I lived near Boston and watched Kevin McHale almost every game he played. He might be the most underrated player in the history of the NBA. If we took a prime Kevin McHale through time and put him on a team now, with a coach that knew how to use him, he'd change the game. He was a incredible basketball player.
No player I'd rather watch. He'd probably be higher in those all-time rankings if he cared more about stats than wins. Even given that and being a 6th man for so long, he's generally rated no worse than 4th or 5th all-time at his position.
Kevin McHale! One of my favorite players when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s! I have so many fond memories of him! Him, Hakeem Olajuwon, KG and I'd also say Patrick Ewing, have the best post up moves I've ever seen! And I'd try to emulate their moves in the post! Thanks for the memories!
McHale was a beast. Different & very tough era. Brutal play under the basket. He mastered it. He tortured opponents. They must have slept like the dead after dealing with KM. Those 80s Celtics teams were perfection.
McHale was the most unstoppable power forward on the low block to ever lace em up. Nobody wanted to be guarding Kevin in the "chamber" because he was giving em the business 💪
@@paula-yr7pp ..... if he was the 1st option on a team probably he can become more skilled,but he's an all star player like manu20 who accepted their roles on their team ....
@@paula-yr7pp Bird was better, had the superior outside shot and all around game. McHale was a better shot blocker and they are about equal as rebounders.
He was in my opinion the first post player to have that perfect footwork . Later guys like Hakeem took it a bit farther. It’s too bad he was a 6th man so much of his career. It was the effects of an entire hall of fame team, they couldn’t all be starters .
He would be the old fashion 3 pt play man and send the guy to the bench in foul trouble today's idiot coaches do not get that game and how that can win championships
He was a STARTER from 1985 to the end of his career (91-92). He was a sixth man from his rookie season 1980 to 85. So let's get rid of the 6th-man stuff. Even when he was coming off the bench, he often played more minutes than the guy in front of him (mainly Cedric Maxwell).
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Offensively McHale had the total package down low. Textbook footwork, orangutan arms and the softest touch around the rim you'll ever see. He was a good team defender also. Respect. Very "Jokic" like.
Please don't insult Mchaleby using the name jokick it's ridiculous, pump the brakes on that You sound like a fool if Mchale played on any other team besides Boston he would average 40 a night joker is a fat Humpty Dumpty with low IQ Don't ever put him in the same name as Mccale ever You're a basketball moron
@@clanwaddell5628 do not insult Kevin by putting in the same name as at Denver Chicken McNugget McHale had a high IQ and would average 40 a night if you played with a team that didn't have these great players
@@Iambriangregory McHale was worlds better as a defender. But look at their post moves. Jokic better as a passer and point guard. I think McHale would shoot three point shots at a good clip if he played now and would be all NBA and All Defense, possibly even DPOY candidate today. He was a an accurate free throw and mid range shooter. But Jokic already has two MVPs, got to give man his due.
Until Tim Duncan came along, I believe Kevin McHale was the best power forward ever. He had ridiculously long arms, a beautiful touch and great footwork in the post. He wasn't called 'The Man of 1,000 Moves' for nothing. He was awesome.
how much fun it is to hear these old adversaries on our favorite teams smiling and telling the backstories on Bird, Pistol, The Doctor, Iceman, Magic and on and on. Real admiration from the best critics alive, the guys who did what you did for a living and admired how good you were. Sean great channel!!
Wow Kevin McHale was great! Magic Johnson has spoken highly of him many times over the years. When Michael Jordan was asked in a 1992 Playboy interview to name his all time starting five, he named McHale or Malone as his power forward.
I really like watching and practicing his moves on the courts. His court/ball awareness, footwork, touch (shooting/passing) are the focus of my game. Awesome player back in 80s/90s.
One of the most under rated players of the era he played. He had a complete skill set and more should have been spoken on his rebounding/shot blocking.McHale could play positions 3-5 and had to at due the era of which he played some teams would put a 4 position player at the 3 spot to essentially have 3 bigs on the floor with the 4 position player having 3 position attributes to match a true 3 and McHales game does have 3 position attributes of the era.The unspoken of player legend of the day needs more of his NBA player,coach and front office career spoken of.
Top 20 player of all-time, maybe even Top 15. He was INSANELY good during his peak, only a sliver off of Bird. As skilled on the inside as any power forward who's ever played the game. Excellent passer and rebounder too. His freakish length helped on defense but so too did his timing and positioning. Like Bird, he also gave his body up for the game and has been permanently hobbled in retirement. Absolute warrior. Gave all he had.
I like McHale and like many mention, if he hadless time being a 6th man, he'd probably get mentioned a lot more. Could you do a video on 6th Man Bobby Jones one day?
The great thing about McHale's offense is that he knew he was a low post player and stuck to being a low post player. He shot very few 3s and had years he didn't take any 3s. McHale knew his game was the low post and stuck to the low post. That's why he led the NBA in FG% in 1987 and 1988 in back to back years shooting .604 each time. The best post moves of all time are as follows: Gold: Hakeem Olajuwon. Silver: Kevin McHale. Bronze: James Worthy.
Kevin McHale is absolutely in the GOAT Power Forward discussion with guys like Duncan, Garnett, Barkley, Karl Malone etc etc. McHale easily had the best skill set out of all of them and wasn't a bad defender either. If injuries hadn't prematurely ended his career he'd get a lot more respect.
@@eugenedantzler4485 Yeah, I think that's how Charles Barkley himself has it. He says that McHale was the toughest to guard of his era, but he also thinks that Timmy was the GOAT PF.
@@eugenedantzler4485 Duncan had longevity on his side. McHale was a much better post player. Im not saying Tim isn't better overall Im saying Kevin is slept on HARD.
Kevin McHale was only the 6th man for like 4 years. He became the starter in the 85-86 season and him, bird & parish formed what's considered the greatest front court in history on one of the best teams of all time the '86 celtics
@@symphoofficial1726 i can roll with 80% of that! Malone,Duncan,Dirk,and Barkley. I just prefer McHales game slightly over KG's. No disrespect to KG though he's a monster on the court!!
@@symphoofficial1726 DUNCAN is a center. But he is still a TOP 10. PETTIT, MALONE,BARKLEY,DIRK no particular order then KG and ELVIN HAYES. Then i would put Mchale on the next list with C.WEBBER and GIANNIS would be in this list as well.
I think Hakeem's pull back shots were his way to trick and engage the defense to then step forward to lay it up while Kevin had more of a switch up in his lay up due to his long arms. There were three times in this video when Kevin simply went for the other side of the basket though it looked quite improbable from rarely being in the key.
Dude I got his converse allstars but I had the red,white,and blue ones in 8th grade crazy thing it came with a video on his footwork! I used a move he did faking one way at the same time stepping around the defender easy 2 slot of the time 3point play yes I was fouled...McHale was great at the post!! Along with Derrick Coleman..matter of fact do a video on Coleman sir...
Saw some young fan going on a rant about how "terrible" an athlete McHale was and I just had to block him. McHale was one of the most unguardable players ever. He had more moves in his bag than almost any player today. He has post moves that have become extinct in today's game so of course McHale would dominate today.
Had a massive 8' wingspan 117% on the ape index Kawhi's 6'7 with 7'3 110% I'm basically even height and arm length 100% Massive advantage, even though he couldn't jump very high He really worked it nicely 👍
my coaches were big on 'it doesnt matter who starts so much as who finishes'.. that worked on me for 5 years and i was an all star by the time i was done.. everyone was happy, most especially the coaches.. nice to see the celtics play the same game we did haha
I hated KM and I still do to this day. His awkwardness made him real tough to guard and that Condor wingspan gave him a great advantage to block the ball and he gave the Lakers hell. Great player. Makes me 😫 to say it, however true.
when I first started watching hoops with my grandfather I HATED the way McHale played and even looked. My grandad looked at me the first time I mentioned this and he said, "boy, you are bleeping crazy, that man is the best power forward in the league". You know how dumb I felt? but he was right and I grew to love those celts and admire what that man did on the court.
@@mattveteska8559 I dunno, the dark circles under his eyes, weird super broad shoulders and long arms. I was like 9, just looked weird to me at the time.
You look at Players like Robert Parrish, Larry Bird, and Kevin McHale and by today's standards they don't look like the best athletes ever but them fundamentals, boy.... Fire.
The Wilt 76ers group in 1968 had almost a team full of All Star players to Hall of Famers. Julius Randle calling the Knicks the big fifteen sounded very very ridiculous.
He was feared around the league. Jerry West said he scared the hell out of everybody. There was trade he wanted to make in the early 80s: McHale for Worthy and Byron Scott. Glad it fell through, loved the Celtics.
Look at how deep the Celtics were during the time Kevin played. With such an incredible lineup (5 future Hall of Fame players on the 86 Celtics team. FIVE!) the ball was spread around to whoever had the hot hand, and no team had the passing capabilities that Boston had in those days. When it comes to low post play, there are 2 players who are always mentioned - McHale and The Dream. It's high praise when Charles Barkley said that you could not stop Kevin.
4:46 Actually, the footwork was an argument - with Hakeem for forwards. Ditto the moves. NOBODY else was ever in the same league as a forward on those 2 points.
McHale's low post game was phenomenal. He certainly wasn't underrated in the 1980s, but he isn't mentioned nearly enough today. He had skills that you rarely see employed any longer.
The respect shared between the older legends: McHale, Dr J, Isaiah, Dominique, Bird, Magic, Sir Charles, The Glove, Stock/Mailman etc. should be a lesson for the younger crowd on how to conduct oneself.
I watched McHale all his career and the guy couldnt be guarded in the paint. He later developed a 3 point shot. I always thought he got his credit even with 6th man status. NBA has changed but the 6th man was at one time every bit as important as the starting 5. Also this did not mention what a tough cookie McHale was. He played and entire season with a fractured foot. Look back at the footage when Magic shot the baby hook in the finals to beat the Celts McHale would have blocked it but he couldnt jump because of the fracture. I heard Bird say that even today McHale has extreme pain from playing thru that injury
I am glad to see McHale given his props in videos like this. He was almost as much fun to watch as Bird. He and Parrish are both quick to give a lot of credit to Bird for a good bit of their scoring, but McHale was almost automatic, once Bird, or anybody else got him the ball in the low post, or in the paint.
Kevin McHale and James Worthy 2 of my favourite players. Beautiful footwork, great defenders, and overlooked due to having superstars on their teams. There is no post play in the nba anymore. So you won't see players like this again
I remember watching him and he had the deadliest head fake. He would get a defender in the low post and use that head fake to get them off of their feet and then it was all over but the crying!
I think Kevin McHale was definitely underestimated and overlooked by his opponents until he made em take notice he was definitely a beast in that low post.
He was the Tim Duncan before Duncan. Was not rim protector Duncan was but he was more skilled. If Kevin is was on any other team he would be regarded as even more elite. Barkley faced Duncan, Malone, Kemp, Webber, Garnet and others, but said McHale was the only player he worried about.
@@allenparedes6132 Kevin was more of a don't try while Duncan could chase a broken opponent on a free way so there was a lot more blocks for Duncan and less attempted posterizing on Kevin.
If you were around back then. And you were a fan of basketball, everybody knew McHale was unstoppable in the low post. Whether you hated him because he was playing against your team, or if you were a fan of Boston, or anybody else. There was one fact you knew, Kevin McHale was going to get his in the low post. One of the best low post players of all time.
26ppg, 60% shooting, 84% FT.......the guy didn't miss. And I'm not sure what BTM means by "McHale didn't get the credit he deserves." He is in the HoF and is near the top of every person who is taken seriously's list of top PFs of all time.
I thought of Kevin McHale recently when someone was posting some garbage about Kyrie Irving being the most skilled player ever to play. McHale was SKILLED and it translated directly into wins. Not flashy, skilled. They're not the same thing. So many other players were incredibly skilled but were not flashy, the skill is in the fine details, mostly unseen but enabling these players to be so effective for their teams.
He was a match-up problem for everyone... He played hard , had decent size and got rebounds- the rest took care of itself as there was a great TEAM around him - Go Gophers !
The trash talk back in the 70's and 80's was mainly clean talk. While playing CYO there was a kid wearing the knee high socks with colored stripes but he was wearing 2 different socks so he had 4 different color stripes on so started calling him "Fruitloop" like the cereal.
He traveled most every time he got in the paint but he was so fluid in his movements that a sort of optical illusion was created and he rarely got called for it.
I lived near Boston and watched Kevin McHale almost every game he played. He might be the most underrated player in the history of the NBA.
If we took a prime Kevin McHale through time and put him on a team now, with a coach that knew how to use him, he'd change the game.
He was a incredible basketball player.
He's the master of the low post
@@albertjimenez7896 ...He had a pretty good twenty footer as well. He was all that and a bag of chips...lol
@@johnhansen7499 And it was sweet.
He mastered the up and under. When he did that against any defender you might as well call the two points.
The dumbest overused statement is "underrated" Kevin was never underrated. Just ridiculous.
For me, Kevin McHale was the best power forward of all time.
No player I'd rather watch. He'd probably be higher in those all-time rankings if he cared more about stats than wins. Even given that and being a 6th man for so long, he's generally rated no worse than 4th or 5th all-time at his position.
Agreed 💯....
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Definitely in the conversation….when i build all-star teams on video basketball games, he is always on my team
GOAT power forward, let's go!
Kevin McHale! One of my favorite players when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s! I have so many fond memories of him! Him, Hakeem Olajuwon, KG and I'd also say Patrick Ewing, have the best post up moves I've ever seen! And I'd try to emulate their moves in the post! Thanks for the memories!
So underrated. This dude in the low post, with this long arms and elbows, just wrecked
McHale was a beast. Different & very tough era. Brutal play under the basket. He mastered it. He tortured opponents. They must have slept like the dead after dealing with KM. Those 80s Celtics teams were perfection.
McHale was the most unstoppable power forward on the low block to ever lace em up. Nobody wanted to be guarding Kevin in the "chamber" because he was giving em the business 💪
Do you think he was better or as good as bird ?
@@paula-yr7pp I think McHale was harder to stop in the low post but Bird is the best all around player I ever saw.
@@paula-yr7pp ..... if he was the 1st option on a team probably he can become more skilled,but he's an all star player like manu20 who accepted their roles on their team ....
Indeed
@@paula-yr7pp Bird was better, had the superior outside shot and all around game. McHale was a better shot blocker and they are about equal as rebounders.
He was in my opinion the first post player to have that perfect footwork . Later guys like Hakeem took it a bit farther. It’s too bad he was a 6th man so much of his career. It was the effects of an entire hall of fame team, they couldn’t all be starters .
not TRUE...he could start..but they choose him like they did to MANU...BECAUSE KEVIN style of play could suit them better with others on the bench.
He was Olajuwon before Olajuwon
This makes me wonder, what is the history of mastering footwork in the post. Who was the blueprint before Mchale?
@@onlyfacts3178 That’s what he said…
@@jackson5781 um ok chill frfr.
McHale was the great "sixth man" of the 1980s.
He's a player you don't see in the current NBA where inside post play is dying out.
McHale is the greatest 6th Man EVER and the award should be renamed as such.
He would be the old fashion 3 pt play man and send the guy to the bench in foul trouble today's idiot coaches do not get that game and how that can win championships
Why is he considered a sixth man. He was a starter.
He was a STARTER from 1985 to the end of his career (91-92). He was a sixth man from his rookie season 1980 to 85. So let's get rid of the 6th-man stuff. Even when he was coming off the bench, he often played more minutes than the guy in front of him (mainly Cedric Maxwell).
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If hakim was the dream, mchale is the nightmare
That was Joe Klein.
Offensively McHale had the total package down low. Textbook footwork, orangutan arms and the softest touch around the rim you'll ever see. He was a good team defender also. Respect. Very "Jokic" like.
He was Jokic with all NBA defensive skills. Almost 7 foot with 8 foot wingspan and quick feet.
Please don't insult Mchaleby using the name jokick it's ridiculous, pump the brakes on that You sound like a fool if Mchale played on any other team besides Boston he would average 40 a night joker is a fat Humpty Dumpty with low IQ Don't ever put him in the same name as Mccale ever You're a basketball moron
@@clanwaddell5628 do not insult Kevin by putting in the same name as at Denver Chicken McNugget McHale had a high IQ and would average 40 a night if you played with a team that didn't have these great players
@@Iambriangregory McHale was worlds better as a defender. But look at their post moves. Jokic better as a passer and point guard. I think McHale would shoot three point shots at a good clip if he played now and would be all NBA and All Defense, possibly even DPOY candidate today. He was a an accurate free throw and mid range shooter. But Jokic already has two MVPs, got to give man his due.
@@Iambriangregory McHale wouldn’t run your offense. That’s where Jokix has edge
Until Tim Duncan came along, I believe Kevin McHale was the best power forward ever. He had ridiculously long arms, a beautiful touch and great footwork in the post. He wasn't called 'The Man of 1,000 Moves' for nothing. He was awesome.
Only 3 things in life are for certain: death, taxes, and McHale in the low post.
this comment is underrated😂😂
I always knew Kevin was great...he is in the HoF after all...but thanks, Shawn, for showing what a player he was. Time Machine for Ever!
how much fun it is to hear these old adversaries on our favorite teams smiling and telling the backstories on Bird, Pistol, The Doctor, Iceman, Magic and on and on.
Real admiration from the best critics alive, the guys who did what you did for a living and admired how good you were.
Sean great channel!!
Wow Kevin McHale was great! Magic Johnson has spoken highly of him many times over the years. When Michael Jordan was asked in a 1992 Playboy interview to name his all time starting five, he named McHale or Malone as his power forward.
I really like watching and practicing his moves on the courts. His court/ball awareness, footwork, touch (shooting/passing) are the focus of my game. Awesome player back in 80s/90s.
One of the most under rated players of the era he played. He had a complete skill set and more should have been spoken on his rebounding/shot blocking.McHale could play positions 3-5 and had to at due the era of which he played some teams would put a 4 position player at the 3 spot to essentially have 3 bigs on the floor with the 4 position player having 3 position attributes to match a true 3 and McHales game does have 3 position attributes of the era.The unspoken of player legend of the day needs more of his NBA player,coach and front office career spoken of.
Top 20 player of all-time, maybe even Top 15. He was INSANELY good during his peak, only a sliver off of Bird. As skilled on the inside as any power forward who's ever played the game. Excellent passer and rebounder too. His freakish length helped on defense but so too did his timing and positioning. Like Bird, he also gave his body up for the game and has been permanently hobbled in retirement. Absolute warrior. Gave all he had.
I am a lakers fan but McHale was my favorite player who I wished we had..(great down low)..one of the TOP big forwards of All time !!!
I like McHale and like many mention, if he hadless time being a 6th man, he'd probably get mentioned a lot more. Could you do a video on 6th Man Bobby Jones one day?
Great suggestion.
Great, great , great player! And great video as well. Keep them coming, you’re on a roll.
The great thing about McHale's offense is that he knew he was a low post player and stuck to being a low post player. He shot very few 3s and had years he didn't take any 3s. McHale knew his game was the low post and stuck to the low post. That's why he led the NBA in FG% in 1987 and 1988 in back to back years shooting .604 each time.
The best post moves of all time are as follows:
Gold: Hakeem Olajuwon.
Silver: Kevin McHale.
Bronze: James Worthy.
However, as he went on, he developed a very solid mid range
J as well.
you forgot to add lebron blames ....... you made the dickriders freaking out ....... 😂🤣😂🤣-😭😭😭😭😭😭 ......
Embiid and Jokic specifically Joel is also up there
Bro how tf you gonna put Worthy and omit Kareem
@@Amick44 Very true and he was also an outstanding free throw shooter. McHale's inside game drew lots of fouls and lots of free throws.
Kevin McHale is absolutely in the GOAT Power Forward discussion with guys like Duncan, Garnett, Barkley, Karl Malone etc etc. McHale easily had the best skill set out of all of them and wasn't a bad defender either. If injuries hadn't prematurely ended his career he'd get a lot more respect.
Tim Duncan had him beat and I'm not even a Spurs fan.
@@eugenedantzler4485 Yeah, I think that's how Charles Barkley himself has it. He says that McHale was the toughest to guard of his era, but he also thinks that Timmy was the GOAT PF.
@@eugenedantzler4485 Duncan had longevity on his side. McHale was a much better post player. Im not saying Tim isn't better overall Im saying Kevin is slept on HARD.
@@eugenedantzler4485 Duncan and Malone had Mchale beat and I am not a Jazz or Spurs fan, not really close at all
@@raveouscarlias4479 Mchale is not even in the same conversation with Duncan or Malone
Kevin McHale was only the 6th man for like 4 years. He became the starter in the 85-86 season and him, bird & parish formed what's considered the greatest front court in history on one of the best teams of all time the '86 celtics
Definetly a top 5 power foward!!
I remember Mc Hale being called the man of 1000 moves!
#torturechamber
If he had been starting his whole career, I would agree. But the top 5 is pretty tough to beat; Duncan, Malone, Barkley, Dirk, and KG
@@symphoofficial1726 i can roll with 80% of that! Malone,Duncan,Dirk,and Barkley. I just prefer McHales game slightly over KG's. No disrespect to KG though he's a monster on the court!!
@@symphoofficial1726 DUNCAN is a center.
But he is still a TOP 10.
PETTIT, MALONE,BARKLEY,DIRK no particular order then KG and ELVIN HAYES.
Then i would put Mchale on the next list with C.WEBBER and GIANNIS would be in this list as well.
@@jasonwaznak5825 DUNCAN is a center.
@@onlyfacts3178 DUNCAN IS A POWER FOWARD!!!
I 💯 %agreed,, hated Boston but use to love to watch him play!!!
McHale shoulda patented those moves. I think Hakeem was taking notes.
Great work Sean David, thanks for the goosebumps!!
I think Hakeem's pull back shots were his way to trick and engage the defense to then step forward to lay it up while Kevin had more of a switch up in his lay up due to his long arms. There were three times in this video when Kevin simply went for the other side of the basket though it looked quite improbable from rarely being in the key.
@@FoxUnitNell Good point-I hadn’t noticed that difference between them.
Dude I got his converse allstars but I had the red,white,and blue ones in 8th grade crazy thing it came with a video on his footwork! I used a move he did faking one way at the same time stepping around the defender easy 2 slot of the time 3point play yes I was fouled...McHale was great at the post!! Along with Derrick Coleman..matter of fact do a video on Coleman sir...
What the current NBA is sorely missing is the inside game. Watching guys like McHale working the paint was simply amazing entertainment.
As always, a great video.
Great video. Yea if he didn't sacrifice so much he'd definitely have multiple MVP's in my opinion.
Dr J. The baddest man to ever palm a basketball. And a class act that is not only missed in basketball...but in much of humanity period .
It’s criminal McHale isn’t mentioned among the greats when in fact, he may have been the greatest low post guy to ever lace em up
Saw some young fan going on a rant about how "terrible" an athlete McHale was and I just had to block him. McHale was one of the most unguardable players ever. He had more moves in his bag than almost any player today. He has post moves that have become extinct in today's game so of course McHale would dominate today.
Had a massive 8' wingspan
117% on the ape index
Kawhi's 6'7 with 7'3
110%
I'm basically even height and arm length
100%
Massive advantage, even though he couldn't jump very high
He really worked it nicely 👍
my coaches were big on 'it doesnt matter who starts so much as who finishes'.. that worked on me for 5 years and i was an all star by the time i was done.. everyone was happy, most especially the coaches.. nice to see the celtics play the same game we did haha
Great video and I'm convinced...
I hated KM and I still do to this day. His awkwardness made him real tough to guard and that Condor wingspan gave him a great advantage to block the ball and he gave the Lakers hell. Great player.
Makes me 😫 to say it, however true.
LET IT OUT. YOU WATCHED GREATNESS! GO CELTICS 🤩
BTM can u do a video on Dennis Johnson of the Celtics pretty please
I was a kid watching McHale but he was incredible. And he had an 8 FOOT wingspan! Smh
Him and Pau Gasol have to be both the most obscenely talented and at the same time most underrated seven footers ever
As far as low post moves go, there was McHale, Olajuwon and Tim Duncan. I believe McHale was the low post master...
Kevin Mchale is what an actually underrated player looks like
when I first started watching hoops with my grandfather I HATED the way McHale played and even looked. My grandad looked at me the first time I mentioned this and he said, "boy, you are bleeping crazy, that man is the best power forward in the league". You know how dumb I felt? but he was right and I grew to love those celts and admire what that man did on the court.
McHale looked like a human clothes rack but with those long arms and his superior footwork and head fakes, he was lethal.
What do you mean how McHale looked? Dude was good looking
@@mattveteska8559 I dunno, the dark circles under his eyes, weird super broad shoulders and long arms. I was like 9, just looked weird to me at the time.
@@SpiritualBeers I heard that Racquel welch had a crush on him
You look at Players like Robert Parrish, Larry Bird, and Kevin McHale and by today's standards they don't look like the best athletes ever but them fundamentals, boy.... Fire.
They were the NBA second big 3 after the Wilt group in L.A. Then finally by the mid 80’s The Lakers greats Magic, Kareem and Worthy.
The Wilt 76ers group in 1968 had almost a team full of All Star players to Hall of Famers. Julius Randle calling the Knicks the big fifteen sounded very very ridiculous.
Unstoppable in the post.
also has the best bars in the converse weapon commercial
These are what men are; listen to how they compliment each other, even though they were rivals.
He was feared around the league. Jerry West said he scared the hell out of everybody. There was trade he wanted to make in the early 80s: McHale for Worthy and Byron Scott. Glad it fell through, loved the Celtics.
fun fact - Kevin McHale's mother was Croatian, same as John Havlicek's was.
McHale was phenomenal, no arguing that, but he was too easily distracted counting the bolts in the floorboards in the Garden.
When Barkley says McHale was the best he ever played against, that is high praise.
Look at how deep the Celtics were during the time Kevin played. With such an incredible lineup (5 future Hall of Fame players on the 86 Celtics team. FIVE!) the ball was spread around to whoever had the hot hand, and no team had the passing capabilities that Boston had in those days. When it comes to low post play, there are 2 players who are always mentioned - McHale and The Dream. It's high praise when Charles Barkley said that you could not stop Kevin.
4:46
Actually, the footwork was an argument - with Hakeem for forwards.
Ditto the moves.
NOBODY else was ever in the same league as a forward on those 2 points.
It’s nice to see Kevin get his flowers 💐
McHale's low post game was phenomenal. He certainly wasn't underrated in the 1980s, but he isn't mentioned nearly enough today. He had skills that you rarely see employed any longer.
The respect shared between the older legends: McHale, Dr J, Isaiah, Dominique, Bird, Magic, Sir Charles, The Glove, Stock/Mailman etc. should be a lesson for the younger crowd on how to conduct oneself.
I train basketball players and he is one of the only players I tell players to emulate/I train his footwork.
I watched McHale all his career and the guy couldnt be guarded in the paint. He later developed a 3 point shot. I always thought he got his credit even with 6th man status. NBA has changed but the 6th man was at one time every bit as important as the starting 5. Also this did not mention what a tough cookie McHale was. He played and entire season with a fractured foot. Look back at the footage when Magic shot the baby hook in the finals to beat the Celts McHale would have blocked it but he couldnt jump because of the fracture. I heard Bird say that even today McHale has extreme pain from playing thru that injury
Guy had more moves than ex lax. Right up there with Kareem and Elgin Baylor.
Good one
His footwork is a rare gift only few players have. Pivot master.
Mchale was a bloody killer love his work.
Maybe this might causexa return of big man soon the NBA has moved so far out...that would open opportunities in the low post.
I am glad to see McHale given his props in videos like this. He was almost as much fun to watch as Bird. He and Parrish are both quick to give a lot of credit to Bird for a good bit of their scoring, but McHale was almost automatic, once Bird, or anybody else got him the ball in the low post, or in the paint.
"Once [McHale] got the ball, you were at his mercy" -John Sally
Kevin McHale and James Worthy 2 of my favourite players. Beautiful footwork, great defenders, and overlooked due to having superstars on their teams. There is no post play in the nba anymore. So you won't see players like this again
Hated him against my Lakers but all these later miss his style of play! Kevin was one of the best!
I hated them too, but pretty soon I was using McHales moves on the court myself.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery as they say.
A new one for me The Business Kevin Mchale.
I knew people in the 1980s who used to say that Larry Bird was the second best forward on the Celtics.
He was a great player a work horse~he was also a good actor, he was also on a few cheer's episodes~
Look at Kevin's wingspan. It was incredible and he knew exactly how to use it.
First of all: "Chamber!" But then McHale giving his own version of, "practice, practice?"
That Isiah Thomas story is too funny
"I used to play with the Bird like Kevin McHale" Fred The Godson. Revered
Unstoppable scorer. Double team can't even stop this guy. Underrated passer. Very lanky on D.
Definitely one of the greats
I remember watching him and he had the deadliest head fake. He would get a defender in the low post and use that head fake to get them off of their feet and then it was all over but the crying!
Kevin was underrated. He was nice in the paint.
Underated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Kevin McHale was definitely underestimated and overlooked by his opponents until he made em take notice he was definitely a beast in that low post.
Among the best ever..
He was the Tim Duncan before Duncan. Was not rim protector Duncan was but he was more skilled. If Kevin is was on any other team he would be regarded as even more elite. Barkley faced Duncan, Malone, Kemp, Webber, Garnet and others, but said McHale was the only player he worried about.
He was likely at his best athletically at the point of faxing McHale too.
Not a rim protector like Duncan? YOU NEED TO STOP.
@@allenparedes6132 Kevin was more of a don't try while Duncan could chase a broken opponent on a free way so there was a lot more blocks for Duncan and less attempted posterizing on Kevin.
If you were around back then. And you were a fan of basketball, everybody knew McHale was unstoppable in the low post. Whether you hated him because he was playing against your team, or if you were a fan of Boston, or anybody else. There was one fact you knew, Kevin McHale was going to get his in the low post. One of the best low post players of all time.
The most skilled post player ever. I call him The Post Move Arquitect!
never really liked him... but he was smart, skilled and always tough. He was a real fighter.
People really wanted Jordan to beat a team with Bird, Walton, Parish, Mchhale and Dennis Johnson at 23
All by himself 😂😂
Well for me kevin McHale was as great as hakem or the other centers and he played with a broken foot so that says it all
Dr. J always did speak highly of McChale.
Amazing stats all without playing the 3 ball
26ppg, 60% shooting, 84% FT.......the guy didn't miss. And I'm not sure what BTM means by "McHale didn't get the credit he deserves." He is in the HoF and is near the top of every person who is taken seriously's list of top PFs of all time.
I thought of Kevin McHale recently when someone was posting some garbage about Kyrie Irving being the most skilled player ever to play. McHale was SKILLED and it translated directly into wins. Not flashy, skilled. They're not the same thing. So many other players were incredibly skilled but were not flashy, the skill is in the fine details, mostly unseen but enabling these players to be so effective for their teams.
He was a match-up problem for everyone... He played hard , had decent size and got rebounds- the rest took care of itself as there was a great TEAM around him - Go Gophers !
The trash talk back in the 70's and 80's was mainly clean talk. While playing CYO there was a kid wearing the knee high socks with colored stripes but he was wearing 2 different socks so he had 4 different color stripes on so started calling him "Fruitloop" like the cereal.
Who fed Kevin...who fed DJ...One of the Great Ones....Larry Bird...
THE great one...
He traveled most every time he got in the paint but he was so fluid in his movements that a sort of optical illusion was created and he rarely got called for it.
Wrong he never traveled. Just pure perfection. Let's get it right
As a sixers fan..I hated him..he destroyed Barkley like Barkley was a kid...it was frustrating
Agree Mc Hale is underated
Once saw Mc hale destroy the mighty lakes wow great player for sure