NBA Legends Explain How Good Was Luc Longley
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In this Video NBA Legends explain how good Luc Longley was.
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Luc was a good player that fit into the system of the Chicago Bulls. It was good to see MJ give Longley his flowers.
Telling a story about when he chewed him out was giving him his flowers?
@@eddieG667 That is just a snippet of the interview MJ did. MJ sat down to speak about Luc and did give him props for his growth as a player.
@@eddieG667 it is lol. Jordan also praised other times along with other teammates
@@eddieG667 Like MJ said, there's good and bad in all relationships
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So you're the type to fall for quick edited, out of contexts, click baits.
Ok.🤦♂️🙄
Luc got his own mini episode & it went more in depth than what a segment in the Last Dance could've covered I hope Ron Harper gets a Mini episode too.
I played against Luc from under 14s to u20s and followed his NBA career closely. He did himself and his country proud and will never be a forgotten member of the Bulls here in Australia. Thanks for the vid.
A superstar Centre in that team would not have worked. It would have hurt MJ's game. What the Bulls needed was a fundamentally sound, capable centre who could pass the ball, could rebound and was a solid defender. Luc filled the roll needed very well.
Nice to hear MJ share thoughts on other players… like Luke
The perfect big man for the bulls. Banged hard against all the quality bigs back then, but was one of the best passers which with his personality, was why the Bulls wanted him so badly.
The Luc Longley documentary, kind of an extension of The Last Dance, was incredible and definitely well worth the watch!
Coming from Luc Longley's home state of Western Australia, it was huge for me as a kid to see Luc Longley make it to the NBA and then go on to join the Bulls. We had a few other guys who probably deserved to be in the NBA but it never really worked out for them as the NBA was far less internationally focused than it is now. Thanks for the video, always enjoy the nostalgia.
Is Luc Longley popular in Australia?
@@Bwwe82090 For us in the older generation he is well known. Not so much with the younger generation.
@@brettlong1995 I understand
Same!! I'm just grateful I got to meet him and chat with him in person late last year and gift him one of Michael Jordans rarest toys ever made!! Luc is a legend!!
@@Bwwe82090 For kids in the 90s, he was a legend.
It took a while to warm up to Luc Longly because I was a Will Purdue fan. But I finally realized Longley was the most versatile Center the Bulls ever had!
He did a solid job against kemp in the finals in 96 and ewing. He did everything you wanted from a center
Luc Longley was The best Center team mate of Michael Jordan..
Budgetary concerns. Bullish!t.
During the golden era of centers, he was simply a big 7 footer who soaked up a lot of paint forcing his all-star opponents to work hard so they'd be out of gas by crunch time. It worked!
He also stretched the court fairly well, making other centers and big men have to guard him farther away from the basket than they wanted to. He wasn't much of a 3 point shooter but he had a very good mid-range jumper
@@kylemichaelsen7374yep, good FT shooter as well esp strong for a big of his era
Bro. U nailed it AGAIN! Thank U 100× for educating and/or reminding the NBA fans about some "forgotten" players. U always give them their props. 🤟🏽
In the 90s you really had to have a good vebter down low who could guard and battle guys like Ewing, Shaq , Mutumbo, Mourning, Hakeem, Robinson, etc. Longley gave bulls that at 7'2 270 pounds. He was a solid nba center. Solid player. Great career. Really Helped bulls down low
Debatable, you needed someone decent, and you could have multiple centers to throw at another big guy on a different team.........the Bulls never had a great center and they dominated the 90s anyway.
@JK When I said good I just meant like a solid center. Not a all star. Longley could get you 13 ppg and 8-9 rebounds. Good passer. Big body. And yes Bulls had Wennington, Salley , Edwards, Rodman, Parish, Bison Dele, and Simpkins. They had a bunch a big of big bodies to throw at teams
As much as I love your videos on Barkley, Bird, Dr. J and MJ…I love the videos of less-remembered players just a little better. I hope you keep adding them into the rotation.
Growing up in Australia in the 90’s and following baseball it was great to see an Aussie playing for the greatest nba team.
We loved watching the games and see him contribute in many ways for the bulls.
Great basketball memories!
Well done Luc. Still our most successful export to date.
Luc was an interesting player. A big man that moved gracefully on the court. He wasnt like a Shaq, more like a Vlade Divacs. He had that nice 10 to 12 foot jumper and could pass really well
He also was pretty big dude a solid 260 lb guy. You couldn't easily box out and bully. He could get some buckets and rebound.
His passing in the triangle offense was the best part of his game...underrated imo
I saw the full documentary on Luc Longley after he was left out of the last dance. It's on UA-cam and is excellent. My take away from it was the reinforcement of Jordan just being an insanely competitive type A personality vs. Luke's laid back type B personality. Both personality types have their pluses and minuses. No way Jordan is Jordan w/out that killer type A personality. At the same time, those type A personality types are not usually beloved either by the co-workers or team mates. Luke just seemed like a loved guy that was great to be around. It's a shame his ankle went out ending his career early.
Problem with being a basketballer from Australia was here the team is more of a focus, rather than flashy stuff that gets noticed by people. Doing the things that others won’t do because doesn’t get them noticed
He low key was a big part of the Bulls three-peat. He think if it wasnt Jordan and Pippen’s team he would of scored more points per game. He just played his role and he did it good
In arguably one of the greatest eras of centers, Luc held his own and was a great player.
Excellent vid SD!
I’d love to see a vid on Rik Smits!!
I think the guy would have been a huge star in today’s game!
Smits had injuries his whole career. Specifically, he always had bad feet - bone fractures, dislocations, etc. Even when he was playing at his best, he was doing so on bad feet (and sometimes bad ankles or knees that he injured trying to compensate for his bad feet). If he hadn't, he'd be regarded as an all-time great. He was very skilled, had a good touch with the ball, and he was huge.
(Worth noting that Patrick Ewing also played his entire career injured - his knees)
Sadly Luc lost pretty well all of his memorabilia from the Bulls days, when he had a massive fire at his property. Always felt gutted for him when that happened
Do one on Alex English. I look at his stat line and wonder why I know nothing about him. He was good.
They bag on English because he wasn't a great defender. They exaggerate and talk about the guy as if he never even tried on defense. But he was just an average defender. He certainly wouldn't look that bad on defense in today's NBA.
Overall English was a great player and deserves more respect and recognition than he typically gets.
It would be great, but if Sean wasn't that much of a 90' Bulls fan. I can see we would watch a video on "how good was Jud Buechler" first, before a video on an NBA great like English
I remember watching the league avidly back then, as that bulls team came together. A summer or 2 prior, I was watching summer league games and Bill Wennington with Longley were absolutely tearing it up. I was thinking, if those guys get on that existing Bulls team, they will be totally unstoppable. Feels good when you are right about a gut feeling.
Great job giving Luc a shout out. As an Aussie who grew up watching that era it’s nice to see the big guy getting some props as he really did his home country proud. His game was built around solid fundamentals and teamwork. Thank you!
Dude has 3 rings....end of STORY!
Having watched and greatly appreciated Luc during his time at UNM, I respect him for his years in the NBA. Luc is Luc.
Luc was a NM Lobo before the NBA. Super nice guy and a blast to watch him play!
I remember watching his last game as a lobo as a child
He's a good example of not being great but had a simple job to do and did it. I come from his home state so I'm very proud of him and his accomplishments.
His "Home State" Was Australia 🤣
@Travis Reynolds Australia is made up of 6 States and 2 territories genius. Longley is from the state of Western Australia.
@@vlt873 I was being facetious trying to be funny. Guess that wasn't funny.🤦
You could've found far worse big men than Longley. He had to play against Shawn Kemp, Ewing, The Admiral, Shaq, Hakeem and all those big men in the trenches. Did the dirty work while MJ and Scottie took over the scoring.
It was easy to overlook luc during the bulls reign but he was integral to their success.
Luke is from my hometown Fremantle, Perth WA. Hes a humble nice bloke... represented us well and was/is underrated to an extent for sure.. starting 5, 3 peet.
As an Aussie myself, ya cannot be anymore prouder of his success with the Bulls.. If nothing else Luc can proudly say I won championships with, and was a teammate of the Greatest Basketball Player of all time. Michael Jordan. Any Aussie would love to have that on their resume.
Love Lucs game, he is massive and great passer and rebounder and can score, he was definitely left out of this Netflix series, he is a quiet achiever, MJ even said right at the end of this video that he regrets not including him in this special and that he did have the power to change that but he didn't, MJ ego gets in the way once again!
“Let me tell you a story about Longley so I can really talk about myself”
Someone wanted asked me about Luc Longley, I took that personally.
When you're that fcking good, yeah, you can say that.
Haha
@@jonathanpeterson1984 well, there are actually Bulls fans like myself who cheered on the teams since the late 80s. I guess there are more Jordan worshipers like yourself who always feel the need to trash on his teammates and coach because you think it threatens your precious Demi god's legacy.
It's a complete sh*t show. and embarrassing. MJ didn't even show up to the ring of honor ceremony. Meanwhile, many of the dynasties can have mature reunions where the players actually attend.
"he was important" and then followed it with nothing, so luc wasn't really important.
I lived in Albuquerque when Luc was drafted and eventually went to the Bulls. I couldn't of been any happier for him.
Did he get drafted by Minnesota and then later signed with Bulls?
@Bold Lad 34 u are correct, I forgot about that, I must of remembered when he went to Bulls later.
@@CornbreadJenkins34 sign and trade
The 90's was an era of great centres: Shaq, Hakeem, Ewing, Mutombo, Mourning, Robinson. And it was physical. Longley had the unenviable and thankless task of trying to defend those hall of famers, and still contribute to the offense.
He was never going to be the game winner, but those great centres could put up 40+ points against Longley, he could definitely lose the Bulls the match.
Of course Luc didn't have the mentality to win, he came from my Timberwolves organization. The worst team in professional sports history.
Another great video, keep up the terrific work, man! We’ve gotta keep the Oakley-Mahorn-Laimbeer era alive and well for posterity, thank you for your service💪🙌
Luc was a big impact on that team. I can remember appreciating his game. If there is one move that I wish he could have utilized a little more would've been Kareem's skyhook. He used that move a few times and with his height and size, he would've been that much more unstoppable, especially against guys like Shaq and Carl Malone. All be it, Luc had a great game with the help of Phil and Mike getting on his ass.
I’m not a big basketball fan, but genuinely appreciate the athleticism and skill. I watched The Last Dance and like everyone, was astonished that Jordan didn’t speak about Luc - even I knew he was an incredible player in an incredible team.
This is good to set the record straight, but it feels like it shouldn’t have been necessary. Even at the end, MJ just says he ‘probably should have included Luc’.
He was ok. His body and size is pretty much why he started. To defend other players his size. Center Bill Wennington came off the bench for his shooting ability not necessarily for defense. He was tall and thin.
Jerry krause was a great GM. Got guys like Harper, Kerr, Rodman Kukoc, and Longley. Really built a good team
MJ n Luc remind me of Kobe n Pau Gasol.
Best thing about Luc missing in the last dance was he got his own documentary :D But I am sure there are a lot of other ppl worth mentioning including staff that never got the attention they surely deserve!
As a Minnesotan growing up it was frustrating to see him hold out at the start of his career and then be mediocre at best during his time there. Especially for being such a high pick. I blame the Timberwolves and the culture of losing that permeates Minnesota sports though. I was always happy to see him do well in Chicago because he seemed like a nice guy.
Judging by the views on this video, a Luc Longley video was well overdue!!
Love the idea of the not so known guys. He was just an average center, but played well enough to have some rings.
MJ- great player, failure as a person. Luc- great person, good player.
Haha well…. He was the right player for the Bulls at that time. Big body, good passer, executed the triangle well. Definitely lacked the killer instinct of a lot of other players.
Sounds like a guy I’d like to get a beer with, rather than a guy I’d want to build a team around.
That part where Jordan talked about never complimenting him again in the middle of the game made me laugh.
Luc Longley is one of the greatest men on this earth, a down to earth, good man who thinks a lot about others. Find some videos of him and you will surely agree
When you are the starting center for the greatest team in history, you better be damn good. And he was. Props.
Then why did you leave him out in the first place??
I met Luc at the 96 Olympics. I'm 6'8". He made me feel small. Very nice guy. He was holding a Coke can that he made look like a shot glass.
as an Aussie, thank you for putting this out.
Thank you for making this. As a young Aussie kid he was an important player to a lot of people. I watched Luc go through the draft to Minnesota and on to the Bulls. He's a good man.
I watched that era, and he was awesome, so many played ran through him, and he got plenty of rebounds, assists & baskets. BUT, more importantly he held his own defensively against the Patrick Ewings, Rick Smits & Carl Malone; THE best centers of that era.
Back in the day I kind of thought of Bill Wennington, Will Perdue, and Luc Longley as the same guy.
Thanks, LOVE YOUR CHANNEL AND CONTENT and thanks for giving LUKE his due!! Basketball is a TEAM SPORT!!
If anyone is interested, all of these interviews are from Luc Longley's episode of Australian Story. It's on UA-cam.
Thanks My Man for finally doing this video! We chatted about this maybe 2 yrs ago 🙂
Thanks for doing this video, Luc is an Australian basketball legend, and deserves all the praise he gets from his team mates!!!
It’s an Aussie attribute…dont have to be in the spotlight,don’t really care…….look at the scoreboard…..😎
3:45 That was pure dirty!!! In that era, you can approach your teammate and tell them what you expect. MJ was a jerk as a teammate but he did make everyone around him better with tough love. Not being their buddy.
Who scoring average got better when joining MJ? Ron Harper averaged like 7 points. The lowest amongst starting guards. And aside from Pippen, what player was able to stay with him more than 4 seasons?
@@eddieG667 are you saying people left the Bulls because of Jordan? Please name them
@@Sf75178 I’ll put it back on you. Name someone outside of Pippen that stayed with him more than 4 seasons. Or name an all star they signed that wasn’t damaged goods.
Magic Johnson always gets criticism for having played with loaded rosters. That shouldn’t be a knock against you if people want to play with you. That should be an asset.
@@eddieG667 oh you refusing to answer the question, BRILLIANT.
No one asked for a trade because of one player as you desperately want to believe and the fact the you refuse to answer the question says a lot
@@Sf75178it doesn’t matter what you and I believe. It’s what happened plain and simple. That’s like asking me to prove the woman who’s been divorced 7 times isn’t good at relationships. I don’t have to.
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American and male. Even though they beat my Sonics in 1995-96, there ARE a lot of players on that Bulls team who I liked, and am glad they got rings: Luc Longley, Jud Buechler, Randy Brown, Steve Kerr (Stevekerr!), Bill Wennington, Jason Caffey, and Dickey Simpkins.
The first 5 minutes of the game Luc would get a quick 8pts
They would always establish the game from the inside -out, whether it was Cartwright or Longley.
People forget how stacked this team was, especially when comparing great players to Michael Jordan. Not saying that Michael Jordan is not the goat, but someone is not stupid if they have a different opinion. MJ, Scottie, Rodman, Harper, Kerr, Longley, Kukoc. Sooooo many players that were not just good, they were amazing. and maybe more important they were durable. Along with one of the greatest coaches of all time. I really cannot speak to his first 3 rings because I was so young I was not really following, but his second 3 rings were won with maybe the most stacked team in history.
Thanks for acknowledging Longley. Like so many role players, Luc doesn't get the credit he deserves. Without his grit and doing the little things that count, jordan may well have never gotten that 3 peat. He just complimented that team perfectly.
As a Knicks fan, I respected Luke's game.
I loved Luc in Bulls in that era. I don't care if he wasn't included because I didn't watch this documentary anyway. Probably watched most of the clips used on it anyway. For me if Luc wasn't there they wouldn't have another threepeat, he was that much important.
DeAndre Ayton needs to watch this.
There's nothing that irritates me more when it comes to American's & America irritates me on a whole list of things but it's their pronunciation of anything Aussie. I know where on the globe we are situated & yes Men At Work gained a worldwide smash hit with the name of the song but it's being called "Down Under". I've never actually heard any Aussie refer to ourselves as being "Down Under", I've never heard any other country call us "Down Under". We call ourselves the "Island Continent", the "Lucky Country", "Straya" (not so much a alternate name but more like how we pronounce Australia)& the best name of all the "Great Southern Land". Maybe it's just a nickname that the US have given us, like how we call the US the nickname "Seppo's".
I grew up northwest of Chicago. My family had season tickets in the nosebleeds...on one occasion; my Dad traded our 4 nose bleed tickets to an acquaintance who needed 4 seats for a playoff game(don't remember the series) in return we got 2 seats row 13 behind the basket. We got there early for whatever free hat or towel they gave early admissions. Long story short Luc was the only Bulls player who came up to the fans (me a kid) and signed autographs and even chatted with my old man because my Dad had been at an NCAA game that luc dominated. He was super nice and fully invested in the conversation with my Dad and even though I didn't appreciate everything at the time, it later became one of my favorite memories out of all the games I was blessed to attend...the best was being randomly selected for an ATT contest event during halftime at my very first game....before the season tickets...before the united center.
As a 43yo man, who followed NBA always but at the highest points from the 93' season, i could appreciate Luc Longley, i was the first to point him out, i still doing it to this day, but its the epitome of 'role player' they gotta job to do and they do it well, they dont hit the highlight reel and they dont earn the kazillions, but they are under the radar critical component of a championship team, such is life, i'm blessed with following Luc as an australian while he was lacing them up, but it is what it is, and getting worse by the hour when generations move on and missed the experiences i had and reflection on the past is predominately reserved for the highlight reel, those that were around for the experience are better for it, those that missed it, sooner or later (and they will) appreciate what those that didnt hit the highlight reel could do and how they contributed. to those that talk about talents 'better than luc' australia had that failed in nba, shane heel and andrew gaze, they were scorers and/or highlight reel players in a soft league by comparison, they never stood a chance, they never received the circumstances required for them to flourish. funnily enough the NBA has softened and they would perform atleast 50% better in the current nba climate, but it is what it is.. Kudos to Luc who was always a true aussie representative, who did his job and worked hard to a point no one could argue and supporting a pridefull nation who knew what he brought to an awesome team. Kudos to shane heel and andrew gaze who (who could) couldn't say no to opportunity and failed miserably on the world spotlight to ensure future generations embraced and stepped up.
me, 9/10x i couldnt sink a shot, 3shots in when i realise, i start setting up my teammates almost (but not exclusively) every time down the floor. that 1/10x though, i was steph curry, i literally could throw it over my head backwards and that sucker would go in everytime..
A lot of great role players on Bulls that were necessary for success: Luc, Cartwright, King, Grant, Hodges, Armstrong, Paxton, Kerr…etc. Look them up.
Bulls just needed someone his size and skill to match against the other big BIGS like shaq , ostertag , sabonis
Nope everyone knows MJ played with a bunch of bums. Literally 1v9’d for six years. Also coached himself. That’s why he a legend.
1. MJ
2. Pippen
3. Rodman
4. Luc
5.Harper
+ Kukoc.
that's my fav Bulls team
Budgetary issue?? You got the richest athlete in sports history running the show/an executive producer and you couldn’t find time or money to include Longley and Harper? Yeah right
Its funny the most tension is between white and black yet body wise and stature we most similar than alll other races. I guess game recognises game😂
If we worked together we would take over the world😂
He was a solid role player for three championship squads
The excuse that NETFIX didn’t have the money to go to Australia is actually hilarious. My guess is that MJ had beef with him and said “leave him out” and now feels bad.
I have a friend who's father nicknamed him "Mittens". I have no idea why he did that, but for some reason the nickname fits in my opinion. Mittens Longley was a great Center to play alongside MJ
I’m tipping ‘mittens’ is a non complimentary reference to his catching ability (assuming your not being sarcastic)
Imagine a team consisting of five MJs. That must be a disaster. Luc, as gentle as a bull (no pun intended), lubricated the fierce, high-tech machine of the Bulls.
Sean David is very good. Great job here. All Bulls Mattered.
Last Dance with no almost no Luc - what a joke. Didn't watch it, likely never will. If they re-edit it with right amount of footage a starting center should get, I'm a buyer. Longley a legend.
Tough love is what a bully calls bullying. MJ was a bully and a prick but because he was a good player he got away with it. I don’t believe he just quit to play baseball either I’m in the camp that it was a suspension for gambling. Can’t respect anything MJ says.
I came up with the triangle offense and gave it to Phil Jackson. I slept with Luc Longley during the Utah series. He scored those points for me. Jordan was mediocre. Luc was on another level.
I love your channel, but this is just the Australian Story on Australian TV. It's just clips of that documentary.
yooo first??
also congrats on your movie!!! 🔥Haven’t seen it yet but its on my list!
Pippen, jordan, rodman, kerr.. damn.. Longley was so unassuming you only need to look back at that to realise how good he really was..
Why would you have to be honest about loving “The Last Dance?” Do you normally lie about documentaries?
Long Live Longley!
Is this a joke? I always thought Luc Longley was garbage lol. Shocking that he is getting recognition. He's easily the weakest of the Bulls centers. It's not even close.
steve kerr is a forgotten chicago bull player,i remember him making clutch 3 pointers
When MJ retired, I quit watching NBA (period)
That documentary could have been 20 episodes long and I would have watches it so don't give me that
Great video Luc🏀🏀🏀🏀
I love your chanel, but Mike said he would never praise him during the game again, not praise him again