Michael Jordan's ESPN Top 10

[mynameisvoit]

number 4 is the most overrated play of all time

[jump12man]

Guys there will never be a next anybody no next Jordan no next Nash no next scalabrine scruples game is unique wether their hall of gamers or bench warmers

[jiac1125]

#4 legendary layup Jordan with the right left switch. hangtime , hang glide......- Curren$y Airborne Aquarium.

[ricky100593]

ur missing the point; what ur saying is that the best players should be ranked based on who scored the most points in a single game. according to ur logic, the best player of all time would be wilt, kobe would be second, david thompson would be third, and then it would be elgin baylor, david robinson, and mj at four, five, and six. does that sound right? mj at six? david thompson at three? david robinson at five? u tell me

[TheKutter808]

Jordan is the greatest Kobe won't be him and will never reach his level

[ShadesOfRapture]

Larry Bird, when asked about Jordan's 63 points, responded "Yeah, but we won the game."

[MegaBasketballRox]

@ 2:02 Look at the defender behind MJ : P:P

[smarte2yahoo]

My favorite michael jordan highlight is the one with michael jordan in it

[killer5306]

wtf!!! tiger woods got 20% screw that shit

[officialflightmusic]

The bad pizza shit is 1 of the main reason why players dont like to play against UTAH... the pizza place that served jordan the pizza was not stupid they knew who ordered the pizza and anyway they could slow jordan down they were going to do it... I'm from houston and i remember people telling me they used to make star athletes sick whenever they played the Rockets in a critical game... Shit is true

[VinmanMJ23]

@werworld1 It's weird to hear (read) someone say that because it seems like yesterday I was watching him win his last championship. Even back then people knew how special he was. The reason there are so many videos of him is because everyone had their VCRs (you don't know what that is :-)) rolling.

[BurnInTheLight]

69 points... hehehehehe

[luggernaut21]

watta boss, he didnt even need to switch hands for that layup he just did it cus he could haha

[AwesomeMcAwesome32]

the closest anyone of this era is to mj is dwayne wade

[emericaclay1]

lol number 4 he didnt even need to switch hands, you know you're good when you can just "show off" in the nba finals

[FriendsLover99]

I used to love Magic more than MJ

[controverzo]

@werworld1 fucking 21st century ball players

[vierhundertzwanzig]

@werworld1 dude i've been saying the same fucking thing

[FastCuber1]

I luv MJ, thought im a huge jazz fan. I wish stockton and malone could have gotten one ring though

[richardboy316]

Guarantee, if they took that vote today, Tiger Woods wouldn't get more than 5%

[sportshogi]

Tiger Woods should never be in the same sentence as Michael Jordan

[BIoodThirsty]

Why do people think Kobe is good? Any average scorer can do good when there the only decent player on the team. If kobe went to a team with a couple other superstars he wouldn't be able to score more than 30 on a good night.

[Jbernie29]

@BIoodThirsty look i hate kobe and the lakers just as much as the next person, but to say that KB is AVG. is completely wrong, you may not like him, but look at his body of work and give him his props.

[yungbrizzle10]

i rememeber watching that game on the number 1 pick

[TheCherries398]

BBC

[heysup95]

0:30 hehehehhehheh

[Tmachaveli]

The Goat thats all i needed it say if there was no jordan there would be no kobe,dwade,leborn..respect the king

[CopyrightInfrigiment]

he pushed off on #1 who cares ITS JORDAN!

BTW FUCK KOBE ITS ALL ABOUT D WADE NOW

[Jagst3r15]

@CopyrightInfrigiment Lol dwade sucks where is his 5 rings?

[19AnDrEw19]

@Jagst3r15 give him 6 years.

[CopyrightInfrigiment]

@Jagst3r15 there in your mom's ass, hes yet to pull them out... its a shitty process 

[Jagst3r15]

@CopyrightInfrigiment fool

[alucardae86]

2k11:P



[Rdy2goXTR]

MJ is probably better. But right now, Kobe is the new MJ.

Yet although, MJ did not have the greatest team to back him up.

Kobe has a great defense, great scoring team so its not just all Kobe.

On the Bulls, it was all MJ.

Does that make sense?

[speedgo41]

@Rdy2goXTR wrong, They had pippen.

[Lman186RS]

@speedgo41 You're right, but pippen was shit when it came to offense.

[speedgo41]

@Lman186RS I dont think so. in his later years he was an even better passer then jordan, and had a pretty good jumper. He had an 18 PPG avg for his career, and I think he could have scored more in a leading role.

[MrGingerade]

@Rdy2goXTR

No, Kobe is not the new MJ. Kobe Bryant is the new Kobe Bryant.

There will never be another Michael Jordan. Kobe Bryant is a great player, and fun to watch, but he's no Michael Jordan. The only MJ, is MJ. Now there's too many comparisons, "John Wall is the next LeBron James?" no, Michael Jordan is the iconic basketball player, he is what no one else is, and what no one else can be, he's Michael Jordan.

[binka21]

@MrGingerade Blake Griffin is the new Michael Jordan. Just watch this next season. He gonna take off.

[LetsRide20]

@binka21 Griffin is not even good enough to shine MJ's shoes....

[binka21]

@LetsRide20 i don't necessarily mean like championships and all that. i mean Blake brings excitement and awesome moves that nobody else does consistently, like Jordan did.

[sk8r2221]

@Rdy2goXTR he had pippen to give him huge help on offense and rodman to help on defense soo your sort wrong

[Daken3687]

@Rdy2goXTR no it doesnt, you seem to be forgetting about Pippen the greatest all around player in the nba, horace grant a good player, bill tough center and paxon a very good and solid player in the bulls first 3peat, look i love jordan and he did carried the team from 84 to 89 but beginning the 90s the bulls were a better team

[ufsteez83]

Jordan went ham every night.

[FestImuch]

push off

[djsexybaconify]

Anyone who says Kobe is better than MJ obviously knows nothing about basketball.

[Tsubaki117]

Do you hear people saying they do it like Kobe? NO. It's "doing it like Mike" lol

[MapleCap]

has he licked anyone with that tongue hangin out like that?

[knotvayne27]

i feel so lucky that i got to see him play in person...forever the best, mj

[Youngcool03]

BEFORE WE START TALKING TOUGHEST DEFENSE I WOULDNT SAY THAT BOSTON DEFENSE WAS THE TOUGHEST BECUZ THAT PISTON DEFENSE WAS REAL TOUGH THEM YEARS TO

[adiorocks101]

and people try to compare lebron and kobe to him. my ass that anyone is better than mj.

[ufreakingreka20]

march 28th, 1990...i was born on that day

[p8chill]

if you look closely, you can see a streak of lightning when Michael dunks on Ewing

[tbird09100]

now mj has 32292 points, averaged 30.1 ppg in his career, 1668 orb, 5004 drb, 5633 assists, 2514 steals, 893 blocks, with one defensive poy award, 5x nba mvp, 6 rings, 6 nba finals mvp, 9x nba all defensive team, 10 all nba first team, and 10 scoring titles. with 11 games left i dont see kobe surpassing mj in any of the categories i just listed. and LongToungedFreak is right, 81 is 81, but stats is stats and i'll take mjs stats and achievements over kobes "amazing" 81 point performance anyday.

[tbird09100]

its only fair to compare these two when they have played the same amount of games and see who tops who. mj played 1072 games. kobe has played 1061 so kobe is only 11 games away from playing the same amount of games as mj. right now kobe has 26799 points, averaging 25.3 ppg in his career, 1253 orb, 4359 drb, 4948 assists, 1607 steals, 568 blocks, with no defensive poy award, 1 nba mvp, 5 rings, 2 nba finals mvp, 8x nba all defensive team, 8x all nba first team, and 2 scoring titles

[cheesichinchin]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi - I am a huge Jordan fan, But his 63 came in TRIPLE OT! Kobe scored his 81 in only 3 quarters.

[jimmychuang]

@cheesichinchin Kobe only scored 50 pts one time in playoffs, against weak defense Suns.

MJ scored 50+ 8 times in playoffs.

81 pts against Raptors, but unable to make another 50 pt in playoffs?

And you say you are a huge MJ fan? Big liar, you can't even understand how much tougher the playoffs than regular season games

[tjman1404]

he is the best player :)

[paonikos13]

2:04 little white player was hit from air pressure

[jimmychuang]

@paonikos13 Ehlo is 6'7, taller than MJ, not a small white guy

[veramann]

Jordan was not a great shooter. That was why he could not score at least 70, let alone 81.

[Daken3687]

@veramann jajajja are you fucking serious bro??¿?¿?¿?¿? kobe is a great player perhaps one of the greatest, but his 81 point game in 2005 came against the worst defensive and offensive team in the league that season the raptors. MJ scored 63 on the Celts who would become champs that very same year so just do the comparison, MJ all day for me baby

[veramann]

@Daken3687 That's not all. Kobe also scored another 65 points in 3 quarters against the Dallas Mavericks. If Phil Jackson didn't take him out b/c the game was assumed over, he might end up breaking Chamberlain's record of 100 points. So you can't use a weak defensive as a fucking excuse.

[ricky100593]

@veramann the player who scored the most points in a single game isnt necessarily the best player. david thompson scored 73 points in a game and i bet u dont even know who that is.

[veramann]

@ricky100593 The same is true for Wilt C. He scored 100 points in a game and dominated his era. He also averaged 50 ppg in one season 23 rpg in his career but people can't accept that he was the best.

[ricky100593]

@veramann haha, and did u just say kobe could score 35 points in a quarter???

[IchatRus1]

kobe isnt even close to Jordan

What MJ did for the game is more than kobe can dream of doing

[Mastas999]

LOL people that put Kobe in the same conversation as Jordan are just morons ... Jordan could score 85 points in todays league with all the fouls they give out. So much harder to rack up points back when Jordan was a star. Jordan is on a level of his own

[MrThathotkid]

Dominuqe is wiked good in this top ten list especially that dunk on Ewing go d wilk

[masons6376]

as a huge basketball fan at 19 years old im pissed i wasnt old enough to know basketball when this guy play watching his highlights are like watching a movie and by watching kobe everynight i can tell you kobe will never be better than this guy was

[610KillaBoy]

thee GREATEST!!! your AIRNESS!!! 

[brittanywebber27]

cant believe Ohio,Utah,Michigan, and New York voteed wit Jordan dat man is still dat fukin amazin

[skaterjohn117]

well to add to johnMUTDMazzawi's comment the other reason that Jordan only made 69 points was because hes a TEAM player not a ball hog unlike kobe!!!

No disrespect to lakers fans!!!! I do like kobe as a player sometimes!!??

[zer0301]

always, when i heard the name jordan, when i heard the number 23, when i heard chicago bulls i remember the play number 1 o saw it on tv at live and its the most significative shoot of jordan for me

[maz42100]

tiger woods lol

[fruit84]

i think kobe is GREAT... but even if he ends up winning more rings than MJ, he can never be greater. MJ Transcending Basketball and made the NBA a global things, popularize the shoes and set the standards of excellence both on and off the court. MJ transcended sports Derek Jeter wears JORDANs.

In my opinion he was the GOAT (shooting/point Guard) Defender the game has seen. This guy consistantly blocked shots on 7 foot centers like patrick, shaq, and the dream.

[aross414]

this man aint playing ball no more and got more view them kobe still...younging wake up this is kobe teacher !!!

[JohnMUTDMazzawi]

@VioletFlame137 why I are you going to MJ videos giving me a link to evangelic webstie?

never mind the fact that I happen to be an atheist..

[duky0281]

Definitivamente no es humano...

[hugocasarrubias]

bow down to the king ...there will never be another one ..me eyes where bless to see him ...

[iloveyouagentgibbs]

Michael is just a complete example of a great athlete. No matter how your feeling you better show up to practice and games in order to get better. No excuses. Play hard or get out the gym.

[palacios007]

SuperStar in all U.S. (states)

MJ 50

Woods 0

LOOOOOOOL!

[jdh023]

I have seen the number three ranked shot from Jordan many times and I SWEAR the basketball curves to go in the basket. Optical illusion or whatever, he made the shot.



[ShaneFM]

I keep hearing from MJ fanboys how MJ played in this "dominant" league in the NBA and how the players NOW couldn't compete and blah blah blah. That's complete B.S. (Bullshit for JohnMUTDMazzawi) <- HAHA. When you look at the worst NBA record for a single season during MJ's era you have 11 teams. 11 teams on the Worst Record in NBA History List were in MJ's era. Now the difference with me is that I'm not going to downlplay MJ. He is the GOAT. So, I ask you to not downplay Kobe -That is All.

[jimmychuang]

@ShaneFM Well MJ played even better in playoffs, Kobe is not, that tells the whole story. MJ is better against tough teams.

If there were that many suck teams in MJ's era, then you should know that MJ didn't tend to create any record or something in those weak teams, he only wanted to win.

If he tend to create some record, he should scored higher on weak teams but he didn't, actually he scored higher many times against tough teams like Knicks, Pistons, Celtics

[CR9DAGREAT]

kobe is the closest player to jordan and hes not even close

[ShaneFM]

@CR9DAGREAT Closer than you think, but your right in the sense that Kobe still has a lot of work to do.

[cano21]

Kobe has MJ posters up in his bedroom. MJ was the closest thing to God on the court, period. It's amazing how quickly people forget.

[amazingfertilla123]

69 points

[dcbandnerd]

Ridiculous! What an athlete. I'd still put him below Thorpe on the all time list, but...just look at that.

[amazingfertilla123]

thorpe is over looked

[guitardude1595]

absolutely the most amazing sports player in all of history on earth and maybe ever, no one can top him.... absolutely unstoppable

[ShaneFM]

@guitardude1595

Unfortunately there is another athlete that DID top him on a poll held up by ESPN for the most amazing sports player EVER and that's Cassius Marcellus Clay, formerly known as Muhammad Ali. Pick up a history book and read about it.

[23Rhamadanwarrior23]

was the best ever no question at all

[ruskibog935]

wrong. kobe's 81 is only the record for most points by someone not named Wilt, who put up 100 against the knicks in 61.  63 was, and still is, the record for playoffs.

[JohnMUTDMazzawi]

as typical for all 1- year old kobe fans, you know nothing about basketball.

jordan's 63 are a PLAYOFF record, kobe never got near this number in postseason because his performance drops when it counts.

his 81 points were in a regular season game against the worst defense in the league,jordan did his 63 against the toughest defense in history. and 81 is not even an all time record because wilt scored 100 points, probably 60 more than your IQ score.

[givehope2lives]

Your sooo cool now. lol

[romadkern]

you sir are correct

[mmucc073]

you my friend are my favorite person on youtube with the best comment ever haha....well said fuck kobe MJ is the best ever....kobe fans dont remember MJ and wat he did

[JohnMUTDMazzawi]

haha thank you :D it's nice to meet people with a memory longer than 3-5 years.

[mmucc073]

I know right, Im not saying kobe isnt great but hes no MJ...the defense in todays game cant compete with the D MJ had to face, the NY Knicks, The Pistons, etc... he dominated the guys that were on the dream team during the regular season each and every year...kobe drops 81 on the Toronto Raptors a few years back please MJ woulda had 100 haha...

[ShaneFM]

@mmucc073 Huh? You claim that ur not saying Kobe isn't great, but then proceed to trash not only him, but you also trash the entire basketball league for the last decade he's played. And why do ppl like You talk about MJ facing more dominant players? Do you even watch basketball nowadays or is your TV stuck on Espn Classics?? LOL. Look, MJ faced some of the best players to play the game, but so is Kobe. D. Wade, A.I., Jason Kidd, Shaq, Lebron, KG, Duncan, Nash, Pierce. Both era's are great

[ohioplayer83]

Right on point! I'm a Lebron fan and i have no problem stamping Jordan as the all-time greatest EVER and for eternity. Kobe lovers can't seem to do that. Jordan is the best and everyone just has to live with that. I'm happy the late 80's early 90's was my era as a kid watching basketball growing up

[segrin79]

@ohioplayer83 not every kobe lover...

im a kobe fan, and kobe isnt nearly as good as jordan

[ShaneFM]

@ohioplayer83 I agree with you to a certain point. MJ is the greatest hands down. 90's was my era of basketball so I was right in with the MJ world. 80's MJ wasn't so great because as you know MJ didn't start earning titles until his 30's. You have to realize the reason compare Kobe to MJ is because...well shit he's amazing LOL. And if you deny that than your either A) a hater or B) don't watch basketball or C) an ignorant MJ fanboy. And Lebron fanboys are even more delusional, so stop!

[ohioplayer83]

@ShaneFM Oh there's nothing for me to stop. Lebron's offseason proved that Kobe is better than him. I have no respect for Lebron wanting to be Robin instead of Batman. Kobe strived to be Batman when he had the greatest center along his side

[ShaneFM]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi

1st off John..I will start out by saying that MJ is "currently" the G.O.A.T., but to trash Kobe like you are in this comment only shows 1 thing...that your just like alll the rest of the MJ fanboys that are scared of Kobe's legacy surpassing the great Michael Jordan. I personally think Kobe has a loong way to go for that, but when I read people tarnishing Kobe as if he isn't the BEST in the game right now...it makes me laugh. Your either delusional or just plain ignorant.

[JohnMUTDMazzawi]

@ShaneFM you shouldn't reply to a comment before understanding it. All I said is that Kobe was never close to score 63 points in a playoff game because his ppg average in postseason DROPS. then I said that his 81 points were against the worst D in the league and that they're not an all time record.

didn't trash him, didn't tarnish him, just stating facts.

p.s. "1st off" is not something you'll find in the English dictionary, I guess we know who's the ignorant one now..

[ShaneFM]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi What the hell? Wow, the intelligence and maturity level on the internet lately must have dropped while I've been away. LOL. I did understand you..that's called being "Sarcastic". And it went right over your head. (woosh). LOL. You should also point out that MJ played a different dynamic where as Kobe is playing the triangle which is why he doesn't get as many points. Point of the Triangle is to use everybody and not one person. As for the "1st off" correction, just stop!

[ShaneFM]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi Oh and "ONE" (is that better Mr. English Grammar Asshole) thing, you discredited Kobe and his 81 point game. As if the Raptors were the worst team to ever play in the NBA. LOL. How about Jordan? He played against the Celtics in 96-97 season which holds the 2nd worst NBA record in NBA history...why didn't he score 100 points? What about the Raptors in 97-98 season? MJ should have got at least 60..but didn't. See what I'm saying. Your downplaying a great FEAT which is sad.

[ShaneFM]

@ShaneFM This will be my last reply to you on here-promise. I need to correct what I said about the Celtics being the 2nd worst...they were like the 6th or 7th worst...the 2nd worst was the Dallas Mavericks in 1992-93 with an 11-71 season. And it wasn't 11 it was 13 teams in MJ's era. Mind you there is only 3 teams on this list that are in Kobe's era.

[JohnMUTDMazzawi]

@ShaneFM WOW take it easy man those were the most furious 3 comments I've ever read, you sure are easy to piss off

I believe I can recognize sarcasm when I see it and your comment wasn't sarcastic. I never discredited Kobe's 81 points I'm just keeping it in proportion when comparing to MJ's 63.

now since you added swearing to your magnificent spelling I think it's bad for my image if I keep arguing you. so I leave you the honor of the last comment, god knows it's the only honor you've got left

[ShaneFM]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi I'm sorry...I'm still in aw over your English correction. ha-ha. I didn't know I was in school. I thought I was on the internet. Plus, you knew what I meant, but you insisted to make a comment expressing this correction which would be like you correcting me if I type MJ for Michael Jordan for short. And that's all 1st off is doing...making it shorter. But you see, you already knew that and you had to be a little Cunt and p.s the fucking thing. You poor sad little nobody.

[silva023]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi idiot wilt scored 100 because the pace back in the 50`s are fast..just catch and shoot, wilt`s a big man so it was easy..

[JohnMUTDMazzawi]

@silva023 if it was that easy then 1) why didn't he score 100 or 90+ more often? 2) why didn't any other big man come near these number then and since?

[blahblahhoo]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi this is one of the best comments i've ever seen on youtube

[masons6376]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi kobe hit 62 in 3qtrs against the mavs in 06 and they were on of the best teams that year # im.just.saying

[JohnMUTDMazzawi]

@masons6376 true, but he would never make 62 in postseason against any team.

[masons6376]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi im not saying kobes better than jordan im just saying the 62 point performance was greater then the 81 he hit on toranto because the defense was tougher than the raps

[JohnMUTDMazzawi]

@masons6376 I couldn't agree more, especially considering the fact that those 62 where achieved in 3 Qs

[LongToungedFreak]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi worst defense my ass. 81 is 81. Bitch

[jimmychuang]

@LongToungedFreak Kobe has only one 50 pt game in playoffs, in OT. Also his finals FG% is about 40% average, 3 times below 40%, 2 times about 41%, 1 time 43%(and his team avg 45%), only one time over 53%.

I mean 6 of Kobe's finals, his FG% were below his team's average, isn't it suck?

[illVeritas]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi THANK YOU. These Kobe fans know nothing.

[Xx11256xX]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi lol 81 ironic thumbs up

[icefrappe]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi not to mention defense in the nba has been non existent for the past 7 to 8 years ever since the knicks vs. heat rivalry died

[bostonrules222]

@JohnMUTDMazzawi lebron is soooo much better that MJ, you MJ cock sucking faggot

[Ginga]

@bostonrules222

LeBron is more physically talented but MJ was a better player.

[haler0716]

@bostonrules222 oh yeah??where's lebron's ring??? 20 lebron rings vs 6 jordan rings. . .i'd go for 6 MJ rings,siply the GOAT!

[bostonrules222]

@haler0716 haha chill

[emericaclay1]

@bostonrules222 lol michael would bully lebron

[spiderdragon1969]

Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippin have taken away all the hurt that Chicago has felt about the Cubs not winning a World Series in over a hundred years! Thanks MJ! You are the greatest of all time!

[beeryce88]

#6... HOW?

[mikedamz]

goat

[03svt04]

GOAT