How awkward must it have been for Patrick to show up to Dream Team practice and become teammates with Jordan and Pippen. Those first couple days were definitely heated.
@dullybugg23 But because the rules make the game easier for offensive palyers, the basketball IQ has gone down quite a bit. You cant use your hands to hand check and you cant use your body to bump the players back out.The only way to defend is to go for the steal, get a foul called on you or wait for the defender to get past you and try to block the passing lanes or the shot. Most of the time its a defensive foul or an easy layup. Defense wins championships but defense has gone down in the NBA
Yeah the league has more talent no doubt about it. But the intensity is lacking and the team building concept these days is killing the game. Both threepeats by chicago were with only 2 allstars. Talent alone wont win you anything. For reference see the 04 pistons and the mavs
Not the point. Players don't compete with nearly the intensity of the 90s, maybe due in part to the refs. You can see it in the biggest stars. Kobe, Lebron, Wade all would rather cry to the refs looking for a foul than run back on defense and try to strip a guy on a fast break.
@shadow1dx I agree, the talent has gone up because of the rules, not much talent on the swingman's position back in the 80's and 90's, but IQ went down because of the new rules. When I mean talent, i don't mean intensity in defense, I mean classy players who have great dunks and layups that show off the world why they want to be known to be talented, and that is great thing
@psychomajoreflex And some people take that as showboating. I see the Thunder pound their chests and flex their muscles after fast break lay ups and it's disgusting. Did you see Russell Westbrook play against the Celtics a couple of nights ago? He was dancing like a bum on the subway every time he hit a three late in the 4th quarter.
I just prefer guys like Duncan, Nash, Dirk or Kidd who all act like they've been there before.
@shadow1dx All that "act like you've been there before" is garbage! it's a game for GODS sake..Duncan,nash,dirk,and Kidd are some of the most boring players in the game!especially Duncan,who shows little to no emotion,it's like watching a robot.They messed the NFL up with the ridiculous flag throwing for "excessive celebration" it's competition,there is nothing wrong with showing emotion,or even having a little fun in the process.
@82BlackPower Only a casual buffoon with the attention span of a fruit fly would find guys like Dirk, Nash and Kidd boring. lol have you seen either play in their primes?
I like my entertainment coming from their basketball skills. Sucks that you need chestpounding to appreciate their games.
@82BlackPower Why would you need to show emotion over a 3-pointer? Excessive celebration flags in the NFL are BS because that was part of the culture of the game. In the NBA there was simply no precedent for what Westbrook does. Not to mention touchdowns are much harder to score than baskets.
Westbrook simply makes himself look like an idiot every time he dunks. It just looks unprofessional.
Oh, and those guys you call "boring" are winners and hall of famers.
@boredfun91 Explain how it's unprofessional,like I said..IT'S A GAME! anybody that gets their panties all in a bunch over any of this is just wound up way too tight.If Russell Westbrook keeps playing at the level he's on,he's also going to be a hall of famer,and it's just a matter of time before the Thunder win a championship,so you can tack on winner also..so that puts him right in the same category along with the boring names I mentioned in my first comment.
@shadow1dx i grew up watching late 80's ball, and i will agree that athleticism today is better to the point that its noticeable, but 90s basketball was probably the toughest era to ever play in, because it had the physicality of the 80s plus 90s athleticism and fundementals. i do agree tho the level of competition in the playoffs this year was insane, every team was built to potentially make a deep run in the playoffs.
@itsyaboy41 The 90's were hurt extremely bad with the expansion drafts. People remember the Bulls, Knicks, Jazz and individual talents like Robinson, Shaq, etc.
The 00's were awful too.
The NBA is finally recovering from expansion and the terrible straight out of High School players, we are finally seeing perhaps the NBA at it's peak.
@shadow1dx What? The NBA currently has more talent? Certainly not in post play, post defense, or perimeter defense. And they sure as hell can't shoot a midrange jumper today. Big men can't even hit hook shots and guards can't hit a 15-footer to save their lives.
The only thing I can see today's league having more skill at are 3 point shooting and ball handling ability.
The 80s had the most talent BY FAR. No one complained about powerhouse teams back then because there were so many.
@boredfun91 I love how you focus on two aspects of the game and leave out the fact that the NBA had the greatest amount of swingmen talent in NBA history.
And yes it is mire talented. The 300th best player in the NBA today is more talented than the 250th best player in the 80's/90's. You're delusional if you think otherwise.
And what powerhouse teams? Lakers, Celtics and Pistons? That sure is a lot.
When I play my friend one-on-one in front of 30 people (including my own cousins, uncle and aunts), when I score a three-point play on my friend, I'm gonna get right in front of my Aunt, and do the Michael Jordan fistpump.
Wow, if this play happened today, there would be about 5 foul calls BEFORE Jordan even got the ball back. Plus a flagrant 1 on Xavier and a Tech on Jordan...
I love the NBA, but the touch fouls in today's game are horrible.
Haha and the kids think Kobe and many other peremeter players could handle this. This was just a foul. Today a tech or maybe ejection depending on the ref. Children are so dumb.
@TheMyth619 Yeah, physical specimens like Reggie Miller who also did battle with the Knicks really shows how someone like Kobe or Lebron wouldn't be able to handle that level of physicality, right?
@mylestate Obviously someone who probably has never played any sports would say something like this. Physicality can neutralize speed and power. Reggie was brutal despite his size. Here is a video that would have been a technical foul in todays game and he punks MJ watch?v=hddYKP5XYac If you don't play ball and just watch highlights it's useless to explain. See you can't put your hands on a peremeter player at the top of the key in todays game.
@mylestate When you can go hands on you don't have to worry about a player having overpowering speed or physical ability. Why do you think Nash was a scrub in the 90's and he's a 2 time MVP in the era and he's old and small yet he's shooting 82% at the rack. 52% from the field and 40% from the arc. This generation is use to freedom. Take that away and there stats will drop. watch?v=yC4pcDFt-Ic In this video see how KB isn't use to this kind of play and Pip was 36. Haha please.
@TheMyth619 Players adapt to the style that they grow up playing in. That's like saying Jerry West would never be able to play in today's game because he could barely dribble compared to today's PGs. Jordan wouldn't be able to play in the time of Bill Russell because every dribble he took would be considered carrying & he'd be called for travelling constantly. And the Pippen video means nothing. Plenty of Kobe fanboys have made videos of Kobe's early years that make it look like he owned MJ.
@mylestate And we both know MJ was and is better than Kobe. MJ was nothing but a statmonger until the 90's. Does that mean he "couldn't play" the 80's level of physicality? And who do you think pioneered the "crying about every non-call" deal in the NBA? There are interviews where Magic & Bird joke about how MJ complained the refs and said "you can't even touch MJ...its a foul."
@mylestate Even Joe Johnson said the game would be different if the played under the 90's rules. I'm not doubting they couldn't play in that era but they wouldn't be putting up the same numbers. Actually the rules in the 90's were put in to slow the high scoring of the 80s. Have you ever watched the Bulls play detroit or New York in the 90's. You can't sit here and tell me that they would have got away playing defense like that now. Sorry no matter how you cut it the rules are lax now.
@mylestate Go to NBA.com and look up all the rule changes for yourself. The NBA is a business. Freeing up peremeter players was all for the new generation of watchers. Some believed the defensive era of the 90's stagnated the game and that may be true but I enjoyed it. And if you know anything about efficiency and effectiveness you can't really call MJ a statmonger. When you're averaging 30 plus PPG shooting over 50% with assists and rebounds that's effective and takes ability.
@TheMyth619 I know the rules changed, but I hate it when people say guys like Bryant, James, or Wade when my favorite player in the 80's was Byron Scott because he was a skinny little guy who would take it hard to the hoop constantly during the "tougher era." Don't tell me the players of today would have trouble adjusting when Scott used to dunk on everyone & avg. 48% fg throughout his career even though he was a below avg jump shooter.
@mylestate Your point with Scott makes no sense. He played in that era. I understand he was small but I've played multiple sports and I know the mentality is what makes a player so what's your point. He was in a fastbreak era anyway. When they changed the rules during Wilt's era his production dropped. I'm not saying those players you revere so much will suffer. I'm saying their production will drop. It's only logical. It's the whole reason they changes the rules anyway.
@TheMyth619 Scott played in the mid-80s to mid-90s. The same "tough" era MJ played in. Scott was a perimeter player who didn't have a great jump shot and not physically imposing as a physical specimen & made a living taking the ball to the hole and dunking bigs. Scott avg'd around 20ppg, shot 48% in his prime & wasn't ever an All-Star. The point was there were many players in that era that had no problem with the physical play that were much less physically imposing than some of today's players.
@mylestate Got bad news for you buddy. Just looked at Scott's stats. He never averaged 20ppg in his life which I already knew but as I expected his PPG average and his FG% took a nose dive in the 90's and he was still young. Sorry just more proof to what I say. I know it's hard for you to understand but rules change the game. This generation playing under 90's rule will drop their production. By the way loved the guitar playing, wish I could play an instrument..
@TheMyth619 - Scott's #s: '87 17ppg/48.9%fg - '88 21.7ppg/52.7fg% - '89 19.6ppg/49.1%fg. After that he avg'd around 14ppg and only shot under 45% ONCE until he turned 34...and at that point he was only taking 6 shots a game. That's pretty good for a little guy who shot +40% 3's only 2 years out of 13. Like I said, he wasn't even an all-star player. Just an avg guard. The late 80's was more physical than the 90's when I watched it, imo. You couldn't use the "Jordan Rules" in the mid90s.
@mylestate how do you explain his PPG and FG% drop starting at the 89-90 season at 28 when he should have been in his prime? All my life of watching basketball I've never seen teams play rougher than the Knicks and Pistons. That's why the era was coined the defensive era. They made it difficult to score be cause the 80's was fastbreak scoring. I do admit alot of those battles that the Bulls were in with the Pistons were in the late 80's.
@TheMyth619 And I'm glad you don't take this debating as trying to pick a fight. So many youtubers at this point start calling each other names & get all mad when you're just talking some sports, lol.
@mylestate Byron Scott, after a while in the league, had massive shoulders and he was strong as hell. And to call him a "below avg jump shooter" is just idiotic. He had the same role as Paxson did in the Bulls team, only he was a better shooter, better athlete and a better defender. His hi FG% is caused by several factors. Obviously teamwork and shot selection was much better back then, and he was also the beneficiary of Magic's passes which led to wide open shots.
@mylestate Why do you think there are so few great centers over the last 10 yrs? The rules were in favor to centers. No 3 second rules to keep centers out of the key and they were able to player tougher D. It's like you said they adapted... But the NBA adapted not the players. They opened the game up. No more just one Jordan. Now every team can have a slasher and you don't have to have a high skill level. All they did was lower the bar to increase ticket sells, highlights, and the such.
@mylestate You example was pood. Even Mj's era was 30yrs away from west. That's to far of a gap to make that comparison. The NBA has altered the rules dramatically since then just like they watered them down in this era and on a physical standpoint the players are more athletic over 30yrs. Why do you think they changed the rules anyway? Why does Nash kill? Why is Hill, Kidd, and Nash starting? Why did Payton have his best 3 yrs in this era.
This is why I believe, for all of today's NBA stars' alleged "superior athleticism", they wouldn't have stood a chance in the NBA of old. They probably would've wasted their energy screaming at the refs for fouls. But Jordan? Jordan takes it out on his opponent. Even Kobe Bryant would've cried if he'd been at the receiving end of that tongue lashing.
McDaniel would have probably gotten a technical too just for giving a shot like that at the rim and inciting something. That '92 series was one of the best ever, definitely one of the most physical. By the '90s, nobody messed with MJ so as not to piss him off. After killing Clyde in the '92 Finals, by '93 nobody said anything or touched him and in '95-98 everyone just stayed away. Nobody could control a series mentally like MJ because he played with such fury.
@gf4670 lol wtf'in hell are you smoking asshole lols stop suckin michaels tiny black lil dick lols i can name atleast 10 players who ROUTINELY talked shit to mj in the late 80's and well into the 90's faggit as loser lols: STARKS MILLER BARKLEY AINGE EWING PAYTON PERSON RODMAN ISIAH MAHORN And of course Bird did it routinely and DESTROYED jordan lols idiot loser lols What's hilarious is that you say by '93 lols dude ur af uckin idiot, ainge AND barkley talked TONS of sht
i like this one more than the baseline dunk on Ewing...this is just epitome of jordan not giving a crap what teams tried against him. Jordan rules? Pistons and Knicks both played that way, and this is what Jordan did to them.
IM 37 AND these games back then meant the world to us. todays bball just sucks horribly. i havent watched a basketball game since jordans last shot in utah. sad isnt it.
Haha oh man, poor Ewing...McDaniel was the one that fouled MJ hard. Ewing actually kinda helped Michael stay upright, then was scolded by Mike whilst lying on the floor. MJ was always goin at the great centers....here, even when they didn't deserve it haha
see look at that...that would be a flagrant 2 these days lol. Back then it was a regular foul and players have nerve enough to complain over litle tippy tap fouls now
This video says it all. There was no stopping him. If Kobe had to play against these Knicks or the Pistons of the same era, he would never survive! They tried to load one differently every year with Jordan stoppers, extra scorers, different coaches, etc etc etc and the point is that THIS MAN IS INSANE AND THERE IS NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO ABOUT IT-NO STOPPING HIM EVER!
today that would be a double technical basketball is soft now look at all the hackin on this one play and mj still scored and didn't cry to the refs like today players would he got in the players face with tongue lashing lol G-O-A-T
he didn't even get a technical? man basketball must've been so much fun to watch back then... im a newer fan but damn i hear a whistle every posession.
Sometimes they let people slide in the playoffs with things like that, depending on who you are and who you direct it to. Direct it at Kenyon Martin, and you should be Ok. Direct at Lebron and prepare to be ejected.
@nonameddog they don't let guys play defense anymore, that's why Lebron and Durant score like they do. Those guys wouldn't even score 20 back in Jordan's NBA.
@nonameddog Watch some videos of MJ vs the bad boys of Detroit. He would get fouled so hard, and fouls weren't always called. Players like Kobe, LeBron, and Wade would cry if they went through the beating MJ went through.
MJ's exact words to Xavier McDaniel were "Yeah! I'm tired of your shit, yeah!".
X-Man was clearly the enforcer of those Knicks teams and was laying wood all series, MJ had enough. I watched this clip repeatedly in slow motion from those old Bulls Championship VHS tapes, just the look in his eyes and fury from his voice says all you need to know about MJ. GOAT no question!
How awkward must it have been for Patrick to show up to Dream Team practice and become teammates with Jordan and Pippen. Those first couple days were definitely heated.
benriche6 2 months ago
@dullybugg23 But because the rules make the game easier for offensive palyers, the basketball IQ has gone down quite a bit. You cant use your hands to hand check and you cant use your body to bump the players back out.The only way to defend is to go for the steal, get a foul called on you or wait for the defender to get past you and try to block the passing lanes or the shot. Most of the time its a defensive foul or an easy layup. Defense wins championships but defense has gone down in the NBA
Shermstyle23 2 months ago
It sounded like he said, "Stay the f*** down!"
SirAaron29 2 months ago
Yeah the league has more talent no doubt about it. But the intensity is lacking and the team building concept these days is killing the game. Both threepeats by chicago were with only 2 allstars. Talent alone wont win you anything. For reference see the 04 pistons and the mavs
Kito343 2 months ago
This play is the fucking greatest of all time. No doubt in my mind, this video is what SHOULD personify the NBA for future generations.
Chromeo33 2 months ago
SIMMONS!!!!
BruceWayne377 2 months ago
1 dislike from Patrick Ewing
keyno2007 3 months ago
ill be so sad when he dies:(
suellanorsa 3 months ago
ANYBODY KNOW WHAT HE SAID???
Plattinumstatus 4 months ago in playlist Plattinumstatus's favorites
@Plattinumstatus "go for the fucking ball"
thabulls420 4 months ago
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GoCelticsNow 4 months ago
The NBA today has no excitement or level of high competition. RIP, Hoops.
YourRump 5 months ago
@YourRump High level of competition?
Take those 90's kid goggles off. The NBA currently has more talent than any other era in history.
shadow1dx 4 months ago
Not talking about talent. Jordan would have gotten a T and Xavier would have been tossed. The game doesn't allow for competition or intensity.
YourRump 4 months ago
@YourRump Talent outweighs technical fouls.
shadow1dx 4 months ago
@shadow1dx "Talent outweighs technical fouls."
Not the point. Players don't compete with nearly the intensity of the 90s, maybe due in part to the refs. You can see it in the biggest stars. Kobe, Lebron, Wade all would rather cry to the refs looking for a foul than run back on defense and try to strip a guy on a fast break.
boredfun91 2 months ago
@boredfun91 It's completely the point.
You can go off on INTENSITY all you want. The talent on the floor now is greater than the NBA has ever had. FACT
shadow1dx 2 months ago
@shadow1dx I agree, the talent has gone up because of the rules, not much talent on the swingman's position back in the 80's and 90's, but IQ went down because of the new rules. When I mean talent, i don't mean intensity in defense, I mean classy players who have great dunks and layups that show off the world why they want to be known to be talented, and that is great thing
psychomajoreflex 1 month ago
@psychomajoreflex And some people take that as showboating. I see the Thunder pound their chests and flex their muscles after fast break lay ups and it's disgusting. Did you see Russell Westbrook play against the Celtics a couple of nights ago? He was dancing like a bum on the subway every time he hit a three late in the 4th quarter.
I just prefer guys like Duncan, Nash, Dirk or Kidd who all act like they've been there before.
shadow1dx 1 month ago
@shadow1dx All that "act like you've been there before" is garbage! it's a game for GODS sake..Duncan,nash,dirk,and Kidd are some of the most boring players in the game!especially Duncan,who shows little to no emotion,it's like watching a robot.They messed the NFL up with the ridiculous flag throwing for "excessive celebration" it's competition,there is nothing wrong with showing emotion,or even having a little fun in the process.
82BlackPower 1 month ago
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shadow1dx 4 weeks ago
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@82BlackPower Only a casual buffoon with the attention span of a fruit fly would find guys like Dirk, Nash and Kidd boring. lol have you seen either play in their primes?
I like my entertainment coming from their basketball skills. Sucks that you need chestpounding to appreciate their games.
shadow1dx 4 weeks ago
@82BlackPower Why would you need to show emotion over a 3-pointer? Excessive celebration flags in the NFL are BS because that was part of the culture of the game. In the NBA there was simply no precedent for what Westbrook does. Not to mention touchdowns are much harder to score than baskets.
Westbrook simply makes himself look like an idiot every time he dunks. It just looks unprofessional.
Oh, and those guys you call "boring" are winners and hall of famers.
boredfun91 2 weeks ago
@boredfun91 Explain how it's unprofessional,like I said..IT'S A GAME! anybody that gets their panties all in a bunch over any of this is just wound up way too tight.If Russell Westbrook keeps playing at the level he's on,he's also going to be a hall of famer,and it's just a matter of time before the Thunder win a championship,so you can tack on winner also..so that puts him right in the same category along with the boring names I mentioned in my first comment.
82BlackPower 2 weeks ago
@shadow1dx i grew up watching late 80's ball, and i will agree that athleticism today is better to the point that its noticeable, but 90s basketball was probably the toughest era to ever play in, because it had the physicality of the 80s plus 90s athleticism and fundementals. i do agree tho the level of competition in the playoffs this year was insane, every team was built to potentially make a deep run in the playoffs.
itsyaboy41 3 months ago
@itsyaboy41 The 90's were hurt extremely bad with the expansion drafts. People remember the Bulls, Knicks, Jazz and individual talents like Robinson, Shaq, etc.
The 00's were awful too.
The NBA is finally recovering from expansion and the terrible straight out of High School players, we are finally seeing perhaps the NBA at it's peak.
...and they're in a lockout.
shadow1dx 3 months ago
@shadow1dx What? The NBA currently has more talent? Certainly not in post play, post defense, or perimeter defense. And they sure as hell can't shoot a midrange jumper today. Big men can't even hit hook shots and guards can't hit a 15-footer to save their lives.
The only thing I can see today's league having more skill at are 3 point shooting and ball handling ability.
The 80s had the most talent BY FAR. No one complained about powerhouse teams back then because there were so many.
boredfun91 2 months ago
@boredfun91 I love how you focus on two aspects of the game and leave out the fact that the NBA had the greatest amount of swingmen talent in NBA history.
And yes it is mire talented. The 300th best player in the NBA today is more talented than the 250th best player in the 80's/90's. You're delusional if you think otherwise.
And what powerhouse teams? Lakers, Celtics and Pistons? That sure is a lot.
shadow1dx 2 months ago
lmao mj. turn up to volume and u can hear mj screaming "GO FOR THE FUCKING BALL" man i fucking miss the G.O.A.T.
thabulls420 5 months ago
WTF, they let a nigga play with those giant ass shades?
DragonSpikeXIII 6 months ago
...all the Knicks fans getting up when Jordan drives to the hoop.
buckbros3059 6 months ago
This was the Conference Semi-Finals not Conference Finals but cool vid.
PhilBurr100 6 months ago
dijo; Tòma hijo de tu puta madre !!
lalolara 6 months ago
podrian decir que es lo que grita MJ tan furioso?
lalolara 6 months ago
When I play my friend one-on-one in front of 30 people (including my own cousins, uncle and aunts), when I score a three-point play on my friend, I'm gonna get right in front of my Aunt, and do the Michael Jordan fistpump.
abysmalatrocious 7 months ago
AND FUCKING 1!
VashoonMoneyy12 7 months ago
simply wrathful i love the fury of the beast...
bonekorleon 8 months ago
wat did jordan scream?
mj21212 9 months ago
@mj21212 Yea Sucka! Yea!
FrancoDFernando 8 months ago
@FrancoDFernando
LMAO! no he didnt, but that's so funny omg im crying
thahideous1 4 weeks ago
EPIC
TheFlexEffect 9 months ago
Wow, if this play happened today, there would be about 5 foul calls BEFORE Jordan even got the ball back. Plus a flagrant 1 on Xavier and a Tech on Jordan...
I love the NBA, but the touch fouls in today's game are horrible.
LL
loganlight 9 months ago 14
damn no one is better then this man
RSTM23 9 months ago 3
best MJ Clip
vnguyen87v2 10 months ago
anyone fan from this era can remember how physical this series was. just one more reason mike gets my vote for g.o.a.t.
slimreaper1226 10 months ago
Haha and the kids think Kobe and many other peremeter players could handle this. This was just a foul. Today a tech or maybe ejection depending on the ref. Children are so dumb.
TheMyth619 10 months ago
@TheMyth619 Yeah, physical specimens like Reggie Miller who also did battle with the Knicks really shows how someone like Kobe or Lebron wouldn't be able to handle that level of physicality, right?
mylestate 9 months ago
@mylestate Obviously someone who probably has never played any sports would say something like this. Physicality can neutralize speed and power. Reggie was brutal despite his size. Here is a video that would have been a technical foul in todays game and he punks MJ watch?v=hddYKP5XYac If you don't play ball and just watch highlights it's useless to explain. See you can't put your hands on a peremeter player at the top of the key in todays game.
TheMyth619 9 months ago
@mylestate When you can go hands on you don't have to worry about a player having overpowering speed or physical ability. Why do you think Nash was a scrub in the 90's and he's a 2 time MVP in the era and he's old and small yet he's shooting 82% at the rack. 52% from the field and 40% from the arc. This generation is use to freedom. Take that away and there stats will drop. watch?v=yC4pcDFt-Ic In this video see how KB isn't use to this kind of play and Pip was 36. Haha please.
TheMyth619 9 months ago
@TheMyth619 Players adapt to the style that they grow up playing in. That's like saying Jerry West would never be able to play in today's game because he could barely dribble compared to today's PGs. Jordan wouldn't be able to play in the time of Bill Russell because every dribble he took would be considered carrying & he'd be called for travelling constantly. And the Pippen video means nothing. Plenty of Kobe fanboys have made videos of Kobe's early years that make it look like he owned MJ.
mylestate 9 months ago
@mylestate And we both know MJ was and is better than Kobe. MJ was nothing but a statmonger until the 90's. Does that mean he "couldn't play" the 80's level of physicality? And who do you think pioneered the "crying about every non-call" deal in the NBA? There are interviews where Magic & Bird joke about how MJ complained the refs and said "you can't even touch MJ...its a foul."
mylestate 9 months ago
@mylestate Even Joe Johnson said the game would be different if the played under the 90's rules. I'm not doubting they couldn't play in that era but they wouldn't be putting up the same numbers. Actually the rules in the 90's were put in to slow the high scoring of the 80s. Have you ever watched the Bulls play detroit or New York in the 90's. You can't sit here and tell me that they would have got away playing defense like that now. Sorry no matter how you cut it the rules are lax now.
TheMyth619 9 months ago
@mylestate Go to NBA.com and look up all the rule changes for yourself. The NBA is a business. Freeing up peremeter players was all for the new generation of watchers. Some believed the defensive era of the 90's stagnated the game and that may be true but I enjoyed it. And if you know anything about efficiency and effectiveness you can't really call MJ a statmonger. When you're averaging 30 plus PPG shooting over 50% with assists and rebounds that's effective and takes ability.
TheMyth619 9 months ago
@TheMyth619 I know the rules changed, but I hate it when people say guys like Bryant, James, or Wade when my favorite player in the 80's was Byron Scott because he was a skinny little guy who would take it hard to the hoop constantly during the "tougher era." Don't tell me the players of today would have trouble adjusting when Scott used to dunk on everyone & avg. 48% fg throughout his career even though he was a below avg jump shooter.
mylestate 9 months ago
@mylestate Your point with Scott makes no sense. He played in that era. I understand he was small but I've played multiple sports and I know the mentality is what makes a player so what's your point. He was in a fastbreak era anyway. When they changed the rules during Wilt's era his production dropped. I'm not saying those players you revere so much will suffer. I'm saying their production will drop. It's only logical. It's the whole reason they changes the rules anyway.
TheMyth619 9 months ago
@TheMyth619 Scott played in the mid-80s to mid-90s. The same "tough" era MJ played in. Scott was a perimeter player who didn't have a great jump shot and not physically imposing as a physical specimen & made a living taking the ball to the hole and dunking bigs. Scott avg'd around 20ppg, shot 48% in his prime & wasn't ever an All-Star. The point was there were many players in that era that had no problem with the physical play that were much less physically imposing than some of today's players.
mylestate 9 months ago
@mylestate Got bad news for you buddy. Just looked at Scott's stats. He never averaged 20ppg in his life which I already knew but as I expected his PPG average and his FG% took a nose dive in the 90's and he was still young. Sorry just more proof to what I say. I know it's hard for you to understand but rules change the game. This generation playing under 90's rule will drop their production. By the way loved the guitar playing, wish I could play an instrument..
TheMyth619 9 months ago
@TheMyth619 - Scott's #s: '87 17ppg/48.9%fg - '88 21.7ppg/52.7fg% - '89 19.6ppg/49.1%fg. After that he avg'd around 14ppg and only shot under 45% ONCE until he turned 34...and at that point he was only taking 6 shots a game. That's pretty good for a little guy who shot +40% 3's only 2 years out of 13. Like I said, he wasn't even an all-star player. Just an avg guard. The late 80's was more physical than the 90's when I watched it, imo. You couldn't use the "Jordan Rules" in the mid90s.
mylestate 9 months ago
@mylestate how do you explain his PPG and FG% drop starting at the 89-90 season at 28 when he should have been in his prime? All my life of watching basketball I've never seen teams play rougher than the Knicks and Pistons. That's why the era was coined the defensive era. They made it difficult to score be cause the 80's was fastbreak scoring. I do admit alot of those battles that the Bulls were in with the Pistons were in the late 80's.
TheMyth619 9 months ago
@TheMyth619 And I'm glad you don't take this debating as trying to pick a fight. So many youtubers at this point start calling each other names & get all mad when you're just talking some sports, lol.
mylestate 9 months ago
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75samuel75 9 months ago
@mylestate Byron Scott, after a while in the league, had massive shoulders and he was strong as hell. And to call him a "below avg jump shooter" is just idiotic. He had the same role as Paxson did in the Bulls team, only he was a better shooter, better athlete and a better defender. His hi FG% is caused by several factors. Obviously teamwork and shot selection was much better back then, and he was also the beneficiary of Magic's passes which led to wide open shots.
75samuel75 9 months ago
@mylestate Why do you think there are so few great centers over the last 10 yrs? The rules were in favor to centers. No 3 second rules to keep centers out of the key and they were able to player tougher D. It's like you said they adapted... But the NBA adapted not the players. They opened the game up. No more just one Jordan. Now every team can have a slasher and you don't have to have a high skill level. All they did was lower the bar to increase ticket sells, highlights, and the such.
TheMyth619 9 months ago
@mylestate You example was pood. Even Mj's era was 30yrs away from west. That's to far of a gap to make that comparison. The NBA has altered the rules dramatically since then just like they watered them down in this era and on a physical standpoint the players are more athletic over 30yrs. Why do you think they changed the rules anyway? Why does Nash kill? Why is Hill, Kidd, and Nash starting? Why did Payton have his best 3 yrs in this era.
TheMyth619 9 months ago
Le plus grand...
pisistrate7 10 months ago
The great old days :)
MrR9999 11 months ago
This is why I believe, for all of today's NBA stars' alleged "superior athleticism", they wouldn't have stood a chance in the NBA of old. They probably would've wasted their energy screaming at the refs for fouls. But Jordan? Jordan takes it out on his opponent. Even Kobe Bryant would've cried if he'd been at the receiving end of that tongue lashing.
celenas77 11 months ago
0:11-0:12, "go for the fuckin ball"?????
supremecist 11 months ago
@supremecist
he says "yea motherfucker, yea!'
jobet207 11 months ago
@supremecist sounds more like "And the fcking foul"
youngcnyce 10 months ago
does any1 know what a heated jordan says after he gets fouled? sounds like "that's what you get", or sumtin like that. then again im readin his lips.
supremecist 11 months ago
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@supremecist @supremecist
he says "yea motherfucker, yea!'
jobet207 11 months ago
Not only did he get whacked in the face but he also traveled.
xLegendx502 11 months ago
@xLegendx502
Absolutely not a travel, not even fucking close.
ElectricSteel88 11 months ago
@ElectricSteel88 3 Steps without a dribble? If you were actually smart you would see that he did that. -_-
xLegendx502 11 months ago
@xLegendx502
What the fuck are you looking at? Three steps without a dribble? Are you blind or just retarded?
ElectricSteel88 11 months ago
@xLegendx502 He took 2 steps after the ball reached his right hand, and before he jumped.
jd55192 11 months ago
@xLegendx502 Where's the travel? He never traveled. He dribbled and then jumped off two feet.
aboverim 11 months ago
He probably gets T'd up if that happened in today's league
thrunt01 1 year ago
McDaniel would have probably gotten a technical too just for giving a shot like that at the rim and inciting something. That '92 series was one of the best ever, definitely one of the most physical. By the '90s, nobody messed with MJ so as not to piss him off. After killing Clyde in the '92 Finals, by '93 nobody said anything or touched him and in '95-98 everyone just stayed away. Nobody could control a series mentally like MJ because he played with such fury.
gf4670 1 year ago 11
ry3304 7 months ago
@gf4670 G.O.A.T.
krisalex18 5 months ago
NOW THIS IS WHAT U CALL COMPETITIVE BASKETBALL! THIS SHIT WOULDA BEEN A TECHNICAL ON JORDAN NOW A DAYS..
TaKeNoTeS27 1 year ago
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what did he say? don't you dare....?
seraphlgabri 1 year ago
MJ rules forever - Kb is a pu$%y big time compared to THE MAN!!!!
northvalleynews 1 year ago
This is my favorite Jordan highlight.
PastorSolomon1 1 year ago
holy crap this is what u call basketball! somebody should shoot david stern for pussyfying the league.
tbird09100 1 year ago
1992 playoffs...
acegotflows 1 year ago
Wow This is when players had heart and balls u would never see the same emotion in the nba no more.. Jordan = god
pitufo11124 1 year ago
This gives me the chills
JayVenom 1 year ago
i like this one more than the baseline dunk on Ewing...this is just epitome of jordan not giving a crap what teams tried against him. Jordan rules? Pistons and Knicks both played that way, and this is what Jordan did to them.
jtza87 1 year ago
does anyone read lips? what exactly did jordan say to ewing?
wilcox24 1 year ago
I remember this game. He was really angry that game. He had a breakaway dunk one time and tried to jam it so hard that it richoceted in the stands
phoneke 1 year ago
McDaniel and Ewing stumbling down like a couple of dumbfucks.
badboybob1074 1 year ago 2
haha lol, I want space glasses like grant!
Alpito123 1 year ago
This was classic ball right here, that might be an ejection now LOL
tmoney519 1 year ago
Look at the New York crowd rise up from their seats as MJ drives the lane...
SugarRayz 1 year ago
and this is the play that made scottie pippen go from BOY to a MAN
TheFatMack 1 year ago
and this is the play that made scootie pippen go from BOY to a MAN
TheFatMack 1 year ago
It really was fun watching the NBA back then. That was the NBA's Golden Era.
renragged 1 year ago
This is still my fav moment
Addienzo 1 year ago
IM 37 AND these games back then meant the world to us. todays bball just sucks horribly. i havent watched a basketball game since jordans last shot in utah. sad isnt it.
bigben1986 1 year ago
thanks it was a great game
INDUSTRIALV 1 year ago
please, can you tell me about this game i dont remember. it was at the semifinals
or regular season, and what number was? thank you
INDUSTRIALV 1 year ago
@INDUSTRIALV eastern conference finals 1992
FrYLocK41 1 year ago
@FrYLocK41 this is not the East Finals but it is the 92 East Semi-Finals Game 3. Video post is wrong.
glocsta707 1 year ago
Look at all the people in the crowd stand up as Jordan drives in.
SugarRayz 1 year ago
Michael is all like "Punk! you cant stop me!"
bigcritic69 1 year ago
@bigcritic69 god couldn't stop Jordan.
zunkfunkt 1 year ago
@zunkfunkt God created jordan. God can start or stop anybody.
thewolfmanchu 1 year ago
@thewolfmanchu man shut the fuck up
zunkfunkt 1 year ago
Haha oh man, poor Ewing...McDaniel was the one that fouled MJ hard. Ewing actually kinda helped Michael stay upright, then was scolded by Mike whilst lying on the floor. MJ was always goin at the great centers....here, even when they didn't deserve it haha
HalfNHalf8807 1 year ago
Kobe would never react and fight like MJ. Kobe would just run and cry. lol
tasams 1 year ago
@tasams You Kobe haters are all cut from the same cloth SMH
TheEsquire212 11 months ago
The best basketball era ever
kingofrnb 1 year ago 2
I love how MJ could always rise to the occasion
stilldeezy 1 year ago
Kobe needs to have a mean streak in this upcoming playoff series
boss12 1 year ago
*edit a mean streak *like this
boss12 1 year ago
I don't know how, as a man, you don't respond when another man makes you his bitch on national television.
KOFSoldier 1 year ago
see look at that...that would be a flagrant 2 these days lol. Back then it was a regular foul and players have nerve enough to complain over litle tippy tap fouls now
Marceles45 1 year ago
One of my all time favourite plays from Jordan
JKCNinety 1 year ago
in an interview he says he yelled "i'm much better than you"
pheeeel17 1 year ago
that's awesome how 2 knicks go to the floor and 1 MJ still standin :)
isaachaze1 1 year ago 7
If we are talking about this clip you should visit NBAPremium(.)tk to see better quality of it
JoshPerrick 1 year ago
He says "Go for the fucking ball!" it was in an interview, If you watch at like 0:09 he takes a hard shot to the face.
verde237 2 years ago 2
if not the greatest, the strongest SG to ever play the game...
oneman91 2 years ago
He says "yeah, patrick, yeah!"
MichaelJordanTube 2 years ago
I think he says "FOUL MOTHER FUCKER FOUL"
hotsauce4590 2 years ago
Can anyone tells me what MJ said right after the basket???
bruno23w 2 years ago
See my comment from 4 months ago below for the answer.
InfiniteIcon 2 years ago
This video says it all. There was no stopping him. If Kobe had to play against these Knicks or the Pistons of the same era, he would never survive! They tried to load one differently every year with Jordan stoppers, extra scorers, different coaches, etc etc etc and the point is that THIS MAN IS INSANE AND THERE IS NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO ABOUT IT-NO STOPPING HIM EVER!
kobeeatsjordansmeaty 2 years ago 5
@kobeeatsjordansmeaty why u even comparing kobe to jordan? jordan was the best of his era, and kobe is the best of this era. there is NO comparison
jackliuliu 9 months ago
can't stop A LEGEND!
coap2 2 years ago 7
amazing body control wow! GOAT
earlboykinsjr 2 years ago 4
Rousing shit!
I'd been trying to find this clip for some time, so thanks for posting!
Cotdail 2 years ago
@Cotdail your welcome bro.
bigevil50 2 years ago
today that would be a double technical basketball is soft now look at all the hackin on this one play and mj still scored and didn't cry to the refs like today players would he got in the players face with tongue lashing lol G-O-A-T
keyno2007 2 years ago
he didn't even get a technical? man basketball must've been so much fun to watch back then... im a newer fan but damn i hear a whistle every posession.
nonameddog 2 years ago 51
yup thats all they do now is blow the whistle back then as you can see no blood no foul and mj was bleeding after that play
keyno2007 2 years ago 2
@nonameddog
Sometimes they let people slide in the playoffs with things like that, depending on who you are and who you direct it to. Direct it at Kenyon Martin, and you should be Ok. Direct at Lebron and prepare to be ejected.
KOFSoldier 1 year ago
@nonameddog they don't let guys play defense anymore, that's why Lebron and Durant score like they do. Those guys wouldn't even score 20 back in Jordan's NBA.
EdmondLau2007 1 year ago
@EdmondLau2007 Yeah Durant would be snapped in half playing against the 90s Knicks, Oakley and X Man would have beaten on him badly.
pharry4life 1 year ago
@pharry4life ahaha oh man that would be hilarious seeing Oakley break Kevin Durant .. literally.
uberathlete 1 year ago
@nonameddog true that man
skessler123 1 year ago
@nonameddog NBA basketball was soo much better. Today's game dosen't do it justice.
mgreen27 1 year ago
@nonameddog Mike shouted at MacDaniel something like "Just play the game!". No strong language. So no reason for technical.
BassoNero 1 year ago
@BassoNero
He actually said YEAH SUCKER>> YEAH
nj23dublin 1 year ago
@nonameddog Watch some videos of MJ vs the bad boys of Detroit. He would get fouled so hard, and fouls weren't always called. Players like Kobe, LeBron, and Wade would cry if they went through the beating MJ went through.
heels23fan 11 months ago
MJ's exact words to Xavier McDaniel were "Yeah! I'm tired of your shit, yeah!".
X-Man was clearly the enforcer of those Knicks teams and was laying wood all series, MJ had enough. I watched this clip repeatedly in slow motion from those old Bulls Championship VHS tapes, just the look in his eyes and fury from his voice says all you need to know about MJ. GOAT no question!
InfiniteIcon 2 years ago 4
MJ is the man...
Kurdiyar 2 years ago
GOAT without question. Just a different level.
calvinlotz 2 years ago
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G O A T
sirclahan 2 years ago
Could watch this forever.Amen.
t5239857289578947594 2 years ago
Did you see the fury in his eyes and whole body aimed at those two guys on the floor.Owned all the way on that one.Mike was one tough cookie.
t5239857289578947594 2 years ago 2
Yea Sucka Yea!!
CLASSICsince1984 2 years ago
G
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MJ's career hilite right there baby. x-man & Ewing both OWNED. MJ lavitates in mid air despite extremely hard fouls from both sides.
then some serious Tongue lashing by the the ultimate master to 2 mere mortals.
mnkhan2020 2 years ago 28
@mnkhan2020 mere mortals indeed
iseankimi 1 year ago
GOAT
bhgraiders1 2 years ago
lol.
BallerVideos23 2 years ago
michael knocked patrick down with 1 layup!
libetta 2 years ago 3