If you watch this game and Jordan's entire career, it is quite obvious that Steph Curry would have absolutely NO CHANCE of guarding Michael Jordan one on one. Jordan is 6'6" and Curry 6'3" with Jordan 15-20 pounds heavier of all muscle. Jordan would light his ass up as Curry would have NO CHANCE of stopping him when Jordan post up and shoots the fade away. Then Curry would overplay him and get up on him, and Jordan would fake and go around him to the hole. Then Jordan would face the hoop and Curry would stay back a little and Jordan would bury the 3 or any outside jumper. If Curry tried to get up on him with Jordan facing the hoop, MJ would drive around him and take it to the hoop again. Now, am I saying Michael Jordan would stop Steph Curry? Absolutely not! Nobody can! But MJ would at least contest and even deny Curry a small percentage of the time. Meanwhile, Curry would again have NO CHANCE of stopping Michael Jordan's arsenal of different shots... especially his post up fade away jumper. Jordan... 3 inches taller and 15-20 pounds more muscle means NO CHANCE for Curry! And I didn't even mention Jordan's incredible mental IQ and wisdom for the game of basketball when he would outsmart so many players as well.
Jay Scribe Bob Knight broke it down as basketball skills, basketball iq, athleticism and competitiveness and said jordan was upper echelon in each category and it's why he is the greatest. Basically the same thing you're pointing out only is Bob Knight. Lol
smith lovy I wasn't suggesting he didn't have off nights - you took my comment too literally. Besides, I didn't say that every game was a masterpiece - I said that many were. A great many. "Just about every game," which was hyperbole that you took too literally. Of course he had off nights.
smith lovy Yes MJ did have stinkers just like any other player has had and he did have some tough games against the Pistons in the late 80's. That being said I also remember MJ scorching the Pistons for 61 & 59 points on Detroit's home floor in wins, I also remember MJ averaging over 32 points per game for his career against Detroit, but you probably don't remember that part haha.
smith lovy - who doesn't miss game winners? But his percentage for shots in the last 24 seconds or less to tie or win is 50% - far beyond anybody else in the NBA. It's laughable when people make bombastic statements as if not making every single shot means he sucks. What is most notable is when he was on the highest stage in the Finals, he didn't miss them. And FYI, in all those 80's games against the Pistons and everyone else, he still played incredibly well even if he missed a rare game winner. Just go check his averages against Detroit.
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I know its been some years since Jordan played but I still shake my head at the things he was able to do. That shot over Siekaly at 7:21 was just nuts. Its looks like he was stopped but Jordan was able to hang and get that shot off against good defense. Just amayzing.
That shot at the 7:21 mark is just vintage MJ, the body control and hangtime on that amazing running fadeaway shot was just insane, to this day i'm still trying to figure out how the hell he made that shot, let alone even get it off.
Spree used to be one of my favorite players. I rooted so hard for him & those 99 Knicks to upset the world & beat Tim Duncan’s Spurs Ewing was out & it was the Spree & Allen Houston show
That shows you how deep the West was throughout the 90s. Houston, San Antonio, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, Dallas, Golden State, Utah--at various times in the 90, all these teams made deep runs in the playoffs or had damn good teams.
i know this team well- as it was my childhood team- we all thought they would do well- but the players all hated each other- and the coaches- webber was traded away- then we drafted joe smith- but at the core- tim hardaway and spree well fought daily over whose team it was - while mullin was aging and unable to do much. he had a resurgence later in indiana though. but on paper- the team was an all star team we all thought preseason.
@jedipudu You also got to take in account that MJ played in a tougher era. Remeber the "MJ Rules". Teams use to pound on him like he was ground meat. Kobe played in the softer (fan friendly) era. MJ in his prime in Kobe era is unfair.
While everyone is talking about MJ, I'll just quietly mentioned that 96 Warriors isn't a bad team, it's only four points. They had Joe Smith, Latrell Sprewell, Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway and Rony Seikaly. Each franchise players at different points of their careers.
That is pure confidence to openly talk trash the opposing teams bench, to grab a offensive rebound off a free throw against a PF/centre who is 6"10 and score. Scary thing is, he had this type of audacity through out his career. Most well know is when MJ dunked on Stockton the Jazz bench abused MJ telling him to dunk on someone bigger, so next he dunked a facial on there tallest guy 7"3 eaton!
@hoovinc You have to consider kobe also has four more years of nba wear on his body than MJ did. I still believe MJ to be the most gifted overall athlete to ever play in the league. At the same time kobe's peak years have been shortened by the extended number of games he has played in his career. It will be interesting to see how Lebrons body holds up over the years.
Lebron takes off on defense to help him play longer He also doesn’t move without the ball on offense Then again, he rarely doesn’t have the ball on offense But when he doesn’t, he be watching like us
If you watch this game and Jordan's entire career, it is quite obvious that Steph Curry would have absolutely NO CHANCE of guarding Michael Jordan one on one. Jordan is 6'6" and Curry 6'3" with Jordan 15-20 pounds heavier of all muscle. Jordan would light his ass up as Curry would have NO CHANCE of stopping him when Jordan post up and shoots the fade away. Then Curry would overplay him and get up on him, and Jordan would fake and go around him to the hole. Then Jordan would face the hoop and Curry would stay back a little and Jordan would bury the 3 or any outside jumper. If Curry tried to get up on him with Jordan facing the hoop, MJ would drive around him and take it to the hoop again. Now, am I saying Michael Jordan would stop Steph Curry? Absolutely not! Nobody can! But MJ would at least contest and even deny Curry a small percentage of the time. Meanwhile, Curry would again have NO CHANCE of stopping Michael Jordan's arsenal of different shots... especially his post up fade away jumper. Jordan... 3 inches taller and 15-20 pounds of more muscle means NO CHANCE for Curry! And I didn't even mention Jordan's incredible mental IQ and wisdom for the game of basketball when he would outsmart so many players as well. Jordan also made the all-defensive team 9 times in his career.
simplygu - ur dreaming. MJ was the greatest perimeter defender of all time - top 5 if you disagree. Yes MJ would defensively torture Curry. If they played in the 90's rules, MJ would literally smother Curry with hands and forearm on Curry's body. Even in today's NBA, it may be impossible to totally stop anybody including Curry, but MJ would still make Curry's life miserable.
..jordan was the same age as Kobe now during this year. Yet, he moved faster, more athletic and dominant than any player in the court/league-- that reverse move at 2min mark is already a vintage move. Anybody argues that kobe is better in any year...is plain idiot. Kobe can shoot..but nowhere near the atheltic ability mike had at this point in his career. Sorry to bring up kobe's name--just for his delusional fans.
@ChiToNYc Way to many people make that argument. The league is softer yes, but there is no way that makes up for a difference of 4 years in the nba. The real wear and tear on your body comes from running up and down the court and launching your body into the air with all your might. I think a prime MJ in any era is unfair. I wasn't comparing the two [because that is stupid]. My point was, Kobe would be more athletic if he had less years in the league on his body like MJ did.
this wasn't a playoff game and michael jordan i somewhat like him but he didn't quite equal oscar robertson kareem abdul-jabbar wilt chamberlain and bill russell
Islam spreewell is a great player or was To be a super star Out of the gate. But The head coach for The warriors I believe that his name was Mooney. He took it upon himself to nip these Future stars with headgames when he was able too, and if not wage war on them. George Karl Interned under him. We all know what happened between Mooney and spreewell. But Shawn Kemp should Have seen the exact same thing happening to him with head coach George Karl, partly To keep their salaries low, stay in The playoffs, without adding to the roster stars like Vince Carter, or Barkley and bring Home a title. But instead destroying kemps reputation on An off the court Ahlafirmy Bey Islam
I was at this game. Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.
If you didn't grow up on MJ , I really feel sorry that u missed out on the definition of greatness!!
I'll settle for steph
+70boy17. Your young you suppose too!! We watched MJ and now Steph so we can compare!! You didnt
+Orlando Lewis I'm 23 nigga
+70boy17 I can tell your 23 LOL
If you watch this game and Jordan's entire career, it is quite obvious that Steph Curry would have absolutely NO CHANCE of guarding Michael Jordan one on one. Jordan is 6'6" and Curry 6'3" with Jordan 15-20 pounds heavier of all muscle. Jordan would light his ass up as Curry would have NO CHANCE of stopping him when Jordan post up and shoots the fade away. Then Curry would overplay him and get up on him, and Jordan would fake and go around him to the hole. Then Jordan would face the hoop and Curry would stay back a little and Jordan would bury the 3 or any outside jumper. If Curry tried to get up on him with Jordan facing the hoop, MJ would drive around him and take it to the hoop again. Now, am I saying Michael Jordan would stop Steph Curry? Absolutely not! Nobody can! But MJ would at least contest and even deny Curry a small percentage of the time. Meanwhile, Curry would again have NO CHANCE of stopping Michael Jordan's arsenal of different shots... especially his post up fade away jumper. Jordan... 3 inches taller and 15-20 pounds more muscle means NO CHANCE for Curry! And I didn't even mention Jordan's incredible mental IQ and wisdom for the game of basketball when he would outsmart so many players as well.
the game winning shot was crazy...he was blocked by seikaly and still made the shot...unbeliavable!
MJ knowledge and understanding of the game coupled with his athleticism and competitive drive make him unguardable
Jay Scribe Bob Knight broke it down as basketball skills, basketball iq, athleticism and competitiveness and said jordan was upper echelon in each category and it's why he is the greatest. Basically the same thing you're pointing out only is Bob Knight. Lol
MJ, he makes these guys look like high school. Simply amazing
MJ 40pts 11rbs 6ast just another day@the office...
Another masterpiece by Jordan. Just about every one of his games was a mini masterpiece, a thing of beauty.
smith lovy I wasn't suggesting he didn't have off nights - you took my comment too literally. Besides, I didn't say that every game was a masterpiece - I said that many were. A great many. "Just about every game," which was hyperbole that you took too literally. Of course he had off nights.
smith lovy Yes MJ did have stinkers just like any other player has had and he did have some tough games against the Pistons in the late 80's. That being said I also remember MJ scorching the Pistons for 61 & 59 points on Detroit's home floor in wins, I also remember MJ averaging over 32 points per game for his career against Detroit, but you probably don't remember that part haha.
smith lovy - who doesn't miss game winners? But his percentage for shots in the last 24 seconds or less to tie or win is 50% - far beyond anybody else in the NBA. It's laughable when people make bombastic statements as if not making every single shot means he sucks. What is most notable is when he was on the highest stage in the Finals, he didn't miss them.
And FYI, in all those 80's games against the Pistons and everyone else, he still played incredibly well even if he missed a rare game winner. Just go check his averages against Detroit.
and people say MJ never played zone when 90% of this video is against zone defense
nobody said this, what people say is *"MJ would be even more dominant vs zones"* wich is not true
Michael Jordan is unquestionably the greatest player of all time.
If you are a MJ fan or a true basketball fan, you can't miss "MICHAEL JORDAN: THE LEGEND OF THE GREATEST (Final Version)": 5 hours and 5 minutes in honor of his greatness.
Link: MICHAEL JORDAN: THE LEGEND OF THE GREATEST (Final Version)
Even todays NBA no one can guard him.
I know its been some years since Jordan played but I still shake my head at the things he was able to do. That shot over Siekaly at 7:21 was just nuts. Its looks like he was stopped but Jordan was able to hang and get that shot off against good defense. Just amayzing.
The GOAT. No question
Lol. MJ talking to the bench. Does what he said he would do. Beat the centre get the rebound and score. Natural born winner most likely to a fault.
1:16 Jordan BEEN doing the step back.
God he would fucking destroy the league today.
That was funny stuff. It seems he does whatever he wants during the last minute of each game.
Tonight’s the last game at Oracle (June 13, 2019) and I gotta say, this is my favorite memory of the Arena 😏 🐐
That shot at the 7:21 mark is just vintage MJ, the body control and hangtime on that amazing running fadeaway shot was just insane, to this day i'm still trying to figure out how the hell he made that shot, let alone even get it off.
Jordan 11's. The greatest Basketball sneaker of ALL time.
You can't stop mike wearing his air concords. Good game
Type in MJ 40 point games in TH-cam & you have enough games for life
this is who y'all saying lebron is better than? lmao
never lebron can't hold m.js jock strap
Michael Jordan is the goat lebron isnt even close
😂
WOW!!! 1:57... his MOST UNDERRATED move!!!
I forgot how good a defender Spreewell was.
Boogie Loo mj once said in an interview that spree defended him as well as anyone.
@@evergreenthunder when MJ says you guarded him well, it just means he lit you up anyway
@@hennessyblack2121 Haha yep! 😅
Spree used to be one of my favorite players. I rooted so hard for him & those 99 Knicks to upset the world & beat Tim Duncan’s Spurs
Ewing was out & it was the Spree & Allen Houston show
& LJ
i cant believe golden state didnt have a better run, that team was stacked!
jer bo Great Offense, poor defence. Spree played pretty hard "d", but it's impossible to stop MJ.
jer bo - the West was so deep back then that these guys couldn't even make the playoffs back then.
Where's Billy Owens?
That shows you how deep the West was throughout the 90s. Houston, San Antonio, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, Dallas, Golden State, Utah--at various times in the 90, all these teams made deep runs in the playoffs or had damn good teams.
i know this team well- as it was my childhood team- we all thought they would do well- but the players all hated each other- and the coaches- webber was traded away- then we drafted joe smith- but at the core- tim hardaway and spree well fought daily over whose team it was - while mullin was aging and unable to do much. he had a resurgence later in indiana though. but on paper- the team was an all star team we all thought preseason.
8:00 GOAT shit.... told him what he was gonna do, did it, says nothing more
jordan was ferocious- fighting for a rebound and talking shit in garbage time to the bench. only mj would do that.
Holy shit for all of you young ones who forgot why MJ is Thee Greatest just watch this video. Long live Air Jordan
Ok Lang to ps
@jedipudu You also got to take in account that MJ played in a tougher era. Remeber the "MJ Rules". Teams use to pound on him like he was ground meat. Kobe played in the softer (fan friendly) era. MJ in his prime in Kobe era is unfair.
While everyone is talking about MJ, I'll just quietly mentioned that 96 Warriors isn't a bad team, it's only four points. They had Joe Smith, Latrell Sprewell, Chris Mullin, Tim Hardaway and Rony Seikaly. Each franchise players at different points of their careers.
oh man, michael didn't punk out the big man for the warriors for the tap in did he?? only mj
Pure greatness
GOAT
If the Monstars had watched this video, they would have never come to Earth!!
Just another MJ show
and he called it to. telling the warriors bench he was gonna get the ball.
Chicago Bulls 99 @ Golden State Warriors 95 (02-07-1996) Jordan 40 Points
My favorite Jordan's
5:35 guess who learned that move from MJ.
The G.O.A.T
2:47 demonstratively complains about goaltending call.
Replay: clearly goaltending.
That is pure confidence to openly talk trash the opposing teams bench, to grab a offensive rebound off a free throw against a PF/centre who is 6"10 and score. Scary thing is, he had this type of audacity through out his career.
Most well know is when MJ dunked on Stockton the Jazz bench abused MJ telling him to dunk on someone bigger, so next he dunked a facial on there tallest guy 7"3 eaton!
MrYoumitube - Mel Turpin actually, not on Mark Eaton.
th-cam.com/video/kDjgBrNWL0c/w-d-xo.html
how awesome would HD back then be.......
I was at that game. I was a hard-core MJ fan, I idolized that guy.
@hoovinc You have to consider kobe also has four more years of nba wear on his body than MJ did. I still believe MJ to be the most gifted overall athlete to ever play in the league. At the same time kobe's peak years have been shortened by the extended number of games he has played in his career. It will be interesting to see how Lebrons body holds up over the years.
And this was 11 years ago. Now lebron is in year 19 still playing very well.
@@jahleelx9270 I know right its insane what he's doing and has done really. I'm not even a LeBron fan, but I can't deny what he is.
Lebron takes off on defense to help him play longer
He also doesn’t move without the ball on offense
Then again, he rarely doesn’t have the ball on offense
But when he doesn’t, he be watching like us
that g.s team was loaded! latrell, mullin, hardaway and a young smith... too bad it didnt click
Y is the move he did @1:55 not on a HL? Well its gettin ready 2b. I haven't seen a move like that in 15yrs
Agreed, i need to get the 'Concords' & 'Breds' this year, and i will, haha.
If you watch this game and Jordan's entire career, it is quite obvious that Steph Curry would have absolutely NO CHANCE of guarding Michael Jordan one on one. Jordan is 6'6" and Curry 6'3" with Jordan 15-20 pounds heavier of all muscle. Jordan would light his ass up as Curry would have NO CHANCE of stopping him when Jordan post up and shoots the fade away. Then Curry would overplay him and get up on him, and Jordan would fake and go around him to the hole. Then Jordan would face the hoop and Curry would stay back a little and Jordan would bury the 3 or any outside jumper. If Curry tried to get up on him with Jordan facing the hoop, MJ would drive around him and take it to the hoop again. Now, am I saying Michael Jordan would stop Steph Curry? Absolutely not! Nobody can! But MJ would at least contest and even deny Curry a small percentage of the time. Meanwhile, Curry would again have NO CHANCE of stopping Michael Jordan's arsenal of different shots... especially his post up fade away jumper. Jordan... 3 inches taller and 15-20 pounds of more muscle means NO CHANCE for Curry! And I didn't even mention Jordan's incredible mental IQ and wisdom for the game of basketball when he would outsmart so many players as well. Jordan also made the all-defensive team 9 times in his career.
simplygu - ur dreaming. MJ was the greatest perimeter defender of all time - top 5 if you disagree. Yes MJ would defensively torture Curry. If they played in the 90's rules, MJ would literally smother Curry with hands and forearm on Curry's body. Even in today's NBA, it may be impossible to totally stop anybody including Curry, but MJ would still make Curry's life miserable.
This was MJ at 34 yo. If it was 22-29 yo MJ. His first step alone would have given anyone instant death one on one.
Not Lebron.
Curry is not even known for being a good defender
Jordan is my favorite player Kaya bulls pa rin Ako
That's because nobody else has the skill to take a shot like that.
So LeBron is supposed to be better than this guy right?
LeFlop Shames is better than M.J. on Flopping and Crying like a bitch.... LOL
I've never been more convinced LeBron is better.
He is just very good with the flashy entertainment. Lebron is on another level
Allen Iverson can do some of this so can Kobe can too LeBron can do all of this and some.
LeBron has had way more points than Jordan.
It's got to be the shoes.
He'd drop 50 on today's Warriors (that includes the 73-9 team)
60 easy
0:51 Pippen>Lebron
Word was Sprewell tried to choke somebody after this game.
Toriyama confirmed Kid Buu is strongest Buu , it was his coach P. J. Carlesimo, and he got suspended for a year or so. Spreewell was such a dick
What Michael Jordan said at the bench at 7:53 ??
I wonder who was the little kid he picked up? Now?
..jordan was the same age as Kobe now during this year. Yet, he moved faster, more athletic and dominant than any player in the court/league-- that reverse move at 2min mark is already a vintage move. Anybody argues that kobe is better in any year...is plain idiot. Kobe can shoot..but nowhere near the atheltic ability mike had at this point in his career. Sorry to bring up kobe's name--just for his delusional fans.
I think Michael Jordan just MIGHT be a little bit better than JR Smith.
lol!
No chemistry between Hardaway and Sprewell. That team missed the playoffs.
It looks draymond is already playing with the warriors,just not with curry or klay
8:00 Michel taunting the bench and making Dj Seikaly look like shit :)!
Let's go Golden State Warriors
@ChiToNYc Way to many people make that argument. The league is softer yes, but there is no way that makes up for a difference of 4 years in the nba. The real wear and tear on your body comes from running up and down the court and launching your body into the air with all your might. I think a prime MJ in any era is unfair. I wasn't comparing the two [because that is stupid]. My point was, Kobe would be more athletic if he had less years in the league on his body like MJ did.
my all-time favorite male athletes/jocks ever are and were #1 tied wilt chamberlain and bill russell #2 kareem abdul-jabbar and #3 hakeem olajuwon
8 deslikes????? 😱😱😱🤔
this wasn't a playoff game and michael jordan i somewhat like him but he didn't quite equal oscar robertson kareem abdul-jabbar wilt chamberlain and bill russell
Latrell "Cant live on a 6 mill a year" Sprewell is the JACKAZZZZES of all time
Islam spreewell is a great player or was
To be a super star
Out of the gate. But
The head coach for
The warriors I believe that his name was Mooney.
He took it upon himself to nip these
Future stars with headgames when he was able too, and if not wage war on them. George Karl
Interned under him.
We all know what happened between Mooney and spreewell. But Shawn Kemp should
Have seen the exact
same thing happening to him with head coach George Karl, partly
To keep their salaries low, stay in
The playoffs, without adding to the roster stars like Vince Carter, or Barkley and bring
Home a title. But instead destroying kemps reputation on
An off the court
Ahlafirmy Bey Islam