scott mclaughlin wilt Chamberlain was a big fan of connie Hawkins unstoppable on offensive could do everything with a basketball but play defense

❤ watching connie Hawkins play basketball

❤connie Hawkins was a basketball magician 🎩, original 6 feet 8 point forward

Really 🏀 basketball magician 🎩 ; 6 foot 9n inches basketball player who a very good dribbler; unstoppable hugh hands one hand basketball fakes wheels towards to the basket 🧺 like a tornado unstoppable nice jump shot

basketball 🏀 magician 🎩, connie Hawkins

Great dribbler for somebody 6 foot 9 inches: very nice jump shot unstoppable one hand basketball fakes to the basket

❤ watching connie Hawkins

@@lloydkline6946 I’m 70 and remember him well, victim of an overzealous prosecution and persecution.

@@charleslu7044 connie Hawkins best years were not in the nba, unstoppable around the basket becauce he could hold the basket with one hand, not even a young kareem Abdul-Jabbar could stop him, i like the nba did not want him to play, nba paid connie Hawkins 💰 money for kicking him out

Connie hawkin was a basketball magician 🎩

+Wei Qi i think he was quite young here - around 28 or so.

+yourworstfive You're right about his age but he was past his prime. Connie entered the NBA at the age of 27 and coming off a knee injury. The Hawk still had the skills such as great passing, shooting, court vision, ball handling, etc... but he never reclaimed his explosiveness and leaping ability that he had used so effectively pre-injury. Too bad players back then didn't have the availability of the more advanced knee procedures of today. Elgin Baylor was another player that was never as explosive post knee surgery.

great response. i didnt know about his injury. thanks

yourworstfive The amazing thing about Connie was that he was so effective in the NBA despite his injury which was a testament to his high level of all-around skill as a basketball player.

Wei Qi wilt Chamberlain said connie could do everything with a basketball but play defense

And that was just in the third quarter!

Talking about connie Hawkins, king on streetball basketball, very short Paul Simon the singer

+mrslick58 They called him for pushing with his left arm. Which he did do. They wouldn't call that in today's game because in today's game offensive players are given all the freedom to run players over, stiff arm them, elbow them etc. Meanwhile defensive players today CAN'T TOUCH you. Back then, the opposite was true. As an offensive player you had to maneuver around your defender or shoot over them while your defender was allowed to hand check you, guide you, etc. If you tried to initiate contact you were given the foul as an offensive player.

+Wilt Chamberlain Archive it's amazing players like wilt and Elgin still score so many points. Kobe is the only player I can think of that took full of advantage of the new rules.

+Frank DaTank Just a product of his ability. It was natural, he had among the biggest hands of any player in history. Other players don't palm it as often because either they can't, or if they do they risk it getting poked out of their hands. his wrapped around the ball so much he never worried about it and could use it to keep space between the ball and the defender.

+Frank DaTank He got criticized for it a lot by players such as Elvin Hayes, who said he played like he was still with the Globetrotters. Hawkins said swinging the ball one handed made it hard for defenders to know if he was passing or putting the ball on the floor.

@3:40, the Hawk catches a rebound with one hand! Biggest hands than anyone not named Wilt, who also would pass the ball after waving it around like a grapefruit. Greater passing angles with one handed passes.

+Frank DaTank Early basketball swagg......Jordan did the more advance, modern swagg version.....

+cavaleer A guy of similar size and one-hand style is Argentina's Walter Hermann. Hands like bananas! He makes some incredible finger rolls.