People were crazy about Jordans back then, too. We spent all year anticipating the next release. Eastbay catalogs were our source for all things kicks.
Earl "the GOAT" Manigault used to grab money off of the top on the backboard at W. 4th and Rucker.....insanity. Kareem said he was the greatest player he has ever played.
Yes, we (in middle/high school in late 80s early-mid 90s) rocked Jordans back then, but you had to be REALLY careful or people would steal them or rob you for them. My first pair were Jordan 5s in black...awesome shoes!
He lost to those 86 Celtics, but Boston had 5 HOF players, not just all stars. They are a top 10 all time team, and on defense they may be top 5. The bulls in the 80's were one of the worse teams in all of sports. They should have been a 20-30 win team at best, most of them were doing hard drugs and drinking. MJ was the only reason the Bulls got into the playoffs so many years in the 80's. That game he scored 63 a playoff record that still stands. We all know the Larry Bird story calling him god disguised as MJ after that game. In the 84 Olympics the NBA Olympic team played the best college kids that were going to the NBA in the next year. They played 8 or 9 games in July, and the college team led by MJ beat the NBA team every game, sometimes by like 20-30 points. Magic called MJ the best NBA player already, and he had yet to play on an NBA court. NO ONE in any sport who is one of the best, like magic is has ever said that about a rookie who has yet to turn pro.
63 in the playoffs back then is crazy... it was way more physical and you didnt have the space you get today... and still no one gets to 60 in the playoffs when teams tend to play a little harder... even today when we frequently see 70 point games...
I was just hanging with my brother from another mother ,who I met when I was 13 and been bros for damn near almost 3decades. How many times have u watched the last dance and the mixtape.? And he said what I say. Nvr gets old and still get chills over the mixtape. We saw his career and we both from the chi our whole lives.. it's magic I nvr get tired of seeing the one and only G.O.A.T... these gen z girls need to stop talking up lebalco James. He got no skills no moves no bag. Even rodman said it recently he got no moves he's so easy to shutdown,why ppl comparing him to the goat MJ?. . I could watch this over n over nvr gets old . We saw his whole career ain't nobody on his level n LA kids stop trying to put Kobe on his level. Kobe was great God rest his soul R.I.P. but hell no Kobe wasn't half the player MJ was stop trying to make the conparison
They said there wasn’t at the time anyone who had a quicker step then Jordan at his first few years as a rookie. So yes old heads were stuck ib there shoes like cement 🥾 boots!🧱
That commercial for basketball... The look said it all tho! 🤣 And to answer your question about Jordans then, I have a picture from 99/00 of my closet lined with Jordans. Off the top of my head there are 19 pairs and I only collected from 96-98 when I was a Rodman fanatic. I had the first Jordans when they came out too but I was just a kid and wore the Hell out of them. They were long gone by 96-98.
Meet the G.O.A.T of all G.O.A.Ts we call him Air Jordan, His Airness, Black Cat, Black Jesus, Flight 23, or simply the greatest basketball player in the history of the game. The original #23.
EVERYBODY rocked Jordan’s when they came out. If you could afford them. They were pretty much almost 50% more than every other hi tops. There was a huge commercial campaign, with young Spike Lee, that helped a lot. “Is it the shoes?”
@@frankiek2269 He is, that player is Darrell Griffith Dr dunkenstein a Jazz player from the 80's. Thing is MJ had his measured at the 84 Olympics where it was well documented, and one would think with it being the Olympics they actually got a legit measurement. See back then the heights/weights of players were played "loose". Also his coach at the Olympics, Bob Knight, one of the all time top college coaches, said that he did it after a shoot around, and believes when fresh, he might have had 50"+
He ran a 4.3 with a 48 inch vertical it had to be higher cuz running that fast you can jump higher I believe it was like 51"52 ain't no way you dunking on 7-footers that hard vertical had to be damned 50 inches or more
Mike and Wilt were aliens. Both 48 inch vertical. Wilt 4.4 forty. Mike Wilt Kareem Bird. Top 4 of all time. 5 has too many candidates. None of them are LeBron
MJ made basketball a global sport. Yes the Nike deal played it's part in that but they could not have done it without a superhuman player on their hands.
Dr . J dunked from the free throw line. The NBA made the rule that you can't leave the foul line until the ball hits the rim to keep Wilt from dunking his free throws.
He would make this generation look even worse because they can't handle pressure or play defense and him shooting free throws with his eyes closed is something he did a few times that's Jordan shit not Curry shit Curry doesn't have a midrange game either
Regarding Jordan's vertical leap, I saw a display at the Hall Of Fame that showed his 48" vert. They also displayed impressions of his hands, which allowed people to place their hands in to compare. I have decent sized hands and can palm a basketball. Jordan's hands dwarfed mine, and I remember telling the guys I was with that Jordan had hands like the Predator. Regarding the popularity of his shoes, some people actually got murked for their Jordans!
Jordan's brand has ALWAYS been the top selling sneaker since they came out, especially in Chicago where im from. We call them "The Mike's", everybody else call them Jordans lol! It was crazier back then when people literally went to the stores in person to cop, and you were always at risk of being robbed for your Mike's right off your feet, no cap!
MJ retired early after his first 3 peat because the game was too easy for him he had nothing else to prove. But actually his father got murdered when he announced his retirement 😢. MJ definitely would win more championships if he never left for baseball just something he felt he had to do for his father. He’s been the GOAT in our eyes because MJ was unstoppable as he was in Chicago Bulls.
19:25 back then, not everyone could afford jordans. Where I'm from you either had rich parents, spent all of your little savings or was a dope boy. And unfortunately some people were also jacked and even killed for them in some cases. But to answer your question, yes they were very popular back then. And now that im older and can afford them, i almost het every "OG" release when they drop just because i wasnt fortunate enough back then.
he broke the GOATmetter... he was the best in any stat... he didnt shot 3pt... but that was not in fashion back then.. he was a psycho on offense, and in defense. He used to say he gone to the Zone... and he could see everybody in slowmotion.. and when you saw him play.. .that shit was real.
Watch the Air movie about the creation of the Jordan shoes. Then do ya RUclips video homework on the impact the shoes had in the league and on the culture 🫡 shoes ALWAYS BEEN POPULAR
Should check out "making the case" for Larry Bird...whoevers channel has multiple ones for different players, including Jordan etc, breaks down stats etc highlights...good vids and unbiased
Michael Jordan is the true GOAT 🐐
People have been rocking Jordans the same way as now since 85...
Straight facts
@@TeamButchMcCray People got murdered for Jordan's back then. No joke.
Im greatful because i saw the greatest
Jordan is awesome
Your reaction says it all: U saw the GOAT MJ😊 Greetz from germany
Shout out to Germany 🖤
People were crazy about Jordans back then, too. We spent all year anticipating the next release. Eastbay catalogs were our source for all things kicks.
GOAT🐐
MJ had a 48 inch vertical in his prime.
Earl "the GOAT" Manigault used to grab money off of the top on the backboard at W. 4th and Rucker.....insanity. Kareem said he was the greatest player he has ever played.
Yes, we (in middle/high school in late 80s early-mid 90s) rocked Jordans back then, but you had to be REALLY careful or people would steal them or rob you for them. My first pair were Jordan 5s in black...awesome shoes!
He lost to those 86 Celtics, but Boston had 5 HOF players, not just all stars. They are a top 10 all time team, and on defense they may be top 5. The bulls in the 80's were one of the worse teams in all of sports. They should have been a 20-30 win team at best, most of them were doing hard drugs and drinking. MJ was the only reason the Bulls got into the playoffs so many years in the 80's. That game he scored 63 a playoff record that still stands. We all know the Larry Bird story calling him god disguised as MJ after that game.
In the 84 Olympics the NBA Olympic team played the best college kids that were going to the NBA in the next year. They played 8 or 9 games in July, and the college team led by MJ beat the NBA team every game, sometimes by like 20-30 points. Magic called MJ the best NBA player already, and he had yet to play on an NBA court. NO ONE in any sport who is one of the best, like magic is has ever said that about a rookie who has yet to turn pro.
They were top 5 . Including play offs they lost 3 games at home in 2 years.
Jordan was the biggest athlete in the World . Yes!! His shoes have always been popular. Now They are Classics which continue their popularity..
We watched him every night with our mouths hanging open in Awe and amazement the same way you are ⭐️☑️
63 in the playoffs back then is crazy... it was way more physical and you didnt have the space you get today... and still no one gets to 60 in the playoffs when teams tend to play a little harder... even today when we frequently see 70 point games...
Great reaction. Check out Jordan "one of the best defenders ever ".
He was our entire generation, bro wish yall guys could have seen what we were privileged to see .. Yall did get screwed
Fax 😔
One of those 3 he dunked on was Clyde Drexler!! One of the greats!!
I was just hanging with my brother from another mother ,who I met when I was 13 and been bros for damn near almost 3decades. How many times have u watched the last dance and the mixtape.? And he said what I say. Nvr gets old and still get chills over the mixtape. We saw his career and we both from the chi our whole lives.. it's magic I nvr get tired of seeing the one and only G.O.A.T... these gen z girls need to stop talking up lebalco James. He got no skills no moves no bag. Even rodman said it recently he got no moves he's so easy to shutdown,why ppl comparing him to the goat MJ?. . I could watch this over n over nvr gets old . We saw his whole career ain't nobody on his level n LA kids stop trying to put Kobe on his level. Kobe was great God rest his soul R.I.P. but hell no Kobe wasn't half the player MJ was stop trying to make the conparison
They said there wasn’t at the time anyone who had a quicker step then Jordan at his first few years as a rookie. So yes old heads were stuck ib there shoes like cement 🥾 boots!🧱
That commercial for basketball... The look said it all tho! 🤣
And to answer your question about Jordans then, I have a picture from 99/00 of my closet lined with Jordans. Off the top of my head there are 19 pairs and I only collected from 96-98 when I was a Rodman fanatic. I had the first Jordans when they came out too but I was just a kid and wore the Hell out of them. They were long gone by 96-98.
Everyone had Jordans on and everyone still has Jordans on
9:29 I about died 😂😂😂
Meet the G.O.A.T of all G.O.A.Ts we call him Air Jordan, His Airness, Black Cat, Black Jesus, Flight 23, or simply the greatest basketball player in the history of the game. The original #23.
Back when 1 jordan came out a year in 2 colorways one white before school started and black around the allstar break god i miss those days
That kid don't know,kids where getting killed for Jordans I'm sad to say😢
I like how Jordan almost jumps over a man just celebrating the first 3 peat.
I saw that. He jumped that high just standing still. No running jump. Hence the name JumpMan😅
MJ NO1 BY FAAAAR!😊😊
Only one in the conversation is Wilt.
@@GregNewkirk-o8h Bill Russell is the only other one I'd put in the conversation. But 2nd place is the only spot open for debate. #1 is MJ
MJ supposedly had a 48" vert, which is considered the highest in the NBA of all time iirc.
I believe it, man had hops
He’s tied with a player a few years older than him for highest vertical. Can’t remember the other players name off the top of my head.
EVERYBODY rocked Jordan’s when they came out. If you could afford them. They were pretty much almost 50% more than every other hi tops. There was a huge commercial campaign, with young Spike Lee, that helped a lot. “Is it the shoes?”
You must never seen his 5'9 brother😂😂😂
@@frankiek2269 He is, that player is Darrell Griffith Dr dunkenstein a Jazz player from the 80's. Thing is MJ had his measured at the 84 Olympics where it was well documented, and one would think with it being the Olympics they actually got a legit measurement. See back then the heights/weights of players were played "loose". Also his coach at the Olympics, Bob Knight, one of the all time top college coaches, said that he did it after a shoot around, and believes when fresh, he might have had 50"+
9:30 LMFAOOOOOO 💀
We wore Jordan’s but it depends on where you live at. Wrong neighborhood and you are walking home barefoot
They were talking shit saying Jordan wasn't a good 3-point shooter, so in the Finals, he set the NBA record (at the time) for 3s in a half!!!
He scored 35 points in that half. He said he chose not to take 3 pointers because it would take away from his game
He ran a 4.3 with a 48 inch vertical it had to be higher cuz running that fast you can jump higher I believe it was like 51"52 ain't no way you dunking on 7-footers that hard vertical had to be damned 50 inches or more
Mike and Wilt were aliens. Both 48 inch vertical. Wilt 4.4 forty. Mike Wilt Kareem Bird. Top 4 of all time. 5 has too many candidates. None of them are LeBron
He dunked on shaq lol
And Patrick Ewing
If you didn't have a pair of Jordans it was because you couldn't afford them or somebody just robbed you.
MJ videos voyager part 1 and 2
I can’t give my LeBron shoes away,homeless won’t take ‘em 🤔not even for bum fires🤣
MJ made basketball a global sport. Yes the Nike deal played it's part in that but they could not have done it without a superhuman player on their hands.
Nephew i worked at Foot Locker and I can confirm when the new J's came out, all the employees had their Js put to the side before the store opened
9:37 the look on your face was the look on ALL of our faces
You know how many centers said the same thing you did about not getting dunked on being 8-10 inches taller and he just dunked the hell out of them. :)
Dr . J dunked from the free throw line. The NBA made the rule that you can't leave the foul line until the ball hits the rim to keep Wilt from dunking his free throws.
Steph may be the greatest 3-point shooter of all time but against a countdown i will bet everything on MJ.
Larry bird tooo
He would make this generation look even worse because they can't handle pressure or play defense and him shooting free throws with his eyes closed is something he did a few times that's Jordan shit not Curry shit Curry doesn't have a midrange game either
Leflap can't do all this
In regards to your question about Jordan’s shoes, people were commonly getting shot for sneakers. So yes people were definitely wearing them back then
Regarding Jordan's vertical leap, I saw a display at the Hall Of Fame that showed his 48" vert. They also displayed impressions of his hands, which allowed people to place their hands in to compare. I have decent sized hands and can palm a basketball. Jordan's hands dwarfed mine, and I remember telling the guys I was with that Jordan had hands like the Predator. Regarding the popularity of his shoes, some people actually got murked for their Jordans!
Jordan's brand has ALWAYS been the top selling sneaker since they came out, especially in Chicago where im from. We call them "The Mike's", everybody else call them Jordans lol!
It was crazier back then when people literally went to the stores in person to cop, and you were always at risk of being robbed for your Mike's right off your feet, no cap!
Yeaaaaaaa buddy it was a lot of robbing and shooting about them shoes a lot of killing every year
Go check out the crime rate when them shoes came out
MJ retired early after his first 3 peat because the game was too easy for him he had nothing else to prove. But actually his father got murdered when he announced his retirement 😢. MJ definitely would win more championships if he never left for baseball just something he felt he had to do for his father. He’s been the GOAT in our eyes because MJ was unstoppable as he was in Chicago Bulls.
We actually played in Jordans now it's just a style as part of your outfit
Jordan the only player I've seen with a double jump 😂
Ong 🤣
11:30 "that's some Steph Curry type". No. That's some Michael Jordan type because he did it first.
"come on mugsy bouges" lmaoooo
Analytics prove Michael shot 50% in the Clutch while LeBron Shot 20% in the Clutch ☑️☑️
🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
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19:25 back then, not everyone could afford jordans. Where I'm from you either had rich parents, spent all of your little savings or was a dope boy. And unfortunately some people were also jacked and even killed for them in some cases. But to answer your question, yes they were very popular back then. And now that im older and can afford them, i almost het every "OG" release when they drop just because i wasnt fortunate enough back then.
No, not like today. We rocked them and we gamed them. We knew they were a little heavy. But we were a different breed. Good reaction young fella.
he broke the GOATmetter... he was the best in any stat... he didnt shot 3pt... but that was not in fashion back then.. he was a psycho on offense, and in defense. He used to say he gone to the Zone... and he could see everybody in slowmotion.. and when you saw him play.. .that shit was real.
I got robbed for my Jordan 6 and raiders starter jacket in the 90’s 😢
Watch the Air movie about the creation of the Jordan shoes. Then do ya RUclips video homework on the impact the shoes had in the league and on the culture 🫡 shoes ALWAYS BEEN POPULAR
People were getting shot in the hood for Jordans back in da day.
Should check out "making the case" for Larry Bird...whoevers channel has multiple ones for different players, including Jordan etc, breaks down stats etc highlights...good vids and unbiased
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Please please watch his trash talking video , his defense video and the Ultimate goat comparison video . ⭐️
Sad to say but You could lose your life for a pair of Jordans when they came out.. the line was down the street for days frfr
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To answer your question, yes , people rocked Jordan’s back then. You could have got shot over your Jordan’s.
How this young man knows the players from that era?he mention bird ewing,etc...
There was no such thing as “ load management “ the players actually played unless they were hurt
I think it was worse back then, people were getting killed for J's
Le karen is not even close to MJ
People used to murder for so air Jordan or take them back in the day
Bro you obviously don't know about MJs nike contract.