Notice that no one even reacts to this. Nowadays people act as if a crossover is as a good as a win. The game had more important priorities back then.
@jp3813 Matador defenses and floating 1-2-2 zone sets aside, I could only imagine Monta Ellis, Derrick Rose, Allen Iverson,...maybe Steve Nash with the intestinal fortitude to charge at the rim like that in this situation--especially considering the chance of getting decked or hacked hard as payback with no flagrant foul rule instituted. Everybody else would've pulled up or worked it around for a quick 3-pointer before putting the Bulls back on the line. Zeke was one of a kind. Good stuff.
@drumass666 Back then, yes. Nowadays, Nash could get "3 layups in a row" in the playoffs against a so-called double team by Tim Duncan. Zeke would have a field day w/ that kind of defense.
@saiyajin11 I ain't talkin' about cheers. I mean just listen to the commentators themselves. They weren't even impressed. Back then, you could break a defender's ankles and the crowd wouldn't react no matter if it's the offensive player's home game or not. As people pointed out, this is probably better than Iverson's cross on MJ, yet it ain't over-hyped and shown on TV over and over. It was normal and unimportant.
because the pistons were about to lose the game lol and if you have every followed iversons story he was in high school and he always said he could take MJ,and people use to tell him he was crazy, everything about it was perfect crowd on their feet, people were calling jordan the goat and here is this little 6'0 rookie guard going against a great 6'6 215 guard, he took that moment and he seized everything about it was just perfect, but of course jordan has 6 rings and thats all that matters
@razorsharpandonpoint That's not the main reason. If Iverson did that back in the 80's, no one would've made a big deal out of it b/c breaking ankles didn't become a huge thing until much later. There were many instances where players like MJ & Isiah would make their opponents fall down and people never reacted to it. If this play happened today, the commentators would've at least called attention to it.
@tjhunt1976 cos.. this was Defensive Player of the Year era MJ.. Physical prime MJ.. and also cos you know it was 'legal'.. Zeke didn't palm the ball like AI did..
@tjhunt1976 aganist a younger jordan with superior reflexes and without carrying the ball,as baldheadkid pointed out. i think thomas fakes jordan out(as if he is going to go right) in this play,i think thats better than over-using the ball to cross him.
@GrooTheWanderer80 Whoa now don't go trashn Bill Russell cuz he was the real, but u r rite...Kinda. the thing is in the 60's, they had all the good ppl all on one team and the rest were scrubs. Thts why the lakers and the celtics have championships than nyother team franchise. So yea Russells 11 rings isn't as impressiv as MJs 6 rings
@Andrew300Humphrey those bullshit 1960's rings dont count. There were like 5 teams in the league back then. Dude was dominating a bunch of 6'7 unathletic white guys. YAWN. Bill Russell would have been no better than Tyson Chandler in todays game. Fuck outta here. Mike's 6 rings are 100x more valid and authentic than old ass Russell's bullshit rusty ass rings.
@GrooTheWanderer80 Hmm yes it's obvious that you're much to immature to actually appreciate the greatness of the old days, now don't get me wrong I was never dissin MJ he's actually in my top 5 Fave players It was unclebob who was acting like a troll so I trolled him back. Oh and btw Wilt Chamberlain was not only African-American but was also 7'1'' so go read up on Nba history then come talk to me with a valid argument.
@mownai2 why do idiots like u even comment. thats not the point of the video. i hate when someone gets crossed over and retards respond wiht "oh he has more rings" or " oh he's better than him so who cares this guy is a nobody" the point of the video is that he crossed jordan no one cares who has more rings or who is a better player. did jordan get his shit crossed up?! end of story
my all time team
1- ISIAH THOMAS (90)
2-MJ (92)
3-DIRK NOWITZKI (2011)
4-TIM DUNCAN (2003)
5-SHAQ (2000)
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deimiankm8 3 days ago
Notice that no one even reacts to this. Nowadays people act as if a crossover is as a good as a win. The game had more important priorities back then.
jp3813 3 days ago 8
@jp3813 I honestly don't think many point guards today have the gall to drive this hard to the cup in clutch situations either.
drumass666 3 days ago 2
@drumass666 Actually, it's much easier for point guards to do that today given the rule changes and softer defense: watch?v=ar9gqBBLA6w
jp3813 3 days ago
@jp3813 Matador defenses and floating 1-2-2 zone sets aside, I could only imagine Monta Ellis, Derrick Rose, Allen Iverson,...maybe Steve Nash with the intestinal fortitude to charge at the rim like that in this situation--especially considering the chance of getting decked or hacked hard as payback with no flagrant foul rule instituted. Everybody else would've pulled up or worked it around for a quick 3-pointer before putting the Bulls back on the line. Zeke was one of a kind. Good stuff.
drumass666 3 days ago
@drumass666 Back then, yes. Nowadays, Nash could get "3 layups in a row" in the playoffs against a so-called double team by Tim Duncan. Zeke would have a field day w/ that kind of defense.
jp3813 3 days ago
@jp3813 Hell yeah.
drumass666 2 days ago
@jp3813 Or maybe we appreciate every little thing a lot more.
saiyajin11 2 days ago
@jp3813 Also, this was AT the Bulls' arena, duh there wasn't any cheer.
saiyajin11 2 days ago
@saiyajin11 I ain't talkin' about cheers. I mean just listen to the commentators themselves. They weren't even impressed. Back then, you could break a defender's ankles and the crowd wouldn't react no matter if it's the offensive player's home game or not. As people pointed out, this is probably better than Iverson's cross on MJ, yet it ain't over-hyped and shown on TV over and over. It was normal and unimportant.
jp3813 2 days ago
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razorsharpandonpoint 23 hours ago
because the pistons were about to lose the game lol and if you have every followed iversons story he was in high school and he always said he could take MJ,and people use to tell him he was crazy, everything about it was perfect crowd on their feet, people were calling jordan the goat and here is this little 6'0 rookie guard going against a great 6'6 215 guard, he took that moment and he seized everything about it was just perfect, but of course jordan has 6 rings and thats all that matters
razorsharpandonpoint 23 hours ago
@razorsharpandonpoint That's not the main reason. If Iverson did that back in the 80's, no one would've made a big deal out of it b/c breaking ankles didn't become a huge thing until much later. There were many instances where players like MJ & Isiah would make their opponents fall down and people never reacted to it. If this play happened today, the commentators would've at least called attention to it.
jp3813 17 hours ago
far better than iversons crossover on jordan
netcap001 5 days ago
@netcap001 why?
tjhunt1976 4 days ago
@tjhunt1976 cos.. this was Defensive Player of the Year era MJ.. Physical prime MJ.. and also cos you know it was 'legal'.. Zeke didn't palm the ball like AI did..
baldheadkid 4 days ago
@tjhunt1976 aganist a younger jordan with superior reflexes and without carrying the ball,as baldheadkid pointed out. i think thomas fakes jordan out(as if he is going to go right) in this play,i think thats better than over-using the ball to cross him.
netcap001 4 days ago
*alot more championships
St0mp3m1ndanuts 1 week ago
@GrooTheWanderer80 Whoa now don't go trashn Bill Russell cuz he was the real, but u r rite...Kinda. the thing is in the 60's, they had all the good ppl all on one team and the rest were scrubs. Thts why the lakers and the celtics have championships than nyother team franchise. So yea Russells 11 rings isn't as impressiv as MJs 6 rings
St0mp3m1ndanuts 1 week ago
Wow he crossed him over like butter.
Chooify 3 weeks ago
MJ has four more rings. Suck it.
unclebobunclebob 1 month ago
@unclebobunclebob Bill Russell has four more rings than that. Suck it.
Andrew300Humphrey 1 month ago
@Andrew300Humphrey I love Bill Russell...so suck THAT.
unclebobunclebob 1 month ago
@Andrew300Humphrey those bullshit 1960's rings dont count. There were like 5 teams in the league back then. Dude was dominating a bunch of 6'7 unathletic white guys. YAWN. Bill Russell would have been no better than Tyson Chandler in todays game. Fuck outta here. Mike's 6 rings are 100x more valid and authentic than old ass Russell's bullshit rusty ass rings.
GrooTheWanderer80 1 month ago
@GrooTheWanderer80 Hmm yes it's obvious that you're much to immature to actually appreciate the greatness of the old days, now don't get me wrong I was never dissin MJ he's actually in my top 5 Fave players It was unclebob who was acting like a troll so I trolled him back. Oh and btw Wilt Chamberlain was not only African-American but was also 7'1'' so go read up on Nba history then come talk to me with a valid argument.
Andrew300Humphrey 1 month ago
Great cross. That would've worked on anyone.
uberathlete 3 months ago
jordan has more rings than him though
mownai2 3 months ago
@mownai2 why do idiots like u even comment. thats not the point of the video. i hate when someone gets crossed over and retards respond wiht "oh he has more rings" or " oh he's better than him so who cares this guy is a nobody" the point of the video is that he crossed jordan no one cares who has more rings or who is a better player. did jordan get his shit crossed up?! end of story
gkb 3 months ago
very smart crossover he knew mj would think thtt the big man was setting a screen so isiah faked him----- very nice
ozzyyooo 4 months ago
Great video
davidbehman 5 months ago
MJ was in his prime here lol Zeke is one of my favorite players all time
dalrekantarah 7 months ago 12
What the... that was worse than Iversons
Zhonce 10 months ago
Put Iverson in that Pistons team back them... lol... Iverson was a Pistons for once and...
defencerulez 5 months ago