did. I was watching the list getting more mad and ready to blow up, then your #1 my #1. He hit a 2 year stretch where he was like Wilt, just unstoppable, comentators on TV knew it.

Kahwi didn’t get carried. He helped tremendously but the raptors still had a rising star in siakim, a great veteran pg in Lowry and a stretch 5 in mark Gasol.

2018 Lebron. Despite him getting swept in the finals, he was literally a one man show throughout the main season and playoffs

2016 LeBron. Kyrie hit The Shot, but that title run was primarily possible due to The King's dominant play.

Hey andy you probably wont see this, but i love your content. Keep it up with the great videos and you'll hit a million in no time 👍

As a Mavs fan I have Dunacn in 2003 the as biggest carry job. You forgot to mention Dunacn had no players that scored 10ppg with 40% from the field. I have Dirk 2nd becuase though his team was weak they all were good for their specific roles and the fit was good. Dirk dominated but Dunacn carried a terrible team with no fit. Hakeem was an ok first choice but I would put him maybe 3rd.

When you hear those trumpets you know Andy has released another masterpiece 🤣🤣

Guys, this video Is about players Who carried their team to Championships, not just the finals. Great video, I agree with Hakeem, Dirk and Duncan were amazing too. Keep It up.

Being Canadian, hearing you talk about Kawaii made me uncontrollably smile 😀😃😁😄🏀

Tim Duncan. The greatest Pf and The best player from the 2000s Era

For Michael Jordan I thought it was his 1997-98 season

Great video

The different thing about Duncan than Kobe, Dirk etc was that he was already in superstar status in very early of his career...Maybe that is similar with Bird and Duncan... I say that because even his numbers seems low for his status-- scoring--, that did not tire his status......he did not need to worry about that....

Man even tho they didn’t win a championship AI and Young Lebron had the biggest Carry jobs EVER

So we not gonna mention 2016 Lebron? The dude had more points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals than any other player in the finals.

It's crazy What Hakeem went thru to win that Finals..Prime Malone, Barkley, and ,Robinson, then Young Diesel

1976 Doctor J deserves to be on this list, Andy. The 1975-1976 ABA Nets did not have any other superstars, most people can't even name the team's starting five. The Nets played the favoured Nuggets in the Finals who had 3 future hall of famers (Bobby Jones, Dan Issel, and David Thompson). Being guarded primarily by arguably the best defensive player in basketball Bobby Jones, Doctor J led both teams in scoring (37.7 ppg), rebounding (14.2 rpg), assists (6.0 apg), steals (3.0 spg) and blocked shots (2.2 bpg) as the Nets won in six games. In addition, Doctor J was the playoff MVP and regular season MVP that year. As a bonus, the ABA Champion Nets then challenged the NBA champion Boston Celtics to a 7-game series to see who was the best and the Celtics and the NBA refused to accept the challenge. That makes the Nets to be the last true world champions in my book as the ABA merged into the NBA the following season and the Nets were disbanded and moved to New Jersey.

The ref carried the heat as much as Wade did, even a bit more than him.

Although they didn’t win the 2007 Cavs got carried by LeBron

First 3 can be interchangeable in my opinion but the difference between the first 3 and the rest is incredible

I idolized David Robinson, but that run by Hakeem Olajuwon really was next level. Those 2 championship years he was THE 2 way centre

Dirk and Hakeem are in a league of their own when it comes to the way they carried their teams They both had without doubt the 1 and 2 runs of teams they had to beat

Kobe had an ankle injury the whole team

Shaq was definitely huge for Miami in 06. Don't win the finals without Wade, but don't get there without the big guy

I sat through the whole video just for Hakeem’s name to pop up, thank goodness u didn’t fail me Andy

hakeem so underrated smh

Where is 2018 LeBron James?? He should be in the list.

Funny because Hakeem is getting his recognition 20 years later Back then everybody was talking about shaq in MJ and Penny Good to see him getting his do

Wendover Productions meets basketball?! Gahhhh. My head is confused, 🤣🤣😆 But fr, Congrats on two successful great channels