As a knicks fan in the 80s/90s I despised Mj. But I got to respect the man, he could fly. He beat the bricks off my knicks and gave me high blood pressure. Mj you the man, you are the GOAT
All kudos to the Knicks, Pacers and Pistons. They were the teams that pushed the Bulls in the east and made them ready. If the Bulls had played in the West, they probably would have lost to the Knicks in the Finals.
Being from Chicago, I would hear Jim Durham speak about how lucky we were to see Michael Jordan play every night. That was very prophetic of him. It was truly an honor and privilege to see every game of his Bulls career. I was lucky enough to see him play in person a number of times!
@@jdr3rd76 You watch some of the games because WGN didn't broadcast every game. You had to have Sportsvision and live in the Chicagoland area to see every game. I know this because I'm a Southside native who was there during the MJ era.
Those end stats were crazy. How many players in NBA history have in their entire career had a 45+ point game, a 5 block game, a 15 rebound game, a 6 steal game, and a 15 assist game? Maybe 10? And Jordan did it in his first 50 games! Before he started to pace himself on defense he was a beast, best ever weakside cover defender surely
The thing with Jordan was he had no weakness. There were probably quite a few superstars as good as Jordan in maybe one category but no one was even close with everything and that includes LeBron. Many people that played with Jordan claim that if he played in todays game the way it's played now he would average 50. It's hard to say what LeBron would do in Michele's era but chances are he wouldn't have near the success he has now.
These videos are great for younger fans who don't really know much about Jordan. I was lucky enough to have Chicago Sports Channel and was able to see Jordan's entire career. After watching him play for the first time I was hooked and rarely missed a game during his career with Chicago. Watching young Jordan and videos like this throughout his career will show how much better he kept getting every year. He had no limits because he was never satisfied and made sure to add something every off season.
Not only did he scored almost 50 points but he have way over 12 and 13 rebounds and he assisted stole the Rock and did a big time block it's all over the f****** place it's like black Speedy Gonzalez with mighty mouse powers
Poor Jordan. He would have not had to go thru the beatings he took had BULLS management not traded: ARTIS GILMORE, REGGIE THEUS, COBY DIETRICK, LARRY KENON, etc. & others, b 4 he arrived in 1984. The BULLS just lost 3-0 to the CELTICS in 1981. Jordan was uh freshman at UNC. THE SHOT! didn't happen until early 1982. Jordan could've left UNC THEN! He had NUTHIN! to prove. Helped UNC get uh national for the 1st time in 25YEARS! Since 1957. So, the DUMB BULLS!, after LOSING! to Boston in 1981, let the players get traded, most went to San Antonio, got nuthin in return, except to get uh HIGH DRAFT PICK: 3YEARS LATER! in 1984. That high draft pick turned out to be: MICHAEL JORDAN.
Imagine an Era where no internet and in my country only the middle class and rich has TV but still JORDAN's name was known to everybody. THats HOW GREAT Jordan was. I remember in our school if someone has Jordan's shoes on it, damn you are the most handsome student in the campus.
Jordan not only led the Olympic team over the best NBA pros he flashed on them, at the same time Bobby Knight said he was the best player he'd ever seen the hate started there
I can’t believe they went undefeated against the NBA pros. The NBA pros were competitive, esp Magic, Bird and Thomas and it would’ve hurt their egos for sure to not even win one game.
@@xman-ms3mp Already By Game #3 They Were Angry At The Fact That College Kids Were HUMILIATED Them on The Court. And Specially JORDAN With His High Fly Dunks, And By Game 3 Or 4 They Started Playing Hard And Nasty Básquet 🏀. Every Time They Were in Penetrations To The Hoop. At One Moment They Foul-Hacked Jordan in The Paint, And Bobby Knight Went Ballistic Angry, Over The Head Coach Of The NBA Stars Accusing Him That He Was Sending Some Of His Players, To Hack Jordan And Try To Injury Him...And Remember Those Games Were To Be Ready and Prepared For The Olímpic Games That Were Suppose To Start in 3 Weeks After Those 8 Preparatión Games.....Bobby Knight Was Furious, He Almost Fight With People On The NBA Stars Bench. And By That Time, He Would Do it. He Was One Of The Angriest And Nasty Coaches in Those Days. NOTE: Coach Knight Didn't Like Jordan in The Beggining, Cause He Say That Jordan Was Only a Showman, And Remember He Was a System Coach, But When The Choose Him To Be The Coach For The Olímpic Team And Spend Time With Jordan in a Daily Basic, He Learn That Had Some Special Talent in M.J.....And After They Spend That Summer Together Practicing, Talking, Kwowing His Parents He Saw The Real M.J And The Hard Worker That He Was..And The Humble in Him....And When They Won The Gold MEDAL, And How Good M.J. Play. All The Doubt That He Feels Before Desapair...No More Showman, Or Selfish Player.....Now in His EYES 👉 M.J is The Best Básquetball Player That He Ever Saw The Best Athlete That He Ever Saw and the Most Fierce and Competitive That He Ever Saw..... With Only 21 YEARS OLD.......And No Yet Been Drafted By An NBA Team.... One Of The Best College Coaches Of All Times, Said in National T.V. Those Profétics Words.....He Went From a Hater, Non Believing in Him, To His Protector and One Of The First To Saw His GOAT POTENCIAL AND HIS GREATNESS AND UNIQUE TALENT. NOTE: I SAW BOBBY KNIGHT THROW THE CHAIR THAT HIT ONE OF THE REFEREES OR THE PLAYERS IN 1979 IN THE PAN-AMERICAN GAMES IN 1979 IN P.R. I THINK THE WARRANT For HIS ARREST, IS ON.....MAYBE N😂T. WOW That Was a Big Deal By Those Days......Cause He Was Accuse And Leave The island Without Going To See The Judge Or The Court. i THINK in The 2000's The WARRANT Was Lifted, Now He Can Come To Vacation in The🌴island.....Also That Was The First Time That I Saw isaiah Thomas Play internacional And Many Fans Too ....And Was a Lucky Chance, Cause The Regular Point Guard For The U.S. Team Suffer An Injury Couples Of Weeks Before The Pan-Am Games Started And Knight Take Isaiah's Cause He Was His Coach At Indiana University. And He Think isaiah Can Handle The Assigment......He Was Right On Point ISAIAH THOMAS Was The STAR Of The Games. He Kill US, (P.R.) Very Badly, He Makes Everybody Look in Slow Motiòn, He Was Fast Like a Chettah....I THINK Those Games And How He Play, Elevated His Value With All The NBA Scout, Plus He Already Won The NCAA Championship a Year Before, Cause That Year 79 Was👉 Magic Vs Bird. That Magic Won.....i Think Was in 81 The Same Year That Was Drafted By The Pistons....and Then in 1982 a 19 Years Old, Born in Brooklyn N.Y. Take a Shot With 13 Seconds Ramaining His Team Losing By 1 Or The Game Tie, With ICE in His Veins Took The 18 Footer Jump Shot, a Freshman Rookie That Was 18 Years Old, Only A Month Before....And Swooooch Game Over, a 16 Or 18 Points The Game Winning shot, Giving his Team The NCAA National Championship. No Bad For a Kid That Was Cut By His Varsity High School Team 2 Years Before......But He Takes That Rejectión, And Transformed in Motivatión....And The Rest is History. I Said This, Cause Some Lebron's Fans Said That Jordan Started Been Knows When Enter To The NBA.... That Everything He Did Was After He Was 23 Years Old, Millenials Don't Do The Homework Or RESEARCH. Same When LeBron Won The Title 2 Years Ago, They Were Saying....... Oh Michael At That Age Of Lebron At The Time 35 Was Going Down Was Playing Old, Another Stupidity WHY? Cause At The Same Age Of 35, Michael Jordan Won The Title Won The Finals MVP, All Star Game MVP, All First Team.....All First Defensive Team, Ohhhhh.Almost Forgot and The Regular Season MVP.....OH and The SCORING TITLE. His 👉 # 10 in 14 Years And In All Those Scoring Titles Seasons He Makes All FIRST DEFENSIVE TEAM Best Player Offensively And Top 3 Defensively in All Those Years, Another Differency That Separated Them in The G🏀AT DEBATE...... CLUTCH, FREE THROWS, AND CHOKES IN CRUNCH TIME.AND REMEMBER LEBRON'S #3 ALL TIMES IN FINALS LOSSES WITH 6 West's #1 With 8. Baylor, #2 With 7 Those Lebron's FANS They Need To Do A Better RESEARCH and Homework......Cause Their Argument Is Lebron's A Beast. Lebron's a Monster. Look His Head is Over The Rim Jordan Never Can Jump Like That........WAIT Lets SEE THE HIGHEST MEASUREMENT VERTICAL JUMP IN THE NBA IN THE LAST 50 YEARS.# 1 M.J.With 48 inches HIGH ZlON 45 inches, SPUD WEBB 45 inches, VINCE CARTER 43 inches. And Lechoke "2011" James. 42 inches. Millenials Please Do The Homework And Some RESEARCH, Before TALKING......I Hope You AGREE WITH Me...🏀
Not only that but the sports commentator Billy Packer was very similar in his assessment of Michael Jordan. Predicted he would be an all time great during the 1984 Olympics before he ever even seen a NBA hardwood floor.
I remember watching basketball in the 80s. Michael Jordan was simply revolutionary. Magic and Bird were too but Jordan was literally NBA transformative!!!! Today you don't feel it as much because that kind of playing has become mainstream, especially with Kobe, Wade etc... But this video takes me back to my teenage years and brings the feeling back. The only other guy who gave me chills like this was Penny Hardaway but unfortunately got injured.
U said something then - I was born in 81 so I sort of missed the 1985 - 1987 Micheal Jordan simple because of my age and not being in tuned to basketball - but around 1988 I started seeing glimpses of Jordan and highlights - my uncle's were hatting big time - they kept talking about somebody name Doctor J lol - by 1990 I was watching the NBA and Jordan every chance I could get - still remember almost crying when the bulls lost to Detroit in 90 in the ECF - my uncle's were in love with the (Bad Boys) now - they were playing football on a basketball court but I was the only person in the house that could see this, I guess - by the time the 1993 season was over my uncle's were so jealous - (he is just a man - he put his pants on one leg at time just like I do) lol - I remember one of my uncle's saying that 😄 - then I was buying getting 4 or 5 pair Air Jordan shoes a year by the time 1998 season was over - ( y'all just making that man rich - ain't no different in my 30 dollars shoes than those ugly ass Jordans you got on) - that is what my uncle was trying to convince to me lol - you are right tho - Jordan was a different BEAST and my uncle's knew it even though they would not admit it - hell a 8 year old kid could see it, then I know dam well they could see it - I miss the late 80s and 90s so bad - not just because of MJ but because of the music, fashion, movies, the whole culture
Wow holy fucken shit omg I’m a fan of Micheal and I didn’t even know , there will never be another Micheal Jordan again, it’s sad you know it’s almost like u want Micheal to do it again or just even better to go back in time and witness ever game front row . Thank you for this contents and info you are doing a great job at revealing the facts .
One thing I've ALWAYS loved about your content Blitz, is your context and detail to the sports you cover, particularly basketball. It's impeccable and second to none, appreciate you for being the counter-culture to the popular propaganda, the mainstream media try to push against Lebron over MJ. You're the real MVP bro 💯
I'm a born and raised Chicagoan who saw Jordan from his rookie season on. I remember when in the summer they had summer league games where great pros, college, and high school players would team up and just put on a show for people for free. Jordan was at a LOT of those games. And he always played just as hard then. He put on a show at those games. There were plenty of 60 point-plus performances then. I really enjoyed your statistical matchup analysis with you using only 50 0f Jordan's rookie season stats compared to the full 82 game MVP seasons of players from 2009 to 2021. To me, it just further illustrates what I already know....Michael Jeffrey Jordan is the greatest player of the past 50 years at the very least. In my opinion, he's the greatest of all time.
That straight up the middle Statue Of Liberty dunk by Jordan @ 13:48 was cold-blooded🥶 and he had an explosive first step as well. If he played in today's NBA, he would have averaged around 45-50 points per game. He was scary good
You always wanted to see what he was gonna do next. He did it in repetition. Sold out every city. His ability was second to none. No player had the smoke that Mike had. And never will. Isahia definitely resented him.
I greatly appreciate your channel and the content you cover, especially the basketball content. I'm a huge basketball fan, but particularly old school basketball and Michael Jordan is my all time favorite athlete Hands Down! I can watch these highlights all day long. The way you display your content and how in dept your research goes, is truly remarkable. Thank you for your research and displaying just how incredible this man was.
They were trying to humble him, to teach him that this is team game. But MJ was indeed a team player, it was just that his talent overwhelmed everyone.
No, it wasn't that no one would give him the ball. IT called it because Jordan had showed up wearing Nike instead of his team warmups. IT was jealous of MJ his whole career because Jordan got more love than IT in Chicago. It was all ego and pettiness. The gratifying thing about this video is watching Jordan toy with Thomas. Thomas was helpless against him and he knew it. Jordan knew it too. Never saw this game before. Thomas fouling out was the cherry on top.
TIMESTAMPS: 0:10 - Intro with some fan context about the 1985 NBA All-Star Freeze-Out Game 3:54 - Footage of the revenge game begins with Dave Bing recognizing what was about to happen 5:53 - ABSURD Michael Jordan 1 v 1 defense, he moves like a ghost! 6:50 - Michael Jordan breakaway dunk time 7:37 - Detroit "Bad Boys Pistons" basketball 7:52 - Rookie MJ had insane agility and handles 8:14 - Michael Jordan & Isiah Thomas talking trash to each other... wish we had mics on each guy! 8:38 - Outstanding transition defense by Michael 13:44 - You can watch this 1 million times and it will never get old 15:33 - Michael Jordan jump hook 16:09 - Michael Jordan breakaway speed & takes flight 18:01 - Michael Jordan picks up his 5th foul, but still goes on to dominate! 19:40 - Crunch time Michael Jordan steal on Isiah Thomas to force overtime 20:34 - Ridiculous And 1 Michael Jordan clutch bucket, and pandemonium ensues! 21:56 - Isiah Thomas left STUNNED from Michael Jordan's performance 22:12 - Michael Jordan left the great Chuck Daly sweating 23:45 - Bonus: Comparing Rookie Michael Jordan, in his first 50 games, to NBA MVP Award winners like LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Steph Curry, and others! Thanks for watching!
23:12 that bump would mean ejection and sanctions in today's NBA. LeChoke would be lying and crying like a baby on the floor and would not play for several games.
Leflop would have jumped and thrown himself halfway across the court,...then grabbed his head and eyes, and roll a few times. He has absolutely no place at the goat table. We need to take over all the airwaves and streaming services and just blast all these old vids and facts about jordan from the early years to shut down these newheads thinking that all these chumps are even close to the greats of the 80s and 90s. Kobe, iverson, carter,...are about the last people to even get close to MJ in terms of anything. Nobody in today's league is even in the same universe
For all the sheer numbers he put up, to also be the most efficient player ever, to arguably the best defensive guard and easily one of the best defensive players ever whilst at the same time ripping off 10 straight scoring titles, is only part of makes the forced Lebron James argument comical.
I wish there were more players like that today. You hate em if they're on the other team, love em if they're on yours. If you grew up playing ball at the park, there were always one or two Lambeers at the park. Made you learn to be a man.
You forget how dominant he was. Coming out of college he was an above-average mid-range shooter and below average from deep.....and he STILL could put up 35-45 against any team and any defender any night. When he developed into a great mid-range shooter and an average deep threat he was absolutely unstoppable. If he had those shooting skills when he was a rookie he would have put up Wilt level numbers.
One of the last times in this game Jordan gets the rebound on the baseline corner and he sees Lambeer on him and MJ accelerated past him like Ole Billy was in concrete 🤣
Exactly, he was talking about how concerned he was with Orlando Woodridge and basically totaling brush MJ off like he wasn't even playing in the game. I loved Julius Erving but he couldn't handle the idea that Michael Jordan was revolutionimg the NBA and taking it to a much higher global level than he did. Btw, Orlando Woodridge was never the same after he got traded from Chicago.
MJ'S athletic ability his basketball skills and knowledge of the game was far beyond they've seen. They couldn't even imagine a player being to play the game with such style. Those guys were jealous.
After destroying GREAT NBA ALL STAR team (which included Magic Johnson and Isaiah Thomas),while training for the Olympics, and before suiting up in his Bulls Uniform, the Great Dr. J’s explosive impact upon entering the league was unmatched, only to become overshadowed by a ROOKIE. Dr.J had been my favorite player ,however, refusing to give MJ his rightfully deserved accomplishments, as, Oscar Robinson, and so many other Great Hall of FAMERS denying how MJ is above and beyond is just plain JEALOUSY. As for Isaiah Thomas, as much as he was loved in his hometown, why should he hate MJ’s overwhelming popularity when he was the Detroit Piston Leader? MagicJohnson knowing he was just as guilty in the freeze out game has at least humbled himself accepting the Agony of being Defeated after an Amazing Thrill of Victory Hall of FAMERS Career. Only the Great Larry Bird openly accepted and admitted MJ was the Greatest. It’s been 20 years since MJ’s final retirement, and he continues to be the center of attention wherever he goes, ANYWHERE in the WORLD! I believe his greatest adversary, if anyone would have been Len Bias (R.I.P.), they would have been bigger than Larry Bird vs Magic Johnson
Oh wow, I thought it was just me. I lived two blocks from Lenny on Flagstaff St in Landover and we all knew that Lenny was the true rival that Michael Jordan never had. His death still pains me to this day to some degree, he would have been almost or maybe as revolutionary as MJ.
I always knew about the Bulls/Pistons Michael Jordan/Isiah Thomas rivalry but it didn't know Mike was getting hate from the legends around the league! This make me look at Julius Irving different now 😂
Well you gotta think man them old cats been doin there thing for awhile at this point an had became a little to comfortable in the the idea that they was the standard the shhhiznic according to snoop 🤣 an here Comes pac an the dogpound wasn't having it so yea...make since now..? Lol
The late great Chuck Daly said Michael Jordan's he's embarrassing the whole league Pat Riley said no one is going to win the championship until Michael Jordan retires the great Jerry West Michael Jordan is the greatest clear he's ever seen and the greatest all-around player she's ever seen enough said goat equals Michael Jordan
Has the other teams best players on there heels back pedaling. Gets players in foul trouble attacking. He was such a complete player offensively and defensively. My team has to win all the time attitude. Then improves with an unstoppable fade away jump shot.
You no I'd forgot how good Jordan was posting up. You know we had a guy at Tennessee, Dale Ellis, he played down low n college, had great post moves for a 6'7" guy, had to play Ralph Sampson 2yrs n a row in the NCAA tournament and went on to b one of the best 3point shooters n NBA history. Guys back then that we're good players took pride n being able to play we're ever they had too to b able to help their team. You know Jordan could post you up or blow by u it didn't matter
Young kids reality check: most of us "old heads" watched MJ wipe the floor with our teams for a decade. We also watch nba today an see the same Lebron you see. Some of us are fans of teams today. But there is a reason we almost universally see this comparison as rediculous. Media driven narratives were not in your face in the 90s like they are today. We drew our conclusions from what we saw rather than what we heard. The eye test works. The era was more physical, more competitive, more defense focused.
Mike was so quick back then. He could go left or right and that lil dancing stutter step he does at full speed is gorgeous. On defense he was always on the prowl, he could wander off his man and still lock them up no problem. What I would pay to have all his games in todays hi def tv. His jump shot was still a lil shaky but you could just see the leap of talent over other players.
Yes; I agree. And not just quick, but he seemed so "light," too. He moved so light, like a feather, like he just sort of floats around the court and through the lane. As if gravity is not affecting him like everyone else.
I am so glad I got to see MJs entire career! He’s a once in a lifetime talent and I got to grow up watching every game! I was a Freshman in HS when the Bulls won the 1st one and was 21/almost 22 in '98 when they won the 6th. What an awesome time that was!
Jordan seeked the hoop at his rookie years like no veteran did! He took centers off and about with the confidence of a champ. Best ever to play the game from start to finish
In all fairness, Dr J was taller, had big hands too, and didn’t get to play in the NBA as a young man into his physical prime Jordan was beautiful for watch before he reached his Peak skillset. Dr J and the 70s guys were really just mad Jordan succeeded faster than them WITHOUT the same obstacles
@@michaelbonhomme3219 ... Doc was a forward, didn't have the perimeter game, shooting ability, ball handling skills, or defensive prowess. He wasn't even there offensively. Doc, Robertson, Kareem, Iceman, and a few others didn't like Jordan, and still don't. They will speak favorably about today's players to tryn minimize Jordan and the 90s, like he only played in the 90s.
I watched this game before. Its obvious the vets especially were envious of the rookie. Nobody would pass to Jordan. Also His playing time was very short.
Man, his skills as a rookie were already unbelievable, the focus and will already there, plus it's such a different game, pistons looked pissed as hell at the end, it was a real pain losing a game unlike today where everyone is all smiles even after a blowout win...today's NBA is spoiled
I was around when the NBA elite took umbrage to Jordan and his "endorsement" dunks and the gold chain affair. He learned from that, because he admired J and some of the other stars of the time and wanted their respect. There was no doubt that MJ was above and beyond that current roster. Woolridge, Corzine, Dailey were average players. O needed better surroundings to play better and he didn't have it in Chicago. It took a few coaches to find the one that knew how to set up MJ. Loughery, didn't. He was the Lakers coach that Magic had run off. Stan Albeck knew what he had, but was hindered by MJ's foot injury. It took Doug Collins to bring in 2 key assistants, Tex Winter for the triangle, Johnny Bach for the defense. Unfortunately Doug didn't have friends in the locker room and they brought in Phil Jackson to assist. Doug was still a little too fiery at the time (which MJ loved) but the rest didn't. Phil recognized it and kind of did a silent coup from below and Doug was let go. The rest is history. I still credit Johnny Bach and his defensive coaching for giving the Bulls the needed skills to win titles. Something that is lacking in today's NBA. But the NBA goes in waves and right now we are in a no defense wave. I remember those 142-130 games in the 70's where defense didn't exist. Now it is back again and in time, it will shift back. We are already starting to see defensive minded coaching showing up in the NCAA.
Michael Jordan the one athlete I wish would have played forever Simply the Best better than all the rest
Exactly if social media was around he would have 1 billion followers easily
Yeah, I wish he could play against LeBron James, so today’s fans could truly understand why we hold MJ in such high regard.
LeBron would have dislocated his fucking shoulder if he tried to go to the basket
@@kennydee9346 LeBrick would have dislocated his own shoulder?
@@kennydee9346AAAAAWWWWW POOR U LITTLE DELUSIONAL BRONSEXUAL
As a knicks fan in the 80s/90s I despised Mj. But I got to respect the man, he could fly. He beat the bricks off my knicks and gave me high blood pressure. Mj you the man, you are the GOAT
I love the high blood...lol
😭 Gave me high blood pressure!!! U ain't kiddin Detroit fan here..
Pacer fan, no different here. GOAT
All kudos to the Knicks, Pacers and Pistons. They were the teams that pushed the Bulls in the east and made them ready. If the Bulls had played in the West, they probably would have lost to the Knicks in the Finals.
High blood , Scanners 4 Miami Heat fan, facts .
Being from Chicago, I would hear Jim Durham speak about how lucky we were to see Michael Jordan play every night. That was very prophetic of him. It was truly an honor and privilege to see every game of his Bulls career. I was lucky enough to see him play in person a number of times!
Growing up in Maine I was able to watch to every single Bulls game during their 8 year run on WGN
THAT MAN WAS AMAZEING , I still watch old highlights and be still in awwww ..... MJ WAS THE TRUTH , AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. ELLITE !!!!!!!!!!
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You watch some of the games because WGN didn't broadcast every game. You had to have Sportsvision and live in the Chicagoland area to see every game. I know this because I'm a Southside native who was there during the MJ era.
Jordan is a different animal different breed on another level the goat
Those end stats were crazy. How many players in NBA history have in their entire career had a 45+ point game, a 5 block game, a 15 rebound game, a 6 steal game, and a 15 assist game? Maybe 10? And Jordan did it in his first 50 games! Before he started to pace himself on defense he was a beast, best ever weakside cover defender surely
The thing with Jordan was he had no weakness. There were probably quite a few superstars as good as Jordan in maybe one category but no one was even close with everything and that includes LeBron. Many people that played with Jordan claim that if he played in todays game the way it's played now he would average 50. It's hard to say what LeBron would do in Michele's era but chances are he wouldn't have near the success he has now.
And did it against a top team
Dawg. I fucking love it. The deeper you din on MJs career the more In aww. You'll bee
@@johnkendall6962 Lebron would have been worse than Karl Malone in that era.
These videos are great for younger fans who don't really know much about Jordan. I was lucky enough to have Chicago Sports Channel and was able to see Jordan's entire career. After watching him play for the first time I was hooked and rarely missed a game during his career with Chicago. Watching young Jordan and videos like this throughout his career will show how much better he kept getting every year. He had no limits because he was never satisfied and made sure to add something every off season.
It may have been Jordans rookie game but He was already destined to be the GOAT from his college days.
Its so much more fun when you can tell how hard these pros are playing. Games today just seem like everyone is going through the motions.
Preeeeeeeeach! I feel the same. That's why I stopped watching the NBA and NFL.
Today's game is soft af, and spoils and overpays the players. They can't risk anything, they got a 7 figure check coming in every few weeks.
never saw a rookie doing these things. awesome
Not only did he scored almost 50 points but he have way over 12 and 13 rebounds and he assisted stole the Rock and did a big time block it's all over the f****** place it's like black Speedy Gonzalez with mighty mouse powers
They were still trying to hurt him with cheap-shots and the game was already decided, wow!! GOAT STATUS !! 🤷♂️
Poor Jordan. He would have not had to go thru the beatings he took had BULLS management not traded: ARTIS GILMORE, REGGIE THEUS, COBY DIETRICK, LARRY KENON, etc. & others, b 4 he arrived in 1984. The BULLS just lost 3-0 to the CELTICS in 1981. Jordan was uh freshman at UNC. THE SHOT! didn't happen until early 1982. Jordan could've left UNC THEN! He had NUTHIN! to prove. Helped UNC get uh national for the 1st time in 25YEARS! Since 1957. So, the DUMB BULLS!, after LOSING! to Boston in 1981, let the players get traded, most went to San Antonio, got nuthin in return, except to get uh HIGH DRAFT PICK: 3YEARS LATER! in 1984. That high draft pick turned out to be: MICHAEL JORDAN.
Imagine an Era where no internet and in my country only the middle class and rich has TV but still JORDAN's name was known to everybody. THats HOW GREAT Jordan was. I remember in our school if someone has Jordan's shoes on it, damn you are the most handsome student in the campus.
Indeed.everybody knew who he was after the Olympics in a world with no social media.
Jordan not only led the Olympic team over the best NBA pros he flashed on them, at the same time Bobby Knight said he was the best player he'd ever seen the hate started there
I can’t believe they went undefeated against the NBA pros. The NBA pros were competitive, esp Magic, Bird and Thomas and it would’ve hurt their egos for sure to not even win one game.
@@xman-ms3mp Already By Game #3 They Were Angry At The Fact That College Kids Were HUMILIATED Them on The Court.
And Specially JORDAN With His
High Fly Dunks, And By Game 3 Or 4
They Started Playing Hard And Nasty Básquet 🏀. Every Time They Were in Penetrations To The Hoop.
At One Moment They Foul-Hacked
Jordan in The Paint, And Bobby Knight Went Ballistic Angry, Over The Head Coach Of The NBA Stars
Accusing Him That He Was Sending
Some Of His Players, To Hack Jordan And Try To Injury Him...And
Remember Those Games Were To
Be Ready and Prepared For The Olímpic Games That Were Suppose To Start in 3 Weeks After Those 8 Preparatión Games.....Bobby Knight
Was Furious, He Almost Fight With
People On The NBA Stars Bench.
And By That Time, He Would Do it.
He Was One Of The Angriest And Nasty Coaches in Those Days.
NOTE: Coach Knight Didn't Like
Jordan in The Beggining, Cause He
Say That Jordan Was Only a Showman, And Remember He Was
a System Coach, But When The Choose Him To Be The Coach For
The Olímpic Team And Spend Time
With Jordan in a Daily Basic, He Learn That Had Some Special Talent
in M.J.....And After They Spend That Summer Together Practicing, Talking, Kwowing His Parents He Saw The Real M.J And The Hard Worker That He Was..And The Humble in Him....And When They Won The Gold MEDAL, And How Good M.J. Play. All The Doubt That
He Feels Before Desapair...No More
Showman, Or Selfish Player.....Now
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That He Ever Saw..... With Only 21 YEARS OLD.......And No Yet Been Drafted By An NBA Team.... One Of The Best College Coaches Of All Times, Said in National T.V. Those
Profétics Words.....He Went From a
Hater, Non Believing in Him, To His
Protector and One Of The First To Saw His GOAT POTENCIAL AND HIS GREATNESS AND UNIQUE TALENT.
NOTE: I SAW BOBBY KNIGHT THROW THE CHAIR THAT HIT ONE
OF THE REFEREES OR THE PLAYERS IN 1979 IN THE PAN-AMERICAN GAMES IN 1979
IN P.R. I THINK THE WARRANT For
HIS ARREST, IS ON.....MAYBE N😂T.
WOW That Was a Big Deal By Those
Days......Cause He Was Accuse And
Leave The island Without Going To See The Judge Or The Court. i THINK in The 2000's The WARRANT Was Lifted, Now He Can Come To Vacation in The🌴island.....Also That
Was The First Time That I Saw isaiah Thomas Play internacional And Many Fans Too ....And Was a
Lucky Chance, Cause The Regular
Point Guard For The U.S. Team Suffer An Injury Couples Of Weeks
Before The Pan-Am Games Started
And Knight Take Isaiah's Cause He Was His Coach At Indiana University.
And He Think isaiah Can Handle The
Assigment......He Was Right On Point
ISAIAH THOMAS Was The STAR
Of The Games. He Kill US, (P.R.)
Very Badly, He Makes Everybody Look in Slow Motiòn, He Was Fast
Like a Chettah....I THINK Those Games And How He Play, Elevated
His Value With All The NBA Scout,
Plus He Already Won The NCAA
Championship a Year Before, Cause
That Year 79 Was👉 Magic Vs Bird.
That Magic Won.....i Think Was in 81
The Same Year That Was Drafted By
The Pistons....and Then in 1982 a 19
Years Old, Born in Brooklyn N.Y. Take
a Shot With 13 Seconds Ramaining
His Team Losing By 1 Or The Game
Tie, With ICE in His Veins Took The
18 Footer Jump Shot, a Freshman
Rookie That Was 18 Years Old, Only
A Month Before....And Swooooch
Game Over, a 16 Or 18 Points The Game Winning shot, Giving his Team The NCAA National Championship.
No Bad For a Kid That Was Cut By His Varsity High School Team 2 Years Before......But He Takes That Rejectión, And Transformed in Motivatión....And The Rest is History.
I Said This, Cause Some Lebron's Fans Said That Jordan Started Been
Knows When Enter To The NBA.... That Everything He Did Was After He
Was 23 Years Old, Millenials Don't Do The Homework Or RESEARCH.
Same When LeBron Won The Title
2 Years Ago, They Were Saying.......
Oh Michael At That Age Of Lebron
At The Time 35 Was Going Down
Was Playing Old, Another Stupidity
WHY? Cause At The Same Age Of 35, Michael Jordan Won The Title
Won The Finals MVP, All Star Game MVP, All First Team.....All First Defensive Team, Ohhhhh.Almost Forgot and The Regular Season
MVP.....OH and The SCORING TITLE.
His 👉 # 10 in 14 Years And In All
Those Scoring Titles Seasons He Makes All FIRST DEFENSIVE TEAM
Best Player Offensively And Top 3 Defensively in All Those Years, Another Differency That Separated
Them in The G🏀AT DEBATE......
CLUTCH, FREE THROWS, AND
CHOKES IN CRUNCH TIME.AND REMEMBER LEBRON'S #3 ALL TIMES IN FINALS LOSSES WITH 6
West's #1 With 8. Baylor, #2 With 7
Those Lebron's FANS They Need To Do A Better RESEARCH and Homework......Cause Their Argument
Is Lebron's A Beast. Lebron's a Monster. Look His Head is Over The Rim Jordan Never Can Jump Like That........WAIT Lets SEE THE HIGHEST MEASUREMENT VERTICAL JUMP IN THE NBA IN THE LAST 50 YEARS.# 1 M.J.With 48 inches HIGH
ZlON 45 inches, SPUD WEBB 45 inches, VINCE CARTER 43 inches. And
Lechoke "2011" James. 42 inches. Millenials Please Do The Homework And
Some RESEARCH, Before TALKING......I Hope You AGREE WITH Me...🏀
Right!!
Not only that but the sports commentator Billy Packer was very similar in his assessment of Michael Jordan. Predicted he would be an all time great during the 1984 Olympics before he ever even seen a NBA hardwood floor.
@maria pineda , great point
Isiah fouled out was a priceless picture
And this is only his ROOKIE year!
How's he not the greatest of all-time? Air Jordan lives forever!
MJ's dunk - straight down the lane over the center - at 13:42 is IMHO one of the most spectacular and iconic dunks of his career.
No one has ever dominated games like MJ, beyond spectacular. The NBA wouldn’t have been this good had it not been for the GOAT!
Jordan always said he didn't fit in so he had something to prove.... glad I was in the Era of watching jordan live!
I remember watching basketball in the 80s. Michael Jordan was simply revolutionary. Magic and Bird were too but Jordan was literally NBA transformative!!!! Today you don't feel it as much because that kind of playing has become mainstream, especially with Kobe, Wade etc... But this video takes me back to my teenage years and brings the feeling back. The only other guy who gave me chills like this was Penny Hardaway but unfortunately got injured.
#Facts 💯%
Yes to me Penny and wade are the two players that injures totally changed the outcome of their status and legacy in the NBA.
I love them but neither Kobe or Wade compared to Jordan.
U said something then - I was born in 81 so I sort of missed the 1985 - 1987 Micheal Jordan simple because of my age and not being in tuned to basketball - but around 1988 I started seeing glimpses of Jordan and highlights - my uncle's were hatting big time - they kept talking about somebody name Doctor J lol - by 1990 I was watching the NBA and Jordan every chance I could get - still remember almost crying when the bulls lost to Detroit in 90 in the ECF - my uncle's were in love with the (Bad Boys) now - they were playing football on a basketball court but I was the only person in the house that could see this, I guess - by the time the 1993 season was over my uncle's were so jealous - (he is just a man - he put his pants on one leg at time just like I do) lol - I remember one of my uncle's saying that 😄 - then I was buying getting 4 or 5 pair Air Jordan shoes a year by the time 1998 season was over - ( y'all just making that man rich - ain't no different in my 30 dollars shoes than those ugly ass Jordans you got on) - that is what my uncle was trying to convince to me lol - you are right tho - Jordan was a different BEAST and my uncle's knew it even though they would not admit it - hell a 8 year old kid could see it, then I know dam well they could see it - I miss the late 80s and 90s so bad - not just because of MJ but because of the music, fashion, movies, the whole culture
I'm 44 and I saw his entire career. I have all his VHS tapes and there is no way LeBron is better.
Wow holy fucken shit omg I’m a fan of Micheal and I didn’t even know , there will never be another Micheal Jordan again, it’s sad you know it’s almost like u want Micheal to do it again or just even better to go back in time and witness ever game front row . Thank you for this contents and info you are doing a great job at revealing the facts .
One thing I've ALWAYS loved about your content Blitz, is your context and detail to the sports you cover, particularly basketball. It's impeccable and second to none, appreciate you for being the counter-culture to the popular propaganda, the mainstream media try to push against Lebron over MJ. You're the real MVP bro 💯
Not one 3 pointer was taken by Jordan!! That's a man's game!!
I'm a born and raised Chicagoan who saw Jordan from his rookie season on. I remember when in the summer they had summer league games where great pros, college, and high school players would team up and just put on a show for people for free. Jordan was at a LOT of those games. And he always played just as hard then. He put on a show at those games. There were plenty of 60 point-plus performances then. I really enjoyed your statistical matchup analysis with you using only 50 0f Jordan's rookie season stats compared to the full 82 game MVP seasons of players from 2009 to 2021. To me, it just further illustrates what I already know....Michael Jeffrey Jordan is the greatest player of the past 50 years at the very least. In my opinion, he's the greatest of all time.
That straight up the middle Statue Of Liberty dunk by Jordan @ 13:48 was cold-blooded🥶 and he had an explosive first step as well. If he played in today's NBA, he would have averaged around 45-50 points per game. He was scary good
My man's didn't like that block, so he DESTROYED that rim.
When you're that skilled, smooth, and athletic the aggression is poetry in fucking motion!!!
You always wanted to see what he was gonna do next. He did it in repetition. Sold out every city. His ability was second to none. No player had the smoke that Mike had. And never will. Isahia definitely resented him.
Great show👍
I really think people don’t understand how good MJ was. That’s the only reason they would try to compare him to anyone else. 🙈🤗
Wow blown away by stat comparison. You’re right he was doing a lot as a rookie
Those stats at the end are mind blowing.
These Jordan videos are great
I greatly appreciate your channel and the content you cover, especially the basketball content. I'm a huge basketball fan, but particularly old school basketball and Michael Jordan is my all time favorite athlete Hands Down! I can watch these highlights all day long. The way you display your content and how in dept your research goes, is truly remarkable. Thank you for your research and displaying just how incredible this man was.
This is definitely one of his *I took it personally* revenge games.
I remember watching the all star game, no one wanted to give him the ball
Was a shameful moment of all those good players. But their motivation was legit. They were scare of the best of all times.
They were trying to humble him, to teach him that this is team game. But MJ was indeed a team player, it was just that his talent overwhelmed everyone.
No, it wasn't that no one would give him the ball. IT called it because Jordan had showed up wearing Nike instead of his team warmups. IT was jealous of MJ his whole career because Jordan got more love than IT in Chicago. It was all ego and pettiness. The gratifying thing about this video is watching Jordan toy with Thomas. Thomas was helpless against him and he knew it. Jordan knew it too. Never saw this game before. Thomas fouling out was the cherry on top.
No wonder the Jordan rules were created. This man is cooking grown ass men.
MJ accomplished all of the this when the NBA took defense much more seriously than they do now and the game was much more physical.
Micheal jordan Is a goat and fashion icon
TIMESTAMPS:
0:10 - Intro with some fan context about the 1985 NBA All-Star Freeze-Out Game
3:54 - Footage of the revenge game begins with Dave Bing recognizing what was about to happen
5:53 - ABSURD Michael Jordan 1 v 1 defense, he moves like a ghost!
6:50 - Michael Jordan breakaway dunk time
7:37 - Detroit "Bad Boys Pistons" basketball
7:52 - Rookie MJ had insane agility and handles
8:14 - Michael Jordan & Isiah Thomas talking trash to each other... wish we had mics on each guy!
8:38 - Outstanding transition defense by Michael
13:44 - You can watch this 1 million times and it will never get old
15:33 - Michael Jordan jump hook
16:09 - Michael Jordan breakaway speed & takes flight
18:01 - Michael Jordan picks up his 5th foul, but still goes on to dominate!
19:40 - Crunch time Michael Jordan steal on Isiah Thomas to force overtime
20:34 - Ridiculous And 1 Michael Jordan clutch bucket, and pandemonium ensues!
21:56 - Isiah Thomas left STUNNED from Michael Jordan's performance
22:12 - Michael Jordan left the great Chuck Daly sweating
23:45 - Bonus: Comparing Rookie Michael Jordan, in his first 50 games, to NBA MVP Award winners like LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Steph Curry, and others!
Thanks for watching!
23:12 that bump would mean ejection and sanctions in today's NBA. LeChoke would be lying and crying like a baby on the floor and would not play for several games.
Leflop would have jumped and thrown himself halfway across the court,...then grabbed his head and eyes, and roll a few times. He has absolutely no place at the goat table. We need to take over all the airwaves and streaming services and just blast all these old vids and facts about jordan from the early years to shut down these newheads thinking that all these chumps are even close to the greats of the 80s and 90s. Kobe, iverson, carter,...are about the last people to even get close to MJ in terms of anything. Nobody in today's league is even in the same universe
Thanks for compiling all this. I can see you are an animal for Michael Jordan. And rightfully so. :)
For all the sheer numbers he put up, to also be the most efficient player ever, to arguably the best defensive guard and easily one of the best defensive players ever whilst at the same time ripping off 10 straight scoring titles, is only part of makes the forced Lebron James argument comical.
7 straight & 10 overall. Both are NBA records.
I like that it's on film how dirty a player Lainbeer was. He was and will always be nothing but a goon.
As much as I dislike him, he was actually a pretty solid shooter.
@@grog3514 very good free throw shooter too
And I love him for it lol hate him but I have to admit I would have loved him on my team
Lainbeer was a certified bum. Dirtiest player in history. Although I wasn't a Jordan fan growing up, I loved that he cut the Pistons run short.
I wish there were more players like that today. You hate em if they're on the other team, love em if they're on yours. If you grew up playing ball at the park, there were always one or two Lambeers at the park. Made you learn to be a man.
The defense in the he 80s and 90s were tough man
You forget how dominant he was. Coming out of college he was an above-average mid-range shooter and below average from deep.....and he STILL could put up 35-45 against any team and any defender any night. When he developed into a great mid-range shooter and an average deep threat he was absolutely unstoppable. If he had those shooting skills when he was a rookie he would have put up Wilt level numbers.
Damnnn!!!!! You gotta love it.. No ball hogging here. Just a prololific scorer & defender. Nice👌
One of the last times in this game Jordan gets the rebound on the baseline corner and he sees Lambeer on him and MJ accelerated past him like Ole Billy was in concrete 🤣
The stats at the end are just mind blowing... Good Job.
I love the hype intro and backstory you give before the game footage. 🔥Great video! MJ is the GOAT!
And a lot of people have forgotten that the Defence was way way way better back then!! HELL I can score 25++ points in the NBA today
I enjoy this series Bruce
They never understood mj he strive more when you try hold him back .
Dr.J on hate from the start 😂😂😂
Exactly, he was talking about how concerned he was with Orlando Woodridge and basically totaling brush MJ off like he wasn't even playing in the game. I loved Julius Erving but he couldn't handle the idea that Michael Jordan was revolutionimg the NBA and taking it to a much higher global level than he did. Btw, Orlando Woodridge was never the same after he got traded from Chicago.
Yo I love Dr. J but that was a total dick move on his part, sad because MJ styles his game after the Dr.
MJ'S athletic ability his basketball skills and knowledge of the game was far beyond they've seen. They couldn't even imagine a player being to play the game with such style. Those guys were jealous.
YOU COULDN'T TRAVEL BACK THEN, LeCHINA! MJ-GOAT!
Dave Bing. One of the classiest NBA players ever.
I love this channel it's about time someone is telling the truth
Still amazing to me! Keep 'em comin'!
Michael Jordan my all time favorite NBA player in history
Nice narration man, this is a unique channel. Reminds me of a basketball jomboy
Love Every Second o It!! Thank You.
You know the history!!! I remember everything you're saying vividly!!! Thank you so much for your posts!! Peace and love from Chicago!
Sometimes I dream, that he is me
You got to see that’s how I dream to be
A dream I move, a dream I grew
Like Mike, if I could be like Mike
Dang, you know the whole lyrics... 😂
scottallen8499, it's not I dream I grew it's I dream I groove.
@@craigprice1598 , apparently he doesn't know the whole lyrics because he got them wrong...its not I dream I grew it's I Dream I groove.
The Undisputed iconic man the Goat Michael Air Jordan
Love the breakdown! 🔥🔥🔥 👍
Hey Thanks for all this stuff your doing! I'm not a basketball fan but I was a HUGE MJ fan. I loved watching him.
After destroying GREAT NBA ALL STAR team (which included Magic Johnson and Isaiah Thomas),while training for the Olympics, and before suiting up in his Bulls Uniform, the Great Dr. J’s explosive impact upon entering the league was unmatched, only to become overshadowed by a ROOKIE. Dr.J had been my favorite player ,however, refusing to give MJ his rightfully deserved accomplishments, as, Oscar Robinson, and so many other Great Hall of FAMERS denying how MJ is above and beyond is just plain JEALOUSY. As for Isaiah Thomas, as much as he was loved in his hometown, why should he hate MJ’s overwhelming popularity when he was the Detroit Piston Leader? MagicJohnson knowing he was just as guilty in the freeze out game has at least humbled himself accepting the Agony of being Defeated after an Amazing Thrill of Victory Hall of FAMERS Career. Only the Great Larry Bird openly accepted and admitted MJ was the Greatest. It’s been 20 years since MJ’s final retirement, and he continues to be the center of attention wherever he goes, ANYWHERE in the WORLD! I believe his greatest adversary, if anyone would have been Len Bias (R.I.P.), they would have been bigger than Larry Bird
vs Magic Johnson
Oh wow, I thought it was just me. I lived two blocks from Lenny on Flagstaff St in Landover and we all knew that Lenny was the true rival that Michael Jordan never had. His death still pains me to this day to some degree, he would have been almost or maybe as revolutionary as MJ.
Outstanding commentary
I always knew about the Bulls/Pistons Michael Jordan/Isiah Thomas rivalry but it didn't know Mike was getting hate from the legends around the league! This make me look at Julius Irving different now 😂
Well you gotta think man them old cats been doin there thing for awhile at this point an had became a little to comfortable in the the idea that they was the standard the shhhiznic according to snoop 🤣 an here Comes pac an the dogpound wasn't having it so yea...make since now..? Lol
The late great Chuck Daly said Michael Jordan's he's embarrassing the whole league Pat Riley said no one is going to win the championship until Michael Jordan retires the great Jerry West Michael Jordan is the greatest clear he's ever seen and the greatest all-around player she's ever seen enough said goat equals Michael Jordan
Has the other teams best players on there heels back pedaling. Gets players in foul trouble attacking. He was such a complete player offensively and defensively. My team has to win all the time attitude. Then improves with an unstoppable fade away jump shot.
You no I'd forgot how good Jordan was posting up. You know we had a guy at Tennessee, Dale Ellis, he played down low n college, had great post moves for a 6'7" guy, had to play Ralph Sampson 2yrs n a row in the NCAA tournament and went on to b one of the best 3point shooters n NBA history. Guys back then that we're good players took pride n being able to play we're ever they had too to b able to help their team. You know Jordan could post you up or blow by u it didn't matter
Young kids reality check: most of us "old heads" watched MJ wipe the floor with our teams for a decade. We also watch nba today an see the same Lebron you see. Some of us are fans of teams today. But there is a reason we almost universally see this comparison as rediculous.
Media driven narratives were not in your face in the 90s like they are today. We drew our conclusions from what we saw rather than what we heard. The eye test works. The era was more physical, more competitive, more defense focused.
robchesley4591, thank you and today's league is ran by cupcakes played in by cupcakes and this eras face of the nba is a flopping cupcake.
thanks man. i really love what you are doing here.keep it up man. more videos in the future
Mike was so quick back then. He could go left or right and that lil dancing stutter step he does at full speed is gorgeous. On defense he was always on the prowl, he could wander off his man and still lock them up no problem. What I would pay to have all his games in todays hi def tv. His jump shot was still a lil shaky but you could just see the leap of talent over other players.
Yes; I agree. And not just quick, but he seemed so "light," too. He moved so light, like a feather, like he just sort of floats around the court and through the lane. As if gravity is not affecting him like everyone else.
He moved like a panther or something, totally unique
I am so glad I got to see MJs entire career!
He’s a once in a lifetime talent and I got to grow up watching every game!
I was a Freshman in HS when the Bulls won the 1st one and was 21/almost 22 in '98 when they won the 6th.
What an awesome time that was!
He wasn't shooting threes either.
Jordan seeked the hoop at his rookie years like no veteran did! He took centers off and about with the confidence of a champ. Best ever to play the game from start to finish
Kudos to whoever edited this.
You're a Legend. I love how you talk about the game. Laughing like mad. You need your own show on a big network ASAP!!!!LOVE IT
Spread the education
Yes. He does get up so quick, like the commentator said, but he also hangs for so long
I haven't seen post of blitz. So freaking happy all the content
That was a phenomenal video! Great perspective.
He had a mvp season his rookie year ,they was already hating on him
You Chanel is great. love the story telling before the highlights.
Julius Erving rarely gives Jordan the respect he deserves. I'm not a huge Jordan fan but he was clearly better than Erving!
Well who the hell are you a fan of if you love basketball and yourre not a Jordan fan please speak about soccer. Micheal jordan is basketball
In all fairness, Dr J was taller, had big hands too, and didn’t get to play in the NBA as a young man into his physical prime
Jordan was beautiful for watch before he reached his Peak skillset. Dr J and the 70s guys were really just mad Jordan succeeded faster than them WITHOUT the same obstacles
@@michaelbonhomme3219 ... Doc was a forward, didn't have the perimeter game, shooting ability, ball handling skills, or defensive prowess. He wasn't even there offensively.
Doc, Robertson, Kareem, Iceman, and a few others didn't like Jordan, and still don't. They will speak favorably about today's players to tryn minimize Jordan and the 90s, like he only played in the 90s.
Not even close
@@michaelbonhomme3219no he had wider hands they actually volume wise had about the same hand size
It would of been 51 but he was out of bounds on that layup in the first quarter
Would of been 60 if 5 of his missed shots went in and he made an extra free throw.
I watched this game before. Its obvious the vets especially were envious of the rookie. Nobody would pass to Jordan. Also His playing time was very short.
That drive and dunk at the end of the first half - that always gets me. One of my favs along with his dunk onEwing and Mel Turpin.
Props to the commentators for being so unbiased.
Wes Matthews once played here in the Philippines as an American reinforcement for the Bgy. Ginebra Gin Kings then known as Ginebra San Miguel.
Amazing Video!
He was playing 10 years ahead of everyone.
Watching this again I realized that Isiah had terrible clock management. Seconds left on the clock and he forces a turnover.
Wow told me back in day wow
4:00 I remember how Dave Bing was a great guard himself for the Pistons
That's how rookies were treated other than Michael Jordan taking over Isaiah Thomas City 🤷🏾♂️
Damn Blitz ,
...... You go hard A.F.
Greatness
Accomplishments
accolades
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What does the number 23 mean to you ?
Man, his skills as a rookie were already unbelievable, the focus and will already there, plus it's such a different game, pistons looked pissed as hell at the end, it was a real pain losing a game unlike today where everyone is all smiles even after a blowout win...today's NBA is spoiled
I was around when the NBA elite took umbrage to Jordan and his "endorsement" dunks and the gold chain affair. He learned from that, because he admired J and some of the other stars of the time and wanted their respect. There was no doubt that MJ was above and beyond that current roster. Woolridge, Corzine, Dailey were average players. O needed better surroundings to play better and he didn't have it in Chicago. It took a few coaches to find the one that knew how to set up MJ. Loughery, didn't. He was the Lakers coach that Magic had run off. Stan Albeck knew what he had, but was hindered by MJ's foot injury. It took Doug Collins to bring in 2 key assistants, Tex Winter for the triangle, Johnny Bach for the defense. Unfortunately Doug didn't have friends in the locker room and they brought in Phil Jackson to assist. Doug was still a little too fiery at the time (which MJ loved) but the rest didn't. Phil recognized it and kind of did a silent coup from below and Doug was let go. The rest is history. I still credit Johnny Bach and his defensive coaching for giving the Bulls the needed skills to win titles. Something that is lacking in today's NBA. But the NBA goes in waves and right now we are in a no defense wave. I remember those 142-130 games in the 70's where defense didn't exist. Now it is back again and in time, it will shift back. We are already starting to see defensive minded coaching showing up in the NCAA.
The comparison at the end is insane! MJ - The best athlete in the history of humanity!