I get it but it an loaded question that needs to stop being brought up. Trying to determine the best is like trying to determine the best pizza topping. Pepperoni is everyone's go to but you got people who like sardines too.
@@alfonzowalker435 are you trying to say that Lebron is like a stinky sardine? lol...just joking, for me, Lebron is the best in this era but MJ is so far the GOAT, Lebrones is amazing but it doesn't have the killer instinct MJ has to finish games in the last seconds.
Really? I love Jordan also, obviously you have a bias against Larry Bird. Larry Bird is 6 and 0 against M. Jordan in their playoff games. Only man to ever do that against Jordan. Ask Jordan where he learned his trash talking and he will say LB. J. Also said B. Was a very bad man. Ever look at B. Record?
Wilt- “hold my beer” Wilt 118 50 point games. Jordan in second place with 31. Only center to lead the league in assists for a season. Supposedly Wilt had a 48” vertical. Strongest man to ever play in the league.
@@stevesafety6743 Wilt was great amd all that greatness led to one chip in which he joined Baylor and West. Also all his scoring feats...Jordan has the highest scoring avg
Most telling statement was in the 1st 25 seconds. Jordan hit the game winning shot in the finals Lebron NEVER did that. So for all the Bron stans sayin Jordan never beat a 73 win team no he didn't just beat more 60 win teams than Bron a hit a Finlas game winner nuff said
There were no flaws in Michael's game. I grew up in Chicago during the championships. There's never been a better time here. Never. And there may never be as complete a player as Michael again in the NBA.
One of a kind...seven foot wingspan..giant hands like a center( 11and 1/4 inches long) great footwork ..great body control..great defensive player and clutch! The man was not human at times..and he still is the gold standard when it comes to that tough physical era of the NBA.
There really is no comparison. He went up against hall of fame players and made it look easy. Only injured once. Stayed with the Bulls. 3peated, took 18 months off to play baseball, came back 3peated again. Lebron isn't even top 10 in my opinion.
@@killionkobane258 Without Wade , Bosh , Allen. and Irving now AD Lebron wouldn't have won 4 chips ..and talk about overrated Jordan is not a 67% foul shooter like LBJ with the Lakers( two shots to win a title who ya got MJ or LBJ?).. MJ of course ..you must have never seen him play( MJ) he was the most dominant superstar ever..with the possible exception of Wilt...nah Jordan was bigger he took the NBA World wide.
I'm a Dubs and Knicks fan, so I couldn't stand MJ growing up!, but ain't no might be - NO ONE had the total package and the pure will to force his team to win. NO ONE.
Jordan and Bird are the best clutch shooters the game ever saw. I feel fortunate to have seen them play in real-time and experienced the magic they gave to the world. Every shot they made, they MEANT to make, no flukes.
Yeah but kids rush to the stat sheet to see who's most clutch lol. "This dude had more buzzer beaters than that dude". But being clutch is about taking over the game when it matters, not just the last shot. It's about taking over the 4th quarter, whether with scoring or defense like key steals and blocks. Jordan would usually go hard in the 4th when there was a chance to come back, he wouldn't go passive when his team needed buckets
You keep saying MJ's defense....and he played both sides. MJ almost has the record (alone) for most First Team All-defensive picks. Had he not retired, he probably would have that record for most, and by himself. How do you that, while also having the record most scoring titles (alone) as well as the highest PPG AVG ever in the history of the NBA. What he did on the court was God-like.
He's one of the greatest defensive players of all time. He was the first player in history to get 200 steals and 100 blocks in a season and he did it twice. He also led the league in steals 3 times, and was a defensive player of the year, all this while leading the league in scoring 10 times. New fans just have no idea how perfect of a basketball player he really was.
I'm glad future generations will appreciate Jordan's greatness like you do. I can tell you this, I have not seen a highlight reel that actually captures what it was like to watch him in real time doing his thing. The plays are one thing, but the whole atmosphere of everything he touched would change and THAT is a mark of greatness.
The last dance preserved his legacy from sadly being forgotten by this generation, so i think kids under 13 will be team jordan again like early gen z and older were
You’re opening up a whole new can of worms with basketball reactions I was a Pistons fan growing up so Isaiah Thomas was my favorite 80’s player but there’s no denying Jordan is the goat.
@@HuskerHawg Hundreds of Jordan videos since youtube was incited, and this might be the slickest thing I've seen in the comments in a really long time.
I'm a 42 year old head, lol. I don't mind young Lebron fans who like Lebron. I can respect that. It's understandable. That's your era. I just don't like the ones who see all the evidence and don't want to admit that Jordan was Dat Dude! lol.
Yep. Every generation experiences "recency bias". It's only as we (everyone) age that we begin to appreciate the bigger picture, and those who came before. One example - modern Messi fans can never truly appreciate the impact Pele had on the growth of soccer around the world. Sometimes "the greatest" is about more than on the field accomplishments, it can include what a player meant to the sport overall (like Bird, Magic, and MJ too).
Great reaction my guy. I can never fault anyone for being a fan of any player. Lebron is a great player with longevity as he'll be going into his 19 season. Because of all the seasons he's played he will most likely have many career total records. My only issue with fans of certain players in general is that they don't bother to do a little research and they stick to their emptions when they think their favorite player is the GOAT. In Lebron's case, his career total records speaks to longevity, but one's career AVERAGES speaks to one's true dominance. The problem with all the GOAT comparisons is that ppl are not taking into consideration that all of MJ's records and championships occurred in a much shorter time. Yes he played with the Wizards, but all of his accolades are from his stint with the BULLS. He was already considered the GOAT for his BULLS Career. During his BULLS career he is credited for playing 13 seasons, but in all actuality, he only played 11 and 1/2 seasons with the BULLS. His second season he had a FOOT injury and only played 18 games which is not even 1/4 of a season. He also only played 17 games the season he returned out of retirement. That too was not even 1/4 of a season. So he really only played 11 full seasons with the BULLS and if you add those 35 total games for those other "Seasons" then he had about another half of season. So compare that MJ went 6 for 6 in the Finals, while playing at an elite level on both sides of the court for mostly FULL 82 Game Seasons. Even if you wanted say he played 13 season with the bulls, he went to the Finals 6 times out of those 13 seasons, and won every time. As great as Scottie was, he never reached the heights of DWADE or AD. MJ never had as many HOFs as Lebron has had on his teams and yet MJ never played a game seven in the Finals. The fact that we are still trying to make the case for Lebron as GOAT is laughable because he is still chasing MJ's Bulls career after already playing 6 more seasons than MJ. If you get six more shots at a championship and still haven't even equaled the same amount of chips, than you are already too late. Even winning 3 chips now, wouldn't make Lebron the GOAT because he'd would have played at least 9 more seasons to do that versus MJ's. Playing more seasons and accumulating more career total stats doesn't make you GOAT. Load Management and saving yourself on the defensive side to play better offense doesn't make you a better player than one that plays ELITE on both ends of the court with no load management.
Besides Jordan started balding and he shave his hair so he can slide faster trough air,, in the other hand Lebron keeps getting worried how his hair looks in the mide of the game! Jk 😮😂😂😂
Facts imagine jordan playing the longevity of lebrons career jezz levron still hasn't taken over him and never will now becuase he retired at lebrons age now. This was neva a debate 8-0 which majority of us really thought he could have done yea see ya
The greatness of MJ is defined by his will to win and give his 100% performance every game. He makes his team a super team by making his team mates superstars. Not forming a super team of superstars like the Lakers now. You see how MJ was clobbered every time he dunks, NBA was hard during his time unlike today.
Great reaction headbanger! Good to see you're not only doing rap. I've seen both prime Jordan and prime LeBron in person and it's not even close. MJ had the faster twitching muscles, mongoose reflexes and jaguar-like quickness - that why the called him the Black Cat. Jordan also had superior bounce, hang-time, mid-air body control, explosiveness, creativity and footwork. MJ also played with the tenacity that Bron can only daydream of. And we all know which of the two had the mental of a killer in serial. Bron's mindset was cupcake compared to Jordan's psyche of Norman Bates. No bias here since my favorite players are Magic, Shaq and Iverson - in that order.
It's too late for Bron ... you can't let one chip slip through your fingers - when you show up to the table you can't let anybody else eat, you gotta demoralize other legends to the point their only hope is waiting for you to get bored and retire. You gotta be anointed GOAT before you even make a finals, then win six, undefeated, getting MVP every time. You can't fall off as a pro, ever - it's not even fair to aspire to that, or boost your favourite player like that; and that's not a knock on Lebron at all (One Love). People gotta stop it - they set him up for a fall, like he's either over Jordan or he's dogshit, but he's had an epic career in his own right. People 'wanna be like Mike' 'cause most mortals know they can't, and should they even wanna be? Because Mike was kinda a psycho-killer... most people don't have that in them, and that's ok.
@@thed.z.a.4658 I grew up with Jordan bro, I know what is - I tell people all the time you just had to be there to watch him just stack Ws, and bodies. IDC about stats really - forget hoops, there's few athletes anywhere that can match his form. You're talking Senna, Ali, Woods - he's up there with the GOAT of GOATs.
The most amazing fact about Jordan is winning 3 championships in a row , than retiring for 2 years, than coming back and winning 3 in a row again and none of these 6 championships were done with a super team like Lebron did. Lebron doesn't even come close to what Jordan accomplished. JORDAN IS THE GOAT !!!! And here's another mind blowing stat. BILL RUSSELL WON 11 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HIS 13 year career . A record that will never be broken. 11 rings as a player in 13 years.
Lebron played real bad in 3 of his Finals loses. Jordan never had a bad Finals series. Lebron lost the debate way back in 2011, when Dirk Nowitzki outplayed him and beat him in the Finals.
@@lloydstanford6070 that is a joke. His 6 finals losses greatly outweighs that one ring. Shit, his loss to Dallas cemented his legacy and could never be even considered as goat after that performance. Nothing he can do from here on out could help that. Dude got straight locked down by JJ Barea. Had 8 points one game.
@@joeb.7618 Jordan is the GOAT I'm not going to argue with you. But ever since 2012 ECF game 6 Lebron been on a tear that long redeems his failure in 2011. You can't blame Bron for 2015, 17, or 18 it wasn't his fault Kyrie broke his knee cap and KD joined the warriors
Your reaction is on point. Watching it live...it was crazy! You knew he was gonna get the ball with the game on the line every time...and YOU STILL COULDN'T STOP HIM. I Got kobe second, LeBron a close third. Difference is the clutch gene. LeBron is the greatest "all around" player. Jordan and Magic combined. And I'm saying this As a die hard knicks fan.
Great reaction and appreciate you not being biased in what you're watching. Unfortunately though you didn't react to the best MJ vid; honestly, at least half of these shouldn't be in his top 50. Here's MJ's 2 best highlight vids - please react to them if you can: MJ's "historic Bulls mixtape", and MJ "best rare video ever (voyager)". I'ma answer some of your questions and comment on a few things you said: I'm glad you noticed a couple of things that MJ did that LeBron, Kobe, and no one else actually has ever been able to do: create a ton of double-clutch and ball fake moves off of combining the best hangtime ever with palming the ball - and then keep in mind that he was doing this 25-40 years ago, imagine seeing it back then! MJ's vertical was 48", tied for the best ever (LeBron's is 44"; Kobe's was 38"). Imho MJ's posters are much more impressive than LeBron's, because MJ was 2.5" shorter and 50-60 lbs lighter, and he was often beating more than one defender and he's dunking on 6'11" to 7'1" centers, who could camp out in the paint all day back then. MJ averaged 5.3 ast/gm, which isn't just good for a shooting guard; it's the 3rd highest ever among 2-guards (who haven't spent a full season or more at point), barely behind Pistol Pete and Drexler. Kobe wasn't quite as good, at 4.7 ast/gm. MJ's final shot wasn't even a nudge: the reverse angle clearly shows that MJ's hand barely but any force at all into Russell. And the definitive evidence is that no one complained after that play - not Russell, his teammates, their coaches, or their fans. In such an important moment, if any of them at all thought that it was a pushoff, they definitely would've let the refs know about it. MJ's "flu game" stats: 38 pts, 7 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl, 1 blk, 3 to in 44 minutes, on 48.1% FG, 40.0% 3s, 83.3% FT, which is insane given his condition and the pressure he was under. This was the pivotal game 5, tied 2-2, on the road. And he didn't get much help from his teammates: only 2 others scored in double-digits: Longley with 12 and Pippen with 17, BUT Pippen sucked with 5/17 (29.4%) FG shooting. The Bulls needed everything MJ had in order to win by 2. They then closed it out in game 6 at home with MJ scoring 39. Yes, "The Shot" MJ hit at Cleveland was to win their 1st round playoff series vs the 3rd seeded Cavs by 1. Can't get much more clutch than a win-or-lose buzzer beater series deciding shot. You brought up who might be better in their prime between MJ and LeBron; here's their best 2-year stretches (in terms of stats and individual accolades), and you can see for yourself how they stack up: MJ 1986-87: 37.1 pts, 5.2 reb, 4.6 ast, 2.9 stl, 1.5 blk, 3.3 to 48.2% FG, 18.2% 3, 85.7% FT 29.8 PER, 16.9 WS, 10.8 BPM, 10.6 VORP all-NBA 1st team, scoring champ, 2nd in steals [edit: MJ finished 2nd in MVP voting; and it's an absolute joke that he didn't make 1st or 2nd team all-defensive - imho it was due to his unfounded reputation of being 'just a scorer' so not that many knew how great he was on D already] MJ 1987-88: 35.0 pts, 5.5 reb, 5.9 ast, 3.2 stl, 1.6 blk, 3.1 to 53.5% FG, 13.2% 3, 84.1% FT 31.7 PER, 21.2 WS, 13.0 BPM, 12.5 VORP MVP, defensive player of yr, all-NBA 1st team, all-defensive 1st team, scoring & steals champ LeBron 2008-09: 28.4 pts, 7.6 reb, 7.2 ast, 1.7 stl, 1.1 blk, 3.0 to 48.9% FG, 34.4% 3, 78.0% FT 31.7 PER, 20.3 WS, 13.2 BPM, 11.8 VORP MVP, all-NBA 1st team, all-defensive 1st team, 2nd in scoring LeBron 2009-10: 29.7 pts, 7.3 reb, 8.6 ast, 1.6 stl, 1.0 blk, 3.4 to 50.3% FG, 33.3% 3, 76.7% FT 31.1 PER, 18.5 WS, 11.8 BPM, 10.3 VORP MVP, all-NBA 1st team, all-defensive 1st team, 2nd in scoring
Jordan didn't win every playoff series. However once he got to the top he stayed there, denying so many quality players a ring. We haven't seen that from anyone except Bill Russell who played in an 8 team league so the playoffs were very short
@@GoGetYourShinebox yes but why take only when it is successful? why put aside all those years when he was lit by pistons or even those years when he did not pass the first round ?
@@Masta458 Because winning is remembered more than losing. Jordan lost for sure but he also 3peated twice once he started winning. Compare that to someone like Lebron, it ain’t the same
I'll never say to youngin's that their GOAT isnt "THEIR" GOAT because they never saw Jordan in his hayday. However us old heads who've been watching the league since early 90s, its tough to change our minds
that's what youngsters don't acknowledge. we saw our era plus witnessing this era, hence we can compare. sad tho that they have the internet to research the past but often don't use it. great content tho young man. well put together.
according to the stats, MJ's game-winning percentage shots were almost 50%, including the playoffs. (Lebron's only about 29%) The thing I remember most about Jordan was his flat-out naked aggression from opening tip on both ends of the floor.
I'm glad you reacted dramatically to that triple clutch layup he made against the Nets in 91. Some people who reacted don't appreciate the sheer difficulty of that move. In terms of difficulty that is Jordan's most spectacular move he ever made. The switch hands was nice and meant more because it was in the finals, but that triple clutch layup was unbelievable. Even had Sam Bowie, the guy drafted one place ahead of Jordan, reacting on the Nets bench lol
Mad respect to you bro, brushing off your all time favorite to 1b, for his air airness as 1a, then also putting Kobe at 1c. More power to you and your channel!
Great reaction as always KingAhmad...lets not forget in MJ's day, teams were allowed to mug him at will and he still was the scoring champ....Love Lebron as well, but if team's were allowed to hire 'enforcers' along with '90's style' officiating his numbers would be much different....
As a basketball fan and a teenager in the 90’s I was always a Jordan fan even living in Florida. I’ve been to many games as a fan and remember seeing LeBron as a rookie battle T-Mac live. I got to watch Mike play only once live when he was with the Wizards and what I can say about that experience is this. I’ve still to this day never watched a game live the way I watched that game. All the other games I watched and can recall big plays and highlights, for me there was no other players or teams on the court that day. I was only seeing Michael Jordan, it is so crazy. The way he played, his reputation, the show he gave you was amazing. Everything from what shoes is Mike going to wear tonight to what he did was amazing, it literally was the most amazing game or player I’ve ever seen. Jordan was mentally the most dominating player ever, lebron is great as well, but he lacks Michael’s killer instinct his mental toughness.
Man Jordan hands down is more athletic. Like Rodman said bron has one move and that's going str8 with power. Mike has countless moves... COUNTLES!!!! Jus the play against the nets, the up and under through defenders. No one has done that move or the switch hands against the lakers.
Vince Carter is my #1, and nobody should sleep on the Dr and Dominique, who are up there with Jordan & Kemp. They are my top 5, considering both in-game & dunk contest. 1. VC, 2. Dominique, 3. Jordan, 4. Kemp, 5. Dr J
Two -3Peats!!! My era was golden! Watching Jordan play back then, in his prime, was an event! Even during regular season games , too. Jordan was so dynamic, even my grandmother watched him get his last 2 rings with me, and she wasn’t even a sports fan, until I had her watch a game with me. She started knowing when the games came on, more than ME! That’s how great Jordan was. He had my grandma (RIP) watching basketball with me. And that’s priceless. Even though Kobe’s my personal GOAT, I know Jordan’s the real GOAT. That’s etched in stone. 💯✌🏾 * Dope reaction video bro! It’s great to see how you were super unbiased. I respect that. I You just earned a new subscriber!*
I've watched both live Bron got so many plays where you go Ummm.... thats nasty! But Jordan got them plays where we would all stand up and run out the room saying Hellll NAW! What did he just do speechless and amazed then 15 mins later be at the park trying to do that shit! Crazy thing is Mike was a smoker heavy so you know where some of them moves come from 🤣🤣
Very true! I saw prime Jordan play in person a few times vs Clippers and I had to watch the replay on the jumbotron just to make sure my eyes were not deceiving me. The Black Cat did things we hadn't seen before or after him.
When Michael would put his hands in the air...we all knew that was him showing his love to the fans!!! Literally We all knew how much he Loved us!!! AND WE LOVE HIM‼️ To this day...
You have to understand that this is someone's version's of Mike's best 50 plays, I grew up watching Jordan and half of these would not make his top 50 plays, they are good plays but they aren't his top 50! You had to see him in his first 4 years in the league, the man was a monster among greats!
Yeah these "top 50" have always kind of bugged Ah well, they're still great. But that historic mixtape is better, but even there that's only a sampling
you witness The G.O.A.T. of basketball on these amazing clips~ but I’m so happy I lived through MJ’s greatness from ‘92 to ‘98 during his second coming. My family is from New York so we were enemies of Chicago in Basketball and Baseball but nobody couldn’t deny The Insanely Talented Michael Jordan. I was only 10 yrs old when I started watching NBA games with my older cousins and stepdad and we were in pure awe 🫢
I understand the younger generation going by what they see today but what is considered is that LBJ wants to play the 1and 2 when he's the size of a PF. MJ was a 6'6" going on the heads of centers who were legit 7 footers in a league where fouls were rarely called. Most centers now are 6'10" with a few exceptions, and fouls are called if you look at someone too long.
When they show that shot over Russell, they never showed what's as important, the previous plays. Chicago was down 2 possessions,they needed a quick score,a quick stop ,and another score to win. Jordan did all 3 ! He came down and scored a lay-up(if he doesn't score lay-up, final play doesn't happen), Chicago down one still needed a stop on other end,Jordan steals ball from Malone, then takes ball up full court and scores final basket over Russell (thats after his jumpers were coming up short). Clutch !
Nor trying to leave too many comments but when people say Lebron can’t pass Jordan, it’s because in order to catch him, he would have to have accomplished these things in the first 13 seasons of his career, because Jordan only played 13 seasons when you consider retirement and injuries. 10 scoring titles 9 all defensive teams 6 first defensive teams MVP and Defensive player of the year in the same season 10 triple doubles in 11 games Perfect the midrange and post game Be dominant on both sides in his late 30s. Get 2 3-peats. remember, all in 13 seasons. Lebron hasn’t come close to that in 19 seasons. It’s too late bruh. And I’m not hating on lebron, he’s a great player. But there is nobody that perfected the game of basketball the way that MJ did. And that’s not a knock on anyone else.
I’m 43 years old and one hell of an athlete. I know greatness when I see it. I watched all three in their primes. If Jordan never retired he would’ve had eight in a row. Michael’s form, athleticism, game sense, clutch gene, ability to make others around him great, his will and competitiveness will never be matched. Only almost duplicated (Kobe). LeBron is great. Kobe is great. I wanna be like Mike.
Now I can respect that, what you just said. Not many fans of LeBron James, haver ever watched Michael Jordan, and don't know how great he was at all areas of basketball. And I myself was a Dr.J fan. Even I can admit it, without getting into my feelings. Much respect for your honesty. Get a subscriber for that.
Here’s what keep Lebron out of the Goat running… 1) Dude has never been humble… He’s disingenuous at best. 2) Today’s game just isn’t physical at all. The refs whistles get more contact than the players. 3) Jordan played every man on the court on both ends when necessary. Without being asked or coached. 4) Jordan lived for the last shot. Never ran from it or passed. Just shot it. 5) Jordan never went city to city team recruiting or ring chasing… 6) Lebron did the unforgivable when he walked off the court into the locker room while the game was still in process, leaving his teammates on the floor for with the loss that he had everything to do with…. He’s never been a leader. 7) Who had a better all around post, beyond the arc, left right left hand shot, fade away, crossover, either side of the basket layup, three point, etc…. 8) To be truthful, Rodman would straight up cut Lebron’s stats by 1/3 by himself. Side note: Rodman is the next player you should react to. The only player in the Hall of Fame with a less than 20 ppg average.
#8 is on point! And Gilbert Arenas said that The Worm couldn't check Bron. Gilbert is delirious like Trump on Covid meds. Prime Rodman is one of the best perimeter defenders all time. His strength combined with his lateral movement made him a defensive beast. He'd be too physical for the soft minded Bron. James would be on load management every time he'd play the Bad Boys.
Awesome post. Here's some evidence from the present that backs up #2: Team USA had a bunch of close calls and losses leading up their Olympics gold recently, and everybody on the team performed below expectations except for KD, Tatum, and Holiday, and one big reason for it was international rules don't give a lot of touch foul calls that the US stars were expecting. So that sort of mimics what MJ went through back in the day (although it was even rougher for him back then).
You're a hater. Fun fact...Michael Jordan needs Scottie Pippen's help. He can't make it through the second round of the playoffs on his own. He is a lucky boy. He was always helped in his basketball career, like a baby. Look at him messing up everything in Washington.
@@hankyang2182 You're calling others haters yet you call MJ a "baby" and also conflate MJ's playing vs Gm career in Washington, yeah ok. Is that the best you got? Here's the facts: First, MJ in Washington was the most productive 39-40 yr old player in NBA history. Second, EVERYONE needs some help to win a title, period. Third, at least MJ made the playoffs every single year of his career until he was 38-40 in Washington. And that's with zero all-star teammates ever except for Pippen in 6 of their 10 years playing together. LeBron didn't even make it to the playoffs 3 times! Fourth, you really gonna talk about MJ losing in the 1st round 3 times with ZERO context? Here's the context: - It was during his 1st 3 seasons on one of the worst teams, with a different head coach each year, yet they still made the playoffs each year. And in the playoffs during these 3 years before Pippen or Grant got there, he faced: - A 59-win Bucks team with: the coach of the year that season, 2 all-stars, 2 all-defensive 1st teamers - and 2 were future Hall of Famers (1 player, 1 coach). Yet MJ as a rookie still dropped 29.3 pts, 5.8 reb, 8.5 ast, 2.8 stl, 1.0 blk per game on them. - 67 & 59-win Celtics dynasty teams with 5 future Hall of Famers, who won a title and then lost in the finals to the Showtime Lakers. Yet MJ still dropped: 43.7 pts, 6.3 reb, 5.7 ast, 2.3 stl, 1.3 blk on them after missing almost the entire reg season, and then the next year it was 35.7 pts, 7.0 reb, 6.0 ast, 2.0 stl, 2.3 blk. So how much more was MJ supposed to do by himself?? He did everything he could and more.
Jordan did circus shots on a regular basis. He only did them depending on how he was guarded. Also you should do a Kobe one. You’ll probably look at him different too.
This is the most respectful intro to a lebron-fan Jordan video I’ve seen yet. They way you say “lebron is my goat” makes it all the more respectable. Props to you. Game expect game right there.
Gotta watch larry bird. Hell be your new 1b. Just like mike he had that hunter to win and always left it all on the court. One of the most seed t clutch players of all time.
The thing about Jordan too is that he had an amazing post game, and if we being honest, between the two (Jordan and Lebron), Jordan has the better one. Now obviously, Lebron is the the more impressive physical specimen, no question. So on paper, you'd think he'd be better in the post. The thing is, and you as a Lebron fan already know this, Lebron is really more of a perimeter slasher. He likes to handle the ball on the outside and then make his decisions there, whether to shoot, pass, drive, or drive and kick. But he doesn't "live" in the post that much. Not saying he can't, he definitely can, and he's definitely still a good post player. But that's not his natural habitat. Partly because of the era Jordan lived in, where bigs dominated and the 3 ball wasn't as much of a thing, Jordan had to live down low a lot more than Lebron does, so if you watch his inside post game, back to the basket, backing down power forwards and centers that are like half a foot taller than him, that's really impressive. That's also partly why he was so good at creating impossible looking hangtime shots, because he had to learn how to do that, shooting AROUND big men, around their arms hanging in the air trying to block their shots. Lebron can usually just train barrel through, so that's one part of the game he never really had to learn.
Bron never won DPOY. Never had 200 steals. Never had 100 blocks. Never won a dunk contest. On top of that, the scoring, the championship performances, the fact that MJ never joined up with a ‘super team’ equates to Jordan is the goat 🐐. 🤟🏻✌🏻
When i was 2-3 (2003-2004) i watched michael jordan documentaries all the time and i vividly remember watching that final all star game live and being in awe just because to me at 2 years old, the documentary made it feel like he hadn’t played in forever
"He played defense too" LOL! He won one NBA's Defensive Player of the Year once, was named to the NBA's All-Defensive first team nine times, and NBA steals leader three times. Yes, he played a little more defense than LBJ. There is one thing LBJ got that MJ dont, he didnt draft Kwame Brown. :D
Wish you could of watched a couple games with us back then. There's more to the highlights , it's how and when they happened. It was like a movie with a great ending almost every game .. No lie lol. Remember staying up and being MF hype every game with him.. The Black Cat was on a whole nother level
I say this with no disrespect but I am grateful to have watched Jordan in those day in real time and somehow feel bad for those who weren't there. It's a feeling that watching old videos just can't capture. Plays are plays. Stats are stats. This man Jordan ruled the world in the most dominant, alpha male way that nobody has ever done. If Jordan and LeBron played in the same Era LeBron would have zero rings. No dis bit its the truth
For those who does not know…MJ had the highest recorded vertical in the NBA at 48 inches. At North Carolina it was 42 inches. In his early NBA career in the 80’s it increased to 45.5 inches. In the 90’s was when he achieved the record of 48 inches with a hang time of 0.92 seconds from the time he jumped from the free throw line to the rim.
@@jupitermarsgaboy Of course he was one of the tallest NBA players ever, height advantage made him score 100 points in a single game a record that has yet to be broken!!! But he still was not better than Jordan!!! We will never know for sure though because it was before Jordan's time, statistically Jordan was better than Wilt and everybody else!!!
One clutch shot can't exalt a man to greatness.. Consecutive: championships, playing hard the whole seasons,improving on your skills and teammates, delivery at key moments, defense and offense. LeBron doesn't have that in him.
Jordan is and always will be the goat. It was Magic, Bird, and then Jordan that saved the league. Back then players stayed loyal to teams and not tried to make super teams. That's why in his area ,each team had 1-3 all stars. Also because of them making g NBA so popular then salaries grew, endorsement deals skyrocketed, and viewers or fans grew. Without this then all these players now would not get 10-30 million a year on the contract alone and another 100 million over two years like Lamellow Ball did with Puma. Jordan had no social media and grew to be the most popular and known athlete in the world along with the boxer Alli. So its not just he won 6 of 6 championships, or averaged30 a game and held many titles in the dunk contest, scoring, all defensive team , all league first team, all all star games, MVP of League and do also many times, and so much more. But it includes how he helped the.league grow, and helped.players get more money, not that I think k anyone needs 10 million a season to play a kids game. And the argument that the owners would just get the rest if the players got a smaller pay is not seeing the full picture. Owners as in any business assume all the risk, maintain all facilities, equipment and other jobs. And second then lower the price.of.tickets so a family can attend a game as.most can't afford it. Or get to see one game in their entire life. Lower sneaker prices, jerseys, etc... And it would be even with owners and players. Another issue is most get rich and then lose it all and go broke, so they need to invest in themselves and be business men. Also with just one player, LeBron the social justice warrior and La China as he backed China after they had horrible humanitarian issues.recently. But he sold out to get money from China, or why in his mansion and gated community with private security does he say online (look it up) that he as a black man feels unsafe coming g out his door and then tweeted a white hero cop who saved a girl from getting stabbed would get his too. He is not a smart guy, just a great athlete and he and the rest of the NBA should stay out of politics. So when BLM came and reached the NBA bubble and they took a knees for the game and didn't play he had no.regard for the lowest paid players who needed that money and they were black?.makes no sense if its BLM then why did you do nothing, and there were 2 guys, 1 on each side who had a small contract and never got paid because of it. All sports should stay out of politics as it will divide you fan base and we see this as the last. Finals had the lowest views in history and that's with vivid and everyone at home could of watched the game on tv. And LeBron named himself the goat after his Cleveland trophy, and that's insecurities for sure. Only your peers telling you your the goat matters. MJ never said it and never wanted that at he humbly said their was to many greats he never played and its unfair to them. I could go on and on. MJ is the Goat! Other goat runner ups.are.Magic, Bird, Coby for sure, Gervin, Baylor, Kareem, Wilt, Russel, and more, then LeBron is in top 50, he never wants the last shot if he can help it. Jordan would and wanted to win at all costs..he is greatness forever!
That jump shot over Craigh Ehlo is called The Shot and it was in the last game of a best of 5 first round series in which the Cavs and the Bulls trade leads 6 times in the last minute. The series was a rematch from the previous year in which ended 3-2 as well. Take notice this was a first round series. Thats how tough competition was back then
Sir Charles and Dominique , 2 players that should have titles and would today ,. UNFORTUNATELY for them there was Jordan doing his thing all the time lol.. Barley my guy to tho !
I was a 12 year old skateboarder in 1988-we didn’t give a shit about sports, because it was part of the punk rock attitude that went along with skating; jocks and sports and all that stuff we didn’t care about------BUT.......everybody,,even if u didn’t spend one single solitary second watching sports, EVERYBODY knew who michael Jordan was , and everyone had seen him play, and every body LOVED him,,because off the court, he was so damn cool and had so much class-so much--usually you don’t know who the legends are until a little after the fact; with Jordan , everyone knew they were watching history-LEGEND,,national treasure--and last thing, as skaters, we wore his first Jordan 1 shoes to skate in, cuz they just happened to be amazing skate shoes, so we loved him for that too-he was the exception, he was the hero, he was the legend, to all, to everybody-as the commercial song went from the early 1990’s “I want to be like Mike--I want to be like Mike”--and I’m from wilmington North Carolina too, his home town, I pass his high school everytime I go down town, and I pass his moms house everytime I go to Wrightsville beach (the nice, rich people beach) where Jordan bought his mom an amazing Oceanside killer, big ol’ house
In their prime. It's always gonna be Jordan. First off Jordan showed loyalty to the Bulls and with Phil Jackson built the team that will without a doubt be remembered as the greatest team in NBA history. LeBron is definitely great, but he's just too cocky and has no loyalty to any team he switches to. A GOAT sticks with his crew and builds his team up as an extension of himself.
Check out the year when they move jordan to point guard and he average a triple double across 10 games i believe. In that stretch he was getting 10 or 11 assists per game.
I watched Lebron since high school and I know he’s never came close to mike. Highlights unfortunately won’t help you judge if mike is better. it was an entire wave and vibe going on Jordan was a body snatcher. He was catching bodies on 7 ft centers and power forwards every night.
Wilt doesn't have no 52" vert. he said himself in his prime he had a 46-48" vert. He was never measured though. MJ was measured at the 84 olympics. He is tied with darrell griffith AKA dr Dunkenstien who was a player on the Jazz in the 80's with the highest vert. Also Jordan was measured also at the 84 olympics as 6'4" 3/4 He is a quarter of an inch short of 6'5". NBA players lie about there height. Like charles barkley is supposedly a 6'7" or 6'8" he admits in his book he is 6'4" and any pic when he stands next to MJ thjey are both the same height.
@@danreed5171 That is all well and good, even though I'm sure jordan could do that as he has had his head above the rim on many dunks I have seen, but bottom line Wilt said he MIGHT have been 46-48" vert, and you guys are all it was over 50". The official stat is 48" that is a tie between MJ and Darrell griffith.
Jordan was like watching magic. He left everyone in awe at almost every single game. He controlled the game. I have not seen another player that was even worthy of watching since, not Kobe, not Lebron. Jordan, then Bird.
Man I loved the honesty in your reviews and you see things similar to MJ as I do and your 20yrs younger. MJ is a magician. I grew up trying to copy MJ and he got a 6,3 white boy flying a little 😁. Sweet review my man
THERE IS NO COMPARISON... JORDAN IS THE BEST THERE EVER WAS, THE BEST THERE EVER WILL BE.
#whoooo
Nice Bret hart reference
I get it but it an loaded question that needs to stop being brought up. Trying to determine the best is like trying to determine the best pizza topping. Pepperoni is everyone's go to but you got people who like sardines too.
@@alfonzowalker435 are you trying to say that Lebron is like a stinky sardine? lol...just joking, for me, Lebron is the best in this era but MJ is so far the GOAT, Lebrones is amazing but it doesn't have the killer instinct MJ has to finish games in the last seconds.
Really? I love Jordan also, obviously you have a bias against Larry Bird. Larry Bird is 6 and 0 against M. Jordan in their playoff games. Only man to ever do that against Jordan. Ask Jordan where he learned his trash talking and he will say LB. J. Also said B. Was a very bad man. Ever look at B. Record?
Michael was a playing machine. He was just the best and no one today comes close. No biases, just facts. #GOAT
the # 23 should be retired, that would end the debate once and for all
Wilt- “hold my beer” Wilt 118 50 point games. Jordan in second place with 31. Only center to lead the league in assists for a season. Supposedly Wilt had a 48” vertical. Strongest man to ever play in the league.
@@stevesafety6743 Wilt was great amd all that greatness led to one chip in which he joined Baylor and West. Also all his scoring feats...Jordan has the highest scoring avg
Most telling statement was in the 1st 25 seconds. Jordan hit the game winning shot in the finals Lebron NEVER did that. So for all the Bron stans sayin Jordan never beat a 73 win team no he didn't just beat more 60 win teams than Bron a hit a Finlas game winner nuff said
@@stevesafety6743 but wilt didn’t change the game like Jordan. MJ is basketball
There were no flaws in Michael's game. I grew up in Chicago during the championships. There's never been a better time here. Never. And there may never be as complete a player as Michael again in the NBA.
jordan was the best ever...period. no comparison at all.
One of a kind...seven foot wingspan..giant hands like a center( 11and 1/4 inches long) great footwork ..great body control..great defensive player and clutch! The man was not human at times..and he still is the gold standard when it comes to that tough physical era of the NBA.
There really is no comparison. He went up against hall of fame players and made it look easy. Only injured once. Stayed with the Bulls. 3peated, took 18 months off to play baseball, came back 3peated again. Lebron isn't even top 10 in my opinion.
Jordan is over rated, without Pippin he wouldn't have won a single championship.
@@killionkobane258 Without Wade , Bosh , Allen. and Irving now AD Lebron wouldn't have won 4 chips ..and talk about overrated Jordan is not a 67% foul shooter like LBJ with the Lakers( two shots to win a title who ya got MJ or LBJ?)..
MJ of course ..you must have never seen him play( MJ) he was the most dominant superstar ever..with the possible exception of Wilt...nah Jordan was bigger he took the NBA World wide.
@@jasonhowell9723 Wilt's games (especially his prime years )weren't e
I'm a Dubs and Knicks fan, so I couldn't stand MJ growing up!, but ain't no might be - NO ONE had the total package and the pure will to force his team to win. NO ONE.
I'm this way on Brady, as a raven's fan...
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Aye I'm the same with Charles Barkley n penny Hardaway. I couldn't stand Jordan but this is why. He was great
Respect.
Jordan and Bird are the best clutch shooters the game ever saw. I feel fortunate to have seen them play in real-time and experienced the magic they gave to the world. Every shot they made, they MEANT to make, no flukes.
Yeah but kids rush to the stat sheet to see who's most clutch lol. "This dude had more buzzer beaters than that dude". But being clutch is about taking over the game when it matters, not just the last shot. It's about taking over the 4th quarter, whether with scoring or defense like key steals and blocks. Jordan would usually go hard in the 4th when there was a chance to come back, he wouldn't go passive when his team needed buckets
They knew they could make the shot, Jordan practiced as if it was a real game so when it was time to play it was just more practice.
@@GoGetYourShinebox Absolutely agree, but actually even when talking about buzzer beaters, MJ STILL has the most ever.
Reggie Miller is up there too
@@GoGetYourShinebox I totally agree
You keep saying MJ's defense....and he played both sides.
MJ almost has the record (alone) for most First Team All-defensive picks. Had he not retired, he probably would have that record for most, and by himself.
How do you that, while also having the record most scoring titles (alone) as well as the highest PPG AVG ever in the history of the NBA.
What he did on the court was God-like.
not to mention they would have 8 titles in a row had he not retired
Jordan not only the GOAT. He’s the best defensive player I ever saw.
Nah he the goat but that's reaching
@@mizzo_beeto explain how thsts reaching?
He's one of the greatest defensive players of all time. He was the first player in history to get 200 steals and 100 blocks in a season and he did it twice. He also led the league in steals 3 times, and was a defensive player of the year, all this while leading the league in scoring 10 times. New fans just have no idea how perfect of a basketball player he really was.
@@mizzo_beeto nah yo just in love with another player…he got you blinded. MJ is one of the best defenders all time
Facts!I always tell those that don't know, to watch a defensive highlight video. Conversation over.💯✌🏾
I'm glad future generations will appreciate Jordan's greatness like you do. I can tell you this, I have not seen a highlight reel that actually captures what it was like to watch him in real time doing his thing. The plays are one thing, but the whole atmosphere of everything he touched would change and THAT is a mark of greatness.
The last dance preserved his legacy from sadly being forgotten by this generation, so i think kids under 13 will be team jordan again like early gen z and older were
You’re opening up a whole new can of worms with basketball reactions
I was a Pistons fan growing up so Isaiah Thomas was my favorite 80’s player but there’s no denying Jordan is the goat.
As a Piston fan please tell the young readers what would have happened to Lebron driving the lane against the Bad Boys😜😜
@@HuskerHawg Hundreds of Jordan videos since youtube was incited, and this might be the slickest thing I've seen in the comments in a really long time.
I'm a 42 year old head, lol. I don't mind young Lebron fans who like Lebron. I can respect that. It's understandable. That's your era. I just don't like the ones who see all the evidence and don't want to admit that Jordan was Dat Dude! lol.
Well said...anyone who says Lebron is better is either a hater or didn't see him play.
I'm 38 and I say Lebron is better
Yep. Every generation experiences "recency bias". It's only as we (everyone) age that we begin to appreciate the bigger picture, and those who came before.
One example - modern Messi fans can never truly appreciate the impact Pele had on the growth of soccer around the world. Sometimes "the greatest" is about more than on the field accomplishments, it can include what a player meant to the sport overall (like Bird, Magic, and MJ too).
@@greyranger9311 I am 46 and seen them all..MJ>>>>LBJ I could list the reasons but you have a right to your opinion..as do I.
@@jasonhowell9723 yep
Great reaction my guy. I can never fault anyone for being a fan of any player. Lebron is a great player with longevity as he'll be going into his 19 season. Because of all the seasons he's played he will most likely have many career total records. My only issue with fans of certain players in general is that they don't bother to do a little research and they stick to their emptions when they think their favorite player is the GOAT. In Lebron's case, his career total records speaks to longevity, but one's career AVERAGES speaks to one's true dominance. The problem with all the GOAT comparisons is that ppl are not taking into consideration that all of MJ's records and championships occurred in a much shorter time. Yes he played with the Wizards, but all of his accolades are from his stint with the BULLS. He was already considered the GOAT for his BULLS Career. During his BULLS career he is credited for playing 13 seasons, but in all actuality, he only played 11 and 1/2 seasons with the BULLS. His second season he had a FOOT injury and only played 18 games which is not even 1/4 of a season. He also only played 17 games the season he returned out of retirement. That too was not even 1/4 of a season. So he really only played 11 full seasons with the BULLS and if you add those 35 total games for those other "Seasons" then he had about another half of season.
So compare that MJ went 6 for 6 in the Finals, while playing at an elite level on both sides of the court for mostly FULL 82 Game Seasons. Even if you wanted say he played 13 season with the bulls, he went to the Finals 6 times out of those 13 seasons, and won every time. As great as Scottie was, he never reached the heights of DWADE or AD. MJ never had as many HOFs as Lebron has had on his teams and yet MJ never played a game seven in the Finals. The fact that we are still trying to make the case for Lebron as GOAT is laughable because he is still chasing MJ's Bulls career after already playing 6 more seasons than MJ. If you get six more shots at a championship and still haven't even equaled the same amount of chips, than you are already too late. Even winning 3 chips now, wouldn't make Lebron the GOAT because he'd would have played at least 9 more seasons to do that versus MJ's.
Playing more seasons and accumulating more career total stats doesn't make you GOAT. Load Management and saving yourself on the defensive side to play better offense doesn't make you a better player than one that plays ELITE on both ends of the court with no load management.
Eye Test
Them is some BIG-O-FACTS Bro
Besides Jordan started balding and he shave his hair so he can slide faster trough air,, in the other hand Lebron keeps getting worried how his hair looks in the mide of the game! Jk 😮😂😂😂
Facts imagine jordan playing the longevity of lebrons career jezz levron still hasn't taken over him and never will now becuase he retired at lebrons age now. This was neva a debate 8-0 which majority of us really thought he could have done yea see ya
Well said
The greatness of MJ is defined by his will to win and give his 100% performance every game. He makes his team a super team by making his team mates superstars. Not forming a super team of superstars like the Lakers now. You see how MJ was clobbered every time he dunks, NBA was hard during his time unlike today.
Well said
Agreed.
Jordan...Bird then daylight.....
@@frankie4fingers552 agreed, they were both miles ahead of even magic.
He wasn't scared of the competition. Look at the slam dunk contest for example.
20:05 You said MJ played like a cat...players in the. League at the time called him the "Black cat & Black Jesus"
Crazy thing most of these highlights hes crossing and dunking on 3 4 dudes🤯
His jump was insane like a cat
Great reaction headbanger! Good to see you're not only doing rap. I've seen both prime Jordan and prime LeBron in person and it's not even close. MJ had the faster twitching muscles, mongoose reflexes and jaguar-like quickness - that why the called him the Black Cat. Jordan also had superior bounce, hang-time, mid-air body control, explosiveness, creativity and footwork. MJ also played with the tenacity that Bron can only daydream of. And we all know which of the two had the mental of a killer in serial. Bron's mindset was cupcake compared to Jordan's psyche of Norman Bates. No bias here since my favorite players are Magic, Shaq and Iverson - in that order.
MJ was the only athlete that surprised me when he didnt hit the shot
Also, he pulled that reverse shot so much it was a signature in nba live 95
I saw 95*% of these games live.
I'm a Bird man. But Jordan is unquestionably the best whose ever played basketball.
Bro it can’t just be one shot made by LB. MJ made multiple game winners in the playoffs
Jordan's career was about the game winning shot, he knew he could make that shot. The Wutang of the N.B.A.
It's too late for Bron ... you can't let one chip slip through your fingers - when you show up to the table you can't let anybody else eat, you gotta demoralize other legends to the point their only hope is waiting for you to get bored and retire. You gotta be anointed GOAT before you even make a finals, then win six, undefeated, getting MVP every time. You can't fall off as a pro, ever - it's not even fair to aspire to that, or boost your favourite player like that; and that's not a knock on Lebron at all (One Love). People gotta stop it - they set him up for a fall, like he's either over Jordan or he's dogshit, but he's had an epic career in his own right. People 'wanna be like Mike' 'cause most mortals know they can't, and should they even wanna be? Because Mike was kinda a psycho-killer... most people don't have that in them, and that's ok.
Go and watch his games, if its your first time it will be 100 times better experience then watching his top 50@@onylra6265
@@thed.z.a.4658 I grew up with Jordan bro, I know what is - I tell people all the time you just had to be there to watch him just stack Ws, and bodies. IDC about stats really - forget hoops, there's few athletes anywhere that can match his form. You're talking Senna, Ali, Woods - he's up there with the GOAT of GOATs.
@@onylra6265 Goat of goats, your on a roll.
The most amazing fact about Jordan is winning 3 championships in a row , than retiring for 2 years, than coming back and winning 3 in a row again and none of these 6 championships were done with a super team like Lebron did. Lebron doesn't even come close to what Jordan accomplished. JORDAN IS THE GOAT !!!!
And here's another mind blowing stat. BILL RUSSELL WON 11 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HIS 13 year career . A record that will never be broken. 11 rings as a player in 13 years.
Respect to you young king for being real and unbiased. Your a huge Lebron fan but yet you recognize Jordan’s greatness. Salute..
Lebron played real bad in 3 of his Finals loses. Jordan never had a bad Finals series. Lebron lost the debate way back in 2011, when Dirk Nowitzki outplayed him and beat him in the Finals.
Agreed. Lebron cemented his legacy gettin glockenspiel down by Jj Barea in the finals. AS a heat fan that series made me sick.
Lebron lost me when he was scared to take the last shot against kobe in the all-star game.
Lebron 3-1 comeback worth more than anybody elses ring
@@lloydstanford6070 that is a joke. His 6 finals losses greatly outweighs that one ring. Shit, his loss to Dallas cemented his legacy and could never be even considered as goat after that performance. Nothing he can do from here on out could help that. Dude got straight locked down by JJ Barea. Had 8 points one game.
@@joeb.7618 Jordan is the GOAT I'm not going to argue with you. But ever since 2012 ECF game 6 Lebron been on a tear that long redeems his failure in 2011. You can't blame Bron for 2015, 17, or 18 it wasn't his fault Kyrie broke his knee cap and KD joined the warriors
Your reaction is on point. Watching it live...it was crazy! You knew he was gonna get the ball with the game on the line every time...and YOU STILL COULDN'T STOP HIM. I Got kobe second, LeBron a close third. Difference is the clutch gene. LeBron is the greatest "all around" player. Jordan and Magic combined. And I'm saying this As a die hard knicks fan.
Jordan was a genuine artist at what he did. He was the greatest at playing basketball, and also the greatest at making it look so majestic.
That shot on Craig Ehlo I nearly broke my ankle jumping off the porch celebrating
True story
I remember just being so happy after watching the Bulls play, Jordan was and is still the most influential piece of my life.
@@thed.z.a.4658 I think a lot of us attempted some of his moves at least a few times
The bulls mixtape is what you need to react to. Next level Jordan highlights
Great reaction and appreciate you not being biased in what you're watching. Unfortunately though you didn't react to the best MJ vid; honestly, at least half of these shouldn't be in his top 50. Here's MJ's 2 best highlight vids - please react to them if you can: MJ's "historic Bulls mixtape", and MJ "best rare video ever (voyager)". I'ma answer some of your questions and comment on a few things you said:
I'm glad you noticed a couple of things that MJ did that LeBron, Kobe, and no one else actually has ever been able to do: create a ton of double-clutch and ball fake moves off of combining the best hangtime ever with palming the ball - and then keep in mind that he was doing this 25-40 years ago, imagine seeing it back then!
MJ's vertical was 48", tied for the best ever (LeBron's is 44"; Kobe's was 38"). Imho MJ's posters are much more impressive than LeBron's, because MJ was 2.5" shorter and 50-60 lbs lighter, and he was often beating more than one defender and he's dunking on 6'11" to 7'1" centers, who could camp out in the paint all day back then.
MJ averaged 5.3 ast/gm, which isn't just good for a shooting guard; it's the 3rd highest ever among 2-guards (who haven't spent a full season or more at point), barely behind Pistol Pete and Drexler. Kobe wasn't quite as good, at 4.7 ast/gm.
MJ's final shot wasn't even a nudge: the reverse angle clearly shows that MJ's hand barely but any force at all into Russell. And the definitive evidence is that no one complained after that play - not Russell, his teammates, their coaches, or their fans. In such an important moment, if any of them at all thought that it was a pushoff, they definitely would've let the refs know about it.
MJ's "flu game" stats: 38 pts, 7 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl, 1 blk, 3 to in 44 minutes, on 48.1% FG, 40.0% 3s, 83.3% FT, which is insane given his condition and the pressure he was under. This was the pivotal game 5, tied 2-2, on the road. And he didn't get much help from his teammates: only 2 others scored in double-digits: Longley with 12 and Pippen with 17, BUT Pippen sucked with 5/17 (29.4%) FG shooting. The Bulls needed everything MJ had in order to win by 2. They then closed it out in game 6 at home with MJ scoring 39.
Yes, "The Shot" MJ hit at Cleveland was to win their 1st round playoff series vs the 3rd seeded Cavs by 1. Can't get much more clutch than a win-or-lose buzzer beater series deciding shot.
You brought up who might be better in their prime between MJ and LeBron; here's their best 2-year stretches (in terms of stats and individual accolades), and you can see for yourself how they stack up:
MJ 1986-87:
37.1 pts, 5.2 reb, 4.6 ast, 2.9 stl, 1.5 blk, 3.3 to
48.2% FG, 18.2% 3, 85.7% FT
29.8 PER, 16.9 WS, 10.8 BPM, 10.6 VORP
all-NBA 1st team, scoring champ, 2nd in steals [edit: MJ finished 2nd in MVP voting; and it's an absolute joke that he didn't make 1st or 2nd team all-defensive - imho it was due to his unfounded reputation of being 'just a scorer' so not that many knew how great he was on D already]
MJ 1987-88:
35.0 pts, 5.5 reb, 5.9 ast, 3.2 stl, 1.6 blk, 3.1 to
53.5% FG, 13.2% 3, 84.1% FT
31.7 PER, 21.2 WS, 13.0 BPM, 12.5 VORP
MVP, defensive player of yr, all-NBA 1st team, all-defensive 1st team, scoring & steals champ
LeBron 2008-09:
28.4 pts, 7.6 reb, 7.2 ast, 1.7 stl, 1.1 blk, 3.0 to
48.9% FG, 34.4% 3, 78.0% FT
31.7 PER, 20.3 WS, 13.2 BPM, 11.8 VORP
MVP, all-NBA 1st team, all-defensive 1st team, 2nd in scoring
LeBron 2009-10:
29.7 pts, 7.3 reb, 8.6 ast, 1.6 stl, 1.0 blk, 3.4 to
50.3% FG, 33.3% 3, 76.7% FT
31.1 PER, 18.5 WS, 11.8 BPM, 10.3 VORP
MVP, all-NBA 1st team, all-defensive 1st team, 2nd in scoring
He lost the championship “6” times. There is no catching up, I’m sorry. The game is about “winning”. Air never lost a championship.
Jordan only played 6 seasons ?
Jordan didn't win every playoff series. However once he got to the top he stayed there, denying so many quality players a ring. We haven't seen that from anyone except Bill Russell who played in an 8 team league so the playoffs were very short
word once they one there first they never lost, never even thought of that aspect of his career.
@@GoGetYourShinebox yes but why take only when it is successful? why put aside all those years when he was lit by pistons or even those years when he did not pass the first round ?
@@Masta458 Because winning is remembered more than losing. Jordan lost for sure but he also 3peated twice once he started winning. Compare that to someone like Lebron, it ain’t the same
I'll never say to youngin's that their GOAT isnt "THEIR" GOAT because they never saw Jordan in his hayday. However us old heads who've been watching the league since early 90s, its tough to change our minds
that's what youngsters don't acknowledge.
we saw our era plus witnessing this era, hence we can compare.
sad tho that they have the internet to research the past but often don't use it.
great content tho young man.
well put together.
Just as Nick Wright does. Yet he still doesn't sound "Wright", imo.
Bro you got a great knowledge for basketball glad to see someone being an actual fan of the history of the game not just someone blabbing about it.
Appreciate you for being unbiased brother 🙏❤
according to the stats, MJ's game-winning percentage shots were almost 50%, including the playoffs. (Lebron's only about 29%) The thing I remember most about Jordan was his flat-out naked aggression from opening tip on both ends of the floor.
Lebron in 5 seconds or less is 20% (Out of almost 100 shots) Jordan was 50%
I'm glad you reacted dramatically to that triple clutch layup he made against the Nets in 91. Some people who reacted don't appreciate the sheer difficulty of that move. In terms of difficulty that is Jordan's most spectacular move he ever made. The switch hands was nice and meant more because it was in the finals, but that triple clutch layup was unbelievable. Even had Sam Bowie, the guy drafted one place ahead of Jordan, reacting on the Nets bench lol
You're so funny bro!!! I like how you kept saying..." That's one thing Michael had over LeBron ".. . You said that for every play😆🤣
Mad respect to you bro, brushing off your all time favorite to 1b, for his air airness as 1a, then also putting Kobe at 1c. More power to you and your channel!
Great reaction as always KingAhmad...lets not forget in MJ's day, teams were allowed to mug him at will and he still was the scoring champ....Love Lebron as well, but if team's were allowed to hire 'enforcers' along with '90's style' officiating his numbers would be much different....
As a basketball fan and a teenager in the 90’s I was always a Jordan fan even living in Florida. I’ve been to many games as a fan and remember seeing LeBron as a rookie battle T-Mac live. I got to watch Mike play only once live when he was with the Wizards and what I can say about that experience is this. I’ve still to this day never watched a game live the way I watched that game. All the other games I watched and can recall big plays and highlights, for me there was no other players or teams on the court that day. I was only seeing Michael Jordan, it is so crazy. The way he played, his reputation, the show he gave you was amazing. Everything from what shoes is Mike going to wear tonight to what he did was amazing, it literally was the most amazing game or player I’ve ever seen. Jordan was mentally the most dominating player ever, lebron is great as well, but he lacks Michael’s killer instinct his mental toughness.
22:20 - Elimination game best of 5 down 1, ties 2 games a piece. He misses they go home!
Cavs were the favorites and the 2 seed in the east if I’m not mistaken. Even the Chicago sports writers picked Cleveland to win the series.
@@melijahcopeland4101 You are 100% correct!
Man Jordan hands down is more athletic. Like Rodman said bron has one move and that's going str8 with power. Mike has countless moves... COUNTLES!!!! Jus the play against the nets, the up and under through defenders. No one has done that move or the switch hands against the lakers.
Bro you need to do the Michael Jordan mix tape. You'll see way more ridiculous stuff!!!
Shawn kemp highlights.this guy is the best dunker ever.and jordan also.word up son
we not doin' that. You better put some respek on Dr. J and Dominique Wilkens names.💯
Thank you wilkins was a freak man. Not enough respect on him.
Vince carter 🤷🏽♂️
Vince Carter is my #1, and nobody should sleep on the Dr and Dominique, who are up there with Jordan & Kemp. They are my top 5, considering both in-game & dunk contest. 1. VC, 2. Dominique, 3. Jordan, 4. Kemp, 5. Dr J
@@GoGetYourShinebox - All savages!
Two -3Peats!!! My era was golden! Watching Jordan play back then, in his prime, was an event! Even during regular season games , too. Jordan was so dynamic, even my grandmother watched him get his last 2 rings with me, and she wasn’t even a sports fan, until I had her watch a game with me. She started knowing when the games came on, more than ME! That’s how great Jordan was. He had my grandma (RIP) watching basketball with me. And that’s priceless.
Even though Kobe’s my personal GOAT, I know Jordan’s the real GOAT. That’s etched in stone. 💯✌🏾
* Dope reaction video bro! It’s great to see how you were super unbiased. I respect that. I You just earned a new subscriber!*
Yeah my grandma didnt even like sports but she knew about Jordan would watch. My 4 year old sister too. It was different
@@AnHebrewChild For real! That era was just different, especially MJ! ✌🏾
I've watched both live Bron got so many plays where you go Ummm.... thats nasty! But Jordan got them plays where we would all stand up and run out the room saying Hellll NAW! What did he just do speechless and amazed then 15 mins later be at the park trying to do that shit! Crazy thing is Mike was a smoker heavy so you know where some of them moves come from 🤣🤣
Very true! I saw prime Jordan play in person a few times vs Clippers and I had to watch the replay on the jumbotron just to make sure my eyes were not deceiving me. The Black Cat did things we hadn't seen before or after him.
That dunk was on Alonzo Mourning when he played with the Charlotte Hornets alongside Larry Johnson Dell Curry Muggsy Bogues Jr Reid and others
48" vertical highest vertical in NBA history.
The reason I likes KOBE was because of how he emulated Jordan’s midrange game.
Awesome reaction vid! Just imagine seeing MJ play for the first time like that. He was like Michael Jackson on the courts, for real.
When Michael would put his hands in the air...we all knew that was him showing his love to the fans!!! Literally We all knew how much he Loved us!!! AND WE LOVE HIM‼️ To this day...
You have to understand that this is someone's version's of Mike's best 50 plays, I grew up watching Jordan and half of these would not make his top 50 plays, they are good plays but they aren't his top 50! You had to see him in his first 4 years in the league, the man was a monster among greats!
Yeah not even close to his best 50 highlights
Yeah these "top 50" have always kind of bugged
Ah well, they're still great. But that historic mixtape is better, but even there that's only a sampling
you witness The G.O.A.T. of basketball on these amazing clips~
but I’m so happy I lived through MJ’s greatness from ‘92 to ‘98 during his second coming. My family is from New York so we were enemies of Chicago
in Basketball and Baseball but nobody couldn’t deny The Insanely Talented Michael Jordan. I was only 10 yrs old when I started watching NBA games with my older cousins and stepdad and we were in pure awe 🫢
I understand the younger generation going by what they see today but what is considered is that LBJ wants to play the 1and 2 when he's the size of a PF. MJ was a 6'6" going on the heads of centers who were legit 7 footers in a league where fouls were rarely called. Most centers now are 6'10" with a few exceptions, and fouls are called if you look at someone too long.
When they show that shot over Russell, they never showed what's as important, the previous plays. Chicago was down 2 possessions,they needed a quick score,a quick stop ,and another score to win. Jordan did all 3 ! He came down and scored a lay-up(if he doesn't score lay-up, final play doesn't happen), Chicago down one still needed a stop on other end,Jordan steals ball from Malone, then takes ball up full court and scores final basket over Russell (thats after his jumpers were coming up short). Clutch !
Nor trying to leave too many comments but when people say Lebron can’t pass Jordan, it’s because in order to catch him, he would have to have accomplished these things in the first 13 seasons of his career, because Jordan only played 13 seasons when you consider retirement and injuries.
10 scoring titles
9 all defensive teams
6 first defensive teams
MVP and Defensive player of the year in the same season
10 triple doubles in 11 games
Perfect the midrange and post game
Be dominant on both sides in his late 30s.
Get 2 3-peats.
remember, all in 13 seasons. Lebron hasn’t come close to that in 19 seasons. It’s too late bruh. And I’m not hating on lebron, he’s a great player. But there is nobody that perfected the game of basketball the way that MJ did. And that’s not a knock on anyone else.
I’m 43 years old and one hell of an athlete. I know greatness when I see it. I watched all three in their primes. If Jordan never retired he would’ve had eight in a row. Michael’s form, athleticism, game sense, clutch gene, ability to make others around him great, his will and competitiveness will never be matched. Only almost duplicated (Kobe). LeBron is great. Kobe is great. I wanna be like Mike.
No load management. No blaming others. No crying to the refs. No flopping. Insane work ethic and a will to win nobody in any sport has had since .
Now I can respect that, what you just said. Not many fans of LeBron James, haver ever watched Michael Jordan, and don't know how great he was at all areas of basketball. And I myself was a Dr.J fan. Even I can admit it, without getting into my feelings. Much respect for your honesty. Get a subscriber for that.
Here’s what keep Lebron out of the Goat running…
1) Dude has never been humble… He’s disingenuous at best.
2) Today’s game just isn’t physical at all. The refs whistles get more contact than the players.
3) Jordan played every man on the court on both ends when necessary. Without being asked or coached.
4) Jordan lived for the last shot. Never ran from it or passed. Just shot it.
5) Jordan never went city to city team recruiting or ring chasing…
6) Lebron did the unforgivable when he walked off the court into the locker room while the game was still in process, leaving his teammates on the floor for with the loss that he had everything to do with…. He’s never been a leader.
7) Who had a better all around post, beyond the arc, left right left hand shot, fade away, crossover, either side of the basket layup, three point, etc….
8) To be truthful, Rodman would straight up cut Lebron’s stats by 1/3 by himself.
Side note: Rodman is the next player you should react to. The only player in the Hall of Fame with a less than 20 ppg average.
Number 5 is the best.word up son
#8 is on point! And Gilbert Arenas said that The Worm couldn't check Bron. Gilbert is delirious like Trump on Covid meds. Prime Rodman is one of the best perimeter defenders all time. His strength combined with his lateral movement made him a defensive beast. He'd be too physical for the soft minded Bron. James would be on load management every time he'd play the Bad Boys.
Awesome post. Here's some evidence from the present that backs up #2: Team USA had a bunch of close calls and losses leading up their Olympics gold recently, and everybody on the team performed below expectations except for KD, Tatum, and Holiday, and one big reason for it was international rules don't give a lot of touch foul calls that the US stars were expecting. So that sort of mimics what MJ went through back in the day (although it was even rougher for him back then).
You're a hater. Fun fact...Michael Jordan needs Scottie Pippen's help. He can't make it through the second round of the playoffs on his own. He is a lucky boy. He was always helped in his basketball career, like a baby. Look at him messing up everything in Washington.
@@hankyang2182 You're calling others haters yet you call MJ a "baby" and also conflate MJ's playing vs Gm career in Washington, yeah ok. Is that the best you got? Here's the facts:
First, MJ in Washington was the most productive 39-40 yr old player in NBA history. Second, EVERYONE needs some help to win a title, period.
Third, at least MJ made the playoffs every single year of his career until he was 38-40 in Washington. And that's with zero all-star teammates ever except for Pippen in 6 of their 10 years playing together. LeBron didn't even make it to the playoffs 3 times!
Fourth, you really gonna talk about MJ losing in the 1st round 3 times with ZERO context? Here's the context:
- It was during his 1st 3 seasons on one of the worst teams, with a different head coach each year, yet they still made the playoffs each year. And in the playoffs during these 3 years before Pippen or Grant got there, he faced:
- A 59-win Bucks team with: the coach of the year that season, 2 all-stars, 2 all-defensive 1st teamers - and 2 were future Hall of Famers (1 player, 1 coach). Yet MJ as a rookie still dropped 29.3 pts, 5.8 reb, 8.5 ast, 2.8 stl, 1.0 blk per game on them.
- 67 & 59-win Celtics dynasty teams with 5 future Hall of Famers, who won a title and then lost in the finals to the Showtime Lakers. Yet MJ still dropped: 43.7 pts, 6.3 reb, 5.7 ast, 2.3 stl, 1.3 blk on them after missing almost the entire reg season, and then the next year it was 35.7 pts, 7.0 reb, 6.0 ast, 2.0 stl, 2.3 blk.
So how much more was MJ supposed to do by himself?? He did everything he could and more.
I subscribe because he actually admitted that Mike is the truth
Jordan did circus shots on a regular basis. He only did them depending on how he was guarded. Also you should do a Kobe one. You’ll probably look at him different too.
This is the most respectful intro to a lebron-fan Jordan video I’ve seen yet. They way you say “lebron is my goat” makes it all the more respectable. Props to you. Game expect game right there.
Gotta watch larry bird. Hell be your new 1b. Just like mike he had that hunter to win and always left it all on the court. One of the most seed t clutch players of all time.
The thing about Jordan too is that he had an amazing post game, and if we being honest, between the two (Jordan and Lebron), Jordan has the better one. Now obviously, Lebron is the the more impressive physical specimen, no question. So on paper, you'd think he'd be better in the post. The thing is, and you as a Lebron fan already know this, Lebron is really more of a perimeter slasher. He likes to handle the ball on the outside and then make his decisions there, whether to shoot, pass, drive, or drive and kick. But he doesn't "live" in the post that much. Not saying he can't, he definitely can, and he's definitely still a good post player. But that's not his natural habitat.
Partly because of the era Jordan lived in, where bigs dominated and the 3 ball wasn't as much of a thing, Jordan had to live down low a lot more than Lebron does, so if you watch his inside post game, back to the basket, backing down power forwards and centers that are like half a foot taller than him, that's really impressive. That's also partly why he was so good at creating impossible looking hangtime shots, because he had to learn how to do that, shooting AROUND big men, around their arms hanging in the air trying to block their shots. Lebron can usually just train barrel through, so that's one part of the game he never really had to learn.
Bron never won DPOY.
Never had 200 steals.
Never had 100 blocks.
Never won a dunk contest.
On top of that, the scoring, the championship performances, the fact that MJ never joined up with a ‘super team’ equates to Jordan is the goat 🐐.
🤟🏻✌🏻
Lebron never won a slam dunk.hes scared to Loose to a nobody.word up son
Nah he joined up with the Wizards. I was excited since it’s my home team but he took a big chance of damaging his legacy
When i was 2-3 (2003-2004) i watched michael jordan documentaries all the time and i vividly remember watching that final all star game live and being in awe just because to me at 2 years old, the documentary made it feel like he hadn’t played in forever
Great reactions young man. You really appreciate pure greatness. Yeah MJ clearly the GOAT...
On Jordan's defence, he was Defensive Player of the year in 1988, and was on the All-Defensive First Team x9.
As a Knicks fan, Jordan broke my heart at least 7,000 times 😢
AS A RAPTORTS FAN, LBJ DID THE SAME SHIT TO ME
At least melo broke our hearts in like 2012 in ot. I was so pissed that rose missed that ft
Jordan had a 48 inch vertical, dude was a hell of a athlete who changed his game and mastered his footwork! 🐐🐐🐐
"He played defense too" LOL! He won one NBA's Defensive Player of the Year once, was named to the NBA's All-Defensive first team nine times, and NBA steals leader three times. Yes, he played a little more defense than LBJ. There is one thing LBJ got that MJ dont, he didnt draft Kwame Brown. :D
SMART YOUNG MAN WITH GOOD EYES...MJ WAS JUST DIFFERENT AND NOBODY WILL EVER BE LIKE HIM. MUCH LOVE FROM PHILIPPINES 😊👍🙏
Wish you could of watched a couple games with us back then. There's more to the highlights , it's how and when they happened. It was like a movie with a great ending almost every game .. No lie lol. Remember staying up and being MF hype every game with him.. The Black Cat was on a whole nother level
Was looking in the comments and didn't see anyone else say it so to answer your question, MJ's vert was 48", no joke .
When the convo is MJ v Lebron...Its a no contest MJ ALL DAY.
Imagine Lebron against a late 80s early 90's Pistons team....hahahah He'd get eaten up
It’s not just highlights. If you saw both careers there is a MASSIVE difference between the players. Jordan never ever let his team down - ever.
Nah u gotta react to the Jordan Historic Mixtape
14:39 Mike taught & worked out with Kobe after that last all star game, when they went at each other, Mike said Kobe was like his lil brother
You gotta do the Historic Mixtape of MJ way better!
I say this with no disrespect but I am grateful to have watched Jordan in those day in real time and somehow feel bad for those who weren't there. It's a feeling that watching old videos just can't capture. Plays are plays. Stats are stats. This man Jordan ruled the world in the most dominant, alpha male way that nobody has ever done. If Jordan and LeBron played in the same Era LeBron would have zero rings. No dis bit its the truth
For those who does not know…MJ had the highest recorded vertical in the NBA at 48 inches. At North Carolina it was 42 inches. In his early NBA career in the 80’s it increased to 45.5 inches. In the 90’s was when he achieved the record of 48 inches with a hang time of 0.92 seconds from the time he jumped from the free throw line to the rim.
Jordan’s vertical: highest in NBA history, officially clocked at a nice round 48” or 4 feet
Wilt 50 inch vertical according to some people
@@jupitermarsgaboy So his most impressive feet was 20000 allegedly
@@cashflowstaychiefin6534 LOL... man was slayin'
@@jupitermarsgaboy Of course he was one of the tallest NBA players ever, height advantage made him score 100 points in a single game a record that has yet to be broken!!! But he still was not better than Jordan!!! We will never know for sure though because it was before Jordan's time, statistically Jordan was better than Wilt and everybody else!!!
Even the opposition bench couldn't believe it 19:22
You gotta react to Jason Kidd’s top 45 greatest assists 🔥
Loved your reaction young blood. You've been baptized🤣😂🤣
Black Jesus was one of a kind 💯
One clutch shot can't exalt a man to greatness.. Consecutive: championships, playing hard the whole seasons,improving on your skills and teammates, delivery at key moments, defense and offense. LeBron doesn't have that in him.
Jordan is and always will be the goat. It was Magic, Bird, and then Jordan that saved the league. Back then players stayed loyal to teams and not tried to make super teams. That's why in his area ,each team had 1-3 all stars. Also because of them making g NBA so popular then salaries grew, endorsement deals skyrocketed, and viewers or fans grew. Without this then all these players now would not get 10-30 million a year on the contract alone and another 100 million over two years like Lamellow Ball did with Puma. Jordan had no social media and grew to be the most popular and known athlete in the world along with the boxer Alli. So its not just he won 6 of 6 championships, or averaged30 a game and held many titles in the dunk contest, scoring, all defensive team , all league first team, all all star games, MVP of League and do also many times, and so much more. But it includes how he helped the.league grow, and helped.players get more money, not that I think k anyone needs 10 million a season to play a kids game. And the argument that the owners would just get the rest if the players got a smaller pay is not seeing the full picture. Owners as in any business assume all the risk, maintain all facilities, equipment and other jobs. And second then lower the price.of.tickets so a family can attend a game as.most can't afford it. Or get to see one game in their entire life. Lower sneaker prices, jerseys, etc... And it would be even with owners and players. Another issue is most get rich and then lose it all and go broke, so they need to invest in themselves and be business men. Also with just one player, LeBron the social justice warrior and La China as he backed China after they had horrible humanitarian issues.recently. But he sold out to get money from China, or why in his mansion and gated community with private security does he say online (look it up) that he as a black man feels unsafe coming g out his door and then tweeted a white hero cop who saved a girl from getting stabbed would get his too. He is not a smart guy, just a great athlete and he and the rest of the NBA should stay out of politics. So when BLM came and reached the NBA bubble and they took a knees for the game and didn't play he had no.regard for the lowest paid players who needed that money and they were black?.makes no sense if its BLM then why did you do nothing, and there were 2 guys, 1 on each side who had a small contract and never got paid because of it. All sports should stay out of politics as it will divide you fan base and we see this as the last. Finals had the lowest views in history and that's with vivid and everyone at home could of watched the game on tv. And LeBron named himself the goat after his Cleveland trophy, and that's insecurities for sure. Only your peers telling you your the goat matters. MJ never said it and never wanted that at he humbly said their was to many greats he never played and its unfair to them. I could go on and on. MJ is the Goat! Other goat runner ups.are.Magic, Bird, Coby for sure, Gervin, Baylor, Kareem, Wilt, Russel, and more, then LeBron is in top 50, he never wants the last shot if he can help it. Jordan would and wanted to win at all costs..he is greatness forever!
Nice! People always forget that Jordan played against way tougher Defenses than Lebron did in their careers.
ANOTHER LIE, ANOTHER LIE, THE DETROIT PISTONS DEFENSE WAS NOT THE DEFENSE EVERY NBA TEAM IN 80S AND 90S. STOP DOING THIS WRONG FACT.
I give you props for actually taking the time to look at Jordan footage and be unbiased. Great video. Jordan is the 🐐 and always will be.
Michael Jordan's HISTORIC Bulls Mixtape is way better than this video. You get a better feel for what he was doing back then.
That jump shot over Craigh Ehlo is called The Shot and it was in the last game of a best of 5 first round series in which the Cavs and the Bulls trade leads 6 times in the last minute. The series was a rematch from the previous year in which ended 3-2 as well.
Take notice this was a first round series. Thats how tough competition was back then
I’m not saying he’s the greatest of all time…but there still hasn’t been another player like Charles Barkley since…check out some of his highlights.
We'll never see another Barkley just like we'll never see another Magic, Bird, Jordan, Hakeem and Shaq.
Barkley was a Beast..
@@archiebutler1371 He'd feast on today's power-forwards like Hannibal Lecter after a hunger strike.
Sir Charles and Dominique , 2 players that should have titles and would today ,. UNFORTUNATELY for them there was Jordan doing his thing all the time lol.. Barley my guy to tho !
Chuck was that dude man. Craziest package of size, skill and ability ever
I was a 12 year old skateboarder in 1988-we didn’t give a shit about sports, because it was part of the punk rock attitude that went along with skating; jocks and sports and all that stuff we didn’t care about------BUT.......everybody,,even if u didn’t spend one single solitary second watching sports, EVERYBODY knew who michael Jordan was , and everyone had seen him play, and every body LOVED him,,because off the court, he was so damn cool and had so much class-so much--usually you don’t know who the legends are until a little after the fact; with Jordan , everyone knew they were watching history-LEGEND,,national treasure--and last thing, as skaters, we wore his first Jordan 1 shoes to skate in, cuz they just happened to be amazing skate shoes, so we loved him for that too-he was the exception, he was the hero, he was the legend, to all, to everybody-as the commercial song went from the early 1990’s “I want to be like Mike--I want to be like Mike”--and I’m from wilmington North Carolina too, his home town, I pass his high school everytime I go down town, and I pass his moms house everytime I go to Wrightsville beach (the nice, rich people beach) where Jordan bought his mom an amazing Oceanside killer, big ol’ house
In their prime. It's always gonna be Jordan. First off Jordan showed loyalty to the Bulls and with Phil Jackson built the team that will without a doubt be remembered as the greatest team in NBA history. LeBron is definitely great, but he's just too cocky and has no loyalty to any team he switches to. A GOAT sticks with his crew and builds his team up as an extension of himself.
Check out the year when they move jordan to point guard and he average a triple double across 10 games i believe. In that stretch he was getting 10 or 11 assists per game.
I watched Lebron since high school and I know he’s never came close to mike. Highlights unfortunately won’t help you judge if mike is better. it was an entire wave and vibe going on Jordan was a body snatcher. He was catching bodies on 7 ft centers and power forwards every night.
Look at Form ,Look at the Hang time, Look at the Gracefulness of all of his Jumpshot Layups Dunks it's Perfect.
Dude Jordan has a 48inch vertical, he was 6"6'. Wilt Chamberlin has a 52-inch vertical leap and he is 7"1'
Wilt doesn't have no 52" vert. he said himself in his prime he had a 46-48" vert. He was never measured though. MJ was measured at the 84 olympics. He is tied with darrell griffith AKA dr Dunkenstien who was a player on the Jazz in the 80's with the highest vert. Also Jordan was measured also at the 84 olympics as 6'4" 3/4 He is a quarter of an inch short of 6'5". NBA players lie about there height. Like charles barkley is supposedly a 6'7" or 6'8" he admits in his book he is 6'4" and any pic when he stands next to MJ thjey are both the same height.
@@punkem733 he could grab a quarter off the top of backboard
@@danreed5171 That is all well and good, even though I'm sure jordan could do that as he has had his head above the rim on many dunks I have seen, but bottom line Wilt said he MIGHT have been 46-48" vert, and you guys are all it was over 50". The official stat is 48" that is a tie between MJ and Darrell griffith.
Wilt also said he had more sex partners than all male pornstars combined.
And when you hear the commentators go crazy you know jordan was sooo captivating to watch 💯💯🤞🏾
Im not a LeBron Hater but how is he in the GOAT conversation when he's not even as good as Kobe??? MJ is the GOAT.
Jordan was like watching magic. He left everyone in awe at almost every single game. He controlled the game. I have not seen another player that was even worthy of watching since, not Kobe, not Lebron. Jordan, then Bird.
Man I loved the honesty in your reviews and you see things similar to MJ as I do and your 20yrs younger. MJ is a magician. I grew up trying to copy MJ and he got a 6,3 white boy flying a little 😁. Sweet review my man
Michael Jordan is NOT the magician. Irving "Magic" Johnson is the magician. YOOOOOOUUUUUU might wanna run a check.
I believe the game when Jordan played was more physical and harder to play, not like the game playing today. The game is watered down.