@FavreianVengeance And yet the most blatent hit on the dunk over Reggie Lewis wasn't called...the refs don't always get it right and Jordan forced their hand quite a bit, how many other players drove as often as him?
LOL - No. Jordan > Kobe. I'm just pointing out that in the 80's, Stern began his rigging crusade. It worked when 42 percent shooting Jordan won his last 3 championships, Shaq was allowed to bulldoze players and Wade got ghost fouls. I'm pointing out that we were seeing the beginnings of WWE Basketball even in the 80s.
@FavreianVengeance Check the stats man :( .495, .486, .465 shooting by Jordan in those 3 championship seasons...and the first 3 were much higher than that. Give the man his due lol. And he didn't ask for those calls, he complained less than Kobe has and I guarantee has FAR fewer techs to boot.
I'm not talking about the seasons, I'm talking about the actual championship series. He shot roughly 41 or 42 percent in those last 3 championships. And in the last championship, besides the push-off on Russell for the game winner, Jordan went to the FT line almost double what Malone did even though he was mostly a jump shooter by that point.
@FavreianVengeance I would honestly like to watch those games again because I can't (offhand) recall very many phantom calls if any. He didn't get as many later in his career as he did during the era featured in this video. I'll admit the worst I've ever seen was '88 Playoffs G1 against the Cavs when he just landed wrong. That's pathetic and I've never approved of that sort of thing. But things weren't nearly as bad after he came back, and remember the 1 on 1 defense rules changed then too...
It's hard for any ref to call an offensive foul on the last play. But if you want to talk about during the game, yea Jordan got that crap and Malone didn't. With straight-up officiating the Jazz would have won those series(s).
@IBdaPrince Check the stats and look at the ft discrepancies. Rewatch the games with the sound down and officiate it yourself. You'll see plenty of bs. I don't care if you want to keep fantasizing then don't do that you lazy piece of shit (Yea I'll just call you that ahead of time b/c I know you won't do that shit).
@FavreianVengeance wow, someone has butthurt feelings. it's not my job to officiate anything. I have a life I'm tryin to build upon. Why don't u become an NBA official if u r that intent u lazy piece of shit? (payback is a bitch lol I know you won't do that either.) Here's the difference with your scenario. Two years, two series. When u miss free throws at the end of a then tied game, no one other than Stockton and Malone show up consistently, AND u blow a 3 point lead with 40 ticks left, u lose
@FavreianVengeance and by the way, u wanna talk about pushoffs? I think the NBA owed MJ one after that blatant bs Reggie Miller got away with on him in Game 4 of the ECF the series b4. I don't see u crying about that one though...so umm I would just stop if I were you, thanks...
@IBdaPrince No they don't. Miller was minus one before that pushoff. Jordan did the exact same thing to him (I cant remember if it was earlier that series or the year before) to win a playoff game. That's exactly where he learned it from.
@FavreianVengeance yeah they did. Reggie Miller has always been a clutch shooter, but ummm, he's notorious for pushing off to get space. About 20% of him gettin free was pushoffs. He did the same thing in game 7 of the ECF series against Scott Burrell. He didn't learn that from MJ, he wrote the book on it
@IBdaPrince Dude. I watched all those playoff games. Jordan did it on him first. That's where he fucking learned it from. They even replayed the shit so many times before his push-off became the more remembered one. I don't know why you're fucking arguing it.
@FavreianVengeance u talkin about a series. I'm talkin YEARS fool. Reggie been doin that shit since 1990. Why u arguing I don't know but whatever floats your boat. Reggie was doin that because he wasn't exactly strong enough to free himself up against defenders as a rookie. YEARS
@IBdaPrince If you wanna say Reggie did it more, you're probably right. But that's no the f'ing point. I told you that he learned it from Jordan b/c he did.
...And yea, I'd say it was relatively rare for Jordan to whine about not getting bailed out. Kobe is a total bytch compared to Jordan or anyone else. Nonetheless, Jordan is where the 'star calls' all started.
Pippen was overrated. People think he was 'overshadowed' when Jordan made pippen look good offensively. Pippen was a phenomenal defensive player, but offensively he was extremely limited in what he could do. He could NOT create on his own, but he could run the floor and finish as good as anyone, with either hand. The problem is, with a triangle offense you need someone who can create and demands double/triple teams. That's not Pippen, not even a little bit.
@Faenya that is not the way scouts saw Pippen. Pippen was an exceptional ball handler and very good passer. He was able to shoot, penetrate and slash. I cannot see a flaw in his offense. In his prime he averaged 20. Considering that Jordan absorbed the bulk of the available shots and the fact that Pip had to keep everyone else involved those a great numbers.If anything Pippen was underrated. The bulls were one fetid call away to make to the finals without Jordan with Pip leading every category.
Because beating a team does not mean the same thing as beating a player? If Jordan was going nuts on them, embarrassing one of the greatest teams in history, and the Bulls lost? That means the Celtics were better than the Bulls. But it doesn't mean they stopped Jordan. No one ever stopped Jordan apart from father time. The Pistons couldn't, the Celtics couldn't, the Jazz couldn't....no one could. He was unstoppable.
@Nintariz ok well im just saying tht there is no way he could out shoot larry bird... larry bird could have scored that many points alot of times but he didnt hog the ball he did whatever it took to win!!!
Once Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and the bad boys of Detroit were old Michael Jordan sure did have a easy time winning the NBA titles. There wasn't much competition in those days after them.
@polarbearjew pistons weren't very old during the early bulls championships. the blazers with drexler, the suns with barkley, kemp and gary payton with the supersonics, malone and stockton with the jazz.... not to mention hakeem's houston teams.. david robinson.. shaq.. dominique
MJ back in the day...Jordan with hair was just scary. Superhuman speed and quickness, then the hops and that freakish ability to stop the dribble on a dime and elevate 3 feet straight up-the defender usually started his jump as the ball was leaving his fingers toward the hoop
Saw him from the beginning [yes I'm old, started watching ball when DrJ entered the league and the pre-Magic Norm Nixon Lakers]
Few athletes I made sure to watch every game I could, because you knew, once he gone, he gone
Legend1One kobe didnt have nearly as many shots as Jordan, the only thing kobe exceeds jordan in was long range, jordan won all of his champions in the years where he wasnt in his prime(if u watch any other videos of the 80s its the same thing, him scoring over 50 easily) yes kobe was a great player, maybs top 3 or 5 guard of all time but jordan won his first three with a good but not great scottie pippen, when he scores he always makes the other person look stupid
@juice4080 In all fairness, Kobe today is a much more injured and much older player (not only in terms of age but in terms of minutes and games played) than Jordan was here. Kobe lacks the athleticism that Jordan had at this point in his career and is much more reliant on finesse, footwork and fundamentals. He'smore like a not quite as good version of Jordan in the mid 90s
@senjahcore Consider this... Maybe MJ looks more athletic than Kobe in his hightlights, do to the competion he was facing. The players in the 80's weren't as athletic as the players today, so MJ stood out like a sore thumb. I'm mean, let's be honest, those white boys on Boston didn't have a snow balls chance in hell of checking him, and Dennis Johnson was to short and slow also. #4... how is he even in the League? Be honest. LOL Peace!
@Legend1One thats NOT true kobe was never that much of an explosive athlete. even go back and look at kobe high school highlights. jordan had a higher vertical leap and had much more speed. its just that the highlights show it you can look it up. kobe has a recorded 38' vert while mj had a recored 48'. thats 10 inchees!! jordan had a RECORDED 4.3 in the 40 yard dash. kobe hasnt registered a 40 before. men lie women lie numbers dont regardless the era
@Legend1One The average vertical in the nba was 28'' which is the same today. Players like Darrell dawkins shattered backboards on the regular. Spud webb and davd thompson are tied for the highest vertical records and they played in the 70's and 80's. You're thinking of the 50's and 60's era, where they wer'nt as physically conditioning oriented....
boston did make the conference finals that year though,still young enough to get there,if they would have keep their role players from '87,may have gotten to the finals the next year
No wonder J torched these guys whenever he saw them. Not only were the Celtics rivals, but they run Paxon and Ainge out there to check him. Insulting.
I watched all these games live and had hundreds of games on VCR, what you fail to mention though is that Jordan's Bulls could rarely beat Birds Celtics and I'm a Knick/Net fan. Jordan couldn't win the east until Bird's back went and retired. Doesn't fit the Jordan story. Michael was at his physical peak when the Celtics were beating his team. He was more entertaining to watch then, he had an extra 3-6 inches on his vertical.
Ok, then if Larry got to trade teams with the Bulls when they got good and the league was watered down with expansion Larry would have won 8 titles with them, see how that works. Fact is his Bulls couldn't beat the Celtics, no one questions that Bird's team was better, but Bird made EVERYONE better on his team, something Jordan didn't learn how to do until later in his career. Bird took a team of scrubs to the NCAA title game.
MJ is way better than Bird. Bird even said that MJ is like God in disguise. He can take over a game on his own. Larry needed to pass the ball because he can't score the way MJ did. Compare their careers and you'll see who's the better player.
I saw both of them play their whole careers. You can't say ANYONE is "way better" than Bird. He's one of the all-time greats so no one is "way better" than ANY OF THE ALL TIME GREATS, that's just hyperbole. Bird said Jordan was God after Jordan scored 63 and lost to his Celtics. MJ greatest player ever, I'll agree with you, but to say he's "way better" than Bird is simply not true. Jordan and Bird are on a level all their own, with other all-time greats.
I agree! Not take anything away from Jordan. Bird and Majic where getting old and on there on there way out! Bird and Majic saved the NBA from going Bankrupt and Jordan kept on going for you young people might not know that! Bird Magic and Jordan best 3 players All time my opinion. The Original Dream Team would kill anyone today!
@Serpin43 What? Yeah, Bird was 32 years old in 88/89 but he never became reliant on athleticism during his career to get the job done, so Larry is still Larry. Magic was only 29 years old and still at the pinnacle of his career.
@Serpin43 You don't know what you're talking about. Neither Bird nor Magic was "old" in athletic terms. Magic, who was a poor shooter early in his career, had mastered the set shot and become a great scorer. He was at his best in the late 80's, early 90's. He retired due to HIV, not b/c he was old. Bird suffered a number of series injuries and retired early.
That's what actually happened. Go post on things you actually understand
Absolutely...you speak the truth. Micheal knew how to score but Larry led the Celtics from last place to the best record in the league in his rookie year, it took Micheal years to do that...and it is well documented.
single best year performance by any player (MVP and DPOY award with 35 PPG 6 APG and 5.5 RPG) the only ones that I would even consider is the year Wilt averaged 50 PPG and the year Oscar recorded a triple double one season with 30 PPG. Most kobe fans = 6 year old kids dont even know who these guys are.
they are fucking deluded. Whats great about this clip is that it was the single greatest year any player has ever had ever. He was defensive player of the year that year, not just 1st team but player of the year. He averaged 35 a game at 53% from the field. 3.9 steals a game or something like that its just insane. Just when poeple think they know the magnitude of what he did, they dont even comprehend it all and for kids to come off and say anything is just ignorance of the game.
good team,except id replace Kevin Mchale with either Charles Barkley or Moses Malone.
Barkley was a great player by 86'-87'.by 87'-88' Barkley was averaging 28.3ppg(58.7%)and 11.9rpg.
and Moses Malone was an animal.we're talking about a guy who in 1982 averaged 31.1ppg(51.9)and 14.7rpg. i cant believe how underrated / overlooked he is.
Totally agree. Moses is actually the guy who mentored Barkley and helped him become the beast that he was...too bad Barely joined the 76ers the year AFTER they won the Finals.
I'd save Rodman for the 90's team. He wasn't that great in the 80's aside from defense. It wasn't until 90-91 when he started avg double digit rebounds
Shit I bet he wouldnt have even had a good game if they called a travel on that...lol. Come on dude if they would have called it he would have just schooled them again on the next pocession.
what still wows me is that MJ can JUMP. on the run, from a standstill, off one leg, off both legs. combine elite athleticism with the most complete game in the NBA = best player ever
@reno93535 Thats obviously because Celtics were won of the great teams of all time at a time when Chicago was basically MJ and nothing else. I doubt the Celtics beat the Bull teams of the 90s. Stats arent everything, Wilt is definitely an all time freak but he played in a very different era. Wilt doesnt get 50 points in the modern era, going up against the likes of Shaq, Hakeem or D Howard, come on now. You are entitled to your opinion but you are in a very small minority.
@pharry4life Oh, the Celtics of the 80's, when they and Bird were in their prime, or the Lakers in their prime 80's would have beaten the 90's Bulls soundly. No question. Ofcourse Wilt wouldn't average 50 today. And no player will ever come close to averaging 50 pts and 27 rebounds again.
@reno93535 He's probably just meaning career scoring. Wilt avgd 50ppg for a season & 30 for his career but 24ppg in the playoffs to MJs 33. Wilt score 100 in a reg season game but never scored 60 n the playoffs. Best reg season, Wilt by far 50ppg, best finals series, MJ by far 41ppg w/a finals+ the win & mvp. so they do compare, just depends on how u look at it.
I hope MJ was in today's era. Let the audience see how he switch hand and change direction in the air, and also make more than 7 straight 30+ pts seasons.
No one can fly like Mike, and no player can keep such high level every year, and every playoffs. Even players named great today, have max 3 or 4 high scoring seasons only, but MJ had 10.
People swear like pippen was like this Jabbar, Pau Gasol type player...Pippen was coming off da bench his rookie year avging 7ppg. Jordan Made pippen, and Phil Jackson. Jordan was doing what he does before Phil, before Pippen. Once pippen evolved and stepped up and Horce grant stepped up..jordan brought them to a different level to compete. In no way shape or form you can compare a grant to like a McHale or Worthy, pippen maybe and that's in the 90s....when MJ was already winning.
I hear so much about how Jordan wasn't a team player.. how he wasn't a passer. I have seen this guy do incredible passes to his team set them up for success and them completely bomb, I seen Jordan rebound his own teams missed shots and score. Look at what Bird and Magic had for a team. Your comments are ignorant. You telling me Magic made Kareem a better player? Or Bird improved Mchales game? Or were they already good. Just more people refusing to accept one mans greatness
And nobody seems to realize that the greatest player ever, a career 50% FG shooter, shooting the ball often is a good thing for his team. If you can score half the time, then you should shoot.
Look at when Jordan in the playoffs gave Pippen a tongue lashing for pulling up and hitting a 3 instead of getting him the ball in the post. Great team player... Bird improved everyone's game... Magic did as well. Quit being daft. He helped a hobbled Bill Walton who should have been retired contribute.
As for Kareem, I think he would have said that Magic prolonged his career. Bird did make players better. It's those players that would say that. Jordan did with sheer talent. Bird with drive. Both great but different.
no,bird and magic were great but not better than jordan.if you talk how they made their teams better i respect that but look at who they had.mchale,parish,dj.or worthy,jabbar,cooper.michael's championship hopes didn't look good until pip and grant developed.jordan won his rings with cartwright and longley as his starting centers.bird and magic had two future hall of famers in parish and jabbar in the post.
Bird and Magic were better than Jordan... he was just an athletic freak. They did it with basketball IQ... okay, so Jordan is the greatest ever but think about it. If you could draft anyone, would you rather a walking triple double like Bird or Magic, or a guy who one time averaged 35 shots? They made their teams significantly better immediately.
Athletic Freak- are you kidding me! He ad unbelievable hands and a great midrange game and won with a surrounding team that was much worse then what Bird and Magic had to work with. His determination and will to win has never been matched. Just an athletic freak- you got to be kidding me....
What about when he was 35 and no longer as athletic? He still had IQ. Not to mention, he was a walking triple double himself when they moved him to point.
True. Personally, I think he just had so many moves. Dude did everything. He could drive, use either hand to finish, make impossible shots, shoot the midrange j, do stop and pop, do runners, moved well without the ball, used screens effectively, could post up and do up and unders, fadeaways, etc. etc. His game was just so diverse that, as you said, made him completely impossible to defend. But he was sort of a ball hog
Yeah but he led the team in assists most of those years also. He had a crappy team most of the time and had to do most of the scoring because only Orlando Woolridge had enough talent to score and he could be streaky.
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What separated Jordan was that inhuman hangtime he could get on all of his shots that made him completely impossible to defend. Jordan is the only guy I've seen who could consistently hit shots on the way down. Anyone who's played basketball knows how tough that is. There are ways to defend Kobe or Lebron, there was no fuckin way to defend Jordan.
True. Personally, I think he just had so many moves. Dude did everything. He could drive, use either hand to finish, make impossible shots, shoot the midrange j, do stop and pop, do runners, moved well without the ball, used screens effectively, could post up and do up and unders, fadeaways, etc. etc. His game was just so diverse that, as you said, made him completely impossible to defend.
hahaha seriously..the man was just a freak of nature...I've seen him hit shots that are like wtf...like leaning double pumper, do you know how hard is that...? lol to lean in and double pump and on top of that hang in mid air..? The difficulty of his shots...were amazing. What was so amazing was the he can everything on the court..slash, shoot the 3, and mid range.. his post game was immaculate even in the 80s. Just unreal...no flaws in his game.
Couldn't agree with this more. I watch one of these clips from the 80's and get blown away all over again. The double clutch, hanging, using glass from impossible angles, changing hands, stopping on a dime, the first step........he plays with Vincent, Oak & Corzine.........the D are totally keyed on him every play.........but hes just unstoppable
Colin Cowherd is my man. But he must be smoking when he says kobe is the greatest offensive player ever. He had time to watch jordan game in the 80s and he should know better. LOL
Hard to believe this man was cut from the highschool basketball team. This reminds me of my brother in football. He didnt make the team in middle school. Now hes starting quarterback for varsity. Sometimes a person's style to a game is so different people just dont understand. I honestly dont think they realized how great Michael was when he first came to the NBA.
Bird: "Anytime a player that many shots I know they can't win like that"...True statement by Bird. Personally, I feel Bird and Magic made the game great. Jordan was a ballhog and ruined the game by completely taking the "team" out of team work. No era will match the 80s. No player will match Bird and Magic.
That's great BigTime. The "ballhog" won 6 titles, without a stacked team most of the time (unlike Magic and Bird), and both Bird and Magic say he's the greatest. In comparison your opinion is worthless.
You do know he is still the franchise assists leader, right? Go back and look at some of the videos from before the 1987-1988 season. Those Bulls teams were quite shoddy compared to Bird's Celtics. He's practically the only guy that shows up most of the time. Back then, he had to do much, if not all, of the work for Chicago.
Bird actually made a great point by what he said. I mean, if you had teammates as Jordan had back then, would you trust them to shoot the ball?
Damn Big time even I said this to you Bird and Magic had stacked teams you switch Bird put him on the Bulls and Jordan and put him on the Celtics and they may have won 9 rings but thats pure fantasy now do you see what I mean.
The thing about this is that no matter how many points MJ scored the Celtics almost always the Bulls anyway. In fact, he's 0-6 vs. Bird in the playoffs, and I think he'd trade those high point tallies for victories anyday.
I won't argue that. But those were his second and third years in the league. He was young, and it took some teaching by the greats then to help him become great later.
I always prefer watching these kinds of videos because they always show two great shooters and passers dueling each other. Bird, though, had mastered both arts by this time; that's why he was already a three-time MVP. Jordan didn't mind competing against him in trying to hone his own offensive and defensive skills.
Hoops...how many steals did MJ have in that game? I heard Red Kerr say that he had nine at one point. Did he get any more than that?
VinmanMJ23 3 months ago
Es el mejor no hay mas
binoculares 4 months ago
5:17 great crossover and amazing pass... incredible
pau6alfafarS80 5 months ago
what was the date of this game, do you know?
John19182004 5 months ago
Oh the memories. He was so good.
Wrenad1 5 months ago
major travel at 2:00
Christusolus 5 months ago 3
type "michael jordan dunks" in the youtube search box to see a 6ft 6in guy making a 10ft hoop look like a nerf goal
dnewhomeboy45 7 months ago 2
micheal the entertainers are giving my children jobs wrong. i get benefits and with white racism entertainment is giving my children too much work.
MsMelissaDavis1 7 months ago
tell marcus jordon i said hi! as bert robinson.com
MsMelissaDavis1 7 months ago
Yea I saw a bunch of ghost fouls. Stern has been doing his bull shit for decades now.
FavreianVengeance 7 months ago
@FavreianVengeance And yet the most blatent hit on the dunk over Reggie Lewis wasn't called...the refs don't always get it right and Jordan forced their hand quite a bit, how many other players drove as often as him?
BigCrockDawg 7 months ago
@BigCrockDawg
Fine, the refs missed a call. That doesn't mean there's an excuse for all the ghost fouls, let alone ticky tack fouls that the paid off refs call.
FavreianVengeance 7 months ago
@FavreianVengeance k you made me say it....Kobe dick rider >.>
BigCrockDawg 7 months ago
@BigCrockDawg
LOL - No. Jordan > Kobe. I'm just pointing out that in the 80's, Stern began his rigging crusade. It worked when 42 percent shooting Jordan won his last 3 championships, Shaq was allowed to bulldoze players and Wade got ghost fouls. I'm pointing out that we were seeing the beginnings of WWE Basketball even in the 80s.
FavreianVengeance 7 months ago
@FavreianVengeance Check the stats man :( .495, .486, .465 shooting by Jordan in those 3 championship seasons...and the first 3 were much higher than that. Give the man his due lol. And he didn't ask for those calls, he complained less than Kobe has and I guarantee has FAR fewer techs to boot.
BigCrockDawg 7 months ago
@BigCrockDawg
I'm not talking about the seasons, I'm talking about the actual championship series. He shot roughly 41 or 42 percent in those last 3 championships. And in the last championship, besides the push-off on Russell for the game winner, Jordan went to the FT line almost double what Malone did even though he was mostly a jump shooter by that point.
FavreianVengeance 7 months ago
@FavreianVengeance I would honestly like to watch those games again because I can't (offhand) recall very many phantom calls if any. He didn't get as many later in his career as he did during the era featured in this video. I'll admit the worst I've ever seen was '88 Playoffs G1 against the Cavs when he just landed wrong. That's pathetic and I've never approved of that sort of thing. But things weren't nearly as bad after he came back, and remember the 1 on 1 defense rules changed then too...
BigCrockDawg 7 months ago
And don't get me started with the push-off lol...they wouldn't have called it on Malone either, had he made a move like that.
BigCrockDawg 7 months ago
@BigCrockDawg
It's hard for any ref to call an offensive foul on the last play. But if you want to talk about during the game, yea Jordan got that crap and Malone didn't. With straight-up officiating the Jazz would have won those series(s).
FavreianVengeance 7 months ago
@FavreianVengeance ummm nah...
IBdaPrince 4 months ago
@IBdaPrince Check the stats and look at the ft discrepancies. Rewatch the games with the sound down and officiate it yourself. You'll see plenty of bs. I don't care if you want to keep fantasizing then don't do that you lazy piece of shit (Yea I'll just call you that ahead of time b/c I know you won't do that shit).
FavreianVengeance 4 months ago
@FavreianVengeance wow, someone has butthurt feelings. it's not my job to officiate anything. I have a life I'm tryin to build upon. Why don't u become an NBA official if u r that intent u lazy piece of shit? (payback is a bitch lol I know you won't do that either.) Here's the difference with your scenario. Two years, two series. When u miss free throws at the end of a then tied game, no one other than Stockton and Malone show up consistently, AND u blow a 3 point lead with 40 ticks left, u lose
IBdaPrince 4 months ago
@FavreianVengeance and by the way, u wanna talk about pushoffs? I think the NBA owed MJ one after that blatant bs Reggie Miller got away with on him in Game 4 of the ECF the series b4. I don't see u crying about that one though...so umm I would just stop if I were you, thanks...
IBdaPrince 4 months ago
@IBdaPrince No they don't. Miller was minus one before that pushoff. Jordan did the exact same thing to him (I cant remember if it was earlier that series or the year before) to win a playoff game. That's exactly where he learned it from.
FavreianVengeance 4 months ago
@FavreianVengeance yeah they did. Reggie Miller has always been a clutch shooter, but ummm, he's notorious for pushing off to get space. About 20% of him gettin free was pushoffs. He did the same thing in game 7 of the ECF series against Scott Burrell. He didn't learn that from MJ, he wrote the book on it
IBdaPrince 4 months ago
@IBdaPrince Dude. I watched all those playoff games. Jordan did it on him first. That's where he fucking learned it from. They even replayed the shit so many times before his push-off became the more remembered one. I don't know why you're fucking arguing it.
FavreianVengeance 4 months ago
@FavreianVengeance u talkin about a series. I'm talkin YEARS fool. Reggie been doin that shit since 1990. Why u arguing I don't know but whatever floats your boat. Reggie was doin that because he wasn't exactly strong enough to free himself up against defenders as a rookie. YEARS
IBdaPrince 4 months ago
@IBdaPrince If you wanna say Reggie did it more, you're probably right. But that's no the f'ing point. I told you that he learned it from Jordan b/c he did.
FavreianVengeance 4 months ago
@BigCrockDawg
...And yea, I'd say it was relatively rare for Jordan to whine about not getting bailed out. Kobe is a total bytch compared to Jordan or anyone else. Nonetheless, Jordan is where the 'star calls' all started.
FavreianVengeance 7 months ago
Pippen was overrated. People think he was 'overshadowed' when Jordan made pippen look good offensively. Pippen was a phenomenal defensive player, but offensively he was extremely limited in what he could do. He could NOT create on his own, but he could run the floor and finish as good as anyone, with either hand. The problem is, with a triangle offense you need someone who can create and demands double/triple teams. That's not Pippen, not even a little bit.
Faenya 8 months ago
@Faenya that is not the way scouts saw Pippen. Pippen was an exceptional ball handler and very good passer. He was able to shoot, penetrate and slash. I cannot see a flaw in his offense. In his prime he averaged 20. Considering that Jordan absorbed the bulk of the available shots and the fact that Pip had to keep everyone else involved those a great numbers.If anything Pippen was underrated. The bulls were one fetid call away to make to the finals without Jordan with Pip leading every category.
omnivorous65 8 months ago
1:25 such a nasty dunk omgg
Minwood555 8 months ago
mj is thee greatest
kuriaki71 8 months ago
jordan the goat
dpistons149 9 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
type "short guy dunks" in the youtube search box to see a 5ft 5in guy dunking a 10ft hoop
1macatuc 9 months ago 74
how is he the best when the celtics beat them in every playoff game with bird!!!
GoWclutch 9 months ago
@GoWclutch
Because beating a team does not mean the same thing as beating a player? If Jordan was going nuts on them, embarrassing one of the greatest teams in history, and the Bulls lost? That means the Celtics were better than the Bulls. But it doesn't mean they stopped Jordan. No one ever stopped Jordan apart from father time. The Pistons couldn't, the Celtics couldn't, the Jazz couldn't....no one could. He was unstoppable.
Nintariz 8 months ago
@Nintariz ok well im just saying tht there is no way he could out shoot larry bird... larry bird could have scored that many points alot of times but he didnt hog the ball he did whatever it took to win!!!
GoWclutch 8 months ago
@GoWclutch
Jordan has a better field goal % for a career AND single season.
Nintariz 8 months ago
Once Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and the bad boys of Detroit were old Michael Jordan sure did have a easy time winning the NBA titles. There wasn't much competition in those days after them.
polarbearjew 9 months ago
@polarbearjew pistons weren't very old during the early bulls championships. the blazers with drexler, the suns with barkley, kemp and gary payton with the supersonics, malone and stockton with the jazz.... not to mention hakeem's houston teams.. david robinson.. shaq.. dominique
multiple great teams with many hall of famers.
learn basketball
isdaeekerman 9 months ago
@isdaeekerman ANyway, the real story is Bill Russell with his 11 nba rings. He is the greatest. Plus he won one as a coach.
polarbearjew 9 months ago
have u ever heard the narators get so exited today?NO.
Mraloneandsad 10 months ago 2
5:18 is hilarious.
rhm9511 11 months ago
awesome!!
universalparamount01 11 months ago
He led the bulls to 50 wins with a starting lineup of brad seller, dave corzine, charles oakley, and sam vincent...crazy
AwH22311 11 months ago
Wow MJ was so incredibly quick! The move @ 5:42 was amazing!
AICMasta 1 year ago
U see MJ's bald spot
DJBlack909 1 year ago
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You can't defend the PERFECT WEAPON!!
RAV52 1 year ago
MIke traveled 2:00 play
whatdansan 1 year ago
@whatdansan Haha to me its close because he bounces 1,2 step (with a fake) bounce again.. so 80s refs let a lot go by too
stlukesroosevelt1 1 year ago
I used to hate tommy heinson.
That dude was a celtic homer all the way.
25mfd 1 year ago
The dunk at 5:45 would have absolutely been a foul and 3 point play in today's era. kids today need to watch these clips
dmun5587red123 1 year ago
5:16 Someone needs a cast cause he was just broken
imallfordabulls 1 year ago
he makes it look so easy.. well for me it is too because i play basketball at a high level too,, But not like this
dewaynewelch49 1 year ago
4:04 .... STAT WIN :)
iLLestBeats02 1 year ago
MJ back in the day...Jordan with hair was just scary. Superhuman speed and quickness, then the hops and that freakish ability to stop the dribble on a dime and elevate 3 feet straight up-the defender usually started his jump as the ball was leaving his fingers toward the hoop
Saw him from the beginning [yes I'm old, started watching ball when DrJ entered the league and the pre-Magic Norm Nixon Lakers]
Few athletes I made sure to watch every game I could, because you knew, once he gone, he gone
PorkFrog 1 year ago
I won't dispute MJ's status as the GOAT, but saying Scottie Pippen was " good not great " is silliness.
Pippen goes unrecognized because he stood in MJ's shadow, but make no mistake, he's one of the best to ever play the game.
kvltizt 1 year ago
Legend1One kobe didnt have nearly as many shots as Jordan, the only thing kobe exceeds jordan in was long range, jordan won all of his champions in the years where he wasnt in his prime(if u watch any other videos of the 80s its the same thing, him scoring over 50 easily) yes kobe was a great player, maybs top 3 or 5 guard of all time but jordan won his first three with a good but not great scottie pippen, when he scores he always makes the other person look stupid
Bwayneallday 1 year ago
Indeed the G.O.A.T.!!
tsokolate08 1 year ago
@ 2:00 For all you kobe lovers just watch how his master did it...the off balance fadeaway with some serious fakes
juice4080 1 year ago
@juice4080 In all fairness, Kobe today is a much more injured and much older player (not only in terms of age but in terms of minutes and games played) than Jordan was here. Kobe lacks the athleticism that Jordan had at this point in his career and is much more reliant on finesse, footwork and fundamentals. He'smore like a not quite as good version of Jordan in the mid 90s
senjahcore 1 year ago
@senjahcore Consider this... Maybe MJ looks more athletic than Kobe in his hightlights, do to the competion he was facing. The players in the 80's weren't as athletic as the players today, so MJ stood out like a sore thumb. I'm mean, let's be honest, those white boys on Boston didn't have a snow balls chance in hell of checking him, and Dennis Johnson was to short and slow also. #4... how is he even in the League? Be honest. LOL Peace!
Legend1One 1 year ago
@Legend1One thats NOT true kobe was never that much of an explosive athlete. even go back and look at kobe high school highlights. jordan had a higher vertical leap and had much more speed. its just that the highlights show it you can look it up. kobe has a recorded 38' vert while mj had a recored 48'. thats 10 inchees!! jordan had a RECORDED 4.3 in the 40 yard dash. kobe hasnt registered a 40 before. men lie women lie numbers dont regardless the era
tommybrown187 1 year ago
@Legend1One The average vertical in the nba was 28'' which is the same today. Players like Darrell dawkins shattered backboards on the regular. Spud webb and davd thompson are tied for the highest vertical records and they played in the 70's and 80's. You're thinking of the 50's and 60's era, where they wer'nt as physically conditioning oriented....
usnate1 1 year ago
Bird had bone spurs and would have surgery 3 games after this missing the whole season. He also was never the same after the bone spurs.
Scottyl35 1 year ago
mj all day 52 points
wanda34100 1 year ago
g.o.a.t.
Bwayneallday 1 year ago
RIP Reggie Lewis. He was a smooth player.
westy44cal 2 years ago
plz sum one tell me that they also saw that crazy in & out crossover at 5:19. mj fucked that man's ankles up lol
yb2345 2 years ago
HIS GAME IS SO VICIOUS
teddet87 2 years ago
I wonder if Hoops can make a video of every dunk Jordan has ever done. (or all shots ever made)
gottsuaho 2 years ago
boston did make the conference finals that year though,still young enough to get there,if they would have keep their role players from '87,may have gotten to the finals the next year
timjumper7 2 years ago
Watch MJ's hand as the guy trips at 4:00 lol
lolomfgwtfbbq 2 years ago
No wonder J torched these guys whenever he saw them. Not only were the Celtics rivals, but they run Paxon and Ainge out there to check him. Insulting.
jonQuest82 2 years ago
by this time boston wasn't the dominant team any more. simply, they were too old to be the best by this time.
HOPFreak 2 years ago
Is he wearing Air Jordan IIIs or IVs?
Also... Jordan is the originator of low cut sneakers and long shorts (which is the norm today). But who started tattoos?
TonyHawkLookalike 2 years ago
dennis rodman maybe??? idk
kbjohnson85 2 years ago
I watched all these games live and had hundreds of games on VCR, what you fail to mention though is that Jordan's Bulls could rarely beat Birds Celtics and I'm a Knick/Net fan. Jordan couldn't win the east until Bird's back went and retired. Doesn't fit the Jordan story. Michael was at his physical peak when the Celtics were beating his team. He was more entertaining to watch then, he had an extra 3-6 inches on his vertical.
44BigHitter 2 years ago
If Larry and mike exchanged teams, The Celtics could have won 8 championships. Larry had way better teammates
BENKATOK 2 years ago
Ok, then if Larry got to trade teams with the Bulls when they got good and the league was watered down with expansion Larry would have won 8 titles with them, see how that works. Fact is his Bulls couldn't beat the Celtics, no one questions that Bird's team was better, but Bird made EVERYONE better on his team, something Jordan didn't learn how to do until later in his career. Bird took a team of scrubs to the NCAA title game.
44BigHitter 2 years ago
MJ is way better than Bird. Bird even said that MJ is like God in disguise. He can take over a game on his own. Larry needed to pass the ball because he can't score the way MJ did. Compare their careers and you'll see who's the better player.
BENKATOK 2 years ago
I saw both of them play their whole careers. You can't say ANYONE is "way better" than Bird. He's one of the all-time greats so no one is "way better" than ANY OF THE ALL TIME GREATS, that's just hyperbole. Bird said Jordan was God after Jordan scored 63 and lost to his Celtics. MJ greatest player ever, I'll agree with you, but to say he's "way better" than Bird is simply not true. Jordan and Bird are on a level all their own, with other all-time greats.
44BigHitter 2 years ago
I agree! Not take anything away from Jordan. Bird and Majic where getting old and on there on there way out! Bird and Majic saved the NBA from going Bankrupt and Jordan kept on going for you young people might not know that! Bird Magic and Jordan best 3 players All time my opinion. The Original Dream Team would kill anyone today!
Serpin43 2 years ago
@Serpin43 What? Yeah, Bird was 32 years old in 88/89 but he never became reliant on athleticism during his career to get the job done, so Larry is still Larry. Magic was only 29 years old and still at the pinnacle of his career.
MrBobHandler 1 year ago
@Serpin43 You don't know what you're talking about. Neither Bird nor Magic was "old" in athletic terms. Magic, who was a poor shooter early in his career, had mastered the set shot and become a great scorer. He was at his best in the late 80's, early 90's. He retired due to HIV, not b/c he was old. Bird suffered a number of series injuries and retired early.
That's what actually happened. Go post on things you actually understand
senjahcore 1 year ago
Absolutely...you speak the truth. Micheal knew how to score but Larry led the Celtics from last place to the best record in the league in his rookie year, it took Micheal years to do that...and it is well documented.
Flipper79able 2 years ago
WOOW!! 2:00 was definitely a Travel. Check that shit out. Still Smooth
kthomas62 2 years ago
9 STEALS!!! wow...
knowledge198405 2 years ago
the next year MJ played PG for half a season and he averaged 32 PPG 8 APG 8 RPG and almost 3 SPG. He almost recorded a triple double to match Oscars.
and Oscar wasnt a defender
GoingOn9Lives 2 years ago
single best year performance by any player (MVP and DPOY award with 35 PPG 6 APG and 5.5 RPG) the only ones that I would even consider is the year Wilt averaged 50 PPG and the year Oscar recorded a triple double one season with 30 PPG. Most kobe fans = 6 year old kids dont even know who these guys are.
GoingOn9Lives 2 years ago 6
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GetBwned 2 years ago
250 to Charitabulls!
FenslerFilm 2 years ago
When little kids who did not see him play with the Bulls call MJ "garbage", it boggles my mind.
TheKingOfRuckus 2 years ago 4
they are fucking deluded. Whats great about this clip is that it was the single greatest year any player has ever had ever. He was defensive player of the year that year, not just 1st team but player of the year. He averaged 35 a game at 53% from the field. 3.9 steals a game or something like that its just insane. Just when poeple think they know the magnitude of what he did, they dont even comprehend it all and for kids to come off and say anything is just ignorance of the game.
Bigturns33 2 years ago
at 5;46 that what i call hang time
inular 2 years ago
5:20 what a shaking ankle brake
rowks 2 years ago
This would have been the best 80's dream team possibly greatest team ever
PG Magic Johnson
SG Michael Jordan
SF Larry Bird
PF Kevin Mchale
C Kareem
Maybe Barkley as PF but i think he was really good in the early 90's
GoingOn9Lives 2 years ago
good team,except id replace Kevin Mchale with either Charles Barkley or Moses Malone.
Barkley was a great player by 86'-87'.by 87'-88' Barkley was averaging 28.3ppg(58.7%)and 11.9rpg.
and Moses Malone was an animal.we're talking about a guy who in 1982 averaged 31.1ppg(51.9)and 14.7rpg. i cant believe how underrated / overlooked he is.
704CarolinaBlue704 2 years ago
Totally agree. Moses is actually the guy who mentored Barkley and helped him become the beast that he was...too bad Barely joined the 76ers the year AFTER they won the Finals.
zodiiak 2 years ago
Let's put Rodman, Isaih, Moses, Nique, and Worthy on the bench.
Probably others, but those were the first ones that popped in my head.
TBlake34 2 years ago
I'd save Rodman for the 90's team. He wasn't that great in the 80's aside from defense. It wasn't until 90-91 when he started avg double digit rebounds
jeditwinz 2 years ago
1:03 wtf..................insane move !!!
magico30 2 years ago
mad travel at 2:05
but ur not allowed to call travel on MJ.
CantineBoy94 2 years ago
Shit I bet he wouldnt have even had a good game if they called a travel on that...lol. Come on dude if they would have called it he would have just schooled them again on the next pocession.
onemorelick 2 years ago
what still wows me is that MJ can JUMP. on the run, from a standstill, off one leg, off both legs. combine elite athleticism with the most complete game in the NBA = best player ever
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shawkme 2 years ago
he had so many high scoring games and most of them were 2 pointers....he can make it from anywhere so what can you do
dipzydooer 2 years ago
52 points and 9 steals....what a freak. BEST EVER. THERE IS NO DEBATE.
pharry4life 2 years ago 20
@pharry4life well i dont there is some debate
radiolaugh 1 year ago
@pharry4life still cant believe people compare Kobe to MJ was way better in every way
Curiousjorg3 1 year ago 2
@pharry4life
expect for #33
LARRY BIRD BITCH
VagMan123 11 months ago
@VagMan123 Larry Bird said Jordan was GOAT haha
pharry4life 11 months ago
@pharry4life And Larry Bird never lost a series to MJ in the playoffs.
reno93535 11 months ago
@reno93535 Thats obviously because Celtics were won of the great teams of all time at a time when Chicago was basically MJ and nothing else. I doubt the Celtics beat the Bull teams of the 90s. Stats arent everything, Wilt is definitely an all time freak but he played in a very different era. Wilt doesnt get 50 points in the modern era, going up against the likes of Shaq, Hakeem or D Howard, come on now. You are entitled to your opinion but you are in a very small minority.
pharry4life 11 months ago
@pharry4life Oh, the Celtics of the 80's, when they and Bird were in their prime, or the Lakers in their prime 80's would have beaten the 90's Bulls soundly. No question. Ofcourse Wilt wouldn't average 50 today. And no player will ever come close to averaging 50 pts and 27 rebounds again.
reno93535 11 months ago
@pharry4life Bullshit. His stats don't compare to Wilt's. Wilt averaged 50 for a season.
reno93535 11 months ago
@reno93535 He's probably just meaning career scoring. Wilt avgd 50ppg for a season & 30 for his career but 24ppg in the playoffs to MJs 33. Wilt score 100 in a reg season game but never scored 60 n the playoffs. Best reg season, Wilt by far 50ppg, best finals series, MJ by far 41ppg w/a finals+ the win & mvp. so they do compare, just depends on how u look at it.
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frusionnn 2 years ago
jordan is the best
tod4533 2 years ago
I hope MJ was in today's era. Let the audience see how he switch hand and change direction in the air, and also make more than 7 straight 30+ pts seasons.
No one can fly like Mike, and no player can keep such high level every year, and every playoffs. Even players named great today, have max 3 or 4 high scoring seasons only, but MJ had 10.
jimmychuang 2 years ago 8
If Jordan would play in this ERA!! He Would make 100+ Points!!!
Does any 1 see any defanse in The NBA as it is Today ???
Jordan made 30+ 40+ 50+ 60+ In a NBA ERA where Defanse was way much better then it is now.
Silvereagel1234 2 years ago 2
@jimmychuang kobe
420forl1f3 10 months ago
@420forl1f3 Nah!
airHaakon 10 months ago
235th comment
Aerwiar 2 years ago
People swear like pippen was like this Jabbar, Pau Gasol type player...Pippen was coming off da bench his rookie year avging 7ppg. Jordan Made pippen, and Phil Jackson. Jordan was doing what he does before Phil, before Pippen. Once pippen evolved and stepped up and Horce grant stepped up..jordan brought them to a different level to compete. In no way shape or form you can compare a grant to like a McHale or Worthy, pippen maybe and that's in the 90s....when MJ was already winning.
luckylefty232323 2 years ago
Yup and like Phil said...MJ beat him up in practice. It made him better
jeditwinz 2 years ago
nobody can fly like Jordan
rebelwithoutacause05 2 years ago
I hear so much about how Jordan wasn't a team player.. how he wasn't a passer. I have seen this guy do incredible passes to his team set them up for success and them completely bomb, I seen Jordan rebound his own teams missed shots and score. Look at what Bird and Magic had for a team. Your comments are ignorant. You telling me Magic made Kareem a better player? Or Bird improved Mchales game? Or were they already good. Just more people refusing to accept one mans greatness
GoingOn9Lives 2 years ago 3
And nobody seems to realize that the greatest player ever, a career 50% FG shooter, shooting the ball often is a good thing for his team. If you can score half the time, then you should shoot.
honeybbqgrundle 2 years ago
Look at when Jordan in the playoffs gave Pippen a tongue lashing for pulling up and hitting a 3 instead of getting him the ball in the post. Great team player... Bird improved everyone's game... Magic did as well. Quit being daft. He helped a hobbled Bill Walton who should have been retired contribute.
TexasPsychoK 2 years ago
As for Kareem, I think he would have said that Magic prolonged his career. Bird did make players better. It's those players that would say that. Jordan did with sheer talent. Bird with drive. Both great but different.
tomomike 2 years ago
no,bird and magic were great but not better than jordan.if you talk how they made their teams better i respect that but look at who they had.mchale,parish,dj.or worthy,jabbar,cooper.michael's championship hopes didn't look good until pip and grant developed.jordan won his rings with cartwright and longley as his starting centers.bird and magic had two future hall of famers in parish and jabbar in the post.
60425 2 years ago 2
Bird and Magic were better than Jordan... he was just an athletic freak. They did it with basketball IQ... okay, so Jordan is the greatest ever but think about it. If you could draft anyone, would you rather a walking triple double like Bird or Magic, or a guy who one time averaged 35 shots? They made their teams significantly better immediately.
TexasPsychoK 2 years ago
Athletic Freak- are you kidding me! He ad unbelievable hands and a great midrange game and won with a surrounding team that was much worse then what Bird and Magic had to work with. His determination and will to win has never been matched. Just an athletic freak- you got to be kidding me....
admrlcheese 2 years ago
What about when he was 35 and no longer as athletic? He still had IQ. Not to mention, he was a walking triple double himself when they moved him to point.
jeditwinz 2 years ago
True. Personally, I think he just had so many moves. Dude did everything. He could drive, use either hand to finish, make impossible shots, shoot the midrange j, do stop and pop, do runners, moved well without the ball, used screens effectively, could post up and do up and unders, fadeaways, etc. etc. His game was just so diverse that, as you said, made him completely impossible to defend. But he was sort of a ball hog
guitrakid 2 years ago
wow...
isdaeekerman 2 years ago
Yeah but he led the team in assists most of those years also. He had a crappy team most of the time and had to do most of the scoring because only Orlando Woolridge had enough talent to score and he could be streaky.
jeditwinz 2 years ago
God!! I miss those days!!! MJ 4 eva
ssgoku003 2 years ago
Look at his acceleration to the basket for the dunk @ 3:55. He's quick even in slow mo!
ksmall82 2 years ago
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82219783 3 years ago
What separated Jordan was that inhuman hangtime he could get on all of his shots that made him completely impossible to defend. Jordan is the only guy I've seen who could consistently hit shots on the way down. Anyone who's played basketball knows how tough that is. There are ways to defend Kobe or Lebron, there was no fuckin way to defend Jordan.
mjk356 3 years ago 7
True. Personally, I think he just had so many moves. Dude did everything. He could drive, use either hand to finish, make impossible shots, shoot the midrange j, do stop and pop, do runners, moved well without the ball, used screens effectively, could post up and do up and unders, fadeaways, etc. etc. His game was just so diverse that, as you said, made him completely impossible to defend.
uberathlete 3 years ago 5
hahaha seriously..the man was just a freak of nature...I've seen him hit shots that are like wtf...like leaning double pumper, do you know how hard is that...? lol to lean in and double pump and on top of that hang in mid air..? The difficulty of his shots...were amazing. What was so amazing was the he can everything on the court..slash, shoot the 3, and mid range.. his post game was immaculate even in the 80s. Just unreal...no flaws in his game.
luckylefty232323 2 years ago
Couldn't agree with this more. I watch one of these clips from the 80's and get blown away all over again. The double clutch, hanging, using glass from impossible angles, changing hands, stopping on a dime, the first step........he plays with Vincent, Oak & Corzine.........the D are totally keyed on him every play.........but hes just unstoppable
barnabychivars 2 years ago
Colin Cowherd is my man. But he must be smoking when he says kobe is the greatest offensive player ever. He had time to watch jordan game in the 80s and he should know better. LOL
DarkVoyuer 3 years ago
Cant nobody tell me dat kobe can shoot betta jordans jumper wuz automatic, and he wuz a defencive machine
jmaal2345 3 years ago 4
it had to be so frustrating trying to guard him...always tipping your cap because nothing would have stopped him
bball2524 3 years ago 2
there was more than a minute left....why didn't you show it all?
1cdfan 3 years ago
bird= stone cold killer- deadliest shot ever period.
jordan= the best all around player
bLLhog08 3 years ago 6
seriously? 9 steals?
BlueNile123 3 years ago 12
yeh...lets see Kobe or "queen" James pull that off
romadkern 3 years ago 4
@BlueNile123 and vs a very good celtic team
Curiousjorg3 1 year ago
Jordan=unstoppable...Will never see anything like that again....
chrismichael1 3 years ago 3
Hard to believe this man was cut from the highschool basketball team. This reminds me of my brother in football. He didnt make the team in middle school. Now hes starting quarterback for varsity. Sometimes a person's style to a game is so different people just dont understand. I honestly dont think they realized how great Michael was when he first came to the NBA.
BananaShakeizzle 3 years ago
Jordan in his prime was simply explosive.
Jordan=goat
MJisKingKobesuckss 3 years ago
bigtimepride stfu
dpistons149 3 years ago
Bird: "Anytime a player that many shots I know they can't win like that"...True statement by Bird. Personally, I feel Bird and Magic made the game great. Jordan was a ballhog and ruined the game by completely taking the "team" out of team work. No era will match the 80s. No player will match Bird and Magic.
BigTimePride 3 years ago
That's great BigTime. The "ballhog" won 6 titles, without a stacked team most of the time (unlike Magic and Bird), and both Bird and Magic say he's the greatest. In comparison your opinion is worthless.
rrTale 3 years ago 2
You do know he is still the franchise assists leader, right? Go back and look at some of the videos from before the 1987-1988 season. Those Bulls teams were quite shoddy compared to Bird's Celtics. He's practically the only guy that shows up most of the time. Back then, he had to do much, if not all, of the work for Chicago.
Bird actually made a great point by what he said. I mean, if you had teammates as Jordan had back then, would you trust them to shoot the ball?
mackcrusher 3 years ago
Damn Big time even I said this to you Bird and Magic had stacked teams you switch Bird put him on the Bulls and Jordan and put him on the Celtics and they may have won 9 rings but thats pure fantasy now do you see what I mean.
RohoicRamz94 3 years ago
Bird: "Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player"
redpablo 3 years ago
MJ had some truly shitty teams back in the day. Goodness. While those Celtics teams were stacked. Still, MJ played like a champ.
uberathlete 3 years ago
The thing about this is that no matter how many points MJ scored the Celtics almost always the Bulls anyway. In fact, he's 0-6 vs. Bird in the playoffs, and I think he'd trade those high point tallies for victories anyday.
bassman5123 3 years ago
No doubt he would, infact he stated that many times.
rrTale 3 years ago
I won't argue that. But those were his second and third years in the league. He was young, and it took some teaching by the greats then to help him become great later.
I always prefer watching these kinds of videos because they always show two great shooters and passers dueling each other. Bird, though, had mastered both arts by this time; that's why he was already a three-time MVP. Jordan didn't mind competing against him in trying to hone his own offensive and defensive skills.
mackcrusher 3 years ago