My fav player as a teen. He was fearless, competitive, could shoot from anywhere, drive around anyone with his elite quickness, and was clutch. Surprised he only made one all star team.
I wore #9 Jersey and we had the same colors as the Lakere Purple & Gold. When I played CYO Basketball for St Thomas the Apostle. I love playing with guys with his energy
Dennis Smith need to watch these highlights, they kind of play similarly. Don't blow it up yeah he's a rookie needs to learn alot but just look at Dennis Smith and Van play style.
It wasn't vanExcels fault,,but everyone's favorite Eddie Jones some of the other role players would be too passive or would just stand around and watch him Shaq and kobe go to work.
@@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend he wasn't that good. Harden is a top 5 SG of all time. Nick is nowhere near being a top-10 PG. Hell, he isn't even a top 20 PG of all time. Hand checking was banned in 95- current. Nice try, though!
@@themansince stop ✋️ knock it off. In the 90's Nick always been top 10 PGs in the league. If you hate him as a player then that's your personal problem. If he wasn't that good, how was he a star player and he's been idolized by ball fans and hoopers? You don't make any sense. Don't let his trouble behavior in the league confused you with his skillful abilities that he displayed then.
@@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend Nick may was a top 10 PG from 96-98. He still wasn't the 90s version of Harden though! I love Nick as a player but I will keep it real! Nick was only a one-time all-star. He wasn't that good! I never said anything about his troubling behavior. N*gga, stop putting words in my mouth!
Sometimes I think PLAYING in LA had much pressure on NICK.WHEN NICK GOT HOT.HE WAS LIKE VINNIE”MICROWAVE” JOHNSON WITH PG HANDLES.VERY EXCITING TO WATCH WHEN HE GOT GOING 🏀⛹🏿♂️🟣🟡💯👍🏿
My fav player as a teen. He was fearless, competitive, could shoot from anywhere, drive around anyone with his elite quickness, and was clutch. Surprised he only made one all star team.
He was the future of current day PGs.
Stop it
Tyron Wells What happened?
Jesus-is LORD You what you just said
Tyron Wells What's wrong with my commet?
Jesus-is LORD You said he was the future of todays Point guards.
Van Exel was feeling it at 4:48. look at him go
Van Exel was one of my favs growing up
My favorite point guard of all time... Never afraid to take the big shot
And this is why this is the best channel on UA-cam, another great video man. I LOVE Nick Van Exel my favorite 90's PG
Van Exel's showtime with the best ever radio announcer Chick Hearn. Those were the days.
Van Exel was unfazed by Jordan and the Bulls. When the lights were bright, he was always wearing shades.
Still remember that game he had against Gary Payton. The Glove was on skates the whole game.
Clutch shooters for the Lakers
1. Jerry West (1960-74)
2. Magic Johnson (1979-91; 1996)
3. Nick Van Exel (1993-1998)
4. Kobe Bryant (1996-2016)
Don't forget Robert Horry, Brian Shaw & D-Fish
@@ThaDreamMerchant nah he's talking about all-star players that carried their team when the game on the line
He did this against the Fab 5 in his Cinci days
Eddie & nick definitely toughened up Kobe during his rookie season, hard knock practices✊🏾
van exel and ginobli are my fav lefties
I miss this guy he could do anything shoot pass and defend and handle the rock a true PG
Smooth looking pull up jumper.
Nick the quick 🔥💯
I wore #9 Jersey and we had the same colors as the Lakere Purple & Gold. When I played CYO Basketball for St Thomas the Apostle. I love playing with guys with his energy
man those were the days nick the quick and eddie jones
Nick Van Exel was NASTY
Nick was fun to watch
That fake he did on Harper.... I remember seeing that and rewinding it a million times to practice and add to my handles. Nick at night!
About to order a van exel jersey RN
I remember this game. The difference was putting Rodman on Shaq in the second half. Wouldn't been a Van Exel blowout if it wasn't for that
I can't believe the Lakers traded Nick for Tony Battie and Tyrone Lue 😞
Awful trade. Van Exel was my favorite player at that time.
nice to see a lefty point who plays so damn goooooodddd
I am a van exel fan : ) thanks for this video
One of the most underrated point Guards
His change of speed game is nice
Eddie jones !
opinion wise I would say Nick's like a slightly bigger lsaiah Thomas of the Celtics
Top 5 best lefty of all time 🏀👣
Lmao Chick is not letting what's his name talk 😂😂
So yall gonna act like this nigga MJ didn't get dropped? that was nastier than AI 3:56
He slipped ;)
Yo that man fell like crazy
Domini478 nahhhhhhhhhh nigga 😂 his ass got dropped!
I remember this game Kukoc went on a streak of 3’s
Please do more 90s highlights!
“He misses so badly he threw it in” wtf is the commentator saying
:DDDDDD
Even at 12 years old Kobe was already taking the last shot ;D
Always thought Wade looked like Nick Van with hair lol
He kinda does
NAHH....BARKLEY
ITSRICHTIME this feminine ass comment 🤫🤫🤫
Dennis Smith need to watch these highlights, they kind of play similarly. Don't blow it up yeah he's a rookie needs to learn alot but just look at Dennis Smith and Van play style.
Rhetorical Amusement and Dennis has ups out the gymnasium too
Have a hundred basketball cards of this guy. Cool to see him actually play
Still cannot comprehend why the Lakers traded Nick to the Nuggets.
Nick the Quick
NVE was born 20yrs too early.
Look at 0:17 😯
Underrated
Listening to chick hern gives me chills
Kobe took the last shot. He was about 2 months into his NBA career at that point.
Terry rozier plays like van exel
I disagree,,,terry rozier play more like Bobby Jackson and Jason terry
The funny thing about this game we lost
WHERE WAS KOBE?
0:15
Travel at 03:40?
Sup Dawkins how about a vid on my favorite player of all time Eddie Jones
Nice video
What happened to this guy I've never heard of him
96 bulls still won that shit
+tommybrown187 big comeback for them
tommybrown187 yep they were down by eighteen at the start of the fourth quarter and came all the way back. damn that was a fun game.
It wasn't vanExcels fault,,but everyone's favorite Eddie Jones some of the other role players would be too passive or would just stand around and watch him Shaq and kobe go to work.
Nick the quick
If u are a right handed player it is hard guarding those left handed players
Learn Something D´ Angelo
Deangelo russel's ceiling
+Keith Austin Not even close. lol
+Dragon Luffy You mean too high or too low
+Ernesto Hendrix I mean low
Russell don't got this speed
+tommybrown187 Not a better scorer as well.
Good game, but Jordan and the Bulls just too good.
Nick vanexel was better than Derek fisher
00:16 -- Think thats the first player ever to fake someone and then dribble the ball behind their back.
Is he really tho
yes finally!
Markell Fultz
He plays like Brandon Jennings
Brandon Jennings plays like him **
@@ldashoota2668 Thank you!
That was Brandon Jennings & Sébastien Telfair's idol and mentor. Both look up to NVE. Please get it right
I wish i could trade Lebron for this lakers team :)
If we can do this all again and just rewind back to the 90's era
this gameplay reminds me of Wardell and James Harden
Curry>Exel
+Ryan Kelley Curry
+Ryan Kelley Curry
Really similar to IT
Isaiah Thomas is a mirror image of this guy!
All that scoring.. for what??? But we won tho!!!!
Lakers choked this game so hard.
Here because of lebron
Nick van exel = James harden
bs! Nick was never that good!
@@themansince stop smoking the Crack pipe. Don't forget the modern rule is way different from Jordan's physical hand check rule in the 90's
@@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend he wasn't that good. Harden is a top 5 SG of all time. Nick is nowhere near being a top-10 PG. Hell, he isn't even a top 20 PG of all time. Hand checking was banned in 95- current. Nice try, though!
@@themansince stop ✋️ knock it off. In the 90's Nick always been top 10 PGs in the league. If you hate him as a player then that's your personal problem. If he wasn't that good, how was he a star player and he's been idolized by ball fans and hoopers? You don't make any sense. Don't let his trouble behavior in the league confused you with his skillful abilities that he displayed then.
@@TheSub-SaharanAmericanLegend Nick may was a top 10 PG from 96-98. He still wasn't the 90s version of Harden though! I love Nick as a player but I will keep it real! Nick was only a one-time all-star. He wasn't that good! I never said anything about his troubling behavior. N*gga, stop putting words in my mouth!
7th
Sometimes I think PLAYING in LA had much pressure on NICK.WHEN NICK GOT HOT.HE WAS LIKE VINNIE”MICROWAVE” JOHNSON WITH PG HANDLES.VERY EXCITING TO WATCH WHEN HE GOT GOING 🏀⛹🏿♂️🟣🟡💯👍🏿
Nice video