Victor lol if he played in this era I’m sure he would’ve picked up the 3. Jordan back then would average 40 Plus today in his sleep lol. Look at what someone as unathletic as Harden is doing. Jordan would get to hoop at will today and still whack 3s.
I swear words can barely describe how good Jordan was. I mean I’ve played high school and college ball here in Quebec, I’ve played in various leagues, I’ve seen some great players, hell I was a great player, but Jordan lol And what makes him so great was his tenacity. Just there was no let up, every game, every play, was like his last. He played like his life depended on it lol Just you don’t see that drive and will, anywhere. He was big, 6’6, lean, could run like a Gazelle, had big hands, super athletic, and again, the tenacity. So much energy. I doubt we’ll see another like him, well maybe.
Everyone always refers to the 72-10 2nd dynasty era (late 90's 2nd 3 peat) to see Jordan at his prime, but his prime was definitely the late 80's early 90's. This was when he was at the top of his physical ability being younger, averaged 40+ in multiple playoff series, earned defensive player of yr, MVP and 35ppg scoring title all in the same season.
This was before MJ started winning championships and people think they had a answer for him is crazy. They had better teams in the league in the beginning of Jordan's career, but not a better player than him. He would kill these dudes playing in the nba today.
@@brew7676 - I met Doug Collins once when I was a kid at a Sixer's game when Collins was a player. One of my dad's friends was an attorney with connections and had taken us to a game. Doug Collins was injured at the time and my dad's friend took us over to meet him. He spent several minutes talking with us, very cool experience for me and obviously something I've never forgotten ... thinking I was 8 or 9 at the time and I want to say 76-77 season. Seemed like a very nice guy. Always thought of Collins the coach as being a little too 'type A' for his own good. Might have been a better college coach.
Hip-hop and woke ism. That’s what happened to it. Michael Jordan opened up the doors for the NBA to be so great and they didn’t take the opportunity instead they took what he gave and twisted it. These guys now feels so entitled. Look at how much money Michael Jordan made just from the NBA and what players have made since. It makes no sense
@@choosethesword6366oh stop. Woke ism didn’t change a damn thing and you don’t even know what woke means. The focus on the three point shot and lack of fundamentals is really what ruined the game.
@@aaronafre1920big hands help in ball control/movement, but do not benefit shooting and Michael was the best shooter inside 3 pt line ever. Nobody ever talks about Jordans bank shots. Don’t talk to me about Duncan as a bank shot maker. Duncan shot mostly squared up bankers. MJ shot turn around jumpers and faders off the glass. He was fundamental and flash simultaneously. Just different.
When watching this you have to realize that MJ is the GOAT. The eye test alone proves it. He is like a tiger 🐯 on the court with a bunch of sheep. No one moves like that in today's game. Not even close.
This is what most people don't know or can't understand, Look how he's creating those lanes to score... Or he's doin it strictly with his Jumpshot. Where as in today's NBA those lane's are wide open, Because the 4 and 5 man are out by the 3point line shooting 3's or guarding the other Bigs who shoot 3's. This is just one of the thing's that made him so special because he won 10 scoring title's by doin it that way, That is simply AMAZING!!!
Wow, what a reminder! I really tried to watch carefully to see what it was that he had and I saw some interesting things. One, like Doninique says, he had the fastest feet/footwork I've ever seen on anybody (watch his feet, it's unreal), the huge and really strong hands (Phil Jackson says it's one of Jordan's greatest attributes, especially when asked to compare to Kobe); needless to mention the overall quickness and athleticism, but his excellent vertical leap really seems to give him tremendous balance and support on all those short and midrange jumpers over people. BUt last and certainly not least was his kind of secret weapon: Jordan was shockingly strong physically; Barkley says people don't realize cuz he didn't look all big and buff (like him) that was one of the strongest PLAYERS in the league, and just ridiculoiusly stronger than any guard ever.
If there is one memory I will have of MJ... in all of his greatness and volume of highlights happens at 5:54... the king of the sky... Air Jordan staring down at the rim on the lean... on the road... destroying the Piston... one man gang... never to be replicated...
Did they actually know or understand what they were witnessing?? I know Dr J had already been but something this special with fundamentals is unreal!!!
zasetko hard competition made Michael up his game to heights that may never be seen again. Michael has everything needed as an individual and was born in the best competitive era. It was the pinnacle of basketball. Michael is a super rare human and even rarer athlete.
See, LeBron? A year after MJ started losing his hair he went all the way bald and got out in front of it. Lose the enormous headband and accept the baldness, man.
Michael Jordan in 1987-88 35.0 points 5.5 rebounds 5.9 assists 3.2 steals 1.6 blocks scored 40 or more points 18 times scored 50 or more points 4 times ASG MVP NBA MVP Defensive Player Of The Year Slam Dunk Champion
MJ was also the most underrated passer in history. Just because he could score at will people overlook his passing ability.Passing ability is something that assists numbers dont show unless your lazy.
These NBA players today couldn't handle Michael Jordan and that's why I laugh when people try to say lebron is the greatest because MJ skills are so advanced all I can do is smile. That dunk he did on them piston boys was humiliating.
MJ get tougher because of the Pistons but the Pistons push also him to make more confidence at his teammates and to make them more involved in the game so they can win as a team, thank you the Pistons for making a championship's team!😎
@davemartino5997 Yah guy, Jordan looks like he's having so many problems scoring on the Pistons. The only thing they changed is being able to body-check Jordan out of mid air. Like this rules changes were the reason he couldn't get passed the Pistons. The year before he got passed the Pistons he took Detroit to 7 games. The Bulls were on the rise, his teammates finally caught up and the Pistons got spanked!!!
Mj has the best midrange game ever . Most of his jumpers hit net only. Watching him it’s so often you think this guy is the perfect player like what can’t he do. He gets what he wants when he wants no matter what basically . Never gets old watching mj highlights damn 🐐
Been a Jordan fan since he was in college. Doug Collins himself said it best, when the dog days came in the NBA schedule Jordan knew people paid to see him play, he refused to take days off for rest. And he took it personal when the Bulls lost. The roster he played with before the championship days were straight garbage. But still the games were entertaining. I know Doug Collins has nightmares like Mark Jackson, what could I have done differently.
+Maurice Riley Michael once said the team he came into as a rookie were as good as any of his championship teams - physically at least. Mentally, they weren't even close.
What separated Jordan and Kobe as the best shooting guards in the last 30 years? Their mid-range game was unmatched. Jordan was just filthy in this game. Kobe learned it as he got into his 6th or 7th year.
And look where it got him.. So what if he "tried", if I were to "try" to imitate Jordan and get 5 rings then shit I'd do it too. Still a hall of famer.
Kobe very wisely emulated an older version of MJ because Kobe knew there was no way to emulate MJ's early athleticism because that was down to genetics.
of course its hard to compare Lebron and Jordan because they play different styles, but man there is no way Lebron could do what Jordan did from the mid-range game. That jump shot and turn-around jumper were just the best of all time and although Kobe has come close, no one will ever duplicate it.
Lebron couldnt do what Jordan did from complete leadership perspective down to just being an icon that basically never waived in his strength as a player that could elevate a franchise.Lebron was mentally weak compared to MJ. Mj never panicked unlike Lebron. When Lebron left his hometown he showed how mentally unsure he was of himself because there is no way a hometown kid sells his city out like Lebron did if he believed in himself that he would get it done. He showed he was unsure of himself for the first time and a few more times to follow .Lets not forget this.I have to wonder if he would have won as much if they didnt stack his title teams with other players that also wanted to take the path of least resistance.Lebron was often out done in his prime by melting done in championships as well as being swept at hi height. The fact that those loaded Miami teams lost just as much as they won is really a blackeye in the comparison to MJ . He really hasnt showed he is better than Magic if you really want to keep it a buck.
Mambaroony Kids these days are so dumb lol. I hate Kobe a lot but you can never say that he wasn’t a lockdown defender. Stats doesn’t say everything and we all know that. Klay has never made an all def team but we all know he is an elite defender in this league
I dont know how many time i switch my TV from a Miami heat game to NBA classics.Because i am sick and tired of the referree blew his whisle every second.
They really did Doug Collins wrong. The Bulls were already headed up when they got Phil Jackson. I love Phil, but 8 of his titles came with players who were all time greats before him and I think Kobe would have been an all time great as well without him. It’s hard to judge a coach who has won all his titles with 3 of the top 10 most dominant players of all time.
DETROIT STARTERS (accolades) Thomas- 12x all-star, '90 FMVP, 4x All-NBA 1st team Dumars- 6x all-star, 89 FMVP, 4X all-nba Def 1st team Dantley- ROTY, 6x All-Star, 2x scoring champ, 9th all time in scoring). Mahorn- All-NBA Defensive player. Laimbeer- 4x All-Star, '86 rebounding leader. Rodman-(6th man) 2x DPOY, 7x all-NBA 1st team, 2x All-Star, 7x Rebounding champion. BULLS STARTERS (accolades) Jordan- (list is too long) Vincent- 0 Sellers- 0 Oakley- Years later in '94, made All-Star team and all Def 1st team. Corzine-0 This might give the younger Gen some perspective on why the Bulls had so much trouble with Detroit in the mid-late '80s. Even with Jordan playing at unprecedented levels.
in the 1992 finals jordan scored 35 points in 18 minutes in the first half.he could have finished with 60 or 70 yet having already done the job settled for a "modest" 39 points.if jordan eviscarated defences in the RS he would crash them in the PS.repeatedly,mercilessly,game in game out.i suppose you watched the spurs daring lbj to shoot for 7 straight games like he was ben wallace.like they did in 07,like dallas did in 11.its not selfishness.its ability and will.
MJ the GOAT and his proves that here. For one he took it to the pistons by being aggressive. Two, even with the scoring he still played defense, even checking Isiah. And three, he was going bald and didn’t try to use hair plugs like Lebron 🤣😂🤣.
People overhype the toughness of defense back then, every era thinks their era of basketball was the toughest and most skilled, people in the 70s said the 80s was soft and people in the 80s said the 90s was soft, and so on and so forth, in all honesty all people like that are just hipsters who wanna believe their era was the best, it really is pathetic.
Anthony Mason Lol nice try on the quote, Lebron was referring to how in the 1980's they only had around 24 teams before all the expansion teams of the modern day 30 nba teams. He was saying how the quality of the teams would be much better by getting rid of teams and creating more stacked teams with more all stars on the same team. to avoid a modern day 76ers team as watered down.
So all the documentaries/players/coaches who adamantly agree with the assessment that the defense of the past was more tough, as opposed to today's game which has created an open paint and allowed for more offensive development by a wide margin of athletes are wrong? Ya...ok...You realize that even people growing up in today's era realize that the height of the NBA talent was the dream team era. The 80's into the early to mid 90's. It's not debatable. Basketball fans who look at the league now and then objectively don't deny this. Only little kids or "Stans" do.
Notice how Joe Dumars is like 5'11. Kobe would drop 95 points on Dumars. 80s and 90s were a weak ass era for defense. Just look at the scored of the games from back then, every team was putting up 110+ points per game.
You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. Average game score was actually lower in the 90s than it is now due to defensive nature of the game back then. David Stern changed the rules in the 2000s to open the game up offensively, bringing in flagrant 1, 2 fouls, no more hand-checking etc. Also, Dumars was a great defensive player. Height is not the only thing that makes a player great, just ask Chris Paul. But I'm sure you don't care about facts, most 12 year old Kobetards don't.
I only have 3 or 4 regrets with Michael Jordan's career: 1/ He didn't have the chance to stumble upon a contender early in his career like Kobe did in 1997 with the Los Angeles Lakers because we would have seen the 84-93 Jordan in his prime win even more titles. 2/ He didn't have the chance to stumble upon a weak eastern conference like Lebron did for the same reasons. 3/he never played in a team with multiple all stars caliber players (a big 3 for example) like many great stars did so that he would have been to play 1on1 for much of his career. His numbers would have been even better. 4/He retired (didn't rest or take years off...he literraly retired) in 1993 following the death of his father. 5/ The fact that he retired after 1998 because of the 2 Jerrys. @7:26, Jordan did the exact same move in the flu game!
With regard to 1, you could argue that he instead had the chance to play 8 seasons for Phil. How many chips does MJ win but/for Phil? With regard to 3, why would his numbers have been better if he played with another big star with whom he had to share the ball more? Also, isn't Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, about as big a three as there has ever been? 4, Do you really believe that... 5, He could have signed with any team in the league if he wanted...
@@uncletony6210 With regard to number one, if you think about Kobe, Lebron, Magic, Bird, Russel, Chamberlain, Jabbar, Olajuwon, Duncan...they all had the chance to get into a situation early in their career where they were able to compete for a ship right away. Jordan stumbled upon the worst team in the league at that time. 3/ Because Jordan was the most guarded player in the league. I mean he went through all kind of defenses. Double teamed and triple teamed on a regular basis his entire career. With another star (specially a dominant center), he would have been able to play far more one on one more often, giving him more freedom and opportunities. His FG% would have been better and his overral stats as well because he would have been the first option of that team. Jordan, Pippen and Rodman were not a big 3 at all. Rodman was a role player, not even an overall good basketball player. But he was the best rebounder ever and one of the best defensive player ever as well. Besides those 2 things, he just sucked. He was actually one of the reasons why it was so easy to double/triple-teamed MJ because Bulls were playing 4 vs 5 offensively most of the time. The Bulls were not a big 3, it's a team that got carried by Jordan and Pippen half of the time and another half by Jordan alone. If you want examples of Big 3 (or Big 4) in that era take for example the Seattle Supersonics with Kemp, Payton, Shrempf, the Golden State Warriors with Run TMC (Hardaway, Mullin, Richmond), the Cavs (Harper, Price, Daugherty, Nance), the Jazz with Jeff Malone, Karl Malone, John Stockton or the Orlando Magic with Shaq, Penny, Nick Anderson, Dennis Scott, the Bad Boys Pistons (Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Bill Laimbeer, Andrian Dantley and later on Marc Aguire), The Suns with Barkley, Majerle, Ceballos, Kevin Johnson, The Rockets with Barkley, Olajuwon and Drexler etc. The Bulls were FAR from being the most talented team in that era. 4/ If you believe the conspiracy theory about that, you most likely weren't watching basketball at that time. Otherwise, you would have understood how dumb and nonsensical that theory really is... 5/ You're right. But Phil Jackson wasn't able to find a job right away...and MJ wanted to stay loyal to him at the time so...
@@tangaraspeedgoda7436 1) What about LeBron, i.e., the player he is most often compared to, did he "stumble upon a contender" early in his career? 3) Rodman was "best rebounder ever and one of the best defensive players ever as well," yet he was "not even an overall good basketball player." I've read some pretty incredible YT comments over the years, but that just might take the cake, buddy. Congrats! :D Dan, Kevin, and Cedric were a better big 3 than Michael, Scottie, and Dennis?? Yeah, I wouldn't share that opinion with anyone else, if I were you. 4) actually, I've been watching peachbasket since circa 1976, which I'm going to guess is probably before you were born, grasshopper. And if you believe, that PRIME MJ, who was the most competitive SOB in the world, "retired to play baseball," only to come back and play 3+ more years, I've got a bridge to sell you. But no, it's the my theory that is "dumb and nonsensical!" :D 5) so, MJ had a CHOICE, i.e., he wasn't "forced" out of the league, so...
@@uncletony6210 1/ With Lebron, there are some similarities but it's a different context. When Jordan came into the league, the eastern conference was the best conference (even though the West was tough too). When Lebron came into the league and reached the finals in 2007, the east had not been that weak since probably the 60's. He's had the easiest path ever to reach the finals. So even though the data looked similar at first glance, it ends up being a totally different scenario. 3/ Apparently, you have a hard time either with english or basketball understanding. You can be the best at something and not be a good or great player overall. You can be a one dimensionnal player. Or maybe you are impressed by the HOF selection? Horace Grant was a role player but he was better than Rodman (at least Rodman with the Bulls). Rodman couldn't buy a basket to save his life. Now keep in mind he wasn't in his prime when he played for the Bulls. I mean...I don't know what else to say...if you can contradict me, please do. Maybe I'll lear something from you. The point is, Rodman was a role player on the court who was asked to do 2 things: defense and rebounds. Now if you want to call that a great player and prove me that he was great player overall, I'm waiting. 4/ No I don't think you've been watching basketball for as long as you pretend, otherwise you wouldn't be asking those naive questions. But the reason why I state that that theory is dumb, naive and nonsensical is the fact that I'm aware of how much the nba struggled financially when Jordan retired the first time (actually everytime he did...) and how much they struggled to reestablished some kind of momemtum until MJ came back. I'm aware of that because I've witnessed and lived it. The only thing that saved the nba is the come back of Michael. Now if you think that the league was dumb enough to take such a risk for its financial stability just to punish MJ for something that is not even a crime, I've got some psychology books to sell you. Now, if you have some solid elements or any kind of proof that the nba "fired" MJ, I will be eager to see them. The truth is that his father asked him to retire after his first title to become a baseball player. Then he planned to retire in 1992, then in 1993, then his father died. And the last conversation they had was about him going to play baseball. But I think they're gonna talk about it in the "last dance" at some point. But really, if you could use your brain just a little bit, you wouldn't need "the last dance" to understand the truth. 5/ I never said he was forced by anybody. I said he retired because of the 2 stupidity of the 2 Jerry's. When you have a billion dollar machine on top of his game, and that he's asking for nothing in particular except keeping his head coach and you fired him...well you're just a moron, plain and simple. And the Bulls never recovered from that...they went back to what they used to be before MJ and that's perfect.
@@tangaraspeedgoda7436 1, Who played in a tougher east upon entering the league is immaterial, unless your regret is simply that MJ didn't make more NBA finals, which I kind of doubt, given that that would have likely resulted in a less than perfect finals record. 3, I'm surprised I have to learn ya' this, but because there are different aspects of the game, there are likewise different ways in which one can be great player. There are literally hundreds of examples to choose from, but I'll just pull a couple out of air: Alex English could basically do one thing, i.e., score. Not much of a rebounder, passer, ball handler, defender, yet, dude is in the HoF. Steve Nash: dude couldn't defend and only averaged 14 pts/3 boards for his career, yet, in the hall because he was great at ONE thing - assists. Rodman, by your own admission, is arguably the BEST EVER - not at one but TWO things! but 'not a good player'...Why? 4, questions: 1. Would you agree that there is a distinct possibility (if not a substantial likelihood) that at some point, MJ threw downs bills on an nba game? 2. If so, do you think that the NBA would publicly announce that Jordan, the best player and face of the league, bet on basketball? Or, do you think in the interest of avoiding what may have been the sports scandal of the century, the league might have opted to deal with matter in an alternative manner? I think what's lost on you is the fact that ALL sports take gambling VERY seriously (see Pete Rose), and with good reason, i.e., no sport can risk its fan base losing faith in the integrity of the sport, for obvious reasons. Also, in the HISTORY of sport, can you cite a single other occasion where the most dominant player in his/her sport retired in his/her prime, to play another sport that they weren't very good at? If not, wouldn't you agree that the 'baseball 'story is at minimum "odd" and more likely, "dumb and nonsensical?" Yes, I know it's easier to simply "believe," but that's not the best use of our grey matter/God-given common sense. 'Be a 'thinker,' not a believer.' 5,correct, you stated that Jordan retired because of the two Jerrys, i.e., you placed the blame on others when in fact, retirement was MJ's choice (semantics/who cares).
IMO if LeBron doesn't surpass MJ by the time he retires no one will ever be better than MJ because these kids nowadays dominate in high school but don't learn team concepts and only go to college for a year and they come in to the league not having a very high basketball iq and their so one dimensional. but that's just my opinion, I think LeBron has the best chance out of anyone in the league to surpass MJ's accomplishments but I don't know if he can do it
lebron ain't nowhere near JOrdan...Lebron has played on two supersquads to date and always constructs teams with 5-6 elite 3 point snipers at the least to create space to cater to his style of play.........Jordan needed none of that.....it shouldn't even be a conversation.....if the league hadn't cow towed, draymond green never gets suspended after game 4 and GS wins that title in 5 games.....it's not even close...
Lebron isn't far away from surpassing Jordan in total minutes played. by the time Lebron retires Jordan would still have accomplished far more in far less time. Jordan realistically only played 13 full seasons.
+Otis Michael are u for real, of course he needed role players, basketball is a five player team sport....Jordan went to the conference finals before Phil Jackson became his coach. Jordan never needed or set up squads where he played with two 20ppg plus scoring franchise leading players out of collision to win
So we just gon act like we didn't hear at the end of the video that Horace Grant only had 1 point for the game?? Therein lay the problem for why they couldn't get over the hump.
Michael Jordan will go down in history as the greatest basketball goat of all time when you see him play especially in the playoffs he didn't lose.the Detroit Pistons gave him hell when he first got started but like you said when they got Pippin on that team oh my God they were unstoppable
My point exactly!!!! If lebron's career is nowhere where Jordan's was, then how can people assume that lebron is better. I never said lebron wans't great, but he is not even in MJ's league yet.
I know this comment was a month ago , but i just noticed it after reading your comment. You know he is also rockin the beeper for sure! Funny shit lol. Good lookin out kid.
All of this talk regarding about the physicality of players in the 90s (or late 80s) but I didn't see many hard fouls on Jordan (or much good defense for that matter).
Its interesting to see how much the game has evolved defensivley some of shots mike got was really easy looks back than wouldnt be allowed today zones would take away that one on one isolation bullshit
he shot 53.5% from the field He scored 33.3% of the teams points for the season responsible 31.1 % of their total FGs made made 42 % of the teams FTs had 22.5% of the teams assists added 5% to the teams FT% by himself! +2% teams FG% because of him also what player, ANY player has that effect on a team. Show me him. And this was not his best season
btw in the 32 losses the Bulls had Jordan averaged 29.8 ppg. in the FIFTY wins he averaged 38.2 ppg. you think they needed him to "ball hog"? jack ass!
Its crazy how people really think the old allstars can hang with the new generation. Jordan had nobody to gaurd him which made him very special. Now there are so many combo gaurds in the league, if MJ played now he would be more like a Paul George or Dwade
Dumbest shit I've ever read. Apparently you must be young as fuck. Jordan had nobody to guard him?? The best defenses were in the 80's and the 90's. Jordan had to deal with hand checking, zone defenses, etc. The Detroit Pistons had to make up a defensive scheme called "Jordan Rules", to where they swarmed him, triple teamed him, hit him, pushed him, knocked him down and everything else you can think of. Any player playing today would have wilted with those defensive schemes back then. Jordan also dominated the 90's and beat some of the best centers like Olajuwon, Ewing, Shaq, Alonzo Mourning, etc. Michael Jordan would CRUCIFY the pussy defenses of today's NBA. It's not even close.
Didn't take any 3's and still got 59. GOAT!
SwaggerLikeUz All jumpers and lay ups. That's old skool basketball right there. I wish I got to watch this man play
He wasn’t a good 3 point shooter
@@vika0194 not true 3 point shooting wasn't that popular back in the day
Fredrick Johnson and he wasn’t a good 3 point shooter so it is true. What is your point
Victor lol if he played in this era I’m sure he would’ve picked up the 3. Jordan back then would average 40 Plus today in his sleep lol. Look at what someone as unathletic as Harden is doing. Jordan would get to hoop at will today and still whack 3s.
I swear words can barely describe how good Jordan was. I mean I’ve played high school and college ball here in Quebec, I’ve played in various leagues, I’ve seen some great players, hell I was a great player, but Jordan lol And what makes him so great was his tenacity. Just there was no let up, every game, every play, was like his last. He played like his life depended on it lol Just you don’t see that drive and will, anywhere. He was big, 6’6, lean, could run like a Gazelle, had big hands, super athletic, and again, the tenacity. So much energy. I doubt we’ll see another like him, well maybe.
Everyone always refers to the 72-10 2nd dynasty era (late 90's 2nd 3 peat) to see Jordan at his prime, but his prime was definitely the late 80's early 90's. This was when he was at the top of his physical ability being younger, averaged 40+ in multiple playoff series, earned defensive player of yr, MVP and 35ppg scoring title all in the same season.
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Facts
Bro 100% Jordan with hair on his head was insane , his stats were ridiculous, by far the best Jordan late 80s🙌🙌🙌
The G.O.A.T.
I call him Hair Jordan
"There is NO I in team...but there is in WIN."
-Michael Jeffrey Jordan (GOAT)
Others have scored more, but Jordan's 61 and 59 against the Pistons are the greatest displays of natural basketball ability I've seen.
He's score more than that you m/oron
How about the 49 and 63 in the playoffs against the 86 Celtics who were one of the best teams ever.
Greatest basketball player of all time!
No question about it. Anyone who says otherwise is usually being intellectually dishonest
This was before MJ started winning championships and people think they had a answer for him is crazy. They had better teams in the league in the beginning of Jordan's career, but not a better player than him. He would kill these dudes playing in the nba today.
MJ was the face of the league and was must see tv every night. Thank goodness fir TH-cam.
Jordan. The only real G.O.A.T there is!
Doug Collins looked so happy to be Jordan's Coach. Completely unaware that he was about to be canned.
yeah eye like phil a whole lot, but when they 1st got rid of doug eye was piss't...same wit tha Oakley/Cartwright trade too
Oh well. He had a career in broadcasting anyway
MJ always appreciated Doug, tho. That's why MJ wanted him at Wash when he came back.
I had to suffer thru his coaching the Sixers. He's a very smart guy, but he can't keep his ego in check.
@@brew7676 - I met Doug Collins once when I was a kid at a Sixer's game when Collins was a player. One of my dad's friends was an attorney with connections and had taken us to a game. Doug Collins was injured at the time and my dad's friend took us over to meet him. He spent several minutes talking with us, very cool experience for me and obviously something I've never forgotten ... thinking I was 8 or 9 at the time and I want to say 76-77 season. Seemed like a very nice guy. Always thought of Collins the coach as being a little too 'type A' for his own good. Might have been a better college coach.
even his free throws look amazing
Jordan Rules started after this game specifically.
Yup. Pistons were like, thats enough of this shit.
They're all, how do we stop this guy?
Look how happy Doug Collins was to have Michael Jordan on his team. lol
He didn't last long while coaching MJ, Phil Jackson took his place.
Michael is the GOAT no question. And also, wasn't the NBA just awesome back then? Man what happened to it now?
Hip-hop and woke ism. That’s what happened to it. Michael Jordan opened up the doors for the NBA to be so great and they didn’t take the opportunity instead they took what he gave and twisted it. These guys now feels so entitled. Look at how much money Michael Jordan made just from the NBA and what players have made since. It makes no sense
@@choosethesword6366oh stop. Woke ism didn’t change a damn thing and you don’t even know what woke means. The focus on the three point shot and lack of fundamentals is really what ruined the game.
Jordan makes the game look so simple. Perfect fundamentals
That's all it is about,people complicate things to much
When you got 10 inch hands ✋
@@aaronafre1920big hands help in ball control/movement, but do not benefit shooting and Michael was the best shooter inside 3 pt line ever. Nobody ever talks about Jordans bank shots. Don’t talk to me about Duncan as a bank shot maker. Duncan shot mostly squared up bankers. MJ shot turn around jumpers and faders off the glass. He was fundamental and flash simultaneously. Just different.
“Leads the NBA in scoring and steals” that should just tell you everything
Iverson did the same thing I’m just saying 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
@@BlackMomba2408 plus he won the dunking contest
@@joshuawarren8340 That was a joke Nique was robbed but because they were in Chicago......
@@BlackMomba2408 Yes he did.
@@grosskopf2779 Jordan won 2 slamdunk contest. One with nique was very close. Just like aaron and lavine.
When watching this you have to realize that MJ is the GOAT. The eye test alone proves it. He is like a tiger 🐯 on the court with a bunch of sheep. No one moves like that in today's game. Not even close.
This is what most people don't know or can't understand, Look how he's creating those lanes to score... Or he's doin it strictly with his Jumpshot. Where as in today's NBA those lane's are wide open, Because the 4 and 5 man are out by the 3point line shooting 3's or guarding the other Bigs who shoot 3's. This is just one of the thing's that made him so special because he won 10 scoring title's by doin it that way, That is simply AMAZING!!!
MIchael was at the peak of his physical skills in '88.
I agree.
Wow, what a reminder! I really tried to watch carefully to see what it was that he had and I saw some interesting things. One, like Doninique says, he had the fastest feet/footwork I've ever seen on anybody (watch his feet, it's unreal), the huge and really strong hands (Phil Jackson says it's one of Jordan's greatest attributes, especially when asked to compare to Kobe); needless to mention the overall quickness and athleticism, but his excellent vertical leap really seems to give him tremendous balance and support on all those short and midrange jumpers over people. BUt last and certainly not least was his kind of secret weapon: Jordan was shockingly strong physically; Barkley says people don't realize cuz he didn't look all big and buff (like him) that was one of the strongest PLAYERS in the league, and just ridiculoiusly stronger than any guard ever.
If there is one memory I will have of MJ... in all of his greatness and volume of highlights happens at 5:54... the king of the sky... Air Jordan staring down at the rim on the lean... on the road... destroying the Piston... one man gang... never to be replicated...
Did they actually know or understand what they were witnessing??
I know Dr J had already been but something this special with fundamentals is unreal!!!
look at it this way Jordan had to beat the best NBA players of all time to become the best ever... :)
zasetko hard competition made Michael up his game to heights that may never be seen again. Michael has everything needed as an individual and was born in the best competitive era. It was the pinnacle of basketball. Michael is a super rare human and even rarer athlete.
See, LeBron? A year after MJ started losing his hair he went all the way bald and got out in front of it. Lose the enormous headband and accept the baldness, man.
Lebron still has enough hair to rock a fade
LeBron needs to shave it off because it's receded so far back it would look better bald. Jordan wasn't afraid of embracing it
Hilarious! 😂😂🤣🤣💀
I can’t imagine lebron bald lol
Definitely needs too&stop spraying it#Letitgo😅😂🤣
5:59 Air Jordan’s “Lean In” that will never get old... the unstoppable GOAT that aliens couldn’t even defend...
Skills to pay the bills. Skills to pay EVERYONE'S bills lol.
Got that right.
Michael Jordan in 1987-88 35.0 points 5.5 rebounds 5.9 assists 3.2 steals 1.6 blocks scored 40 or more points 18 times scored 50 or more points 4 times ASG MVP NBA MVP Defensive Player Of The Year Slam Dunk Champion
Amazing
Scoring leader and DPoY!
I was a huge Jazz fan
No more typing necessary
All while Pippen averaged 7.9 and was zero factor.
MJ was also the most underrated passer in history. Just because he could score at will people overlook his passing ability.Passing ability is something that assists numbers dont show unless your lazy.
best shoes ever made on his feet in this.
There's no "I" in team, but there's an "I" in "Mike." GOAT!
psainterlude there's also an "I" in win! MJ did that very well!
These NBA players today couldn't handle Michael Jordan and that's why I laugh when people try to say lebron is the greatest because MJ skills are so advanced all I can do is smile. That dunk he did on them piston boys was humiliating.
I am a Pistons fan but Michael Jordon was and will be the best for a while.
MJ get tougher because of the Pistons but the Pistons push also him to make more confidence at his teammates and to make them more involved in the game so they can win as a team, thank you the Pistons for making a championship's team!😎
No mj had the league change the rules so he could beat Detroit. Lucky they didn’t have to play the Celtics as they got swept twice ! !
@davemartino5997 Yah guy, Jordan looks like he's having so many problems scoring on the Pistons. The only thing they changed is being able to body-check Jordan out of mid air. Like this rules changes were the reason he couldn't get passed the Pistons. The year before he got passed the Pistons he took Detroit to 7 games. The Bulls were on the rise, his teammates finally caught up and the Pistons got spanked!!!
he also led the league in steals this year with almost 4 a game!
G.O.A.T Bow to greatness!!
I smell a GOAT in the making!!!
Nah, that aroma was in the air for over twenty years
Mj has the best midrange game ever . Most of his jumpers hit net only. Watching him it’s so often you think this guy is the perfect player like what can’t he do. He gets what he wants when he wants no matter what basically . Never gets old watching mj highlights damn 🐐
"A Win, Thats All We Wanted.."
Been a Jordan fan since he was in college. Doug Collins himself said it best, when the dog days came in the NBA schedule Jordan knew people paid to see him play, he refused to take days off for rest. And he took it personal when the Bulls lost. The roster he played with before the championship days were straight garbage. But still the games were entertaining. I know Doug Collins has nightmares like Mark Jackson, what could I have done differently.
+Maurice Riley Michael once said the team he came into as a rookie were as good as any of his championship teams - physically at least. Mentally, they weren't even close.
What separated Jordan and Kobe as the best shooting guards in the last 30 years? Their mid-range game was unmatched. Jordan was just filthy in this game. Kobe learned it as he got into his 6th or 7th year.
Sorry, Kobe. You tried to imitate his Airness, but there ain't nothing like the real thing.
Since when did Kobe try to "imitate" his airiness??
And look where it got him.. So what if he "tried", if I were to "try" to imitate Jordan and get 5 rings then shit I'd do it too. Still a hall of famer.
+skills1ent facts
airjordan4ever kobes first 3 rings were from shaq, he was the Scottie pippen of the lakers
Kobe very wisely emulated an older version of MJ because Kobe knew there was no way to emulate MJ's early athleticism because that was down to genetics.
of course its hard to compare Lebron and Jordan because they play different styles, but man there is no way Lebron could do what Jordan did from the mid-range game. That jump shot and turn-around jumper were just the best of all time and although Kobe has come close, no one will ever duplicate it.
Lebron couldnt do what Jordan did from complete leadership perspective down to just being an icon that basically never waived in his strength as a player that could elevate a franchise.Lebron was mentally weak compared to MJ. Mj never panicked unlike Lebron. When Lebron left his hometown he showed how mentally unsure he was of himself because there is no way a hometown kid sells his city out like Lebron did if he believed in himself that he would get it done. He showed he was unsure of himself for the first time and a few more times to follow .Lets not forget this.I have to wonder if he would have won as much if they didnt stack his title teams with other players that also wanted to take the path of least resistance.Lebron was often out done in his prime by melting done in championships as well as being swept at hi height. The fact that those loaded Miami teams lost just as much as they won is really a blackeye in the comparison to MJ . He really hasnt showed he is better than Magic if you really want to keep it a buck.
That first step... Most of us forgot how deadly it was. Black Cat, he is.
Notice no flopping needed to get calls unlike LeFlop James. Jordan was not also an offensive threat but also Defensive something Kobe lacked.
***** MJ 15yr career stats Steals and Blocks vs KB 18yrs stats Steals 2,514, Blocks 893...Kobe Steals 1,835, Blocks 620.
Kobe is a 12 time all nba team member for defense tho thats tied with KG for most in nba history
***** I think you meant to reply to Cassidy
Mambaroony Kids these days are so dumb lol. I hate Kobe a lot but you can never say that he wasn’t a lockdown defender. Stats doesn’t say everything and we all know that. Klay has never made an all def team but we all know he is an elite defender in this league
Phenomenal play from Jordan
Dem graphics at the beginning lol.
*Them you dumbass
I miss those old graphics and that great CBS theme music. CBS had better NBA coverage than either NBC or ABC had later.
MJ is incomparable!
I dont know how many time i switch my TV from a Miami heat game to NBA classics.Because i am sick and tired of the referree blew his whisle every second.
They really did Doug Collins wrong. The Bulls were already headed up when they got Phil Jackson. I love Phil, but 8 of his titles came with players who were all time greats before him and I think Kobe would have been an all time great as well without him. It’s hard to judge a coach who has won all his titles with 3 of the top 10 most dominant players of all time.
"Michael Jordan is known to be a slow starter" LOL
Anybody notice MJ scored 59 and shot ZERO 3's? Simply amazing.
DETROIT STARTERS (accolades)
Thomas- 12x all-star, '90 FMVP, 4x All-NBA 1st team
Dumars- 6x all-star, 89 FMVP, 4X all-nba Def 1st team
Dantley- ROTY, 6x All-Star, 2x scoring champ, 9th all time in scoring).
Mahorn- All-NBA Defensive player.
Laimbeer- 4x All-Star, '86 rebounding leader.
Rodman-(6th man) 2x DPOY, 7x all-NBA 1st team, 2x All-Star, 7x Rebounding champion.
BULLS STARTERS (accolades)
Jordan- (list is too long)
Vincent- 0
Sellers- 0
Oakley- Years later in '94, made All-Star team and all Def 1st team.
Corzine-0
This might give the younger Gen some perspective on why the Bulls had so much trouble with Detroit in the mid-late '80s.
Even with Jordan playing at unprecedented levels.
I remember when players had mid-range games. Sigh...
Jordan was the best on offense and the best on defense the goat
I wish I could just sit down for a long holiday and watch the 1988 season start to finish.
in the 1992 finals jordan scored 35 points in 18 minutes in the first half.he could have finished with 60 or 70 yet having already done the job settled for a "modest" 39 points.if jordan eviscarated defences in the RS he would crash them in the PS.repeatedly,mercilessly,game in game out.i suppose you watched the spurs daring lbj to shoot for 7 straight games like he was ben wallace.like they did in 07,like dallas did in 11.its not selfishness.its ability and will.
holy sht..very HD quality. memories..thumbs up
MJ the GOAT and his proves that here. For one he took it to the pistons by being aggressive. Two, even with the scoring he still played defense, even checking Isiah. And three, he was going bald and didn’t try to use hair plugs like Lebron 🤣😂🤣.
The NBA on CBS with that theme music is a classic
3:01 ... Good God, y'all...
People overhype the toughness of defense back then, every era thinks their era of basketball was the toughest and most skilled, people in the 70s said the 80s was soft and people in the 80s said the 90s was soft, and so on and so forth, in all honesty all people like that are just hipsters who wanna believe their era was the best, it really is pathetic.
"The league was great. It wasn't as watered down as it is now."
- Lebron James
Sorry, it's a fact the 80/90s were the best era
Anthony Mason Lol nice try on the quote, Lebron was referring to how in the 1980's they only had around 24 teams before all the expansion teams of the modern day 30 nba teams. He was saying how the quality of the teams would be much better by getting rid of teams and creating more stacked teams with more all stars on the same team. to avoid a modern day 76ers team as watered down.
So all the documentaries/players/coaches who adamantly agree with the assessment that the defense of the past was more tough, as opposed to today's game which has created an open paint and allowed for more offensive development by a wide margin of athletes are wrong?
Ya...ok...You realize that even people growing up in today's era realize that the height of the NBA talent was the dream team era. The 80's into the early to mid 90's. It's not debatable.
Basketball fans who look at the league now and then objectively don't deny this. Only little kids or "Stans" do.
Reptilian Monk You made his point though....
Ferns Francois ?
Michael jordan was a team by himself.who can do that today ???
If you go watch Paul Georges's 12-13 highlights you can see he drew some knowledge from how jordan made space for his jumpshot.
Notice how Joe Dumars is like 5'11. Kobe would drop 95 points on Dumars. 80s and 90s were a weak ass era for defense. Just look at the scored of the games from back then, every team was putting up 110+ points per game.
Cuz everyone on those teams could score. There were more complete players with great fundamentals which is something most players don't have today.
You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. Average game score was actually lower in the 90s than it is now due to defensive nature of the game back then. David Stern changed the rules in the 2000s to open the game up offensively, bringing in flagrant 1, 2 fouls, no more hand-checking etc. Also, Dumars was a great defensive player. Height is not the only thing that makes a player great, just ask Chris Paul. But I'm sure you don't care about facts, most 12 year old Kobetards don't.
WOw...smh
Joe Dumars is Dwayne Wades height. lol Thats how much you know. lol
Dumars was 6'4, and the way the piston played defense in those days, FORGET scoring 95 Kobe would have ended up in body cast.
How could a player be THIS good at basketball?
I only have 3 or 4 regrets with Michael Jordan's career:
1/ He didn't have the chance to stumble upon a contender early in his career like Kobe did in 1997 with the Los Angeles Lakers because we would have seen the 84-93 Jordan in his prime win even more titles.
2/ He didn't have the chance to stumble upon a weak eastern conference like Lebron did for the same reasons.
3/he never played in a team with multiple all stars caliber players (a big 3 for example) like many great stars did so that he would have been to play 1on1 for much of his career. His numbers would have been even better.
4/He retired (didn't rest or take years off...he literraly retired) in 1993 following the death of his father.
5/ The fact that he retired after 1998 because of the 2 Jerrys.
@7:26, Jordan did the exact same move in the flu game!
With regard to 1, you could argue that he instead had the chance to play 8 seasons for Phil. How many chips does MJ win but/for Phil?
With regard to 3, why would his numbers have been better if he played with another big star with whom he had to share the ball more? Also, isn't Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, about as big a three as there has ever been?
4, Do you really believe that...
5, He could have signed with any team in the league if he wanted...
@@uncletony6210 With regard to number one, if you think about Kobe, Lebron, Magic, Bird, Russel, Chamberlain, Jabbar, Olajuwon, Duncan...they all had the chance to get into a situation early in their career where they were able to compete for a ship right away. Jordan stumbled upon the worst team in the league at that time.
3/ Because Jordan was the most guarded player in the league. I mean he went through all kind of defenses. Double teamed and triple teamed on a regular basis his entire career. With another star (specially a dominant center), he would have been able to play far more one on one more often, giving him more freedom and opportunities. His FG% would have been better and his overral stats as well because he would have been the first option of that team.
Jordan, Pippen and Rodman were not a big 3 at all. Rodman was a role player, not even an overall good basketball player. But he was the best rebounder ever and one of the best defensive player ever as well. Besides those 2 things, he just sucked. He was actually one of the reasons why it was so easy to double/triple-teamed MJ because Bulls were playing 4 vs 5 offensively most of the time.
The Bulls were not a big 3, it's a team that got carried by Jordan and Pippen half of the time and another half by Jordan alone.
If you want examples of Big 3 (or Big 4) in that era take for example the Seattle Supersonics with Kemp, Payton, Shrempf, the Golden State Warriors with Run TMC (Hardaway, Mullin, Richmond), the Cavs (Harper, Price, Daugherty, Nance), the Jazz with Jeff Malone, Karl Malone, John Stockton or the Orlando Magic with Shaq, Penny, Nick Anderson, Dennis Scott, the Bad Boys Pistons (Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Bill Laimbeer, Andrian Dantley and later on Marc Aguire), The Suns with Barkley, Majerle, Ceballos, Kevin Johnson, The Rockets with Barkley, Olajuwon and Drexler etc. The Bulls were FAR from being the most talented team in that era.
4/ If you believe the conspiracy theory about that, you most likely weren't watching basketball at that time. Otherwise, you would have understood how dumb and nonsensical that theory really is...
5/ You're right. But Phil Jackson wasn't able to find a job right away...and MJ wanted to stay loyal to him at the time so...
@@tangaraspeedgoda7436 1) What about LeBron, i.e., the player he is most often compared to, did he "stumble upon a contender" early in his career?
3) Rodman was "best rebounder ever and one of the best defensive players ever as well," yet he was "not even an overall good basketball player." I've read some pretty incredible YT comments over the years, but that just might take the cake, buddy. Congrats! :D Dan, Kevin, and Cedric were a better big 3 than Michael, Scottie, and Dennis?? Yeah, I wouldn't share that opinion with anyone else, if I were you.
4) actually, I've been watching peachbasket since circa 1976, which I'm going to guess is probably before you were born, grasshopper. And if you believe, that PRIME MJ, who was the most competitive SOB in the world, "retired to play baseball," only to come back and play 3+ more years, I've got a bridge to sell you. But no, it's the my theory that is "dumb and nonsensical!" :D
5) so, MJ had a CHOICE, i.e., he wasn't "forced" out of the league, so...
@@uncletony6210 1/ With Lebron, there are some similarities but it's a different context. When Jordan came into the league, the eastern conference was the best conference (even though the West was tough too). When Lebron came into the league and reached the finals in 2007, the east had not been that weak since probably the 60's. He's had the easiest path ever to reach the finals. So even though the data looked similar at first glance, it ends up being a totally different scenario.
3/ Apparently, you have a hard time either with english or basketball understanding. You can be the best at something and not be a good or great player overall. You can be a one dimensionnal player. Or maybe you are impressed by the HOF selection? Horace Grant was a role player but he was better than Rodman (at least Rodman with the Bulls). Rodman couldn't buy a basket to save his life. Now keep in mind he wasn't in his prime when he played for the Bulls. I mean...I don't know what else to say...if you can contradict me, please do. Maybe I'll lear something from you. The point is, Rodman was a role player on the court who was asked to do 2 things: defense and rebounds. Now if you want to call that a great player and prove me that he was great player overall, I'm waiting.
4/ No I don't think you've been watching basketball for as long as you pretend, otherwise you wouldn't be asking those naive questions. But the reason why I state that that theory is dumb, naive and nonsensical is the fact that I'm aware of how much the nba struggled financially when Jordan retired the first time (actually everytime he did...) and how much they struggled to reestablished some kind of momemtum until MJ came back. I'm aware of that because I've witnessed and lived it.
The only thing that saved the nba is the come back of Michael. Now if you think that the league was dumb enough to take such a risk for its financial stability just to punish MJ for something that is not even a crime, I've got some psychology books to sell you. Now, if you have some solid elements or any kind of proof that the nba "fired" MJ, I will be eager to see them. The truth is that his father asked him to retire after his first title to become a baseball player. Then he planned to retire in 1992, then in 1993, then his father died. And the last conversation they had was about him going to play baseball. But I think they're gonna talk about it in the "last dance" at some point. But really, if you could use your brain just a little bit, you wouldn't need "the last dance" to understand the truth.
5/ I never said he was forced by anybody. I said he retired because of the 2 stupidity of the 2 Jerry's. When you have a billion dollar machine on top of his game, and that he's asking for nothing in particular except keeping his head coach and you fired him...well you're just a moron, plain and simple. And the Bulls never recovered from that...they went back to what they used to be before MJ and that's perfect.
@@tangaraspeedgoda7436 1, Who played in a tougher east upon entering the league is immaterial, unless your regret is simply that MJ didn't make more NBA finals, which I kind of doubt, given that that would have likely resulted in a less than perfect finals record.
3, I'm surprised I have to learn ya' this, but because there are different aspects of the game, there are likewise different ways in which one can be great player. There are literally hundreds of examples to choose from, but I'll just pull a couple out of air: Alex English could basically do one thing, i.e., score. Not much of a rebounder, passer, ball handler, defender, yet, dude is in the HoF. Steve Nash: dude couldn't defend and only averaged 14 pts/3 boards for his career, yet, in the hall because he was great at ONE thing - assists. Rodman, by your own admission, is arguably the BEST EVER - not at one but TWO things! but 'not a good player'...Why?
4, questions: 1. Would you agree that there is a distinct possibility (if not a substantial likelihood) that at some point, MJ threw downs bills on an nba game? 2. If so, do you think that the NBA would publicly announce that Jordan, the best player and face of the league, bet on basketball? Or, do you think in the interest of avoiding what may have been the sports scandal of the century, the league might have opted to deal with matter in an alternative manner? I think what's lost on you is the fact that ALL sports take gambling VERY seriously (see Pete Rose), and with good reason, i.e., no sport can risk its fan base losing faith in the integrity of the sport, for obvious reasons.
Also, in the HISTORY of sport, can you cite a single other occasion where the most dominant player in his/her sport retired in his/her prime, to play another sport that they weren't very good at? If not, wouldn't you agree that the 'baseball 'story is at minimum "odd" and more likely, "dumb and nonsensical?" Yes, I know it's easier to simply "believe," but that's not the best use of our grey matter/God-given common sense. 'Be a 'thinker,' not a believer.'
5,correct, you stated that Jordan retired because of the two Jerrys, i.e., you placed the blame on others when in fact, retirement was MJ's choice (semantics/who cares).
That move at the 3:55 Mark my god!!!!
Interesting to see young Jordan and pre-dynasty Bulls.
Simply Magnificent! 👏
IMO if LeBron doesn't surpass MJ by the time he retires no one will ever be better than MJ because these kids nowadays dominate in high school but don't learn team concepts and only go to college for a year and they come in to the league not having a very high basketball iq and their so one dimensional. but that's just my opinion, I think LeBron has the best chance out of anyone in the league to surpass MJ's accomplishments but I don't know if he can do it
lebron ain't nowhere near JOrdan...Lebron has played on two supersquads to date and always constructs teams with 5-6 elite 3 point snipers at the least to create space to cater to his style of play.........Jordan needed none of that.....it shouldn't even be a conversation.....if the league hadn't cow towed, draymond green never gets suspended after game 4 and GS wins that title in 5 games.....it's not even close...
Lebron isn't far away from surpassing Jordan in total minutes played. by the time Lebron retires Jordan would still have accomplished far more in far less time. Jordan realistically only played 13 full seasons.
+scorpionJB Bullshit. Jordan needed role players too. He also needed one of the best coaches ever
+EnduringArts because he'll play more years but that dont mean he's a better player
+Otis Michael are u for real, of course he needed role players, basketball is a five player team sport....Jordan went to the conference finals before Phil Jackson became his coach. Jordan never needed or set up squads where he played with two 20ppg plus scoring franchise leading players out of collision to win
not only did he dominate on offense and was an anomaly and had the rare clutch gene. but also was 1st defensive team 9 times. thats why hes the GOAT.
Defensive player of the year in 1988.
So we just gon act like we didn't hear at the end of the video that Horace Grant only had 1 point for the game??
Therein lay the problem for why they couldn't get over the hump.
Michael Jordan will go down in history as the greatest basketball goat of all time when you see him play especially in the playoffs he didn't lose.the Detroit Pistons gave him hell when he first got started but like you said when they got Pippin on that team oh my God they were unstoppable
My point exactly!!!! If lebron's career is nowhere where Jordan's was, then how can people assume that lebron is better. I never said lebron wans't great, but he is not even in MJ's league yet.
I know this comment was a month ago , but i just noticed it after reading your comment. You know he is also rockin the beeper for sure! Funny shit lol. Good lookin out kid.
the crowd didnt understand, booing only makes things worse... #23
Wooow awesome
These Pistons would have destroyed LeBron.
Hearing the announcer saying "Michael Jordan" every time he is hooping on people never gets old.
The GOAT!!!
The best of the best !
I never knew the Pistons used to play in the Silverdome, assumed they always had the Palace at that time.
The sunlight shining through the roof was always a cool optic.
Image this Jordan playing in today's NBA he would beat the crap out of 99% of players today easy.
Michael Jordan GOAT
Look at all those free throws...SMH
Jordan had that "lebron haircut!" Lol!!
Erik Hopkins that’s what happens when you gotta carry your team your team all the time
Had Michael improved his 3 point jump shot he’d have 41 points per game
All of this talk regarding about the physicality of players in the 90s (or late 80s) but I didn't see many hard fouls on Jordan (or much good defense for that matter).
What if Jordan wasn't the chosen Player of the Game on that lost card? How irresponsible! xD
OMG! Pat O'Brien is immortal!
Young legs back then shooting over everybody
Its interesting to see how much the game has evolved defensivley some of shots mike got was really easy looks back than wouldnt be allowed today zones would take away that one on one isolation bullshit
Who is watching this on Easter Sunday 2024?
should of been voted biggest ball hog of the season.
he shot 53.5% from the field
He scored 33.3% of the teams points for the season
responsible 31.1 % of their total FGs made
made 42 % of the teams FTs
had 22.5% of the teams assists
added 5% to the teams FT% by himself!
+2% teams FG% because of him also
what player, ANY player has that effect on a team. Show me him.
And this was not his best season
btw
in the 32 losses the Bulls had Jordan averaged 29.8 ppg.
in the FIFTY wins he averaged 38.2 ppg.
you think they needed him to "ball hog"?
jack ass!
gerizzyYMcrew i definitely wasn't calling you a jack ass. Just the clown who called him a ball hog.
You fucking clown go back to korea
he averaged 6 assists...
3:55 .....lord have mercy
Its crazy how people really think the old allstars can hang with the new generation. Jordan had nobody to gaurd him which made him very special. Now there are so many combo gaurds in the league, if MJ played now he would be more like a Paul George or Dwade
Dumbest shit I've ever read. Apparently you must be young as fuck. Jordan had nobody to guard him?? The best defenses were in the 80's and the 90's. Jordan had to deal with hand checking, zone defenses, etc. The Detroit Pistons had to make up a defensive scheme called "Jordan Rules", to where they swarmed him, triple teamed him, hit him, pushed him, knocked him down and everything else you can think of. Any player playing today would have wilted with those defensive schemes back then. Jordan also dominated the 90's and beat some of the best centers like Olajuwon, Ewing, Shaq, Alonzo Mourning, etc. Michael Jordan would CRUCIFY the pussy defenses of today's NBA. It's not even close.
Smh. Just because you foul somebody and the refs dont call it dosent make it good defense numbnuts. MJ is my fav player and im old enough.
Hey LeBron ain't doing all this and to add to it no wonder Isaiah Thomas is still mad he was getting lit up Jordan the true gold
His real quick to check out the mid range shots coming off screens only way you could get a hand in his face if you dodge the screen
detroit pistons was in thier prime in 1988 to 1991 .. Bad Boyz Forever ..
4:16 Look at that first step.