The Artistry of Michael Jordan Part 1 by Hoopsencyclopedia

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The easiest compilation video to make is one of Michael Jordan. All you need to do is take 5 games from his career and you'll have enough material for an entire news segment.

The most difficult compilation video to make is one of Michael Jordan. If you take any 5 games from his career, you'll have so much material you won't know what to cut out.

Therein lied the challenge of this edit for me. With the tons of MJ mixes out there, I wanted to do something more complete. I also wanted to focus on the aesthetics of his abilities. That led me to a path of picking not only classic clips, but rare ones and personal favorites. For those who didn't grow up in the 80s before MJ became a champion, they can never know the full experience of what watching Jordan was like. Before all the awards, the statistics, the monster games, the titles and the global appeal, MJ was about his incredible moves. In the playground, people stuck their tongues out and tried to imitate his drives to the basket. Later on, people imitated his fadeaway. But his athletic moves were singular and his alone - awesome in aesthetics, control, spontaneity, improvisation, instinct and athleticism.

MJ revolutionized the game with his individual exploits and we see bits and pieces of this in everyone today. From Kobe studying his shooting mechanics to create shots to Wade attacking the basket to Lebron transferring his power to his teammates to Iverson in his isolations to Carter in his dunking, MJ continues to be, as Drexler said, "The Pro's Pro".

But obviously, there will always be only one MJ. This video captures the essence of MJ stripped of everything but his pure, remarkable talents as completely as possible in 10 minutes. A truly complete edit would take a video several days long - even weeks - but that would be impossible anyway.

By blurring the line between sport and art, MJ became the greatest athletic artist we will ever know. "Black Cat" was his nickname to his friends for his cat-like reflexes and grace and panther-like power and killer instinct. This is my ultimate tribute, with excellence, in return for his excellence to the game of basketball.

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(Music is by Talvin Singh, song is "Traveller")

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[WinterXL]

just look at that shit... lebron who?

[showmedawg]

it would be an honor to get dunked on by MJ

[bolder2009]

@bmaga123 The thing that a lot of people who never watched his career, and only know about his greatness from youtube is that this is only a fraction of what he did. EVERY game produced something spectacular. I know someone who has over 1000 of MJ's games. There's countless incredible plays that have never been uploaded onto youtube videos.

[bolder2009]

@bmaga123 Yeah as much as I try and enjoy the NBA today, its just not as rewarding. My generation was spoilt to experience this man's greatness as it was happening. My father used to tell me about the genius of Pele and how there would never be another athlete like him in his sport. There'll be new heroes, but I honestly don't believe we'll see anyone as incredible as MJ was on the basketball court in our lifetime.

[tommybrown187]

a thousand years from now when all the records of man are smeared and ambiguous ppl will wonder did some dude name michael jordan really exist and was that great at basketball? lol he has really become a mythical figure. almost like it happen but its so legendary that its hard to believe...but yes, yes it did. we truly do make history everyday

[bmaga123]

@bolder2009 Couldnt have said it better myself. MJ was so good and far beyond any other athlete it almost seems fake. I wish they could reverse age so we could watch his greatness all over again. There will never be another player like him I am sad to say and I feel bad for those who were born after his time.

[bolder2009]

@Exia09 Great analogy. I said that before. Its hard to put into words the greatness of MJ, I often find myself looking outside of basketball to find worthy comparisomes. He is that once in a lifetime athlete that transcends sports and popular culture to become almost a mythical figure in history. But MJ really happened, even though its hard to believe that such an athlete existed in our time.

[Velxis]

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[chipojo2008]

watching a 240p video sucks, but if it is about MJ, its worth it.

[bd1468]

Goosebumps every time i watch this. (twice a year? something like that)

[Dyphen]

I LOVE MICHAEL JORDAN N ONE COMPARE HIS AIRNESS !!!!!!!!! ^^