I’m a huge Jordan fan, but I never knew that he dunked on his hero Dr. J during his rookie year. That was amazing! Two stars on the same play, that dunk was spectacular!
I fondly recall pre-season against the Jazz. 1984-85 season. Tickets on the floor at the old Chicago Stadium were $25 each. We arrived early to watch the pre-game workouts. Rookie MJ shooting jumpers. I shagged a rebound for him. Then watched him destroy the Jazz. No one knew what he would become. The NBA was a mess back then. Cocaine ran the show. Orlando Woolridge should have been Scottie Pippen, and was for a time, before the cocaine took him down. I am fortunate to have witnessed the birth of the Bulls dynasty. This will never happen again. Picasso on the circus-floor hardwood. Lessons learned and legends made. Amen.
@@rodrickthompson2799 Every where we went as a rookie the crowd was not just screaming they were roaring. This alone made him unlike very few athletes to every play
Props to the coaching staff at UNC too for recognizing that MJ was/would become the best player in the country, and that was just in tryouts. He wasn't even in a college team yet.
What a poster dunk on Dr. J, he literally body to body dunked on his head! Kudos to Erving though for always taking up the challenge to block shots without fear of being posterized, by far the most underrated defender of all time with 2.0spg and 1.7bpg career average!
@@byronb3506 He may not have been a great one on one defender but he was great at playing the passing lane & blocking shots and his career average in both stats would attest to this.
@@russelturner5771 His help D was incredible and those stats don't lie. sad how forgotten he gets. Dr. J was no slouch! He'd let you get there and still stuff it on you. lol..crazy Does anyone remember that one image of Dr. J dunking the ball backwards with his arm extended awkward like he was doing a forward high jump or something? This was in the ABA. I wish we could get those highlights!
As a kid, I felt like Jordan could fly, like he just stopped in mid air and stayed there! Absolutely spectacular time to grow up seeing basketball being played, truly special! First two parts of the documentary tonight were great!! 👍🏻👍🏻
0:15 The NBA was just not ready for the aggressiveness of his style, the "Swagger" he brought to the game .... Rockin the Long shorts .... He changed the game forever .... When you do that, They WILL name trophies after you, they WILL build statues of you, and they WILL always remember you ... forever!!!! That is greatness, that is a Warrior, that is Michael Jordan!!!!
The most exciting athlete ever! As amazing as these clips are, they don’t compare to the thrill of seeing every game on TV, and a few in person. Air Jordan flew every single game, and no one had ever heard of “load management”. We in Chicago were amazingly lucky to see it all unfold 🙏.
@@dibea759 Lol. I’ve had numerous bar owners tell me that when Jordan played they would have regular busy hours during Bulls games. And when he quit playing noticeable drop in biz.
@@josephsmith9663 I'll tell you the difference between Jordan and Brady, next to the obvious physical and athletic differences. Jordan had only 2 all stars and hall of famers to play with his entire career and during his title runs (Rodman had hall of Fame numbers before going to Bulls). During Brady's time in New England, he had a pro bowler and hall of famer at one time or another at almost every position and on both sides of the ball. I hated Brady most of hide career, but we're the same age, so I respect his will to win, but Brady's had a ton of talent to back him up. Jordan did the most with the least of any champion in any team sport. Check the stats and accolades of their respective teammates.
Great compilation, some rare dunks you don't see often. Usually all the MJ highlights you get are from the 90s but he was tearing it up in the 80s. GOAT!
Was lucky to see Jordan his rookie year when I was 8 at the Stadium. Was against the Bucks where he made a game winning shot, can still remember him jumping in the air afterwards. The old stadium was epic, especially the upper balcony that hanged right above the court.
04:34 Jordan dunks in front of Dr. J . I wonder why I watched this for first time now in UA-cam. This is something that I remembered. Dr. J was the Jordan in the era of 70's-80's.
Michael Jordan's vertical leap was measured at 48 inches during the 1984 NBA pre-draft combines. His body fat percentage was measured around 4 percent. Jordan was an absolutely athletic freak of nature. That second dunk though, he had an extremely explosive first step off the dribble. Man, he was quick 😳
It was as just meant to be fellas and it was a amazing time growing up as a kid it was nice to be from Chicago #michaeljordan #sixtimes #memorieslastforever
If 40 yr old MJ can dominate in the 2000s a raw rookie MJ playing in the 2000s is like a nuke about blow.. imagine him adjusting his game with And-one crossovers, 3pointers mixed with his killer instinct and crazy athleticism
The only player other than Wilt to score over 3,000 points in a season and he only made twelve 3-pointers in the 86-87 season now let that sink in because it's raining outside.
I watched Jordans entire career for the most part. When I was a kid we had WGN Chicago, one of the few channels that we did have along with TNT out of Atlanta, so I got to watch Jordan and Dominique and it was great!
Imagine seeing it in real time as a youth when no one on the planet had ever conceived of dunking like that. It was aerial artistry every time. Mind blowing forreal.
I like this 195 pounds version of jordan more than the heavier version. The explosiveness, the quickness, the finesse were not from this world. I have never seen this athleticism from any other athlete
MJ really did change the game of basketball ..... he really the real iconic of basketball God..... i really hope maybe one day there will be another new player can do something like that again...... i didnt mean these days nba players are lame but they dont put their hearth into this game anymore.....
2:47 absolutely incredible athleticism to jump and catch the ball at a high point, land, and with no gather step, go straight back up in traffic and dunk immediately? unreal.
So amazing. I'm just thankful to have grown up in an era when I could see him play live on t.v. most nights during the season on WGN (channel 6) or TBS (channel 4) if they were playing the Hawks. You never knew what he was gonna do. Revolutionized the game of basketball.
SouthPaw773 no because anybody over 55 is just gonna say, “this is nothing.. I saw Doc come down the lane and jump from the top of the key and jam with 3 hands”...
This dunk represents allot to me. Doc was the first player ever to be the smaller guy dunking on the bigger guys. Jordan was the only other player to do that, and he did it many more times than Doc did in many more games...
MJ's measurables (jumping ability, speed, agility, etc.) would still have him in the top 1% in today's NBA. Then you add the huge hands, footwork and fundamentals. Add to that the intangibles (competitiveness, creativity, clutchness, etc.). And finish it up with the aesthetics (the beauty of his game). It's as close to perfection as you can get when it comes to being a basketball player.
When the NBA was fun !!! Jordan had to learn to be a team player but league had great teams and great individual players. It will be known as the golden years, sorely missed!!! No politics involved!!!!!
Not sure about that. Look at every OTHER guy on the floor. On average (not Jordan) the average player in the league is waaaaay better today. No body on Jordan's rookie team would start in the NBA today. Half would be in the gleague or overseas.
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I’m a huge Jordan fan, but I never knew that he dunked on his hero Dr. J during his rookie year. That was amazing! Two stars on the same play, that dunk was spectacular!
Yeah Jordan rules then, now, and always will
His Favorite basketball player was David Thompson not Dr J.
Yeah even though Dr J jumped was too late lol
Not even the moderns put it down like this
@@philipstrotherjr8842 yes thats right!!!
I fondly recall pre-season against the Jazz. 1984-85 season. Tickets on the floor at the old Chicago Stadium were $25 each. We arrived early to watch the pre-game workouts. Rookie MJ shooting jumpers. I shagged a rebound for him. Then watched him destroy the Jazz. No one knew what he would become. The NBA was a mess back then. Cocaine ran the show. Orlando Woolridge should have been Scottie Pippen, and was for a time, before the cocaine took him down. I am fortunate to have witnessed the birth of the Bulls dynasty. This will never happen again. Picasso on the circus-floor hardwood. Lessons learned and legends made. Amen.
Jordan looks like a player from the future out there
he's by far the fastest, quickest, most athletic player on the court in all of these clips
Prime Jordan would make today's players look slow too
His cradle dunks are really underrated.
It looks kinda fugly
Best is the one against the Bucks
1:05 is that a cradle dunk ? That's my favourite one
@@AnHebrewChild yeah
@@pepengpantal1363 ur mom
The scary thing is all of this was in his rookie year and he you could see he was playing at a different level than any one in the NBA
And the crowd was going crazy like he was the superstar MJ not the rookie version!!!
@@rodrickthompson2799 Every where we went as a rookie the crowd was not just screaming they were roaring. This alone made him unlike very few athletes to every play
Props to the coaching staff at UNC too for recognizing that MJ was/would become the best player in the country, and that was just in tryouts. He wasn't even in a college team yet.
That last dunk which was actually his very first dunk of his career the man had his entire head and both armpits over the rim. Absolutely nuts
Highest I've seen an NBA played jump. Absolutely insane
@@el34glo59Jordan is NOT human. Rare and freakish athleticism.
What a poster dunk on Dr. J, he literally body to body dunked on his head! Kudos to Erving though for always taking up the challenge to block shots without fear of being posterized, by far the most underrated defender of all time with 2.0spg and 1.7bpg career average!
And to think he was considered a mediocre defender.
To be honest - As much as I love Dr J. He was a very poor 1-1 defender. Teams would often target him defensively due to this
@@byronb3506 He may not have been a great one on one defender but he was great at playing the passing lane & blocking shots and his career average in both stats would attest to this.
@@russelturner5771 His help D was incredible and those stats don't lie. sad how forgotten he gets. Dr. J was no slouch! He'd let you get there and still stuff it on you. lol..crazy
Does anyone remember that one image of Dr. J dunking the ball backwards with his arm extended awkward like he was doing a forward high jump or something? This was in the ABA. I wish we could get those highlights!
@@jasonbournesburner3845 Only media those old highlights are available on may be UA-cam. There's some old NJ Nets games on there.
This dude was a machine
As a kid, I felt like Jordan could fly, like he just stopped in mid air and stayed there! Absolutely spectacular time to grow up seeing basketball being played, truly special!
First two parts of the documentary tonight were great!! 👍🏻👍🏻
0:15 The NBA was just not ready for the aggressiveness of his style, the "Swagger" he brought to the game .... Rockin the Long shorts .... He changed the game forever .... When you do that, They WILL name trophies after you, they WILL build statues of you, and they WILL always remember you ... forever!!!! That is greatness, that is a Warrior, that is Michael Jordan!!!!
Been watching Jordan for over twenty years and theres a few in there I’ve never seen before 👌🏼
The most exciting athlete ever! As amazing as these clips are, they don’t compare to the thrill of seeing every game on TV, and a few in person. Air Jordan flew every single game, and no one had ever heard of “load management”. We in Chicago were amazingly lucky to see it all unfold 🙏.
say it!
Especially to have free games on Channel 9 that's what's wrong with today's NBA no free games means no advertising and people don't know the players
and if his name was Rafael Mercedes from Costa Rica, and playing for the Charlotte Hornets, ITS A DIFFERENT WORLD PAL!
The streets was empty,the whole city crime rate went down when the bulls game was on...💯
@@dibea759 Lol. I’ve had numerous bar owners tell me that when Jordan played they would have regular busy hours during Bulls games. And when he quit playing noticeable drop in biz.
Having been able to see him play live after his first comeback in the mid 90's was the greatest experience of my entire life!
what a sucky life...
@@LordNuDTru 😂
@@LordNuDTru you are the pure definition of a very gay man
5:04 unbelievable how high he jumps there
At least eye level with the rim.
The top of his head is like six inches above the rim. His jumping ability even puts Ja Morant's to shame.
That was also his first ever dunk in the NBA as well
On the his first NBA dunk! Crazyy
I like how jordan didn't need a three pointer to drop 50
You like that huh so did I buddy so did i.
Me too
While getting hand checked all game
No, he did not unlike today's players.
But he needed other stars around him to even sniff the finals
3:50 That chicken was hyped as hell! 😂😂
Some rare unseen dunks in there. Amazing
Bro I get chills watching young Mike.. its really unbelievable what he did on a basketball court man
So frigging nostalgic
The Bulls were so lucky, obv the greatest draft pick of all-time
Tom brady
@@josephsmith9663 hell yea, last pick of the draft, turned a trash team into a dynasty
@@josephsmith9663 but Jordan was never accused of cheating tho
@@jerikeht7 allegations dont discredit nothing he's achieved
@@josephsmith9663 I'll tell you the difference between Jordan and Brady, next to the obvious physical and athletic differences.
Jordan had only 2 all stars and hall of famers to play with his entire career and during his title runs (Rodman had hall of Fame numbers before going to Bulls).
During Brady's time in New England, he had a pro bowler and hall of famer at one time or another at almost every position and on both sides of the ball.
I hated Brady most of hide career, but we're the same age, so I respect his will to win, but Brady's had a ton of talent to back him up.
Jordan did the most with the least of any champion in any team sport.
Check the stats and accolades of their respective teammates.
He dunked on DR J. First time I ever saw that
Me too.
First time I ever saw the doctor dunked on...wow
Me too!
Absolutely awesome!!
Bro I had to read the comments before I made a comment because I know I’m not the only one that double tap the rewind to see if that was DR J
@@pierreferrand8873 Man I did the same thing!
Great compilation, some rare dunks you don't see often. Usually all the MJ highlights you get are from the 90s but he was tearing it up in the 80s. GOAT!
Them weak azz dunks
He really looks like a modern day player who traveled back in time to play against old school hoopers.
It's because he changed the game, it started to take after him
Facts
@Beery Facts on Facts.
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He was to ahead of his time that's why
How jordan defied injury save for an ankle is a blessing
And his trainer, Tim Grover
Was lucky to see Jordan his rookie year when I was 8 at the Stadium. Was against the Bucks where he made a game winning shot, can still remember him jumping in the air afterwards. The old stadium was epic, especially the upper balcony that hanged right above the court.
Michael Jordan you bloody star 🙌🔥 wish you were still with us bulls!! You were a champion of our team 🤙
5:00 look at the height of that jump for the alley hoop, pause it at 5.03. Ridiculous
Michael Jordan was truly a special basketball player 💯💪🏾🏀
How many GOATs did he dunk on? Even Dr. J. got posterized.
Yeah that was nasty. Had to rewind about 8 times
@@VoidSurfer9 lol, I'm rewinding it now
@Boulder Pathways hahahaha ikr
i hardly ever seen a photo of MJ in this jersey let alone dunks. Amazing electrifing acceleration
He's clearly the goat. I don't know what all the fuss is for.
People are just bored
One underrated part of MJ's game was his speed. it's like he was in fast forward at times⏩
He speed is not underrated by anyone who knows basketball.
Speed and balance. How many times did we see him run or shoot just inside the baseline!?
@@secularZoo his balance... bingo.
@Daniel Laurence who are you even talking to? I see no stupid comments nor stupid people here.
04:34 Jordan dunks in front of Dr. J .
I wonder why I watched this for first time now in UA-cam. This is something that I remembered.
Dr. J was the Jordan in the era of 70's-80's.
I have just seen this for the first time also. And I thought Ive seen everything. Great upload
I think it was also a Dr J's foul
Michael Jordan's vertical leap was measured at 48 inches during the 1984 NBA pre-draft combines. His body fat percentage was measured around 4 percent. Jordan was an absolutely athletic freak of nature. That second dunk though, he had an extremely explosive first step off the dribble. Man, he was quick 😳
It was as just meant to be fellas and it was a amazing time growing up as a kid it was nice to be from Chicago #michaeljordan #sixtimes #memorieslastforever
Great video. The athleticism of young MJ is unparalleled.
Being a Teenager...it was sweet each night to see his early years in the NBA...just to see him and Dr j go at it...priceless
his moves is ahead of its time .. rookie mj can play in the 2000's
Easily
If 40 yr old MJ can dominate in the 2000s a raw rookie MJ playing in the 2000s is like a nuke about blow.. imagine him adjusting his game with And-one crossovers, 3pointers mixed with his killer instinct and crazy athleticism
So nostalgic & im a Celtics fan
The only player other than Wilt to score over 3,000 points in a season and he only made twelve 3-pointers in the 86-87 season now let that sink in because it's raining outside.
this is joy and excitement to watch!! not boring ass game like now! GOAT!
I watched Jordans entire career for the most part. When I was a kid we had WGN Chicago, one of the few channels that we did have along with TNT out of Atlanta, so I got to watch Jordan and Dominique and it was great!
Man, Jordan was great from the get go. Great to see Dr J in the clip
That Alley Oop at 5:00 , was perfection. 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
If there is a Staircase to Heaven, Micheal Jordan has found the first step.
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Back in 80s people just never seen anything like MJ. It some kind like revolution of new era of Basketball.
I remember when I loved the game of basketball.. Now these were players ... I miss the good old days ...
The dude's second dunk was like a glitch in the matrix. Damn
He is so bold with all his moves . He did dunks for beauty . There’s still not anyone who has Jordan’s athleticism even today
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WOOOOW Great Dunk Rookie Jordan I never seen before Bro
2:05 one of the best dunk ever ingame
My boy was doing this in the 80's
This guy was the best no matter the generation.
🏀 Just levels above every SUPERSTAR that's EVER played this game! 🏀
And keep in mind that was Jordan's rookie year he simply the best
Well that never gets old.
@ 2:09 is the most beautiful dunk you will ever see ✈️
Imagine seeing it in real time as a youth when no one on the planet had ever conceived of dunking like that. It was aerial artistry every time. Mind blowing forreal.
There is no one thats greater.
I’m like the biggest LeBron James fan you will ever meet in your life, And I must say...I’m so thankful this showed up on my recommendations🙏🏽‼️🔥
not true
Lebron - no shame in being in 2nd best of all time…great one too
Nostalgic
Curse you Jordan videos popping up on my feeds! I forgot what I was doing and ended up watching Jordan highlights :)
Surprised his dunk vs. the pistons is not on here where he blows past past Isiah Thomas one of the best dunks in his career
Agreed, that was his best rookie dunk considering how personal it was for rookie Mike.
That cradle is still such a sweet dunk.
I like this 195 pounds version of jordan more than the heavier version. The explosiveness, the quickness, the finesse were not from this world. I have never seen this athleticism from any other athlete
I agree. By 1991, his style of play had changed, though he was more experienced.
@@jbissainthe
Jordan game by 91, wss far better than 80s Jordan lol.
I prefer muscle weight Jordan, he was more polished offensively than he was than this version
I didn’t realize Jordan came up with the best dunks of all times. Kiss the rim is one of my favorite.
MJ MJ MJ!
MJ really did change the game of basketball ..... he really the real iconic of basketball God..... i really hope maybe one day there will be another new player can do something like that again...... i didnt mean these days nba players are lame but they dont put their hearth into this game anymore.....
4:34 dunks on Dr. J
Even the camera man was like "ooooohhhh"
It never gets old.
Great video
so happy i got to see jesus dunk in short pants for so many years
Was 10 yo at peak jordan and his 2nd three peat and I couldn’t wish for a better time/age to have been alive.
Here’s the KaBoom 💥!!!
Savage layins at NJ those. Savage ones.
2:47 absolutely incredible athleticism to jump and catch the ball at a high point, land, and with no gather step, go straight back up in traffic and dunk immediately? unreal.
So amazing. I'm just thankful to have grown up in an era when I could see him play live on t.v. most nights during the season on WGN (channel 6) or TBS (channel 4) if they were playing the Hawks. You never knew what he was gonna do. Revolutionized the game of basketball.
Still has the highest recorded vertical jump in NBA history.
Pretty sure Spud Webb had the higher vertical being only 5'7"
Nope. Its Shannon Sharpe now
MJ also has the fastest 40 meter dash in the nba..insane
@@1234jokerboyWhy does he proclaim that his vertical is precisely 49 inches, 1 inch over the record? Sounds suspicious.
that 2nd dunk is crazy !!!!!
HE WAS TAKING FLIGHT
the very very very best ¡¡¡¡¡
4:47 so we Not about gonna Talk about him DUNKING on Dr. J??
SouthPaw773 no because anybody over 55 is just gonna say, “this is nothing.. I saw Doc come down the lane and jump from the top of the key and jam with 3 hands”...
Dude i replayed This 3x I could not believe it that was Dr.J
AIR JORDAN put the BOOOOOM!!! on the Dr. J!!!! SAVAGE!!!
@@DJCYCLONE2 Imagine.
This dunk represents allot to me. Doc was the first player ever to be the smaller guy dunking on the bigger guys. Jordan was the only other player to do that, and he did it many more times than Doc did in many more games...
MJ was incredible. Even in his rookie year, his level of play already way ahead of everyone else in the league.
Brah MJ dunked on DJ that's crazy..... Enough said
Jordan the great dunker and ball stealer ⛹️♀️
The dunk on Dr J needs to be in more highlights
Totally agree.
forget doctor jay
@@legendarylips1 The fact you can't even get his name right says a lot about your disrespect for someone that MJ looked up too.
crazy rookie. .
MJ's measurables (jumping ability, speed, agility, etc.) would still have him in the top 1% in today's NBA. Then you add the huge hands, footwork and fundamentals. Add to that the intangibles (competitiveness, creativity, clutchness, etc.). And finish it up with the aesthetics (the beauty of his game). It's as close to perfection as you can get when it comes to being a basketball player.
This is probably my favourite Jordan period. ...pure entertainment .
Portland was instantly regretting the Sam Bowie thing.
The cup at the 4 15 mark I find the most ridiculous...the casual nature of his uniqueness on full display....
4:35 Dr J was like, damn I tried!
From day one he was better than everyone.
Either Jordan was just that more supremely athletic than everybody during his era or everybody else was just moving in slow motion.
Love watching old games. The old boxing matches were the best.
bruh he posterized his own teammate
on anyone who was in the way! lol
lol yeah that's that dominique sh!t -- "dunk on evrybody"
He was a Savage like that
When the NBA was fun !!! Jordan had to learn to be a team player but league had great teams and great individual players. It will be known as the golden years, sorely missed!!! No politics involved!!!!!
4:55 mans dunked on his own teammate 💀
🤣🤣🤣
what a dunk at 2:36!
Dope
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Pretty good rookie this guy has potential
This man would average 75 points in today’s league
easily with today's no defence all ballet games
No.... He would average 85 points!
He was ferocious!
No match for young MJ, nowadays, PERIOD..!!
Not sure about that. Look at every OTHER guy on the floor. On average (not Jordan) the average player in the league is waaaaay better today. No body on Jordan's rookie team would start in the NBA today. Half would be in the gleague or overseas.
He's only looking down at the rim when he's in the Air..! GOAT