Michael Jordan 2003 v MVPs Nash and Nowitski

[MrTyrese112]

If he had played 4 new jersey or teamed up wit vince he wouldve won another championship but if he did go to jersey he would hav to go bak to bein 45 caz 23 is retired there

[chabowker]

18 combined MVP awards (NBA, Finals, All-Star) in this game. Crazy.

[fullybuiltcivic1]

Mj in this form on a stacked team would be dangerous

[thabulls420]

just imagine how bad mj woulda made miamis big 3 cry if they had to compete against this guy in his prime... LOL they would fucking kill themselves

[kings4days]

0:17 Man even back then nash was getting beat up by the spurs...

[vincespell]

Jordan and Oakley still hanging from the beginning to the end

[MrVhatever]

The first time they played that year, Jordan only got like 8 points. They lost both games to the mavs.

[greenwayne122]

damn if he did that to them at the age of 40 imagine if he was 30 lol

[sparkyEst]

@greenwayne122 u dont have to imagine it just go watch 1993 finals or something LOL

[v0odoochild001]

Love seeing two of my fav players growing up play each other (Nash and MJ)

[tgms177]

but in the end washington lost the game

[AntalisVonLeus]

I remember Nash on the MAVS... LOL

[lasoogneypubes]

I like Jordan, but carrying doesn't seem to exist anymore in the NBA..

[nadav64]

3:05

age 40

[MTHvideos]

great times, jordan is 100000000000000000000000000000­000000 times better tham kobe

[IIIL47v]

Jordan is a complete player. Kobe may be great in the offensive end, but here we are talking about the greatest ever offensive player and one of the greatest ever defensive player in MJ. It's MJ's equally greatness at the defensive end that made him the greatest basketball player who ever lived IMO.

[enriq747]

the moment when MJ holds the ball tight..he knew the ball will find its jumper. MJ played with ease not with fear. If there's michael jordan there's basketball.

[jeanrollan]

Damn, he schooled Van Exel on that move!

[TrueCall]

well who won? I've watched like 6 of these types of videos and it never says anywhere who won.

[2muchswagg4ya]

@TrueCall mavs won

[Coven23]

Man those guys without Mj those 2 years it would be a miracle if they would get 10 wins.Man those guys sucked big time.

MJ at that time in a good team he could have gotten no 7 & 8

[osirisrox1]

lets see kobe dominate when his alredy 40 yrs old

[WushuDude13]

jordan could have won 9 rings in a row. the 2 against the rockets i think were more than possible and the lockout year could easily have been the bulls if not for kruase and his bullshit. and if he had a decent team that could have won at least 1 more. jordan has had one of the greatest careers of all-time but yet there are so many "what if's". ....

[BlueRul]

@WushuDude13 and 2 more against the Pistons at the end of the 80's as well.

[PJHunterTJ]

ABC was horrible at calling this game.

[msaherds]

Players today dont seem to know too much about the game

[Taywarit13]

damn wizard suck...jordan the only one that playing hard and wanna win

[shivam241]

mj is the best of all time :)

[willsmackyoudown]

(cont)

But its unheard of to hear about 40 year old PGs and SGs that put up these types of performances. In order for Lebron to keep his athleticsm hes going to have to learn how to play the PF position in 6-7 years otherwise hes in trouble.

[fernandezjefferson]

See that footwork? that fucking nasty footwork of a 40 year old.. Damn that was very vintage

[rooshan101]

hell yeah.....but heard jordan be tearing up that dance floor with them 19yr-old co-eds....too...with his footwork

[moneyman237952]

he schooled two mvp candidates of the game. Nash and Nowitzki are two of the top players in todays game.

[ClanassaH]

halimaw ka talaga Idol !! 2:54

[leifrms]

wanna be like mike!

[RickyAhubbard]

Michael Jordan is real the bestest in the world and better than kobe bryant. lebron proalaby better than him because when he will be 40 yr old.

[chaveznieves]

@RickyAhubbard

bestest? what are you 9? learn your superlatives little boy.

[RickyAhubbard]

im 12. i am deaf

[chaveznieves]

i don't care. just because your deaf doesn't mean you can't learn. and if your 12 you should know that bestest isn't a word

[willsmackyoudown]

@RickyAhubbard

Lol, Lebron will be just like kobe. They will age horribly. Its already happening to kobe. Those are two players who's athleticism will die with age. MJ's body was just evolution wise.. years ahead of everyone else. Only centers are playing at 40 years old because of the lack of movement they can still use their size

[adammanymoons]

I hated how announcers during this comeback would always state the obvious during every game. "He can't hang like he used to..."

Yeah, that's because he's 40, you idiot. Him playing as well as he did was a marvel of science.

[chaveznieves]

and yet he still could hang quite a bit

[waihong001]

well, i wonder if the announcer can play in nba, in that age with a knee injury.

[loki1830]

Too bad he played with a crap team. If he would have played with a better team he would have another ring.

[waihong001]

but if his team plays well, he doesn't need to come out and play.

[Taywarit13]

@loki1830 y did he choose the wizard and not like boston or magic? or any other team that can win

[loki1830]

@Taywarit13 Not sure did not follow to closely. You tell me. Why he did not choose a championship team?

[Taywarit13]

@loki1830 i think he just came back to see if he could compete with the young stars as of like king james and and kobe and d wade maybe..cause if he wanted to come back to win a championship he would chose a better team and no team would say no to mj.

[netcap001]

@loki1830

because he was a partial owner of the wizards and wasnt happy with the team's success

[Kelly119119]

@loki1830 It's a few years back now...but didn't he own part of the Wizards? I'm thinking that's why he played for them. But yes, put him a contender in these couple seasons, would have been more fun to watch, and likely another ring.

[mjordanisnumber1]

Is there any doubt that he isn't the greatest?

[jerjeremy]

no,, absolutely no

[Jase291981]

I'm a Lakers fan and I adore Kobe but he ain't got nothin on MJ. Jordan is unequivocally the greatest EVER. That isn't my opinion, it's fact. Anyone who thinks differently has rocks in their head

[zyos272303]

did the wizards win this game???

[triklops]

1:55 ridiculous speed.....He was 40  (!!!!!!)

[wanyiren]

true it didnt come into my mind until i saw ur comment and reviewed the play. omg that was FAST!

[mosho0915]

jordan> nash & nowitski

[wanyiren]

do u mean jordan > nash , nowitski?

i like it better :

jordan > nash + nowitski lol.

[barkazzaz]

wow he had a realy bad team......

GOAT without a doubt!

[LeeDiddy990]

Man even at the age of 40 Jordan proved that he was the best of all-time. 20 ppg at the age of 40 is hard to do not even Kareem Abdul-Jabbar posted those type of numbers. I think he set the record for most points scored by a 40 year old in a game. he also hold the record for being the oldest player to score 50 points in a game against charlotte.

[sirclahan]

a mile away for anybody!!!

he is fukin unbelievable!!!

the GOAT

[jbrun3]

that split the defense move at 1:58 is unbelievable for a 40 year old....the greatest 40 yr old baller the game will ever see is in action here.

[matthewkoz]

what a rebound!

[JAVONMJOHNSON09]

at 1;32 thats how u can tell he was past his prime

[Kito343]

of course hes past his prime HES 40 YEARS OLD WHEN THIS HAPPENED!!!

[ryanrama21]

kobe is a great player but jordan is waaayyyy better.

[ucirat]

lol jordan sucks hard

[daGOATmj23]

Shut the fuck up!!

[buluanationalhigh]

so,.who won,.,

[artfuldodgerking101]

2:55 was a nasty move by mj

[artfuldodgerking101]

The man at age 40 averegeged 20+ppg..he was a monster and he had 2 50 point performances on the wizards lol..he is the greatest of all time hands down

[spiderlocjohnny]

the best player in the NBA!!!!

[iversonfansdee]

paaaaaaaaaaaaaaa jordan asta de minunea lu Dumnez-o

[ESS757]

With all do respect neither dirk or nash were in their prime like they are now wen they played mj in 2003

[jp3813]

Neither was MJ.

[huntingwolf20]

They should have been. Jordan was scoring between 32 to 37 a game when he was at a similar point in his career. And in this vid they are a lot closer to their prime than Mike, or should have been anyways. Nash deserved only one of his MVPs in my opinion, if that cause they've never made the finals. Dirk deserved his though I think, although he choked in the finals.

[falkner23]

go check out how old steve nash is and your see nash is way past his prime now

[ESS757]

i no how old he is and ino hes past his prime now

[artfuldodgerking101]

and as far as ur statement with nash and dirk not being in thier prime holds no weight..cause compare jordan in his prime to nash and nowitski in theres..they arent even in the same sentence..this is a watered down jordan and look what hes doing..throw 7 years back in his legs and see what he'll do to this so called dallas team that baron davis tore apart in the playoffs..lol i cant believe u would even make that comment

[ESS757]

true wat ur saying both in thier primes are no match 4 MJ but come on who is? nobody i just think both guys not being in thier peak against a MJ whos past his best means nothing but the nash who won back 2 back mvps and dirk who took dallas to finals in 06 would have bin a tougher test

[Cubfan2240]

Its stuff like this that proves that this generation has nothing on the Jordan era. Those guys could play.

[clearwind]

three cant guard him even mj is 40, imagine how he will destroy the weak defense at 25

[MJisKingKobesuckss]

Jordan at 40 still dicking them. Jordan in his prime on the weak ass zone d with defensive 3 seconds would get 40 a night. Not only was he Faster and stronger then everyone else. He was much smarter. And you see that finding his open shots busting up the weak ass zone.

[Level7even]

If u look closely at some of the moves Nash starting doing in this game, they were almost exact copies of Jordans moves, Nash was smart, you wanna be the best play like the best, and he may not be the best overall or have a championship but at the end of his career no matter what he's still walking away with MVP's

[alessdiavolo]

Technique is what allowed Michael to play that old. No argue about who´s better than Mike... No kobe, No Lebron, No Carter... they don´t have it. Kobe is the closest but he won´t be like Mike, he has gotten the highest level he can. Lebron is still young, but if you are intelligent you´ll notice immediately that he won´t have Jordan´s style never. Vince... no comments!

[ClipCoug]

Magic Johnson vs Michael Jordan. That's probably the best challenge of anybody. Jordan vs Bird is another. Kobe's not even in the top 5 Lakers of all time so being better than the GOAT???? Makes no sense.

[alessdiavolo]

Tha´s what I´ve been supporting all the time, Jordan is in another level, beyond Kobe, Lebron, Vince... even when people use to compare him with them because of similar plays. Anyway... Jordan has been the best so for and hé will be... until we have another athlete, you know what I mean? Jordan wasn´t only a basketball player, he was an amazing athlete.

[marleyjay01]

yeah this video was ALL mj. u cant have video of compares and not show the other guys

[wizardhype]

Kobe is a good player who will always just be a comparison and a bad one at that. If you want proof then watch how Kobe played in this years finals.

[ryyaaan]

yo who won that game?

[MEMTigers08]

the wizards was bad even with the LEGENDS OF ALL LEGENDS

[playball66]

No offense to Kobe but we will have to wait until Kobe retires to compare them because I don't know of anyone who could be that good at forty years old he was better at forty than most guys are at 25. he was right in the conversation for best shooting guard and the MVP at the age of forty.

[whiteboi626]

i watch this video just thinking if he was young he would JUST MURDER that team wow...

[ristlinmajare]

Nash and Nowitski must've learned a move or two from Jordan after this close game lol

[ForEmily23]

this game is great, but also sad... no denying MJ still had what it took to excel in the NBA..I think it was honorable to try to life the Wizards...but just think if MJ would have came back with a decent team. Put him on a team like the Kings or even the Pacers at this time, and watch out world....

[dimedropper1992]

if mj played today he would average 20 pts 5 rebounds and 5 assists pergame.

[ConstructionMadness]

can't see the rejection, it happened too fast ;P

[jejefferson590]

who wins?

[Kobeownzu81]

hes got all the moves. as a kid i only saw him play on the wizards, so i thought he wasnt as good because he didnt win championships.i never realized even at age 40 he was still one of the best in the league.

[nashrules13]

Well, MJ is amazing. But the fact that that happened isn't like...completely mind boggling. Neither Nash nor Nowitzki were MVP's at that time...so...MJ schooled.

[Moedog81295]

nash looks good in blue... its not that im checking him out or something cause im just saying

[casx52bam]

jordan was so old when he played for washington. haha

[casx52bam]

jordan was so old when he played for washington. haha

[zentetsuken19]

how i wish ive watch michael during his basketball years..

[barisyaman95]

yes..who won????

[Ueki0507]

who won?

[noel8421]

mavricks. only cuz jordan's teammates were vaginas.

but jordan's the BEST

[redtube69]

great

[nkauyeung]

nash is my favorite player :D must MJ is a legend....=PP

[1980display]

We all know that Jordan is the GOAT.

but this comparison is fucking stupid.

The guy who posted the vid said..

"MJ faces the NBAs MVPs for the past 3 seasons; 2 time MVP Steve Nash (MVP 2005, 2006) and Dirk Nowitski (MVP 2007) and outscores both of them."

what a fuckin idiot. In 2003 , neither Nash nor Dirk were what they are "today".

[sunike07]

i actually found it quite disrespectin when the commenters called jordan "the old man"...i understand that he's old but the fact that was unstoppable before and he still got it now...makes me refer him as "the legend" instead...that's on the reals tho...that's my respect to Michael Jordan

[trowabarton321]

Hes the "old man" kicking all the young men's asses the master showing them how its done

[Rakkapakalla]

Which team won the game ?

[yosief2004]

dallas

[nashMVP]

the skill of MJ is very consistent if it just wasn't for his KNEE, because he played for a long time and during the time when he retired his knees is not used in resting all the time, and as he returns to the game his knees were always having water

[sunike07]

i can imagine how deadly MJ can be if he was twice as fast on every move he executed, he would have blown the Mavs out! MJ is and will always be a LEGEND!!!

[accepttrue]

Jordan's ribs is one of injury, he also had knee surgery. imagine if he was healty, he should have led his team to playoff for least

[keyTT]

if he made that reverse shot, the house would've gone crazy

[jordanlover23]

(cont.) Walton then explains that when you absolutely needed a rebound, Jordan would always come up with them. They revisited this notion a couple of times throughout the game. And then, as if on cue, Jordan grabs about 4 crucial rebounds in the final 3 minutes of the game, including two offensive iirc. Walton then essentially says "see? I was correct." Jordan was a fantastically underrated rebounder.

[jordanlover23]

Incidentally, at the 1:05 mark, the beginning of that exchange between Walton and Tolbert begins with Walton calling Jordan "the best rebounder in the league back in the day," to which Tolbert responds by saying that Barkley was. (cont.)

[jordanlover23]

The work he does to get open at 4:38, and then the shot over a great defender. Poking the ball away from Nash at 4:57 and then nearly blocking his shot after the recovery (Jordan needed to ganble there because they were down and were trying to force a TO). The final shot at 5:10 under extreme duress. Just an amazing game overall.

[jordanlover23]

The insane block on Van Exel at 3:20. Some people like to act as though Jordan got all his steals and blocks by gambling, but here you see him perfectly playing the off-the-ball screen action which was trying to free up Dirk, and only flashing across the lane for the block when it's apparent that Van Exel was taking it all the way himself, and when Van Exel could not see Jordan coming. Perfect timing and great effort from a 40 year old.

[jordanlover23]

Look at the perfect reverse dribble on Van Excel at 2:55 (no one today executes reverse dribbles at full speed as well as Jordan did), and then the perfect fake on Nowitzki (he had to fake out to the side to get Dirk jumping outwards so he had room to step through), and then look how he protected the ball on the step-through, avoiding reaching hands and allowing him a clean look at the rim. Perfect.

[jordanlover23]

How easily he gets past Adrian Griffin at 1:27 despite missing the shot. The entire sequence at 1:58 where he reads the defense perfectly and changes direction on a dime, plus the little hop step (again, no one has ever used the hop step more effectively) and finish as he jumps sideways off the hop step. At 2:21, look at how he goes between the legs and then brings the ball HIGH through the reaching defenders to split them on the hop step (again).

[popeyeisgood]

the move on 2:21 is just classic jordan. to me that's the most effective crossover ever in the nba. jordan didnt have to drible extra for same or better effect.

i was watching the 69 point game and he has a crossover jumper just like that, the quick change of direction without losing any momentum is just beautiful.

[jordanlover23]

So many amazing plays here: look at how he sniffs out that play at 19 seconds and cuts in front of Dirk to intercept the pass; just tremendous anticipation. Look how quickly he reads the defense at 1:08 to get to a spot for an open shot, and how he sets up the shot with a perfect hop step and by bringing the ball high between the defenders' hands -- no one ever used the hop step as well as Jordan in such a variety of contexts.

[popeyeisgood]

i agree. jordan's hopstep is just so natural. i dont know how to discribe. he is not forcing it like other, judging by how light the step actually is. the whole move is just smooth, i think that's why he got away with a lot of travelling call just because he is too smooth.

[hPeAiUdLe]

if i'm not mistaken,a 39 year old mvp candidate! simply the greatest ever!

[andgar923]

this shit is cutting off and not posting some of my comments...fuckin YOu Tube.

[bwink23]

If you play and your older, what happens when you take time off?? It takes months to regain any skills and endurance, even then you've lost gains you'll never recover again. Even after his first retirement, he wasn't the same, although enough to be the dominant player of the day. Imagine if he never retired, there would be no arguments on who was the greatest.

[andgar923]

His vertical wasn't the same of course, but if he would've had at the very least, 5 more inches on it, his jumper and fade would've been that much more hard to stop. Combined with a faster first step...he's even that much harder to defend.

He's shooting more ft and his percentage is up to .460 around that much.

[andgar923]

His first step would've been respected. This is HUGE cuz it opens up the rest of his game. This is what kept him from shooting a higher percentage. It allowed defenders to play him that much tighter since he couldn't blow by them.

[andgar923]

Not even a young Jordan, but a "healthier" Jordan, would easily have his way.

Lets face it, he was never gonna be 100% healthy, but even this is what a 75% healthy MJ would've done.

[jordanunbeatable2345]

respect and honor his career, you can say shit about his worstcomeback of the year, but true fans like me still loved watching him play even though the outcome is not the same as usual.

[tazbomberman]

glad to see you're back uploading clips . that spin move on van exel and up and under on nowitski was incredible

[andgar923]

I know the following are alot of "would've" and "could've"....

But what if MJ didn't rush his return and started to prepare himself accordingly?

What if Artest never broke his ribs?

[kOrOne79]

I think it's safe to say that he would have been better, at least in his first year with the Wizards.

Artest was regretful about Jordan's injury and basically said the same thing.

[jaboo82681]

3:00 min mark was vintage Jordan up fake and off the glass move

[popeyeisgood]

great to see you post again jxn23. i like how you can really see his speed getting slow. but still he managed to score no matter what. he is just so complete that no other nba player can compare with.

looks how little extra move he needed to score a basket. it is just crazy.

[kOrOne79]

I second that, nice job dude.

A washed-up oldie can compete with the best in the NBA, now imagine what a prime Jordan would do today.

I believe it was Paul Pierce who said that the old MJ was still amongst the 10-20 best players in the league.

Again, nice upload.

[andgar923]

thanks....just shows how pathetic these players are.

LOL

Jordan giving Bell the business as well. If a 39 yr old Jordan can score on him that easily, of course a 29 yr old Kobe is gonna have his way.

Ehlo>>>>Bell

[utfanatic2000]

Good upload. 40 year old MJ still getting it done at BOTH ends in a superior fashion...just incredible. GOAT