It's like they (Houston) did him and Philly a favor. They knew they didn't have a strong enough cast around him. And Philly would. Looked like a "thanks for what u did for us" deal.

No, he gets forgotten because the current media ppl don’t talk about him.

He a sixer for life but we traded him for shit

@@gregrice1532 they sure did. Ruland was good, but broken down by the time Philly got him.

That's a story right there. How did that happen is what I want to know.

He seems like a chill dude

Man that walk alone do it alone n name Malone Moses deliverer of the slave of defeats THATS THE MAN/ HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY ME...i remember when the won i was crying litaŕely tears coming down my cheek n was releave like it was i was one of the player going thrue every year trying n finally i got RESCUE IT FELT BEAUTYFUL CAUSE I KNOW THAT WE ALL WAS ROOTING FOR DR J IT WAS IS LAST CHANCE.....GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN MO LOVE YOU BRO....RIP..

Same pump fake and turn moves in post

@@southsideman4891 Footwork also superior, since he played soccer growing up. But Big Mo is arguably top 5 at center, and is hardly ever mentioned among the GOATs.

@@tylerhingleton8493 very true

@@tylerhingleton8493 agree, here’s my top 5. 1. Kareem 2. Hakeem 3. SHAQ 4. Wilt 5. Moses

Guy, Moses ain't hardly number 6. It's Kareem or Wilt then Moses.

Basketball Jones, I'm with you on that! 🎯👍👍👍

@@southsideman4891 can you read? Clearly moses and his father

@@jennieramm880 you are right. My sincerest apologies to the commenter. RIP to his father and Moses....

Wilt Chamberlain is best rebounder

Highly doubt he brought a lunch pail, pretty sure they had a team chef

Curbstomp

Worked way too hard for these guys.

Exactly. My top 5

#6

Yes. Wilt, Jabbar, Olajuwon, Russell and Malone would be my top 5. Yes, I put all those guys ahead of Shaq

@Mark Grace there's absolutely nothing wrong with taking Dream and Mr. Robinson over shaq. For one thing, Shaq has said many times that "...Hakeem whupped my butt..." and as for the Admiral, phenomenal, honestly kind of frightening speed for his size, much faster than Shaq, and had similarly dominant stats throughout his career. Ewing, on the other hand? No, I can't go there with you on that one. More skilled? Who cares, Shaq was better...

Top 5 all time

Honestly I think only Wilt could dominate Big Mo, and it would be a battle for every rebound.

Elvin Hayes is most underrated, everybody knows Moses.

Nah. Bernard King and Clyde Drexler are more underrated than Moses..

@@jamessills5802 people knows Hayes

@@lamefart no

He was a journeyman

Harold Katz😤

Yes indeed

Kareem was still great, but Moses was the best center of the 80s hands down.

@Mark Grace Agree mostly but Moses was the best center of the 80s and yeah he sure did expose Kareem's rebounding shortcomings.

@Mark Grace MOSES UNDERRATED CENTER JUST LIKE ADMIRAL BOTH ARE TOP 5 CENTERS IN HISTORY BUT BLIND LOW IQ PPL SEES ONLY RINGS. 1. WILT GOD (ALSO BEST ATHLETE EVER) 2. OLAJUWON GOAT (HE IS MOST COMPLETE ALL AROUND NBA PLAYER EVER) 3. MOSES 4. ADMIRAL 5. WALTON PRE INJURIES (IF EMBIID NOT FRAGILE HE IS POSSIBLE TOP EVER) JABBAR , RUSSELL , SHAQ ARE WAGONS IN SUPERTEAM

@@PIP...33 A man who knows! Thank you.

@@nicholasschroeder3678 SABONIS WAS MONSTER PRE INJURIES. I DUNNO WHY PPL DONT PULL HIS GREATNESS CAUSE HE BEAT USA PROBABLY. Even Bill Walton says : I was great pre injuries but I saw Sabonis also pre injuries and Think this dude is better than me or any center in America. Sabonis was rare combo of strength shooting and IQ who also was solid athlete. For xample Jokic can pass and shoot but his athletism nowhere near to Sabonis.

Wilt Chamberlain

@@Heatlifer77 puhleeze Kareem roasted Wilt

Huh

When Kareem was in Milwaukee he used to bust Moses ass it's only after the 70's was over and Kareem was old is when Moses started playing better against Kareem. Kareem was the only center Moses couldn't fu** with.

@@williegordon7899 Kareem never faced Moses when he was a Milwaukee Buck though. Moses wasn't even in the NBA til 1976.

No

@@nature-kv3xe Why do you say that? What is your view?

@@JamesHardenoverKobe13 The Dude abides, well said. Malone won the MVP in Houston in 1979 and took them to the Finals in 1981. Wins second MVP in 1982, gets traded, wins the MVP in Philadelphia en route to winning the NBA Championship there, crazy. People forget about how good those Malone/Dr J Sixers were.

My two favourite players of all time

Stop it with the Bird worshipping . Moses got 15.7 against Bird, Parish, Mchale and the finals MVP (not bird) Cedrick Maxwell.

​@@rockinpelmetdefinitely two guys who never cheated you. while they are both known as hard workers, they had an abundance of talent as well. And no one would out work either of those guys.

Truth

All of that.

Yeah but they didn't win in four. And Moses Malone couldn't read he was an illiterate.

@@williegordon7899 they won the championship in 4 straight

My only arguments against would be he wasnt as prolific a scorer for as many years as shaq and he wasn't the rim protector that shaq was. Also you really cant discount the effect of all the non shooting fouls shaq drew during his career. Shaq also shot a much higher percentage and was a great facilitator in the half court. Moses was a dominant rebounder but really thats the only statistical advantage over shaq. Maybe you can say he is a better overall player, that would be completely subjective to argue though. But I don't think you can overstate just how big an impact shaq had on every game.

Like most of the time.

His weakness wasn't one-on-one, it was the team game. He didn't block shots or pass like Kareem.

@@Amick44 That is true. Basically most of the time.

Pete? LMAO

@@Heatlifer77 U dont think Pete was MVP caliber in '79? HIs game only dipped slightly.

@@averyce2 that was his comeback yr from the knee injury that prematurely ended his career. The season before (77-78) was another story. He was playing great til the injury. The Jazz were on a 10 game winning streak.

He should have been 1980 mvp also. Kareem was given a gift

@@averyce2 not that season but he was the year before

I'm still puzzled as how they the defending champs lost to the lowly Nets the following year with all that talent

Sure the 83 sixers swept the lakers in the finals that year the lakers could have made it interesting if james worthy hadden broken his knee before the post season. But philly was on a mission and was strong the entire season and earned the championship.

The reason why the 83 sixers was forgotten is because they didnt repeat as champions like the pistons did in 89 90 .yeah the sixers ran into a rejuvenated Michael ray Richardson as the the new jersey nets shocked the sixers what a show he put on in that series cheeks and toney had no answer for Richardson .

@@tombrad9950 I also think Moses was beginning to show his age. Unfortunately the dirty little secret on Moses is that after the MVP/championship run years of 79-83 he kinda inexplicably just began falling off.

Yeah there was a very clear drop off, and he wasn't even 30 yet.

Well said

I reckon if Dennis Rodman where to guard Moses Malone, he'd get fouled out.

He was his mentor

Agreed. Malone was probably not a big proponent in the weight room. But on the court he simply overpowered entire front lines.

Better than Magic and Kareem..Bird was the best player of the 80's

His reputation to many is a bull in a China closet that just out worked everyone else, I see a lot more subtlety to his game. I am amazed by how smart and crafty he was, a pure genius out there.

Speaking of Wayne Gretzky, honestly, that guy had an impact beyond any other player in any sport in my mind. I've never been so shocked by someone who was so obviously on another level. Barry Sanders at his very best is about the closest comparison I can think of. It just didn't matter what everyone else was doing - they were going to do their thing and there was no stopping them. Just with Gretzky, it was practically every game.

@@merlball8520 ,👍 Though even Barry doesn't leap past everyone during and before him the way that The Great One did, or Malone in his heyday.

Then you remember unreal!

Ewing was better than Moses silly

Awesome song!

big8dog88.....I was and am a Big Moses fan.....but By 1992 Moses was not producing like he was in the 80s and 70s.....I think in 1992 he was playing with the bucks....he may have even been hurt that year....Check Basketball reference and check his numbers in 1992. He simply was past his prime.... But I love your passion toward BIG MO!

@@brandonmartin7713 You're right, Moses wasn't the player he used to be at that point, but he was still a solid contributor, he was 17th in a 27 team league in rebounds in 91-92. (He dropped off the map the next year). Clearly, he wasn't one of the top 11 players in the NBA. BUT... Neither was Isiah. In each of the four years between Olympics, from 89 to 92, Moses outperformed Isiah in Win Shares. To be fair, there are other metrics that said Isiah was better, but Moses presents the perfect counter-argument to those who, for the past 30 years have been saying Isiah being left off the team was a horrible injustice. (Don't take this as an Isiah hit piece, had there been a Dream Team in '88, Isiah absolutely would have belonged on it.) The truth is, back when it was free, I used Basketball Reference to rank the players by total Win Shares from 89 to 92, and 10 of the 11 Dream Teamers were in the top 11. The lone exception was Larry Bird, but it's understandable that he'd be there, he was Larry Freakin' Bird. IIRC, the missing player was Terry Porter, how's that for a forgotten name from the past? Considering that they didn't have advanced metrics, I'd say the committee did a damn good job.

@@big8dog887 Thank you for your feedback.....I am going to throw a compassionate curveball at you concerning my concern with win shares based upon two performances that revolutionized my thinking about trickiness of point guards and using win shares to gauge how great they play.....1988 game 5 bullets against Pistons and 1981 game 3 Rockets against Lakers.....I was watching this game 5 game last year all the way to the 3rd and I noticed something Zeke was doing to Darell Walker what Darrell Walker did to him, playing fantastic defense, same on Steve Colter. It seemed right before my eyes I was watching Zeke become a better.player focusing on what the team needed at every moment if they needed defense, rebounding, feeding everybody, making entry passes....scoring only when needed.....Billy Packer substituting for Dick Stockton and Tommy Heinsohn confirmed my observations with this statement, "I have seen Isiah had games where he has had more productive games in points and assists, but I don't know if I have ever seen him have a better LEADERSHIP day." The commentator next to Billy said by 3rd quarter, Isiah had 9 points but an outstanding floor game ( I realize u don't hear that term said hardly at all in today's game)....Late in 4th quarter Billy asks his cohost "Does Isiah have double figures yet-his floor generalship has been outstanding set the pace, get everybody together." They had confirmed my thoughts....What I am going to say here is heavy.....I felt like I watched Zeke enter into this game as a future Hall of Famer, but he transformed into one of the 50 greatest ever in this game right before my eyes.....He played 40m 16pts, 6rbs, 11ass, 5 stls, 1blk, and 1tov,1pf....Steve Colter had 1ass and 4pts in 13m......Walker had 3ass, 7pts shooting 3-11 from field in 33m.......But next game I saw last year completely OVERWHELMED ME! In 1980-1 I was completely fascinated how in the world did a sub .500 team beat the defending champions Lakers besides the mighty Moses.....To say I was shocked is an understatement! So I watched this game 3.....And I am noticing something weird....in spite of having The incomparable Magic and the allstar caliber Norm Nixon neither one of them could wrest the control of the tempo of the game from this guy I had never heard of before.....TOM HENDERSON! Coach Del Harris had did something that is deep....Calvin Murphy was the team's pg, and he had two sg's one of note to basketball guys of the 70s early 80s Mike Dunleavy....but he had another guy names Tom Henderson. So he has Calvin be the 6th man, starts two sgs and has. Tom Henderson run the point.....I only remember that Tom had 7 ass, he may have had 4 points in maybe 31 minutes......BUT I WITNESSED ONE OF THE GREATEST FLOOR GENERALSHIP, FLOOR GAMES IN MY BASKETBALL LIFE!! Obviously Moses was Moses.....But Tom had everybody where they were supposed to be, and playing HOUSTON BASKETBALL.....This game changed my life....and I finally began to understand just a little bit of what The one and only Bill Russell said about himself, "The greatest part of my game is invisible". Win shares simply can grasp the fulness of pgs floor generalship in a game, series or a season......Moses beat zeke in win shares no doubt in the time period u told me......but I am pretty sure he didn't pass him in floor generalship during those years......that is why pgs or even Point forwards win shares don't do them justice.....You pulled a lot out of me today.....BUT I LOVE IT!!

@@big8dog887 i meant to say later win shares can't grasp the fulness of Pgs and Point forwards floor generalship.....sorry about that.

With Moses he had no off switch. 100% max effort. Hakeem was the same way. He should have won the 95 MVP too.