no one before Michael Jordan does the the fadeaway and the step back jumper the way he did!! he not only popularized but pioneered and made these shots his own. MJ really is the master, the G.O.A.T. everyone else are just followers..
More true words were never spoken before. Kobe Bryant is a beast and he deserves huge respect, but for me he is a MJ's replica when it comes to fadeaway and pull up jumper shots.
People often remember better the fadeaway, because is a harder shot to master when compared to the step back jumper (and this shot is hard to master though)
lmao jeez. i came straight to youtube to find a link to school a friend. this vid isnt some harden step back 3 pointer. alot of these are step back fadeaway 2 pt jumpers in the NBA finals lmao. to understand how unstoppable he was, at 40 years old, he did basic jumpers and scored 50+. and this vid showed you what it was at full power. i think half of his 60 pt playoff games barely had 3 pt attempts in them. you score 3 on him, he'll immediately score 4 pts, defense included.
0:23 more evidence that suggests MJ DID NOT push russell to hit the game winner in 1998. this play was similar. russell overplayed MJ and then found himself off-balance and unable to recover.
I already think MJ's the goat.. now that I found out about his step back jumpers.. there really shouldn't be any more debates. This is crazy! And it looks so damn perfect.
I might be tripping out, but I don't think he's human. I don't think any combination of any type of genes could ever come together again to conceive somebody like Michael Jordan. He, in my mind, stands head and shoulders above any sports figure that has ever live.
I'm 24 years-old and been playing since I was 3. Having CP, and basically playing with one hand, I've never been the most athletic and never once did a step-back jumper in my life. Recently playing a pickup game, I tried it without thinking and drained the three. I was in total awe of what I had just pulled off.
After watching him for 14 years and seeing every highlight 1,000 times, I JUST realized he had this move. It shows more of the difference between him and guys like Harden. Note the absence of wasted movement or flair....just creating space without trying to be cool.
Literally the same exact rule then and today. Gather, two steps. The only reason no one complains is because he took small steps. Harden and other players today take two large steps. Either way it's the same rule and move.
therealist811 To be fair, Kobe couldn’t copy the pre-1991 version of MJ. Kobe was never nearly as athletic as the young MJ. Kobe at his athletic prime was comparable to a 33-34 year old MJ.
He actually does two different kinds of stepbacks, which is rare to see. He does one where his lead foot is the foot that's INSIDE to the defender, where he sort of stabs it out and then hops back off of it (3 sec, 45 sec). But he also does one where his lead foot is the one FURTHER from the defender, and he just sort of stops/steps back with his whole body (25 second mark, 2:15). I've seen some guys do the first one (such as Iverson, Kobe), but never really seen anyone do the second kind.
Never saw it as a "step back" just Mike doin damage as always. I studied Mike hard as a kid. He used the triple threat headfake/jab/ and windshield wiper more anything to get an advantage on a defender...he was never a big dribbler. 1 to maybe 4 dribbles at most was all he needed to get buckets. Harden needs like 60
MJ was fishing for that one defensive maneuver his opponent does that he can outmaneuver. he's waiting for you to commit with that one play. so damn nimble you think warriors can handle 2nd 3peat bulls? MJs career was basically scoring 4 on you at any given sequence like 98 finals game 6. lay up steal final shot as a bull. teams have NO idea how to deal with a bulls team that played extremely better defense than they did offensively. they excelled in smothering you and let jordan be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd option. jordan is ranked 3rd in steals all time needing only 72 games of 2.3spg to become 2nd, pippen 6th, & harper 23rd. jordan has 893 blocks which is 1st in his category. ron harper is 6th. pippen has more blocks than jordan. pippen also has more steal and blocks than jordan in the playoffs. jordan recorded two 200steals/100 blocks twice. only one person who played the years rodman did had match his rebouding effeciency but rodman has more career blocks. he has guarded karl malone in 2 NBA finals series. his supersonics NBA finals is one of his finest work with the disruption he caused. if you ask me, i saw jordan and pippen getting rest while rodman got in their heads. longley and kerr are on this team, too. both have received passes from jordan for the game-tying (longley) and kerr (game winner) in the NBA Finals. warriors dont look so special when someone actually brings up defense lmao you can youtube 2nd overtime game with the spurs. he playing defense still... watching 3 players, looking to steal. and he does. lol. bill cartwright and robert parrish are 2 players who have told MJ to watch his mouth as they werent taking shit from him one way or another. what does this mean? MJ had a very series team, its mind boggling to compare with today but we are fans and they make for interesting discussion. what is easy to do is dismiss lebron's capabilities and the team he has won titles with vs. the bulls. they will be mauled. warriors pack enough firepower to give us some real entertainment
And the thing about MJ’s step back he didn’t travel every single time like James Harden does MJ’s step back was so smooth and so fast you couldn’t do nothing with that. He was doing this long before James Harden and he did it much much better.
Haryo 354 Curry does this thing, though, where he steps back, attempts, and often makes shots that have 150% the value of all those step back jumpers Jordan was taking. Maybe you haven't noticed.
Jarvis Elmerhath What? Let's say Jordan shot 48% on all step back 2s he took and Curry shoots 40% on all step back 3s he takes. These obviously aren't the actual percentages, but they're likely close enough. 48% on step back 2s is .96 pps; 40% on 3s is 1.2 pps. That's a huge difference.
DaggerMan11 .24 points per shot is a huge difference? Also, I can guarantee Steph did not shoot 40% on step-backs. Possibly 37%-38%? Especially considering he shoots almost 50% on set 3's. For his average to be 44%, he'd have to shoot considerably lower on stepbacks than 40%. And that isn't a bad thing. They're a low percentage shot.
+Jarvis Elmerhath And it's the other advantages that open up the nearer you shoot the ball from that you just can't get with 3 point shooting, there's a lot more to the game than just maintaining the eFG%. The difference between a missed 3 point attempt and a missed close range shot is world's apart in the basketball world, your team is in a way less favorable position to grab an offense glass the further your team takes a shot attempt because obviously you have at least one player on your team outside the arc which is the rarest and most favorably situation in terms of positioning for potential rebounds. And if it ain't bad enough, most 3 point shot attempts involves the usage of a single pick set by mainly one of your front-court players, and it's not uncommon for a play to involve way more front-court players along the 3 point arc because of the usage of 2 or 3 picks/screens. That's why there's that saying, "you live by the 3 and die by 3". You also get way less control over how the opposing defense plays you whenever you settle for long-range jump-shots, the chances for you to get your opponents into foul trouble would drop drastically in relation to the distance you are shooting the basketball from.
Yeah, it was. They always mentioned that he could stop on a dime. That's where the magic starts. He could just shoot it up straight. Do a step back and shoot straight. The most amazing part? He could do a stepback fadeaway...
when after jumper prove his real worth...so smooth landing. kobe never has got. lebron? he has not jumper of basic skill. mj has another level on shoot touch. bodybalance, first step, footwork..everything. kobe's jumper so so..... lebron's jumper is horrible
+Derrick Hatten - Jordan had a jumper from day 1. It's a myth that he didn't. His first games of his career are all over youtube for reference - MJ used to go to the mid range J ALOT.
mike....great post ....I agree 100 % ..big fan of LeBron but I watched Mj from unc to his last NBA game and its not close ...the jumper the fadeaway ....the 3 ..the will /drive ...the drive to the basket ( I watched LeBron in game 1 of the finals last night and he is just a bull in a china factory ...stumbling /bumbling ) he travels and his jumper is horrible like u posted ...James is bigger /stronger /better body and better passer /rebounder but Mj was from anther planet ...my Mount Rushmore is MJ/Magic/Wilt/LeBron but Mike is & always be numero 1
More people need to use this move 1. it's great at creating space 2. It's relatively easy to do 3. It's really good for going up with a pumpfake and drawing a foul, because when you jump backwards like that, the defender gets more desperate and uncontrollably sprints at you.
imagine if jordan got to work with hakeem in the post crazy! but he did learn all he knows from the true first superstar that all the young kids looked up to Dr J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the 2nd one is harder....you must good in driving to the basket to fake your defender...and it is harder to get you balance back before you shoots..I tried to do it...,but my shots weren't connecting..
yes. the second kind is something belongs to only explosive player that can drive really fast to both left and right off the first step. jordan utilizes that second kind way more often since 93 ( as i noticed, which could be my own bias)
Prime MJ easily can handle todays basketball moves 🐐
45ppg in today’s league no problem
45ppg in today’s league no problem
scalabrine: stepback + fadeaway + reverse 360 dunk = goat
If basketball was the Bible storyline, MJ is David and Scalabrine is Jesus
Stepback + Fadeaway = Unstoppable
There is not a move this fucking guy didn't have. My goodness.
HE didn't have the flop move LMAO
they say you need a gather step. bullshit! that might be one or if not the nicest step backs I've seen. so clean.
Mj' stepback cooler than james harden' s 100 times
No.....no it ain't
@@joangutierrez1777 It is, just because something is more iconic doesn't mean it's better.
harden step back definitely cooler and better than jordan's
no harden is not that cooler he doesnt have that perfect form that jordan have jordan step back is more on reaction while harden is telegraph
@@UCrjhmrVAvDXjApQo4EH Yeah, It 's better (In part of four-step back traveling)
no one before Michael Jordan does the the fadeaway and the step back jumper the way he did!! he not only popularized but pioneered and made these shots his own. MJ really is the master, the G.O.A.T. everyone else are just followers..
Lies
More true words were never spoken before. Kobe Bryant is a beast and he deserves huge respect, but for me he is a MJ's replica when it comes to fadeaway and pull up jumper shots.
MJfullofGrace no one after Jordan either
LØRD MCD prove it
@@lrdmcd914 how...he is so modern in the 1980s..those moves are from the future and he did it way back.
I never realized Jordan had a step back jumper. I remember the fadeaways
+Hajime - Jordan had the entire package.
yeah he had a step back. But it wasnt as popular. Cos every one loved his fade aways
People often remember better the fadeaway, because is a harder shot to master when compared to the step back jumper (and this shot is hard to master though)
lmao jeez. i came straight to youtube to find a link to school a friend. this vid isnt some harden step back 3 pointer. alot of these are step back fadeaway 2 pt jumpers in the NBA finals lmao. to understand how unstoppable he was, at 40 years old, he did basic jumpers and scored 50+. and this vid showed you what it was at full power.
i think half of his 60 pt playoff games barely had 3 pt attempts in them. you score 3 on him, he'll immediately score 4 pts, defense included.
Because step back aren't popular back then and it is not a big deal before :D
someone show this to Paul Pierce
0:23 more evidence that suggests MJ DID NOT push russell to hit the game winner in 1998. this play was similar. russell overplayed MJ and then found himself off-balance and unable to recover.
I already think MJ's the goat.. now that I found out about his step back jumpers.. there really shouldn't be any more debates. This is crazy! And it looks so damn perfect.
better than james harden step back.
wow, I never noticed MJ had a stepback.
Same here. How do that movement not so popular when I was on high school. But very popular now..😅
Fade away
This is not only a stepback this is a legend.
Shut up
M.J. with that deadly step back
fast, sharp and clean. Not dirty like Harden. No traveling like Harden.
I might be tripping out, but I don't think he's human. I don't think any combination of any type of genes could ever come together again to conceive somebody like Michael Jordan. He, in my mind, stands head and shoulders above any sports figure that has ever live.
And you notice he doesn’t travel on his step back, unlike someone that plays in Houston? 🤔
You cannot expect Jordan to have better footwork than a morden day player
@@lequartermilereyler3375 lol what
Le Quarter Miler eyler wtf... modern snowflakes can only dream about having the 🐐’s footwork.
I'm 24 years-old and been playing since I was 3. Having CP, and basically playing with one hand, I've never been the most athletic and never once did a step-back jumper in my life. Recently playing a pickup game, I tried it without thinking and drained the three. I was in total awe of what I had just pulled off.
Bruce Lee is the Michael Jordan of martial arts
After watching him for 14 years and seeing every highlight 1,000 times, I JUST realized he had this move. It shows more of the difference between him and guys like Harden. Note the absence of wasted movement or flair....just creating space without trying to be cool.
Exactly you said it, “without trying to be cool”
Great moves in today's game looks really familiar... MJ:😎
0:41 that right there was the prototype of the modern step back
You can see him during his rookie years that he's been doing step back fades...
MJ the original.
The Bruce Lee of basketball!
The era where step back is a 2 step jumper... Now harden is modernizing it with 3 steps back.
MJ is using both a 2 and 3 step in this vid. He's also moved his pivot foot and used a hop-step which are both illegal.
@@ManuelVasquez
Harden = the definition of loser
@@rambothefuckingmachine4541 LOL someones madddd.
Jordan mastered step-back before step-back was even a thing.😅
Best footwork I've ever seen by far
Even Jordan said the best footwork in NBA history belonged to Olajuwon.
Kevin Jackson he’s just being courteous, Jordan never publicly gives himself credit. its called humility.
You know there are a lot of people who think the step back was just invented.😂
wow i thought step back only exist in 2000's, I try to find if the GOAT ever do a stepback, turn out he did a lot
And Paul Pierce always tell everyone that he's the one who pioneered the step back move.. Smh
@Chris Williams don't do him like that😂😂😭😭
this are the the moves that now they are using..mj created those moves and now they said they are better than than jordan it funny right...
stepbacks back then were not travels
Literally the same exact rule then and today. Gather, two steps. The only reason no one complains is because he took small steps. Harden and other players today take two large steps. Either way it's the same rule and move.
kobe does not create separation from his defender like jordan did.
therealist811 To be fair, Kobe couldn’t copy the pre-1991 version of MJ. Kobe was never nearly as athletic as the young MJ. Kobe at his athletic prime was comparable to a 33-34 year old MJ.
imsljr420 I tell people this all the time.
therealist811
That's because Kobe can't copy MJ's athleticism.
😂😂😂😂
No one can. Jordan the GOAT
That's because he can't copy something GOD gave MJ...
Kobe still a better Shooter
He actually does two different kinds of stepbacks, which is rare to see. He does one where his lead foot is the foot that's INSIDE to the defender, where he sort of stabs it out and then hops back off of it (3 sec, 45 sec). But he also does one where his lead foot is the one FURTHER from the defender, and he just sort of stops/steps back with his whole body (25 second mark, 2:15). I've seen some guys do the first one (such as Iverson, Kobe), but never really seen anyone do the second kind.
Jordan would handle handle todays game with eeeze!! Average at least 40
Jordan really has mastered the art of midrange shooting
Never saw it as a "step back" just Mike doin damage as always. I studied Mike hard as a kid. He used the triple threat headfake/jab/ and windshield wiper more anything to get an advantage on a defender...he was never a big dribbler. 1 to maybe 4 dribbles at most was all he needed to get buckets. Harden needs like 60
MJ was fishing for that one defensive maneuver his opponent does that he can outmaneuver. he's waiting for you to commit with that one play. so damn nimble
you think warriors can handle 2nd 3peat bulls?
MJs career was basically scoring 4 on you at any given sequence like 98 finals game 6. lay up steal final shot as a bull. teams have NO idea how to deal with a bulls team that played extremely better defense than they did offensively. they excelled in smothering you and let jordan be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd option.
jordan is ranked 3rd in steals all time needing only 72 games of 2.3spg to become 2nd, pippen 6th, & harper 23rd. jordan has 893 blocks which is 1st in his category. ron harper is 6th. pippen has more blocks than jordan. pippen also has more steal and blocks than jordan in the playoffs. jordan recorded two 200steals/100 blocks twice.
only one person who played the years rodman did had match his rebouding effeciency but rodman has more career blocks. he has guarded karl malone in 2 NBA finals series. his supersonics NBA finals is one of his finest work with the disruption he caused. if you ask me, i saw jordan and pippen getting rest while rodman got in their heads.
longley and kerr are on this team, too. both have received passes from jordan for the game-tying (longley) and kerr (game winner) in the NBA Finals. warriors dont look so special when someone actually brings up defense lmao
you can youtube 2nd overtime game with the spurs. he playing defense still... watching 3 players, looking to steal. and he does. lol.
bill cartwright and robert parrish are 2 players who have told MJ to watch his mouth as they werent taking shit from him one way or another. what does this mean? MJ had a very series team, its mind boggling to compare with today but we are fans and they make for interesting discussion. what is easy to do is dismiss lebron's capabilities and the team he has won titles with vs. the bulls. they will be mauled. warriors pack enough firepower to give us some real entertainment
MJ isn't only deadly on offense but also efficient, why do 8 dribbles when he can kill with 4 dribbles
Stating the obvious, but his foot work here is still better than what kobe has right now, pretty ridiculous
And the thing about MJ’s step back he didn’t travel every single time like James Harden does MJ’s step back was so smooth and so fast you couldn’t do nothing with that. He was doing this long before James Harden and he did it much much better.
After 30+ years, no one comes close to what he did in games.
MJ has better stepback than Curry....IMO
Haryo 354 Curry does this thing, though, where he steps back, attempts, and often makes shots that have 150% the value of all those step back jumpers Jordan was taking. Maybe you haven't noticed.
+DaggerMan11 yeah, but at a much lower %. If you weight it by points per shot, it's hardly a difference.
Jarvis Elmerhath What? Let's say Jordan shot 48% on all step back 2s he took and Curry shoots 40% on all step back 3s he takes. These obviously aren't the actual percentages, but they're likely close enough. 48% on step back 2s is .96 pps; 40% on 3s is 1.2 pps. That's a huge difference.
DaggerMan11 .24 points per shot is a huge difference? Also, I can guarantee Steph did not shoot 40% on step-backs. Possibly 37%-38%? Especially considering he shoots almost 50% on set 3's. For his average to be 44%, he'd have to shoot considerably lower on stepbacks than 40%. And that isn't a bad thing. They're a low percentage shot.
+Jarvis Elmerhath And it's the other advantages that open up the nearer you shoot the ball from that you just can't get with 3 point shooting, there's a lot more to the game than just maintaining the eFG%. The difference between a missed 3 point attempt and a missed close range shot is world's apart in the basketball world, your team is in a way less favorable position to grab an offense glass the further your team takes a shot attempt because obviously you have at least one player on your team outside the arc which is the rarest and most favorably situation in terms of positioning for potential rebounds. And if it ain't bad enough, most 3 point shot attempts involves the usage of a single pick set by mainly one of your front-court players, and it's not uncommon for a play to involve way more front-court players along the 3 point arc because of the usage of 2 or 3 picks/screens. That's why there's that saying, "you live by the 3 and die by 3". You also get way less control over how the opposing defense plays you whenever you settle for long-range jump-shots, the chances for you to get your opponents into foul trouble would drop drastically in relation to the distance you are shooting the basketball from.
This is a step back fadaway. No player can do this
All this time I thought James Harden invented the step back lol just kidding but his got the most deadly step back though.
if he is consistent. refs just let travel slide..
Somebody send this to Paul pierce inbox, he must of forgot
That's exactly what I said.
THE GOD.
Peter Parker blaspheme
Wouldn't Jordan's last shot against the Jazz in 1998 to win his 6th Championship be considered a step back jumper?
Yeah, it was. They always mentioned that he could stop on a dime. That's where the magic starts. He could just shoot it up straight. Do a step back and shoot straight. The most amazing part? He could do a stepback fadeaway...
we never notice because we were watching a masterpiece.
Gag gag gag
If you can master it, most deadly shot in basketball.
It's even harder to defend than the one dribble pull up jumper
when after jumper prove his real worth...so smooth landing. kobe never has got.
lebron? he has not jumper of basic skill. mj has another level on shoot touch. bodybalance, first step, footwork..everything.
kobe's jumper so so..... lebron's jumper is horrible
michael sk Kobe's jumper is good-to-very good. LeBron's jumper is solid-to-good.
+DaggerMan11 Right.
People go to extremes to make a point.
Jordan = God, LeBron/Kobe = corn kernels in shit.
+Derrick Hatten - Jordan had a jumper from day 1. It's a myth that he didn't. His first games of his career are all over youtube for reference - MJ used to go to the mid range J ALOT.
mike....great post ....I agree 100 % ..big fan of LeBron but I watched Mj from unc to his last NBA game and its not close ...the jumper the fadeaway ....the 3 ..the will /drive ...the drive to the basket ( I watched LeBron in game 1 of the finals last night and he is just a bull in a china factory ...stumbling /bumbling ) he travels and his jumper is horrible like u posted ...James is bigger /stronger /better body and better passer /rebounder but Mj was from anther planet ...my Mount Rushmore is MJ/Magic/Wilt/LeBron but Mike is & always be numero 1
Kobe's jumper was actually the best of the 3 but his shot selection was the worst, and Kobe also got the hottest
Why today player, or last two decade not using sky hook?
super legit: one hop and then two feet on ground at the same time
If basketball was like jazz music, MJ would be Charlie Parker.
You are watching a master at work.
Jordan dominated games by himself and intimated players with his skill
There's nothing like seeing a master work his craft.
Now that's a legit and good looking step back.
An Actual Step Back. Not that travel James Harden bullshit
More people need to use this move 1. it's great at creating space 2. It's relatively easy to do 3. It's really good for going up with a pumpfake and drawing a foul, because when you jump backwards like that, the defender gets more desperate and uncontrollably sprints at you.
This aged well. 😅
Paul pierce who?
Nice approach. Every aspect of his game was flawless. Thanks medestinier
I love this music, mixed with jordans graceful moves.
28 weeks later...
shd we say now that harden just copied him?
jordan was from the future.
I love mj, and I never realized he had a step back
you could learn so much from watching Mr AiRJorDan, i love stepback shooting
kudos to you for finding these rare clips.
how the hell are you supposed to guard that???????
What a killer. The best.
This step back unlike today's era step back back back travel
That behind the back hop step going left is one of my favorite shots
His first and third step back in this video...anyone knows who have copied it today?
Name of the song?
& kobe is just a Jackie Chan of basketball, a really great play but no way to top up Bruce Lee
G.O.A.T ~!!!
The six thumbs downs must be from fans of teams mike torched smh
If that were true, there'd be 29 of them.
This is Lebron’s only offensive move, and The GOAT still does it better 😂😂
Let young niggas tell it, they created the step back! No youngster, it’s been around and MJ perfected it!
Harden dislikes this video
Lol anything he can do in this video.... I can do just as well or even better... After all, I am the most athletic person in the world🐐🐐🐐🐐
imagine if jordan got to work with hakeem in the post crazy! but he did learn all he knows from the true first superstar that all the young kids looked up to Dr J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought step back was a millenial player's move
the 2nd one is harder....you must good in driving to the basket to fake your defender...and it is harder to get you balance back before you shoots..I tried to do it...,but my shots weren't connecting..
Most of these buckets the opponents don't even have a chance at blocking his shot
yes.
the second kind is something belongs to only explosive player that can drive really fast to both left and right off the first step. jordan utilizes that second kind way more often since 93 ( as i noticed, which could be my own bias)
Then, james harden perfected the stepback with 2 step stepbacks.
They said harden signature but I don't believe that
Kupkoc woulda missed that shot at the end, ijs
Automatic....shot was in so quick..over
james wishes he could block my stepback
galing
I search for this after paul pierce said he pioneered step back
my dad use to call him dead eye. cuz everything went in. all net.
isnt this musci from 28 days later? lol ha loved that movie and soundtrack
I came here because steph curry n james harden
Great "Inception" music...AWSOME video man,,Thank u
I love Jordan but watching this all i could think of is 28 weeks later..
amazing video, amazing soundtrack, whats the song?
02:03 isn't a stepback. it's a pullup J.
I just love your videos, thaks a lot!
GREAT video...Thanks alot,..much appreciated for this one my freind