90s basketball was something else

Barkley is an anomaly...6'5 power forward that guarded all three front court positions...too me he is the greatest power forward of all times

This is when Power forwards were POWER FOWARDS!!!!!!!!! 2 of the top 5 greatest PF ever!!!

Barkley was undersized, and he's well past his prime here, but he's still blocking shots, tearing down rebounds, banging down low, and dishing out hard fouls. What a beast!

mid-80's to mid-00's was the greatest era of defensive basketball.

Two of the best ringless players ever.. both deserved it highly.

One of the all time best head to head matchups!!!

Barkley was insanely tough for his size, but Malone was a beast.

Look at these legends, fighting over who gets to lose to MJ.

This was back when people actually wanted to win more than they wanted to be friends.... I miss those times...

I LOVE Charles Barkley!!!!

2 of the best PF of the era(and possibly all time).. 👏

So many levels of basketball to be appreciated here. Refs and commentators know there's a game within a game- they know there's going to be friendly back and forth (because it's WCF). All in all, today's NBA makes me appreciate 90's NBA that much more. Glad to have watched it in person.

I lived in Houston a few years ago, and the HATE that Houston has for the Utah Jazz is still absolutely palatable even 25 years later. You can hear it in the announcers voices as they talk about the Jazz. Most of the current Jazz roster were infants and toddlers during 1997. I find it hilarious.

Appreciate this so much more nowadays...Thank you for the good memories

Barkley 1st ballot HOF player, even more of a legend as a commentator.

Barkley still had it even with the rockets

The best two power forward ever played the game!

people see him on tv now and forget- barkley was a beast. and loved both the pressure- and the contact. shame charles was coming to the end of his run here. his best seasons were spent probably in phoenix. basketball might never be this much fun again..

When the league wasn't soft

the fact they're all homies off-court and they still fight each other should be a lesson taught by the later generations. leave that all on the court. everyone takes it way too personal nowadays and hold grudges for each other when sh*t gets heated.

This video should hv been titled 'Charles Barkley Highlights Against Karl Malone!"

They were monsters, still tremendous players well into their 30s

There will never be another Charles Barkley.

Two titans fighting to get back to that place!

Charles is 6’5 guarding and competing w Malone 6’9.Barkley is a beast things he can do w his height is amazing!

Barkley was locking Malone ass up 😄💪🏾🔒

Man i do love Karl Malone a lot , amazing player but! " Charles Barkley " will be my fav player period.

Lol, this was a one sided Barkley video.

One on one, pound for pound, I got barkley over malone 🤷‍♂️...

i love charles, unfortunately he was playing in the same time MJ was playing, then came shag and kobe.

Man I would’ve loved to see this rocket team play the bull’s in the finals.

Two Best PFs in The Game…90s Era!

Great video of two tenaciously terrific titans, pally! It DEFINITELY gets a GREAT, BIG, HUMONGOUS "thumb's up" all the way!!!

When Barkley was talking about playing with "urgency" he was referring to clyde Drexler. He felt clyde got complacent after winning his ring

Karl Malone, Barkley: A Era de Ouro do Basquete NBA!

Prime Barkley 87-91 was better than Malone but Malones prime outlasted everyone

A Bulls v Rockets Finals in 97 woulda been really fun to watch.

Esto si era la maldita NBA, no la mierda que vemos hoy en dia.

Gosh I miss Karl Malone. Best thing to come out of Summerfield Louisiana. My favorite player.

Charles telling the two time champs - who knocked him out the playoffs both times - to play with a sense of urgency. I always felt like if they had just kept Horry and Cassel they would have beaten this Jazz team and gone back to the Finals.

I love the modern power forwards now.. Pick and pop, shoot 3s, don't play defense, swap jerseys.

Imagine chuck and Karl as roommates 🤣🤣

These 2 Ringless Legends would school D.Green

I remember Barkley saying once that whoever loses would determine who the 2nd best power forward in the league is

A Daaamn shame Chuck has no ring, he wasn’t the biggest or most athletic, but he took nobodies bullshit and put it back in their faces, i miss the 90s NBA, todays game is so soft its hilarious

This series had 5 first ballot legends on the floor!!

Just classic hard basketball against two greats 😂🤣 when Barkley set that foul up on Malone even the people court side was laughing

The thing is, Barkley never really had a Stockton his entire career. He did most of the heavy lifting all by himself.

Back in the day when there was defense and the post up

Mannnnnnn I love when NBA was competitive.. nowadays they would've just both joined the Bulls 😒🤣

Sad Jordan didnt allow them to have rings

I missed those type of players back then comparing of what the players now :(

Barkley and Malone didn't even realize that they were only fighting over who would have the privilege of losing to the Bulls LOLZ

Watching them talk about getting to the finals at the other’s expense is like watching two wrestlers talk about fighting for a world title opportunity at wrestlemania

LEGENDARY

I truly forgot how annoying Bill Walton was and most likely still is

Miss the gamesmanship, physicality, and even commentary between players is hilarious. Now they all friends off and ON the court.

Barkley forgot about urgency when he was “closing out” on Stockton at the end of game 6.

Chuck and Malone had immense respect for one another. They were both wary of the other one drawing fouls because they knew when it came down to it theyre the strongest of the strong.

The era when you have to earn every point, when its very rare to see free dunk & layup compared to todays basketball

NBA players down low today would cry if Barkley and Malone would have played at their peaks in today's NBA

6'4" vs 6'9"

Malone won this series :)

Stockton hit the big shot that ended Barkleys legacy

Malone at this stage of their career was stronger, quicker and in better shape...but Barkley was more intelligent inside the court...

Rockets uniforms are disgusting

Thats how it should be !! Im sick of all this hugging and kissing and handshakes now a days. U are here to cement your legacy, not hold a popularity contest

Commentator: Barclay says, "Return this Mr Mail Man" 🤣

Love this… all respect

It's funny because they used to be roommates and best friends off the court

Charles, one of the highest IQ players to ever play the game.

That's the real basketball game!

I remember watching this series. Stockton and Malone were soooo dominant. This video shows one side.

Frustration is they don’t have the sense of urgency I feel. Exactly.

This is like an mma championship at the same time 😂

Chuck never back down from anyone whose bigger than him

Love Bill Walton's comment "that's just cheek to cheek ballroom dancing." lol. One of the things I hate about the NBA is it's so obvious when the league wants a certain team to win and you can see it so clearly in the way the refs are calling the game. At least back then the announcers would call it out that something was a clear foul or flop. Soon after that it was obvious that the announcers would get the word to go along with it and would either not talk about something again or show the replay about 20 times to point something out. And if a player or coach tried to point this out they'd get fined.

NBA was fantastic

“Somebody can’t go” - KARL MALONE!!

Malone, para mi el mejor 4 q ha existido...Mala suerte en no haber conseguido ni un anillo y perder aquel famososo balón contra MJ en las finales contra Chicago....

These are the days when real men played basketball. For all of you who don`t like that comment, well you just don`t understand.

And The Air Jordan was waiting on both of them!

Charlie Bark so smart. He knows when to talk, when to play, when to clown, and knew fighting was always a last resort. Thats why he is a good announcer....smart.

"That's a sexy daughter you got there, Chuck..." -Karl Malone

Barkley was superior than Malone for sure .

it was karl over Charles here...in the 1997 playoffs the Jazz beat the Rockets in 6...

Those Houston uniforms were terrible

2 of the greatest power forwards of all time.

I wonder how the likes of giannis, bron, KD (wilt too) would've fared against these '90s bruisers

I loved Malone in that series. Houston ruined the Jazz play off runs many times before this series. I think it was before game 1 Malone was shown riding into the stadium on his motor cycle and just looked so bad ass. You could feel something in the air with that shot of him. Right away in game 1 the Mailman was playing so intense and in the faces of Barkley, Hakeem, and the other Houston bigs. Just going at them, not backing down, super physical. I said to my girlfriend "This is different, Karl's had enough being bullied by this team, they are winning this series." Such a great era, Stockton and Malone my fav players of all time, and was addicted to the Jazz from 88-02. Gosh I miss them.. sigh. NBA just means nothing to me these days.

Embiid wouldve missed 3 months after that Malone shove.

NBA should have a competition for 3rd place. Have the Lakers and Celtics do a free-throw shoot - kinda like the penalty kick thing in soccer match when the score is tied (I know - it's lame, whatever). Winner takes third, gets a plastic trophy with a ball that's just about to go through a hoop.

Those 96/97 Rockets were a retirement club in ugly pyjamas

These 2 careers are almost identical. They are both great players who did not win an NBA championship because of Michael Jordan.

And even in his prime Barkley is the "plumber" Jordan played against in the finals in the "less competitive" league at the time 🤣

Nobody shooting 3’s back then.

“I respect him as a human being & as a person”🤔

Sir Charles doesn't back 👇 my guy 👌

2 old head uncles