Alicia, who do you think sells more shoes, Jordan (had he signed with adidas), or Phil Knight? Mind you, Nike and adidas were about equivalent in sales at the time MJ signed with the former.
You can clearly look at him and see there's something extremely special about him. The athleticism is off the charts at 19...And he's already a pure shooter. Once he mastered the game of basketball it was a wrap!!
After seeing all these Jordan pre-NBA games and highlights from college and even the Olympics, i have NO idea how he was not chosen first pick in the draft.
Houston needed a center so they chose Hakeem the dream. The trailblazers already had a shooting guard (Clyde Drexler) so they chose Sam Bowie a center. Chicago had the 3rd pick and undoubtedly chose Michael Jordan.
James Buttersworth Bob Knight said a GM who had a lottery pick ahead of the Bulls (he didn't say which one) asked him who they should choose in the draft. Coach Knight said " You gotta take this kid Jordan" the guy said "But we need a center" Bobby Knight said, "Well, play him at center" Lol.
James Buttersworth Houston already had Sampson. Although Sampson was naturally a PF and plays more like an SF, he definitely could play C. So Houston could have picked Jordan. I dont know what would have happened to Jordan's career at Houston with Sampson succumbing to his injuries... All credit to Olajuwon for an excellent career thus justifying his being picked over Jordan. Portland already had Drexler but he was still an unfinished product. Drexler averaged 7.7 pts in 17 minutes in his rookie year. Portland could have picked Jordan and traded Drexler but obviously they saw something in Drexler and they were correct, Drexler ended up being one of the greatest players ever, it;s just that Jordan ended up as 10x better and became the greatest.player of all time.
I wondering where is this bad shooting that MJ supposedly had. Unless they mean MJ jump shot wasn't pretty when he first came into the league! To me, it just seemed like a standard Jumper
@@sonnywoods6846 In the original footage of Jordan scoring 63 points against the Celtics in the playoffs, one of the announcers makes reference to how another well known figure in sports described Jordan's game. He said "Jordan could shoot from the perimeter like Jerry West, and drive to hole like Dr. J. " That 63 point outburst came in Jordan's second season in the NBA!
@@cyber6sapien After watching some of his college highlights it seems like he was shooting the fade away even earlier than I thought. I know some people like to make the claim he got the fade away from Larry Bird But these college highlights prove he was shooting it long before he got into the NBA.
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C Where did this come from? No one said Basketball was the number one Sport on the Planet we are talking about how Good Michael Jordan was in College and as a Rookie. Is this spam
Right, most people wouldn't even try to change thier form, much less change it over the course of thier whole career, and become a mid-range assassin.on top of that.
THIS IS MIKE'S BREAKTHROUGH SEASON! Even though he played quite a bit as a freshman, everything you would see in the NBA(all of his skills)came to fruition in his soph. yr. If he came out after this season(82-83) MJ wouldve been ready!
Watching games like this is crazy. Look how many future NBA players are in this game. Also crazy when you consider how intertwined their NBA careers would be as well.
This team really missed Worthy. He was the main man on the '82 Championship team. Mikes shot is what everyone remembers, but James was MOP of the Final Four.
I think the three point line distance varied from court to court during this season and is 17 feet 9 inches here. I think all NCAA three point lines were 19' 9" soon afterwards.
Who were those 3 dudes (wearing green, grey and blue shirts) enthusiastically celebrating every time Jordan scored? They were Carolina fans, but why did the camera seem to swing to them all the time?
1:07 - He drove baseline and started out jumping BEHIND THE BASKET...and yet floated sideways and ended up shooting a jumper inside of the basket! RIDICULOUS HANG TIME!
The Media do be lying. They say he wasn't ready for NBA at age 19. They say he had no jumpsuit. Whats funny I watched him in college They was saying how all around he is a player
Jordan alluded to it with that Nike commercial years ago, but it's so true. Jordan was not born the GOAT. He was born with the ABILITY to be the GOAT, but he was not born the GOAT. He had to work tirelessly. If you study his game here until the 1990-91 season where he won his first NBA championship, you'll see that he kept improving each season. He worked his ass off and got every ounce out of his natural abilities. That's why he ended up as the GOAT. Hard work and drive.
But let me tell you with Laimbeer, Rodman and Mahorn doing the Jordan Rules of pushing, throwing and shoving to the ground in the 88, 89 and 90 playoffs. Yet, Mike kept coming. Most guys don’t come back after a thrown down in training camp.
the commentary at around 8:48 could sound a bit nasty if you know what i mean.haha. thanks for the upload by the way, it shows how he has always been so developed on everything that he was criticized by the media ( not good at defense, no mid range)
That's closer than HS 3 point lines. The HS 3 point line hits the top of the key which is the same as college until about a decade ago. This particular 3 point line was an ACC-only thing (test case) and never was instituted throughout the NCAA.
right. people are just trying to find something to hate on. he had a great jump shot. if you watch most of his games in college and pros, you will see most of his shots after 85 are jumpers. he still could dunk and reverse but he came off of screens for jumpers a lot.
I used to say LeBron is better, yeah LeBron is a freak of nature but Jordan the way he plays is just fucking beautiful now I am obsessed and he is better than LeBron
I was a huge 90s era bulls fan and even had MJ DVD set but I never knew he was that dominant in college. How does he go 3rd in the draft??? Atleast second, him and Drexler would have been a great Duo.
Like your editing, Adam. Good job, mate. I do hate old VHS audio. As a fellow collector, you know it's more common to get a game with buzzy ass audio. I've learned to use the program GoldWave to debuzz VHS audio as much as possible. When it's as loud as the static in the game above, it's almost impossible to get rid of it without stripping away sharpness from the commentary though. When you use noise reduction, it affects everything like chemo like kills both good and bad cells.
Piero della Francesca NO, he got into the white stuff and women, ended up doing some time in jail and I think now he works at Walmart restocking the shelves.
please tell me how you feel about me asking what if jeff van gundy lenny wilkens larry brown don nelson pat riley john wooden and/or red auerbach being the head coaches of the legendary michael jordan
Still mind-boggling that the Blazers chose Sam Bowie over this guy. Textbook example of how much a team can screw up by drafting based on position rather than on talent/upside. (And of course, the Blazers did it again 23 years later, when they took Oden over Durant.)
This game is a perfect example of why I don't understand people who say Jordan didn't have a good jump-shot early in his career. He could definitely stroke, but he was too smart/hard working to settle for jumpers. Instead, he used his insane quickness to get the basket and score in the paint.
If you're talking about him being cut in highschool, that was more because he was way too small as a freshman. The next year, he'd gained two inches and like fifty pounds of muscle. Never got cut again.
I remember Steve hale...he was kinda goofy..needed a little time..when he became a junior and senior..great point guard...he scared me at first..every time he hot the ball I held my breath..
That sophomore named Jordan went on to become the greatest shoes salesman ever ...
lol
Bullshit! that was Al Bundy!
G.O.A.T
Alicia, who do you think sells more shoes, Jordan (had he signed with adidas), or Phil Knight? Mind you, Nike and adidas were about equivalent in sales at the time MJ signed with the former.
Michael "Bundy" Jordan
You can clearly look at him and see there's something extremely special about him. The athleticism is off the charts at 19...And he's already a pure shooter. Once he mastered the game of basketball it was a wrap!!
......and Trailblazers passed up on Mike!!!
Mike was jus different from anything I had seen in the ACC durin' his time in NC!!! Carolina & UVA were always on back then so I know!
@3:09 That male cheerleader is really happy about that foul call.
lmaoo
JL. LMFAO. Jazz O’ Pete
JL 😂😂😂
I noticed that too...Cocaine is a helluva drug
LMAO!
After seeing all these Jordan pre-NBA games and highlights from college and even the Olympics, i have NO idea how he was not chosen first pick in the draft.
Houston needed a center so they chose Hakeem the dream. The trailblazers already had a shooting guard (Clyde Drexler) so they chose Sam Bowie a center. Chicago had the 3rd pick and undoubtedly chose Michael Jordan.
James Buttersworth Bob Knight said a GM who had a lottery pick ahead of the Bulls (he didn't say which one) asked him who they should choose in the draft. Coach Knight said " You gotta take this kid Jordan" the guy said "But we need a center" Bobby Knight said, "Well, play him at center" Lol.
James Buttersworth
Houston already had Sampson. Although Sampson was naturally a PF and plays more like an SF, he definitely could play C. So Houston could have picked Jordan. I dont know what would have happened to Jordan's career at Houston with Sampson succumbing to his injuries...
All credit to Olajuwon for an excellent career thus justifying his being picked over Jordan.
Portland already had Drexler but he was still an unfinished product. Drexler averaged 7.7 pts in 17 minutes in his rookie year. Portland could have picked Jordan and traded Drexler but obviously they saw something in Drexler and they were correct, Drexler ended up being one of the greatest players ever, it;s just that Jordan ended up as 10x better and became the greatest.player of all time.
at1212b No wonder basketball sucks now.
+Wis Dom yep, nowadays its all about the three pointers...
Honestly, this looks like better and more intense basketball than the current 2017 NBA playoffs. Man have humans become soft.
exactly.. and there are more people watching in high school games than today's NBA finals
Ok, boomer.
@@ronpal101 this is college buddy
@@quez9305 yeah you're right
@@ronpal101 Yup Agreed 2
Michael was very competitive unreal....one thing I notice every time I watch him is that he's very fundamentally sound...my goodness.
His second three peat with the Bulls was the most fundamentally sound player i’ve ever seen.
That's that Dean Smith in him. Dean had mean streak in his competitive ness Michael saw that
This guy is gunna go pro, you heard it here first
He's a bust
he won 6 championships.
Nah he doesn’t have the skills for
Nba he’s too small
He did go pro...duh...
@@dt327 You so gullible and cannot discern sarcasm because you think you know it all.
Remember they said Jordan couldn't shoot coming into the NBA? .. They lied!
It's crazy though, he changed his shooting form , and became arguably the best mid-range shooter ever.
I wondering where is this bad shooting that MJ supposedly had. Unless they mean MJ jump shot wasn't pretty when he first came into the league! To me, it just seemed like a standard Jumper
@@sonnywoods6846 In the original footage of Jordan scoring 63 points against the Celtics in the playoffs, one of the announcers makes reference to how another well known figure in sports described Jordan's game. He said "Jordan could shoot from the perimeter like Jerry West, and drive to hole like Dr. J. " That 63 point outburst came in Jordan's second season in the NBA!
@@cyber6sapien After watching some of his college highlights it seems like he was shooting the fade away even earlier than I thought. I know some people like to make the claim he got the fade away from Larry Bird But these college highlights prove he was shooting it long before he got into the NBA.
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C Where did this come from? No one said Basketball was the number one Sport on the Planet we are talking about how Good Michael Jordan was in College and as a Rookie. Is this spam
Amazing how his shooting form evolved every single year of his career.
Right, most people wouldn't even try to change thier form, much less change it over the course of thier whole career, and become a mid-range assassin.on top of that.
NCAAA CHAMP! That Makes 7 Championships! Not including Olympics. G.O.A.T. 23!
This was a preview for Brad Daughtery and Mark Price of what was going to happen to them for several NBA years Jordan dominating them.
And haters always said Jordan was only known for the one shot as if he wasn’t doing anything before that lol 😂
This is for all those pundits who said he couldn't shoot from the outside until he spent a few years in the NBA.
No one knew in that stadium that mj would become the GOAT
Dean Smith... The only man that could hold Jordan under 20 points!
He didn't in this game
Incredible quality for such an old game. Nice.
Dang this kid is talented, hope he makes it to the nba
THIS IS MIKE'S BREAKTHROUGH SEASON! Even though he played quite a bit as a freshman, everything you would see in the NBA(all of his skills)came to fruition in his soph. yr. If he came out after this season(82-83) MJ wouldve been ready!
Look at the concentration the way he dribbles at the free throw line.. LOL! The making of a Legend.
Share. He is also the GOAT of NCAA.
Even then described as a 'super great player'.
Man, Jordan dominated mark price both in college and in the pros.
Thank you for posting this video.
Watching games like this is crazy. Look how many future NBA players are in this game. Also crazy when you consider how intertwined their NBA careers would be as well.
Yo that old close ass 3 point line. Jordan could dunk from that 3 point line
"What can you do to stop Jordan? Virtually nothing!" "Did you see Jordan? Holy cow!"
This team really missed Worthy. He was the main man on the '82 Championship team. Mikes shot is what everyone remembers, but James was MOP of the Final Four.
Because Worthy was a starter and a great college player, Jordan didn't get playing time
2:17 the net on that swish almost didn't move...🐐UNC#23
I do like those basketball nets
if only hed gone pro he could've changed the game
I know man...it's a shame
Good Man for all we know he might have been better then len bias the goat
He developed in college. This is one question why he is the most overrated athlete in human history.
+UA-cam User W jk TAKE THIS L
This guy 23 on North Carolina he's good but when IF he gets to the NBA he wont score that easily
***** sarcasm stupidfuck
***** he won 6 rings dude
Ryan .. these num nuts don't understand humor........... or like Gunn.. just want to call names...
i Agree.. Lebron is the GOAT .. Right ?
your'e right. he won't even start. He's not very good. Just lucky.
That male cheerleader's enthusiasm is hilarious hahah this is how you attack all tasks in life
Best player ever
Jordan's bounce wasn't that crazy yet he ain't have the hang time. You can tell how much he worked on his game
Mr. Stare Royd.
@@candacewilson4606 or maybe he physically matured, like most males after college….#Idiot
Jordan got Mark Price in this game too, before the shot against Cleveland.
Poor Mark Price. Got tortured by this guy in college then again in pros with cleveland
The JUMPMAN appears at 3:09 lol
Lol
that's a good one
HOUS3 of HO 😂😂😂😂😂
So many future NBA all stars
Players and coaches saw this dominate young man name Jordan coming!
kids got potential
This guy will go places..... Mark my word!
He made those 3 look easy
They literally are lol
This kid has potential
🔥
🐐
kinda interesting both Jordan's college and professional career highs are against Mark Price teams lol...
It's gotta be the presence of Brad Daugherty.
was the 3 point line closer then? it looks like 18 feet
I think the three point line distance varied from court to court during this season and is 17 feet 9 inches here. I think all NCAA three point lines were 19' 9" soon afterwards.
Michael Jordan, legend, facts ❤.
that 3 pt line is basically a layup lol
Jordan should of did the first ever 3 point dunk
@@juanhigareda3810 I think he could...lol
Jordan is probably one of the best players
Gets drafted into nba
Yep he already got signed
What?
Look at that short ass 3 point line! In between the foul line an top of the key. It's like 17 ft.
Only used experimentally in the ACC. Never an NCAA length.
In the definitive MJ movie this would be the game that foreshadows "the shrug" game in Portland.
Lol the young mj looked like a genuinely nice guy. I highly doubt the NBA mj would have ever helped an opponent get up from the ground
He realized the NBA guys were more out for themselves ?
I thin that jordan kid is going to be pretty good hope he makes it the NBA
Who were those 3 dudes (wearing green, grey and blue shirts) enthusiastically celebrating every time Jordan scored? They were Carolina fans, but why did the camera seem to swing to them all the time?
face paints maybe?
1:07 - He drove baseline and started out jumping BEHIND THE BASKET...and yet floated sideways and ended up shooting a jumper inside of the basket! RIDICULOUS HANG TIME!
Maybe that number 23 is gonna be a great baseball player, I don't know...
I think this kid is better off playing baseball.
Ok Cornholio
When the GOAT was just a Kid. 🙄 Ha!
Lmao...I see what you did there...hilarious.
The Media do be lying. They say he wasn't ready for NBA at age 19. They say he had no jumpsuit. Whats funny I watched him in college They was saying how all around he is a player
He wasn’t ready for the NBA. He was so skinny here. He makes 1984-85 MJ look muscular in comparison
Jordan alluded to it with that Nike commercial years ago, but it's so true. Jordan was not born the GOAT. He was born with the ABILITY to be the GOAT, but he was not born the GOAT. He had to work tirelessly. If you study his game here until the 1990-91 season where he won his first NBA championship, you'll see that he kept improving each season. He worked his ass off and got every ounce out of his natural abilities. That's why he ended up as the GOAT. Hard work and drive.
But let me tell you with Laimbeer, Rodman and Mahorn doing the Jordan Rules of pushing, throwing and shoving to the ground in the 88, 89 and 90 playoffs. Yet, Mike kept coming. Most guys don’t come back after a thrown down in training camp.
Killa Mike, GOAT!!
MJs jumper looks so pure why did he have a hard time shooting in his early years
Because youre blind.
He didn't. That's a myth.
the commentary at around 8:48 could sound a bit nasty if you know what i mean.haha.
thanks for the upload by the way, it shows how he has always been so developed on everything that he was criticized by the media ( not good at defense, no mid range)
Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, Kenny Smith, Brad Daugherty...good college players but not sure if these guys will be successful at the NBA level.
michael jordan is most competative player in the game. beyond the game of basketball. he won 6 rings
zone defense was allowed in college games during 80's...
Birth of Thee Greatest
I have lot of repect for Bobby Cremins. Taking a competive "division II school" and competing against the ACC.
hes definitely got some potential, im skeptical if he can rise to the challenge of professional ball however
Had the 3 point line stayed this way, Kyle Korver = 5 time MVP
Lol
It's was like the highschool 3point lines this generation
+HOUS3 of HO Kyle Korver is oney from NBA range. Korver owns a number of NBA 3 points records. Korver has crazy range
That's closer than HS 3 point lines. The HS 3 point line hits the top of the key which is the same as college until about a decade ago. This particular 3 point line was an ACC-only thing (test case) and never was instituted throughout the NCAA.
was the 3 point line closer then? it looks like 18 feet.
Baby GOAT.
Jordan, Perkins, and Daugherty - I could have coached this team from a Barco lounger and won a championship!
Wow I have been buying jordan shoes for a while didn't know he could play that good
right. people are just trying to find something to hate on. he had a great jump shot. if you watch most of his games in college and pros, you will see most of his shots after 85 are jumpers. he still could dunk and reverse but he came off of screens for jumpers a lot.
Looks like nobody in the comments noticed game broadcaster said Jordan with 37 right as the game ended?
I used to say LeBron is better, yeah LeBron is a freak of nature but Jordan the way he plays is just fucking beautiful now I am obsessed and he is better than LeBron
Bobby Knight was saying he was “the best player he ever saw” one short year later
I was a huge 90s era bulls fan and even had MJ DVD set but I never knew he was that dominant in college. How does he go 3rd in the draft??? Atleast second, him and Drexler would have been a great Duo.
Got the UNC-Virginia game from 2/10/83? That was a classic, but I've never seen it on UA-cam.
Like your editing, Adam. Good job, mate. I do hate old VHS audio. As a fellow collector, you know it's more common to get a game with buzzy ass audio. I've learned to use the program GoldWave to debuzz VHS audio as much as possible. When it's as loud as the static in the game above, it's almost impossible to get rid of it without stripping away sharpness from the commentary though. When you use noise reduction, it affects everything like chemo like kills both good and bad cells.
This video was from 1984, the NCAA didn't adopt the 3-pt shot until 1986. The line when they adopted it was 19 ft 9 inches.
That was the year they universally adopted it. The ACC, along with a few other conferences tried out the three point line in earlier years.
this guy is gonna be a monster when he gets older
Wow, did he eventually manage to play in the NBA?
Piero della Francesca NO, he got into the white stuff and women, ended up doing some time in jail and I think now he works at Walmart restocking the shelves.
Nah nobody wanted him
I heard he got pregnant and that just threw his career off track.
+Andrew Case That's enough out of you lmao!
I'll never forget explaining to my kids that Jordan shoes were for Michael Jordan the basketball player......
I always thought everyone knew
37 points, not 39
Go mj
Do you guys think this guy will be drafted next year? He's really good!
Legend has it that the only one that stop Jordan from scoring was Dean Smith. 😂
Holy shit! Look at how close the three-point line is!
Great post bruh
Yes
Man was getting Jordan calls in college
@23sspapa i think it's the first year that they implemented it so that's why it's so close.
So back then there was conferences that had the 3 pointers and conferences that didn’t?
please tell me how you feel about me asking what if jeff van gundy lenny wilkens larry brown don nelson pat riley john wooden and/or red auerbach being the head coaches of the legendary michael jordan
Still mind-boggling that the Blazers chose Sam Bowie over this guy. Textbook example of how much a team can screw up by drafting based on position rather than on talent/upside.
(And of course, the Blazers did it again 23 years later, when they took Oden over Durant.)
This game is a perfect example of why I don't understand people who say Jordan didn't have a good jump-shot early in his career. He could definitely stroke, but he was too smart/hard working to settle for jumpers. Instead, he used his insane quickness to get the basket and score in the paint.
I find it hard 2 beleave that michael jordan was bad at basketball when he was small
If you're talking about him being cut in highschool, that was more because he was way too small as a freshman. The next year, he'd gained two inches and like fifty pounds of muscle. Never got cut again.
@@derrickennemee8604 Jordan gained like 5 inches of height
I remember Steve hale...he was kinda goofy..needed a little time..when he became a junior and senior..great point guard...he scared me at first..every time he hot the ball I held my breath..
The 3 pt lines about a foot and a half INSIDE the key.
Jordan won his title in North Carolina with James worthy.
8:35 guy flips some body off
Great catch