Doc and Danny brawling in younger days

[drza44]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxEsgYN0Jk8

I saw this on another board, but after watching it again I had to post it here.  I had completely forgotten about this 1993 brawl between the Suns and the Knicks that featured:

*Our coach chasing the mayor of Sacramento across the court to attack him after said mayor had given him 3 straight cheap shots

*Our GM, on the same team as the mayor, yelling and getting jumbled up with our coach

*Current NBA analyst Greg Anthony, injured on the sidelines, jumping up in street clothes to sucker punch the mayor

*Charles Barkley, Anthony Mason and Charles Oakley out there on opposing sides without meeting in an ultimate basketball battle royal (disappointing)

*Pat Riley disappearing under a pile of scrapping NBA players and emerging with his clothes torn on the other side

This is about 8 minutes long, the first 3 of which were just Doc and Kevin Johnson going at it repeatedly in game action until Doc finally snapped and went charging after Johnson.  Pretty funny to watch, knowing where some of the participants are now in life.

[hwangjini_1]

Wow. Amazing video. Thanks for posting it. I am glad doc and Danny have kissed and made up since this. If I remember correctly, Danny was in a number of fights as a player. He was never one to back down guess.

I also noticed that when doc was yelling at the refs he would make his point by pointing his right index finger the same way he does now.

People don't really change much I guess. 

[bdm860]

Every time this video pops up on here, I wonder how many times it has popped up when the team is watching film.

You know, say Garnett or Perkins or whoever gets in a little heated altercation, maybe a little shoving or something.  I figure they watch the tape the next day and Doc says something like, "come on guys, you know you got to keep your cool in situations like that"  But little does Doc know the video team has added Doc's fight in there too.

That would be hilarious, and if they haven't done that yet, they definitely need too.  Nothing would help ubuntu more than the team having a good laugh together 

[tb727]

That Knicks team was the ugliest team basketball has probably ever seen.  They set the game back years, and forced the rules to be changed.  Specifically Starks, Mason and Oakley with all of their hand-checking, pushing, shoving, etc. 

I'm thrilled those days of basketball are over.

[jimmehx]

Hah wow. I've never seen that video before. It is really interesting to see our current management going at it!
Thanks for the find man

[Junkyard Dawg]

What?!  That's incredible!  If that brawl happened nowadays, you'd see some of those guys locked up in guantanamo!  it'd be on the cover of Time magazine!

just kidding, but I guess I forgot how crazy some of those old school brawls got.  now if a player opens his mouth after a foul he's thrown out of the game.

[Tgro]

I thought those were good days in basketball. I remember both of those teams well. The NBA was fun then. I think it went into a lull for awhile and now it's back to being fun again. Well, maybe because the Celtics are great again has something to do with it. But those were fun days in the NBA back then.

[Celtics4ever]

Basketball was better then certainly.  But what a bunch of fairies and posturing wussies.  I guess I was better fighter than a basketball player but when I fought in games no one held them back as they were done once I hit them.  No wonder some many player's carry guns they can't defend themselves without them.  I have been paid to fight as a bouncer ( I would have done it for free too)  but the closest I ever got to pro ball was playing for an Army Post team that travelled Germany.  Four hours of practive a day and four hours of being a soldier.

There have been a few that could fight and we've had our share of them.  Cowens would be the Celtic I would not want to face, Silas would be another.   But Kermit Washington has the most brutal punch in NBA history.

[alley oop]

Doc played some great defense drawing that charge from KJ.

[xmuscularghandix]

Wow. Amazing video. Thanks for posting it. I am glad doc and Danny have kissed and made up since this. If I remember correctly, Danny was in a number of fights as a player. He was never one to back down guess.

I also noticed that when doc was yelling at the refs he would make his point by pointing his right index finger the same way he does now.

People don't really change much I guess. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8gPXIpqkg

my favorite Dany Ainge fight.

[barefacedmonk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8gPXIpqkg

Oh..so that's how Kobe learned to fight...

[indeedproceed]

Some thoughts

1) That early to mid 90's Knicks team has to be the toughest basketball team of all time. Just Anthony Mason and Charles Oakley alone are enough to beat both the 2004 Pacers and Pistons. Those guys were absolute enforcers.

2) Everytime I see Danny Ainge fight or get excited to the refs, he looks like he's about to cry. His face makes this weird Norman Rockwell "AW SHUCKS MOM!" thing, except he's punching someone.

3) Things I never expected to hear: "But the guys under control, like, Barkely, and as it turns out, Oakley, did not throw punches."

EDIT: Also some Tommy Points for drza

[bdm860]

My favorite part, @ 3:11, Marv Albert says:

"and this could become ugly" and then the other announcer responds saying "it is ugly."  lol

[KobeShesNotConsenting!]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8gPXIpqkg

Oh..so that's how Kobe learned to fight...

As soon as i saw that part i remembered that lakers game and then scrolled down a little and there it is haha.

[Las Vegas Asian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8gPXIpqkg

Oh..so that's how Kobe learned to fight...

As soon as i saw that part i remembered that lakers game and then scrolled down a little and there it is haha.

Geez!!! Is there anything that Kobe didn't try to copy from Jordan???