Great YouTube Channels

I remember the early 90's when the public started using the Internet. My first memories of basketball online were sports chat rooms where the conversations usually looked something like this:

"Hakeem is the greatest"
"What? He sucks Shaq rules!"
"You're an idiot. Have you ever played basketball dude?"
"Shut up loser. Wilt would destroy anyone".....

If we look forward 30 years we are basically hearing the same thing today but with a lot more budget and production value. I sometimes get amused hearing Stephen A. Smith, Skip Bayless, Colin Cowherd, Shannon Sharpe, Max Kellerman, and others pontificate, debate, and argue but it frequently comes across as being biased and shallow opinions.

Over the years I have encountered many independent sports channels on YouTube that I enjoy. One basketball channel I really like is JixmHighroller. He has produced great videos focusing on basketball over the last 3 years. The video below shows the detail he goes into to compare which active players today most resemble Michael Jordan's game. I'd love to have a channel like his but I'm not willing to put in the time for research and production work that he does. I guess I will just enjoy his good work.



Here is another interesting video I just came across this week. I've never seen Danger Productions before but this video does a great job breaking down the GOAT debate we have all heard a thousand times before but it adds so many more insights. I am a huge LeBron fan and would love to see him surpass Jordan someday but after watching The Last Dance recently and seeing this video breakdown it has reminded me why Jordan is still the greatest.



I hope you enjoy these two videos. I appreciate all the research and work that goes into making them. I enjoy these type of productions more than listening to famous, opinionated sports analysts arguing with each other on ESPN.