@Gman1522 There was no 3-point shot in the NCAA that season (the line you see is the NBA line, since they game was played in the Nets home arena). Thus, there was no need to defend the perimeter tightly like teams do today. As a defense, you want the other team to take 20-footers.
There's no doubt of MJ's greatness but Kentucky's defense here is awful. A lot of those jumpshots he hit were easy looks without even a hand in his face.
@shanergm cuz they think since he's a rookie he isnt really important so they sag off a bit until he does.. well this and plus they were doubling the center
@Belburg didn't have to be even at that currently level he was probably already better playing with other all americans he just didn't have to go all out.
@CAM8689 It's possible, but he still wasn't at the level Worthy was at.His best quality was the intensity, which Worthy mentioned about in an interview a while back.
Gosh both teams played really lousy defense and unc would pass the ball instead of taking the open shot. Michael did great though. That game was sooo slow low paced that it reminded me of a retirement home basketball pick up game.
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@Zachmandar Apparently it was rare for Jordan to hit mid range jumpers in college. I guess this game is an exception. Still if true it would explain the different shooting motion he developed after turning pro.
Thanks for Posting anything that early in Jordan's Career! So cool to look back seeing the Potential he had then. Even cooler that he Fullfilled his Potential and now looking back makes it even sweeter. This Flashback shows he had all the tools then, and was Coached by the right People and had a Great Family supporting'. I Subbed.
"A lot of people say that Michael Jordan is the best freshman ball player in the country...I don't believe it." Hahaha. I wonder how that guy feels about that comment now?
@wonderbread1 That's Al McGuire, and that's not what he said. He said "I don't..." and you can't tell what he says after that. He could've gone on to talk about a completely different thing. By the way, Michael Jordan was probably not the best freshman ball player in the country. Patrick Ewing was.
@wonderbread1 well he probably wasn't at the time...he wasn't near as good in college as the nba, he was awesome in college though but he was just amazing in the nba
@wonderbread1 This old guy saying this at the beginning is a fucking retard and knows nothing about college basketball and should be selling hotdogs in the stands there...
Three future NBA All Stars here..Worthy, Perkins & Jordan....great team work here ..move the Ky D with the pass. UNC National Champs that year! Great University & head Coach ! Go Heels TCUNC76
.......and you are taking this waaaay too seriously guy! lol That defense was atrocious - based on the athleticism and speed of Jordan!! Did u stop to think that modern defenses changed almost entirely BECAUSE of Jordan? It's true. All coaches admit to it. Only few players in history changed the way the game was played: George Mikan, Wilt, and MJ. All I'm saying is that defenses are a lot faster and tougher now. And i'm 32 btw.
"Our rules are [designed] to [allow] players to [penetrate] for [high percentage] shots. This has [allowed] for more high quality [perimeter] shots as well, because of how much [easier] it is to penetrate today."
-- Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations
"The committee instituted a 3-second rule for defenders in order to [prevent] teams from [parking taller players] in the post. The goal was to [free the lanes] & [encourage] cuts & drives through the paint. With those changes, among other factors, offenses have [opened up] & scoring has [climbed]."
-- NY Times, Feb 29 2009
So I guess the Top 10 scorers in the NBA had a 23% INCREASE in ppg avg's 1 yr AFTER the changes to the defensive rules because they're "tougher" now huh?
im surprise no one is going blast their b.s. comments n sayind "First" lol but a point made by one of the commentators @ 0:28 about MJ that they never new yet y he was great (best rookies) even then... hes a rookie he doesn't have respect yet.
that is the worst defense i've ever seen lol. unc just ray the same play over and over, and got open jump shots
djNIBUS 2 months ago
HE HAD A WEIRD LOOKING SHOT IN COLLEGE...VERY DIFFERENT FORM THAN HIS FORM IN THE NBA.
fadeawade03 3 months ago
THANK GOD I WATCHED YOU MICHAEL YOU WERE A PIECE OF ART ...
paradiZZio26 3 months ago
"ANOTHER SHOT FOR 'MIKE' JORDAN." This was before "michael" LOL
NYCGERSON777 4 months ago
that defense is soo weak Guys would get 21 points off 3's
Gman1522 5 months ago
@Gman1522 There was no 3-point shot in the NCAA that season (the line you see is the NBA line, since they game was played in the Nets home arena). Thus, there was no need to defend the perimeter tightly like teams do today. As a defense, you want the other team to take 20-footers.
mrmacross 4 months ago
that zone would get destroyed in todays basketball
alfonzolamar 5 months ago
LOL, had they knew who MJ was at the time, they would NEVER leave him ungarded!
xenialvirtuoso 6 months ago
There's no doubt of MJ's greatness but Kentucky's defense here is awful. A lot of those jumpshots he hit were easy looks without even a hand in his face.
shanergm 6 months ago
@shanergm cuz they think since he's a rookie he isnt really important so they sag off a bit until he does.. well this
JustEric1037 5 months ago
@shanergm cuz they think since he's a rookie he isnt really important so they sag off a bit until he does.. well this and plus they were doubling the center
JustEric1037 5 months ago
As a TRUE FRESHMAN...it was becoming clear how great a player the then-Mike Jordan was.
AEMoreira81 6 months ago
Ten years before I was born.
iheartjonscheyer30 6 months ago
Teams should pass like this now.
PJHunterTJ 6 months ago
UNC was lucky that Bowie wasn't there.....might have changed things.
Belburg 6 months ago
@Belburg with MJ there hardly anything to be worried about
CAM8689 6 months ago
@CAM8689 Possibly, but this wasn't the same all-world Jordan people would come to fear and revere.
Belburg 6 months ago
@Belburg didn't have to be even at that currently level he was probably already better playing with other all americans he just didn't have to go all out.
CAM8689 6 months ago
@CAM8689 It's possible, but he still wasn't at the level Worthy was at.His best quality was the intensity, which Worthy mentioned about in an interview a while back.
Belburg 6 months ago
@Belburg didn't have to be Michael even then was probably the 2nd best talent on the floor period behind Big Game James.
CAM8689 6 months ago
@CAM8689 Don't forget Sam Perkins was also very talented.I think, at that time, he was very underrated, even maybe better than mike.
Belburg 6 months ago
ahahaah mike jordan shoot the freetrows from the side of the head ahahah funny...in this video you can look how many works he do after
fabiop82 7 months ago
haha, they used to call him "Mike Jordan", lol
iJake69 7 months ago
lol 'Mike' Jordan
FanOfTheDoraemons 7 months ago 2
Gosh both teams played really lousy defense and unc would pass the ball instead of taking the open shot. Michael did great though. That game was sooo slow low paced that it reminded me of a retirement home basketball pick up game.
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MrGarrett1993 8 months ago
Pass, pass, mid range jumper.
Pass, pass, mid range jumper.
College ball is given the impression of being HELLA boring back then.
I mean they don't even hustle to contest the shot.
cochrum138 8 months ago
Al mcguire was a smart guy. he was sweating MIKE jordan lol
sneak108 9 months ago
lmao he's never ever been mike jordan. im appauled to hear that lol
sneak108 9 months ago
"Mike Jordan" lol
djmaxx5050 9 months ago 2
omg, i thought Inspector Gadget was commenting the game for the first few seconds
MTWyouth 10 months ago
dont wanna be a hater but all hes doing is hitting open jumpers
WingZeroXXXG 11 months ago
@WingZeroXXXG lol, but i guess he is the only one that's trying to get open.
FanOfTheDoraemons 7 months ago
I know right?? This is almost hularious. Mike Jordan. Little did they know. Oh by the way Big Game James also
davidvirgodc 1 year ago
Jordan's jumpshot is so different from college
Zachmandar 1 year ago 2
@Zachmandar Apparently it was rare for Jordan to hit mid range jumpers in college. I guess this game is an exception. Still if true it would explain the different shooting motion he developed after turning pro.
DirkXXVI 11 months ago
He was an exceptional colored player.
FreeBlago1 1 year ago
Why don't they use overhead shots more in basketball? I like the angle and being able to see the whole play.
zofspade 1 year ago
was defence invented back then?
Anthonydp 1 year ago
y is there a three point line in this video< but not in the 82 championship game
QdaChosenOne23 1 year ago
that elbow jump shot was open all game. Jordan can shot fine there! and this was two days before the day i was born! so great game!
dlawson688 1 year ago
That Zone defense sucks Monkey Balls !
Bignick1164 1 year ago 10
marv albert. mike jordan. lol
torea30 1 year ago
Look at Joe B. Hall playing that bitch ass zone defense.
dolphinbuc 1 year ago
Thanks for Posting anything that early in Jordan's Career! So cool to look back seeing the Potential he had then. Even cooler that he Fullfilled his Potential and now looking back makes it even sweeter. This Flashback shows he had all the tools then, and was Coached by the right People and had a Great Family supporting'. I Subbed.
SwaggerLikeUz 1 year ago 3
Where´s the fucking DEFENSE ?!?!?!?!
KonkreteXXX 1 year ago
Mike Jordan
haha
jake99776 1 year ago
announcer doubting on Jordan if only he knew...........
verbalhigh 1 year ago
KEntucky's defense in this video is awful!!!!
xK3vinx24 1 year ago
BEST COLLEGE SQUAD EVER...!!!
LUVSTAAA 1 year ago
Who is Mike Jordan? Funny to hear Marv Albert call him Mike instead of Michael.
osuswoosh 1 year ago 3
"A lot of people say that Michael Jordan is the best freshman ball player in the country...I don't believe it." Hahaha. I wonder how that guy feels about that comment now?
wonderbread1 1 year ago 52
@wonderbread1 I was thinking the same thing
fhumnagads 1 year ago
@wonderbread1 That's Al McGuire, and that's not what he said. He said "I don't..." and you can't tell what he says after that. He could've gone on to talk about a completely different thing. By the way, Michael Jordan was probably not the best freshman ball player in the country. Patrick Ewing was.
idster7 1 year ago
@wonderbread1
Well he died in 2000, the announcer.
SFFOOL76 1 year ago
@wonderbread1
Well the announcer Al McGuire died 10 years ago.
SFFOOL76 1 year ago
@SFFOOL76: Ouch, I wonder how wonderbread feels about that comment now. lol
tombrokaw3 1 year ago
@SFFOOL76: Ouch, I wonder how wonderbread1 feels about his own comment now. lol
tombrokaw3 1 year ago
@wonderbread1 You realize you are operating on 30 years of awareness of him right? This guy probably only had at most a year.
mrjimi1 1 year ago
@wonderbread1 Probably the same. He may have not been the best freshman ball player that season...
tarheel32blue 7 months ago
@wonderbread1 Since Al McGuire died about 10 years ago, pretty sure he's not too worried about a comment he made in December 1981.
jenkinja 7 months ago
@wonderbread1 well he probably wasn't at the time...he wasn't near as good in college as the nba, he was awesome in college though but he was just amazing in the nba
emericaclay1 6 months ago
@wonderbread1 Why? Nothing he did after his freshman year affects how good he was during his freshman year.
AiRcAmErOn 2 months ago
@wonderbread1 That "guy" is HOF coach Al McGuire who passed away about 10 years ago.
jdthebooster 2 months ago
@wonderbread1 This old guy saying this at the beginning is a fucking retard and knows nothing about college basketball and should be selling hotdogs in the stands there...
orangefanization 1 month ago
@wonderbread1 So Jordan was the best incoming high school senior this year? Who were up there with him?
Lorenshyne 1 month ago
@wonderbread1 well he only meant as a freshman, was he actually the best freshman at the time?
TreyCH11 3 weeks ago
I promise we will try have a much fun as UK did the year just prior thanks.
verbalhigh 1 year ago
u aren't crazy. just a MORON to compare Wall to the GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL FREAKIN TIME. sorry. I'm a big wall fan, but lay off the crack son.
dddevin69 2 years ago
thats the shittiest defence ive ever seen
startingsgatwwms 2 years ago
UNC all day
verbalhigh 2 years ago
Michael Jordan? Never heard of him.....
EagleLC21 2 years ago
@EagleLC21 lol
liljayjay260 1 year ago
im a kentucky wildcat fan too.. but yes you are crazy lol wall as good of career as jordan? lol a bit far fetched
abbot86 2 years ago 2
lol listen to the play by play at :30 I bet he felt stupid years later
pistonsfan1991 2 years ago 3
defense looks terrible
mikehamid 2 years ago
Mid-range game is sick!!!
that1prince 2 years ago
No the phrase was to keep scoring 20 a game was Dean Smith, and in the 84 olympics the joke was that Bob Knight kept him from scoring 15 a game.
SFFOOL76 2 years ago
Three future NBA All Stars here..Worthy, Perkins & Jordan....great team work here ..move the Ky D with the pass. UNC National Champs that year! Great University & head Coach ! Go Heels TCUNC76
TCUNC76 2 years ago 11
@TCUNC76 Perkins was never an all star in the NBA...he was a good solid role player though...
Domini478 1 year ago
@TCUNC76 Perkins was never a NBA All Star.
Domini478 10 months ago
Man Kentucky had the worst defence. Or i guess they thought Jordan would miss cause he was a freshman.
guilty972 2 years ago
funny how its MIKE jordan
proudblackwomen 2 years ago
the tar heel coaching staff made michael jordan a lot better player.
idster7 2 years ago 3
amen to that. Phil Jackson too lol
hellomotoiamazn 2 years ago
on another video of jordan in 83/84 the 3 pt line is like 15 ft but here 3 yrs earlier its like nba 3 now
kobe24legend 2 years ago
how come the three point line is so far back
MaxAime 2 years ago
Because that's where it "originally" was.
They moved it in to offset the growing amount & influx of players coming into the NBA, who's fundamentals weren't up to par..MAINLY "shooting".
Back then, that was a "Man's" 3-pt shot LOL!!
RealFan357 2 years ago
lol its lyk 30foot +-
carlodxtreme 2 years ago
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Defense was ATROCIOUS back then!!!! LMAO no wonder dominated so feircely.
williest1 2 years ago
You're knowledge & comprehension of the game & it's defensive schemes, is what's atrocious..
This is a "REAL" zone kid!!
That bullshit U see in the NBA, IS NOT a zone because the 3-sec rule PREVENTS it from being one!
With REAL ZONES, the Centers & Big Forwards can camp out in the paint ALL GAME LONG to protect the rim...
U ignorant ass kids today need to go learn the game & stop embarrassing yourselves on YouTube with these kinda' moronic posts..
RealFan357 2 years ago 3
.......and you are taking this waaaay too seriously guy! lol That defense was atrocious - based on the athleticism and speed of Jordan!! Did u stop to think that modern defenses changed almost entirely BECAUSE of Jordan? It's true. All coaches admit to it. Only few players in history changed the way the game was played: George Mikan, Wilt, and MJ. All I'm saying is that defenses are a lot faster and tougher now. And i'm 32 btw.
williest1 2 years ago
"defenses are a lot faster and tougher now."
Oh really? The key words are in brackets:
"Our rules are [designed] to [allow] players to [penetrate] for [high percentage] shots. This has [allowed] for more high quality [perimeter] shots as well, because of how much [easier] it is to penetrate today."
-- Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations
RealFan357 2 years ago 2
"The committee instituted a 3-second rule for defenders in order to [prevent] teams from [parking taller players] in the post. The goal was to [free the lanes] & [encourage] cuts & drives through the paint. With those changes, among other factors, offenses have [opened up] & scoring has [climbed]."
-- NY Times, Feb 29 2009
So I guess the Top 10 scorers in the NBA had a 23% INCREASE in ppg avg's 1 yr AFTER the changes to the defensive rules because they're "tougher" now huh?
RealFan357 2 years ago 3
Haha. Great point.
brianlaesch 2 years ago
hoho~~looks their defense, that's funny!
the defenders didn't move so much, they only followed the ball, just like dogs chansing a ball.
jimmychuang 2 years ago
check out jawaun archie
miteymitecoach 2 years ago
Who is that skinny, dangling hands 6'3" 18 years old kid called Mike Jordan who had the weird looking jump shot.
20 years later, world will remember him as GOAT forever.
mnkhan2020 2 years ago
He was still Mike back then.
Ironman888888 2 years ago
im surprise no one is going blast their b.s. comments n sayind "First" lol but a point made by one of the commentators @ 0:28 about MJ that they never new yet y he was great (best rookies) even then... hes a rookie he doesn't have respect yet.
jknight213 3 years ago