his strut and swag after the dunk is entertainment

I agree with you. Kemp's power roars after a dunk or block shot are f...... Awesome!

I was saying the exact same thing

I swear it was bro On God

Although a little bit unsportsmanlike it was right righteous

Fam this when basketball was fun to watch and I was a teenager from 93 to 99 so I feel wat you sayin...

Same teenage years as well. Perfect age to see a lot of great basketball!

Me to dogger.

Reminds me of giannis

I agree, I had to choose two words to define Shawn Kemp, those two words would be rim rocker!!!

Mid range game was underrated as well

Exactly he can actually shoot the ball.

Was *the monster!

You are 💯 right

Lebron Blake Zach for 2010s

@Jojew Zach is 24 YO

@Jojew You really just said LeBron will be forgotten in the 2020's?? Ok buddy...

Jojew wtf are you smoking?

Yes he was!!!!! I got to see a lot of his games....that was a blessing to see!!!!

Nice description, totally agree ;)

yep, power and finesse

The best of best that's all I can say .

It was all the people he dunked on. Or just Lister on burner UKposts accounts.

Too bad he was in love with the coco

Before zion this dude had been doing it

@Tee Snacks true, if if if, he had laid off the cocaine and cheeseburgers, he would be the ultimate small forward ever, up there with Oscar.

@@itsmegreicey4006 Zion isn't the explosive shot blocker Kemp was. Still time will tell

Settle down there gramps

@@AWhite1 solo niños ignorantes

@@AWhite1 spierdalaj

Prime Lebron had the same athleticism.

We are literally watching it tho

Loved his energy man, he knew how to hype people up!

He spoke about that dunk. He said he was having a bad game and took it out on that dunk

i always remember that dunk. watched it on TV and that dunk was difficult and spectacular. shocked to not see it on top 10 kemp dunks. i put that dunk in top 3 of kemp dunks.

My favourite ever dunk. So violent but skillful.

Pure class on Gatlings part...

i live on the other side of the world....i want the Sonics returned to Seattle...

I believe this era big men would kill all the big men today.

​@@thepanther543 no doubt

@@thepanther543 exactly

He would be ejected under today's rules after about 5 minutes

💯

It's a real shame that the NBA have not given this brother hus due respect. Surely one of the greatest players of all time. And THEN BACK have not done and is not doing enough to help the players after the league, yes they've made money but what they did for the to make it what it us today requires the league to look out for those same legends of the game. Love you kemp.

LeBron James is the best power forward the NBA has produced!!! Bar none!! Now if he had a jump shot it would be different.

@@adrianengram3078 Lebron couldn't handle the physical presence of Kemp. Lebron cry's and flops all the time.

Should be awarded as one of the MVP NBA Players. Salute

@MBTM89 😂

I was looking all my life for his Jersey over here in Brasil, last year I got it. I can die in peace already! Lol.

SevenSins Surfer 😂 glad you found it 👏🏾😌

He was mine also I got his Sonic and Cavs i still got his rookie card

@@coachdudesportstv I still need his cavs and Orlando jersey. Got his Seattle and Portland tho😎

Hell ya ! Best jersey in the NBA,,,i have the original green kemp jersey.Loved that sonucs team,,We need the team back in Seattle

Jordan ,Patrick Ewing , Dominique Wilkins,isiah Thomas,mutumbo, Draxler,pippen,Lary bird ,Magic Johnson,

The funny thing is I was told that Kemp wouldn't amount to anything in today's game. Lmao. Not making this up.

@@cherrybone7838 if kemp was in this era he would easily dominate - no questions asked

lol, same here!

@@yianpap6093 SEATOWN baby, lets GO MOTHA FUCKA

Same…seeing the power and just 100% commit on everything he did gets me amped. I would have hated to play against him, woulda been pure stress.

True that

Exactly lol

Absolutely!!!

Dai BLAZE nah it’s Vince, Dominique, or MJ with him right behind

@@oshura2506 Almost got the order right. 1. Shawn Kemp 2. Vince 3. Dominique 4. MJ There. That's better.

yes

Vince Carter is the best in game dunker of all time. He's done things nobody before or after has done. He was a human highlight reel. He had more finesse, moves, and just as much power as Kemp. Pretty much every NBA superstar agrees VC is the GOAT. He was still puttin' it down in his 40's.

Just tried to imagine. Now I'm in a coma

Greg A yes he is plz watch some old games to understand he could bully Charles Barkley mentality and physicaly Same with young Shaq he was a beast the og Blake Griffin with a better post game

Yes me too,,those were definitely the best years for the NBA. SO much talent. Jordan,Bird Magic,kemp,Payton,Doninique,,,,I would rather watch old games from that era than to watch today,s games ,much respect to today,s players ,but it just doesnt have that same magic.

Yeah like barkley robinson drexler etc.

Shaquille O neal?!?!....

Even MJ

@@johannsimonot well shaq is big he just gonna put the ball into the rim. Kemp's dunk is way more cooler

Lol

🤣💯

Iboard one of best comments ever on UKposts! Peace!

He got robbed from hof

He wasnt sell out enough for hall of fame

I don't think he reached his potential prime. He brought himself down by his lack of discipline. If otherwise, he'd be a top 20 all time in my opinion

@@gabrielbs1738 He did. Watch 96 Finals with Bulls. He could have played alot longer but it is what it is..

@@larryjohnson8704 Bulls were damn lucky Nate Mcmillan missed a few of those games.

@@bombinic its true, things could go south for bulls. Imagine them losing to Sonics back then?

@@larryjohnson8704 I do. All the time! 🤜🤛

Back when the NBA was really competitive. Unlike today's rest NBA. Even Kemp didn't do that rest garbage.

Im turning 34 in 3 days and I remember most of these as well. Kemp was wayyy ahead of his time. I think I was around 5 or 6 when I first saw him play.

im 36 and from 94-95 onwards i remember most of these games. Man that was hard nosed basketball. not ballerinas flopping left and right when not playing HORSE.

It was Kemp, and Mj. The best watch ever...

Zion Williamson is like him

I agree, Zion is who comes to mind

@Selfish Stockton Shawn was more lighter, quicker, and athletic than Zion. But yeah that's the closest comparison.

Uhm, Giannis???

@@codyjames4917 not even close did u even watch the video how can u even compare them

Ummm.. would you want to get in his way and end up on sports center?

The first power dunker was chocolate Thunder

Wilt was a very powerful dunker

Not the first, Wilkins was the first I think. Kemp was fun to watch, Malone was boring.

@@doubletake1238 see Chris Mullin in the Lister Blister

He actually was and did!!!

Feddi Castro yeah like if the rim owes him money or try to flirt with his honey hahahahahah

yeh man he wanted to destroy the rim with every dunk xD I love it

Hahahahaha probably owes him money hahahaha

Facts

I had his shoes too. Jordan's were too expensive

My favorite clip 🤣 your comment got me teary eyed laughing ☠️

shawnified kemp

The best in game dunker by far

@@floresaza253 best PF/C dunker*

lacked of accolades... especially after what happened to him post 1999 lockout

@@RafsanS15 pfff. Bull. Crap. Even David Thompson is in the HOF. Get your facts straight (meaning, check basketball-reference.com for the calculated percentage in HOF probability). Guys like Kemp and Walter Davis have higher numbers than Thompson. Yet Thompson is in, while Kemp and Davis are out. It's not about accolades. Basketball HOF is pure politics.

@@jonesmalaco he can entered HOF if not due to weight gain and cocaine

@@RafsanS15 So, what weight gain and cocaine have to do with accolades? Decide it, damn it. Weight gain had nothing to do with it. And cocaine / weed plus 7 kids with 6 different women = political aspect. As I said it.

I agree ,He brought the league lots of entertainment.He had fans all over the world,,I dont care about all that bullcrap ,it is politics,,He shiuld be in the hall of fame

Took about five steps without dribbling on that one. Js

Their*

Sonics arena it's crazy too 🤞

Denver nuggets during Mutombo-era also has cool jersey

sofanova what about the Raptors and Bucks Jerseys with the Raptor and Deer on them🔥

Yes

Reignman

Rain man, reign man. He does it both haha

You said it bro this was the real exciting error of basketball these guys played hard. It just doesn't seem like these guys had their heart in it the way these guys in the 80s and 90s played.

He didn't drive by, he was getting his stolen car back and defending himseld

that 94-95 season, and hate to rub salt on an old wound, when the lakers and sonics battled that first round, i regard that as a truly entertaining playoff, namely game 2 when the electricity died and the sonics stormed back into turning it into a close game but that crowd had to be up with any other teams as far as cheering. i was a pup, 14, but that, along with the 93 round vs. phoenix i regard as truly memorable brief periods of time where i was completely in a trance and all i could think about was basketball and my lakers winning then i got older and prioritized watching sports gradually and gradually more and more underneath lol

Nice..

Yeah! The prime Shawn Kemp reminds me something between a T-Rex and Michael Jackson!

Likewise dude, we didn’t realise how we good we had it. Not a day goes by that I dont miss the 80s and early 90s.

genius is never appreciated in it's own time

Kevin Garnett gets the credit, but Kemp was the prequel.

I don't know. For those of us who saw him, we are still here tooting his horn 25 years later. He was quiet and didn't want attention off the court, that is why people tend to forget him, until they see his highlights lol.

@@doubletake1238 Because they don't see highlights similar to Kemp's highlights. Especially in today's snore NBA.

@@ktapreswreckd921v9 Yup, as you remember, Dunking against defenses in the early 90s was a whole lot harder. It's a spread out game today with more good shooters than good defenders on the floor, back then there were more good defenders than good shooters on the floor. The Knicks and Pistons made it a rougher league in that era too. Even Seattle had a great D with Payton, McMillan, Askew, Cage and of course, Kemp. Few guys in those days got minutes if they could only hit 3s, now it's the in thing. Kemp would dunk 15 times a game today lol.

Z3r0 But I thing that the one on Gatling is way more savage. 🤷🏾‍♂️🔥🔥🔥🔥

Pause

​@@LovethyNeighbour1011you must be a kid with the pause shit! Real men don't have to say that nonsense!

Maybe the best offensive rebounder of his era too. Dude was sudden!

This is true.

Reminds me a shit ton if zion

Hawkins, Payton, Schrempf, Kemp. My god I miss this team so fucking much.

@@gregwaste2594 i have some great games of this team ..

hitek9wittafulclip that’s not the sonics but the frauds

Greg Waste and ray ray

Most certainly...bring back the Sonics!! I ain't a Sonics fan, but I miss live NBA here in Seattle. Traveling to Portland for my NBA fix ain't worth my time!

Yes sir with those low top Reebok all black shoes . Sick

Agree, other than his quick celebrations, never said a word. Saw him play the Knicks at the garden a few times. Oak and Mase would do their rough stuff,he paid it no mind, let his game do his talking, you would see defenders talking to themselves after a while lol.

Z3r0 he isn’t??

swaggyP360 NO SHOULD BE. Him and Gary Payton was the Best duo at the time besides Jordan and Pippen

In 1996 when Payton won defensive player of the year averaging 19 points when Kemp had 19 point and 11 rebounds

Also Jordan had 30 points that season and Pippin had19.

And made the final but loss to the Bulls 4-1

Always loved Kemp's power roars after his dunks and block shots. Offense and defense like you said.