When it was announced that Jordan is back, Kerr and Jude Buschler had a conversation about whether Phil Jackson would make him a starter or not, and the conventional wisdom is that it's impossible for a player to suddenly become a top-tier player after nearly two years away from the game. At the time, the Chicago front office recommended that Jordan return in the start of 95-96 season due to his body not being a basketball player's body and the long layoff, but with a playoff berth in doubt at the time, Jordan opted to return right away, and returned at the end of the 9495 season. In the 17 games Jordan played after his return, Chicago went 13-4 and clinched a playoff. While he often looked like his prime in the regular season and playoffs, the problem was the ups and downs of his play. Jordan committed several mistakes that weren't very Jordanian and this was ultimately the main reason for the series loss to Orlando. Also, with the exception of Pippen and Armstrong, almost all of the players were changed from they were in the 1st 3peat, so there wasn't enough time to build optimized team around Jordan. Pippen's playoff struggles have been a virtual constant, so I don't want to point fingers at him as the cause of the loss - Chicago was a team that needed Jordan to play ridiculously well to win championship anyway. That's why the #1 and #2 all-time championship teams that won with the least amount of scoring supporting cast from their teammates are 98 Chicago and 97 Chicago. The bottom line is that Jordan's '95 second-round loss was actually a series in which he did better than expected, as this video shows. He just didn't have enough time to regain his body, his technical confidence, and his bond with his teammates. IMO even if Rodman had been in Chicago in '95, Bulls would have had hard time vs Orlando in '95 if Jordan hadn't regained his form into the Jordan we know. After that season, Jordan once said he realized that his body was not optimized for basketball due to his baseball days, and that his physical abilities, such as speed and quickness, vertical had diminished from his prime, so he knew he had to change his style of play. So, starting in the 95-96 season, his post-up play became more of a focus and we got the Jordan we know from the 2nd 3-peat era. Note that Jordan's body would not be optimized for basketball again until the 96-97 season. In fact, the Bulls were actually better than they were in 95-96 at the starting of the season, and probably would have broken 72 wins if it weren't for injuries to teammates in the mid season.
@@Classicbasketballdvds I dont remember specific links. the reference source I wrote is from Jordan’s documentary(not just last dance) and articles long before almost 15yrs from now.
When MJ fked up he didn't make excuses. Dude just worked to get back to the top with his teammates. His rise back after failure strengthens his legacy.
Losing Horace was big deal lost a big chain in their defensive scheme as well as rebounding. That’s why they got Rodman who turned out to be a big upgrade from Horace.
@@Rumble225-qe7fy Rodman's defense and rebounding made their team defense suffocating in the half-court. Horace was a much better scorer, but while a solid rebounder, he was nowhere near the offensive rebounder, and those extra possessions on a team with Jordan were consistently game changing.
@koraanjamar Horace just could not guard the best bigs straight up he needed help. Rodman didn’t need help he could body up any big even Shaquille. This gives Bulls more range on defence to spread out.
Michael gave the City of Chicago something it's never had before or since: bragging rights for the best team in NBA history (96' Bulls) a near-guaranteed Championship every full season paired with an all-star/healthy Scottie Pippen, the Best basketball player/teams sport athlete of all-time! I grew up in Chicago and I remember the pre-MJ Bulls, nobody paid them any attention! Michael Jordan's contributions to sports in Chicago were so incredible from 85' thru 98', I can't see knocking anything he's done!
I count this against MJ. But everything has context. The man hadn't played meaningful basketball in 1 1/2 years. His supporting cast was subpar. And they were a few points away in every game from being the 4-2 WINNER. In my mind, defeats help build the legacy to overcome adversity. That's what made MJ(and most of the greats) so GOATISH. He didn't cheat his way to a title. Nobody said that KG, Ray and PP would 3peat. The Heatles said not 1, not 2, not 5... no adversity in any of that. That's why going 4-6 looks worse than West going 1-8. Broke down further, West went 22-33. LeBron went 22-33. However, West's teams were NEVER swept. LeBron's supporting teammates were way better than West's. West never laid an egg. MJ never laid an egg in the playoffs. LeBron has.
This is absurd, i can vividly remember how Jordan looked after a two year absence and what only 22 games played before playoffs? His timing was off and he did not look as fluid. It was obvious, no one at the time was judging him on that series and contrary to modern perspective outside of Chicago not everyone was rooting for him or the bulls. Also, he coulda just let that season go lnowi g he would not be 100% but he didn’t carehow he would loom if they lost.
For sure, he didn’t have his legs in 95. I remember his first game back when he went for his first dunk. It looks like he was not gonna make that dunk he did but The height he would get was not there at all. No, when he came back in 96 that was a whole different story we had Jordan back for real
Lmfao... he played a short season coming back from baseball. STOP THE IGNORANCE IF YOU THINK THIS SEASON MATTERED. 😅😅😅😅 His 1st full season back he started 3 peat #2.
Callin Mike means u didn’t watch that series.however he didn’t under perform they was lacking in size if they had someone that could jus contain Shaq a little they would have won that series
@@marvinmarshall9257 MJ clearly was not so who was it your not gonna convince me that after 20 games in the regular season he is the best player after a year and a half off plus the eye test clearly shows he not the best player.
I’d say this is the one series where you could blame Jordan for the bulls losing his entire career. Game 1 and 4 were on Jordan but the other two losses were more on Pippen and Kukoc who added nothing scoring less than 10 pts. I mean if Jordan’s worst series is him going 31 ppg 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game that’s not bad at all. He’s never had a meltdown like Lebron in 2011.
And who gets all the blame? MJ. And rightfully so…that’s not how it works for Lebron. 2011 and is the only series LeBron actually gets blame bc it’s impossible, at least without looking like an idiot, to argue he shouldn’t. What about 2008 when he avg 19ppg on 26% and 6 T/O in the first FOUR games of that series vs Boston and the Cavs STILL won 2 of those games. Which just goes to show how much better that Cavs supporting cast was than ppl care to remember
Lebron costs his team in turnovers. Lebron GOAT of turnovers most in NBA history. Most points kind doesn't mean much if you have most turnovers as well. You cost your team a 6 point possible swing when you turn the ball over. Take possible 3 off of the score board for you and give the other team possible 3 points instead.
Jordan was not in bad shape, and he wasn't rusty. He pronounced himself fully ready when he came back, and we know he'd been scrimmaging full court and testing himself to be sure he was ready. He dropped 55 on the Knicks in MSG, and had monster games vs. Orlando as well. If you look at his playoff averages in his shortened season, they compare very well with his career stats. He was fine. What he couldn't do is be clutch and deliver when it counted (something he was supposedly always the best at doing), which isn't a physical problem-- it was a mental problem. He had critical blunders and lapses that cost them games (the supposed best ever closer couldn't even lead them to a win with an 8 point lead in the 4th quarter?). So of course it counts. In the same way Magic had a great statistical Finals in the 'Tragic Magic' season, where his several late game blunders cost the Lakers that series victory. That is certainly considered a black mark on Magic's resume, and he was crucified in the press for it. After the loss, what did Jordan say? He said 'we're a Horace Grant (type player) away' (from being competitive enough). During the sweep the following year, Orlando had Grant for only the first half of the first game, and then lost him to injury for all the other games.
It counts but considering the circumstances leading into the playoffs it ultimately proves that no one, not even the goat Michael Jordan, can skip the daily routines, practices, conditioning and the ramping up of the regular season and expect to consistently summon legendary performances throughout the duration of the playoffs against the best competition. He's human despite plenty of evidence to the contrary..
Michael played well but we all know this wasn’t the same Michael from 93 that Michael Jordan came back in 96. The thing about Jordan losing this series was that it made him more determined to come back next season fully ready which he did and we all know what happened there Three more championships. And also, Jordan took the blame like a true leader does for the loss. He didn’t have excuses. He knew the other team was just better and he knew that he didn’t perform to his standards.
i think you could argue the Bulls win the title in 1994 if Jordan didn't retire, but '95 was a different story. without Grant, i don't think they could win even if Jordan was in basketball shape. unless you could argue that Grant might not leave if Jordan was still there in '94 and '95. but we'll never know.
His ball handling wasn't back yet. His timing was off. It wasn't even a question back then. After the first game the next season, everyone knew Jordan was actually back and it was game over for the rest of the league.
good video...I think MJ didn't have the legs to close consistently like before in 95. At times he looked like the late 80s-93 MJ, but then at times, he looked like he never played bball in his life smh. Also, I think the lack of a legit PF hurt the Bulls that series vs Orlando. They had no real, legit PF (no Horace or D-Rod). Horace was the xfactor in that 95 series vs Chicago. This series is def not a black mark on MJ's career. Nobody is perfect and I think he exceeded expectations considering he was playing baseball for damn near 2 years. Also, the 2nd 3peat completely wipes this 95 series out imo. 96 Bulls are easily one of the top 5 teams of all times and a case for greatest team of all times. That 95 series defeat vs Orlando made MJ train in the Jordan Dome on the set of Space Jam and comeback even stronger. The Bulls mashed Orlando in 96 and was the perfect revenge
Jordan was a TOOL of David Stern to maintain the PROFIT-margin of the League!! HOW many points has Mike-ho scored on ONE leg?!? Isaiah Thomas scored 43!!! 25 of those in the 3RD quarter alone!! This would've been the GREATEST Finals victory-performance,until the Pistons were ROBBED by a whistle on Laimbeer in the closing seconds of the game,for a foul he never COMMITTED!!
He didn’t have the conditioning and sharpness given the short lead time, but to put it in perspective, he had a combined 70 points over 2 consecutive halves (35 points in the second half of game 2 or 3 and then 35 points in the first half of the next game.
MJ did everything he couldve done to win that series and the rest of the team didnt perform to their level especially Scottie Pippen who was the leader of the team at the time. MJ ❤4ever the GOAT periodt
Hell nah lol if anything it’s the most meaningless mark because he was retired for a year and a half..I think being 1-9 was worse than 1 damn series 😂 plus they lost Horace so it was a adjustment year too
Name the talking heads who said that that defeat is as bad as any of the failures of lebron and kobe. When rational people talk about that ECSF, 99% of the time, they are addressing the jordan fanatics who say that loss shouldn't be held against jordan because he wasn't in "basketball shape" (Chris Broussard) or that the series should be seen as some kind of fluke because they swept them the following year. Even with their flawed personnel, it wasn't the 2007 Cavs against the Spurs in the finals. The Bulls could've realistically beaten magic, but they didn't, and whenever that happens, the superstars get the blame.
@brownboy6910 Even Nick Wright doesn't argue that. He acknowledges Brons 2011 finals were inexcusable, unlike the NBA, who he jokes tries to burn the 95 tapes.
For the LeHaters I will give them this argument and say that, if this is Jordan’s low playoff moment, compare it to the several LeBron failure examples. Top seed in East twice during his original Cavs tour and failed to even make the finals either year. And, then, the infamous 2011 NBA finals. LeBron’s poor play is the primary reason they lost that series to Dallas. So I am ok not trying to excuse Michael’s low point here. He more than offset that by being the best player on 2 different 3 peats. And he didn’t pick up his bags and move on from Super Team to Super team to try and collect championships. LeBron can glory hound all he wants- he will always come up short compared to Jordan.
Some of y'all dont know the purpose of the question mark. The title is posing the question that IF it's his biggest blarkmark... not that it is. Yall Jordan fans too sensitive sometimes 😂
This series counts forsure But it must only be talked about with proper context like every other loss in any other player's career He made mistakes and looked human He had also only played 22 games and had been playing baseball for a year and a half A stain? By someones definition sure, But its no 2004 Kobe or 2011 Lebron With all due respect to both.
Hack a Shaq is fouling him to get him to the free throw line to get him in a weaker position to get his points than in the post where he dominates… not double teaming him to force the pass lmao 😂
Also Scottie lead his team in EVERY stat BEFORE jordan returned a move no other player did at that time or EVER. ; respectfully Jordan never did that…..SCOTTIE PIPPEN did……………….!
Bro the man played a half a season. Come on bro who ain't going to be rusty what happened right after that 3p thank you everybody shut up after that. I just said that everybody just shut up y'all always trying to find something on you. This man left the game and came back what happened the next year after that and the year after that and the year after that exactly case closed
@@ossian7810 exactly and people try to use that against the man they'll always say well Jordan lost in '95 exactly the man played less than a half a season
The moral to the story is he always overcame his shortfalls and he never had very much help is what this proves. This one series and the circumstances of only playing 20 games before the playoffs after a 2 year break. This is all you got? Really? Give me a break. MJ the GOAT.🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 Leflop the GOAT of turnovers.
When it was announced that Jordan is back, Kerr and Jude Buschler had a conversation about whether Phil Jackson would make him a starter or not, and the conventional wisdom is that it's impossible for a player to suddenly become a top-tier player after nearly two years away from the game. At the time, the Chicago front office recommended that Jordan return in the start of 95-96 season due to his body not being a basketball player's body and the long layoff, but with a playoff berth in doubt at the time, Jordan opted to return right away, and returned at the end of the 9495 season.
In the 17 games Jordan played after his return, Chicago went 13-4 and clinched a playoff. While he often looked like his prime in the regular season and playoffs, the problem was the ups and downs of his play. Jordan committed several mistakes that weren't very Jordanian and this was ultimately the main reason for the series loss to Orlando.
Also, with the exception of Pippen and Armstrong, almost all of the players were changed from they were in the 1st 3peat, so there wasn't enough time to build optimized team around Jordan. Pippen's playoff struggles have been a virtual constant, so I don't want to point fingers at him as the cause of the loss - Chicago was a team that needed Jordan to play ridiculously well to win championship anyway. That's why the #1 and #2 all-time championship teams that won with the least amount of scoring supporting cast from their teammates are 98 Chicago and 97 Chicago.
The bottom line is that Jordan's '95 second-round loss was actually a series in which he did better than expected, as this video shows. He just didn't have enough time to regain his body, his technical confidence, and his bond with his teammates. IMO even if Rodman had been in Chicago in '95, Bulls would have had hard time vs Orlando in '95 if Jordan hadn't regained his form into the Jordan we know.
After that season, Jordan once said he realized that his body was not optimized for basketball due to his baseball days, and that his physical abilities, such as speed and quickness, vertical had diminished from his prime, so he knew he had to change his style of play.
So, starting in the 95-96 season, his post-up play became more of a focus and we got the Jordan we know from the 2nd 3-peat era. Note that Jordan's body would not be optimized for basketball again until the 96-97 season. In fact, the Bulls were actually better than they were in 95-96 at the starting of the season, and probably would have broken 72 wins if it weren't for injuries to teammates in the mid season.
interesting...any links to this?
@@Classicbasketballdvds I dont remember specific links. the reference source I wrote is from Jordan’s documentary(not just last dance) and articles long before almost 15yrs from now.
@@Pseudog831 ok
When MJ fked up he didn't make excuses. Dude just worked to get back to the top with his teammates. His rise back after failure strengthens his legacy.
Losing Horace was big deal lost a big chain in their defensive scheme as well as rebounding. That’s why they got Rodman who turned out to be a big upgrade from Horace.
Jordan said in the post-series press conference that they needed a player that would have BEEN Horace Grant.
factz
@@Rumble225-qe7fy Rodman's defense and rebounding made their team defense suffocating in the half-court.
Horace was a much better scorer, but while a solid rebounder, he was nowhere near the offensive rebounder, and those extra possessions on a team with Jordan were consistently game changing.
@koraanjamar Horace just could not guard the best bigs straight up he needed help. Rodman didn’t need help he could body up any big even Shaquille. This gives Bulls more range on defence to spread out.
Michael gave the City of Chicago something it's never had before or since: bragging rights for the best team in NBA history (96' Bulls) a near-guaranteed Championship every full season paired with an all-star/healthy Scottie Pippen, the Best basketball player/teams sport athlete of all-time! I grew up in Chicago and I remember the pre-MJ Bulls, nobody paid them any attention! Michael Jordan's contributions to sports in Chicago were so incredible from 85' thru 98', I can't see knocking anything he's done!
I count this against MJ. But everything has context. The man hadn't played meaningful basketball in 1 1/2 years. His supporting cast was subpar. And they were a few points away in every game from being the 4-2 WINNER. In my mind, defeats help build the legacy to overcome adversity. That's what made MJ(and most of the greats) so GOATISH. He didn't cheat his way to a title. Nobody said that KG, Ray and PP would 3peat. The Heatles said not 1, not 2, not 5... no adversity in any of that. That's why going 4-6 looks worse than West going 1-8. Broke down further, West went 22-33. LeBron went 22-33. However, West's teams were NEVER swept. LeBron's supporting teammates were way better than West's. West never laid an egg. MJ never laid an egg in the playoffs. LeBron has.
Everything counts if you on the court!mike is the G and it ain’t even close!no excuses!
This is absurd, i can vividly remember how Jordan looked after a two year absence and what only 22 games played before playoffs? His timing was off and he did not look as fluid. It was obvious, no one at the time was judging him on that series and contrary to modern perspective outside of Chicago not everyone was rooting for him or the bulls. Also, he coulda just let that season go lnowi g he would not be 100% but he didn’t carehow he would loom if they lost.
17 games
MJ didn't have the legs to close in 95
For sure, he didn’t have his legs in 95. I remember his first game back when he went for his first dunk. It looks like he was not gonna make that dunk he did but The height he would get was not there at all. No, when he came back in 96 that was a whole different story we had Jordan back for real
Lmfao... he played a short season coming back from baseball. STOP THE IGNORANCE IF YOU THINK THIS SEASON MATTERED. 😅😅😅😅 His 1st full season back he started 3 peat #2.
It was a perfect throw away prep that would never be counted against him.
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His biggest black mark is losing a series in which he was the best player?
Shaq was the best player not Jordan
@@themasterofbasketball6994 *on Chigago
Callin Mike means u didn’t watch that series.however he didn’t under perform they was lacking in size if they had someone that could jus contain Shaq a little they would have won that series
@@themasterofbasketball6994shaq was not the best player which showed the following season when they got swept and got 64 dropped on that head
@@marvinmarshall9257 MJ clearly was not so who was it your not gonna convince me that after 20 games in the regular season he is the best player after a year and a half off plus the eye test clearly shows he not the best player.
I’d say this is the one series where you could blame Jordan for the bulls losing his entire career. Game 1 and 4 were on Jordan but the other two losses were more on Pippen and Kukoc who added nothing scoring less than 10 pts. I mean if Jordan’s worst series is him going 31 ppg 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game that’s not bad at all. He’s never had a meltdown like Lebron in 2011.
And who gets all the blame? MJ. And rightfully so…that’s not how it works for Lebron. 2011 and is the only series LeBron actually gets blame bc it’s impossible, at least without looking like an idiot, to argue he shouldn’t. What about 2008 when he avg 19ppg on 26% and 6 T/O in the first FOUR games of that series vs Boston and the Cavs STILL won 2 of those games. Which just goes to show how much better that Cavs supporting cast was than ppl care to remember
Lebron costs his team in turnovers. Lebron GOAT of turnovers most in NBA history. Most points kind doesn't mean much if you have most turnovers as well. You cost your team a 6 point possible swing when you turn the ball over. Take possible 3 off of the score board for you and give the other team possible 3 points instead.
The balls to come back with only 17 games left! 💪
Jordan was not in bad shape, and he wasn't rusty. He pronounced himself fully ready when he came back, and we know he'd been scrimmaging full court and testing himself to be sure he was ready. He dropped 55 on the Knicks in MSG, and had monster games vs. Orlando as well. If you look at his playoff averages in his shortened season, they compare very well with his career stats. He was fine.
What he couldn't do is be clutch and deliver when it counted (something he was supposedly always the best at doing), which isn't a physical problem-- it was a mental problem. He had critical blunders and lapses that cost them games (the supposed best ever closer couldn't even lead them to a win with an 8 point lead in the 4th quarter?).
So of course it counts. In the same way Magic had a great statistical Finals in the 'Tragic Magic' season, where his several late game blunders cost the Lakers that series victory. That is certainly considered a black mark on Magic's resume, and he was crucified in the press for it.
After the loss, what did Jordan say? He said 'we're a Horace Grant (type player) away' (from being competitive enough). During the sweep the following year, Orlando had Grant for only the first half of the first game, and then lost him to injury for all the other games.
it's crazy to think today that MJ never cried for trades or more help or switched teams.
It counts but considering the circumstances leading into the playoffs it ultimately proves that no one, not even the goat Michael Jordan, can skip the daily routines, practices, conditioning and the ramping up of the regular season and expect to consistently summon legendary performances throughout the duration of the playoffs against the best competition. He's human despite plenty of evidence to the contrary..
Michael played well but we all know this wasn’t the same Michael from 93 that Michael Jordan came back in 96. The thing about Jordan losing this series was that it made him more determined to come back next season fully ready which he did and we all know what happened there Three more championships. And also, Jordan took the blame like a true leader does for the loss. He didn’t have excuses. He knew the other team was just better and he knew that he didn’t perform to his standards.
HIS FATHER GOT KILL, PLAY BASEBALL FOR 2 YRS TOOK THEM THE PLAYOFFS NAME A PLAYER THAT DID THAT. GET THE FUUU OUT OF HERE
KillED. Man what is with yall not putting ed on the end of words? Why is everyone a horrible speller???
Imagine if Draymond Green was on the Cavs in 2016. You think the Warriors are even remotely the same team? Same thing when Horace went to Orlando.
i think you could argue the Bulls win the title in 1994 if Jordan didn't retire, but '95 was a different story. without Grant, i don't think they could win even if Jordan was in basketball shape. unless you could argue that Grant might not leave if Jordan was still there in '94 and '95. but we'll never know.
Chances are Ho Grant doesn’t leave if Mike doesn’t retire.
His ball handling wasn't back yet. His timing was off. It wasn't even a question back then. After the first game the next season, everyone knew Jordan was actually back and it was game over for the rest of the league.
So when you play 17games it counts like a season😮🤦🏾♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣nonsense
good video...I think MJ didn't have the legs to close consistently like before in 95. At times he looked like the late 80s-93 MJ, but then at times, he looked like he never played bball in his life smh. Also, I think the lack of a legit PF hurt the Bulls that series vs Orlando. They had no real, legit PF (no Horace or D-Rod). Horace was the xfactor in that 95 series vs Chicago. This series is def not a black mark on MJ's career. Nobody is perfect and I think he exceeded expectations considering he was playing baseball for damn near 2 years. Also, the 2nd 3peat completely wipes this 95 series out imo. 96 Bulls are easily one of the top 5 teams of all times and a case for greatest team of all times. That 95 series defeat vs Orlando made MJ train in the Jordan Dome on the set of Space Jam and comeback even stronger. The Bulls mashed Orlando in 96 and was the perfect revenge
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Spot on analysis
Jordan was a TOOL of David Stern to maintain the PROFIT-margin of the League!! HOW many points has Mike-ho scored on ONE leg?!? Isaiah Thomas scored 43!!! 25 of those in the 3RD quarter alone!! This would've been the GREATEST Finals victory-performance,until the Pistons were ROBBED by a whistle on Laimbeer in the closing seconds of the game,for a foul he never COMMITTED!!
He didn’t have the conditioning and sharpness given the short lead time, but to put it in perspective, he had a combined 70 points over 2 consecutive halves (35 points in the second half of game 2 or 3 and then 35 points in the first half of the next game.
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MJ did everything he couldve done to win that series and the rest of the team didnt perform to their level especially Scottie Pippen who was the leader of the team at the time. MJ ❤4ever the GOAT periodt
Hell nah lol if anything it’s the most meaningless mark because he was retired for a year and a half..I think being 1-9 was worse than 1 damn series 😂 plus they lost Horace so it was a adjustment year too
Name the talking heads who said that that defeat is as bad as any of the failures of lebron and kobe. When rational people talk about that ECSF, 99% of the time, they are addressing the jordan fanatics who say that loss shouldn't be held against jordan because he wasn't in "basketball shape" (Chris Broussard) or that the series should be seen as some kind of fluke because they swept them the following year. Even with their flawed personnel, it wasn't the 2007 Cavs against the Spurs in the finals. The Bulls could've realistically beaten magic, but they didn't, and whenever that happens, the superstars get the blame.
Nick Wright for sure
@brownboy6910 Even Nick Wright doesn't argue that. He acknowledges Brons 2011 finals were inexcusable, unlike the NBA, who he jokes tries to burn the 95 tapes.
For the LeHaters I will give them this argument and say that, if this is Jordan’s low playoff moment, compare it to the several LeBron failure examples. Top seed in East twice during his original Cavs tour and failed to even make the finals either year. And, then, the infamous 2011 NBA finals. LeBron’s poor play is the primary reason they lost that series to Dallas. So I am ok not trying to excuse Michael’s low point here. He more than offset that by being the best player on 2 different 3 peats. And he didn’t pick up his bags and move on from Super Team to Super team to try and collect championships. LeBron can glory hound all he wants- he will always come up short compared to Jordan.
Some of y'all gotta watch the video to completion
Great analysis!
Some of y'all dont know the purpose of the question mark. The title is posing the question that IF it's his biggest blarkmark... not that it is. Yall Jordan fans too sensitive sometimes 😂
It's a black mark but he responded like a GOAT
This series counts forsure
But it must only be talked about with proper context like every other loss in any other player's career
He made mistakes and looked human
He had also only played 22 games and had been playing baseball for a year and a half
A stain?
By someones definition sure,
But its no 2004 Kobe or 2011 Lebron
With all due respect to both.
I think the NBA is rigged and he was forced to come back and lose on purpose to set up the drama for his comeback the following year.
It was called “hack-a-Shaq”
Hack a Shaq is fouling him to get him to the free throw line to get him in a weaker position to get his points than in the post where he dominates… not double teaming him to force the pass lmao 😂
Number 45 vs 23…
also joined late season. i watched it live.
then this whole video is defeated because he was baseball physically not basketball.
Also Scottie lead his team in EVERY stat BEFORE jordan returned a move no other player did at that time or EVER. ; respectfully Jordan never did that…..SCOTTIE PIPPEN did……………….!
This video needs more Pippen and Kukoc love a season before they went to the East semis!
Bro the man played a half a season. Come on bro who ain't going to be rusty what happened right after that 3p thank you everybody shut up after that. I just said that everybody just shut up y'all always trying to find something on you. This man left the game and came back what happened the next year after that and the year after that and the year after that exactly case closed
Les then an half
@@ossian7810 Less than a quarter
@@ossian7810 exactly and people try to use that against the man they'll always say well Jordan lost in '95 exactly the man played less than a half a season
The moral to the story is he always overcame his shortfalls and he never had very much help is what this proves. This one series and the circumstances of only playing 20 games before the playoffs after a 2 year break. This is all you got? Really? Give me a break. MJ the GOAT.🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 Leflop the GOAT of turnovers.
This is a lie his under performance is still better then all you reaching