Damn, MJ was skinny. I think a high school Lebron and a High school kobe would obliterate a college Jordan but a Pro Jordan would wipe the fucking floor with a pro kobe and Lebron on the same team!
6'5", eh? I guess he still hadn't reached his full height (6'6") yet. He must've been a late bloomer physically. He entered college at 6'3" and was skinny as a rail until he was in his late 20's. Kind of interesting when you compare him to Kobe and Lebron, the only two modern players who even approach him from a talent perspective. Both of those guys were their full grown height by their senior year of high school and both of those guys looked like full-grown men even then.
@gabbesp1995 I was just gonna write that myself. Instead I'll say that maybe there is hope for KD to be solidly filled out with a good weight program like MJ.
@adamdyerseve There is a big confusion about height of the NBA players. For example I remember that in the Barcelona all members of The Dream Team were listed an inch shorter than they were listed in NBA. So... all we can do is guess.
@adamdyerseve The average age guys stop growing is around 18 but its not uncommon for them to grow some after that. My brother grew two inches when he was 19
@szaret1 Or they listed closer to his actual height. Never met the guy, but I heard him, along with Barkley were both more like 6-4.5 to 6-5...NBA, they overexaggerate their height sometimes.
@CLewey44 I hear that alot, and it is sort of true: there are many players whose heights are given with their shoes on. I've seen Barkley in sandals, and trust me he's easily taller than 6'4" guys. Likely 6'6". Jordan was no shorter than 6'6" himself - barefoot.
No I think MJ is actually closer to 6' 5" without shoes but why would that be the way they measured height in the NBA if you play basketball in shoes? So it honestly makes sense to add that inch or so
@PatrickEganLong Well that's the problem, isn't it? "Thinking" lol. I've seen Barkley in Los Angeles at a charity event; he was in sandals with a visor on, and was 6'5" or taller. Jordan is a shade taller than Barkley. It might "make sense" to you that they add that inch, but this hardly means they always do it. Many players are measured barefoot; many are measured with shoes on. I dont know why they do this; but I do know that they do.
@SogeKingXXIII LoL but keep in mind those skinny legs would launch him from the free throw line to win a couple dunk contests and label him AIR JORDAN
Ball was played from behind the 3 line it only took 3 dribbles to get to the basket.. He made the basket and the foul 3 points... What does this mean? nothing.
nba always over list there players. especially if they are smaller. Kerr was probubly 6'2 dn payton ive been next to both they arnt 6'4 as well as kid.
err, no. i've seen retired players such as hard tim hardaway with some local players here, they were both listed at 6'1 and they have same height. the only player i think that's not really 6 is allen iverson. jordan is really 6'6 take a look at him next to kobe bryant, or reggie miller and clyde drexler who are both an inch taller. jordan's hands even belong to a player of 6'10 size
@libetta I checked out a book about MJ and it had a full spread across 2 pages with life size image of his hands...I'm about 7 feet myself, with "normal" sized hands, and his fingers were longer than mine. the palms were about the same, but his fingers were ridiculously long.
omg, are you a basketball player??? can't believe i'm talking to a 7 footer now lol. is that the Driven from within book? he had about 2 inches on my hands i thought his palm were so big
wtf ?! @ 0:06
gesichtsgroove 1 month ago
he wasnt even 6'6 yet
Barnum6241996 1 month ago
Damn, MJ was skinny. I think a high school Lebron and a High school kobe would obliterate a college Jordan but a Pro Jordan would wipe the fucking floor with a pro kobe and Lebron on the same team!
kanguesso 1 month ago
USA! USA! USA! MJ! MJ! MJ! MJSA!
6270bigman 2 months ago
young mike!!
bigdplaya25 2 months ago
6'5", eh? I guess he still hadn't reached his full height (6'6") yet. He must've been a late bloomer physically. He entered college at 6'3" and was skinny as a rail until he was in his late 20's. Kind of interesting when you compare him to Kobe and Lebron, the only two modern players who even approach him from a talent perspective. Both of those guys were their full grown height by their senior year of high school and both of those guys looked like full-grown men even then.
zyxwut321 3 months ago
wheres the D wtf!
XxJessmiesterxX 3 months ago
How dare they not give him the number 23?
Xle19xAB 3 months ago
@Xle19xAB
Barkley was wearing n#7...so what??
(you can see him on this video but didn´t make the 1984 olympics: he was waived by Bobby Knight...)
monQsurlaKomod 2 months ago
@monQsurlaKomod You missed the sarcasm..
Xle19xAB 2 months ago
@Xle19xAB for sure.
monQsurlaKomod 2 months ago
You could tell Jordan was ahead of his time in 1984. He is like Neo of the Matrix, he could see the code lol.
TraumaER 3 months ago 2
Jordan with hair!
MrDasherPOV 3 months ago
This was the team USA tryouts from 1984.
Macross4lyfe 3 months ago
a 6"5 junior. wow, i wish i could be that tall and own at basketball.
awubinski 3 months ago
I think his heught in this year was around 6'3, he was really skinny too
vitorbastos123 4 months ago
@youutoobe you mean kevin durant looks like him
Bigballin211 5 months ago
looks like kevin durant..
youutoobe 5 months ago
@gabbesp1995 I was just gonna write that myself. Instead I'll say that maybe there is hope for KD to be solidly filled out with a good weight program like MJ.
philagon 6 months ago
Jordan looked ALOT like KD in his younger years
Gabbesp1995 7 months ago
ha even then he carried the ball Lmao
binka21 7 months ago
@binka21 I didn't see a carry
BREW343812 6 months ago
@BREW343812 it was right after the first dribble. don't get me wrong, Jordan is the man, but he seemed to carry alot.
binka21 6 months ago
he didnt carry the ball.
Bigturns33 6 months ago
they probably retired number 53 at the local gasstation over there
TheBloodshower 9 months ago 5
Somebody feed that youngster wearing 53!
RAV52 10 months ago
Jordan is 6'6= (198cm)
so you want to tell me that he grew a CM higher after the age of 18?
rare, isn't it?
adamdyerseve 11 months ago
@adamdyerseve There is a big confusion about height of the NBA players. For example I remember that in the Barcelona all members of The Dream Team were listed an inch shorter than they were listed in NBA. So... all we can do is guess.
BassoNero 9 months ago
@adamdyerseve The average age guys stop growing is around 18 but its not uncommon for them to grow some after that. My brother grew two inches when he was 19
szaret1 9 months ago
@szaret1 Or they listed closer to his actual height. Never met the guy, but I heard him, along with Barkley were both more like 6-4.5 to 6-5...NBA, they overexaggerate their height sometimes.
CLewey44 5 months ago
@CLewey44 I hear that alot, and it is sort of true: there are many players whose heights are given with their shoes on. I've seen Barkley in sandals, and trust me he's easily taller than 6'4" guys. Likely 6'6". Jordan was no shorter than 6'6" himself - barefoot.
jagemobe 5 months ago
@jagemobe
No I think MJ is actually closer to 6' 5" without shoes but why would that be the way they measured height in the NBA if you play basketball in shoes? So it honestly makes sense to add that inch or so
PatrickEganLong 4 months ago
@PatrickEganLong Well that's the problem, isn't it? "Thinking" lol. I've seen Barkley in Los Angeles at a charity event; he was in sandals with a visor on, and was 6'5" or taller. Jordan is a shade taller than Barkley. It might "make sense" to you that they add that inch, but this hardly means they always do it. Many players are measured barefoot; many are measured with shoes on. I dont know why they do this; but I do know that they do.
jagemobe 4 months ago
@jagemobe
I mean you might have seen him but that doesn't mean you measured him correctly... with only your eyes...
not to mention sandals add height..maybe not as much as sneakers but they undeniably do
PatrickEganLong 4 months ago
number 53 ?!
GecTheGreek 1 year ago
O.o look how skinny his legs were...it looks like hes about to break his left leg when he ran to get the ball at 0:06
SogeKingXXIII 1 year ago
@SogeKingXXIII LoL but keep in mind those skinny legs would launch him from the free throw line to win a couple dunk contests and label him AIR JORDAN
binka21 7 months ago
no 3 point line?
rrevamuntan 1 year ago
@rrevamuntan Yeah no 3 point line. The 3 point line didn't come into College or the Olypmics for a couple more years.
BREW343812 11 months ago
Ball was played from behind the 3 line it only took 3 dribbles to get to the basket.. He made the basket and the foul 3 points... What does this mean? nothing.
guitargodgod 1 year ago
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He will never amount to anything in the NBA.
nameanking 1 year ago
he had not perfected his game yet at that time
dadefinest305 1 year ago
Look @ a young MJ!!
ssgoku003 1 year ago
This was when there used to be basketball tryouts for the Olympic team! Things were not as easy as they are now.
jimboedwardlee 1 year ago
@jimboedwardlee this was also when the national team came from college players and not pro players.
32hoopsdude 1 year ago
Jordan with Adidas Forum!
treboltenerife 1 year ago 23
@treboltenerife INCREIBLE JAJAJAJA
adictoalasmdb 5 months ago
Assembly HALL!!!
K2PLuCkYsHoT 1 year ago
wow
rare.
BrunoLS09 1 year ago
Weird. 53? Really? Never knew about this. I know he wore 12 in a game against the Magic because someone stole his jersey out of his locker.
Motherfuckers always stealing shit from MJ.
TheKingOfRuckus 2 years ago
i never knew about 53 either, weird
disciple21781 2 years ago
He has got #53, bec. his bag was stolen in plane. It was in his biography, and movie come fly with me.
BananCompanyFilms 2 years ago
THey had jordan listed 6'5 he was really more like 6'4 they say. NBA listed at 6'6 may have grown a little who knows.
Bigturns33 2 years ago 2
6'4?? look at him beside ahmad rashad and steve kerr, both 6'3 and the difference is just 1 inch? not to mention 6'4 players like payton, kidd.
libetta 2 years ago
nba always over list there players. especially if they are smaller. Kerr was probubly 6'2 dn payton ive been next to both they arnt 6'4 as well as kid.
Bigturns33 2 years ago
err, no. i've seen retired players such as hard tim hardaway with some local players here, they were both listed at 6'1 and they have same height. the only player i think that's not really 6 is allen iverson. jordan is really 6'6 take a look at him next to kobe bryant, or reggie miller and clyde drexler who are both an inch taller. jordan's hands even belong to a player of 6'10 size
libetta 2 years ago 2
@libetta he's got bigger hands than most 7 footers, that's what helped make him so great
SFO14 1 year ago
@SFO14
yeah, close to o'neal i guess. you've seen him before?
libetta 1 year ago
@libetta I checked out a book about MJ and it had a full spread across 2 pages with life size image of his hands...I'm about 7 feet myself, with "normal" sized hands, and his fingers were longer than mine. the palms were about the same, but his fingers were ridiculously long.
SFO14 1 year ago
@SFO14
omg, are you a basketball player??? can't believe i'm talking to a 7 footer now lol. is that the Driven from within book? he had about 2 inches on my hands i thought his palm were so big
libetta 1 year ago
hahah the way he spins is totally different from the way he played in the nba...but the finish was good though..
xterpogz07 2 years ago
he couldnt completely spin because theres was that other guy who was coming in from his left, pretty much still the same moves
missionpupa 2 years ago
yeah that was a pretty slow spin...lol
disciple21781 2 years ago
Looks weird in number 53, but it's not the number but the skills behind it...
spitnificent 2 years ago
GOAT§§
sirclahan 2 years ago
Wow, #53?
zodiiak 2 years ago
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he carried the ball during that spin move.:) still good stuff though
badboiBunna 2 years ago
You can't carry on a spin move because by then you've made up your mind that your going to shoot.
spitnificent 2 years ago
jordan only cares if they win,it's about competing and winning with mj,ask larry.
mindse1e 3 years ago 2
hek...no 3pt line yet...this could be around in '84...
jenkin2330 3 years ago 23
@jenkin2330 This was played on a college floor. College basketball did not establish the 3 point line until 1986.
bngibbs 4 months ago
@jenkin2330 it is. this is the usa team he played on the year before he was drafted. bobby knight coached this team.
bostoncelticspride5 4 months ago
Still the greatest.
jeanrollan 3 years ago
I have this game, as well as the 1984 Gold medal game vs Spain where MJ just DOMINATED..
blackadam06 3 years ago
Oh damn!!!. Rare as hell. stuff like this makes my heart jump out of my chest. MJ for life.
mnkhan2020 3 years ago
Rare as heck. Man, good stuff my good friend!
hoopsencyclopedia 3 years ago
Wow, very rare -- Olympic trials, right? I think MJ was 20 or 21 here.
jordanlover23 3 years ago 2
he was 21.
shamwow56 3 years ago
Oh my god, that really is rare. CAn you upload more from that game?
andgar923 3 years ago
Go Mike!
baldheadkid 3 years ago