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- On April 16, 2003 Michael Jordan played his final game in the NBA with the Washington Wizards in Philadelphia where he faced off against Allen Iverson and the 76ers. The “hoopla” included celebrity row, a personalized golf cart and the classic Chicago Bulls PA announcer for MJ’s final introduction. As for on the court, the Wizards struggled but Jordan threw down his final dunk and completed his career on a pair of free throws in a 107-87 loss to the 76ers.
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Mike even three-peated retirements.
Best comment.
ye
LOL
Underrated comment lol
Bruh, that's great. 🤣
Kids will never understand the impact that Jordan and the Bulls had on everyone. I witnessed it all and I can hardly believe it.
I witnessed it all and find it easy to believe. In fact I find it entirely natural. Funny how different brains work differently. But then, I witnessed a lot of sports dynasties and their effects on people.
@Two Three Yeah you just care about Prince BronBron and the watered-down NBA of today.
Two Three MJ is the GOAT. Not bron
Two Three MJ has always been the GOAT. 6-0 in finals vs a choker 3-5 in NBA Finals and a Choker
Two Three Yeah but MJ was a huge reason they won the 6 chips. He was a baller and nobody could stop him in his prime. He was out of this world. MJ delivered when needed the most, where was Lebron in the 2007 finals, 2011 NBA finals especially, 2014 finals, 2015 finals, 2017 and 2018 finals in key situations?
But I bet you won’t know cause you too young and haven’t watched MJ played. Almost every legend agrees MJ is the goat and nobody comes close.
LMAOOO Bill Cosby with some 15 year old
That is incredible
Lukas Cosby - raping since nineteen ninety...
@ben gib lmao 😭😂
literally couldnt make this shit up
He was a sexual predator but not a pedo check yo shit
Whos here after watching "The Last Dance" ?
yo
And who's here after watching Save the Last Dance? haha
Absolutely. Watched Michael as a teenager. Was my idol growing up. Always will be I'm sure.
DarthGilez J12G yo momma
All subscribes netflix
NBA was NEVER the same after this. Jordan left such a massive impact that will never be repeated ever again.
Fosho Dawg
So true
I love that he came back. He had nothing to prove. He loved the game, it was fun at that point; And kept him healthy and energetic. Amazing man.
He came back to break some records and further cement his legacy
😂
@@dannie2712And pay off debt from gambling.
Anybody who was lucky enough to grow up watching MJ play got to witness,not just the greatest player,but also,the best the NBA has been and probably ever will be in my opinion.
The best NBA ever
Greatest athlete of all time
Yeah and bring back hand checks
HE 40 AND 6'6 BUT MADE A STANDING DUNK AT HALFGAME!??!
did you just say halfgame
@@geepadoodle3573 to be 40 and dunk after 15 minutes of constant running is impressive
@@filipladan7756 yes I know, but did you just call the second quarter half game
@@geepadoodle3573 I mean its boutta be.
@@filipladan7756 wdym?
In Jordans words about basketball simply, "the love of the game." He didn't do it for show, politics or anything else. He did it because he loved it
MJ is so great he got everyone to watch a regular season Wizards game.
(Ps: the Bill Cosby cameo aged terribly)
I was thinking the same thing too. LMAO!!
Ps it didnt
@@michaeljay3044
Eww
@@3rdeye931 why your'e ewwing for? Bro is literally innocent of all those claims as of right now. Bro is literally free & enjoying life.
@@michaeljay3044
🤡🤡
Lmao his last assist was to Kwame Brown
*MJ passed the greatness to Kwame the Great*
passing the torch
just like Kobe’s last assist was to Jordan the Goat Clarkson
🐐 to the 🐐
Kwame Brown was such a BUST! Jordan really believed in his potential too.
It’s crazy to me how much Kobe modeled himself after MJ. His smile, his speech patterns, his tone, and his game.
No one is a bigger Mike Fan than Mamba. No one.
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E BO He was definitely an inferior xerox copy. But a copy none the less. You’d be hard pressed to find any two hall of famers...or any two players period, more similar. Brook and Robin Lopez have more disparate games, and they’re twins!!
I say Lebron up there too
Pablo Ibarra Nah, I don’t think so. LBJ may well be a big fan. But their games and builds are way different. And personality wise there’s no comparison at all. Kobe is a (worse) copy of Jordan in every way.
Why the fuck would you model your smile after someone lol Dumbass
Im from Washington DC and when MJ came back to play for the Washington Wizards it was literally a dream come true. These were classic years.
MJ ended his career with two free throws. So did Kobe. It is uncanny how naturally similar these dudes are.
Jaskirat Deosi you just doomed mj
Jordan should NEVER get on a helicopter.
@@blahblah8037
Thats not funny.
@@finsfan90 it’s pretty funny
Kobi rest in peace but he doesn't even compare to Michael. No one does. Not LeBron James, not Magic Johnson or Larry Bird.
When Vince was considered a young player lmao
Amazingly VC is still in the NBA
Despacito Lentamente He meant when he was still called a young nba player, now he’s like in his early 40’s
crazy that Vince Carter is the very last NBA player from the 90s....
VC is the last of the 90s player and was even in the later part of the decade yet he said it was more difficult to play and score back then that's why he'd always choose MJ over any player he guarded as the most difficult to guard. Even Grant Hill said it too. That's healthy GH vs 33-35 year-old MJ. The same GH who played injured against prime Kobe, and prime LBJ.
Typical fans argued that today's NBA is better because of these scoring, broken records, and other statistics but they should actually put an asterisk because defense is lacking in the current cupcake league.
@@lamefart You're 100% right.
I love how he said that he said “he says goodbye…..he’s done.” He made it sound like Michael was pissed.
I just turned 40 this year so I grew up an MJ fan. Being 24 at the time of this game, I couldn’t understand why MJ would not want to play anymore. C’mon, at 24 life is forever! Watching this again at 40 years old I can relate. Time to turn things over to younger dogs.
Joe Dawson pretty sure he would’ve played one or even 2 more seasons if he was on a top 5 team
@@SAsh-zg6ln I doubt it. His knees were bothering him a lot during those two seasons.
40 years is a final retirement age in the NBA.
I feel amazing at 40! Training in gym and cardio like a madman. Rare heart disease, defibrillator pacemaker, congestive heart failure…but even with that I’m in tip top shape as I didn’t have a long professional sports career to do wear on my joints!
Jordan should've gotten on TRT
Greatest at the art of basketball. Heart like no other for the game. Thanks, MJ for all the memories on the basketball court in all your years. May God Bless you and your team
Let's be honest, Michael's true last game was against Utah when he and the Bulls won their 6th title. Everything after that was just practice.
Practicing burning guys 10-15yrs younger, lol.
Talkin bout practice
PRACTICE
Mj taught he was Kobe thinking he was finna score 60
Just tell Allen Iverson that!
Lmao, last game for the third time.
the goats always retire multiple times ali jordan bret farve magic george foreman did I missed anybody
@@Rambo20244 i would say yes, but Ronaldo is better than Messi, especially at national team
@@Rambo20244 michael Schumacher
The third dance
He might be coming back...
I was an intern with the Sixers this season. Got to see MJ up close in the pre-season backstage
If he retired in 2003 and I’m guessing your 28 then you were a intern at age 17 you worked in the nba
LA Clippers He don’t look 28
How old were you then?
Kind of ironic that his first NBA game was against Washington and his last game he played for Washington.
Best ever to play the game MJ
Lebron
@@eclipsesmind7950 nice joke
@@eclipsesmind7950 🤡
Forever and always the GOAT! No matter what your favorite team was you were a Jordan fan. He just had that effect on the game. I love that I was a kid watching when all of it happened. Major inspiration.
0:31 damn this clip didn’t age well
EDIT: these announcers didn’t help either. Lol they kinda shitted on him the whole “tribute”
I mean, it's funny. But I don't think he was a paedophile was he? I thought all the chicks he was drugging were of age?
@@greysonG10 Cardi B confessed to drugging dudes and facilitating a rape before she was famous, society seems to be still fine with her.
@@WhatAboutall
Right.
@@WhatAboutall I bet people don't care because Cardi doesn't warrant too much respect. I mean, self snitching at its finest. At least she told the truth.
Night Mare if it was a man, society would END that person’s career. Sexism at its finest.
MJ, the greatest inspiration in all of sports
Man, Jordan was the most graceful baller I've ever seen.
a 90 year old mj can still kick my ass in a 1v1 lmao
90? LOL you're giving him too much credit
@@Musicrecords10 I mean, he averaged like 20 points and was a top 20-30 player in the league at age 40 so who knows how good he would have been at an advanced age. I'm sure Jordan would beat me one on one aswell. ☺ 👌
Fredrik André Dahl-Andersen no 90 year old can practically stand up without a cane let alone walk or put enough force to their arms so they can dribble
@@thesofa.4194 Lol
Yeah you shorty
"The Game of Basketball"~ whenever he says that it gives me chills.
0:32 this gave me bigger chills.
This was a sad ending to his career. Fans who came to see him play one final time wanted to see the greatness that was Air Jordan. It wasn't there. Air Jordan left the building in Utah wearing a Bulls uniform 5 years prior to this game.
I mean 15 points is pretty good at 40 years old
@@0zero0skill0 He averaged 20 on the season. Not bad at all.
Spike Lee wearing a Bullets jersey.
“Wearing some kind of jersey”
Cool I'm not the only one that noticed that, too!
One of the greatest athletes of all time any sport.
Hi I’m bill Cosby can I buy ya a drink?
C-Pain
Hawwwwwww!....
💀
Don't forget the ludes
Ye lets *snort* some gfuel
Absolutely the greatest basketball player in the world, ever.
0:31 When Mr. Cosby had a clean rep
Not to insiders
💀
The Greatest of all time! Thank you Michael for being such a positive role model for me to grow up in the 90s admiring.. I’m on my 3rd rewatch of the last dance lol
Did UA-cam recommend this video for Michael Jordan or Bill Cosby 👀👀👀👀
Roy Jones bill Cosby 😂😂
Cosby
Never really got to see this game and I regret it after watching this gift from God play for Chicago and idolizing him growing up. The man is an absolute icon of man when it comes to him on a basketball court. Thanks for sharing this.
Even though it wasn’t exactly a fitting send off tribute, there are many people like myself, more than 10 years later lamenting his career. Mike was the best, and he likely will remain in that position forever!
The whole world stood for Michael and still does till this very day😐...Icon
I went to two michael jordan games. One when i was a toddler and i dont remember it. But the second one was when he was on the wizards. I must have been in AZ at the time.
I still remember the kind of game it was. It wasnt a competition in my young mind. It was just a platform for Jordan to be spectacular. He won that day.
Id kill to have a better memory of it except these underlining echoes that i have. But i cherish them. The Goat!!!!
GOAT that will NEVER be surpassed.
@E BO He couldn't hit the curve ball.
@E BO he wont.
@E BO yea when untraceable steiroids exists.
It's not all about the statistics. There's a lot more in the character the one is putting on the pitch.
Lebron
I was at that game. It felt like Staples center in there. Paparazzi , Celebs etc. My best basketball experience ever !
Im a diehard Sixers fan and love MJ of course. I still have this game on VHS
And there will never be another like him.
One of the many things that I respect about MJ is that he never once dishonerd any of the the players of the past or proclaimed himself as the greatest of all time. MJ is a class act and he did it right.
I remember his last dunk was like a under basket 40 years old and he got up like a rookie would the speed of his dunk was like he was saying goodbye to the game in style ✊✊🏿
I liked that old wizards logo a lot
He named the greats of our time in this interview.
People forget how impressive his final season was. 40 year old averaged 20 and played every game.
Michael Jordan is the best of the best in the NBA
omg the background song!!!! I remember the NBA 2k games :P
WOW!!!! Now 2024. That was 21 years ago in 2003. ❤❤👍👍
Michael on the wizards is like rock bands on tour when they're old, yeah you're seeing legends perform but it's not like in their hayday
The Reason for that he had 2 bad knees
But still had back to back 40 point games
Da Goat💯💯💯💯💯
Saw this live and happy to see it was against my favorite player of all time
Damn he was in good shape
I was at the final home game of his career. It was against New York. I still have the commemorative ticket and stub. 😉
Gonna worth millions in a few years.
The 🐐. There won’t ever be another MJ.
I was born in 86 , was an mj fan as a kid in the 90s , hes the goat to me .
Who is coming here after The Last Dance!
I'm intrigued with your photo.
I came here because of your pic 😍👍
The 🐐. Now and for a long time. It would be very difficult to surpass him, especially if the game gets ever so sensitive.
Michael at this stage of his career was still better than 85% of the guys in the league then and now.
One and ONLY MJ
Kobe had the greatest last game of all time
@@pltekkz4957 lol
Meh taking 50 shots to get 60 points n barely win aint that great to me honestly
@GREG Hubbard I think so
Is Kobe in this video?
Easily
0:31 did not age well
battled so much injury issues that yr still averagaed 20 ...goat.
More appreciation towards greatness.
Why are you following me ?
Mj=Inspiration for greatness =work harder than all the rest to reach your goals
Michael Jordan the greatest ever to play the game he is the goat.
The greatest of all time..Thank you for the memories Mj..i grow up watching the GOAT its was my greatest part of my childhood miss him playing
Simply the best
El mejor jugador de basquet de toda la historia. Por siempre Michael Jordan.
His time with the Wizards was fun to watch. He lost a step or two but his basketball IQ was off the charts.
Great footage. Nice find
Standing ovation in his first and last game
0:30 Anybody feeling drowzy all of a sudden?
@Gilbert M lololol
“You don’t do it by yourself anymore” no truer words have ever been spoken, ppl tend to forget how good MJ’s whole team was and he was saying that going forward he can see how the game is becoming more and more team oriented.... but we Kill players today for making the right pass instead of taking a horrible shot in deep coverage smh
To be fair Jordans team was first of all so good because he was on it because when you actually see the teams he has been on, most top seeded teams now have far better benches and even starting lineups.
@@Dotsetc wrong. Jordan's team was good without him lmao. They made the conference finals and only loss two less games without him.
Legend for ever thank you
Paul Pierce wish he had this type of farewell tour 🤦🏼♂️
Nah I'm on TV still, Mike's not
He ain't no Kobe he ain't no MJ Draymond green voice lmfao
@@NickTQ101 lmfaooooo
😂😂
Paul Pierce mike a billionaire, you barely making it.
It wired mJ retired in 2003 and LeBron play his first game in 2003 think about that
if lebron retires, that means the next season, another goat will come? that means giannis,embiid,kawhi,durant will not be in the goat contention right?
NOPE!!!
King Dino Dragonite Luka Doncic
@@gadson92 i said "if lebron RETIRED"
King Dino Dragonite Bronny
@@kingdinodragonite3470 zion
What so crazy is MJ getting the MVP and the DPOY in the same year. That’s crazy
he didnt deserve dpoy tbh
@@kannonnewton212 who ? lol
Undisputed GOAT and a true gentleman. You will never be replaced.
Do you know the AIR?
It doesn't get old...
👍👏🇵🇭
Man I miss those sixers!!
GOAT MJ💪
the game will never be the same
It kind weird to be recommended a Michael Jordan game highlight 16 year later but, i lovin it.
It was posted today
5:15 MJ only won one rookie of the year award? Overrated.
beowulf75 🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
HP_ Ahmad obviously he’s joking idiot, how do you not know he’s being sarcastic
@@furioushabibi2530 Surely you can't be this daft🤣
SamueITheWastemAN stfu bro I’m pretty sure I know basket ball more than you dip shit
Ben Simmons won 2 rookie of the year awards he might be the next goat
Me: sees Bill Cosby at 0:31
*SCROLLING TO COMMENTS INTENSIFIES*
EXACTLY!!!!!! lol
85 Rookie, 86 Injury, 87-93, 95 Return, 96-98.
10seasons
All first team @ the top scorer and 9defensive 1st team
Who is after watching
The last dance,,,
Greatest basketball player ever ,,,
I love how well he played on his first game after 2 years of no basketball. If he never stopped 20 pts. Would have been ez
Magic Johnson retire in 1996 than kobe gets drafted into the nba
Michael Jordan retire in 2003 than lebron James get drafted into the nba
Kobe retired in 2016 then luka gets drafted in 2018 into the nba.
The true last dance
This legit made me cry
No matter what his last game was! This was history and everyone knew it. An era that would never cone again. Not even King James. Thank you Michael.
I think James is getting pretty close and he is still going strong .
Can't denying the FACT,most of us 😥 when Jordan made his last 2 ftws as a Wizard in '03 as the crowd gave Jordan a standing novation. Man,emotions were deep. Lol.
Bill Cosby smiling next to that girl has new meaning now lol
Jawdiiiin😍
The scary thing is he was averaging 20 points at this time he still probably had at least 5 years left
jairo The assassin if only he had tb12😂
Blah Blah huh