Young Michael Jordan vs Young Clyde Drexler - MJ puts on Superman cape for another epic comeback!!

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2022
  • Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler... two of the best athletes to ever pick up a basketball, in their athletic prime! This was a match-up everyone always looked forward to, because of the athletic ability each legend unleashed on the NBA. Michael Jordan would often leave Clyde Drexler shell-shocked by his performances because Michael was a relentless competitor and at times you'd see Clyde get frustrated and Michael would break his will through sheer competitive fire.
    In this ballgame in particular, Michael Jordan was on absolute fire... one problem, for a good portion of the game, it wasn't enough, and the Blazers were dominating the Bulls. Michael kept the cape on and willed the Bulls to a win in a fashion that no man before and no man after has been able to consistently duplicate, and that's why we call MJ the GOAT.
    Hope you enjoy the edit of this epic NBA contest!
    (1986-87 Season)
    TIMESTAMPS:
    1:12 - Game begins
    2:03 - Kiki Vandeweghe wet jumper
    2:10 - Clyde Drexler goes baseline for the thunderous 2 hand slam
    4:06 - Michael Jordan pull-up rainbow jumper over Clyde Drexler
    4:15 - Jerome Kersey jumper
    5:46 - Jim Paxson jumper
    5:56 - Terry Porter pull-up jumper
    7:05 - Jerome Kersey turnaround jumper
    7:22 - Michael Jordan post-up baseline fadeaway jumper over Jerome Kersey
    8:24 - Michael Jordan physical strong and 1 scoop layup
    9:21 - Michael Jordan waves the ball with 1 hand and drills the 1 dribble pull up jumper
    10:04 - Clyde Drexler contested jumper over MJ
    10:14 - Michael Jordan uses the jab step to put Clyde on his heels, and drills the jumper
    10:25 - Kiki Vandeweghe jumper over MJ
    11:04 - Kiki Vandeweghe jumper
    11:19 - MJ reverse layup with the floor cam angle
    13:10 - Michael Jordan takes Clyde Drexler baseline for the emphatic dunk
    13:49 - Clyde Drexler nice pull-up jumper off the glass
    14:13 - Kiki Vandeweghe jumper
    15:49 - Unreal defensive possession by Michael Jordan (plays like this is why he was the DPOY and GOAT perimeter defender)
    16:05 - Kiki Vandeweghe jumper
    17:24 - Kiki Vandeweghe jumper
    18:29 - Michael Jordan jab step & jumper over Clyde Drexler
    18:56 - MJ vs 4 defenders in crunch time
    20:37 - MJ breaks Clyde's ankles & drops him (missed the contested layup)
    21:40 - Michael Jordan dagger jumper
    Hope you enjoyed the show!
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  • @danthemancan231
    @danthemancan231 Рік тому +135

    How many jump shots did Jordan make? "MJ didn't have a jump shot when he came into the NBA" is one of the greatest myths or lies in sports.

    • @anadvocate7310
      @anadvocate7310 Рік тому +8

      Had to find something but MJ Midrange was already some he can used

    • @herbertnelsonjr.9899
      @herbertnelsonjr.9899 Рік тому +31

      Exactly! His first brush with fame was a NCAA Championship winning Jump Shot!! The Olympic Gold was primarily MJ shooting Jump SHOTS! In the Olympics was when I first said to myself, he is releasing that shot higher than I have noticed anyone else release their shot. He always had a sweet stroke. Maybe 🤔 he improved, But it was always there.

    • @hugdablok6162
      @hugdablok6162 Рік тому +4

      ​@@herbertnelsonjr.9899I was just about to say that 😂

    • @emotionalintelligence776
      @emotionalintelligence776 11 місяців тому +10

      The statement as usual was said by one person and snowballed to others who never watched or understood Jordan's play. Also keep in mind jumpshots back then didn't sell tickets MJ spectacularly posterizing other NBA players did. MJ with his instantaneous leaps over his opponents in his early years were just insane. MJ usually shot MR when he couldn't get to the basket..now ask yourself how often could his Airness at will NOT get to the basket, Lol. Even against the BB Pistons MJ average was unreal while being triple teamed and brutalized yet he still had just as many dunks against them as any other team as expected from the GOAT.

    • @jp2073
      @jp2073 11 місяців тому +3

      MJ had the highest 3P% in the ACC(college).

  • @mark11967AD
    @mark11967AD Рік тому +105

    Michael was just a freakish competitor from the get go. Truly a one of a kind legend.

    • @dc4690
      @dc4690 Рік тому +9

      Yep...Funny how they say players today are such better athletes...Where’s the ‘bad’ athlete in this video?

    • @samadgriffin6853
      @samadgriffin6853 Рік тому +6

      @@dc4690 No. The rhetoric now is saying they are more "skilled" per position than back in the day. That's debatable. But very few athletes of today's game could compete physically with any era pre 2004.

  • @62lceaser
    @62lceaser Рік тому +84

    Couple of observations after watching this. 1st Kiki Vandeweghe was a very good player with a smooth looking jumpshot. He easily could have expanded his range to the 3 point line if he played today. He's one of those really good players from that era you tend to forget about sometimes. 2nd I have never seen a player play with the amount of energy on both ends as a young Michael Jordan. He was literally everywhere dunks, jumpers, layups, getting out in transition, blocks, steals, deflections. A truly one of a kind talent.

    • @boons32
      @boons32 Рік тому +3

      Kiki was a hired gun.. People knew he was a tremendous offensive player from his Denver days.. Just couldn' or wouldn't try to guard anybody lol

    • @darvin567
      @darvin567 Рік тому +4

      Yeah Kiki was a solid player. That jumper was insane and consistent. I think he played on the league for 13 years. He clocked over sixteen thousand points.

    • @christopherjohnson2171
      @christopherjohnson2171 11 місяців тому +4

      I think that is the main difference between young Jordan's game and the '90s Jordan everyone recognizes more. I don't think it is humanly possible to play with that kind of energy over a full career so he dialed it back a bit in the later years and played a craftier, more polished outside game while still attacking when possible or necessary.

    • @dec9164
      @dec9164 11 місяців тому +5

      Kiki was ALWAYS on offense. One of the best shooting plumbers in NBA history!

    • @batapapic
      @batapapic 7 місяців тому +1

      Non of you guys commented on Kiki's low top Chucks he played with... playing an NBA game with these on your feet must be hard af...

  • @munoken
    @munoken Рік тому +24

    Clyde could never check Air Jordan. Nobody could! GOAT

  • @arthefuture
    @arthefuture Рік тому +15

    I wondered why they called him black cat. That is answered now he was all over the court with swiftness.
    I also loved how he was the best player with the ball in hand but he rarely had it. He didn’t run point he caught the ball looked for openings, if there weren’t any he passed immediately. Great on both ends. Wow!

  • @LeonHuart
    @LeonHuart Рік тому +40

    If theres one thing i took away from this video its that MJ was insanely fast and a superb defender. That speed though...

    • @ThatboiWaterz
      @ThatboiWaterz Рік тому +2

      insanely athletic also

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      When he 1st arrived @ Carolina he ran a 4.6 (40) yd. dash and had improved it to a 4.3 (40) by the time he left. He and James Worthy raced and Worthy beat him by 1 step.

  • @AHMAD-2324
    @AHMAD-2324 Рік тому +101

    What truly made him so unstoppable is that he was Super Athletic while also being fundamentally sound.
    Best to ever do it Michael Jeffrey Jordan.

    • @AHMAD-2324
      @AHMAD-2324 Рік тому +8

      @hillshire 76 My sentiments exactly.

    • @edmondlau511
      @edmondlau511 Рік тому +10

      I remember him crediting Dean Smith with teaching him those fundamentals. Kenny Smith said the same thing about Jordan, he always had proper positioning with his body, hands and stance on defense.

    • @CEENAS646
      @CEENAS646 Рік тому +11

      @@AHMAD-2324 You're right. The blueprint for him was Dr J (esp ABA era), the original athletic freak who was very good fundamentally. IMO Michael added his savage passion, a better jump shot and lockdown D to improve on the approach.

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому +2

      Say it loud for the ones in the back of the auditorium my brother

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@edmondlau511Right Kenny Smith also said along ur line that MJ was the most fundamentally sound basketball player hes ever seen but because his athleticism was exuded more, his fundamentals were overshadowed.

  • @boons32
    @boons32 Рік тому +48

    Looks like MJ carrying his team to VICTORY over a strong team that would make it to the finals in 3 season after this.. Where was Scottie Pippen? That's right not drafted not molded and motivated by the 🏀🐐 YET!! FACTS 💯

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      I see hes wearing the (2s) in this video so it had to have been '86-'87 season and Scottie was drafted in '87-'88 season

  • @herbertnelsonjr.9899
    @herbertnelsonjr.9899 Рік тому +29

    There are no games in the modern NBA like this!

  • @soultrip7
    @soultrip7 Рік тому +32

    Mike is just unreal

    • @sonnyallagonez5776
      @sonnyallagonez5776 Рік тому +6

      Straight Facts!

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому +1

      I saw him play 2wice 1 was The Buzz Peterson Classic summer of '88 in Asheville, NC @ the Civic Center scoring 63pts. and in '97 scoring 27pts. In the old Charlotte Coliseum against the Hornets. Totally different watchin him in person. Watching him jump live for a dunk is like watching a missile take off in the sky waaaay different leaving u in awe and jaw dropping

  • @thomasleavy5143
    @thomasleavy5143 Рік тому +28

    Michael was simply amazing you forget just how good he was when he was young until you rewatch these highlights he was a walking highlight film spectacular

  • @lanagorgeous9485
    @lanagorgeous9485 Рік тому +12

    Man oh man was he quick back then. People talk about Iverson crossing him over in the late 90's, well this 80's version of Jordan would not have been crossed over by anyone. WOW!

    • @chiefxx8259
      @chiefxx8259 Рік тому +1

      Tells you how good Iverson was also !

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      U mean A.I. set up MJ with the carry over swinging the ball way out in a half-court setting. Tim Hardaway had a bonafide cross over coming down court full speed and hit u 1 time cross over ball on top of the ball no set up

    • @djbhe
      @djbhe 11 місяців тому

      AI crossover is traveling all day.

    • @cosmo1eleven855
      @cosmo1eleven855 11 місяців тому

      And Jordan didnt carry the ball. His moves clean and legal.

  • @herbertnelsonjr.9899
    @herbertnelsonjr.9899 Рік тому +37

    This game is SO compelling!!! Portland had so many shooters/scorers AND it didn't matter. JORDAN!!!!!

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому +1

      Exactly

    • @wiltonmcgee9149
      @wiltonmcgee9149 11 місяців тому +2

      Exactly! This was Jordan with no help with the bulls playing Porter, Drexler, kiki! And they won!

    • @wiltonmcgee9149
      @wiltonmcgee9149 11 місяців тому +3

      Jordan was best scorer with oakley and paxon best two supporting at that time. They were playing a loaded team with Porter, Drexlar and kiki. They beat them. Paxon and oakly not beating drexlar and porter or kiki in 2 v2 game. Jordan won game on all aspects of defense offense. Never seen lebron beat a talented team like that alone.

  • @chickhearn4ever779
    @chickhearn4ever779 Рік тому +28

    Jordan just epic. No other word to describe how majestic he was.

  • @chadhickes8563
    @chadhickes8563 Рік тому +21

    Those were the best days for basketball. I sure miss them

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      Absolutely...High school Class Of '87 baby. "ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN '87

  • @GoGetYourShinebox
    @GoGetYourShinebox Рік тому +22

    Young MJ was relentless. He never got tired and he wasn't dealing was as many injuries as in the 90s so his athletic ability was out of this world

    • @Robinhim2002
      @Robinhim2002 10 місяців тому +1

      What injuries in the 90's. Mike had literally 1 season where he played only 18 games. That was season 2. What exactly are you referring to?

  • @joycastorico2638
    @joycastorico2638 Рік тому +35

    there is no way ja morant can match michael"s game like this!

    • @barney5583
      @barney5583 Рік тому +9

      @Steve's Fair Game , it's a good example of why kids think lebron is the goat...all they know is today...they don't really know what went down before today.

  • @victormartin3539
    @victormartin3539 Рік тому +16

    From the beginning to the end Jordan was just on another level the greatest to ever do it

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому +1

      Yeah man and my favorite player ever is Magic Johnson but i have to agree bro

  • @ljoseph6114
    @ljoseph6114 Рік тому +13

    I miss Steve ‘snapper’ Jones basketball commentary.

  • @cariocabassa
    @cariocabassa Рік тому +10

    Damn MJ already had his fadeaway...on point like dat...ok...

  • @dec9164
    @dec9164 11 місяців тому +7

    Michael Jordan. The total package. Skills/athleticism/agility/talent AND the laser focus/will/killer instinct mentality that very few NBAers have. Kobe had it. The current era of NBA players don't have it. Not just the talent but also the mental fortitude to end NBA lives! Earvin "Magic" Johnson is my favorite player, I'm a big fan of Kareem, Larry, Julius, Bill Russell, Jerry West, Shaquille, Tim Duncan, the rest of the Original Dream Team roster (maybe not Christian Laettner so much) and others to include Steph Curry, Jayson Tatum & Jaylen Brown. None of them and no other NBAer has displayed what Michael Jordan displayed on the basketball court. NOT the total package, night in/night out for the full 82-plus. Jordan's entry into the league was in the middle of Magic & Larry. Those 2 breathed life into the NBA and nobody beat them. Hell Magic won championships at the high school, college & NBA level in a span of 4yrs. Who does that? Not even Michael but after seeing Michael play you understand the difference. LeBron can be a fan's favorite player but more total package than Michael? That would be Kobe next and that's distant at best.

  • @rp5564
    @rp5564 11 місяців тому +11

    This is the age, before the titles, that he was ridiculous and there has been no one close to the 86 to 91 Jordan. Not even close. What he did on the defensive end was almost as amazing as he was offensively. Anyone who compares people to him have no clue. If the lebrons and kobes played him at this age range, they would quiver like everyone else did.

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      Unless it was my SHOWTIME Lakers up and down the court baby, but MJ is the Greatest basketball player to ever live.. EVER

  • @chiefxx8259
    @chiefxx8259 Рік тому +12

    Didn't see anyone jacking up wild 3s ! And no one was flopping.🏀

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      U see how Vlade Divac messed that aspect of our game up and everybody started copying afterwards flopping? A Foreign player brought that flopping stuff lol

  • @jediknight5179
    @jediknight5179 Рік тому +8

    you can clearly see how that bulls team can't score a shit even on open jumpers and layups compared to the rest of the league....that is why MJ needs to be MJ even when they drafted Scottie and Grant, they had to improve first to get over that pistons team. But MJ was already MJ even before that!

  • @Peterkatiem23
    @Peterkatiem23 Рік тому +32

    Love what you do bro. We need people like you to spread the truth: Michael Jordan is the Greatest of all Time.

    • @Amick44
      @Amick44 11 місяців тому +1

      Most of us know. Just that some LeBron, Kareem and Wilt fans wanna squawk.

  • @MichaelSantos-gt8xd
    @MichaelSantos-gt8xd Рік тому +14

    This game is better than any games today.

    • @djbhe
      @djbhe 11 місяців тому

      Preeeeeeeeach!

    • @JayDay32
      @JayDay32 4 місяці тому +1

      Yep, they actually tried had to win the games. Real competitors.

  • @IDMtv
    @IDMtv Рік тому +6

    Mj is a alien 👽 …… How can u compare ANY player to this man!!!?🤷🏿

  • @curtis0074
    @curtis0074 Рік тому +21

    Jordan game was just so captivating!

    • @barney5583
      @barney5583 Рік тому +2

      Right compared to lebron's game which is just him running into defenders knocking them down.

  • @joycastorico2638
    @joycastorico2638 Рік тому +11

    Michael Jordan is not human in this game!

  • @keyroncampbell
    @keyroncampbell Рік тому +7

    That Jordan first step was unstoppable

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      Crazy...When he 1st arrived @ Carolina he went from a 4.6 (40) yd. Dash to later on improving to a 4.3 (40). He and James Worthy raced in college and Worthy beat him by 1 step

    • @pauljohnson3792
      @pauljohnson3792 11 місяців тому

      Not only that. That first step set up his jab step that opened him up for jumpers.

  • @mostmost1
    @mostmost1 Рік тому +11

    This blazers team had some shooters. Paxson, Kiki, Drexler, Porter.

  • @alvintp
    @alvintp Рік тому +16

    Is this the guy that they say would be an average player in today's NBA?

  • @williegriggs9238
    @williegriggs9238 Рік тому +21

    I'm surprised to see so many empty seats at the old Chicago Stadium. They had no idea they were witnessing greatness!!Thanks for sharing this incredible footage!!

    • @chiefxx8259
      @chiefxx8259 Рік тому +3

      Quintin Dailey was tough to, wish he could have stayed clean. What a jump shot, wow !

    • @bml2112
      @bml2112 Рік тому +6

      The crowds starting filling up the Stadium that year but you could buy tickets the day of the game. My friends and I would buy 2nd balcony seats for $7. This was my senior year of high school. Went to 20 games that year. By the following season, the entire season was sold out for the rest of MJ's Chicago career.

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому +1

      Crazy what 1 man can do to make an impact

  • @jamelcroley4562
    @jamelcroley4562 Рік тому +19

    Jordan would average 50 in today's NBA

  • @faronanderson2536
    @faronanderson2536 Рік тому +15

    How good it must of felt for the Bulls fans to know this new guy won't let their team lose regardless whom their playing.That must of been such a great feeling after all they'd been through back then!

    • @k.a.williams9290
      @k.a.williams9290 Рік тому +7

      I was there during that era, it was different for sure. Every game you saw him play was exciting like nothing we'd ever seen before.

    • @frankjum
      @frankjum Рік тому +5

      I went to games from his rookie year until I went away to college in '91 and I'll say that NO ONE knew that he'd take the team to the heights he did. Nothing was expected from the team as a whole until they started going to the finals. Until then no one really thought he could do it with all the scoring he did. People had never really seen a team with that lack of balance in scoring thrive.

  • @jerrymorel-du-boil6773
    @jerrymorel-du-boil6773 Рік тому +14

    Great highlights of this game.
    The fundamentals of his game is unmatched. In my personal opinion, there no way that anyone definitively can say that there was a better player then Michael Jordan.

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому +1

      Unless theyre millenials and 90s babies who refuse to know any history prior to their birth. Their mentality is that life started when they were born lol smh

  • @TheJesseGladSaget
    @TheJesseGladSaget Рік тому +35

    Although he missed the shot, that move @ 20:40 really encapsulates how having great footwork can aid you in defeating any kind of look the defense gives you. No one in the history of the game could defeat traps and double teams the way that guy could. Having elite fundamentals >>>>>>

    • @Comedyvibes
      @Comedyvibes Рік тому +2

      Jesus Loves you and wants you to accept him as your Lord and saviour

    • @johndebrasio8797
      @johndebrasio8797 Рік тому +3

      @@Comedyvibes Do you have any Original 'comedy vibes'?

    • @leuz1234
      @leuz1234 Рік тому +1

      Agreed. I kept reviewing that move over and over again.

    • @David23.45.1
      @David23.45.1 11 місяців тому

      He was able to pull that turn around move off due to his huge hands, Idk if u have ever seen how big MJ'S hands are but there big asf

  • @1groovygreg
    @1groovygreg Рік тому +5

    In addition to all of other MJ's innumerable basketball skills, he had superb handles - right or left-handed. Unlike some other all-time NBA greats, Michael is the type of transcendent athlete that would dominate in any era. Without a doubt, the G.O.A.T.

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      Right...B4 MJ 6'6" basketball players were more stationary swing men/small forwards who dared to handle the ball, and then Scottie coined the 1st Point Forward position i love these conversations

    • @edwardthames9003
      @edwardthames9003 11 місяців тому +1

      Exactly, that right to left play where he saw the double and then reverse pivoted, dropping the trap defender and ending up in the lane;.. all instinctive and reactive.
      I am from Chicago and 56 years old, I got to witness it. I recall rushing home from work to catch games, like everyone else in the city. Bulls tickets for home games became the hardest tickets in the nation to get. Imagine the excitement of seeing it all for literally the first time. No one was doing what he was doing or never had before. It became the blueprint every team tried and failed to copy.

  • @vincedidiana5781
    @vincedidiana5781 Рік тому +3

    Loved listening to Steve “Snapper” Jones

  • @SirNic4180
    @SirNic4180 Рік тому +6

    MJ with the line up. Lookin fresh.

  • @josephcaution1195
    @josephcaution1195 11 місяців тому +2

    one word best descrIbes mj? RELENTLESS!

  • @katrinachavez3533
    @katrinachavez3533 Рік тому +18

    Kiki was nasty. And you know in 4th quarter Black Jesus is gonna take over. #GOAT

    • @ericjordan6059
      @ericjordan6059 Рік тому +2

      A lot of people don't know he had a good jumpshot.

    • @coache1nine
      @coache1nine Рік тому +4

      Kiki was a scoring machine. He was a monster at UCLA.

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      Yeah he was with a lower body football body in the thighs like Brad Johnson. I played basketball against Brad Johnson in high school he was extremely fundamentally sound a Larry Bird type of game averaging like 21 as a Senior. Needless to say we lossed to them

    • @Amick44
      @Amick44 11 місяців тому

      ​@@ericjordan6059always did. He just expanded his range and used it more over time.

  • @cercalense
    @cercalense Рік тому +5

    People can debate who's the best, who's the goat... To me MJ is the top player ever to play basketball.

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      The millenials and 90s babies are the only delusionals who would make this a debate since they refuse to learn any history prior to their birth since they think they know everything my brother

  • @karriemabdullah2303
    @karriemabdullah2303 Рік тому +12

    people forget how good kiki vanderweghe was

  • @kevinhu3515
    @kevinhu3515 Рік тому +8

    @11:18
    MJ made that layup look so easy…

  • @marcusweathers5867
    @marcusweathers5867 11 місяців тому +2

    This is real doll back-in-the-day Drexler vs Jordan what a game way better than junk we got now😉😇

  • @Zdkim
    @Zdkim Рік тому +5

    That was nasty @ 8:24...

  • @stefanluke2771
    @stefanluke2771 Рік тому +5

    Great video. These are the games that showed why MJ refilled the entire arena and added more value to his team and to the NBA than he ever could be paid.
    He put the league back onto the newspapers and into the television coverage. He was a key link in a relay with that Wilt, Kareem, Dr J, Magic/Bird and on through the chain that every player and owner and broadcaster since owes such a big debt. But he was probably the biggest catalyst out of all of them. I don't think there was a more famous athlete or one that was famous for a better reason.
    Going back through the stats now shows what everyone could see with their eyes at the time. This guy was head and shoulders above his league. Someone will eventually get by each of his stats, that's the way of the world. But it will be a rare person that gets past most of them at once, particularly the per game (not the overall) stats and I doubt even those rare people will get past the impact that he made.

    • @benjamink7105
      @benjamink7105 10 місяців тому

      I noted that there's even commentary during the game about what a dump the stadium is (I sorta liked Chicago Stadium but it was truly terrible): "Speaking of hardwood, I don't know if they've varnished this floor since Jerry Sloane."

  • @LionMentality1982
    @LionMentality1982 Рік тому +3

    Man.. u gotta love Jordan Energy!

  • @simplysimple7628
    @simplysimple7628 Рік тому +14

    The man was so fundamentally sound with freakish athleticism and on the fly creativity that’s still unmatched till today with all the so called “most skilled players” of all time playing today. Gimme a f@cking break…..🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @rooseveltdarbey9493
    @rooseveltdarbey9493 Рік тому +17

    Jordan average was 37.6 back then with few three point attempts, let that sink in 🤦

    • @ajjones5504
      @ajjones5504 Рік тому +10

      I’m going to give you a stat that you may or may not believe. This is what I call hooping -
      During the 2015 NBA season Steph Curry averaging 30.1 points per game. Curry made 402 3 point field goals that season. That’s right FOUR HUNDRED AND TWO !!!
      During Michael Jordan’s 1987 NBA campaign, Jordan averaged 37.1 ppg while only making TWELVE THREE POINT FIELD GOALS THE ENTIRE SEASON. It’s so easy to research -These are FACTS !!!!
      Michael Jordan was a TRUE basketball GOD ……
      Now let that soak my friends

    • @Fernando-vg4ym
      @Fernando-vg4ym Рік тому +7

      MJ didn't NEED to shoot three pointers.

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      ​​​interesting stuff bro thats why i feel that the #2s were the most elegant lookn shoes plus he did the most damage in those including all acrobatic mid air moves he did thanx for those stats. But also u must remember Guards defended the whole 94ft. So theres the halfcourt 10secs. To worry about and the 24 sec. Shot clock. Stephs era has the luxury to trot up court without any defenders guarding 94ft. Which makes it easier with more time on the shot clock

  • @CWv22
    @CWv22 4 місяці тому +1

    You just gotta love how so many players on both teams any had reliable mid range jumpers. I mean just solid mechanics, clean releases, bottom of the net pullups. Love 80's NBA

  • @marcusbrady5414
    @marcusbrady5414 Рік тому +11

    37.6 ppg shheeesh

    • @dc4690
      @dc4690 Рік тому +3

      Shooting 0.8 3-point attempts per game

  • @mkg5048
    @mkg5048 9 місяців тому +3

    11.19 that layup took no effort from the man then he turns around in godly defensive mode, fkn unreal truly lol

    • @michaelward9201
      @michaelward9201 9 місяців тому +1

      Seriously that was insane never seen that move before.

  • @gavinkiller9629
    @gavinkiller9629 Рік тому +7

    Legendary 😎

  • @BlitzSportsNetwork
    @BlitzSportsNetwork  Рік тому +20

    TIMESTAMPS:
    1:12 - Game begins
    2:03 - Kiki Vandeweghe wet jumper
    2:10 - Clyde Drexler goes baseline for the thunderous 2 hand slam
    4:06 - Michael Jordan pull-up rainbow jumper over Clyde Drexler
    4:15 - Jerome Kersey jumper
    5:46 - Jim Paxson jumper
    5:56 - Terry Porter pull-up jumper
    7:05 - Jerome Kersey turnaround jumper
    7:22 - Michael Jordan post-up baseline fadeaway jumper over Jerome Kersey
    8:24 - Michael Jordan physical strong and 1 scoop layup
    9:21 - Michael Jordan waves the ball with 1 hand and drills the 1 dribble pull up jumper
    10:04 - Clyde Drexler contested jumper over MJ
    10:14 - Michael Jordan uses the jab step to put Clyde on his heels, and drills the jumper
    10:25 - Kiki Vandeweghe jumper over MJ
    11:04 - Kiki Vandeweghe jumper
    11:19 - MJ reverse layup with the floor cam angle
    13:10 - Michael Jordan takes Clyde Drexler baseline for the emphatic dunk
    13:49 - Clyde Drexler nice pull-up jumper off the glass
    14:13 - Kiki Vandeweghe jumper
    15:49 - Unreal defensive possession by Michael Jordan (plays like this is why he was the DPOY and GOAT perimeter defender)
    16:05 - Kiki Vandeweghe jumper
    17:24 - Kiki Vandeweghe jumper
    18:29 - Michael Jordan jab step & jumper over Clyde Drexler
    18:56 - MJ vs 4 defenders in crunch time
    20:37 - MJ breaks Clyde's ankles & drops him (missed the contested layup)
    21:40 - Michael Jordan dagger jumper
    Hope you enjoyed the show! 🐐

    • @dc4690
      @dc4690 Рік тому +3

      Ur the best bro!!

    • @jimvick8397
      @jimvick8397 Рік тому +3

      You forgot 7:46 WTF?... lol

    • @nymphopath9816
      @nymphopath9816 Рік тому +1

      You are the best! THANK YOU

    • @nymphopath9816
      @nymphopath9816 Рік тому +1

      @@jimvick8397 true. that is a super phenomenal layup

  • @redtesta
    @redtesta Рік тому +4

    kiki was so solid . Blast from the past

  • @victormartin3539
    @victormartin3539 11 місяців тому +1

    I've been telling people since MJ was at North Carolina he could always shoot he was so good he shot just got better and better and better

  • @Lee-xn8by
    @Lee-xn8by Рік тому +8

    The only thing that separated Jordan from Drexler was his personality, his shoes, his ability to go left, his jump shot, his defense, his freethrows, his ball handling, his clutch mentality, NEVERMIND.....

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому +1

      I like ur style of comedy the way ur making a point by saying theres no comparison basically

  • @OllyHutton
    @OllyHutton Рік тому +4

    I would add "21:50 - absurd clean block mistaken for a foul because of MJ velocity" to that list

  • @normanclarke9587
    @normanclarke9587 11 місяців тому +3

    Some of you are not a fan as much as you think you are because MJ came into the league with the midrange jumper.

  • @chiefxx8259
    @chiefxx8259 Рік тому +10

    Clyde was scared of Jordan, everyone knew it ! Jordan knew it. Clyde was as athletic as Jordan, but didn't have the competitive fight to challenge Jordan mentally. Jordan knew that ! Clyde was a gentleman player, and you have to be an animal player when competing against Jordan. When I say Clyde was scared, I mean he wasn't willing to talk trash to Jordan, or hold him, bump and grind him ? Clyde played against Jordan, but he didn't compete against Jordan.

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      Right. How do u go from a Phi Slama Jama Beast in college to a gentleman player in the NBA? Lol

    • @Amick44
      @Amick44 11 місяців тому

      Frankly, Clyde's game in college was never brought up to be as fundamentally sound as Jordan's was either. Dean Smith was known to drill the importance of fundamentals into all of his players. Hardly the case with Guy Lewis, his college coach at Houston.
      In fact when an NBA scout saw his collegiate teammate Larry Micheaux, he said "his fundamentals are terrible, his college coach should be shot."

    • @jcpenny3606
      @jcpenny3606 11 місяців тому

      @@Amick44 You got it all backward bro. Guy Lewis coached the Houston Cougars to 3 Final Fours, including 2 trips to the NCAA Finals. He was praised for encouraging his players to play freely. Their phi slamma jamma anthem was the college version of the showtime Lakers. Boring communist Dean Smith held Jordan back. Scolded MJ for doing the rock the cradle dunk. Kept MJ off the sports illustrated magazine cover.

  • @normanclarke9587
    @normanclarke9587 11 місяців тому +2

    He was a walking movie.

  • @dionbernard3033
    @dionbernard3033 Рік тому +2

    Damn Jordan .

  • @jamesadams2637
    @jamesadams2637 Рік тому +2

    They tried to compare Drexler to Michael. He has proven it over and over. Who the best of the two. Our bloodline!!! The Real Baby Jordan 🏀 Jersey Born

  • @nikoladjordjic9566
    @nikoladjordjic9566 Рік тому +10

    He just refused to lose, played entire game unrelentless, making buckets. No rest for opponents:) Fierce and most skilled basketball player of all time. LeBron might be more all around player, but MJ is a winner, fierce, mentally tougher and better player. To think that Shaq had feared him of getting dunked by him at every game...:))

    • @Fernando-vg4ym
      @Fernando-vg4ym Рік тому +10

      I don'k know that LBJ was a better all around player. LBJ is not a better defender (not even close, actually), definitely not a better scorer, maybe a better passer (I would argue that point because, when asked to do that, MJ delivered), he certainly turned the ball over better, missed more shots, lost more finals, but he has scored more points (he should, he's played in six more seasons than MJ). Nah, I would pick MJ or LBJ every time.

    • @simplysimple7628
      @simplysimple7628 Рік тому +7

      I disagree wholeheartedly about LBJ being more all around. Not even close.

    • @nikoladjordjic9566
      @nikoladjordjic9566 Рік тому +6

      @@Fernando-vg4ym They say so today, but I agree with your arguments, true. I would pick MJ anytime over LeBron, I was lucky to see him play in the 90's, he made me love basketball.

    • @shermanpearson926
      @shermanpearson926 11 місяців тому +1

      Labron James better all round😂.. what a 🤣 joke labron James isn't close to Jordan

  • @Slimpickinsorl
    @Slimpickinsorl Рік тому +4

    21:30 reminds me when Mick Jagger went on stage next after watching James Brown open for the Stones

  • @vincedidiana5781
    @vincedidiana5781 Рік тому

    Remember just getting cable and watching this game live as a 7 year old. Great job, sir.

  • @benjamink7105
    @benjamink7105 10 місяців тому +1

    "Speaking of hardwood, I don't know if they've varnished this floor since Jerry Sloane." Holy A+ commentary! Chicago Stadium was the worlds most awesome turd.

  • @derrick3913
    @derrick3913 11 місяців тому +5

    Wait, but l thought MJ was a horrible player until Scottie Pippen got there ???. Lol. And imagine what Portland had to be thinking realizing they could have drafted him and paired him with Drexler. Ouch!!!

  • @cschoen100
    @cschoen100 7 місяців тому +2

    Kiki Vandeweghe was about as pure a shooter as there ever was.

  • @sparsrus
    @sparsrus Рік тому +1

    WOW! thanks.

  • @jp2073
    @jp2073 11 місяців тому +2

    Broacaster says, "Drexler with 17 points, none in the 4th quarter", meanwhile, Jordan on his way to 50+ points. Dominating, the great, Clyde Drexler, and the game, at both ends. This is when Clyde Drexler took it personal just couldn't do anything about it.

  • @20brookskj
    @20brookskj Рік тому

    I'm currently deployed with the Army, but this one much needed to help me relax after a long duty! Quit making us wait so long, 😊 please!

  • @sirdaveo
    @sirdaveo Рік тому +1

    Superman. Every night.

  • @bennymoret1339
    @bennymoret1339 Рік тому

    Blitz, Happy To See You Doing
    Again The G🏀AT's Videos.
    in That You are The Best.

  • @TheDroquemore
    @TheDroquemore Рік тому +3

    These videos dog!! On point like icicles

  • @smoothoperator3739
    @smoothoperator3739 6 місяців тому

    Just watching the GOAT doing GOAT things

  • @jasonchamness789
    @jasonchamness789 Рік тому +2

    12:14 announcer speaking about defense against jordan ".....a fadeaway is going to work in your favor." 🤣😂🤣😂

  • @iammr.doitall5992
    @iammr.doitall5992 9 місяців тому

    🐐

  • @3wildmonkeysmommy
    @3wildmonkeysmommy 7 місяців тому +1

    Most of Jordan's goat debate comes from what he did later. Young Jordan was what you wanted to see. He brought it every play every game. The Bulls had some decent usually past their prime players and some barely NBA players. Regardless, you can see they all looked to give the ball up to Michael as soon as they could.

  • @marcus.6487
    @marcus.6487 11 місяців тому +3

    thoze bullz teams wit doug as tha coach n tha oG chicago stadium were truly sum fy ass daze to B a-damn-live mane ✌🏿

  • @gregthomas3137
    @gregthomas3137 9 місяців тому

    Clyde got cold, mj kept scoring. They couldn't stop each other. Great game

  • @mativakuresa6815
    @mativakuresa6815 7 місяців тому

    The GOAT the will to win he refuse to lose.

  • @rbcroper
    @rbcroper Рік тому +2

    A unknown fact was Drexler asked the Trailblazers to draft Jordan instead of Sam Bowie. That would have been a tandem. That team would have been a great match up to compete against those Laker teams.

    • @kennethmapp1385
      @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому

      Hate to think

    • @cosmo1eleven855
      @cosmo1eleven855 11 місяців тому

      They were both big shooting guards, Clyde 6-7, Jordan 6-6. Whose gonna be point? Thats why they chose Bowie

    • @leonardjackson6210
      @leonardjackson6210 8 місяців тому

      ​@@cosmo1eleven855Jordan could play point

  • @charlestsai3708
    @charlestsai3708 11 місяців тому +1

    Dave Corzine, Charles Oakley, and John Paxon , that’s what MJ has to work with, and Collins 😅

  • @naturalfinish
    @naturalfinish 9 місяців тому +1

    jordan was like a panther

  • @bigben1986
    @bigben1986 11 місяців тому +1

    I always said during Micheal Jordans career......number 2 was always Clyde The Glide Always!!!! This game how ever was epic

  • @gregbors8364
    @gregbors8364 Рік тому +2

    Everybody be sleepin on Kinky Vandeweghe

  • @bobgosnell5866
    @bobgosnell5866 Рік тому +2

    Damn Kikis on fire.Did he miss

  • @vincedidiana5781
    @vincedidiana5781 Рік тому +2

    The next draft, the Bulls drafted Pippen and Grant.

    • @cosmo1eleven855
      @cosmo1eleven855 11 місяців тому

      Wrong, Seattle drafted Pippen but was sent to Chicago

  • @sub_zerotv3877
    @sub_zerotv3877 Рік тому +2

    Jordan was so freaking good man…. As good as LeBron James this is mostly only good on one end of the floor. Michael Jordan went just as hard on both ends.

  • @glenroybrathwaite1531
    @glenroybrathwaite1531 Рік тому +1

    The ball handling @20:40 had Drexler falling on his face

  • @reggiemccray5052
    @reggiemccray5052 11 місяців тому +1

    Clyde from Htown he bows down to no Man 🤬🤬🤬

  • @gnnacharles1
    @gnnacharles1 Рік тому +4

    Was that “the chosen one “ ?

  • @alantoler8266
    @alantoler8266 Рік тому +6

    Nobody is Micheal Jordan...please stop that corny debate....Micheal Jordan early in his career was sick as it get....all the way to the end...but these early games was his coming out party every night...Jordan was a killer

  • @TomiAdewoleAdetom
    @TomiAdewoleAdetom Рік тому +4

    Clyde was definitely a member of the Justice League but...well, Michael was the Big Gun, himself.

  • @ochofive
    @ochofive 6 місяців тому +1

    I see why Jordan was getting physical with his teammates. Bro i was mad in this video for him. Cause when you give your all and it’s still not enough. And your teammates only rely on you and not themselves. You wanna kick they ass. You can only motivate a person through speech so much. I gotta punk you for you to play better then I’ll do that as motivation for you. Show me what you got.

  • @roundedges2
    @roundedges2 6 місяців тому

    WOW 2:44 MJ stuffed! Don’t see that very often!😮

  • @kennethmapp1385
    @kennethmapp1385 11 місяців тому +1

    MJ had the perfect basketball height 6'6" perfect swag in his walk, he had that look of a boxer/i mean buisness look on his face while shooting free throws sweat running from the forehead. That look of intimidation to opponents b4 tip-off.