Younger gens, that never actually watched MJ play, think Lebron is the goat. MJ played against defenses, where centers could linger under the rim. And yet he was dunking, scoring from everywhere, passing, rebounding, stealing, blocking. If he was playing against defenses like in today's NBA, there would be no one saying he's not the G.O.A.T. Even back then no one could stop him, except for the Pistons playing rough, physical defense. Without a doubt, the Greatest Of All Time.
Correct and no wonder that one record after another is broken these days, e.g. Currently by Jokic, because yes, it is a boring - political - Cupcake - flopping - no grown men only kids - no Defense - no handchecking- Load Management - superteams - no loyalty - no rivalries - no intensity- no midrange - no post moves - no poetry in motion - only 3 pointers - going to the rim without skill - GAME
@@TheHarmAge You saw it live and are still too dumb to put it into context. For example, Jordan won 10 scoring titles. COOL. Where were the other elite perimeter players? OH WAIT they weren’t in the league yet. Their was no Iverson, Kobe, McGrady, Melo, Wade, LeBron, Durant, etc. In the 2000’s, 2010’s he’d have no chance at TEN scoring titles. You see, CONTEXT matters. Another one. Oh Jordan 6-0. COOL. When was his team ever the under dog? OH WAIT, NEVER. You know why, cause he had the best equipped team. Best coach Phil, best shooters Kerr Hodges, best 2 way player Pip, best rebounder Rodman, best international player Kukoc.
@@Hades-in5jy Nope ... I'm correct. Countless offensive coordinators and quarterbacks have repeatedly said, "when Deion played, you only had half of a field to work with. THAT is dominant. And Deion is undoubtedly the GOAT defensive back. Soooo, Im right! 😆
@@cdgee6399 Yes he was a great DB, not better than Green and Woodson but he was great. But he is not the greatest American Football player ever. Deion Sanders is not the main reason Dallas and SF won Superbowls. Jordan and Phelps were the main reason for their success and changed their sports for EVER.
@@Hades-in5jy Ok, we can disagree. My criteria was dominance. So we can disagree, and I salute you fellow sports enthusiast!! May your fav teams do well.
Jordan was asked if his Bulls could beat Lebron's Lakers. He answered, yes. He was then asked by how much? He said 2-3 pts. They asked, why so close? He said, well, we're all like 60 now, soo..
16:00. Michael Jordan stepped away from the NBA when his father was murdered. He connected basketball to his father teaching him basketball. He left the NBA out of sorrow. He went to play baseball as a "distraction" to his sorrow.
He may not have beaten the Bird Celtics, but he did drop an NBA high of 63 points in a playoff game against them. OH and on the Jordan shoes.. when they hit the market, NIKE showed a 500% increase in sales
Awesome to watch the younger generation. Watching the Goat do his work. No one like MJ before or since. And that's not knocking anyone. There is only one Mike. And he was Unbelievable. It was a honor to watch all his games in real time. When they played. Families sat around the TVs to watch him and the Bulls play.
So, just for timeline context - Bird and Magic both came into the league in the 1979-80 season. Jordan came into the league a few years later in 1984-85. Jordan was an immediate star but it took several seasons before the Bulls became contenders. In Jordan's second year he set the playoff single game scoring record, scoring 63 against Bird and the Celtics...but the Celtics still won the game and swept the Bulls in three games. And, yes, Jordan never beat Bird in a playoff game going 0-6, getting swept twice - BUT those series were early in Jordan's career. Once Jordan reached his full potential and the Bulls put a good team around him, he won three consecutive championships, then retired for a year and a half, then came back and won three more consecutive championships. By the way, I looked it up and in the 19 years from 1979-80 (Bird and Magic's first season) until 1997-98 (Jordan's last season with the Bulls) the Lakers/Celtics/Bulls won a combined 14 championships and Bird/Magic/Jordan won a combined 11 MVP's.
You mean when the BULLS reached their full potential. Thats why they won 6 Rings. The Bulls as a TEAM peaked. Jordan's Skillset isn't capable of carrying a teams entire offence & defence ( like LeBron can), Jordan was just the best player (not even close) on the best team.
The reason they couldn’t beat Bird was because Jordan was playing with teammates that were more concerned with partying and living it up than winning basketball games.
Flawless his airness, what a brilliant ball player. No weaknesses on his game whatsover. There were no such things as playoff mode or load management in MJ dictionary, ever. He only knew one mode, kill mode!! The guy was/is a true definition of a great competitor!!
@@123456drob You've got be kinding, are't you?? He was a master of mid range shoot. He was an somewhat decent 3 point shooter if you look at the stats. Weak is your argument, it does not fit MJ. He was flawless!! Sorry kid, i saw the dude playing live and ate his oponents on a night basis for years. Once he got to the top, nobody ate at his table!!
Jordan just seemed to defy gravity. It's one reason why he was called Air Jordan. He just seemed to stay in the air for a couple of seconds longer than the majority of people. It was mind boggling and awe inspiring to watch, especially as a kid.
MJ Compared to LeBron (Facts & Stats) 1) Championships along with Finals MVP - MJ 6 & LeBron 4 2) Points Per Game (Regular Season) MJ 30.1 & LeBron 27.2 3) Points Per Game (Playoffs) MJ 33.4 & LeBron 28.5 4) Scoring Titles MJ 10 & LeBron 1 5) 50+ Point Games MJ 31 & LeBron 14 6) Rookie of the Year MJ 1984/85 & LeBron 2003/04 7) Dunk Contest Champion MJ 2 8) Highest Single Season Average MJ 37.1 & LeBron 31.4 9) Free Throw Shooting MJ 83.5 & LeBron 73.5 10) Defensive Player of the Year MJ 1987/88 Ladies and gentleman, The GOAT Michael Jordan
the "hand-switching" layup against the lakers in the second game of the 1991 nba finals is one of the most ridiculous shots ever, a feat that not even kobe nor lebron has duplicated.
@@LastLetterisZed702 and many people doesn't know that Jordan missed i believe the 1985 season for a broken foot so actually he played with the bulls only.12 seasons that's brutal .. lebron has 21 seasons and still far away from match Jordan
that reel of highlights is genius…there’s a little bit of everything…crazy offense crazy defense blocks steals crosses passes oops clutchness dunks from all angles layups reverse layups this dude was just a different animal..unstoppable-unmatched and incomparable.
the 63 pt game against the celtics in 1986 is most amazing postseason performance that has yet to be duplicated. to score 63 points against a 67 - 15 celtics team that has several hall of famers was insane. he literally carried the team on his back, except they couldn't make stops on the other end. after larry bird hit the go-ahead 2 pt shot to take the 133 - 131 lead in 2OT, the bulls failed to answer on the other end, and lost 135 - 131. even though the bulls got swept, MJ put on a show.
The reason for GOAT status is evident in the highlights. The most complete player on both ends of the court. The most dependable and most competitive. One thing, he was asked if he couldn't take a game winning shot who would he want to take it, before the question was fully asked he said Larry Bird.
I"m sure someone else answered this for you as to why he went to baseball, but his father was murdered. He and Michael were very close. His father had always wanted Michael to play baseball. So to honor his father he went and played before returning to the NBA and winning the 2nd Threepeat. Enjoy your reactions.
He was also burnt out playing something like 220 games of basketball over a 2 year span and bored with the game as well (to the point he was discussing going to play baseball with his father before James Jordan's death) having dominated it nationally and internationally for 3 years.
i saw the last dance doc, so i knew about that. the 1994 strike played a huge part in MJ making his return to the NBA, and got revenge on the orlando magic in the ECF by sweeping them in 1996.
He did leave bcuz of his father's murder to honor him by plating baseball. For.er Mob Capo(Boss) Michael Francese said he was told by higher ranking mob members his father James was killed by mob o r either his or Michael's gambling debt.
Great video. As a 59 year old Knick fan who got to see Mike embarrass my team in person many times, I can tell you, of all the players I have seen in my lifetime, Jordan is easily the GOAT. So many people today say LeBron is, but that’s because they never got to see Jordan play. Even this amazing compilation of his most exciting plays doesn’t really cover how dominant he was over the entire NBA. He single-handedly prevented many great basketball teams from winning championships who otherwise would have. LeBron is a great player who makes other players around him better, but Michael was a force unto himself. In fact, no offense to LeBron fans, but I think a better challenger to Michael’s GOAT status would be Kobe Bryant. The GOAT should be a player his teammates looked to to carry the team. Michael and Kobe were that type of player, whereas LeBron was more of a quarterback on the court, directing his team and getting everyone involved in the team’s success. Anyway, that’s my take on it. Sorry it took me a year to finally see your video, but better late than never! Great job!
There will never be another player that changed basketball as much as he did. There will never be another player that has captivated the world like he did. Just look at the 6 story poster they had of him during the Olympics with the greatest dream team to ever grace the wide world of sports.
Jordan came back after filming the movie space jam where he went up against some of the NBA players he was friends with and after playing in the Olympics for the dream team
the timeline on that is a little off. He played on the dream team a year before retiring... and Dream Team 2, which he was not on, was after the 4th championship. He did invite a ton of NBA players to play with him between filming on Space Jam which he used to get himself into better shape. That's true.
Was nice to turn on WGN and watch The Bulls. MJ gave so much joy to 10s if not 100s of millions around the world. He never quit. He played as hard as he could on every play and every practice. He would never crown himself as the goat like someone else we know.
MJ = GOAT All day! Has all the physical attributes.. Has all the accolades.. Has all the intangibles.. including being the smartest to ever play the game. The problem with MJ is that because you can’t help but see the “Athleticism”, all of his other attributes are lost in the glow..things such as IQ, “handles, passing, 3pt shooting, “play making” abilities etc., luckily, any doubters can go in the “Vault” find what they’re looking for. No one would expect a near-lottery team with 1 star to beat a seasoned Team with 5 “hall-of-famers”. Scottie started coming along throughout the years, but no way MJ had the supporting cast to deal with the Celts when he got to the league. He did avg 28 ppg. his rookie year Though. MJ was a beast on both ends of the court..scoring leader and DPOY?? Bird was ok on defense, but nothing near what the Goat could do on Defense. In ‘96 he avg 43% from 3 pt range on 260 attempts. Of course he got better as his career progressed. This notion he didn’t have a “3” is non-sense; just ask the Trailblazers. As MJ said, he didn’t want to be that guy “camped” out at the 3 pt line waiting to get the ball…Look at what this style of play has done to the league today?? Take it from “Larry “Legend after MJ hung 63 around their necks: 'It's just God disguised as Michael Jordan'. That record still stands.. “Larry Legend”?!? No doubt one of the GREATEST to ever do it… but for a game winning shot?? I’m going with someone who shot roughly 50% in late game situations where you needed a bucket to tie, win or go into OT… that would be MJ. If I needed to pick a starting 5 to save humanity if the Aliens came down?? Larry Legend” would definitely be 1 of them!
One factor of Mr. Jordan's almost 2 year break was the murder of his father. The most impressive fact about Mr. Jordan's 6 championship rings are, a threepete then a 2yr. break then a threepete when he came back. Two threepetes back to back haven't been duplicated yet. Mahalo for the hard work. 🤙😎
yeah the only team other than chicago was the 60s Celtics I think they won like 8 straight titles from 59 to 66 but to me 90s bulls is more impressive because they did in a much tougher era and NBA in the 90s had like 29 teams compared to 60s which only had about 10 teams
Bingo, he won 3 rings in a row, took 2 years off, came back and won 3 in a row again, it was unreal, I watched every game, and it will never be done again. MJ is the GOAT of the NBA, always has been, always will be.
I love Kobe Bryant, I love Allen Iverson, I love Lebron James as well and all the greats of the NBA but, since he was drafted in 1984-2003 Michael Jordan changed the game of basketball hands down. To the fans and the media he was known as his Air-ness but, player around the league in his era called him (Black Jesus) He did eventually beat Larry Bird and the Celtics and everybody in the league after he started winning titles nobody in the league got anymore NBA titles. The Houston Rockets won a NBA title in the 1995-96 season but, after he returned from baseball he closed the door on the league. 35 years after his playing days the world is still wearing is still wearing his shoes. He the only player in the world still selling his sneakers well after he retired. He a superhero playing basketball 🏀 a real life video game cheat code. Simply the G.O.A.T.🐐🐐🐐 by the way looks up what The Jordan Rules were because he was amazing. The great Kobe Bryant got he game from (Michael Jordan) which was his Idol growing up.
michael had to go up against a celtics team with 5 hall of fame players on it. Jordan was still coming into his own and didnt have all the pieces in place teamwise.
Meet the G. O. A. T of all G. O. A. Ts. We call him Black Jesus, Air Jordan, His Airness, Flight 23 or simply the greatest basketball player in the history of the game.
There are a few more Jordan videos you may enjoy. There are voyager 1 and 2 and a video when Jordan came out of retirement to a Bulls practice to silence a rookie talking trash about him. Incidentally, Bill Russell won 8 championships in a row with the Celtics. I think Phil Jackson has 11 rings (maybe more) between being a player for the Knicks, coaching the Bulls and coaching the Lakers (not sure exactly on all those stats just going off memory, but he has a bunch). Robert Horry has 7 rings.
The parts that you had to go back and watch again are why I always find it puzzling when any other name is brought up as the greatest of all time. The guy played with every he got on a nightly basis, didn't give up on defense or broken plays on offense and had the best fundamentals base out of anyone in the game. Holler at me when any other played has highlight reels of just defense, mid-range shooting or just pump fakes...
Great reaction. Actually Lebron isn't even close to Jordan. No one could stop him. And he actually did this every night. If you watch the Jordan Lebron GOAT debate it's not even remotely close. Keep up the great work on your videos
lebron is a distant second, with kobe at no. 3. MJ's Bulls is undefeated in the NBA finals, while Lebron-led teams lost six out of 10. while winning 4 finals out of every 10 appearances is still amazing, being undefeated in the finals cannot be topped.
Jordan played 13 years with the Bulls. Of those, he was named to the NBA All-Defensive 1st team 9 times. That is to say, 60%. Labron has been named to the All-Defensive team 5 times. Not counting the partial season that is presently underway, Labron has played 20 full seasons. That is to say, 25%. Watch every one of Jordan's games. Try to find a single instance where he quit on defense. Good luck with that!
Great reaction. You watched the GOAT. Anyone who says differently never watched Jordan. He left bc his father was murdered and he played baseball when he was younger and wanted to pursue it for his father. He played minor league baseball for 18 mos for the white sox. He struggled overall and came back to nba when mlb went on strike and of course he missed basketball.
The GOAT. In the beginning, he was sponsored by Nike, and Nike made his shoes, hence the Nike logo on his shoes early on. He eventually bought Nike out and now is sole proprietor of his brand (no Nike logo).
here's why LaBron should not even be a part of the conversation. Jordan played the WHOLE game at both ends of the floor. "Michael Jordan, Gary Payton, Garnett and Bryant share the record for most NBA All-Defensive first team selections with nine. Scottie Pippen, Bobby Jones, and Duncan made the first team eight times each. Walt Frazier, Dennis Rodman and Chris Paul made the All-Defensive first team seven times." You don't see LaBron in that list -- anywhere! Why? Because he's repeatedly done something Jordan NEVER did (and neither did Bird). Quit in the middle of a game. ua-cam.com/video/XaPpTeoV2xM/v-deo.html
He never beat Bird but Jordan was a rookie that didn't have help, once he got some help in the bulls and the team mature they destroyed everyone. He also couldn't beat Magic and the lakers but again he had no help and was a rookie playing against 5 hall of famers.
the game he knocked down three-pointers was the 1992 finals game 1. Everybody was comparing him to Clyde Drexler and some said Drexler was the better three-point-shooter. Mike did a new finals record at threes in this game. The last of them directly after Drexler threw an airball from downtown.
9:25 is beyond iconic. Its such a huge highlight that a bigger stat is missed. The commentary is lendary in itself. The next thing the commentator says is "thats 13 straight shots!" Its still a standing record. 13 straight shots in a playoff game ✌🏽
Michael Jordan's dad had a habit of sticking his tongue out while he was working on something. Mike adopted that habit from his father. He admired his dad so much that his passing influenced his decision to retire the first time and play baseball. He later came back to basketball 2 years later for the last 17 games of the season, wearing #45
And the #45 I believe was in honor of his older brother Larry who he also admired greatly (it's also why he was 23....being only "half as good" as Larry).
That first retirement and jerry krause's decision to break up the team after outlasting the jazz in the 98 nba finals cost him a shot at the historic 10-peat, topping the Bill Russell-led Celtics' 8-peat (1959 - 1966) had mj played 20 or more seasons before retiring, he would have over 45,000 career pts, which would take LBJ 3 to 4 more seasons to break.
@@aaronchan1088 Not sure the Bulls had enough to win 10. First of all, I don't like the team the Bulls would have had in 1995 assuming horace bolts like he wanted to and I think by 2000 Pip's health was gone and everyone else was too old to be effective enough to help Jordan (who would have been 37!!!). This is where Krause's horrible drafting post Kukoc comes home to roost.
@@scottb3034 MJ would score more than half the team's points if necessary. he scored 45 of the 87 pts in game 6 of the 1998 nba finals. i thought that after stockton hit that open 3 that the bulls NOT giving Kukoc the final shot for the possible series clinching 3 (he was 11 for 13 for 30 pts) in game 5 would lead to game 7, but MJ scored the final 4 pts of the game, crushing jazz fans' dreams for the second year in a row. the greatest jazz tandem of Stockton and Malone was in the NBA at the wrong time. denied by MJ's bulls by a sliver for 2 straight years.
@@aaronchan1088 In fact the 45 pts in the final game was the most pts scored by any player in any game in the playoffs that year. MJ was also pretty well out of gas then. If the Bulls lose IDK how much Jordan could do in game 7...Pippen would have had to really do something that game, Toni would have to have another game 5 or the bench would have to be much better than absolutely useless (one guy had a -10 in like 3 minutes of play...that's how bad the bench was in game 6).
Also you mentioned his shoe sales. He for quite a long time has donated over half of the sale to different charities. He said I've made more than enough. This is me paying it forward. Jordan was an awesome human being on top of being one of the GOATS of all GOATS
Pay CLOSE attention 7FootReacts @6:01 Going out of bounds before his right foot goes down he deflects the ball to a teammate, is passed the ball continuing to the offensive end and elevating while turning his back to the goal he executes his shot unseen! THAT my young friends is the epitome of TOTAL court presence and vision. Larry and Magic had that as well, MJ just did it more often and some would say more spectacularly! In recognition of their greatness that presence and understanding is why MJ says that Larry is in his top 5 of ALL time along with Magic. Of ALL the great and amazing things, you see in this highlights reel, that back to the basket score IS perhaps the greatest shot of the entire reel.
His father passed away and he was burned out but returned after 18 months and played the last dozen and a half games in the regular season to help the bulls make the playoffs but was a bit too rusty. returned the next season in complete basketball shape and well...just dominated the league again to win another 3 straight championships
That playoff loss got Mike to spend his whole time in the gym until the next season too, which is why when that next season started the bulls were back to dominating
He never got pass Boston in the playoffs but everyone on the Boston team knew Michael was the guy....hell Larry Bird called him Jesus Christ in sneakers......all facts...
I really enjoyed watching Larry and Magic fight it out a few years before Mike came along but Mike wanted it more than almost anyone else, when he was ON he almost never lost while he was at his best. Comparing players from different eras is very problematic the stats give an idea but there isn't a useful definitive way to KNOW, some players would almost certainly have been great in any time (Wilt), but there is no way to definitively allow for all differences between eras (training, medicine, teammates, rules of the game (things like levels of allowed contact), unknown imponderables etc)
Fellow DFW resident here to answer some of your questions and provide some knowledge as a big Jordan fan in the 80's and 90's! Jordan played in AA minor leagues for the White Sox affiliate team in 94 while he was retired mid-NBA career, he didn't make the MLB. But he was a baseball player in school, and eventually switched to basketball fully. He retired after the 93 season, after his dad was murdered. He wore 45 when he came back near the end of the 95 season because the NBA had retired his #23 jersey, but started wearing 23 again during the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Bulls ended up being fined $100,000 total for the remaining games in that series ($25,000 per game) because they did not notify the NBA that he was changing numbers. Not many people know or remember, but he chose 45 when he came back because that was the number his older brother wore in high school, and he originally picked 23 in high school because it was half of that number, since he couldn't wear the same number on the same team. Incidentally, Jordan once had to wear #12 in an NBA game because his jersey went missing prior to game time. Larry Bird was drafted in 78, Magic in 79, with Jordan being drafted in 84. Jordan's Bulls got knocked out of the playoffs in the first round to Larry's Celtics in 86 and 87, before finally beating them in 88. They were then knocked out by the Pistons in 88, 89 and 90 before winning their first title in 91 against Magic's Lakers. Mike's vertical leap was 48 inches, and he ran an unofficial 4.2 second 40. Mike not only wanted to be the best, but he wanted to prove to you that he was the best, every night, and never let you forget that he was the best. He didn't want to beat you, he wanted to destroy you. He wanted to take your soul when he played against you. His tongue hanging out was like a trademark, just something he had done well before the NBA. He says he learned it from watching his dad when he was a kid, and it became an unconscious habit when he was focusing or concentrating on something. Mike really wanted to have a sponsorship from Adidas originally because he liked them so much, but allegedly the German execs thought he was too short to convey the image they wanted to project. Mike even went back to Adidas after he got the offer from Nike, to see if they would match it. I'm sure Adidas has been kicking themselves ever since! Hopefully that fills in some gaps for you, and hit me up if you have more questions. Special shoutout to you as Dallasites, as that's where I grew up, 10 minutes away from downtown!
With all respect, you look like a younger Larry Bird, that's crazy 😂. Great reaction guys! Nice seen your wifey enjoying and getting impressed by the 🐐
Jordan Dad was robbed and Killed and Jordan use to play Baseball when he was a Kid and his Dad loved Baseball so Jordan Retired in late 93 to go play Baseball and Jordan returned March 1995 during Playoffs
Young ones, NOT a disparagement at all. I'm so happy to see your interest in MJ. The reason he left for baseball is complicated but easy to explain. In his youth, his older brother was a MUCH better basketball player. MJ credits his older brother for motivating him to work harder, but his real passion and talent as a kid, was in baseball. His father always wanted him to follow that passion and play professionally. After the first 3-peat, MJ's father had been murdered and in that period of immense grief and personal soul searching, MJ decided to fulfill his father's dream and his own youthful dream, to play pro baseball. He played for the White Sox AA farm league team the Birmingham Barons. He wasn't bad as an "aging rookie" but he was certainly NOT great. He was accustomed to being great at what he did and he knew he didn't have the time or the years left in his body (or much less a franchise that would invest those years) to completely rebuild himself as a pro baseball player) so he wisely chose to return to basketball. It is not even an arguable position to take, to say that had he stayed with the Bulls he may very well have 8 championship rings instead of ONLY 6! We will never know, unless an MJ from an alternate universe pops by to tell us, "Your MJ is a chump, he only has 6 rings and I have 8!"
Jordan was pivotal in Nike's success. When they were initially negotiating with Nike, they wanted a piece of the sales (unheard of at the time)....and they got it. There is a great movie call "Air" about how all of that went down. Stars Matt Damon...but you wont see Mike in it. oh and Jordan's vertical was 48" --as far as I know, the highest the the NBA ever. he left after the first 3 because his father was murdered....and before he was a great basketball player, his dad wanted him to be a baseball player...so he gave it a shot, played for the White Sox AA team...and one MLB game, an crosstown exhibition against the Cubs
we love your reactions... but it would be great if we can hear your comments, use a lapel or you can minimize the video sound so we can hear you talk while reacting.
Since you mentioned Michael getting a piece of every single air Jordan shoe sold you should watch the movie “Air, the story of greatness” it literally tells the story of how Nike pursed signing Jordan to Nike and how the air Jordan’s originated and how Michael came to get a piece of every single sale.
Thank you my man for repping this.... you are truly a badass for this... and you look like Robert Redford (badassed) no homo... but... good looking is good looking
michael jordan played against larry and magic at the end of their careers. he wasnt even in his prime yet. also, his dad was murdered so he took time away from the game. speculation is because of gambling but thats neither here nor there.
23 was retired by the bulls so technically even he (who it was retired for) couldn't wear it 23 45 they are in order. They finally got the logistics figured out and he went back.
The arena in Chicago is appropriately referred to as the house that Michael built. Not only did he bolster the Bulls and the city of Chicago, but the great physical rivalries with Jordan, Bird and Magic skyrocketed the popularity of the NBA to a historic level. Michael, whose father was a baseball player, played both sports prior to signing with the NBA. Having accomplished just about all there is in the NBA, I think he wanted to see if he could be competitive in pro baseball before he was too old to try.
His dad was killed and watched him play his last game in his 23 jersey so when he left and cave back he didn’t want 23 being it’s the last number his dad saw him play in . So he left basketball but came back…. But the Flu Game is epic…he had server Flu but what not gonna miss a game and they won. GOAT
Jordan and the Bulls were 0-6 against Bird and the Celtics in the playoffs in '86 and '87 and was 11-17 against Bird and the Celtics overall before Bird retired. Jordan was 6'6" but his ability to elevate made him play like he was 6'9" and his quickness was probably unmatched during his playing career. I love Larry Bird, but I'm also a HUGE Tar Heel fan so I also pull for any former Tar Heel in the NBA. ✌️
@@Wesker1984What u just googled that? Lol I'm 52 and I know bird has a winning record against MJ cause I was alive watching then.But knowing the actual numbers das some google shit bruh lol U a old head like me?
And don't forget that MJ was drafted in 84/85 to a trash organization. He broke his foot in 85/86 and missed the majority of the season. In 86/87 he was carrying coke heads as usual. 87/88 Pip was a rookie averaging 7ppg. Context matters my friend. 😂 🙏🏾
@@Wesker1984 And most of that was built before Jordan's team built themselves into something. Once the Bulls had comparable talent Jordan had a winning record against Bird/Celtics.
Prime Bird did well against young Jordan. But the 91-92 championship Bulls blanked Bird and his Celtics. At any rate, the Detroit Pistons were their real problem/
Younger gens, that never actually watched MJ play, think Lebron is the goat. MJ played against defenses, where centers could linger under the rim. And yet he was dunking, scoring from everywhere, passing, rebounding, stealing, blocking. If he was playing against defenses like in today's NBA, there would be no one saying he's not the G.O.A.T. Even back then no one could stop him, except for the Pistons playing rough, physical defense. Without a doubt, the Greatest Of All Time.
90s defense was brutal.
Correct and no wonder that one record after another is broken these days, e.g. Currently by Jokic, because yes, it is a
boring - political - Cupcake - flopping - no grown men only kids - no Defense - no handchecking- Load Management - superteams - no loyalty - no rivalries - no intensity- no midrange - no post moves - no poetry in motion - only 3 pointers - going to the rim without skill - GAME
Dumbest argument. You’re just regurgitating ESPN narratives/talking points by Jordan writers. You’re missing A LOT of context in your reason.
As opposed to you, I actually watched MJ play. I don't need social or any other media to tell me what to think, I saw it live..
@@TheHarmAge You saw it live and are still too dumb to put it into context. For example, Jordan won 10 scoring titles. COOL. Where were the other elite perimeter players? OH WAIT they weren’t in the league yet. Their was no Iverson, Kobe, McGrady, Melo, Wade, LeBron, Durant, etc. In the 2000’s, 2010’s he’d have no chance at TEN scoring titles. You see, CONTEXT matters. Another one. Oh Jordan 6-0. COOL. When was his team ever the under dog? OH WAIT, NEVER. You know why, cause he had the best equipped team. Best coach Phil, best shooters Kerr Hodges, best 2 way player Pip, best rebounder Rodman, best international player Kukoc.
He is the greatest thing Ive ever seen in sports.
Deion Sanders is right there
@@cdgee6399 not even close, only person close to him is Michael Phelps.
@@Hades-in5jy Nope ... I'm correct. Countless offensive coordinators and quarterbacks have repeatedly said, "when Deion played, you only had half of a field to work with.
THAT is dominant. And Deion is undoubtedly the GOAT defensive back.
Soooo, Im right! 😆
@@cdgee6399 Yes he was a great DB, not better than Green and Woodson but he was great. But he is not the greatest American Football player ever. Deion Sanders is not the main reason Dallas and SF won Superbowls. Jordan and Phelps were the main reason for their success and changed their sports for EVER.
@@Hades-in5jy Ok, we can disagree. My criteria was dominance. So we can disagree, and I salute you fellow sports enthusiast!! May your fav teams do well.
25 years later and seeing these highlights immediately takes me back to childhood
Jordan was asked if his Bulls could beat Lebron's Lakers.
He answered, yes.
He was then asked by how much?
He said 2-3 pts.
They asked, why so close?
He said, well, we're all like 60 now, soo..
😂😂
😭...👌
🤣it's true.
Yep
I absolutely love that.
16:00. Michael Jordan stepped away from the NBA when his father was murdered. He connected basketball to his father teaching him basketball. He left the NBA out of sorrow. He went to play baseball as a "distraction" to his sorrow.
He may not have beaten the Bird Celtics, but he did drop an NBA high of 63 points in a playoff game against them. OH and on the Jordan shoes.. when they hit the market, NIKE showed a 500% increase in sales
Awesome to watch the younger generation. Watching the Goat do his work. No one like MJ before or since. And that's not knocking anyone. There is only one Mike. And he was Unbelievable. It was a honor to watch all his games in real time. When they played. Families sat around the TVs to watch him and the Bulls play.
Straight Facts Bro! Mike was must see TV and set ur VCR LOL
It was a different feeling watching the best ever live in mid 80s n 90s...still waiting to feel that again but don't think I will
sin duda alguna.. Hablar de la NBA... es hablar de su Majestad... Michael "Air" Jordan... THE BEST. EL MEJOR.
So, just for timeline context - Bird and Magic both came into the league in the 1979-80 season. Jordan came into the league a few years later in 1984-85. Jordan was an immediate star but it took several seasons before the Bulls became contenders. In Jordan's second year he set the playoff single game scoring record, scoring 63 against Bird and the Celtics...but the Celtics still won the game and swept the Bulls in three games. And, yes, Jordan never beat Bird in a playoff game going 0-6, getting swept twice - BUT those series were early in Jordan's career. Once Jordan reached his full potential and the Bulls put a good team around him, he won three consecutive championships, then retired for a year and a half, then came back and won three more consecutive championships.
By the way, I looked it up and in the 19 years from 1979-80 (Bird and Magic's first season) until 1997-98 (Jordan's last season with the Bulls) the Lakers/Celtics/Bulls won a combined 14 championships and Bird/Magic/Jordan won a combined 11 MVP's.
You mean when the BULLS reached their full potential. Thats why they won 6 Rings. The Bulls as a TEAM peaked. Jordan's Skillset isn't capable of carrying a teams entire offence & defence ( like LeBron can), Jordan was just the best player (not even close) on the best team.
@@EkoJah You don't know what you are talking about. I suggest you check out more MJ before you embarrass yourself some more.
The reason they couldn’t beat Bird was because Jordan was playing with teammates that were more concerned with partying and living it up than winning basketball games.
@@EkoJah You're joking right?
@@elijay2482 don't waste energy on people like him....
Flawless his airness, what a brilliant ball player. No weaknesses on his game whatsover. There were no such things as playoff mode or load management in MJ dictionary, ever. He only knew one mode, kill mode!! The guy was/is a true definition of a great competitor!!
Couldn't shoot. Weakness.
@@123456drob sound silly. Maybe ur just too young, a Lebron fan or u don't have a smartphone! U have a dumbphone
@@123456drob You've got be kinding, are't you?? He was a master of mid range shoot. He was an somewhat decent 3 point shooter if you look at the stats. Weak is your argument, it does not fit MJ. He was flawless!! Sorry kid, i saw the dude playing live and ate his oponents on a night basis for years. Once he got to the top, nobody ate at his table!!
Jordan just seemed to defy gravity. It's one reason why he was called Air Jordan. He just seemed to stay in the air for a couple of seconds longer than the majority of people. It was mind boggling and awe inspiring to watch, especially as a kid.
NASA studied his flight pattern and found out that for a brief time he was not ascending or descending. He was parallel to the ground.
MJ Compared to LeBron (Facts & Stats)
1) Championships along with Finals MVP - MJ 6 & LeBron 4
2) Points Per Game (Regular Season) MJ 30.1 & LeBron 27.2
3) Points Per Game (Playoffs) MJ 33.4 & LeBron 28.5
4) Scoring Titles MJ 10 & LeBron 1
5) 50+ Point Games MJ 31 & LeBron 14
6) Rookie of the Year MJ 1984/85 & LeBron 2003/04
7) Dunk Contest Champion MJ 2
8) Highest Single Season Average MJ 37.1 & LeBron 31.4
9) Free Throw Shooting MJ 83.5 & LeBron 73.5
10) Defensive Player of the Year MJ 1987/88
Ladies and gentleman, The GOAT Michael Jordan
the "hand-switching" layup against the lakers in the second game of the 1991 nba finals is one of the most ridiculous shots ever, a feat that not even kobe nor lebron has duplicated.
@@LastLetterisZed702 and many people doesn't know that Jordan missed i believe the 1985 season for a broken foot so actually he played with the bulls only.12 seasons that's brutal .. lebron has 21 seasons and still far away from match Jordan
@@thechampion9525 He missed 65 games in 1985/86
that reel of highlights is genius…there’s a little bit of everything…crazy offense crazy defense blocks steals crosses passes oops clutchness dunks from all angles layups reverse layups this dude was just a different animal..unstoppable-unmatched and incomparable.
the 63 pt game against the celtics in 1986 is most amazing postseason performance that has yet to be duplicated. to score 63 points against a 67 - 15 celtics team that has several hall of famers was insane. he literally carried the team on his back, except they couldn't make stops on the other end. after larry bird hit the go-ahead 2 pt shot to take the 133 - 131 lead in 2OT, the bulls failed to answer on the other end, and lost 135 - 131. even though the bulls got swept, MJ put on a show.
i don't know how many times I've watched this video but it still mesmerizes me every time I do.
He beat Bird, he beat Magic. He also beat “the bad boys” Lebron could not hold Jordan’s jock !!
Jordan has most n longest, most memorable highlight reels in ALL of sports n it's not even a second close for any other athlete. 💯🙌
Was so lucky to grow up in the 80 and 90s amdcsee Jordan in his prime
Best of the best my generation 😊😊😊👍👍👍👏👏👏💪💪💪💪🦾🦾
The reason for GOAT status is evident in the highlights. The most complete player on both ends of the court. The most dependable and most competitive. One thing, he was asked if he couldn't take a game winning shot who would he want to take it, before the question was fully asked he said Larry Bird.
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I"m sure someone else answered this for you as to why he went to baseball, but his father was murdered. He and Michael were very close. His father had always wanted Michael to play baseball. So to honor his father he went and played before returning to the NBA and winning the 2nd Threepeat. Enjoy your reactions.
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He was also burnt out playing something like 220 games of basketball over a 2 year span and bored with the game as well (to the point he was discussing going to play baseball with his father before James Jordan's death) having dominated it nationally and internationally for 3 years.
i saw the last dance doc, so i knew about that. the 1994 strike played a huge part in MJ making his return to the NBA, and got revenge on the orlando magic in the ECF by sweeping them in 1996.
Just to add.....he retired
He did leave bcuz of his father's murder to honor him by plating baseball. For.er Mob Capo(Boss) Michael Francese said he was told by higher ranking mob members his father James was killed by mob o r either his or Michael's gambling debt.
One thing common with MJs reaction videos. Everybody has to pause and rewind to see if it was real 🐐
Great video. As a 59 year old Knick fan who got to see Mike embarrass my team in person many times, I can tell you, of all the players I have seen in my lifetime, Jordan is easily the GOAT. So many people today say LeBron is, but that’s because they never got to see Jordan play. Even this amazing compilation of his most exciting plays doesn’t really cover how dominant he was over the entire NBA. He single-handedly prevented many great basketball teams from winning championships who otherwise would have. LeBron is a great player who makes other players around him better, but Michael was a force unto himself. In fact, no offense to LeBron fans, but I think a better challenger to Michael’s GOAT status would be Kobe Bryant. The GOAT should be a player his teammates looked to to carry the team. Michael and Kobe were that type of player, whereas LeBron was more of a quarterback on the court, directing his team and getting everyone involved in the team’s success. Anyway, that’s my take on it. Sorry it took me a year to finally see your video, but better late than never! Great job!
MJ THE 🐐
There will never be another player that changed basketball as much as he did. There will never be another player that has captivated the world like he did. Just look at the 6 story poster they had of him during the Olympics with the greatest dream team to ever grace the wide world of sports.
Jordan came back after filming the movie space jam where he went up against some of the NBA players he was friends with and after playing in the Olympics for the dream team
the timeline on that is a little off. He played on the dream team a year before retiring... and Dream Team 2, which he was not on, was after the 4th championship.
He did invite a ton of NBA players to play with him between filming on Space Jam which he used to get himself into better shape. That's true.
Was nice to turn on WGN and watch The Bulls. MJ gave so much joy to 10s if not 100s of millions around the world. He never quit. He played as hard as he could on every play and every practice. He would never crown himself as the goat like someone else we know.
Michael Jordan ❤
The greatest athlete who ever lived!
MJ = GOAT All day!
Has all the physical attributes..
Has all the accolades..
Has all the intangibles..
including being the smartest to ever play the game.
The problem with MJ is that because you can’t help but see the “Athleticism”, all of his other attributes are lost in the glow..things such as IQ, “handles, passing, 3pt shooting, “play making” abilities etc., luckily, any doubters can go in the
“Vault” find what they’re looking for.
No one would expect a near-lottery team with 1 star to beat a seasoned
Team with 5 “hall-of-famers”.
Scottie started coming along throughout the years, but no way MJ had the supporting cast to deal with the Celts when he got to the league. He did avg 28 ppg. his rookie year
Though.
MJ was a beast on both ends of the court..scoring leader and DPOY?? Bird was ok on defense, but nothing near what the Goat could do on Defense.
In ‘96 he avg 43% from 3 pt range on 260 attempts. Of course he got better as his career progressed.
This notion he didn’t have a “3” is non-sense; just ask the Trailblazers.
As MJ said, he didn’t want to be that guy “camped” out at the 3 pt line waiting to get the ball…Look at what this style of play has done to the league today??
Take it from “Larry “Legend after MJ hung 63 around their necks:
'It's just God disguised as Michael Jordan'.
That record still stands..
“Larry Legend”?!? No doubt one of the GREATEST to ever do it… but for a game winning shot?? I’m going with someone who shot roughly 50% in late game situations where you needed a bucket to tie, win or go into OT… that would be MJ.
If I needed to pick a starting 5 to save humanity if the Aliens came down?? Larry Legend” would definitely be 1 of them!
He was a freak athlete 💪🏼
@@7footreacts Great reaction btw! 👍
One factor of Mr. Jordan's almost 2 year break was the murder of his father.
The most impressive fact about Mr. Jordan's 6 championship rings are, a threepete then a 2yr. break then a threepete when he came back. Two threepetes back to back haven't been duplicated yet.
Mahalo for the hard work. 🤙😎
yeah the only team other than chicago was the 60s Celtics I think they won like 8 straight titles from 59 to 66 but to me 90s bulls is more impressive because they did in a much tougher era and NBA in the 90s had like 29 teams compared to 60s which only had about 10 teams
Bingo, he won 3 rings in a row, took 2 years off, came back and won 3 in a row again, it was unreal, I watched every game, and it will never be done again. MJ is the GOAT of the NBA, always has been, always will be.
GOAT!!!!
I love Kobe Bryant, I love Allen Iverson, I love Lebron James as well and all the greats of the NBA but, since he was drafted in 1984-2003 Michael Jordan changed the game of basketball hands down. To the fans and the media he was known as his Air-ness but, player around the league in his era called him (Black Jesus) He did eventually beat Larry Bird and the Celtics and everybody in the league after he started winning titles nobody in the league got anymore NBA titles. The Houston Rockets won a NBA title in the 1995-96 season but, after he returned from baseball he closed the door on the league. 35 years after his playing days the world is still wearing is still wearing his shoes. He the only player in the world still selling his sneakers well after he retired. He a superhero playing basketball 🏀 a real life video game cheat code. Simply the G.O.A.T.🐐🐐🐐 by the way looks up what The Jordan Rules were because he was amazing. The great Kobe Bryant got he game from (Michael Jordan) which was his Idol growing up.
Larry bird once said that Michael Jordan was GOD disguised as Michael Jordan.
michael had to go up against a celtics team with 5 hall of fame players on it. Jordan was still coming into his own and didnt have all the pieces in place teamwise.
Meet the G. O. A. T of all G. O. A. Ts. We call him Black Jesus, Air Jordan, His Airness, Flight 23 or simply the greatest basketball player in the history of the game.
MichEl left to play baseball cuz his dad died, and it was his dads dream for MJ to play baseball
His dad didn't died he was murdered by 2 punk bitches
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Its too bad...because he would have won at least 8 championships IN A ROW
His dad was murdered. It was a great shock, as his dad was his guiding force.
What good was that?His dad never saw him playing in the minors.He should have stayed in the NBA.
There will never be another Jordan period, considering he helped us win 6 championships in 7 yrs of his 9 yr career
Making money for Jordan’s look is Legendary 😂👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 great vid guys 👍 Everyone should know the Goat 🐐
There are a few more Jordan videos you may enjoy. There are voyager 1 and 2 and a video when Jordan came out of retirement to a Bulls practice to silence a rookie talking trash about him. Incidentally, Bill Russell won 8 championships in a row with the Celtics. I think Phil Jackson has 11 rings (maybe more) between being a player for the Knicks, coaching the Bulls and coaching the Lakers (not sure exactly on all those stats just going off memory, but he has a bunch). Robert Horry has 7 rings.
i like the one where he helps bugs bunny win the championship
Dope reaction keep em coming! Do some more iconic player reactions
And boy was it a pleasure to watch his career. 😎👍 Just a special human.
The parts that you had to go back and watch again are why I always find it puzzling when any other name is brought up as the greatest of all time. The guy played with every he got on a nightly basis, didn't give up on defense or broken plays on offense and had the best fundamentals base out of anyone in the game. Holler at me when any other played has highlight reels of just defense, mid-range shooting or just pump fakes...
MJ still holds the record for the highest vertical in the NBA
Great reaction. Actually Lebron isn't even close to Jordan. No one could stop him. And he actually did this every night. If you watch the Jordan Lebron GOAT debate it's not even remotely close. Keep up the great work on your videos
lebron is a distant second, with kobe at no. 3. MJ's Bulls is undefeated in the NBA finals, while Lebron-led teams lost six out of 10. while winning 4 finals out of every 10 appearances is still amazing, being undefeated in the finals cannot be topped.
Jordan played 13 years with the Bulls. Of those, he was named to the NBA All-Defensive 1st team 9 times. That is to say, 60%.
Labron has been named to the All-Defensive team 5 times. Not counting the partial season that is presently underway, Labron has played 20 full seasons. That is to say, 25%.
Watch every one of Jordan's games. Try to find a single instance where he quit on defense. Good luck with that!
9:23. Jordan said he switched right to left, because he thought the guy to his back right was gonna try to block him from behind.
Great reaction. You watched the GOAT. Anyone who says differently never watched Jordan. He left bc his father was murdered and he played baseball when he was younger and wanted to pursue it for his father. He played minor league baseball for 18 mos for the white sox. He struggled overall and came back to nba when mlb went on strike and of course he missed basketball.
The GOAT. In the beginning, he was sponsored by Nike, and Nike made his shoes, hence the Nike logo on his shoes early on. He eventually bought Nike out and now is sole proprietor of his brand (no Nike logo).
Bird/Magic came into league in ‘79. Jordan was 1984
Mj is the goat period ..
never, anyone, ever can put a highlight like this, at this level in the nba
Love MJ 🥰 He is GOAT💯💯 LBJ 無法跟他比較 😂 還差很遠
here's why LaBron should not even be a part of the conversation. Jordan played the WHOLE game at both ends of the floor.
"Michael Jordan, Gary Payton, Garnett and Bryant share the record for most NBA All-Defensive first team selections with nine. Scottie Pippen, Bobby Jones, and Duncan made the first team eight times each. Walt Frazier, Dennis Rodman and Chris Paul made the All-Defensive first team seven times." You don't see LaBron in that list -- anywhere! Why? Because he's repeatedly done something Jordan NEVER did (and neither did Bird). Quit in the middle of a game.
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He never beat Bird but Jordan was a rookie that didn't have help, once he got some help in the bulls and the team mature they destroyed everyone. He also couldn't beat Magic and the lakers but again he had no help and was a rookie playing against 5 hall of famers.
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Don't forget, Larry called MJ, God
nike done a deal with jordan long ago and they came out with the air brand of nike meaning Michaels part he gets a cut for every shoe sold
the game he knocked down three-pointers was the 1992 finals game 1. Everybody was comparing him to Clyde Drexler and some said Drexler was the better three-point-shooter. Mike did a new finals record at threes in this game. The last of them directly after Drexler threw an airball from downtown.
@Ingo Bordewick yep and that was probably Mike's only weakness if you can even call it that.
Bird & Magic played from 1979 to 1992 and 1991, and Jordan played from 1984 to 2001, minus 2 or 3 seasons!!
Magic also played a few games in 1996.
@@scottb3034 True.
Larry called Jordan "GOD disguised as Michael Jordan."
Jordan gets extra hangtime by flying over the dreams of thousands of other players who thought they could be goat.....until reality set in on them.
9:25 is beyond iconic. Its such a huge highlight that a bigger stat is missed. The commentary is lendary in itself. The next thing the commentator says is "thats 13 straight shots!"
Its still a standing record. 13 straight shots in a playoff game ✌🏽
After MJ's 3 Rings, he retired. One of the major reason was his father was murdered.
Michael Jordan's dad had a habit of sticking his tongue out while he was working on something. Mike adopted that habit from his father. He admired his dad so much that his passing influenced his decision to retire the first time and play baseball. He later came back to basketball 2 years later for the last 17 games of the season, wearing #45
And the #45 I believe was in honor of his older brother Larry who he also admired greatly (it's also why he was 23....being only "half as good" as Larry).
That first retirement and jerry krause's decision to break up the team after outlasting the jazz in the 98 nba finals cost him a shot at the historic 10-peat, topping the Bill Russell-led Celtics' 8-peat (1959 - 1966) had mj played 20 or more seasons before retiring, he would have over 45,000 career pts, which would take LBJ 3 to 4 more seasons to break.
@@aaronchan1088 Not sure the Bulls had enough to win 10. First of all, I don't like the team the Bulls would have had in 1995 assuming horace bolts like he wanted to and I think by 2000 Pip's health was gone and everyone else was too old to be effective enough to help Jordan (who would have been 37!!!). This is where Krause's horrible drafting post Kukoc comes home to roost.
@@scottb3034 MJ would score more than half the team's points if necessary. he scored 45 of the 87 pts in game 6 of the 1998 nba finals. i thought that after stockton hit that open 3 that the bulls NOT giving Kukoc the final shot for the possible series clinching 3 (he was 11 for 13 for 30 pts) in game 5 would lead to game 7, but MJ scored the final 4 pts of the game, crushing jazz fans' dreams for the second year in a row. the greatest jazz tandem of Stockton and Malone was in the NBA at the wrong time. denied by MJ's bulls by a sliver for 2 straight years.
@@aaronchan1088 In fact the 45 pts in the final game was the most pts scored by any player in any game in the playoffs that year. MJ was also pretty well out of gas then. If the Bulls lose IDK how much Jordan could do in game 7...Pippen would have had to really do something that game, Toni would have to have another game 5 or the bench would have to be much better than absolutely useless (one guy had a -10 in like 3 minutes of play...that's how bad the bench was in game 6).
Todays players will take pictures with their opponents.
MJ took his opponents’ souls.
OMG..... You guys gotta do "Courtship of Rivals".
The best thing you'll ever watch.
AND THEN...
Watch the dream team documentary.
Also you mentioned his shoe sales. He for quite a long time has donated over half of the sale to different charities. He said I've made more than enough. This is me paying it forward. Jordan was an awesome human being on top of being one of the GOATS of all GOATS
Back in the day 10 ,12 teams
Pay CLOSE attention 7FootReacts @6:01 Going out of bounds before his right foot goes down he deflects the ball to a teammate, is passed the ball continuing to the offensive end and elevating while turning his back to the goal he executes his shot unseen! THAT my young friends is the epitome of TOTAL court presence and vision. Larry and Magic had that as well, MJ just did it more often and some would say more spectacularly! In recognition of their greatness that presence and understanding is why MJ says that Larry is in his top 5 of ALL time along with Magic. Of ALL the great and amazing things, you see in this highlights reel, that back to the basket score IS perhaps the greatest shot of the entire reel.
His father passed away and he was burned out but returned after 18 months and played the last dozen and a half games in the regular season to help the bulls make the playoffs but was a bit too rusty. returned the next season in complete basketball shape and well...just dominated the league again to win another 3 straight championships
That playoff loss got Mike to spend his whole time in the gym until the next season too, which is why when that next season started the bulls were back to dominating
He never got pass Boston in the playoffs but everyone on the Boston team knew Michael was the guy....hell Larry Bird called him Jesus Christ in sneakers......all facts...
I really enjoyed watching Larry and Magic fight it out a few years before Mike came along but Mike wanted it more than almost anyone else, when he was ON he almost never lost while he was at his best.
Comparing players from different eras is very problematic the stats give an idea but there isn't a useful definitive way to KNOW, some players would almost certainly have been great in any time (Wilt), but there is no way to definitively allow for all differences between eras (training, medicine, teammates, rules of the game (things like levels of allowed contact), unknown imponderables etc)
Fellow DFW resident here to answer some of your questions and provide some knowledge as a big Jordan fan in the 80's and 90's!
Jordan played in AA minor leagues for the White Sox affiliate team in 94 while he was retired mid-NBA career, he didn't make the MLB. But he was a baseball player in school, and eventually switched to basketball fully.
He retired after the 93 season, after his dad was murdered. He wore 45 when he came back near the end of the 95 season because the NBA had retired his #23 jersey, but started wearing 23 again during the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Bulls ended up being fined $100,000 total for the remaining games in that series ($25,000 per game) because they did not notify the NBA that he was changing numbers. Not many people know or remember, but he chose 45 when he came back because that was the number his older brother wore in high school, and he originally picked 23 in high school because it was half of that number, since he couldn't wear the same number on the same team. Incidentally, Jordan once had to wear #12 in an NBA game because his jersey went missing prior to game time.
Larry Bird was drafted in 78, Magic in 79, with Jordan being drafted in 84. Jordan's Bulls got knocked out of the playoffs in the first round to Larry's Celtics in 86 and 87, before finally beating them in 88. They were then knocked out by the Pistons in 88, 89 and 90 before winning their first title in 91 against Magic's Lakers.
Mike's vertical leap was 48 inches, and he ran an unofficial 4.2 second 40.
Mike not only wanted to be the best, but he wanted to prove to you that he was the best, every night, and never let you forget that he was the best. He didn't want to beat you, he wanted to destroy you. He wanted to take your soul when he played against you.
His tongue hanging out was like a trademark, just something he had done well before the NBA. He says he learned it from watching his dad when he was a kid, and it became an unconscious habit when he was focusing or concentrating on something.
Mike really wanted to have a sponsorship from Adidas originally because he liked them so much, but allegedly the German execs thought he was too short to convey the image they wanted to project. Mike even went back to Adidas after he got the offer from Nike, to see if they would match it. I'm sure Adidas has been kicking themselves ever since!
Hopefully that fills in some gaps for you, and hit me up if you have more questions. Special shoutout to you as Dallasites, as that's where I grew up, 10 minutes away from downtown!
And watch "The Last Dance".
Today, you are featuring, God.
With all respect, you look like a younger Larry Bird, that's crazy 😂. Great reaction guys! Nice seen your wifey enjoying and getting impressed by the 🐐
Jordan Dad was robbed and Killed and Jordan use to play Baseball when he was a Kid and his Dad loved Baseball so Jordan Retired in late 93 to go play Baseball and Jordan returned March 1995 during Playoffs
Young ones, NOT a disparagement at all. I'm so happy to see your interest in MJ. The reason he left for baseball is complicated but easy to explain. In his youth, his older brother was a MUCH better basketball player. MJ credits his older brother for motivating him to work harder, but his real passion and talent as a kid, was in baseball. His father always wanted him to follow that passion and play professionally. After the first 3-peat, MJ's father had been murdered and in that period of immense grief and personal soul searching, MJ decided to fulfill his father's dream and his own youthful dream, to play pro baseball. He played for the White Sox AA farm league team the Birmingham Barons. He wasn't bad as an "aging rookie" but he was certainly NOT great. He was accustomed to being great at what he did and he knew he didn't have the time or the years left in his body (or much less a franchise that would invest those years) to completely rebuild himself as a pro baseball player) so he wisely chose to return to basketball. It is not even an arguable position to take, to say that had he stayed with the Bulls he may very well have 8 championship rings instead of ONLY 6! We will never know, unless an MJ from an alternate universe pops by to tell us, "Your MJ is a chump, he only has 6 rings and I have 8!"
Audio of the reel is to loud. can't hear comments of reactors.
Jordan was pivotal in Nike's success. When they were initially negotiating with Nike, they wanted a piece of the sales (unheard of at the time)....and they got it. There is a great movie call "Air" about how all of that went down. Stars Matt Damon...but you wont see Mike in it.
oh and Jordan's vertical was 48" --as far as I know, the highest the the NBA ever.
he left after the first 3 because his father was murdered....and before he was a great basketball player, his dad wanted him to be a baseball player...so he gave it a shot, played for the White Sox AA team...and one MLB game, an crosstown exhibition against the Cubs
I think it was in 1988 when he got all the notable accolades including the defensive player high-scoring title etc
we love your reactions... but it would be great if we can hear your comments, use a lapel or you can minimize the video sound so we can hear you talk while reacting.
The truest G.O.A.T. . . . Great video 🎉
While Jordan was having a team built around him so he could win one day (8 years deep into his career ('91)) Bird took a terrible
This is mostly patently false, but you sure can spin a narrative.
“Lebron could never” even a girl who knows nothing about basketball sees Jordan for literally 1 minute knows da truth!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Since you mentioned Michael getting a piece of every single air Jordan shoe sold you should watch the movie “Air, the story of greatness” it literally tells the story of how Nike pursed signing Jordan to Nike and how the air Jordan’s originated and how Michael came to get a piece of every single sale.
Thank you my man for repping this.... you are truly a badass for this... and you look like Robert Redford (badassed) no homo... but... good looking is good looking
Michael jordan voyager is the bomb! Well worth the look.
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Michael Jordan and the Bulls were dominant in the 1990’s. My favorite matchup I like seeing them in was always against the New York Knicks.
michael jordan played against larry and magic at the end of their careers. he wasnt even in his prime yet. also, his dad was murdered so he took time away from the game. speculation is because of gambling but thats neither here nor there.
Bill russell is the only one with the legendary 11 rings
23 was retired by the bulls so technically even he (who it was retired for) couldn't wear it 23 45 they are in order. They finally got the logistics figured out and he went back.
Yup it was a $25,000 fine he had to pay
The arena in Chicago is appropriately referred to as the house that Michael built. Not only did he bolster the Bulls and the city of Chicago, but the great physical rivalries with Jordan, Bird and Magic skyrocketed the popularity of the NBA to a historic level. Michael, whose father was a baseball player, played both sports prior to signing with the NBA. Having accomplished just about all there is in the NBA, I think he wanted to see if he could be competitive in pro baseball before he was too old to try.
His dad was killed and watched him play his last game in his 23 jersey so when he left and cave back he didn’t want 23 being it’s the last number his dad saw him play in . So he left basketball but came back…. But the Flu Game is epic…he had server Flu but what not gonna miss a game and they won. GOAT
Jordan and the Bulls were 0-6 against Bird and the Celtics in the playoffs in '86 and '87 and was 11-17 against Bird and the Celtics overall before Bird retired. Jordan was 6'6" but his ability to elevate made him play like he was 6'9" and his quickness was probably unmatched during his playing career. I love Larry Bird, but I'm also a HUGE Tar Heel fan so I also pull for any former Tar Heel in the NBA. ✌️
23-11, 17-11 was the regular season, 23-11 total including the playoffs.
They stopped the bulls they've never stopped Mike.
@@Wesker1984What u just googled that? Lol I'm 52 and I know bird has a winning record against MJ cause I was alive watching then.But knowing the actual numbers das some google shit bruh lol U a old head like me?
And don't forget that MJ was drafted in 84/85 to a trash organization. He broke his foot in 85/86 and missed the majority of the season. In 86/87 he was carrying coke heads as usual. 87/88 Pip was a rookie averaging 7ppg. Context matters my friend. 😂 🙏🏾
@@Wesker1984 And most of that was built before Jordan's team built themselves into something. Once the Bulls had comparable talent Jordan had a winning record against Bird/Celtics.
He didn’t play in MLB. He played for White Sox farm team, the Birmingham Barons.
Right. He played in the W.S. organization, not for the W.S.
Jordan was a performer and he had finesse. That's what really really made him to goat.
Jordan did over on "Bird. Sorry "Bird fans out there 😂 . Even "Michael Jackson was wearing some blue ones that loved. Great video bro 👍
Prime Bird did well against young Jordan. But the 91-92 championship Bulls blanked Bird and his Celtics. At any rate, the Detroit Pistons were their real problem/
4:55. Cooked indeed 😂👍