Witness Michael Air Jordan in his prime; game footage part 6

Witness Michael Air Jordan in his prime; game footage part 6

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Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 1992 NBA Playoffs Chicago Bulls vs New York Knicks 1991 NBA Finals Chicago Bulls vs LA Lakers 1992 NBA Finals Chicago Bulls vs Portland Trailblazers 1993 NBA Finals Chicago Bulls vs Phoenix Suns 1996 NBA Finals Chicago Bulls vs Seattle Supersonics 1997 NBA Finals Chicago Bulls vs Utah Jazz 1998 NBA Finals Chicago Bulls vs Utah Jazz Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7

This video contains footage of Michael Jordan in his prime. The question has often been asked, how great was Jordan in his prime??! Well the answer will be revealed in a series of videos that I plan on releasing.

If you search youtube, you can find musical mixes featuring Jordan, you can find highlight packages from single games featuring Jordan... but one type of video that you will not find is a series of compilations that feature footage from MJ's prime only.

The misconception is that Jordan's prime as a player occured during the timespan of the 6 championships.

The reality is that Jordan's prime was from the 1986-1987 season until the end of the 1993 title run. Even when Jordan was past his prime during the final 3 title runs, he still had enough left in the talent pool to remain the best player in the game of basketball.

I plan on making quite a few of these compilation style videos featuring only footage from Michael Air Jordan's prime.

Pay attention to the way Jordan works with the ball, plays defense, shoots the ball, explodes to the hoops, sets up teammates, never gives up on a play, and much more.
Also notice the swarming defenses and the way the bigs are allowed to stand in the lane on defense for longer than 3 seconds. You will see Jordan face traps, zones, triple teams, double teams, physical defense, great athletes, you name it.

Back in the day, there were many plays where you would start your defense in the zone and a slashing offensive player would turn it into a match up man to man with rotation for weakside help. Defenses were more intricate in Jordan's era. Now you will see plenty of iso and man to man in today's game, but you also see what I term as "lazy zones" where the defenders are not swarming to the ball and they effectively use zones to play lazy loose defense which allows for easier looks at the basket in weak areas. When you start a play in a zone with the option of going to match-up man on man(always using doubles and traps), it is a much much more effective style of playing defense rather than committing yourself to a pure zone.

Also notice all of the full court press defenses as well as the way Jordan scores his points within the flow of an offense. Too many scorers from the current era look to score outside of the offense.

Most of all, enjoy Air Jordan!!!
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EDITED BY BRUCE BLITZ
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[ODDNOMAD]

this is coming from a die-hard knicks fan...my knicks always braced for jordan

pippen was the one cataclyst that always made me cringe watching these games because he used to hurt us in crucial times, and like jordan he did it with an all around game. the knicks always gave em a run for they money though

[Shermstyle23]

@blackadam06 Thats easy to answer. THEY CANT ANSWER IT BECAUSE IT DEFIES COMMON SENSE & DOESNT DISREGARD FACTS.

Forget that MJ atage 38-40 tore up these new players from Pierce, Allen, Kobe, McGrady, Iverson, Carter, Marion, etc.. going for 40 & 50 pt games. Just with consistent shooting & tricks of the trade. Forget that MJ was way out of his prime athletically. He just beat the new generation of basketball players with fundamentals.

[SungLung]

@blackadam06 finally someone educated about the game of basketball.

[hoopdesign]

this is the good days where rival teams were able to and did make the other team feel it on fouls

[granrey]

Jordan will always be the best.

Jordan would still own the same way today. However, every now and then you will see somebody in the NBA that will remind you of him (Wade, Kobe, ect)

However, there are players that for some reason we will never see anyone reminding us of them like Magic and Shaq.

it looks like the mold for those two was broken.

[JustErup]

so funny how all american teams is 90 proc. black

[RyanLynch2000]

fans booed because they knew what he was about to do to their teams.

[badabumbadabing1]

notice the silence when jackson was introduced...they dont even fucking dare boo him

[drumass666]

Michael [in his prime] would average 45 with these rules--Phil Jackson

[high0123dq]

WHO THE FUCK WOULD BOO MICHAEL WTF

[TexasBoi39]

The rules today are softer then they were back then. Jordan averaged over 30 pts a game for 7 straight season while taken a beating when driving to the paint! Today you can't look at a player wrong without getting a foul. Sure there's more talent in the game now days since international players have a greater presence in the NBA but the 80s & 90s had to GREATEST PLAYERS EVER to grace the court.

[inoout]

booing michael during the song... yeah, shows how great you people are.....