Nowitzki was acquired via draft night trade, after he was drafted by the Bucks.

Man that early 2000's era was special. Finley was smooth.

Loved Finley. He was so good.

He's so underrated it's a shame.

Fin Man was one of my favorite players back in them old Mavs days though. He definitely should be in the HOF

Loved Michael Finley coming up. They way he dunked, it’s like he’d freeze mid air then throw it down ferociously.

Love this!!! I'm a 90s kid, so guys like this are some of my favorite players growing up. Finley on the sun's was one of my favorite players to watch.

EXTREMELY underrated, or just maybe never talked about. Either way, yes he’s a top 5 Mavs player, no question!

Michael Finley playing Michael Jordan on Inside Stuff will always live in my head rent free.

Being from Wisconsin ❤ I grew up watching him and when I moved to Madison and went to UW I was so proud 🦚.

I always loved his game. Solid players

Nice video on a very professional guy. The early 00s Dallas Mavericks reminds me of the mid 00s Phoenix Suns because like the early 00 Mavs teams, the mid 00s Suns teams didn't play mich defense but could definitely outscore you.

Finely was a BRIGHT STAR during very Dark times for us Mavs fans! Will always be a DAWG!!

Finley was my favorite SG after mike Jordan .. Finley moved and took shots attempts like mike plus Finley was also clutch .. too bad Dallas wasted his young years . Glad he got his chip thou

Seeing him on the Spurs was rough as a Mavs fan and Jason Terry taking a nut shot on him was still controversial even though Ginobli had injured Dirk with a cheap shot in a previous playoff series. Finley's been on the Mavs' staff for years now, you'll see him on the sidelines a lot, he's basically their assistant GM now

Great player for the Mavs during their emergence in the early 2000s. Moved to Dallas around that time and got to see the young Big 3 of Finley, Nash and Dirk. Always wondered what could’ve been if they kept that core together a little bit longer. When Mike ended up with Spurs and Dallas beat them in the 06 playoffs, it felt kind of bitter sweet…just for Dallas to lose to Wade and then he gets his ring the next year 😭😭😭

Damon Stoudemire and Marcus Camby would be a good future ones to do, imo

Another one of my favorite players growing up. Straight Buckets 🔥

Do Antonio McDyess!

Yo, you truly do your homework. I haven't heard Rashard Griffiths name since I was a teenager. I at least thought he would've been on Stunted Growth. Maybe he still will someday. Anyways great work as always! Fun fact: Chicago had a chance to draft Finley during their dynasty, but odfly choose Jason Caffey.

I like how your videos focus on high-quality people, rather than just high-quality players.

Great content. Keep up the good work

Cool channel man! You've got a subscriber outta me

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Shawn Kemp type athleticisms but could shoot a bit.

I would literally always see his name on Sportscenter, usually with the highest point total. The Mavericks always had 3 names listed on their end-of-highlight ticker - Nash, Finley, and Nowitzki

And he was hell at Wisconsin.....we used to call him "perm" because of how his hair looked. He used to torch 🔥😩the big 10

Im binge watching your channel this is some great nba content. You got alot of gems on here, do a vid on steve francis hes definitely a forgotten guy who did his thing in the league.

This page is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Would love an episode on the Pacers ABA dynasty of the early to mid ‘70s. So many great players on those teams who are now mostly lost to history, with the exception of George McGinnis, who’s most famous in the NBA for missing a lot of big shots and being the centerpiece of the Alex English trade

Manual Ram, Class of 1991...Finely and em used to come to the Gus Macker back then in Peoria.

Best page on KZfaq!

I had to subscribe. I was a mike Finn fan back in the day

Subbed!!

Videos are great...would love to see one on Fat Lever

Legend

Me and my homies use to call finely billy ocean lol 😂😂😂

Thank you

My mom went to high school with him. She said he was introverted and kinda stinky haha. One of my favorite players though. Always consistent and always an asset. It's still crazy that Dirk-Finley-Nash core couldn't win it all.

If you keep at it, I am sure, you'll 100x your subs in a couple of months. Admittedly I dont know how the youtube algo works, but compared to other NBA channels and quality I dont see why yours should have 500k subs. Your thumbnails are actually also pretty dope, so that helps. I dont know if you know Coach Nik's channel, but he uses famous soundtracks and I think he said, there's a rule for using it, that makes it relatively cheap. Maybe if you check that, you can get to use some classics for the background (I'd use it wisely though, there are some channels out there that use way to loud music and way too much of it). That being said, some subtle lofi beats are always nice.

Suhhweet!!! I love M. Finley

Wisconsin Finley was so fun to watch

Finley is a Chicago area legend!!

Finley was my boy and rocking J’s the entire time!

Cool channel. Just became a subscriber. I have a request: Nick “the Quick” Van Exel. If you can. Thanks!!

My favorite player , i was raised in Dallas

This channel is dope af tho.

He became part of the 2009-2010 Boston Celtics who reached the NBA Finals but because of Doc Rivers, they blew up the 3=2 lead vs the Lakers. Doc should used Finley once Perks was sidelined.

Can we get a Shawn Marion ,Ak47 a lot of small forwards out west who we’re top tier

Wish he was on the swad right now! 2023 he would be deadly

Bunge listening to these videos while playing 2k with old rosters

My favorite SGs are MJ,Kobe,A.I.,Ray Allen,Rip Hamilton,Michael Finley,Latrell Spewell,Alan Houston,Eddie Jones,John Starks, Reggie Miller, Bonzi Wells,Brandon Roy,

I am glad Mike got one before he retired

nice

danny granger, michael redd, alex english, bob mcadoo, rik smits, detlef schrempf, andrei kirilenko, sidney moncrief, vin baker, shawn kemp, carlos boozer, david west, and baron davis.

Yes, as a Mavs fan from Dallas Mike is definitely on the All Time Mavs roster. Easily on the Mt.Rushmore

I had forgotten about the trade from Phoenix, as they transitioned out of the "Three J's" era. Man, those were awful years.

The Poor man's MJ...Michael Finlay was really good.

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You gotta consider volume and 3pt attempts before calling a player inefficient.Players that shoot 40% FG on 10 or less attempts are fine because the difference between them shooting 50%+ is only one shot.Its all about the volume.

Finley was a straight up DOG. One my favavs all time. Fin dog, Kidd and terry

'96 Bulls passed on Finley in '95 Draft, he could have been part of the 2nd 3-peat with Bulls... fax!!!

Follow up the shot and get that rebound or a rebound .Something the coaches tell the young players in the early yrs of basketball. Paying off big time for Boston

If I'm not mistaking... Finley was the first player singed to Jordan brand..

Finley, Sprewell, Kemp, Stackhouse, and Eddie Jones are really HOF players but will just be considered NBA greats of the 90's.

The 90's was the cant afford ur rookie star era 1989 : Kemp, Clifford Robinson, Tim Hardaway, Vlade Divac, Glen Rice, Sean Elliot all played with their drafted teams for 5-6 years to a decade + in Sean Elliots case. Kemp was close to a decade with Seattle with 8 seasons played as a Sonic. Glen Rice and Tim Hardaway got a cool 5-6 healthy or healthyish seasons in with their original franchises.. Clifford Robinson worked his way up from sixth man to starter and all star for Portland from 1990 & 1992 as a 7th and 6th man young gun off the bench. By 93 & 94 he was getting starter minutes until it was HIS team for a brief period between The Drexler era and the Rasheed Wallace eras....with Clifford playing alongside both Drexler and Rasheed at various points. Vlade was a long-time Laker used to trade for Kobe Bryant before 1996-97 & the arrival of SHAQ. Vlade played with Magic post Kareem, during the Worthy era post Magic, thru the Van Exel era, with Magic Johnson one more time in 95-96 pre the SHAQ era. So he got to be Magic's Center after Kareem and with Magic again for Magic's final season. Vlade was well acquainted with Los Angeles fans. 89-90 was a good and loyal and steady group. They all had bright 🌞😎 careers post their original team for another 4-5 years or more. Kemp an all star season in Cleveland along with another 20 ppg season after that all star year in 98. Clifford was a very very good Phoenix Sun for a minute with Jason Kidd and Penny Hardaway and Rex Chapman etc. Tim Hardaway flirted with a potential dynasty in Miami with Riley and Alonzo Mourning (Mourning is an important 90's type all star wait for the shift in consciousness with his draft class) but lost to the Knicks alot. Glen Rice was an All Star MVP in Charlotte and 3pt contest winner 🏆 and a champion in Los Angeles in 99-00 as a 3rd scorer for SHAQ & Kobe. Sean Elliot was so San Antonio hes like the original San Antonio guy other than the pillars David Robinson and Tim Duncan. Sean Elliot was traded for Rodman then came back like a loyal dog in 94-95 to play with Robinson and Rodman. Elliot played with Robinson and Cummings, Robinson and Rodman, Robinson and Duncan and hit the Memorial Day Miracle shot in May 1999... He was a consummate franchise player as it turned out. He only won 1 ring out of their 5 too. He was a foundational leg 🦵 of the journey. He helped set a pace. From 89-90 he helped rookie David Robinson lead San Antonio from 26 or whatever wins to 56 or whatever wins and then he missed the 96-97 season with Robinson and then helped Robinson and rookie Tim Duncan lead a 21 win team or whatever win 56 or 58 games or whatever in 97-98. I think 56-26 tied with Phoenix and Clifford Robinson and Jason Kidd in the West. 1990 : Derrick Coleman wins 90-91 rookie of the year, Gary Payton becomes an all time Sonics 🦔 legend and helps Shawn Kemp become one of the top dynamic duos of the 90's. Plays in Seattle from 1990-2003 when traded for Ray Allen and to Milwaukee before his 1,000th game in Seattle. About 12 full seasons in Seattle. Then he chased rings in Los Angeles and Miami with SHAQUILLE O'Neal riding the big Aristotle of the 90's mega star ⭐ into an NBA trophy 🏆. Elden Campbell was a long time Laker from about 91-99 when traded with Eddie Jones for Glen Rice. Antonio Davis a longtime Pacer then Raptor to help fortify Vince Carter's early experiences. Jayson Williams was a Net for life after a brief start with Charles Barkley's Sixers in 91 & 92. He didnt play a whole lot until 95-96 or 96-97 for New Jersey and then he missed the entire 99-2000 season only to be found guilty of murder or an accessory to murder in 2000. His career was then over. Ceballos was a very good scorer for Phoenix pre Barkley with Barkley, and a nice Laker between Worthy and SHAQ eras. Ceballos had pretty decent job security wherever he went. He could play without the ball, hustle, grind on defense and rebound and score 20 pts without dribbling. He was a guy players enjoyed finding under the basket for efficient assists per pass. Tyrone Hill was a good 6'8" PF/C. Long and heavy. Tyrone Hill was sorta like Ceballos. Valuable enough to play good minutes just not good enough to keep if you wanted a championship. He was valuable trade bait. He could help any team win and help you get the player you NEED to TRY to seal the deal 🤝 on a championship 🏆. 1991-92 rookies : Larry Johnson was the rookie of the year, Mutombo was also a rookie in 91-92 just one year pre SHAQ & Georgetown alumni teammate Alonzo Mourning entered the 90's NBA. Steve Smith was another quality all star drafted in 1991. Kenny Anderson and Terrell Brandon were also rookies in 91-92. All of these guys were like hired guns, valuable talents, dependable and could really costar for you. Larry Johnson was a 5 year pro with Charlotte and expected to help lead Charlotte against SHAQ's Orlando Magic in the ECFs a time or two or three, or four, or five or six. Or seven. But, LJ got hurt during a pivotal 93-94 season, missed enough chunk of games to watch Charlotte lose their 5th seed position in the East to the Reggie Miller Indiana Pacers. The Hornets started 93-94 5th favorite to win the NBA title. Ahead of Hakeem Olajuwon's Rockets, Pippen's Bulls and SHAQ's Magic. They wound up missing the playoffs. A year later they have 50 wins and 4th seed and Zo and LJ vs Pippen and Jordan with homecourt advantage against Chicago and their Longley, Wennington, Perdue three headed troll 🧌 unit. They LOSE !!!! They obviously werent as valuable a DUO as Penny and SHAQ vs Jordan and Pippen and Chicago and their three headed booger eating troll 🧌 unit. Alonzo was then traded for Glen Rice to Miami to be Riley's new Patrick Ewing. LJ stayed one more mediocre season in Charlotte. LJ did have tremendous successes in 5 seasons each for Charlotte and New York. He helped Charlotte win their first playoff series in team history. They were also the first of the four expansion teams of 89 & 90 (Miami, Minnesota, Orlando, Charlotte) to win a playoff series. Miami HeaT, were the first to make the postseason of these four teams in 91-92 (swept by 67-15 1992 Untoucha - BULLS.) And Miami has become the most successful of these franchises winning 3 NBA titles in 06, 12 & 13. Since 1989, Miami is one of the most successful franchises in modern NBA history. But Charlotte largely because of Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson were the first of these teams to win a playoff series and the first with realistic championship aspirations. Until SHAQ of course got Penny and then Horace in 94-95 then the Hornets were at the bottom of that hill. Orlando is the second most successful of these four teams since 1989 and been to two NBA Finals losing to Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol respectively. Theyve had some great talents like Penny, SHAQ, G. Hill, TMAC1 and Dwight Howard. The TWolves and Hornets have largely suffered in comparison and find it real difficult to keep their talents in Charlotte or Minnesota as well as their Franchises. Charlotte has proven a wonderful basketball 🏀 town, but they did originally move to New Orleans before substituting their Bobcats team back to the Hornets 🐝. LJ was their first star ⭐. He did good things. And helped the 90's Hornets sell alot of jerseys and starter jackets. 90's reggaeton wouldn't look the same without New Jersey Puerto Rican kids rocking high fades with Hornets jackets in Newark Noreasters. Head bobbing to Island reggae hip hop vibes. Me and my cuzins were Chicagoans like Michael Finley and though we all had Bulls gear ⚙️.. we had the Orlando Magic and Charlotte Hornets early gear as well as them New York, Chicago and the Sonics had to be the most popular NBA logos and colors and apparel. Oh also the Barkley era Suns jerseys and jackets. Barkley changed the game in 92-93. He was the mega star ⭐ relocating mid-prime..

Michael Finley " Nba Champion San Antonio Spurs "!!!

12:01 - Why Dirk out here laying down like Yamcha?

Nice video btw I’m Donnie Boyce’s cousin

Finley changed the culture before Dirk and nash and he was the heart of the team. Young dirk got zero respect for toughness and defense. That was Finley. They used to call young Dirk "Irk" because he had no D... Pause

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Fin should have been with D when we won the Belt

Good player but was really a volume scorer. He had a nice outside shot though. Glad he got a chip, he was a good player who was about his team and never complained.

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🎉Stu Jackson ❤

Remember when Finley jumped shipped and left Dirk

Nash, Finley, Nowitzki. The big 3 in Dallas.

I remember Fin…he was the complete package athletic, can shoot mid range or from 3 👍🏼 top 5 nah I would say top 10 Dirk Luka Nash Mashburn Kidd

Van Gundy 🎉❤

I love it when people talk about very underground nba players, please do a vid about Slick Watts next :> -Ron, The Almighty Rat King

Met Finley at a Hot Topic in Phoenix his rookie year along with Mario Bennett. He was super cool, Bennett however not so much.

yo am i tripping or do Finley look like Mike's son? with knowing what i know about the world it would NOT surprise me

Been saying this for years. Mavs need to retire his number..

Finley was probably the unluckiest player in the NBA just behind Elgin Baylor. When Dallas started contending for a chip, they traded him away.

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Finely was def. one of my favorite players to watch going back to the early 2000's. And that I think of it, he may be a top 5 mav of all-time. Dirk Luka Mark Aguirre Rolando Blackman Finely I think I have to take him narrowly over Nash, since Nash didn't really have his GREATEST years until he got to Phoenix (Or got back to Phoenix in 04) Edit: Completely forgot about J Kidd who's earliest pro years were with the Mavs SMH I think I might have to replace Finn with Kidd

Fun fact! The mavs didn’t match the Steve Nash offer because Mike Bibby cooked him in the playoffs!

as Bill Simmons once put it Toni Braxton turned the Mavs from the three Js to Michael Finley and a load of crap

.....no Popeye Jones?? Lol.

I thought he won a ring

He was good for a few seasons but he fell hard and fast

way better than joe Johnson

He was a better sun than Mav. 🤣

Billy Ocean 😂

Big Dawg Robinson

VaShon Leonard

Jim Jackson

the 06 spurs lost in 7 games to the mavs smh your facts are all off throughout this video