@@andrewcook1246 what?! Wilt Chamberlain was drafted to 3 HOF teammates and a former 2x scoring champ and still didn't win 6 rings. Russell was drafted to a team with all the power, money and draft picks and was gifted everything! You're a joke just like those bum ZZZZ
@zzzvain2876 Out here with all caps makes you look deranged lil fella. Jordan dropped 63 on Bird and the celtics, Bird called Jordan a God. Now go all caps on that fruit loop.
He wasn’t faster than MJ. His vertical wasn’t higher than MJ. MJ was better statistically better than Clyde. He achieved way more than Clyde. This isn’t ever a topic for debate 😂😂😂
💯Jordan jumped higher and was not only faster end to end, but had a quicker first step. I always appreciated Drexlers game, but this was a poor take from him.
@@teebee8141 Wilt better scoring, passing, rebounds, blocks far better in durability endurance. If Drexler load managed 450 games and retired 3x like MJ also if he had Pippen from day 1 , he would win 7 rings.
Clyde said that in 92, after his bitter finals loss and the Dream Team, where he faced off against MJ daily, his frustration and ego were doubtlessly at a boiling point. Charles Barkley said similar things about MJ around that time, but his opinions are different now. It's not fair to quote someone 30+ years later when, probably, his current views are more humble and accepting. From everything I've heard about Clyde, he was and is one of the nicest, humblest, and kindest NBA stars. LBJ's narcissistic BS should be mocked and criticized because that's his present opinion, and unlike Clyde, millions of brain-dead Lebronsexuals believe him.
@@FuShengAlex Because Uncut Hoops made similar videos about other players, but out of those, most were about something LBJ, his cheerleaders, or the media had said about MJ.
@@RVered BECAUSE HE SPREAD LIES. SMART MEN WILL NEVER SAY NOTHING VS MCGRADY BECAUSE HE WAS BEST PLAYER IN NBA. HE LOST GRANT HILL AND YAO MING IN PRIME BEST CAREER YEARS, JORDAN NEVER SAW 2ND ROUND WITHOUT PIPPEN. THIS IS WHY JORDAN WILL NEVER BE GREAT.
@@RVered BY TONE OF HIS VOICE IN VIDEO U KNOW GUY IS DERANGED AND SOFT. THE THINGFS HE SAY FOR MCGRADY WHEN MJ NEVER SEEN 2ND ROUND IN CAREER IS EVIDENCE OF THAT.
@@andreiquina5038 Different NBA's and this season he dropped 42 and 45 with two game tyers and winners game 7 was bad but the series wasn't as bad as ya'll paint it to be. And in 2018 he nearly won vs the superteam warriors which no matter how much mental gymnastics you try and pull clyde is not doing. Clyde also isn't averaging 36 while leading the league in assists multiple times regardless of how much offensive load he's given. It's easy to disrespect Harden because of how he carries himself but he's a great player and denying his skill is something you'll come to regret
Drexler was the 2nd best shooting guard of his era. It's just that the guy who was #1 at shooting guard was the best player in the league beyond his position, and the greatest player of all time.
I am so annoyed by these narratives of modern NBA media and fans about older players being weaker, especially Jordans competition. These people claim Dame over Drexler when discussing the Portland GOAT. Just ridiculous. Drexler led the Trail Blazers to 2 finals in 3 years while Dame just got to the West Finals once and got swept. I never saw Drexler play, but you just need to look at Basketball reference to see that Clyde was a better rebounder, had more steals and blocks than Dame. Also, his assist numbers were awesome for a SG. He was a more efficient scorer, a better playmaker for his position and a better defender than Lillard, had more team success and was actually a top 3 player which Dame never was during his career. The mental gymnastics of modern NBA fans are so annoying. It is this disgusting movement of talking down on older generations to prop up the modern NBA which suffers from soft defense, entitled superstars and chucking 3s.
Clyde was a little taller, but unless Clyde has receipts from winning a foot race and weight-lifting contest over MJ, the “faster and stronger” claim is just his personal opinion, nothing more. There was NOTHING I ever saw Clyde do on the basketball court that shows him being “faster and stronger” than MJ. All we know for sure is that he was a little taller. And all of the EVIDENCE shows MJ was far better at basketball, so all the rest is irrelevant talk from an old dude chasing some glory.
Do what if fate had decided that Jordan was drafted by the Blazers and Drexler by the Bulls, with the same coaches and casts in place? Would a Drexler/Pippen/Grant and then a Drexler/Kukoc/Rodman/Harper team had won championships? Would Jordan/Cliff Robinson/Duckworth/Terry Porter have ruled the West, and the league? These thoughts keep me up at night.
@@_M.... Blazers had a way better team and organization than the Bulls with championship history. That wouldve been scary and the Bulls wood never be on the map
@@Defender78 What a silly hypothetical claim because we know for a fact the Blazers were a better team than Jordan's early Bulls. They made it to the second round in '85 when Clyde wasn't even the best player on his team or even close to ROOKIE Jordan. You put ROOKIE Jordan on that team, and they probably push the Lakers to the brink, if not outright beat them. (Lakers beat the Blazers in 5 games) Clyde was not a better basketball player than Jordan at any point in his career.
I think watching the Slam Dunk Contest from the late 80's prove Clyde wasn't stronger or faster. Clyde's lift when jumping was noticeably lower than MJ's. He even tried the free throw line dunk and failed miserably. I was 15 when MJ joined the NBA and was a diehard fan, so I watched both those guys throughout their careers. Like they say "seeing is believing".
That bigger stronger, and faster statement. Should show how certain professional player's think they should be compared to Michael Jordan, and in reality the games that they played had different outcomes. That shows why they weren't as good as Michael Jordan. Clyde Drexel had better teammates than Michael Jordan, and so has LeBron James. And Michael Jordan overcame all those obstacles to become the greatest basketball player ever and of all times Michael Jordan.
No; Clyde had Hakeem, Horry, Cassel, a washed Barkley, and Terry Porter. Jordan had Grant, Rodman, Pippen, Kucoc, Kerr, and Harper. Pretty even, but I'd say it leans Bulls in the scheme of things. Factor in the favoritism the Bulls received ref wise post Space Jam, I'd say Clyde has every right to remain competitive when speaking of his legacy.
@@joepermenter7228 you're really cutting Drexler's teammates short. You didn't even mention Kiki Vandeweghe, who would be a first ballot HOFer if he played alongside Jordan. I can argue that at his peak, he was a better basketball player than Pippen. You also failed to mention Mychal Thompson, Jerome Kersey, Kevin Duckworth, or Cliff Robinson, who were ALL better than Robert Horry.
@@atlien1988 Nah, Kersey and Robinson were cold; but the world should remember Robert Horry. My bad for forgetting those two, mainly because Robinson was young as fuck and Kersey was a no show in the big moments. Points for Duckworth, Otis Thorpe, and Kevin Willis' rebounding ability though....
Clyde Drexler is doing what is referred to as piling on. He's been watching current ESPN analysts trying to tell everybody about how much better they are or were than Michael Jeffrey Jordan. You can say that you are better than someone, but then you have to prove it. When Drexler had the chance to prove that he was better than MJ, on the biggest stage, he & his team came up short.
UMEAN WHEN JORDAN TRY TO PROVE HE IS BETTER THAN BIRD ? MJ 0-6 VS LARRY. HE HAD HIS CHANCE TO WIN 1 GAME NEVER DID CAUSE BIRD IS BETTER 1 ON 1 U DERANGED
@@PIP...33stop it also Mj averages 39.7 points per in the playoffs when they faced off and the most Jordan averaged against bird was 43.7 points per stop it bird is not winning against mj if he didn’t have 4 hall of famers on 1 team
@@PIP...33Jordan vs bird numbers Jordan Points per:39.7 points per Blocks per:1.8 Blocks per Steals per:2.2 steals per Assists per:5.9 assists per Larry bird Points per:27.2 points per Blocks per:0.8 Blocks per Steals per:1.5 steals per Assist per:8.5 assists per Bird was getting cooked
@@hakeemolajuwon4352 Drexler 89-94 : 24ppg 6.9rpg 5.8apg 2.1spg 0.7bpg 47 FG% Jordan 84-85 : 28.2ppg 6.5rpg 5.9apg 2.4spg 0.8bpg 52 FG% Bird described the rookie Jordan as the "best ever" and compared him to Wayne Gretzky, the greatest Hockey player ever. Maybe you know more about basketball than Larry Bird 😂
Ok so what. We seen m.j. hit 6 against the blazers then, can you foolishly name anything else Clyde was better at? NOT AT ALL so stop reaching for air.🤫🤡💯
I think he is like Pippen or Zeke, just using MJ's fame and popularity to boost himself, making him known so he is not forgotten in the history of NBA, but for him to say that he is better than MJ? Delusional at max level.
-- Tmac was as talented as Kobe. But yes, Kobe is a Top 15 player and Tmac...is relegated to only a 1st ballot HOFer whose career basically ended at age 26. Tmac played with Yao and GHill, both who were injury prone -- while Kobe played with Shaq, Gasol, and under 12x champ Phil Jackson (11 as a coach, 1 as player).
35 points at the half of the first game of the NBA Finals. Does anyone else realize MJ could have scored 60 that game without trying too hard? 70, if he decided to step on the gas a little? He ended up with 39. He showed mercy to Drexler and he also showed that he was not a stats hog. He made his point and then cruised in the 2nd half.
Even if MJ wanted to, i believe Phil will stop him, it's the 1st game and strategy wise not a good idea to go all out unless you have to, I remember in Bull's 72-10 season Phil rested the starting player when they are in the lead and even when the game starts to lose he still does not let the starting player back on court. he is conserving the team from injuries and saving for the big stages. I believe MJ also knows this so in the 2nd 3 peat when he is older he didnt go all out like he did in the Celtics.
I remember when mj scored 35 In first half he made it look easy and could’ve scored 70 against Portland. That statement game showed bulls will win the title
Unfortunately for Clyde there were soo many other wordly players in his peak. Magic, Bird, Thomas, Hakeem, Kareem and with no social media and limited print and Tv space, there was only so much attention and space to go around.
In a candid interview with Clyde Drexler after the Dream Team's run in 1992. By that time, Michael Jordan had already beaten Clyde the Glide in the 1992 NBA Finals. And while that in and of itself was enough for people to slow down with the comparison between the two, in Drexler's mind, he didn't see that. Perception has a powerful effect on the brain, you can't stop people from having illusions. An illusion is proof that you don't always see what you think you see. Jordan displayed charisma, superior skills, high-flying athleticism, and a determination to win at all costs in his basketball career. I never heard anybody speak highly of Clyde in this regard. For MJ, to be the topic of the discussions in terms of comparisons or these ridiculous (G.O.A.T) debates just goes to show that MJ has left a positive impact on the NBA as a whole or otherwise he wouldn't be talked about as much.
Often the argument against Jordan is his three pointer and its low percentage. But he didn't bother practicing that shot until after he already won his first MVP. The three was considered as a gimmicky joke, until Bird started winning championships from '84 to '86. After that, a few coaches started greenlighting players to shoot it, creating three-point drills, and stars began taking it seriously. The NCAA didn't even adopt the three point shot till two years after Jordan left college. Only a couple of years into practicing that shot, Jordan had that infamous "shrug" game. But by that time, he was playing for Phil and in the Triangle offense. He had started winning championships by relying more on his post skills. He got in the weight room, got bigger, and practiced more in the post. After that second championship, he stopped shooting as many threes and stopped practicing them. During the second three-peat, he said on more than one occasion that he no longer practiced that shot. There's only so much time for practice, and Jordan focused his skill-development on the skills that most contributed to winning in his era, so he let that part of his game slide. He already proved that he COULD improve his range, so holding that against him just doesn't make sense. It's like criticizing a player for not shooting underhanded at the free-throw line. Just because Rick Barry did it better than anyone, it doesn't mean that skill made him better at winning. Getting the job done is what matters, not how it's done. Jordan, of course, did it better than anyone before and since..
If he was better than Jordan he would've won a ring with the talent he had around him because I know MJ would've won rings with Drexler's supporting cast
In this final series Jackson outplayed Adelman. Personal duels between the players came second. Drexler numbers were worse, but in a team that was more gifted offensively than the Bulls.
In the 92 finals Jordan averaged 36 points per game and shot 53% while Drexler averaged 25 but shot only 40%. The Bulls kicked their asses 4-2. Jordan DOMINATED Drexler. Hell that first game is when MJ hit 6 three pointers in the first half and did the now famous shoulder shrug towards Magic. Drexler saying he was better than Jordan is about as stupid as Lefraud claiming he's the GOAT.
BECAUSE HE PLAY IN SMALL MARKET BLAZERS ALONE, NO ONE TALK THAT LILLARD IS BETTER THAN CURRY DESPITE DAME IS BETTER IN CLUTCH BETTER SCORER AND EVEN PSASSER. BUT U R DERANGED LIKE EVERY JORDAN FAN WHO THINK MJ IS GREAT
@@PIP...33 but the finals put all rest to bed so 🤷🏾♂️ maybe if Jordan had lebron mentality he cost the bulls multiple finals series but guess what? He's Not 😂
Shaq said had he and his Lakers played MJ and the Bulls they would have beaten them, let me clarify something for him. Had he played the 96 Bulls the 2000 and 2001Lakers might have won 1 if not 2 games but still would have come out short.
@@Idontknowhoiamanymore Kobe slows down MJ? There's no answer for Shaq? Kobe was never able to slow down Jordan And Rodman is the only defense player who was able to shut down Shaq keeping him from scoring 0 points in a game Those Bulls had four hall of fame defenders in Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and Harper And one not too shabby in Kukoc Only Kobe is up there with those guys Again, stop smoking weed It's bad for your health The team that would have competed against those Bulls is the 86 Celtics They would have made a run for their money, maybe 6 or 7 games in the ECFS and still would have come out short
@@luisrodriguez-mb7cc kobe drops 55 pts in mj face age is no xcuse xcause he retired 3x and load managed 450 games while stockton drexler malone hakeem ewing never rest., MJ will never be great !!
Funny enough, entering the 92 Finals, the media was questioning whether Drexler was better and even Drexler himself was saying this. He now says that all Jordan could do was shoot better but back then, they said Drexler was the better shooter...then Jordan drops 7 3pt-ers on him in the finals.
Funny how former players are saying this AFTER everyone has retired lol... Why didn't they say this when they was playing in their prime? Because they knew exactly how Jordan would react and then school their asses on the court.
This is like Kobe vs TMac. Both equally talented but one was clearly better, more competitive, more driven, a perfectionist, a better leader, a winner. The other has had complaints of being a bad practice player, a bad leader and not being able to lead a team to the promised land. MJ was better than Kobe and Drexler was better than TMac but the dynamic is the same. (Truth be told, Drexler was phenomenal winning the 95 NBA Championship behind Hakeem Olajuwon in Houston. I don't think TMac could do that because his game was a little too much one-on-one)
The only person who hasn't addressed these comments is Jordan. But every person in the comment section played professional basketball. Unless you have a revisionist perspective, you cannot undue Jordan’s resume. Drexler isn't a top ten greatest NBA player case close
Clyde was great but, the real comparison at the time was MJ and Dominique. Unfortunately Dominique wasn’t on a better team and ruptured his Achilles although he did come back almost as good once healed. It was amazing! Human Highlight Film was tough!
I never cared much for Jordan ever since he came into the league. I preferred so many others players over Jordan like Drexler, Dominque Wilkins, Magic, and etc. but you have to admit it Jordan was better. Jordan didn’t have the best dunks in fact I thought Wilkins won that dunk contest when they met last. Drexler was very athletic and graceful and it can be argued that he may have been a good second after Jordan. Nobody could argue against Jordan when it comes to determination and sheer will to make that crucial basket. Jordan has the skill and athleticism to match his hyper competitiveness to guarantee a win.
I respect that. I'm a Jordan fan but feel the same for LBJ. I respect him but to be honest. LBJ isn't the killa MJ or Kobe was. LBJ is a freak, but you basically broke down why I would pick MJ over him.
It's a shame that Clyde Drexler couldn't win a championship with the Blazers. Still, I'm very happy that he was able to win a championship ring during his time with the Rockets.
He won one with the Rockets because Michael Jordan had retired. The Rockets won two championships when Michael Jordan wasn't with the Bulls in those two seasons. MJ retired after the first three peat because shortly before the end of the season, his father was murdered by a carjacker. He had nothing left to prove. Clyde should be grateful for MJ retiring so that he could win a ring. Everybody in the NBA was happy when MJ retired. They saw it as a chance for them to win a ring, because they couldn't see anyone beating the Bulls as long as MJ was on the team.
@@thesoutherngentleman1261 every jordan fan is liar, he lost to Shaq and Drexler swept Shaq and Penny. Show me 1 ring of Jordan vs 42 old Jabbar era in 80's ?
This is what happens when you play for two media hated teams, get zero credit for your on court ability(top in game dunker and clutch shooter ever), and have your one ring get undermined, where the other great 2g in the league was considered retired, even though he was on a NBA roster.
Awesome video. I grew up a hardcore trailblazers fan. Glad you highlighted just how good that trailblazers team was. 90s basketball was the most competitive and exciting time for basketball.......for me...I HATED JORDAN. Man was a God and killed a lot of hall of fame players dreams...Clyde The Glide was my favorite player.....wish he made the move to Houston two years earlier then he did....wish Ewing won one......😢
i dont know why people shit on clyde. He led his team to 2 nba finals in the most stack era in nba history. The 80s had 3 dynasties. sixers, pistons, lakers, and celtics. Where as in todays era James, Harden, Damien Illard, Russell Westbrick, and Antonio Davis couldnt led there teams to a nba finals.
If Clyde played in a larger market like NYC, Philadelphia or DC, he would still be widely remembered as one of the all-time greats. That said, Jordan was clearly the better all-around player.
Being a huge fan of Clyde and the Blazers, i personally don't think he was better. However, he certainly was a hell of a lot closer than people nowadays assert that he was. He was a much better passer, all around more unselfish (sadly, to the detriment of the Blazers' success sometimes), almost as good on defense, equally as deadly mid range or in the post, as good or better at driving to the hoop and finishing (which is saying a lot - since MJ is without question one of the greatest of all time at taking it to the hoop), and eventually developed a three-point shot that was almost as good as Jordan's! The one thing Jordan was much better at was ball-handling, on pretty much everything else the two were extremely close. Clyde's by far the single most underrated player from that era, (late 80's to late 90's), and doesn't remotely get the respect he deserved/deserves. So at the end of the day, even though i don't think he was overall quite as great as MJ, he was pretty damn close. It's definitely far more absurd to assert that the guy was somehow nowhere near the same level as Jordan, the way so many people nowadays believe.
That's accurate. Stats and rings don't tell the whole picture. MJ himself admitted to teammates Clyde was as good as he was, in terms of raw talent. No one was better at mythologizing themselves than MJ. Clyde wasn't about all that. Len Bias was better than MJ in college. And Drexler was prob as good to MJ as an all around player as MJ was to Bias.
@@Adam_A_Christian Amen man! It really pissed me off the way that Last Dance doc portrayed Clyde in that, like he was some pretender or some shit. That whole doc was but a MJ puff piece and gave a greatly distorted view of 80's and 90's NBA to the younger generation. They also did Horace Grant, and Pippen dirty as well. Making it seem like Horace was some minor role player, when in actuality integral to those first three tittles while being one of the greatest PF defenders and rebounders of all time - while also be a deadly offensive threat due to his ability to run the court for fast-breaks, his deadly jumper, and his great post moves, (the guy legit woulda averaged 20 or so a game if he had been on nearly any other team in the league back in the early 90s). But unfortunately he had Scottie, who was a little ball dominant in his own right, but more importantly - Horace also had MJ - who was legit one of the biggest ball-hogs of his era, (something Clyde never came close to being btw). And wouldn't ya know it, the first year Jordan took off - was the yr where Grant averaged nearly twenty a game and made the all-star team! And yet the doc made Grant out to be some minor scrub.
what clyde lacked was a ball handle..mj got more east points from his superior foot work n handle..clyde was close in every other category n mj mid range was better as well..imagine clyde 6 more points to his career average just from being better shooter n ball handler that helped him create better shots..
It's VERY FUNNY to me how many ex-players get delusional some yrs after they retire... Drexler, Pippen, Arenas, Thomas etc... STAY OFF THE SUGAR MAN❗️😄🤣🤣
I was at Game 1 and Game 6 at the Stadium. Those 6 3’s in the first half were a hoot. Keep in mind it was Pippen and second string that brought the Bulls back from a 15 point 4th quarter deficit in Game 6. It was essentially over when MJ reentered the game. He made sure the Bulls were not going to lose in those final minutes
Blazers swore they had that game. I'll always remember that comeback with the likes of Bobby Hansen, Cliff Levingston and the bench FINALLY taking a game over when Jordan wasn't able to.
"Keep in mind it was Pippen and second string that brought the Bulls back from a 15 point 4th quarter deficit in Game 6." Refs played a very significant role in that, a number of bad calls changing momentum/trajectory of the game. Highly uncharecteristic of the Blazers to blow that kind of lead at the very end. The Bulls can thank the refs for the bailout.
Clyde was a great player, we were supportive of Clyde when played for The University Of Huston "The PHI Slama Jama" but Clyde was no where near "The G.O.A.T. Clyde wake Up, You Are Good But You Are Not "The G.O.A.T. & You never were in the conversation. Thank you YOU Brother, You did a good job covering the points you made. Keep Up The Good Work. We at "Worldwide Sports Fans Smack Talk" supports your comments!!!🔴🔴🔴
Clyde Drexler was in the same ability class as MJ, he just did not have the same mentality as MJ. If Clyde had just a little more of Kobe's type of mentality, I believe he would've given MJ fits throughout their almost concurrent careers.
Drexler had all the talent Jordan had. What he did not have was the green light for unlimited shots and the media following. Thus, Jordan could win the offensive comparison based on numbers and the media could hype up the performance. From there, the rest is history.
@@thesoutherngentleman1261 Hahaha... fucking basic bitches, EVERYWHERE!! "BAD boy" =/= "Bad Boy" "I didn't know P Diddy signed Clyde to his record label" DO BETTER
Drexler was awesome. That's exactly why he was on the dream team. These dudes lately comin at Jordan is absolutely hilarious 😂 They just can't let it go and be humble SMH
I am getting sick of this narrative that Shannon sharpe perpetuates that Jordan didn’t play anyone He beat magic for the first title. He’s considered a top 5 all time player He beat drexler for the 2nd. He’s a hall of famer He beat Barkley for the third. Hall of famer. And Kevin Johnson was a phenomenal guard. He played only 9 years and then went into politics He beat Payton and kemp for the 4th. Payton is a hall of famer and kemp was a beast He beat Malone and Stockton for 5 and 6. 2 more hall of famers He beat miller, ewing, and shaq at different to make the finals. It’s altering the past to control the present and future. Watch the movie “1984”
You can't compare Micheal Jordan and Clyde Drexler because they played different positions during their NBA careers. Micheal Jordan was a shooting guard and Clyde Drexler was a small forward. So, it would compare both player's games. And Jordan handled the basketball more than Drexler did.
Clyde the Glide is truly talented and inderrated. But jordan23 the indomitable will of the one true goat is unquenchable. 6 champ fights in, 6 champ rings out. Mabuhay!
Remember when everyone said Clyde was the better 3 pt shooter before the finals vs Drexler? Then Jordan did an interview and said Clyde is a better 3pt shooter then he CHOOSES TO be. With a smirk. Then the next day he decided to choose to be better at 3s. And sank 9 in game one of the finals, the shrug game? Drexler seen first hand how much better Jordan was at even the things Clyde’s stats had shown him to better at. Lol. Idk how u talk about this without showing the interview and game 1 of that finals
Drexler was playing one one five. Discrepancies in Chicago and Portland rosters. When Drexler joined Houston Rockets Olajuwon and Horry Smith Cassell Elle what happened. Jordan didn't make NBA finals and 95 Rockets swept Orlando with Shaq Penny Anderson Horace Grant. Jordan had guys Pippen Rodman kucoch Kerr Phil Jackson 11 rings.
Drexler's and early 90's TrailBlazers' paradox - you could advance to the Finals two times in three years (and one time to WCF also), but if you laid an egg during those crucial games, in front of the whole country watching you, well... You can only live your rest of life in dellusion, exactly like Clyde lives. BTW Drexler didn't show anything spectacular during 1990 Finals or 1991 WCF, too. And he had not to compete against almighty MJ, back then.
Nah my argument is that they should've played the year before 90/91 season Portland was the best team in the league that year and Drexler was phenomenal
These haters cannot stop! Now they’re just making shit up. Just stop it! If you can’t see it, then you’re blind and we can’t help you Jordan is the best ever!
NO... NEGATIVE ! Drexler do not have the competition Jordan had Jordan had to compete against an older brother and he was ignored by his father this created a determination and Jordan that could not be stopped by no player! Once Jordan grew to 6 ft tall he was Unstoppable! It's amazing to see a basketball player like Drexler! He is as good as Jordan to a point but he doesn't have the Killer Instinct
Nobody talks about the Actual Migraine game! 😮. MJ. Played his cape was not at the cleaners but he got wacked... Bulls 73 - Pistons 91. Sitting on the beach at end of game chilling 😎. Gm 7 1990 eastern conference finals.
I always liked Clyde. He was very athletic, very smooth. Stylistically, he was very much like Jordan. Perhaps he was faster, more athletic, etc. Not saying I believe that, but it's possible. But this, for me, is where the comparisons come to a screeching halt. Clyde simply can't hold a candle to Jordan's accomplishments, which must be attributed to something if not his speed, agility and athleticism. I suppose if these are the attributes that Clydes uses to call himself 'better' than Jordan, then so be it. But my definition - and the one that most folks probably use - is more centered around talent and results. And those, Clyde, Jordan has in spades.
Drexler could use the left hand for everything except dribbling. The Black Bob Cousy. The One Arm Bandit. He had better luck winning in the casino. Clyde talking out the side of the other face. And he should've let that hairline go in 88
TMac vs 1st round. Lol!! You know you wrong for that Uncut Hoops. Seriously, Drexler was VERY underrated. Better than MJ? No. But pretty dang good. TBH, MJ overshadowed some really good players from that time. Dominique, Barkley, just to name 2.
Clyde Drexler was a great player, an all time great, but Michael Jordan was just on another level. Jordan was/is the GOAT. There is no shame in being in Jordan's shadow. I understand Clyde's frustration. It's like if you were a reasonably good looking guy, making a good above average income, with a nice job, but there's that one guy in your church that's really handsome, went to an Ivy League school like Harvard or Princeton, is good at everything he tries, and is making 4 or 5 times what you make. You're still doing well, and you ain't a bad looking dude either, but it's useless trying to compare yourself to a Brad Pitt hot shot doctor or lawyer from Harvard.
MJ was next level, this aint close, prolly two levels up on Clyde. Now imagine MJ got drafted by Portland instead of Sam Bowie, I want to hear your take on this if this' a win or bust. Would MJ played the point. Will MJ be as successful, will there be an ego issue, who would play the sidekick. etc etc.
Clyde tripping 😂 as a kid I watched him in the finals vs Jordan n Go shot for shot with MJ n he was out played on both ends of the floor #ijs n I was rooting for the blazers to win
He had a chance to try and prove it in the Finals instead Mike literally shrugged his ass off.
Clyde got fucked over. He was supposed to play with Arvydas Sabonis but the Soviets didn't allow him to. No one caught more breaks than Jordan:
@@andrewcook1246 YEP JORDAN NEVER SAW 2ND ROUND AT LEAST DREXLER CARRY TEAM ALONE WITHOUT ANY HOF INTO 2 FINALS
@@andrewcook1246 what?! Wilt Chamberlain was drafted to 3 HOF teammates and a former 2x scoring champ and still didn't win 6 rings. Russell was drafted to a team with all the power, money and draft picks and was gifted everything! You're a joke just like those bum ZZZZ
@@PIP...33 Wilt never even seen the playoffs without multiple HOF greats and scorers
@@andrewcook1246lmao stop the cap thats not MJ fault stop saying bs
Talking is cheap. So good he proved it in The Finals against MJ...
saying it now doesn’t undo the history Clyde; just humble yourself, be proud of what you accomplished as an NBA champion and Hall of Famer
Well said mate
@@HeathOverledger Agreed
Drexler way better. Clyde stats would be better if he shot 50 times per game like jordan.
@@shonuffizhere5670 someone should build a time machine to travel backwards and make that the case
@vudujl83 jordan missed alot of shots. Clyde was more efficient and dunked better.
He claimed this same shit in 92 and got his ass beat by the GOAT
jordan is 11-17 vs bird buddyy and 10 of birds wins were with 4 hall of famers on 1 team@@PIP...33
@@PIP...33lol Bird said jordan was jesus christ bro gtfo
@zzzvain2876 Out here with all caps makes you look deranged lil fella. Jordan dropped 63 on Bird and the celtics, Bird called Jordan a God. Now go all caps on that fruit loop.
Yup I remember that well. We All watched to see if Drexler could back that up and then saw him and the Trailblazers fold like origami.
@@zshark365 NEVER WON 1 GAME U DERANGED
He wasn’t faster than MJ. His vertical wasn’t higher than MJ. MJ was better statistically better than Clyde. He achieved way more than Clyde. This isn’t ever a topic for debate 😂😂😂
💯Jordan jumped higher and was not only faster end to end, but had a quicker first step. I always appreciated Drexlers game, but this was a poor take from him.
Drexler was a little bigger and maybe stronger. Jordan was better in all other categories, including basketball skills.
Luv Clyde, Mj had better handles, jumper,passing,and all around game.not even close.
@@teebee8141 Wilt better scoring, passing, rebounds, blocks far better in durability endurance. If Drexler load managed 450 games and retired 3x like MJ also if he had Pippen from day 1 , he would win 7 rings.
@@safeandeffectivelol Drexler is better passer rebounder team player and he led team to finals. Where is jordan 2nd round ?
Clyde said that in 92, after his bitter finals loss and the Dream Team, where he faced off against MJ daily, his frustration and ego were doubtlessly at a boiling point. Charles Barkley said similar things about MJ around that time, but his opinions are different now. It's not fair to quote someone 30+ years later when, probably, his current views are more humble and accepting. From everything I've heard about Clyde, he was and is one of the nicest, humblest, and kindest NBA stars. LBJ's narcissistic BS should be mocked and criticized because that's his present opinion, and unlike Clyde, millions of brain-dead Lebronsexuals believe him.
Yea Chuck even told the story of the day he learned that MJ was better than him
What does LBJ have to do with this video?
Let it go man 😂
@@FuShengAlex Because Uncut Hoops made similar videos about other players, but out of those, most were about something LBJ, his cheerleaders, or the media had said about MJ.
@@RVered BECAUSE HE SPREAD LIES. SMART MEN WILL NEVER SAY NOTHING VS MCGRADY BECAUSE HE WAS BEST PLAYER IN NBA. HE LOST GRANT HILL AND YAO MING IN PRIME BEST CAREER YEARS, JORDAN NEVER SAW 2ND ROUND WITHOUT PIPPEN. THIS IS WHY JORDAN WILL NEVER BE GREAT.
@@RVered BY TONE OF HIS VOICE IN VIDEO U KNOW GUY IS DERANGED AND SOFT. THE THINGFS HE SAY FOR MCGRADY WHEN MJ NEVER SEEN 2ND ROUND IN CAREER IS EVIDENCE OF THAT.
My argument has always been Dexler over Harden in my opinion, people trying to argue Wade Vs Harden , Harden wasn’t as good as Clyde to me
bro bfr clyde isn't anywhere near as good as harden
@@steezsteezsteezHas Harden ever brought his own team to the NBA Finals? Thought so. Even playing with the MVP didn't get him anywhere did it
Naw
@@andreiquina5038 Different NBA's and this season he dropped 42 and 45 with two game tyers and winners game 7 was bad but the series wasn't as bad as ya'll paint it to be. And in 2018 he nearly won vs the superteam warriors which no matter how much mental gymnastics you try and pull clyde is not doing. Clyde also isn't averaging 36 while leading the league in assists multiple times regardless of how much offensive load he's given. It's easy to disrespect Harden because of how he carries himself but he's a great player and denying his skill is something you'll come to regret
@@steezsteezsteez DREXLER 2 FINALS ALONE SHOW ME 2ND ROUND OF JORDAN ?
“Tracy McGrady vs the first round.”
Crazy
as a magic fan this one still hurts lol
James Harden vs playoffs
Ben Wallace vs Free Throws
Donavon Mitchell is the new Tracy McGrady
Drexler was the 2nd best shooting guard of his era. It's just that the guy who was #1 at shooting guard was the best player in the league beyond his position, and the greatest player of all time.
I am so annoyed by these narratives of modern NBA media and fans about older players being weaker, especially Jordans competition. These people claim Dame over Drexler when discussing the Portland GOAT. Just ridiculous. Drexler led the Trail Blazers to 2 finals in 3 years while Dame just got to the West Finals once and got swept. I never saw Drexler play, but you just need to look at Basketball reference to see that Clyde was a better rebounder, had more steals and blocks than Dame. Also, his assist numbers were awesome for a SG. He was a more efficient scorer, a better playmaker for his position and a better defender than Lillard, had more team success and was actually a top 3 player which Dame never was during his career. The mental gymnastics of modern NBA fans are so annoying. It is this disgusting movement of talking down on older generations to prop up the modern NBA which suffers from soft defense, entitled superstars and chucking 3s.
But do he got bars dho, bruh?
Excuse mi I just made a half court shot im feeling it. 🏀 chucking 3 pointers equals Winning and it got mi the supermax
@@anamethattellsastory6648 No it didn't get YOU the supermax. Last time I checked, your name isn't Damian Lillard.
Drexler is by far a better player
@@tyronedrane8394 You said it, now prove it? Oh, you can't? Maybe there's a reason why.
YUP Jordan took offense to being compared to Drexler saying Drexler was a better outside shooter, so than Jordan proved otherwise with the shrug game.
Clyde was a little taller, but unless Clyde has receipts from winning a foot race and weight-lifting contest over MJ, the “faster and stronger” claim is just his personal opinion, nothing more. There was NOTHING I ever saw Clyde do on the basketball court that shows him being “faster and stronger” than MJ. All we know for sure is that he was a little taller.
And all of the EVIDENCE shows MJ was far better at basketball, so all the rest is irrelevant talk from an old dude chasing some glory.
Do what if fate had decided that Jordan was drafted by the Blazers and Drexler by the Bulls, with the same coaches and casts in place? Would a Drexler/Pippen/Grant and then a Drexler/Kukoc/Rodman/Harper team had won championships? Would Jordan/Cliff Robinson/Duckworth/Terry Porter have ruled the West, and the league? These thoughts keep me up at night.
@@Defender78 if MJ went to the blazers he would have ended Magic and Kareem dynasty in the late 80's.
@@_M.... Blazers had a way better team and organization than the Bulls with championship history. That wouldve been scary and the Bulls wood never be on the map
@@Defender78 What a silly hypothetical claim because we know for a fact the Blazers were a better team than Jordan's early Bulls. They made it to the second round in '85 when Clyde wasn't even the best player on his team or even close to ROOKIE Jordan. You put ROOKIE Jordan on that team, and they probably push the Lakers to the brink, if not outright beat them. (Lakers beat the Blazers in 5 games)
Clyde was not a better basketball player than Jordan at any point in his career.
I think watching the Slam Dunk Contest from the late 80's prove Clyde wasn't stronger or faster. Clyde's lift when jumping was noticeably lower than MJ's. He even tried the free throw line dunk and failed miserably. I was 15 when MJ joined the NBA and was a diehard fan, so I watched both those guys throughout their careers. Like they say "seeing is believing".
I like Drexler but come own Man MJ was on a different level as he was Over EVERYONE
The only one who comes even close is Kobe
@@safeandeffectivelol Facts
@@safeandeffectivelol EXACTLY.. KOBE...
MJyust played in bater team with more $$
That bigger stronger, and faster statement. Should show how certain professional player's think they should be compared to Michael Jordan, and in reality the games that they played had different outcomes. That shows why they weren't as good as Michael Jordan. Clyde Drexel had better teammates than Michael Jordan, and so has LeBron James. And Michael Jordan overcame all those obstacles to become the greatest basketball player ever and of all times Michael Jordan.
No; Clyde had Hakeem, Horry, Cassel, a washed Barkley, and Terry Porter. Jordan had Grant, Rodman, Pippen, Kucoc, Kerr, and Harper. Pretty even, but I'd say it leans Bulls in the scheme of things. Factor in the favoritism the Bulls received ref wise post Space Jam, I'd say Clyde has every right to remain competitive when speaking of his legacy.
@@beery6659 "washed" Barkley was still better than Pippen and he was on the team! LMAOOO
@@joepermenter7228 you're really cutting Drexler's teammates short. You didn't even mention Kiki Vandeweghe, who would be a first ballot HOFer if he played alongside Jordan. I can argue that at his peak, he was a better basketball player than Pippen. You also failed to mention Mychal Thompson, Jerome Kersey, Kevin Duckworth, or Cliff Robinson, who were ALL better than Robert Horry.
@@beery6659 LOL, an argument for chuckster
@@atlien1988 Nah, Kersey and Robinson were cold; but the world should remember Robert Horry. My bad for forgetting those two, mainly because Robinson was young as fuck and Kersey was a no show in the big moments. Points for Duckworth, Otis Thorpe, and Kevin Willis' rebounding ability though....
Jordan and Clyde the Glide went head to head and we saw how that ended. The Glide was top shelf - but he was no MJ.
Clyde Drexler is doing what is referred to as piling on. He's been watching current ESPN analysts trying to tell everybody about how much better they are or were than Michael Jeffrey Jordan. You can say that you are better than someone, but then you have to prove it. When Drexler had the chance to prove that he was better than MJ, on the biggest stage, he & his team came up short.
UMEAN WHEN JORDAN TRY TO PROVE HE IS BETTER THAN BIRD ? MJ 0-6 VS LARRY. HE HAD HIS CHANCE TO WIN 1 GAME NEVER DID CAUSE BIRD IS BETTER 1 ON 1 U DERANGED
@@PIP...33bird had 4 hall of famers on 1 team
@@PIP...33stop it also Mj averages 39.7 points per in the playoffs when they faced off and the most Jordan averaged against bird was 43.7 points per stop it bird is not winning against mj if he didn’t have 4 hall of famers on 1 team
@@Kingchasethebag-yeah Jordan had 4 hof vs 1 Ewing. U just admit Ewing is better than MJ
@@PIP...33Jordan vs bird numbers
Jordan
Points per:39.7 points per
Blocks per:1.8 Blocks per
Steals per:2.2 steals per
Assists per:5.9 assists per
Larry bird
Points per:27.2 points per
Blocks per:0.8 Blocks per
Steals per:1.5 steals per
Assist per:8.5 assists per
Bird was getting cooked
Jordan in his rookie year was better than Drexler ever was at any stage of his career.
Nonsense. Drexler from 89'-94' was amazing
@@PIP...33bill was better
@@hakeemolajuwon4352
Drexler 89-94 : 24ppg 6.9rpg 5.8apg 2.1spg 0.7bpg 47 FG%
Jordan 84-85 : 28.2ppg 6.5rpg 5.9apg 2.4spg 0.8bpg 52 FG%
Bird described the rookie Jordan as the "best ever" and compared him to Wayne Gretzky, the greatest Hockey player ever.
Maybe you know more about basketball than Larry Bird 😂
@@Kingchasethebag-yeah Wilt average more ppg, bpg, rpg, spg in his rookie season than Jordan in only season he was good 1988 lol.
@@perditadurango9699 buddy blocks,steals were not recorded back then dummy
"clyde is a better three point shooter than I CHOOSE to be." - Michael Jordan
Ok so what. We seen m.j. hit 6 against the blazers then, can you name anything else? NOT AT ALL so stop reaching for air.
Ok so what. We seen m.j. hit 6 against the blazers then, can you foolishly name anything else Clyde was better at? NOT AT ALL so stop reaching for air.🤫🤡💯
@@StefBrown-z4z That was a quote from MJ in answer to a question from a 60 minutes reporter. You're looking at this all wrong.
@@StefBrown-z4z MJ is the greatest ever.
Drexler waited 31 years since 92 to talk shit to make sure jordan was too old to destroy him again
I think he is like Pippen or Zeke, just using MJ's fame and popularity to boost himself, making him known so he is not forgotten in the history of NBA, but for him to say that he is better than MJ? Delusional at max level.
@@liumatt2874👍
Drexler has at least one black belt in karate; I don't think he had been worried about anybody since then.
The fact you said Tmac vs the 1st round is one of the greatest rivalries, immediately got me to subscribe
-- Tmac was as talented as Kobe. But yes, Kobe is a Top 15 player and Tmac...is relegated to only a 1st ballot HOFer whose career basically ended at age 26.
Tmac played with Yao and GHill, both who were injury prone -- while Kobe played with Shaq, Gasol, and under 12x champ Phil Jackson (11 as a coach, 1 as player).
STONE COLD STONE COLD STONE COLD
James Harden vs playoffs
Kawhi vs playing time
AD vs the floor
KD vs Brush
Great rivalry 😂
Oh my god. Bro came in hot. T Mac vs the first round is crazy 🤣🤣🤣
35 points at the half of the first game of the NBA Finals. Does anyone else realize MJ could have scored 60 that game without trying too hard? 70, if he decided to step on the gas a little? He ended up with 39. He showed mercy to Drexler and he also showed that he was not a stats hog. He made his point and then cruised in the 2nd half.
Even if MJ wanted to, i believe Phil will stop him, it's the 1st game and strategy wise not a good idea to go all out unless you have to, I remember in Bull's 72-10 season Phil rested the starting player when they are in the lead and even when the game starts to lose he still does not let the starting player back on court. he is conserving the team from injuries and saving for the big stages. I believe MJ also knows this so in the 2nd 3 peat when he is older he didnt go all out like he did in the Celtics.
I remember when mj scored 35 In first half he made it look easy and could’ve scored 70 against Portland. That statement game showed bulls will win the title
@@seanfelder3977yet, almost went 7 games…
Unfortunately for Clyde there were soo many other wordly players in his peak. Magic, Bird, Thomas, Hakeem, Kareem and with no social media and limited print and Tv space, there was only so much attention and space to go around.
@@PIP...33 cap
@@PIP...33 1988,
@@PIP...33 casual
@@PIP...3398 bulls oldest team to win a championship
stop it@@PIP...33
Clyde has 0 all defensive selections, has below 80% FT%, and only 3 seasons scoring 25+ points. Clyde was a great player but not even close to MJ
HE DIDNT PAY AHMAD RASHAD AND OTHER VOTERS U DERANGED. EVERY SMART MEN KNOWS ALVIN ROBERTSON WAS BEST DEFENDER IN NBA
Buddy, you can't look up stats and pretend you know what you're talking about
@@PIP...33 Get your head checked
@@hakeemolajuwon4352 YERAH STATS IN HISTORUY : MOST PPG 30 WILT AND MJ SHARE, MOST RPG 23 WILT, BPG 9 AGAIN , SPG 4 ALSO HIM MPG TOO 46 IN CAREER.
@@PIP...33jordan beats wilt in playoff scoring in almost every category
Clyde: Stats numbers, MVPS , titles and leadership say the contrary. Andddd....In the only you faced your nemesis you got beat.
YEAH DERANGE HE DIDNT HAD PIPPEN IN PRIME. WHERE IS JORDAN 1 WIN VS BIRD 0-6 ?? JORDAN NHAS NO STATS HE IS BRADLEY BEAL
buddy jordan carried a 17 points per pipen stop it@@PIP...33
your favorite player wilt was getteing beat with elgin baylor and jerry west@@PIP...33
jordan is a better defender better scorer than beal stop it
@@PIP...33
jordan beat beal in bpm,points per,rebounds,vorp,assist,blocks stop it@@PIP...33
In a candid interview with Clyde Drexler after the Dream Team's run in 1992. By that time, Michael Jordan had already beaten Clyde the Glide in the 1992 NBA Finals. And while that in and of itself was enough for people to slow down with the comparison between the two, in Drexler's mind, he didn't see that. Perception has a powerful effect on the brain, you can't stop people from having illusions. An illusion is proof that you don't always see what you think you see. Jordan displayed charisma, superior skills, high-flying athleticism, and a determination to win at all costs in his basketball career. I never heard anybody speak highly of Clyde in this regard. For MJ, to be the topic of the discussions in terms of comparisons or these ridiculous (G.O.A.T) debates just goes to show that MJ has left a positive impact on the NBA as a whole or otherwise he wouldn't be talked about as much.
Often the argument against Jordan is his three pointer and its low percentage. But he didn't bother practicing that shot until after he already won his first MVP. The three was considered as a gimmicky joke, until Bird started winning championships from '84 to '86. After that, a few coaches started greenlighting players to shoot it, creating three-point drills, and stars began taking it seriously. The NCAA didn't even adopt the three point shot till two years after Jordan left college. Only a couple of years into practicing that shot, Jordan had that infamous "shrug" game. But by that time, he was playing for Phil and in the Triangle offense. He had started winning championships by relying more on his post skills. He got in the weight room, got bigger, and practiced more in the post. After that second championship, he stopped shooting as many threes and stopped practicing them. During the second three-peat, he said on more than one occasion that he no longer practiced that shot. There's only so much time for practice, and Jordan focused his skill-development on the skills that most contributed to winning in his era, so he let that part of his game slide. He already proved that he COULD improve his range, so holding that against him just doesn't make sense. It's like criticizing a player for not shooting underhanded at the free-throw line. Just because Rick Barry did it better than anyone, it doesn't mean that skill made him better at winning. Getting the job done is what matters, not how it's done. Jordan, of course, did it better than anyone before and since..
Even Bird called it a gimmick shot and never practiced it.
If he was better than Jordan he would've won a ring with the talent he had around him because I know MJ would've won rings with Drexler's supporting cast
NAME 2ND HOF IN DREXLER TEAM U DERANGED
OAKLEY LED NBA IN RPG NONE OF BLAZERS SUPPORT CAST LED NBA IN ANY STATS U DERANGED
@@PIP...33 Terry Porter was an all-star smh
@@kevincampbell4708 BJ ARMSTRONG OAKLEY HORACE GERVIN WERE ALLSTARS TOO THAT MEANS JORDAN HAD 5X MORE.
@@kevincampbell4708 SO U R DERANGED NAME ME 2ND HOF IN STARTING 5 BLAZERS 1992 ??
Never has there been a more fitting nickname than "The Glide", good lord his dunks look so amazing.
Try "Air" Jordan!! That's the ultimate nickname and no denying. But Glide is nice.
In this final series Jackson outplayed Adelman. Personal duels between the players came second. Drexler numbers were worse, but in a team that was more gifted offensively than the Bulls.
In the 92 finals Jordan averaged 36 points per game and shot 53% while Drexler averaged 25 but shot only 40%. The Bulls kicked their asses 4-2. Jordan DOMINATED Drexler. Hell that first game is when MJ hit 6 three pointers in the first half and did the now famous shoulder shrug towards Magic. Drexler saying he was better than Jordan is about as stupid as Lefraud claiming he's the GOAT.
He must have blocked out that finals appearance where Michael just wiped his ass with him. Probably too much for his ego to handle
I mean noone ever talked about Clyde being a contender for GOAT conversation...
BECAUSE HE PLAY IN SMALL MARKET BLAZERS ALONE, NO ONE TALK THAT LILLARD IS BETTER THAN CURRY DESPITE DAME IS BETTER IN CLUTCH BETTER SCORER AND EVEN PSASSER. BUT U R DERANGED LIKE EVERY JORDAN FAN WHO THINK MJ IS GREAT
@@PIP...33 Where's Dame MVPs at? If Dame don't with giannis then he's not a winner.
@@LarryBrown-us8rg WHERE IS JORDAN 2ND ROUND IN CAREER ?
@@PIP...33 but the finals put all rest to bed so 🤷🏾♂️ maybe if Jordan had lebron mentality he cost the bulls multiple finals series but guess what?
He's Not 😂
@@PIP...33 Also can you name a finals game were Jordan drop 8 points if you can please tell because there's one for lebron 😂
Shaq said had he and his Lakers played MJ and the Bulls they would have beaten them, let me clarify something for him. Had he played the 96 Bulls the 2000 and 2001Lakers might have won 1 if not 2 games but still would have come out short.
Naw bro lakers would have won. Kobe slows MJ down and no answer for shaq
@@Idontknowhoiamanymore Kobe slows down MJ?
There's no answer for Shaq?
Kobe was never able to slow down Jordan
And Rodman is the only defense player who was able to shut down Shaq keeping him from scoring 0 points in a game
Those Bulls had four hall of fame defenders in Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and Harper
And one not too shabby in Kukoc
Only Kobe is up there with those guys
Again, stop smoking weed
It's bad for your health
The team that would have competed against those Bulls is the 86 Celtics
They would have made a run for their money, maybe 6 or 7 games in the ECFS and still would have come out short
naw I smoke weed everyday and I'm going to keep doing that. You really just said Rodman is gonna guard Shaq. lmao @@luisrodriguez-mb7cc
@@luisrodriguez-mb7cc kobe drops 55 pts in mj face age is no xcuse xcause he retired 3x and load managed 450 games while stockton drexler malone hakeem ewing never rest., MJ will never be great !!
stop it in the 90s john stockton and ewing were getting injured@@perditadurango9699
I gotta get on here real quick just to laugh out loud 😂 😂 😂
Funny enough, entering the 92 Finals, the media was questioning whether Drexler was better and even Drexler himself was saying this. He now says that all Jordan could do was shoot better but back then, they said Drexler was the better shooter...then Jordan drops 7 3pt-ers on him in the finals.
FUNNY U R DERANGED CAUSE PIPPEN DEFENDED DREXLER. SHALL I CALL BIRD TO SWEP JORDAN AGAIN EVERY YEAR ?? BIRD 6 - JORDAN 0
@@PIP...33you actually think the Bulls had a chance against the Celtics. Wow
@@PIP...33I always love the guy calling someone else "deranged" is always an all caps moron who seems to have skipped English class😂😂
Mike spanked him in the finals 😂😂😂🐐🔥I was so confused when I read Clyde said that blasphemy
Bird 6-0 vs Jordan swept him every year
@@perditadurango9699with 4 hall of famers on 1 team
@@perditadurango9699Jordan averaged 43.7 points per two in 1 of those series
@@beery6659 MJ had 4 hof Parish Rodman Kukoc Pippen vs 1 Ewing. U just proved Ewing is better than Jordan.
@@beery6659 whats the matter liar u cant name 2nd hof in Knicks . U just proved Ewing better than Jordan
Funny how former players are saying this AFTER everyone has retired lol... Why didn't they say this when they was playing in their prime? Because they knew exactly how Jordan would react and then school their asses on the court.
You lost to him in the finals bro 😂
Bird 6-0 vs jordan in firs round
@@perditadurango9699 who the hell was talking about Larry Bird
CLYDE HAS BEEN DOING ALOT OF DRINKING IN RETIREMENT...
This is like Kobe vs TMac. Both equally talented but one was clearly better, more competitive, more driven, a perfectionist, a better leader, a winner. The other has had complaints of being a bad practice player, a bad leader and not being able to lead a team to the promised land. MJ was better than Kobe and Drexler was better than TMac but the dynamic is the same. (Truth be told, Drexler was phenomenal winning the 95 NBA Championship behind Hakeem Olajuwon in Houston. I don't think TMac could do that because his game was a little too much one-on-one)
The only person who hasn't addressed these comments is Jordan. But every person in the comment section played professional basketball. Unless you have a revisionist perspective, you cannot undue Jordan’s resume. Drexler isn't a top ten greatest NBA player case close
Clyde was great but, the real comparison at the time was MJ and Dominique. Unfortunately Dominique wasn’t on a better team and ruptured his Achilles although he did come back almost as good once healed. It was amazing! Human Highlight Film was tough!
I never cared much for Jordan ever since he came into the league. I preferred so many others players over Jordan like Drexler, Dominque Wilkins, Magic, and etc. but you have to admit it Jordan was better. Jordan didn’t have the best dunks in fact I thought Wilkins won that dunk contest when they met last. Drexler was very athletic and graceful and it can be argued that he may have been a good second after Jordan. Nobody could argue against Jordan when it comes to determination and sheer will to make that crucial basket. Jordan has the skill and athleticism to match his hyper competitiveness to guarantee a win.
I respect that. I'm a Jordan fan but feel the same for LBJ. I respect him but to be honest. LBJ isn't the killa MJ or Kobe was. LBJ is a freak, but you basically broke down why I would pick MJ over him.
It's a shame that Clyde Drexler couldn't win a championship with the Blazers.
Still, I'm very happy that he was able to win a championship ring during his time with the Rockets.
HE DIDNT HAD PIPPEN. STILL 2 FINALS ALONE WHILE JORDAN NEVER WON 35 GAMES OR 1ST ROUND IN CAREER.
He won one with the Rockets because Michael Jordan had retired. The Rockets won two championships when Michael Jordan wasn't with the Bulls in those two seasons. MJ retired after the first three peat because shortly before the end of the season, his father was murdered by a carjacker. He had nothing left to prove. Clyde should be grateful for MJ retiring so that he could win a ring. Everybody in the NBA was happy when MJ retired. They saw it as a chance for them to win a ring, because they couldn't see anyone beating the Bulls as long as MJ was on the team.
@@thesoutherngentleman1261 JORDAN WAS IN NBA LOST TO SHAQ. U DERANGED
@@thesoutherngentleman1261 every jordan fan is liar, he lost to Shaq and Drexler swept Shaq and Penny. Show me 1 ring of Jordan vs 42 old Jabbar era in 80's ?
@@thesoutherngentleman1261 KAREEM 5 RINGS JORDAN 0 ! MJ NEED PIPPEN TO PLAY VS MUGSY BOGUES COMPETITION.
Where’s the video of Clyde saying this? He has always been a grounded personality
Clyde is arguably a top 3 or 4 shooting guard.
No
@@thomasharrison8926 No what? You don't think some would argue that Clyde is a top 3 or 4 shooting guard?
@LargeDude2023 not 3 maybe 4
mj,kobe,dwade,allen iverson,jerry west,tracy magrady,james harden are all better@@thomasharrison8926
Bigger, faster, stronger... That reminds me of a certain sector of NBA fans... Specifically media ones...
To make it very short: no.
This is what happens when you play for two media hated teams, get zero credit for your on court ability(top in game dunker and clutch shooter ever), and have your one ring get undermined, where the other great 2g in the league was considered retired, even though he was on a NBA roster.
Greatest basketball post ever made.
Awesome video. I grew up a hardcore trailblazers fan. Glad you highlighted just how good that trailblazers team was. 90s basketball was the most competitive and exciting time for basketball.......for me...I HATED JORDAN. Man was a God and killed a lot of hall of fame players dreams...Clyde The Glide was my favorite player.....wish he made the move to Houston two years earlier then he did....wish Ewing won one......😢
Dude I was living in Houston in 1980s when you and Hakeem were in college and at no time in my lifetime were you ever better than the GOAT. MJ 🏀 😎
The worst thing Jordan did to Drexler was shave his head first. Clyde’s probably thinking I can’t be accused of copying him
Funny 😂 I had a good laugh this morning.
i dont know why people shit on clyde. He led his team to 2 nba finals in the most stack era in nba history. The 80s had 3 dynasties. sixers, pistons, lakers, and celtics. Where as in todays era James, Harden, Damien Illard, Russell Westbrick, and Antonio Davis couldnt led there teams to a nba finals.
Clyde is severely underrated but he’s not anywhere near Jordan’s level
If Clyde played in a larger market like NYC, Philadelphia or DC, he would still be widely remembered as one of the all-time greats. That said, Jordan was clearly the better all-around player.
Being a huge fan of Clyde and the Blazers, i personally don't think he was better. However, he certainly was a hell of a lot closer than people nowadays assert that he was. He was a much better passer, all around more unselfish (sadly, to the detriment of the Blazers' success sometimes), almost as good on defense, equally as deadly mid range or in the post, as good or better at driving to the hoop and finishing (which is saying a lot - since MJ is without question one of the greatest of all time at taking it to the hoop), and eventually developed a three-point shot that was almost as good as Jordan's! The one thing Jordan was much better at was ball-handling, on pretty much everything else the two were extremely close. Clyde's by far the single most underrated player from that era, (late 80's to late 90's), and doesn't remotely get the respect he deserved/deserves. So at the end of the day, even though i don't think he was overall quite as great as MJ, he was pretty damn close. It's definitely far more absurd to assert that the guy was somehow nowhere near the same level as Jordan, the way so many people nowadays believe.
That's accurate. Stats and rings don't tell the whole picture. MJ himself admitted to teammates Clyde was as good as he was, in terms of raw talent. No one was better at mythologizing themselves than MJ. Clyde wasn't about all that. Len Bias was better than MJ in college. And Drexler was prob as good to MJ as an all around player as MJ was to Bias.
@@Adam_A_Christian Amen man! It really pissed me off the way that Last Dance doc portrayed Clyde in that, like he was some pretender or some shit. That whole doc was but a MJ puff piece and gave a greatly distorted view of 80's and 90's NBA to the younger generation. They also did Horace Grant, and Pippen dirty as well. Making it seem like Horace was some minor role player, when in actuality integral to those first three tittles while being one of the greatest PF defenders and rebounders of all time - while also be a deadly offensive threat due to his ability to run the court for fast-breaks, his deadly jumper, and his great post moves, (the guy legit woulda averaged 20 or so a game if he had been on nearly any other team in the league back in the early 90s). But unfortunately he had Scottie, who was a little ball dominant in his own right, but more importantly - Horace also had MJ - who was legit one of the biggest ball-hogs of his era, (something Clyde never came close to being btw). And wouldn't ya know it, the first year Jordan took off - was the yr where Grant averaged nearly twenty a game and made the all-star team! And yet the doc made Grant out to be some minor scrub.
what clyde lacked was a ball handle..mj got more east points from his superior foot work n handle..clyde was close in every other category n mj mid range was better as well..imagine clyde 6 more points to his career average just from being better shooter n ball handler that helped him create better shots..
It's VERY FUNNY to me how many ex-players get delusional some yrs after they retire... Drexler, Pippen, Arenas, Thomas etc...
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Paul Pierce!
I don’t know about better, but Clyde the Glide gave MJ buckets every time they matched up. Including that finals series.
I have Clyde as the third greatest SG of all time. He was able to lead his team to two NBA finals with no star level teammate.
WHAT JORDAN NEVER DID THATS WHY RICHMOND IS BEST SG, DREXLER 2ND BEST, MJ CANT SHOOT REBOUND PASSS OR BLOCK AND HE IS BRADLEY BEAL
@@PIP...33 stop it your making me laugh
@@PIP...33 as mj is the only guard to have 100 blocks and 200 steals in a season and is the first guard to win defensive player of the year
@@PIP...33 drexler was not even a good defender what are you talking about 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@PIP...33 Jordan had the 3rd most rebounds per for a sg in history stop that nonsense
I was at Game 1 and Game 6 at the Stadium. Those 6 3’s in the first half were a hoot. Keep in mind it was Pippen and second string that brought the Bulls back from a 15 point 4th quarter deficit in Game 6. It was essentially over when MJ reentered the game. He made sure the Bulls were not going to lose in those final minutes
Blazers swore they had that game. I'll always remember that comeback with the likes of Bobby Hansen, Cliff Levingston and the bench FINALLY taking a game over when Jordan wasn't able to.
"Keep in mind it was Pippen and second string that brought the Bulls back from a 15 point 4th quarter deficit in Game 6." Refs played a very significant role in that, a number of bad calls changing momentum/trajectory of the game. Highly uncharecteristic of the Blazers to blow that kind of lead at the very end. The Bulls can thank the refs for the bailout.
Dame to steph is the most accurate. Clyde don't have kd and Joel accolades... but he did get to 2 finals
Clyde was a great player, we were supportive of Clyde when played for The University Of Huston "The PHI Slama Jama" but Clyde was no where near "The G.O.A.T. Clyde wake Up, You Are Good But You Are Not "The G.O.A.T. & You never were in the conversation. Thank you YOU Brother, You did a good job covering the points you made. Keep Up The Good Work. We at "Worldwide Sports Fans Smack Talk" supports your comments!!!🔴🔴🔴
Clyde Drexler was in the same ability class as MJ, he just did not have the same mentality as MJ. If Clyde had just a little more of Kobe's type of mentality, I believe he would've given MJ fits throughout their almost concurrent careers.
I see your point but watching basketball during those years mj to me was just on a different level than Clyde, Clyde was a great player tho
Drexler had all the talent Jordan had. What he did not have was the green light for unlimited shots and the media following. Thus, Jordan could win the offensive comparison based on numbers and the media could hype up the performance. From there, the rest is history.
Clyde was a BAD boy!!!
Clyde was a Piston? I wasn't aware of that.
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"BAD boy" =/= "Bad Boy"
"I didn't know P Diddy signed Clyde to his record label"
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Clyde was a beast. He just had the misfortune of playing in the era of the goat.
Clyde was to nice. He needed a chip on his shoulder and some anger. He had all the tools to be a master.
Drexler was a tier A player while Jordan was A+
Drexler was awesome. That's exactly why he was on the dream team. These dudes lately comin at Jordan is absolutely hilarious 😂 They just can't let it go and be humble SMH
I am getting sick of this narrative that Shannon sharpe perpetuates that Jordan didn’t play anyone
He beat magic for the first title. He’s considered a top 5 all time player
He beat drexler for the 2nd. He’s a hall of famer
He beat Barkley for the third. Hall of famer. And Kevin Johnson was a phenomenal guard. He played only 9 years and then went into politics
He beat Payton and kemp for the 4th. Payton is a hall of famer and kemp was a beast
He beat Malone and Stockton for 5 and 6. 2 more hall of famers
He beat miller, ewing, and shaq at different to make the finals.
It’s altering the past to control the present and future. Watch the movie “1984”
You can't compare Micheal Jordan and Clyde Drexler because they played different positions during their NBA careers. Micheal Jordan was a shooting guard and Clyde Drexler was a small forward. So, it would compare both player's games. And Jordan handled the basketball more than Drexler did.
Everybody always is the greatest after they retire. Meanwhile while they played they wouldn't dare say such nonsense.
Clyde the Glide is truly talented and inderrated. But jordan23 the indomitable will of the one true goat is unquenchable. 6 champ fights in, 6 champ rings out. Mabuhay!
Always had fond of Clyde drexler ! Favorite player in my childhood time ❤
Westbrook and John wall was bigger, stronger and faster than curry but neither one is nearly as good as him
Remember when everyone said Clyde was the better 3 pt shooter before the finals vs Drexler? Then Jordan did an interview and said Clyde is a better 3pt shooter then he CHOOSES TO be. With a smirk. Then the next day he decided to choose to be better at 3s. And sank 9 in game one of the finals, the shrug game? Drexler seen first hand how much better Jordan was at even the things Clyde’s stats had shown him to better at. Lol. Idk how u talk about this without showing the interview and game 1 of that finals
Drexler was playing one one five. Discrepancies in Chicago and Portland rosters. When Drexler joined Houston Rockets Olajuwon and Horry Smith Cassell Elle what happened. Jordan didn't make NBA finals and 95 Rockets swept Orlando with Shaq Penny Anderson Horace Grant. Jordan had guys Pippen Rodman kucoch Kerr Phil Jackson 11 rings.
Drexler's and early 90's TrailBlazers' paradox - you could advance to the Finals two times in three years (and one time to WCF also), but if you laid an egg during those crucial games, in front of the whole country watching you, well... You can only live your rest of life in dellusion, exactly like Clyde lives. BTW Drexler didn't show anything spectacular during 1990 Finals or 1991 WCF, too. And he had not to compete against almighty MJ, back then.
Nah that McGrady vs the 1st Round “Rivalry” joke actually made me laugh out loud😂😂😂
Nah my argument is that they should've played the year before 90/91 season Portland was the best team in the league that year and Drexler was phenomenal
These haters cannot stop! Now they’re just making shit up. Just stop it! If you can’t see it, then you’re blind and we can’t help you Jordan is the best ever!
Tracey McGrady vs the first round! 😂😭
NO... NEGATIVE ! Drexler do not have the competition Jordan had Jordan had to compete against an older brother and he was ignored by his father this created a determination and Jordan that could not be stopped by no player! Once Jordan grew to 6 ft tall he was Unstoppable! It's amazing to see a basketball player like Drexler! He is as good as Jordan to a point but he doesn't have the Killer Instinct
The only person who could claim to be better than MJ is Isaiah Thomas, because he own MJ until MJ finally won a chip.
Nobody talks about the Actual Migraine game! 😮.
MJ. Played his cape was not at the cleaners but he got wacked...
Bulls 73 - Pistons 91. Sitting on the beach at end of game chilling 😎. Gm 7 1990 eastern conference finals.
you'll never catch him saying hes better then jordan. Fake thumbnails for clicks
I always liked Clyde. He was very athletic, very smooth. Stylistically, he was very much like Jordan. Perhaps he was faster, more athletic, etc. Not saying I believe that, but it's possible. But this, for me, is where the comparisons come to a screeching halt. Clyde simply can't hold a candle to Jordan's accomplishments, which must be attributed to something if not his speed, agility and athleticism. I suppose if these are the attributes that Clydes uses to call himself 'better' than Jordan, then so be it. But my definition - and the one that most folks probably use - is more centered around talent and results. And those, Clyde, Jordan has in spades.
Drexler could use the left hand for everything except dribbling. The Black Bob Cousy. The One Arm Bandit. He had better luck winning in the casino. Clyde talking out the side of the other face. And he should've let that hairline go in 88
TMac vs 1st round. Lol!! You know you wrong for that Uncut Hoops.
Seriously, Drexler was VERY underrated. Better than MJ? No. But pretty dang good. TBH, MJ overshadowed some really good players from that time. Dominique, Barkley, just to name 2.
Clyde Drexler the only basketball player with a more receding hairline than Lebron James 😂😂😂
Clyde has been hanging around Scottie Pippen too much lately.
so why these players choose to compare themselves to Jordan? This really shows how great MJ is.
MJ broke Clyde’s psyche in 92 finals and 92 dream team as teammates. I liked Clyde though.
Bird 6-0 vs MJ never allow him to win 1 game in career
@@perditadurango9699 Apart from this statement of yours is misleading when full context is considered, Bird still considers MJ as the GOAT regardless.
Clyde Drexler was a great player, an all time great, but Michael Jordan was just on another level. Jordan was/is the GOAT. There is no shame in being in Jordan's shadow. I understand Clyde's frustration. It's like if you were a reasonably good looking guy, making a good above average income, with a nice job, but there's that one guy in your church that's really handsome, went to an Ivy League school like Harvard or Princeton, is good at everything he tries, and is making 4 or 5 times what you make. You're still doing well, and you ain't a bad looking dude either, but it's useless trying to compare yourself to a Brad Pitt hot shot doctor or lawyer from Harvard.
MJ was next level, this aint close, prolly two levels up on Clyde. Now imagine MJ got drafted by Portland instead of Sam Bowie, I want to hear your take on this if this' a win or bust. Would MJ played the point. Will MJ be as successful, will there be an ego issue, who would play the sidekick. etc etc.
Clyde tripping 😂 as a kid I watched him in the finals vs Jordan n Go shot for shot with MJ n he was out played on both ends of the floor #ijs n I was rooting for the blazers to win
damn tmac catching strays lmao
Bro really said "Tracy vs First Round" lol 😂😂😂😂
I never thought he’s delusional 😂😂😂