Michael Jordan came back for the 2nd time 22 YEARS AGO 😤 A look back at MJ’s return | NBA Today
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2023
- Marc J. Spears and Ohm Youngmisuk join Malika Andrews on NBA Today to take a look back at Michael Jordan’s second return to the NBA 22 years ago today.
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To average 27/6/5 at 38,39 in the NBA before his season ending injury without playing professional basketball or even casual for 3 years is insane.
That’s a lie. Get your facts straight
@@kingdoscuarto hater spotted 😂
@@kingdoscuarto I watched MJ's Wizards seasons bro, it's fact 😀
You mean "LeBron Groupie" spotted@@ziginaigra
RIP Stuart Scott. Out of all the celebrity deaths over the years his guts me the most, watched that man before school every day for almost a decade and he just seemed like an awesome man. He is missed
I met him once in Kuwait, he was a real cool dude.
Jordan coming back was truly a gift. A lot of people were left in a huge haze after 9/11. To see him playing in any NBA jersey at that time, brought some much needed light for at least a couple hours a night.
Bread and circus buddy!
MJ would absolutely destroy the league today
He sure would he was the man on the court n kill it !
Averaged 25ppg 6 5 before he went down with that major knee injury in the deadball era at age 38/39 years old while coming out of a 3 year retirement being at 70% healthy to begin with!
Took a 19 win team in prior year to the 4th/5th seed and playoff bound with a top defense without any All Star/HOF help before he went down with that major injury!
Dude was in the MVP convo before he went down with that major injury!
Wizards MJ was very underrated and was a beast! The Goat!
The best 38/39 year old basketball performer that I ever since before he went down with that major injury
Facts
Facts just wish they had kept Richard Hamilton as his robin was a way better fit than Jerry Stackhouse
@@jamesmccray6300 Totally agree with you! They should’ve kept Rip Hamilton.
Let’s be real here. Jordan Average 25 points on 24 attempts on 41% shooting
@@kingdoscuarto Listen kid MJ was at 70% health wise to begin with riddle with a plethora of injuries like tendinitis in his knees/wrists, cut ligaments in his shooting hand, broken ribs, etc etc coming into that season plus he was coming out of a 3 year retirement. CONTEXT
That’s how great MJ is/was, that with all those circumstances that he was going through his #’s that year still had IMPACT!
The GOAT with ZERO All Star/HOF help and being at 70% health wise to begin with had the Wizard in 4th/5th seed playoff bound and on pace to win 50+ games with those “25ppg on 24 shots on 41%FG” when the prior year Wizards won 19games without MJ! That’s called IMPACT ya casual
Not to mention that it was a more defensive Era compared to today’s game and ALL the top perimeter players of that day were all shooting around 40%-44%FG due to how the game was played ala more defensive Era and via the rules that made scoring & getting stats way harder compared to today’s game. Plus MJ was scoring majority of his points via jumpers. Moreover MJ was actually playing great Defense and playing both sides of the court expelling energy. He wasn’t just playing 1 side of the court in order to conserve energy to just play offense. Again CONTEXT
Again with all that old injury ridden MJ who didn’t play basketball for 3years and wasn’t physically conditioned to the degree of the players he was facing was STILL IMPACTFUL and STILL DESTROYING the next generations of younger superstar players before he went down with that major injury.
Moreover the Goat was getting better as the season went along and was playing into his conditioning getting better conditioning throughout the season as the season went along.
20 games before major injury MJ was 27ppg on 45%FG. 10 games before major injury MJ was averaging 29ppg on 47%FG
Do some research before you make erroneous statements like you just did because you sound very foolish and are coming across as a typical casual smh
Wizards MJ = Underrated!
Jordan retiring twice is insane man. If management had some sense, they could have won 1999 and 2000. That would have 8 rings for Jordan.
What about 1994 and 1995? I doubt that the bulls team is beating 2000 Lakers team in a 7 game series.
99 yes, 2000 no. Shaq was on one.
@@hlebrosicky Lakers wouldn't have PJ, if Krauss wasn't such a Penguin. Plus TMac should have been a Bull by then over Pip. PJ was essential to the Lakers in 2000. The Lakers would have definitely lost to Portland that year w/o PJ.
If Jordan didn’t retire in 1993, we all know he would won 8 Titles in a row.
@@hlebrosickywhat y’all youngsters don’t realize is that if that great Bulls team had stayed together…..Phil Jackson wouldn’t have been the coach… Ron Harper wouldn’t have been on that team neither… and some would argue Horace Grant wouldn’t have signed with the lakers at that time neither…that system and those veterans meant more to a young Kobe and Shaq then most give credit for…so nah, Mike and company would’ve handled that inexperienced lakers team..shiiiii they had already beat that same Pacers squad in 98… 2001 Lakers squad is where it woulda gotten tricky for the aging Bulls.. but even then I’m taking Bulls in 7….
The goat no one will ever be better then MJ 🤝
Lebron scored just as good as mj except he shots a better 3pt ball , rebounds better, passes better 4th all time in assist can guard 1-5, and he’s the all time scoring champion! Lebron is the goat because he’s better all around. And averaging 28,6,8 at 38 20th season!
@@terrencealexander6811lebron with all his flops and TRAVELS on a very soft era even europe players say its soft is not even top 5
@@EvokAi smh you clearly don’t watch basketball , understand basketball or know the history of the NBA. You’ve said nothing just pure nonsense.
"he shots a better 3pt ball"
He shoots better by a hair.
Plus Jordans's highest single season 3 point average is 42.7[statmuse] better than James
The sign of a good shooter is free throws , LeBron struggles at that.
LeBron out side of 3 feet shoots 34-37% career.[basketball-reference]
"rebounds better"
According to his position ? or a PF vs SG ?
LeBron verse all the PF who have ever played 500 games or more in NBA history
LeBron ranks 12th all-time among Small Forwards.
MJ verses all SG who have played more than 500 games or more in NBA history
Michael Jordan ranks 3rd all-time among Shooting Guards.
So when you compare a SF to a SG yea LeBron should get more rebounds relative to his position...some positions allow more rebounds by being closer to the rim , that does not mean LeBron is a better rebounder.
"can guard 1-5"
It's actually overblown that Bron guards every position , LeBron guarding the opposing teams PG and Centers isn't something that happens very often. During his career LeBron has spent less than 5% of his total minutes guarding the opposing players 1 or 5 , so the versatility argument is highly exaggerated.
"he’s the all time scoring champion!"
Kareem waz too at one point and no one called him GOAT or better than Jordan ...some did but universally MJ was and is considered the GOAT.
"Lebron is the goat because he’s better all around"
No he actually is not Jordan is the better offensive player and defensive player and the whole passing thing is a myth that Jordan couldn't pass.
LeBron is a Point Forward he has the ball in his hands more to get those assists.
When Phil Jackson became the head coach he ran the triangle offence.
The triangle offence is not designed for one specific person to rack up assists
It lowered his assists because it included more off ball movement and team based basketball.
Its also technically an equal opportunity offense.
When Mike waz asked to play PG position although a very small sample size
14 games MJ averaged 32.6 PTS, 10.3 REB, 11.9 AST, 2.9 STL
If you actually have watched MJ's entire career you would know he's not a bad passer but a great passer , there are highlight videos of this and even those don't do MJ justice.
Total career points do not in anyway show LeBron waz a better offensive player. Jordan waz a 10x scoring leader..and has the highest single season average of 37.1 to LeBron's 31.4 and not to mention MJ's career points average is 30.1pts to LeBron's 27.2
Jordan in the post-season averaged 33.4pts career , to LeBron's 28.5. career.
Most 40pt games
MJ 173 games
LBJ 74 games
Most 50pt games
MJ 31 games
LBJ 14 games
Most 60pt games
MJ 5 games (1x in the play-offs)
LBJ 1 game
Offensively it's not even close , total points do not show the whole context.
Jordan waz the better Defensive player as well
9x All Defensive Teams
1x DPOY
3x Steals leader
Jordan has played 13 complete seasons in 15 years when you take in account his 2 retirements and missed an entire season basically when he broke his foot and missed 64 games. when taking everything into account Jordan played 13 full seasons.
MJ Total career blocks 893
LBJ Total career blocks 1,089
MJ Total career steals 2,514
LBJ Total career steals 2,226
Look at the blocks how come LBJ only has 196 blocks more considering he has played 8 more seasons ?
Why does Jordan have more steals in 13 seasons compared to LeBron's 21 seasons ?
MJ was both better offensively and defensively EZ
@@terrencealexander6811
@@sunnydayz8747 mj 3pt % is 32 vs lbj 34%. All nba team selection: mj 11 vs lbj 13(most in nba history) , Avg : mj 30,6r,5a FG 49% vs lbj 27,7,7 FG 50%. Career points: mj 32,292 vs lbj 39,307 (most in nba history)
Now that's a Real G.O.A.T wish MJ was playing today beating these bums up today
With less medical technology he play 82 at that age , on top of the accolades is why he is the goat, could of sat out but played
He better had, he ain't played in years
Wizards Jordan is so underrated
MJ=🐐
Greatest of all time 🐐
He was great even at 38
😂😂😂
@@kingdoscuarto
- Last 20 games pre injury MJ avg 27/6/5
- Last 10 games pre injury MJ avg 29/6/6
- from age 38 to age 40, Michael Jordan played 142 games as a Washington Wizard. He set records for the oldest player to do so many things, including scoring 40 and 50 points. - only Wizard to play all 82 games in 2002-2003
- oldest player to score 40 points in a game
- oldest player to score 50 points in a game
- oldest player to average 20.0 ppg
😂😂😂
@@ziginaigra -Last 20 games pre injury 24 points on 23 attempts on 43% Fg😂👌 you can find his game logs ok NBA website and basketball reference 👌
@@ziginaigra -last 10 game pre injury MJ averaged 21 pts on 20 attempts on 42% fg 😂👌👌👌
@@ziginaigra quick fact 👌 jordan wasn’t doubled team. He was horrible as wizard 😂😂😂
Still My Childhood Idol Michael Jordan The GOAT 🐐🐐🐐
Your goat couldn’t even get his wizards team into the playoffs! Lebron at the same age beats the previous nba champs and drags his team into WCF! Lebron is goat!
@@terrencealexander6811🤣🤣🤣🤣 LBJ the GOAT of TURNOVERS....
@@sencillo96 LBJ has played for 20 seasons (avg 28,8,6) career avg 27,7,7 and is 4th all time in assists, a pass first player (1# all time in points) is going to get TO’s. He’s 1# in TO’s Malone is 2, Westbrook is 3 and Stockton is 4th (all-time leader in assists) . Tell the whole story sir!
@@terrencealexander6811You can’t be a pass first player while shooting 20+ times a game.
@@darcydowning6740 yes you can when you’re drafted to the cavs for the first 7 years of your career! Who else was going to score on that team?
THE GOAT 🐐
Goat
Even at 38-40, Jordan was poetry in motion. Today's players don't work at their craft like they used to.
Edit: The Wizards pushed Jordan out the door for Gilbert Arenas and mediocre players who didn't want to win. Now look at that franchise almost 25 years later lol
and playing 80+ games
it's not question only of the age!!
Michael came back from a 3 and a half years of inactivity! ...moreover from when he was 35+ y.o. to almost 39 😮. Whoever has done any sport they know well what such lenght of inactivity involves, moreover at that age!
The statistics he set up at Washington are INCREDIBLE, especially considering he wasn't a long and his game required always athleticism, on both sides of the court.
Imagine the play in tournament was established back then. The wizards would have been in the playoffs during Jordans true last dance.
I wanted jordan to come back... I didn't want him on the wizards 😅 I definitely played with them a lot in nba live back then. Thats what made me a fan of Hamilton before he went to the pistons
His MOVEMENT was SUPERIOR & PERFECTION!
Mj the goat but Kobe 2nd facts
Not even top 5
MJ and LeBron knew people came to watch them. MJ played his best...LeBron didn't care...he needed his load management, so he can play on a few more years and fake that he has the most seasons played...sad man.
surprised Malika didn't black man bash and blame Jordan for his pops being murdered
G O A T
Jordan just plays the game ,no drama ,no presscons ,no boosting his image using different people and organizations
MJ ona Wizards was still ballin ona Wizards too
Yeah right
The REAL 'The G.O.A.T.'! No debate.
She said makes the show like Stewart Scoot still with us, smh i really don't like her.. she should show lil more respect for the ones b4 her.
Of course he still can give his best move performance,he really still strong until his last breath..
My childhood
What was Mikes playoff averages with the Wizards ?
The same playoff averages Lebron had his first 2 seasons in the league.
Man Brunson fumbled the bag 😂😂😂
I would never forget Jermaine O'Neal for giving those fouls at the end of the game. East would have won and Jordan would have been all star game MVP.
4:45 30 for 30? You mean THE LAST DANCE?
Mj and rip hamilton at sf
Can't watch anything with Malika Andrew on it
The wizards years with no playoff appearances facts
Oh yeah, there have top players that have missed the playoffs, missed the play-in, lost in the 1st round, lost in the 2nd round, lost in the conference Finals, got swept in the playoffs/Finals, etc.
People always talk about Jordan's career and they stop at the last shot in Utah...what about the Washington years? How many chips and playoffs he make?
Before you search for the answer, you must know why he came back to play for the Wizards.
zero for the 2 seasons he had with them. he played again because he also wanted to donate for the 9/11 victims. so does that tarnish his reputation?
Malika🤦♂️
Was gonna watch the clip until I heard malika speak… oh well 😂
Your name is Fernando
@@-_-Wells-_-0 she won’t fvck you g 😂
Retired but was getting Salary in 94. 🤦♂️
It’s still so weird
Lord God, the King Jesus Christ save us and the whole world.
Lord God, the King Jesus Christ save us and the whole world.
Lord God, the King Jesus Christ save us and the whole world.
Lord God, the King Jesus Christ save us and the whole world.
He already did save us and the world by dying for our sins.
6 cigars a day
Bron at 38?
Folks act like Bron is the only player to play well at 38. This is a reminder.
The Mariah dress was NOT half Bulls. It was ALL Wizards. She wore a similar Bulls dress at another game.
Bumb
STU !!!!!!!
Jordan retired 3 times!!
Why did he come back a 2nd time smh
more ESPN Jordan worship. Ridiculous
I damb sholl was happy we eatin debbie cakes and large dominos pizza
He would just get fouls called the whole game it’s nba is weak now
A season of stat-padding
Nah, he would have never left if it was about stats.
You mean like this season for Lebron?
The Lakers made the playoffs last year and competitive this year. MJs wizard never reach the play-offs@@TA-ht4jo
Mj couldn’t even get his wizards team into the playoffs! Lebron drags his team to the WFC in season 20 at the age of 38yro & defeated the nba champs in rd 2! Lebron is clearly the GOAT!!!!!
Didn’t Lebron have a better team lol stop giving him all the credit you are a true bron fan it’s embarrassing 😂
@@jasonpippin9948 No lebron didn’t have a better team. Rookie HC, AD that can’t play a whole season and avg 19 ppg max in the playoffs. Mj had Rip, stack house and ty lue
@@terrencealexander6811davis and westbrook are mvps...lue, stackhouse and rip are all role players
@@mcjr1989 Westbrook wasn’t on the lakers 23-24 roster! Pls watch a few nba games before commenting. MJ fan boys clearly don’t understand or watch basketball. AD can barely stay healthy and performs as a role player. He’s not the old AD from New Orleans
@@mcjr1989 stack house was a beast in Washington and Rip was a starter on a championship team in Detroit ! Lue was a quality starting PG that later helped win a chip in LA
Lebron at 38 is way better
But how would he fair not playing 3 full seasons with no practice or working out ?
Bron owns MJ and the number 23. 👑