To hear so many stories about how different players and teams played harder against Michael Jordan a certain way and still couldn't stop him amazes people even today. MJ is honestly in a class of his own when it comes to NBA players.
That's because they are stupid. Jordan would completely dominate. They pretend it was so long ago but Kobe played at the end of MJ's career and Kobe was the best player in the league for many years.
@@Triumphant144 yeah, we got another Jeff Van Gundy here. Even if Michael Jordan’s dominating style didn’t work, you know he’s going to find a way to adapt. He’s going to find a way to beat the other team, he always does.
@@Triumphant144 Yes, a bunch of LeBron flunkies say it all the time. They really are deluded. As are you if you think for one second Jordan and the Bulls wouldn’t win double that in this era.
Mike was so great that at a certain point no player would even consider upsetting him so he started beefing with coaches and whole organizations!! That man was different!!
@@inclinedce yep changed the rules to fit Jordan’s game had the refs protecting his ass and he didn’t even start wining rings till after bird left and the league got watered down
@@davemartino5997stop lying bird has five halk of famers and Mike torched Bird every time. I'm 50 years old so you can't feed me no b.s. Bird said Mike was God in sneakers.
I don't think it was MJ trying to be nice to his friends just to destroy them, but rather his friends trying to be nice to him so he doesn't destroy them as badly 😂 they knew you can't stop greatness
I wonder if MJ ever watches these videos about himself on RUclips. I bet he does and laughs his ass off! He was a classic type A personality with a killer mentality. Thus, matched w/his elite athleticism, he is the GOAT.
@@NickSmithNBA a lot of people do watch these videos. That's why it pays to be at your best always. Great work Nick! Have to interview you one day fam.
I just remembered there was video of MJ playing basketball with Tom Brady a year or two ago. He told one of the kids playing him "you ever hear of RUclips?" "You better go there and type in Michael Jordan". So yea, I bet he does watch these videos! Damn, at 59 years old, MJ is still reminding folks of his dominance and his importance in basketball.
@@richardtrevino5516 I believe that the Wash Bullets management mistreated an aging Michael Jordan . He wanted to own an NBA team, but MGMT used him to fill seats, draw crowds to the arena. I do not live in WDC , but I do not recall MJ calling them out. Jordan did not deserve that treatment. Just think if he had gone from High School to the NBA like L James, and had not played baseball. What would MJ stats be like???
MJ made that era so entertaining, made his competition well-known just for going up against him, including coaches. Nowadays, I only know Kerr as a coach. MJ was truly an NBA ambassador.
Steve Kerr was deadly as an outside shooter. His all around game wasn't much, but when MJ drove to the basket and brought the whole defense with him, he'd often kick it back out to Kerr behind the arc. And the little blond dude rarely missed.
Amazing how all of these players….who was at the top of their game…repeatedly say, “it was nothing you could do”. That shows the magnitude of greatness!!!
That's a crazy thing to say. When me and my friends played against each other back in the day, we'd go hard on each other. We didn't take it easy cause we're friends. When Mike played he played to win, and that's what he did. He didn't need to soften other players up.
When I played against my friends we would fight, foul the hell out of each other. People playing with us thought we were crazy! They would say “aren’t you guys best friends?” “Yeah, that’s why we fight every time we play each other”
I am 56 years old and I have never seen a player just single handedly take over a game or just take over the 4th quarter as if it was a 1 on 5 game and win it. Don't get me wrong there are some good players in the league but I have yet to see a Michael Jordan takeover. The man was just unstoppable.
So you never watched Bird? James Worthy... "Michael would make you look slow, Bird makes you look stupid.". Kareem "Bird is the most dangerous when he doesn't have the ball.". I am not insulting MJ, but if you have never seen a player take over a game, like MJ, you never watched Bird.
The fact that there's a whole generation who never got to see MJ play is crazy to me. I remember his 1st gm. Before the hype. I'm watching this 1 player literally guard 5 different guys on 1 play and end up blocking the shot from behind. I was like this guy is cat-quick. I noticed his defense even though he was often the Bulls high scorer of the game. As his popularity grew I felt like a man whose girlfriend became famous and left him for a movie star. He was no longer a rookie with potential. MJ took the sport to another level.
It's weird to me that Van Gundy would say "Well Mike is nice to them, then drops 40 plus on them and acts like he did some great thing" What exactly was MJ supposed to do, stop scoring after 25-30 points? I thought the object of basketball was to win, to act like someone being respectful to other professionals but then being better at his job than them is disrespectful to anyone with any type of comeptetitve drive.
The players Jeff said could be or were conned were disrespected more than MJ. They played hard and played to win. To think they'd play with less energy because of a dinner, a smile, or a pat on the butt is insulting. 🏀🏆🏀
Completely agree. It’s like he stripped away their professionalism, their ability to think for themselves, their emotional control, and their manhood. He reduced his own players to little fangirls that screamed and cried when The Beatles came to town. But, thank God Michael took it the way he did. 😂
I think part of van gundys plan was to get his team mad at the comment, coaches have done similar things before to light a fire in their players. Where he went wrong was he was talking about the one player who holds grudges to motivate himself.
It was more about enforcing team rules. Under Riley they had a rule you didn’t hang out with the opposing team before and after games. Ewing for ex wasn’t even allowed to hang out with Zo or Mutombo. But when Don Nelson took over it went away and JVG being from Riley coaching tree put the rule back in. It’s not a good look with your teammates that have to guard MJ if Ewing or Oak are out partying with MJ until 24 in the morning. JVG just made the mistake about talking about MJ to the press.
I've lived in Chicago my entire life I'm 44 now so I've seen almost every game Jordan ever played live. I think Van Gundy did this to try and put his players into a different mindset because he knew like pretty much everyone knew that the Knicks faced an impossible opponent in the Bulls. He should have said it privately in the locker room and not through the media. Jordan is easily the best player ever and pissing him off just makes it worse for you.
It's more like improbable than impossible...in 91-92 people forget we took the MJs to 7...92-93 yall can thank Charles Smith for winning that bullshit series cause we should've swept them bumass MJs...so yea they were a juggernaut but Def not unbeatable
@@copekillzz why didn't the Knicks beat Houston? Jordan retired and you still couldn't win shit. Don't even get me started on the phantom foul on Pippen in 94. Should have lost to the bulls without Jordan 😂
@Eazy E yall got lucky with MJ so let's be realistic without him the bulls are the Milwaukee bucks chum....phantom foul my ass yall lucky the Russian commie got that lucky shot to keep yall alive that 94 squad was no comp for the Knicks.. we lost to a better team in the rockets and no other excuse..I'm glad the MJs aren't shit after Michael and yall have been just as bad as the Knicks...good luck never winning anything ever again in that shitbag of a city dicchead
Born and raised in NJ in 90s, but Knicks always my team. MJ crushed my hopes and dreams many times. I still have vivid memories of him single-handedly beating our asses at the the most crucial moment. Has been my favorite player ever since. Absolute legend. 🐐
Top notch editing yo. Just smh watching these highlights. We were so spoiled in Chicago with MJ and WP. We weren't hoping the bulls win we expected it. Every year we won Chicago area had two 4th of July's. It was that lit.
I remember the games of the Knicks against the Bulls back in the 90s. I was a Ewing/Knicks fan, sitting in a bar with all my Bulls/MJ fans buddies. I can honestly say that I never saw any Knicks players taking it easy on MJ. I never even got that feeling. I saw the Knicks doing everything they could to try and slow down MJ, including hard fouls, but nothing worked. I don't believe MJ would have been friends with Oakley or Ewing if they didn't go all out against him. If they ever held back on MJ, he would be pissed. MJ respected them for never going easy on him. I was never an MJ fan, always liked Bird and Ewing, but you can't ever downplay MJ's greatness.
I hope your videos and all those testimonies from legends of the game make young people put in perspective the immense magnitude of greatness that MJ was inside a Basketball court. For all of us privileged that saw him played in his era, we just re-enjoy and re-affirm he is the GOAT. There are endless awesome stories about MJ, and just watching him play in this game against the Knicks reminds you why he's the best ever.
SO many young people don't understand how different MJ really was compared to who they think is the GOAT. MJ dropped 50 with all midranges, free throws, and driving to the rim with insane layup packages and most teams barely scored 100 in a tough defensive era. Now you see two sometimes 3 players drop 30 after hitting 5-7 threes just flinging them up while the final scores are above 120 or more. Now the top ten scores are above 28 points a game. with 7 people averaging 30 a game. It's just soo different! MJ was ALWAYS the best player on the floor, no matter what point of the season or game was playing. I don't think we'll every have that experience again.
You literally just explained how more efficient and better players are in today’s league, which makes it harder to standout and get scoring records, points leader etc Derozan is today’s Michael Jordan. Worst part, MJ is known to score. Less efficient and less points than Lebron. On top of less assists, rebounds, blocks, finals & playoff scoring. People get better overtime. Whoever was your goat QB or ⚽️ player has now changed (TB12 & Messi or CR7) Gotta accept it and move on.
@@Dalex3I think what he’s saying is the league believes high scores and crazy stats are entertaining so defense has been reduced to near extinction. The games were lower scoring because it was harder to score back then. When someone was scoring 30 or 40 on your team it was embarrassing to your defense. Now it’s embarrassing not to score 30 or 40, because defense is an afterthought. See the difference?
Bro I can name several players that have done that an better Donnavan Mitchell just put up 72 Jordan was the goat of his time not now you old niggas tripping
@@Dalex3 wtf fuck are ypu talking about. Bron and Jordan's fg % are almost the same . Difference is Bron gets m0st of his points in the paint on high % shots. Jordan midrange game destroys Brons. Stop the nonsense.
I just love and miss this era of the NBA. It was brutal. Physical. The battles in the playoffs were legendary. Great video and story telling. I can never get enough of these old stories that bring back memories of the NBA that I grew up watching.
Extremely well-edited video. It weaved an incredible number of perspectives together seamlessly from every imaginable angle to tell the FULL STORY of this game. Must have been quite a lot of work putting this together. WOW!
George Karl suffered the same outcome as Van Gundy in 1997 when he told reporters MJ was getting older and starting to settle for jump shots. MJ politely dropped 45pts on the Sonic full of jump shots. This should be video #24, Nick 😊
I think LeBron is a great player and will most definitely be in the Hall Of Fame one day but I've NEVER heard any stories of other players or coaches being afraid to piss LeBron off or sacred to talk trash to him
@@nuendo2496 Jordan has always been the NBAs measuring stick for ANYONE that is Elite that came in the league. LeBron is great in his own way but Jordan is on a completely different level and imo lebron isn't even better than Kobe
I have lived thru his greatness and there’s no way that m gonna pick anyone else above him.True ICON in every sense. U can’t judge his greatness by watching just some of his videos on the net. If u have lived thru all the things that he has done on the court, ain’t no way u r gonna choose someone else ahead of him.
As a coach, those comments diminishes his players! He's admitting his player's minds were weaker and he was the dominant snake, maaaan those are 2 grown ass man with equal advantage to the same thing, the dominant player dominated the games, simple. Jeff flat out was butt hurt and humiliated him in public. Them Knicks player could've done the same and didn't? Jeffy never played ball.
Jordan had genuine friendships with lot’s of players in the NBA during his time. His over all demeanor off the court was humble, kind and a joyful spirit. I remember seeing him play away games and the other fans loved him. He really was likable to everyone, because he knew how to be a friend. These punks now-a-days that people claim to be a GOAT are arrogant.
As fans, maybe I'm alone here, is there a way we can make the league allow hand checking again? I really miss the old defense, today's game seems so weak. I want to watch men play a man's game, what they're doing today is just weak. Not the players fault it's the league doing it for a few extra baskets a game and it sucks.
Same here bro, most of players today got injured on their own lots of them are non-contact injuries, most of players today doesn't lift weights anymore. Floppers wont flop if hand checking were brought back.
Thank you for posting this! This is the NBA I watched in the early 80s-late 90s. Van Gundy, remember, was the one hanging on a player's leg while the Knicks got into a scuffle with the Miami Heat. LMAO!
I remember this like it was yesterday way to hash up old wounds of that painful season that came to an end with that benches clearing brawl lol. Almost thirty years have passed and it's a part of my soul that thinks we had a shot against that bulls team. Whether I'm wrong or not, you can't tell me it wouldn't have been one hell of a series. Miami basically crapped the bed vs Chicago like I knew they would.
When I played football, we always looked for things to motivate us against the other team. Jordan did the same. For the coach of the other team to give him something to get fired up about is his fault.
MJ' s shoe's were even famous! MJ was the best known name in the world! When the sign said, "Im back," the stock market jumped!!! Nobody else had that kind of power in sports! Chicago owned the 90's! Period..Thank you Chicago Bulls!
First of all I want to congratulate you on the success of this video, and the success of this video series overall. I want to acknowledge how difficult it must have been to edit, script, and produce 23 videos on a schedule of every day for 23 days. that must have been super hard. I also appreciate that you list all of your sources at the beginning of the video to ensure that the originators get the credit. That is so commendable.
a large part of the reason why Jordan is the goat is that he has that mystique and lore about him, so many MJ moments that players attest to. I don't see how they wanna sy Lebron is better and he simply doesn't have that mystique or lore, where are the legendary lebron stories, Kobe got those stories and my boy Iverson too,, but I've never heard any classic lebron stories. I think he's a very good player, pippen 2.0 with scoring , certainly fraternize more than jordan, as friendly superteam camaraderie building dude, but not legendary goat status, in a sense both Space Jam movies highlight who they are and how they play, Lebrons sonning the league and constructing his team of bros and Jordan take his misfits, get tehm believing and go conquer the monstars
@@357say I guess fanboy equals the truth. Your queen has no mystique. No one is afraid of him. And please don't even tell me about teams trying to stack up to beat him cuz that's another lie. He left to Miami because he couldn't get past Boston.
05:09 He doesn’t realize the players are hugging Jordan because he ONLY scored 45 instead of 60+ on them. The players themselves have said that in many interviews 😆
😂😂😂 you would think Jeff Van Gundy would know better MJ been in the league for a while now all he needs is a few drops of gas to get him started This was like bringing jet fuel to a Barbecue
The greatness of MJ was not stopping him, because you couldn't 99% of the time, but to stop EVERYONE else enough to maybe make up the difference and win the game.
Im picking MJ too no doubt....and the day before the game im gonna make sure i piss him off or say or do something that i know he will take personal...or pay someone to do it...then im gonna sit and watch....
The fact that at the end of the video Van Gundy says he would choose MJ as his 1st pick, shows greatness...
100% that respect
Only because he sacrifices Daddy Kanye told us that
How do you think Jordan tennis shoes got so big right pay attention it's a game it's all a game don't be deceived by the devil
😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂
Of course,so would Pat Riley and the late Chuck Daley.Every coach in the league would want him!
To hear so many stories about how different players and teams played harder against Michael Jordan a certain way and still couldn't stop him amazes people even today. MJ is honestly in a class of his own when it comes to NBA players.
The 🐐
Right, everybody got their sleep in trying to be at their best for Micheal
I think he is. When hall of famer players in his Era admittedly saying that they Feared him.
Delonte West smashed Le'Bron's mama, and made him run to Miami 🤣
right. always getting the best shot from every defender and team, only lifts his god like status - JCVD
The fact that folks think Jordan wouldn't be even better in this era is crazy
That's because they are stupid. Jordan would completely dominate. They pretend it was so long ago but Kobe played at the end of MJ's career and Kobe was the best player in the league for many years.
No one thinks that. But he's not winning 6 in a row in this era. 3 in a row I doubt it too.
@@Triumphant144 yeah, we got another Jeff Van Gundy here. Even if Michael Jordan’s dominating style didn’t work, you know he’s going to find a way to adapt. He’s going to find a way to beat the other team, he always does.
@@Triumphant144 Yes, a bunch of LeBron flunkies say it all the time. They really are deluded. As are you if you think for one second Jordan and the Bulls wouldn’t win double that in this era.
@@Triumphant144 easy money with the bulls. You dmb as fk if you think differently. The warriors could’ve done it too without injury.
When Michael took something personal, you knew he was going to make you pay. Such a great era. So much talent.
Was great and now it's Great to be able to see it again 😂 thanks 👍
Imagine MJ being pissed off in every game. That's what would've happened if Twitter was around while he was playing.
The KNICKS had "talent"? Lol, the Bulls had FOUR Hall of Famers. The Knicks had Patrick Ewing and four CBA players. Please stop!
Like he did to Mike Tyson back in Chicago of 1988 😅
Kobe had that same mind set as Jordan. He took things personal and paid back in spades on the court.
Mike was so great that at a certain point no player would even consider upsetting him so he started beefing with coaches and whole organizations!! That man was different!!
You mean Goat!
Go ahead and say it!
It’s ok to be 2nd best ? If your ok ? with first looser MJ was’nt
Never said he is not a great player ??he just not the goat! Top 5?at best ..
Always didn’t care for Van Gundy!
For all you youngsters who didn't get to see MJs entire career I feel more then sad for you! 🐐
yep, they missed the turn of real bball to the money pushed Jordan(lets make a superstar) Fake- Scripted league.
For those who didn’t watch bird school Jordan in the 80s I feel sorry for you
@@inclinedce yep changed the rules to fit Jordan’s game had the refs protecting his ass and he didn’t even start wining rings till after bird left and the league got watered down
Why? I'm 45
What's got your panties in a bunch today
@@davemartino5997stop lying bird has five halk of famers and Mike torched Bird every time. I'm 50 years old so you can't feed me no b.s. Bird said Mike was God in sneakers.
51 out of 86 points is crazy lol 😂 . The real GoAT mj23
I don't think it was MJ trying to be nice to his friends just to destroy them, but rather his friends trying to be nice to him so he doesn't destroy them as badly 😂 they knew you can't stop greatness
Haha genuinely though. So true
Nah, MJ INVITED them to eat for free at his restaurant before a game
He did it to barkely and bragged about it. He just didn't like getting exposed
@@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor they were grown as men who accepted MJ's offer
@@tonistark981 grown men doesnt mean a lot nowadays. Hope mjs feelings weren't too hurt when he got called out
That NBA on NBC intro with the Marv Albert narration and Daylight theme song was classic. 👏
The nostalgia bro...our whole childhood 🔥
Man you knew it was gonna be a good game !
I love when Van Gundy said "what's that now?"
There will never be another Michael Jordan in today’s NBA. He’s the G.O.A.T.
Bullshit Oakley relationship with Jordan was Knicks problem Oakley gave Jordan a pass . 90s Knick team actually was better X man and Mason 92 and 93
@@tsmar9939 lol wtf are you talking about ? 😂😂 whole bunch of nothing 😂
After running out of superlatives, Leticia just simplified it. There IS NO G.O.A.T. debate. Period.
@@tsmar9939 Oakley was on those 90's Knicks teams genius. Hell, the years you listed, he played every fucking game. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Facts ❤
“Did you take it personally?”
That YES was super quick. 😂😂
What did you say to him?
Some choice words
Care to share a clean version?
No.
Jeff "fucking around and finding out" Van gundy 😂😂😂😂💯
I wonder if MJ ever watches these videos about himself on RUclips. I bet he does and laughs his ass off! He was a classic type A personality with a killer mentality. Thus, matched w/his elite athleticism, he is the GOAT.
I would die if I found out MJ watched my video hahaha
@@NickSmithNBA a lot of people do watch these videos. That's why it pays to be at your best always. Great work Nick! Have to interview you one day fam.
C’mon … we know MJs personality and competitiveness. Yeah he’s watching these RUclips videos and reading the comments
I always wonder that also but not for mike but for all celebs.
I just remembered there was video of MJ playing basketball with Tom Brady a year or two ago. He told one of the kids playing him "you ever hear of RUclips?" "You better go there and type in Michael Jordan". So yea, I bet he does watch these videos! Damn, at 59 years old, MJ is still reminding folks of his dominance and his importance in basketball.
I love how MJ’s HOF acceptance speech was more like a Hall of Grievances acceptance speech.
Jordan must have celebrated Festivus he aired so many grievances. Also probably liked the feats of strength.
Two phonies: Jordan and Rashad.
The speech of a sociopath lol
MJ took your comment personally.
@@chrisbg99😂😂😂😂😂
Byron Scott said it best, you don't talk trash to MJ, you try to kill him with kindness. 😅
Best advice ever🤣😂🤣
That's what Duncan did to KG, it really pissed him off 😆
@@jeffeason2412 GOTCHU. OOH. ALMOST.
Negroes are taught this How 'toKiLL them (one the other) with kindness. YOU JUST BE SO FULL OF HATE for yourself .
@@futbolista24 😂
51 points out of 86 total. 60% of the team’s total. This game score was typical, unlike in today’s game where points are plentiful.
And against a team with good defensive records.
@@ohah6330 yep and they could beat the crap out of you and did beat the crap out of opponents
@@your_royal_highness All facts.
Fucking INSANE. Nowadays someone scores 50 the score for the team is at like 130, let alone teams averaging 120 points A GAME
Thing about those bulls team is they could eitheroutscore them or just shut them don defensely..
Watching these past NBA legends JUST TALK is more Legendary than watching the NBA league of today.
Agreed!!!
Thank you I agree but he knew that he could not carry that team anywhere except home!
@@richardtrevino5516 I believe that the Wash Bullets management mistreated an aging Michael
Jordan . He wanted to own an NBA team, but MGMT used him to fill seats,
draw crowds to the arena. I do not live in WDC , but I do not recall MJ calling them out.
Jordan did not deserve that treatment. Just think if he had gone from High School
to the NBA like L James, and had not played baseball.
What would MJ stats be like???
Well said
Facts
MJ made that era so entertaining, made his competition well-known just for going up against him, including coaches. Nowadays, I only know Kerr as a coach. MJ was truly an NBA ambassador.
Finally someone that gets it 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 this younger generation doesn’t get it
Steve Kerr was deadly as an outside shooter. His all around game wasn't much, but when MJ drove to the basket and brought the whole defense with him, he'd often kick it back out to Kerr behind the arc. And the little blond dude rarely missed.
"I fouled him 5 times, and then I went and sat down." Yeah. That sounds like a good plan.
Chris wanted no parts. The face to face stuff with Mike was Chris trying to build his pride back up... 🤣
I was at this game and got very excited seeing the paper the morning of the game. I knew he was going to score 50.
Amazing how all of these players….who was at the top of their game…repeatedly say, “it was nothing you could do”. That shows the magnitude of greatness!!!
This is what I miss about the nba. I like the fierce competition . Now every player has a bromance in the league.
Thus dude man....... so glad I was fortunate enough to have seen his greatness, cause I certainly would not have believed it.
This generation don’t believe it. But willingly to sit in line for hours or days to buy retro Jordan shoes. I’ll never understand that concept.
That's a crazy thing to say. When me and my friends played against each other back in the day, we'd go hard on each other. We didn't take it easy cause we're friends. When Mike played he played to win, and that's what he did. He didn't need to soften other players up.
When I played against my friends we would fight, foul the hell out of each other. People playing with us thought we were crazy! They would say “aren’t you guys best friends?” “Yeah, that’s why we fight every time we play each other”
I am 56 years old and I have never seen a player just single handedly take over a game or just take over the 4th quarter as if it was a 1 on 5 game and win it. Don't get me wrong there are some good players in the league but I have yet to see a Michael Jordan takeover. The man was just unstoppable.
Ask LeBron, he'd agree I'm sure lol
So you never watched Bird? James Worthy... "Michael would make you look slow, Bird makes you look stupid.". Kareem "Bird is the most dangerous when he doesn't have the ball.". I am not insulting MJ, but if you have never seen a player take over a game, like MJ, you never watched Bird.
@@stephenkennedy8305 Yeah, you're right those guys were amazing. I remember when Bird just could not miss.
T.mac.....
Bird was great. Jordan was next level
YEAH! Lol
This is the channel these kids should be watching.
And u just gained a new sub.
Great content. Keep it coming.
Appreciate that so much!
9:06 “Did you take it personally?”
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The fact that there's a whole generation who never got to see MJ play is crazy to me. I remember his 1st gm. Before the hype. I'm watching this 1 player literally guard 5 different guys on 1 play and end up blocking the shot from behind. I was like this guy is cat-quick. I noticed his defense even though he was often the Bulls high scorer of the game. As his popularity grew I felt like a man whose girlfriend became famous and left him for a movie star. He was no longer a rookie with potential. MJ took the sport to another level.
ur videos are amazing man keep up the good work
It's weird to me that Van Gundy would say "Well Mike is nice to them, then drops 40 plus on them and acts like he did some great thing" What exactly was MJ supposed to do, stop scoring after 25-30 points? I thought the object of basketball was to win, to act like someone being respectful to other professionals but then being better at his job than them is disrespectful to anyone with any type of comeptetitve drive.
Van Gundy tried a tactic, got schooled and failed.
The players Jeff said could be or were conned were disrespected more than MJ. They played hard and played to win. To think they'd play with less energy because of a dinner, a smile, or a pat on the butt is insulting. 🏀🏆🏀
Completely agree. It’s like he stripped away their professionalism, their ability to think for themselves, their emotional control, and their manhood.
He reduced his own players to little fangirls that screamed and cried when The Beatles came to town.
But, thank God Michael took it the way he did. 😂
@@kristianjohnson8787 👍🏽🏀
I think part of van gundys plan was to get his team mad at the comment, coaches have done similar things before to light a fire in their players. Where he went wrong was he was talking about the one player who holds grudges to motivate himself.
@@grega4231 👍🏽🏀
It was more about enforcing team rules. Under Riley they had a rule you didn’t hang out with the opposing team before and after games. Ewing for ex wasn’t even allowed to hang out with Zo or Mutombo. But when Don Nelson took over it went away and JVG being from Riley coaching tree put the rule back in.
It’s not a good look with your teammates that have to guard MJ if Ewing or Oak are out partying with MJ until 24 in the morning. JVG just made the mistake about talking about MJ to the press.
12:55 So I fouled him five straight times so I could sit on the bench. He ain't getting 55 on me. 🤣
😂😂
I've lived in Chicago my entire life I'm 44 now so I've seen almost every game Jordan ever played live. I think Van Gundy did this to try and put his players into a different mindset because he knew like pretty much everyone knew that the Knicks faced an impossible opponent in the Bulls. He should have said it privately in the locker room and not through the media. Jordan is easily the best player ever and pissing him off just makes it worse for you.
It's more like improbable than impossible...in 91-92 people forget we took the MJs to 7...92-93 yall can thank Charles Smith for winning that bullshit series cause we should've swept them bumass MJs...so yea they were a juggernaut but Def not unbeatable
@@copekillzz why didn't the Knicks beat Houston? Jordan retired and you still couldn't win shit. Don't even get me started on the phantom foul on Pippen in 94. Should have lost to the bulls without Jordan 😂
@Eazy E yall got lucky with MJ so let's be realistic without him the bulls are the Milwaukee bucks chum....phantom foul my ass yall lucky the Russian commie got that lucky shot to keep yall alive that 94 squad was no comp for the Knicks.. we lost to a better team in the rockets and no other excuse..I'm glad the MJs aren't shit after Michael and yall have been just as bad as the Knicks...good luck never winning anything ever again in that shitbag of a city dicchead
@@copekillzz that moment when your franchise is SO FUCKING BUMMY AND TRASH the ONLY accomplishment you got is taking the bulls to 7 games 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@eazye519 💯🤣
Born and raised in NJ in 90s, but Knicks always my team. MJ crushed my hopes and dreams many times. I still have vivid memories of him single-handedly beating our asses at the the most crucial moment. Has been my favorite player ever since. Absolute legend. 🐐
Born and raised on the outskirts of the Chicago Area in the 90s. Beating the Knicks was more satisfying than winning the finals.
Knicks were good team back in mid 90's they also had Latrell Sprewell, which was one of my favourite players.
Top notch editing yo. Just smh watching these highlights. We were so spoiled in Chicago with MJ and WP. We weren't hoping the bulls win we expected it. Every year we won Chicago area had two 4th of July's. It was that lit.
I remember the games of the Knicks against the Bulls back in the 90s. I was a Ewing/Knicks fan, sitting in a bar with all my Bulls/MJ fans buddies. I can honestly say that I never saw any Knicks players taking it easy on MJ. I never even got that feeling. I saw the Knicks doing everything they could to try and slow down MJ, including hard fouls, but nothing worked. I don't believe MJ would have been friends with Oakley or Ewing if they didn't go all out against him. If they ever held back on MJ, he would be pissed. MJ respected them for never going easy on him. I was never an MJ fan, always liked Bird and Ewing, but you can't ever downplay MJ's greatness.
Acknowledging Greatness does not have to be disrespectful. Good Sportsmanship!!!
I hope your videos and all those testimonies from legends of the game make young people put in perspective the immense magnitude of greatness that MJ was inside a Basketball court. For all of us privileged that saw him played in his era, we just re-enjoy and re-affirm he is the GOAT. There are endless awesome stories about MJ, and just watching him play in this game against the Knicks reminds you why he's the best ever.
I remember watching this game..ahhh great memories.
SO many young people don't understand how different MJ really was compared to who they think is the GOAT. MJ dropped 50 with all midranges, free throws, and driving to the rim with insane layup packages and most teams barely scored 100 in a tough defensive era. Now you see two sometimes 3 players drop 30 after hitting 5-7 threes just flinging them up while the final scores are above 120 or more. Now the top ten scores are above 28 points a game. with 7 people averaging 30 a game. It's just soo different! MJ was ALWAYS the best player on the floor, no matter what point of the season or game was playing. I don't think we'll every have that experience again.
Never never never he was and always be the best 👍
You literally just explained how more efficient and better players are in today’s league, which makes it harder to standout and get scoring records, points leader etc
Derozan is today’s Michael Jordan.
Worst part, MJ is known to score. Less efficient and less points than Lebron. On top of less assists, rebounds, blocks, finals & playoff scoring.
People get better overtime. Whoever was your goat QB or ⚽️ player has now changed (TB12 & Messi or CR7)
Gotta accept it and move on.
@@Dalex3I think what he’s saying is the league believes high scores and crazy stats are entertaining so defense has been reduced to near extinction. The games were lower scoring because it was harder to score back then. When someone was scoring 30 or 40 on your team it was embarrassing to your defense. Now it’s embarrassing not to score 30 or 40, because defense is an afterthought. See the difference?
Bro I can name several players that have done that an better Donnavan Mitchell just put up 72 Jordan was the goat of his time not now you old niggas tripping
@@Dalex3 wtf fuck are ypu talking about. Bron and Jordan's fg % are almost the same . Difference is Bron gets m0st of his points in the paint on high % shots. Jordan midrange game destroys Brons. Stop the nonsense.
Oakley said you come down that lane you gotta pay the toll. He has to work on that jumper🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So he did and ended the Knicks...
We know this story but the star is the great editing of the video that makes it enjoyable even more. Thanks for the great video.
I just love and miss this era of the NBA. It was brutal. Physical. The battles in the playoffs were legendary. Great video and story telling. I can never get enough of these old stories that bring back memories of the NBA that I grew up watching.
Amen dogger37jc !! Isn’t it funny when all these young guys even try to say LeBron is the goat !! Like I don’t even get mad , I laugh my ass off !!
the playoffs were epic
Hey Nick you do an incredible job putting these WORLD CLASS videos together and it's greatly appreciated 👏🏾 👍🏾
Great video, the facts all brought too the table on this one
Thanks 🙏
Extremely well-edited video. It weaved an incredible number of perspectives together seamlessly from every imaginable angle to tell the FULL STORY of this game. Must have been quite a lot of work putting this together. WOW!
I miss these days. Clean beef. Still destroyed your ops and was friends when it was over. Beast mode.
Brilliantly edited! Thanks for this content
George Karl suffered the same outcome as Van Gundy in 1997 when he told reporters MJ was getting older and starting to settle for jump shots. MJ politely dropped 45pts on the Sonic full of jump shots. This should be video #24, Nick 😊
That game is so awesome. That half court jumper was ridiculous.
I want that one.
9:03 “Van Gundy has a Jordan headache right now” 😂😂😂
To hear so many NBA Greats contest what Gundy had said and hear what MJ said about competition is, in my book, GOAT forever!
No flop. Hard basketball. Real basketball. Those days are long gone
Back when there were true hostility in the arena. 😔
"Hey Chris you go guard Mike".... Bull shit!! I'm still laughing
The fact that we are breathing Mike's air makes him take things personal.
I think LeBron is a great player and will most definitely be in the Hall Of Fame one day but I've NEVER heard any stories of other players or coaches being afraid to piss LeBron off or sacred to talk trash to him
It’s cause nobody fears Lebron he is not mentally tough like MJ and black mamba were and never will be!
I always say the same, its not just about stats. It's legendary stories like this that makes him who he is. 🐐
Lebron is at Jordan’s level…maybe even above….players will talk about him when he’s done….which might not be for a while.
@@nuendo2496 Jordan has always been the NBAs measuring stick for ANYONE that is Elite that came in the league. LeBron is great in his own way but Jordan is on a completely different level and imo lebron isn't even better than Kobe
@@raylgreen1 Jordan hasn’t always been the NBA’s measuring stick…I know it hurts you but.Lebron is better….Bryant? Ahahahahaha
8:58 That man’s reaction laughing at what MJ said 😅😅
I have lived thru his greatness and there’s no way that m gonna pick anyone else above him.True ICON in every sense. U can’t judge his greatness by watching just some of his videos on the net. If u have lived thru all the things that he has done on the court, ain’t no way u r gonna choose someone else ahead of him.
As a coach, those comments diminishes his players! He's admitting his player's minds were weaker and he was the dominant snake, maaaan those are 2 grown ass man with equal advantage to the same thing, the dominant player dominated the games, simple. Jeff flat out was butt hurt and humiliated him in public. Them Knicks player could've done the same and didn't? Jeffy never played ball.
Great video!!!! Just subscribed!!
Everyone’s nightmare was a mad Jordan😂
Bulls fans: It was great news for us.
Great video! Great way to end!
Jordan had genuine friendships with lot’s of players in the NBA during his time. His over all demeanor off the court was humble, kind and a joyful spirit. I remember seeing him play away games and the other fans loved him. He really was likable to everyone, because he knew how to be a friend. These punks now-a-days that people claim to be a GOAT are arrogant.
Very well done my friend. Keep bringing us this great content.
Mike’s new name is “There’s nothing you could do”😂😂
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Hey bro.. well made video.. editing and story telling was on point young lad.. Im subscribed
As fans, maybe I'm alone here, is there a way we can make the league allow hand checking again? I really miss the old defense, today's game seems so weak.
I want to watch men play a man's game, what they're doing today is just weak. Not the players fault it's the league doing it for a few extra baskets a game and it sucks.
Same here bro, most of players today got injured on their own lots of them are non-contact injuries, most of players today doesn't lift weights anymore. Floppers wont flop if hand checking were brought back.
You're not alone on that. The NBA looks like a 3 point contest and a layup drill.
Ditto!
gotta bring it back
Thank you for posting this! This is the NBA I watched in the early 80s-late 90s. Van Gundy, remember, was the one hanging on a player's leg while the Knicks got into a scuffle with the Miami Heat. LMAO!
I remember this like it was yesterday way to hash up old wounds of that painful season that came to an end with that benches clearing brawl lol. Almost thirty years have passed and it's a part of my soul that thinks we had a shot against that bulls team. Whether I'm wrong or not, you can't tell me it wouldn't have been one hell of a series. Miami basically crapped the bed vs Chicago like I knew they would.
GREAT JOB NICK👍👍 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🏀🏀🏆🏆🏆!
When I played football, we always looked for things to motivate us against the other team.
Jordan did the same. For the coach of the other team to give him something to get fired up about is his fault.
Ewing: Mike, we told him it was a bad idea.
MJ: Sub him in then.
Ewing: I'd love to but I can't.
Great video bro...
Thanks!
"the man himself: Van Gundy" 😂
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MJ' s shoe's were even famous! MJ was the best known name in the world! When the sign said, "Im back," the stock market jumped!!! Nobody else had that kind of power in sports! Chicago owned the 90's! Period..Thank you Chicago Bulls!
I'm just glad that he played for our Chicago Bulls. IDK if I would've felt the same if he was on the Mavericks or something.
Great work Nick!🎉🎉🎉
This part shows how MJ can separate being professional as a player and being a good true friend after games.
First of all I want to congratulate you on the success of this video, and the success of this video series overall. I want to acknowledge how difficult it must have been to edit, script, and produce 23 videos on a schedule of every day for 23 days. that must have been super hard. I also appreciate that you list all of your sources at the beginning of the video to ensure that the originators get the credit. That is so commendable.
Great work! I enjoyed the video 👍🏻
Greatness can’t be hidden!, it finds its way out one way or another! 💯
Great video man 🙌😁
Jeff is my all time favorite NBA coach. His heart won me over. No NBA moment is more memorable than the time Jeff rode on Mournings foot.
Oh man I remember that game. Lil dude was all in for his team!!!
Over rated. Clap clap
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So much love and respect all around amongst them playing and coaching the game
MJ is like a Hollywood movie, except he does it in real life.
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Such a great video...Thanks
Amazing that Van Gundy would wake up and think this would be a good idea.
a large part of the reason why Jordan is the goat is that he has that mystique and lore about him, so many MJ moments that players attest to. I don't see how they wanna sy Lebron is better and he simply doesn't have that mystique or lore, where are the legendary lebron stories, Kobe got those stories and my boy Iverson too,, but I've never heard any classic lebron stories. I think he's a very good player, pippen 2.0 with scoring , certainly fraternize more than jordan, as friendly superteam camaraderie building dude, but not legendary goat status, in a sense both Space Jam movies highlight who they are and how they play, Lebrons sonning the league and constructing his team of bros and Jordan take his misfits, get tehm believing and go conquer the monstars
Fanboy
@@357say Lebron is a fraud. The real con man. If they bottled Lebrons sweat you’d buy it.
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@@357say I guess fanboy equals the truth. Your queen has no mystique. No one is afraid of him. And please don't even tell me about teams trying to stack up to beat him cuz that's another lie. He left to Miami because he couldn't get past Boston.
I agree on paper Lebron is better but not on the court..
05:09 He doesn’t realize the players are hugging Jordan because he ONLY scored 45 instead of 60+ on them. The players themselves have said that in many interviews 😆
And then you had that " that little guy " OOF! Think MJ still pissed about that 🤔
Keep doing great bruh ✊🏿💙
That was 100% true about MJ…and he still took it personally. 😂
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You must be a new NBA fan. MJ was legit friends with Ewing and Oakley and they are still friends to this day.
Very thorough. Thanks. :)
Jeff is like Jack Russell. Annoying,small, high prey drive and think like a boss.
Jeff a little jealous hearted and thinks like a little bitch. He ain’t no boss 😂GTFOH
Excellent work 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
😂😂😂 you would think Jeff Van Gundy would know better MJ been in the league for a while now all he needs is a few drops of gas to get him started This was like bringing jet fuel to a Barbecue
AWESOME VIDEO !
The greatness of MJ was not stopping him, because you couldn't 99% of the time, but to stop EVERYONE else enough to maybe make up the difference and win the game.
Just a DAM Good video... STAY BLESSED and Thank You.
Im picking MJ too no doubt....and the day before the game im gonna make sure i piss him off or say or do something that i know he will take personal...or pay someone to do it...then im gonna sit and watch....