The quality of the editing of this video is on a level of its own, just as Jordan as a player was on a level of his own. It's worth watching just to admire the skill and judgment which went into making it. Good selection of shots, good choice of music, good balance between offense and defense; judicious slow-motion (e.g. 1:45), needed fast-motion to keep the pacing (4:25), perfect synchronization between action and musical beat (2:03, 4:02), well-chosen blending of commentary into the music (2:08-2:13, 2:35-2:38), necessary interruptions and changes of pace to keep the flow (4:18-4:32), repetition and magnification to focus the viewer's attention on the critical point of action (5:10, and 8:05-8:10) and even from multiple angles (5:16), preservation of most-recognized baskets for lynch-pin moments in the video (4:27, 10:26), and best of all, the seamless flow between similar shots (8:52, 10:02). There is a rare degree of skill on display here.
@@kamikazekrush3758 Well, not on its own, but it's perfectly suitable for this kind of video, and a much better choice than the endless clash-of-drums-and-cymbals which you sometimes see in other compilations. I'm thinking mostly of the first 5 minutes, to be honest ('My Domain').
This is what LBJ fans won’t understand. This is what he did on a regular basis. This is just how he played. This isn’t a highlight real of his best plays. This is just how he played.
@@monkeyboi84 I'm lbj fan....and i admit mj was the best.....we love LeBron because of his greatness and dedication on basketball and he keeps going on
Guys, I'm 43, from Russia. There was no cable TV or NBC broadcasts in the 90s, but everyone knew MJ and the Bulls back then. Still remember his epic duels in all his Finals, like it was yesterday.
Yo tampoco tenía cable, y veía los partidos en los televisores que estaban ala venta en las grandes tiendas comerciales de mi ciudad, saludos desde Chile!!!
Jordan was the GOAT just based on the eye test alone. I don't know how anyone can watch his countless highlights and not say he was the best. Oh, and by the way, he was also the fiercest competitor, greatest scorer the NBA has ever seen, played defensively almost as well as he played offensively, won 6 championships without losing one finals, and all the while denying almost an entire generation of hall of famers the chance to win a ring. LeBron is amazing in his own right, but let's not kid ourselves on who the true GOAT is.
Half of these plays I have never seen any other player do ever. He has retired 20 years ago and his prime was 30 years ago and there's still no one that can match him. Wtf.
@The Muffin Man who lives in Drury Lane another dumb human being! All great player says jordan can score 50+ points per game.. he's basketball IQ is too far from nba players today.. you should study first young man.. removing hand check in jordan era? Jordan will massacre you inside the court.. they play too much physical.. even millennial players said that jordan is too much to handle at age of 40 and injured he's still a head ache he can score 50 points out of shape jordan lol....
@The Muffin Man who lives in Drury Lane Lebron can't shoot and dribble like todays players, so? Whats the point? MJ play against Shaquille, that Is a way more dominate player than Lebron.
The best player would have to be able to dominate in any era. Jordan is the only one capable of doing that. Take all the other greats they would have hard time dominating in every era. Yes he the goat by far. He is actually the most dominating player to play any team sport.
And people out here telling me there are at least 10 players in nba currently as good as Jordan. Please, not a single one can do the shit Jordan did. Not one.
I agree, people say players get bigger better and faster due to evolution, wrong! no one in this day in age can play like MJ. The moves you see him do in this video is still lightyears ahead of everyone today and he makes it looks effortless. He is the only one player in NBA history that did not have a weakness in his game.
@@ilovemusic3478 Exactly and the game was much tougher back then because they played defense! A player in todays game can't even be touched now....ridiculous!
@@oneandonly3280Dont under estimate LeBron He is the best player in his.era. If you have the mentality of being narrowed mind don't get me infected. ..You only see 1 player and trying convincing yourself that MJ is the BEST of all time and there will never be another player but only MJ alone. By that kind of thinking you only killing yourself ...And I feel Pity on you man...
The most gifted athlete in the history of American sports. The competitive edge, the killer instinct, the other worldly athleticism. Never has anyone had this total package
He was an amazing athlete but Wilt was a freak. Same 48" vertical as Mike at 7'3". Ran a 10.8 second 100 meters and high jumped 6'7". Benched around 400 lbs.
i think he isnt the most gifted.. id say hes the most hard working... and the most willing to do everything bit of his soul to WIN. thats the essence of sports..and thats what fans see.
The way he stays in the air with open legs, one hand palmed at the same time is truly beautiful, we never have any players that fly like that after him. Can’t understand why people say Lebron has better athleticism than MJ. There’s nothing to compare~
Best dunker, best scorer, best baller, best player, best teammate, best mentor, best athlete, best mind, best hands, best eyesight, best instincts, best finisher, best ever. Thank You MJ
I thumbsed this but then reviewed each to see if I _actually_ agree with all these statements. Some may be more obvious than others, but I actually think each _BEST_ you named here is true. The way I see it, sometimes God uniquely designed certain humans to stand as THE emblem or the quintessence of their art-medium / sport / discipline: clear examples would be Bach, Nadia, Newton, Leonard Euler, Michael Jackson, et al. And, thing is, I don't think every sport / craft necessarily has its clear _"one";_ in a lot of them it's not super clear ...but basketball is a category where it's very very clear (Michael Jordan.)
Vince is a better dunker, kd is a better scorer, bron is a better baller and player, this dude literally punched his teammates so no don't even go there. Best mentor hell no what is he mentoring??? Best mind is kobe, best hands is close but he don't even got most steals oat, best eyesight no bron, cp3, stockton, nash all are better. Infact anyone top 10 assists are better, best finisher is kyrie, best ever is bron.
Life is short and sometimes I think about all the things that I will never get to see, and it makes me feel sad . But in my short time on Earth I was a witness to the Michael Jordan era and it was simply wonderful. Thank you for the best MJ video on CZcams. Thank God for Michael Air Jordan
Dusty Brown exactly! Watching these live back in the day when I was a kid was the highlight of my youth. People watching replays and hearing how good he was is another story.
I was born 1999 so never really saw him physically play but I had my family who did and after I grew up with them always telling and making me watch his games i always keep seeing his videos no matter what he always will make me be in aw of his gameplay. And that is to me what makes him the GOAT
What you see in this video completely transcends basketball discussions. These are some of the most astonishing features ever achieved by the human body, and I am not even talking about sports. This is poetic, this is art, this is dance.
How can anyone, even the media indoctrinated basketball fans under 35, watch this video and say without laughing that MJ isn't the GOAT? This video is a damn good showcase of what he could do...every single game you knew there was something he'd do that you'd never seen before and for all of the highlight reel stuff, his fundamentals were incredible.
Aww are you that insecure how you have to bring up someone else that has nothing to do with this 😂 dude is so sensitive he'd break in half with a stick
Let me tell you why he is the GOAT. Because he can attract non basketball fan to watch all his highlights. I don’t watch play basketball and don’t even know the game rules. I watched his last 3 championship seasons.
It is i was thinking the same thing, he retired it broke hearts he came back there was hope, did it again, you just felt like he was going to play til he died.
Peak Wade resembled younger Jordan. Peak Kobe (may he rest in peace) resembled first 3peat Jordan, and current Kawhi resembles older Jordan. Mix them together into one player and still not close to the unfathomable talent Michael had.
I love kobe and lebron but really there is no point of comparing MJ with neither kobe nor lebron.. MJ is definitely on a different level. This killed the arguments on who the GOAT surely is.
I don't know how anyone could watch this video and still think LBJ is in the conversation of GOAT.I lived through it in Chicago, so I already knew, but this video is proof for anyone.
@@brucefranklin6295 a very accurate equivocation my dear sir... If I may also respectfully add: Eliminate having never lost in a finals (6-0)... Or having either series go to a game 7... And Eliminate the 6 finals MVP'S in those finals... He would still be the GOAT...
Please Don't consider this a highlight compilation... It's not... This is how dude played every game... This looks like one game in his career... Forget the rings--- he's attained GOAT status just based off how he played the game... The championships are just gravy...
I still don't understand how they don't put something like this on The Last Dance documentary for everybody to see, ESPN somehow has the same highlights that everybody has seen, and as iconic as they are, these mixes are actually better.
Agreed 100% most of the clips in this video aren't famous and haven't been seen but a lot of them are more impressive than the famous clips of MJ we see over and over again on ESPN
This montage should be put in the basketball hall of fame and played endlessly on a loop. I grew up at the perfect time to watch the real, undisputed GOAT. The beginning of cable TV, live worldwide sports, and the beginning of superstations, like WGN, that played all the Bulls' home games. I loved, cherished, and appreciated every single moment. Watching His Airness makes it difficult to watch today's sissified games with players that wouldn't die for The Game, like MJ. He was a different type of human.
@Rex Kramer aka Ted Striker I'm just seeing this comment, but you're right. It was hard for me to watch after he retired the first time, but I continued out of my loyalty to the Bulls and the other players I grew to love. This generation almost makes me hate ever watching Jordan though, because we were watching someone with such gift and standard for greatness that will likely never be duplicated again. And these new so called superstars are the worst, and watching LeBron, Kyrie, Harden, Durant, and others team hop, trying to stack the deck to win, spamming threes, all while disrespecting the generations before them makes me want to go crazy.
This is the type of videos that anybody that says Kobe is better or closer Michael Jordan needs to watch. Kobe copied the old Michael Jordan with the fadeaways and footworks, but THIS Jordan, the high-flying, huge vert, hangtime Michael Jordan, no one can match. When was the last time Kobe had a hangtime moment like this? And to drive the point even further, A post prime Michael Jordan is even enough for someone like Koby to copy and to become one of the best players in the world. What that tells you?
You are so right about Jordan he just play like that every game.what a privilege I had to see MJ kids today never going to understand why he is the goat by far.
The invincibility, the artistry, the improbability..........how can you watch MJ and not think he's the GOAT? Statistically a couple of guys might have some kind of a case but when you watch what he did to the league on a nightly basis and pulling off stunts like the ones he does in the entire video there can be no doubt about MJ being the GOAT.
Like the move where he went past shaq in the air under the basket and laid up on the other side. He wouldn’t even have to do that in today’s league as there would be no one and certainly no decent big waiting under the basket.
@anthony bryant u mean the players of today era cant make d3 teams? lol this era dont even know how to defend and just full of drama queens and floppers. LMAO
All, I can say, is show me a better player than Mike. These shorts are just a glimpse of his extraordinary talent. We have been privileged to see one of the greatest athlete in the History of Sports. There's no sense waiting for another Jordan. You won't see this kind of skill in a NBA player again in some 2,000 years: thanks for the video and the memories. Love this game for 65 years.
Contortionist, ballet dancer, gymnast, psychiatrist all in one basketball player. MJ is a one of a kind basketball player that we won’t ever see another like him play again. We’ll be lucky and fortunate to come across another player even close to this man. If one does come along, the feeling won’t be the same because MJ set that bar of standard sooooo high. Great days in basketball.......
I really hope, with all my heart that you were wrong and maybe his grandson will activate again those unique genes and deliver the next step on Basketball... or maybe on another Sport, who knows BUT, i'm entirely sure that we will see "Jordan" SHINE again on Basketball.
Red 5 Ya but the era where you had to grind and physicality is dead and over it’s all powderpuff league now so all we have is our CZcams highlights from when we were kids which I’m grateful for
Kids these days dont understand this. Larry Bird would too. He got double n triple teamed so much back then. If you do that, he'll find the open man, if you don't he'll nail the shot. Defence these days is a joke
@Derrick Miles No it wouldn't. By the time the 90s came round, they pretty much worked like hell to block him out alot more. Then he just murdered teams with his 18-20 foot jump shot which he can nail all day long....
Dare I say, the most well-edited basketball highlight video I've ever seen. Truly captures the greatness of MJ. A legendary 12 minute ride. Show this to your friends.
This man's hang time was just ridiculous! That's what makes his layup ability so much more dangerous because he can literally linger in the air and adjust his shot at least 3 times to get a good look.
The clip at 7:04 was a perfect depiction of how smooth MJ's game was. The man was a true artist, a contortionist, an assassin, the ultimate competitor and was extremely tactical. He knew how to get the best out of his teammates and when to precisely attack his opponents during games. His style of play was so graceful and majestic to the point as if he was a ballerina on the court cause he displayed such beautiful footwork and knew how to put on a performance while captivating the audience. Michael Jordan was the definition of Poetry In Motion during his time.
Nobody in history has ever been able to do the things MJ has done. Look at the way he palms the ball, adjusts his shot mid air, maneuvers through traffic. It has never been matched!
Lebron has lead in his feet in comparison. Kobe is the closes we've seen with those attributes but even he is on a much lower level in all aspects of what you mentioned.
That sequence starting at 7:20 is just...all I do is shake my head! Jordan is the absolute BEST basketball i have ever seen. His approach to the game was beautiful to watch. He is just head and shoulders above the rest.
@@cedrickfk1627 exactly, but even those really top greats of all time that earn their place, they just don't measure up to Jordan, it's not even disrespect, it's just a fact of life.
B.J. Armstrong recently said that we never saw the best of Michael Jordan because he would hold back in games so his teammates could flourish but in practice, he was an animal. My God. Imagine that!
@Ulysses432 Steve Kerr and Magic E. Johnson... Two names I haven't heard in ages. Thanks for the info and the memories, Man. I can't imagine something like that, neither.
Michael Jordan isn't just the greatest basketball player of all time; he's the greatest athlete of all time!! I would argue that no other athlete was as uniquely gifted at their sport than Jordan was at basketball!
Bruh that's stretching way too much. I'm assuming your American? Listen dawg I pay my respects to the goat of basketball but lionel messi the greatest athlete of all time, floyd, tiger, bolt are the epitome of greatness in their respective sport. I can't say one is above the other, let all sit on the throne of their sport until their surpassed if that's possible
@@amukelaniebenezer406 you have to understand, guys like Roger Federer, who is one of the rarest true sport legend, speaks that standind to MJ make he feel like a kid, even at 30. That how the gap is with the rest of the world of sport, no matters the level or rank, he make you feel he's from an other world.
@@silpariss I understand but also several legends have spoken like this about Messi, Maradona, pele, Mohammed Ali, floyd. But I think this whole thing will always be a matter of opinion. Who ever you regard as the goat of goats will be to you I guess. If I had to chose I'd regard messi as the goat of goats. All in all, all those guys are the pinnacle of greatness in their sport
Should no one take no credit from Kobe and LeBron, definitely two Greatest of All Time! But this man, MJ, just has a little something special: the beauty, the smoothness, the artistry that his body his move presents in the game to all humans! Thanks God!
@Derrick Miles He changed nothing. He was a worse version of MJ although better than Lebron. Also Michael's shoes sold and are selling for a reason. He was, is and probably will be the best ever. Learn the game fanboy. Delusional like the bronsexuals.
@Derrick Miles You got no idea about basketball. DR J inspired MJ but MJ was a better version of him plus other skills. There is no comparison. Skillwise, strength, leadership, scoring, efficiency, defense, vertical jump and hanging on the air, post game, dunking and finally accolades. Kobe had all of them at a lower level than MJ. Also Kobe scored 55 points on a 40 years old MJ in a bad team while MJ despite his injuries and him being rusty was clearly the best player on the floor. Now that he could not do against a prime MJ. Stop being delusional, you are not the only one that played basketball in his life and you certainly do not know shit about the game when players admit MJ is the best ever and the eye test AND the accolades prove that it is true.
This is what a man that refuses to lose looks like. Like someone stated in the comments these are not highlights this is how he played every game! There will never be another Jordan.
This brought me right back in time to the Jordan era! Hands down the best highlight video to date. Anyone wants to argue who's the GOAT,,, sit them down and watch this video. This was Jordan every single game! Pure awesome...
There's something else I noticed on most of his highlights...he plays through contact, without falling all over the place, like we was hit with a brick......
Such a great highlights reel. Taking nothing away from the amazing Curry, Lebron etc... but MJ was guarded by the best players of his era and won MVP and scoring championships galore. He also defended the very best players of his era. He didn’t shy away from the challenge. He played guard and dominated the best. He posted up and killed whomever defended him. He dunked on the biggest of defenders, the toughest, and the most skilled. He shot game winners. Was clutch personified. Won 6 championships in an era when defense was really brutal. But most of all he brought beauty and romance to the game like none before him. He was a true cross over athlete admired globally like Ali. The GOAT.
MJ was a mix of Kobe, Kawhi Leonard, Kyrie Irving, and prime Derrick Rose. He had a mindset like Kobe, he was a great two way player and had giant hands like Kawhi, he had a lay up package like Kyrie, and he had D. Rose explosiveness. That’s a crazy mixture
@@mosescuh3644 You're too cold to understand the 🔥 Jordan brought to the game. LeBron is just a wanna be legend with no true character. Jordan changed the game....what did LeBron do? Becoming the Vilain's face of the league.
@@johnbills3056 like it or not LeBron will be seen as the Jordan of this generation he's litterally been the best player in the league since his 2nd season besides curry in 2016 🤷
@@mosescuh3644 They made the league easy so LeBron could travel anytime he has the ball. It's a ladies' league now. LeBron is a media made superstar, nothing else.
@@mosescuh3644 You're wrong LeBron will be forgotten like all the past great players (Malone, Wilt) that falls short of peoples expectation of them because neither did he create his juggernaut nor defeat the juggernaut in his Era, last I checked LeBron could not beat none athletic shooting Steph. Steph and GSW will be more remember in the future than LeBron because of the dynasty they created and Steph changing the game. because until Steph did it the saying was you can't win without attacking the rim.
For those youngsters who haven’t had a chance to see Michael for a full season, THIS is a great representation on how superior Michael was. Every game was basically filled with highlight reels. Especially that 4th quarter.. there was this force like no other when Michael brought the ball from other side of the court. He would give you a confidence that at least 2 points will be made during that offence. Literally.
"There's Michael Jordan and then there's the rest of us" - Magic Johnson. God just decided to play basketball in 80-90-s and he chose MJ's body. Seems like LBJ fans didn't see MJ in 90s. I've watched both so i can compare and have my opinion. When i watch LBJ, i don't have reaction, just very good play, but i have no emotions. But when i watch MJ's games, still in 2020, this is something amazing, just other level. He moves so smooth, so artistically and his will to be the best with his killer instinct. Maybe some day someone will born will become better than MJ, but it didn't happen yet. I had a goosebumps while watching this vid, pure greatness!
FACTS! Michael Jordan movement is so smooth! I don't see any other NBA player who was so effortless when executing both offense and defense! it was insane!
Unreal video editing that shows a lot of great rarely seen plays. Videos like this need to be at the very top of a search when kids search for MJ instead of the same old highlights mostly from the 2nd three peat or just certain Finals games. His entire career was a highlight reel and skipping his athletic prime is a shame. Just so incredibly majestic.
For the younger generation, basketball is an art , watch this guy he is the greatest , he did stuff that 30 years later people wanna mimic , don't compare him to anyone just watch him, smoke a joint and watch him .
MJ IS THE GOAT. PERIOD! Regardless of total rings, points, assists, etc, MJ IS THE GOAT. PERIOD! There were ballers b4 him, there are ballers after him...UNTIL we see someone else impact the world of basketball like he did, MJ IS THE GOAT. PERIOD!
For the idiots who say Kyrie has a better layup package smh. This should end the debate on anyone over MJ. Seriously, it's a ridiculous argument. Not LeBron, not Kobe, not anybody. He's a whole other level.
Facts 💯 and just when you thought you would see him peak out with something that blew your mind. He would blow your mind again on the next move! Same game As of on command or God's will. You never knew what next. But there was 1 guarantee tho, you knew you where going to see something amazing happen.
Mat Murk - it's those huge hands. He could lay the ball up from 5 feet out simply because he's gripping it like a tennis ball. Kyrie has some impressive layups but it's not on the same level. People today are living in the moment and just simply never even watched MJ. Those that did know the truth.
It's different styles, Kyrie obviously doesn't have the enormous hands and Michael Jordan had this luxury. Kyrie would be more efficient as a finisher but since MJ has a better body, his lay ups seem cooler
MJ is like a hybrid of Westbrook,Lebron,Kobe, Wilkins, Magic and Wade rolled into one super player. Like a genetically engineered and made in a lab humanoid or mutant created without weaknesses.
Was thinking the same. If you could create a player in a lab, he would be Michael Jordan. Perfect body, huge hands, incredible athleticism, high IQ. He could do everything at an elite level and had the heart and mind of a champion.
@@SirPiche Add incredible skills, excellent ball handler, unrelenting hard work, unbelievable footwork, and a killer panther like competitive nature, majestic and insane in the air, absolutely clutch and played on another level when it mattered the most, and despite what some have said, he did make his team mates better in his own way, particularly by demanding nothing but the best from them.
“By no means can I save the world.” M.J. Maybe not but you made the world a little more tolerable every time we got to watch you play. Thank you Michael and thank you to the producer of this video.
Maybe not directly, but he surely has made the world a better place. How many people out there havent tried to be their best, if not in basketball, in many other endeavors of life like doctors, lawyers, politicians, architects, engineers, whatever, that were inspired by this man? For me that is his greatest legacy
This is the best Jordan highlight video ever made !! His timing,rythm, hangtime, super athleticism, footwork,playmaking, giant hands,shooting,dunking,game winners,original fade away, defense, Jelly layup package all on display.Kobe is my favorite player but this proves who real GOAT is. Jordan is the best basketball player ever. Jordan-Kobe-Lebron in that order.
MJ's abilities were out-of-worldly. The split second adjustments and decisions are the most mind-blowing aspect of his greatness. Will never, be another like MJ in our lifetime...perhaps ever.
Michael Jordan was a human! I don’t say that with disdain or as an insult I say it to remind myself that he actually was one! Watching these highlights, you question whether or not it was just a man doing these things and then you see him get blocked and it reminds you for a second that he was just a man.... But then you watch more and start questioning again? Was he really a human? He was! And that makes it even more incredible! This dude was one of us but just gifted by God in a unique way with all this ability combined with work ethic! What a blessing it was to grow up and be inspired by this dude! This is his best highlight video I’ve seen! I forgot all the things he did besides scoring! Wow!
Yup. Somebody did an analysis of how he was able to do this. He releases the ball AFTER the apex of his jump rather than at the apex as most normal humans do. You have to have incredible strength in your legs to be able to do this. And MJ did it all the time, even on his signature fade-away shot.
Yep, and the only player I have seen that could perfectly release his shot on the way back down from the hangtime, and also completely change his shot in mid air, others try to do it, and some can some of the time, but not on the same level as MJ and as consistently.
I Guess the difference here from Michael to the others. Is how he scored his points. His acrobats in the air, turnarounds and hangtime to accomplish those shots
This poet from the heavens inhabited the air almost 30 years ago !!! It is unfair that people compare others with this monument to the perfection of the athlete. He dominated the sport and the world fell at his feet; He was the icon of sports marketing and he revolutionized it like nobody else. No other professional of any discipline is even close to him, nor Roger Federer, Maradona, Pelé, Ayrton Senna or Mohamed Ali. There is a before and after in the world after Michael Jordan.
Haha so true...he ruined it for me too...I tried for iverson and Kobe...but league just kept getting worse.. Tried again last year, my nba fan days are definately over. We were spoiled.
having an unreal vertical leap, and being able to palm the ball like a grape... it's incredible what MJ can do with a basketball and we can only imagine. i haven't seen one close to his level since.
@Viktor Koda Nah,Kobe just got MJ's Post Moves, Fadeaway and Footwork but not his whole game,They just saying Kobe is a Carbon copy of MJ because MJ's Signature Fadeaway Move is used by Kobe. MJ's Hangtime, Athleticism, Physical Gifts no one can do what MJ can MidAir lmao.
He played his heart out night in and night out. The KIDS now have no clue what it’s like. These kittens take days off to “rest”?? 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ MJ played every game like its the postseason man. True talk. Men played back then. Now we have whiny boys carrying the torch. Ohhhh f’in hell......🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
@@spunkhead hakeem was in 1994. Jordan in 1988 was mvp, dpoy, scoring leader in the nba, all star game mvp and dunk champion. The best individual season of a player in the modern basketball easy money.
Sad that there will never be another. Glad I was there to witness. And this is the best compilation I've ever seen of him, and I seen lots. Props for making this for all to enjoy.
The quality of the editing of this video is on a level of its own, just as Jordan as a player was on a level of his own. It's worth watching just to admire the skill and judgment which went into making it. Good selection of shots, good choice of music, good balance between offense and defense; judicious slow-motion (e.g. 1:45), needed fast-motion to keep the pacing (4:25), perfect synchronization between action and musical beat (2:03, 4:02), well-chosen blending of commentary into the music (2:08-2:13, 2:35-2:38), necessary interruptions and changes of pace to keep the flow (4:18-4:32), repetition and magnification to focus the viewer's attention on the critical point of action (5:10, and 8:05-8:10) and even from multiple angles (5:16), preservation of most-recognized baskets for lynch-pin moments in the video (4:27, 10:26), and best of all, the seamless flow between similar shots (8:52, 10:02).
There is a rare degree of skill on display here.
Jon
Facts!!
*I'm sorry for those young people who didn't watch MJ playing*
He was from another level and planet
He reinvented the basketball
Respect
Good video, but seriously you like this music?
@@kamikazekrush3758 Well, not on its own, but it's perfectly suitable for this kind of video, and a much better choice than the endless clash-of-drums-and-cymbals which you sometimes see in other compilations. I'm thinking mostly of the first 5 minutes, to be honest ('My Domain').
This is what LBJ fans won’t understand. This is what he did on a regular basis. This is just how he played. This isn’t a highlight real of his best plays. This is just how he played.
Yup
- no doubt. It's crazy how special he was. I remember picking up the paper everyday and seeing "Jordan scores 30" every few days. He was incredible.
A nons stop debate and comparing of this two great 23....they have their different eras....and you are not born yesterday
@@ronniebandoma4326 coz lbj fans still wont admit mj is the goat
@@monkeyboi84 I'm lbj fan....and i admit mj was the best.....we love LeBron because of his greatness and dedication on basketball and he keeps going on
Guys, I'm 43, from Russia. There was no cable TV or NBC broadcasts in the 90s, but everyone knew MJ and the Bulls back then. Still remember his epic duels in all his Finals, like it was yesterday.
Yo tampoco tenía cable, y veía los partidos en los televisores que estaban ala venta en las grandes tiendas comerciales de mi ciudad, saludos desde Chile!!!
Jordan was the GOAT just based on the eye test alone. I don't know how anyone can watch his countless highlights and not say he was the best. Oh, and by the way, he was also the fiercest competitor, greatest scorer the NBA has ever seen, played defensively almost as well as he played offensively, won 6 championships without losing one finals, and all the while denying almost an entire generation of hall of famers the chance to win a ring. LeBron is amazing in his own right, but let's not kid ourselves on who the true GOAT is.
@DAVE 😂😂😂😂😂
THIS IS IT PLAIN TRUTH.
Bobby Knight said he was a better defender, that’s how good he was
Facts!!
Lbj is not a killer like Jordan. 2011 finals for lbj put him out of the goat discussion as soon as he lost
Half of these plays I have never seen any other player do ever. He has retired 20 years ago and his prime was 30 years ago and there's still no one that can match him. Wtf.
Kids these days will never understand how good Jordan was. He was the most amazing bball player to ever step on the court.
You can find a lot these kind of kids in the comment section.
The perfect create a player
@The Muffin Man who lives in Drury Lane another dumb human being! All great player says jordan can score 50+ points per game.. he's basketball IQ is too far from nba players today.. you should study first young man.. removing hand check in jordan era? Jordan will massacre you inside the court.. they play too much physical.. even millennial players said that jordan is too much to handle at age of 40 and injured he's still a head ache he can score 50 points out of shape jordan lol....
@The Muffin Man who lives in Drury Lane Lebron can't shoot and dribble like todays players, so? Whats the point? MJ play against Shaquille, that Is a way more dominate player than Lebron.
@alray Now imagine that MJ make 3 pointers? haha 40 points per game easy.
I don't care what anyone says Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.
That is without question period.
anyone who doesn't think Jordan is the best ever hasn't done their homework on Jordan
The best by far.
I care because.......it's true!😂👋 MJ🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🍸
The best player would have to be able to dominate in any era. Jordan is the only one capable of doing that. Take all the other greats they would have hard time dominating in every era. Yes he the goat by far. He is actually the most dominating player to play any team sport.
And people out here telling me there are at least 10 players in nba currently as good as Jordan. Please, not a single one can do the shit Jordan did. Not one.
@keepnitreel 4me Harold Miner
I agree, people say players get bigger better and faster due to evolution, wrong! no one in this day in age can play like MJ. The moves you see him do in this video is still lightyears ahead of everyone today and he makes it looks effortless. He is the only one player in NBA history that did not have a weakness in his game.
@@ilovemusic3478 lpp know lâ one p I'm
PLEASE SAY IT AGAIN!!!!!!
Which one of them has reached Kobe's status?
@@ilovemusic3478 Exactly and the game was much tougher back then because they played defense! A player in todays game can't even be touched now....ridiculous!
I watched MJ from the mid 80s
And honestly I’ve never seen anyone come remotely close to his Super Athletic Aerial Assault
This is arguably the best Jordan highlight reel on CZcams. Well done.
It really is, I thought I've seen all Michael's footage but I realized I missed a lot more. MJ truly is THE 🐐
It's missing his 2-handed block on Mercer as a Wizard. BUT this IS the greatest MJ highlights put together on CZcams!
this it's no a highlight ... this i't the regular basic way of M.J. play every single game...
El Chévere agree bro plus the 400 + other highlights r bad either lol
I was thinking the same things. This and The 50 point timeline
What Michael did was indeed not a sport. It was high performance art.
Ita just a sport nothing more nothing less..
It was *both*
@@oneandonly3280 ha! Ha! ha! "Michael knew that his student (Kobe)is much better that him and that made him a great teacher."
"As a teacher Michael knew that his student (kobe) is much better than him that made him great."
@@oneandonly3280Dont under estimate LeBron He is the best player in his.era. If you have the mentality of being narrowed mind don't get me infected. ..You only see 1 player and trying convincing yourself that MJ is the BEST of all time and there will never be another player but only MJ alone. By that kind of thinking you only killing yourself ...And I feel Pity on you man...
His footwork, his whole body movement, even his tongue alone is a work of art.
Yeah Jordan his footwork was sick!
The most SPECTACULAR player in the history of the NBA!
Sorry but the most Spectacular Player was Dr.J!
@@paulauspitzthegreatestsong7785 🤣🤣🤣
Goat...
@@paulauspitzthegreatestsong7785 sorry the most Spectacular player in history is michael jordan
SORRY MICHAEL jORDAN@@paulauspitzthegreatestsong7785
The most gifted athlete in the history of American sports. The competitive edge, the killer instinct, the other worldly athleticism. Never has anyone had this total package
Ali. Mayweather.
Nah he's gifted but let's not get too happy
He was an amazing athlete but Wilt was a freak. Same 48" vertical as Mike at 7'3". Ran a 10.8 second 100 meters and high jumped 6'7". Benched around 400 lbs.
I'd throw Allen iverson in there for sure
i think he isnt the most gifted.. id say hes the most hard working... and the most willing to do everything bit of his soul to WIN. thats the essence of sports..and thats what fans see.
The way he stays in the air with open legs, one hand palmed at the same time is truly beautiful, we never have any players that fly like that after him. Can’t understand why people say Lebron has better athleticism than MJ. There’s nothing to compare~
Athleticism is literally the one thing they thought they had in the bag 🤣😂
No comparison whatsoever. None. On a totally different level
The comparison is not even close. Mike walked on air
Best dunker, best scorer, best baller, best player, best teammate, best mentor, best athlete, best mind, best hands, best eyesight, best instincts, best finisher, best ever. Thank You MJ
I thumbsed this but then reviewed each to see if I _actually_ agree with all these statements. Some may be more obvious than others, but I actually think each _BEST_ you named here is true. The way I see it, sometimes God uniquely designed certain humans to stand as THE emblem or the quintessence of their art-medium / sport / discipline: clear examples would be Bach, Nadia, Newton, Leonard Euler, Michael Jackson, et al.
And, thing is, I don't think every sport / craft necessarily has its clear _"one";_ in a lot of them it's not super clear ...but basketball is a category where it's very very clear (Michael Jordan.)
Dumbest shit I ever heard
I won't say best teammate...
Vince is a better dunker, kd is a better scorer, bron is a better baller and player, this dude literally punched his teammates so no don't even go there. Best mentor hell no what is he mentoring??? Best mind is kobe, best hands is close but he don't even got most steals oat, best eyesight no bron, cp3, stockton, nash all are better. Infact anyone top 10 assists are better, best finisher is kyrie, best ever is bron.
@@akasukiakatsuki9302 lmfaoooo thank you for the laugh bro🤣
I just loved how aggressive he was but never out of control. The man was a machine.
Life is short and sometimes I think about all the things that I will never get to see, and it makes me feel sad . But in my short time on Earth I was a witness to the Michael Jordan era and it was simply wonderful. Thank you for the best MJ video on CZcams.
Thank God for Michael Air Jordan
I would also like to thank my cable company for carrying WGN! lol
LBJ will never be this great!
I'm so greatful to WGN..and now it's time for your Chicagoooo Bulllssss..Jordan impacted the whole world..everybody was playing basketball.
Dusty Brown exactly! Watching these live back in the day when I was a kid was the highlight of my youth. People watching replays and hearing how good he was is another story.
I was born 1999 so never really saw him physically play but I had my family who did and after I grew up with them always telling and making me watch his games i always keep seeing his videos no matter what he always will make me be in aw of his gameplay.
And that is to me what makes him the GOAT
This video shows that athletically no one compares.
amen! Lebron got hops but can he glide and contort his body mid flight like he was in a goddamn space ship?? Hell to the NO!
@@sdawg4834 for real SDAWG! I'm not even gonna read anymore comments, yours says it all!
What you see in this video completely transcends basketball discussions. These are some of the most astonishing features ever achieved by the human body, and I am not even talking about sports. This is poetic, this is art, this is dance.
The aesthetics of his game will never be matched. Pure, efficient minimalism with flair. No wasted movement.
As i call him, along with Pippen, a kinetic poet.
MJ is the GOAT, no one else comes close to his airness
Can’t be the goat with a losing record 1-9 3 first round exits
You watch this and realise mj is starting to get underrated. Nobody is remotely close in my opinion
Lebron is better in my opinion
@@cumbusta9175 fair enough bro
After watching this , you can’t say the man’s wrong... No one’s close.
How can anyone, even the media indoctrinated basketball fans under 35, watch this video and say without laughing that MJ isn't the GOAT? This video is a damn good showcase of what he could do...every single game you knew there was something he'd do that you'd never seen before and for all of the highlight reel stuff, his fundamentals were incredible.
Michael Jordan = The Goat - Greatest Of All Time
Le - Bum = The Goat - Going On Another Team
Bron is a great flopper
😆🤣
Spot on
Imagine having to down grade another player just to prove a point
Aww are you that insecure how you have to bring up someone else that has nothing to do with this 😂 dude is so sensitive he'd break in half with a stick
For the young folks who haven’t had the privilege to watch MJ now you know they call him Air Jordan!
His Airness. The memories *sigh*
This highlight is way better than Jordan’s top 50 plays
A hundred times over
Let me tell you why he is the GOAT. Because he can attract non basketball fan to watch all his highlights. I don’t watch play basketball and don’t even know the game rules. I watched his last 3 championship seasons.
This is so beyond anything anyone is doing today that it's almost depressing to watch.
It most definitely is!
Yes it sucks our life's are so short and we get old fast! I wish he was still playing I hate the NBA today I don't watch anymore
Now you understand people who grew up watching Jordan play turned off NBA in the 2000s
@@CodyCha I watched till Dunkin and Manu quit from the Spurs, now it really sucks, only thing I watch today is NFL
It is i was thinking the same thing, he retired it broke hearts he came back there was hope, did it again, you just felt like he was going to play til he died.
There is no NBA player, as of yet, that will ever compare to MJ, period!
Peak Wade resembled younger Jordan. Peak Kobe (may he rest in peace) resembled first 3peat Jordan, and current Kawhi resembles older Jordan. Mix them together into one player and still not close to the unfathomable talent Michael had.
So true. I really wish the comparison would stop. It's tiresome and ridiculous.
@Litty 3 Titty not even close.
@Litty 3 Titty to defeat mj in his prime atleast 3 people needs to guard him. No one is even close to mj athletisism and talent.
its true.m
I love kobe and lebron but really there is no point of comparing MJ with neither kobe nor lebron.. MJ is definitely on a different level. This killed the arguments on who the GOAT surely is.
I say, AMEN!
Amazing video! Didn't know this about Jordan / how often he did all these things.
I don't know how anyone could watch this video and still think LBJ is in the conversation of GOAT.I lived through it in Chicago, so I already knew, but this video is proof for anyone.
@@brucefranklin6295 a very accurate equivocation my dear sir...
If I may also respectfully add:
Eliminate having never lost in a finals (6-0)...
Or having either series go to a game 7...
And Eliminate the 6 finals MVP'S in those finals...
He would still be the GOAT...
Please Don't consider this a highlight compilation...
It's not...
This is how dude played every game...
This looks like one game in his career...
Forget the rings--- he's attained GOAT status just based off how he played the game...
The championships are just gravy...
MJ didn't miss 1 gm in 96,97,98, Won 3 Titles, 2 MVPs, 3 Finals MVPs, 3 Scoring Titles, 3 all-NBA 1st team (both ends) 2x all-Star gm MVP, 3x total pts leader, 3x playoff and Finals PPG Leader, as a 34-35yr old. GOAT
The skills, flair and acrobatics are just impeccable. He did revolutionize the game. Ironically, no one can do what he did til this day.
This is the best MJ montage I've ever seen. The scenes, the cuts, the music ..everything. How can anyone ever debate who the G.O.A.T. is?
Femi Agunbiade seriously how is even a conversation about who the goat is!🤦🏻♂️
because those LeBron fans are from an era where they never saw this Man in action
@Fun Guy
yep
Argue all you want over the next 2nd best player. Don't you ever, ever question who is the GOAT.
Right
@Fun Guy They are so far behind Jordan
LeBron
I still don't understand how they don't put something like this on The Last Dance documentary for everybody to see, ESPN somehow has the same highlights that everybody has seen, and as iconic as they are, these mixes are actually better.
Agreed 100% most of the clips in this video aren't famous and haven't been seen but a lot of them are more impressive than the famous clips of MJ we see over and over again on ESPN
This montage should be put in the basketball hall of fame and played endlessly on a loop.
I grew up at the perfect time to watch the real, undisputed GOAT. The beginning of cable TV, live worldwide sports, and the beginning of superstations, like WGN, that played all the Bulls' home games.
I loved, cherished, and appreciated every single moment.
Watching His Airness makes it difficult to watch today's sissified games with players that wouldn't die for The Game, like MJ. He was a different type of human.
That'd be sweet!
@Rex Kramer aka Ted Striker Still hasn't, they trying to go back to those days some now but they got along ways to go tho
@Rex Kramer aka Ted Striker I'm just seeing this comment, but you're right.
It was hard for me to watch after he retired the first time, but I continued out of my loyalty to the Bulls and the other players I grew to love.
This generation almost makes me hate ever watching Jordan though, because we were watching someone with such gift and standard for greatness that will likely never be duplicated again.
And these new so called superstars are the worst, and watching LeBron, Kyrie, Harden, Durant, and others team hop, trying to stack the deck to win, spamming threes, all while disrespecting the generations before them makes me want to go crazy.
This is why you cannot compare the GOAT to Kobe and Lebron. Mj is on another level!
I'm a LeBron fan, hated Jordan but I totally agree.
@africano dos santos dos santos he hated mj coz lebron never surpass mj.
100% goat. He was more than a player, he was an artist who made masterpieces in the court..
Michael Jordan was poetry enmotion
Jordan was butter. The rest is an argument on the best margarine of all time.
Amen
LeBron the GOAT and BOAT
@@sharifbrown3567 Yes, he's Bogus Of All Time.
@@runner6500 LeBron ≥ MJ
@@sharifbrown3567 Bogus Of All Time.
This is the type of videos that anybody that says Kobe is better or closer Michael Jordan needs to watch. Kobe copied the old Michael Jordan with the fadeaways and footworks, but THIS Jordan, the high-flying, huge vert, hangtime Michael Jordan, no one can match. When was the last time Kobe had a hangtime moment like this? And to drive the point even further, A post prime Michael Jordan is even enough for someone like Koby to copy and to become one of the best players in the world. What that tells you?
Lebron James is great but his highlight reel is nowhere near as impressive as this one! Jordan truly the GOAT.
You are so right about Jordan he just play like that every game.what a privilege I had to see MJ kids today never going to understand why he is the goat by far.
@@nelsonfernandez6097 fuck the kids
this isn't even his highlight reel. this is what he did game in and game out. the B reel stuff you probably haven't seen
The invincibility, the artistry, the improbability..........how can you watch MJ and not think he's the GOAT? Statistically a couple of guys might have some kind of a case but when you watch what he did to the league on a nightly basis and pulling off stunts like the ones he does in the entire video there can be no doubt about MJ being the GOAT.
Get played against guys who would not make d3 teams now
@Porkee Pig and still can't make d3 teams
anthony bryant Question...how do you feel about Larry Bird?
Like the move where he went past shaq in the air under the basket and laid up on the other side. He wouldn’t even have to do that in today’s league as there would be no one and certainly no decent big waiting under the basket.
@anthony bryant u mean the players of today era cant make d3 teams? lol
this era dont even know how to defend and just full of drama queens and floppers. LMAO
I just thank God I watched him play 2 times in person and saw him again the 3rd.
All, I can say, is show me a better player than Mike. These shorts are just a glimpse of his extraordinary talent. We have been privileged to see one of the greatest athlete in the History of Sports. There's no sense waiting for another Jordan. You won't see this kind of skill in a NBA player again in some 2,000 years: thanks for the video and the memories. Love this game for 65 years.
Ok, then I will show you myself.
Contortionist, ballet dancer, gymnast, psychiatrist all in one basketball player. MJ is a one of a kind basketball player that we won’t ever see another like him play again. We’ll be lucky and fortunate to come across another player even close to this man. If one does come along, the feeling won’t be the same because MJ set that bar of standard sooooo high. Great days in basketball.......
And killer assassin competitor, the black panther.
I really hope, with all my heart that you were wrong and maybe his grandson will activate again those unique genes and deliver the next step on Basketball... or maybe on another Sport, who knows BUT, i'm entirely sure that we will see "Jordan" SHINE again on Basketball.
@@iggyblitz8739 lol! Black panther! So if kobe was the black mamba, Jordan was the black panther(either the marvel or the animal)
You missed acrobat and magician.
Red 5 Ya but the era where you had to grind and physicality is dead and over it’s all powderpuff league now so all we have is our CZcams highlights from when we were kids which I’m grateful for
G.O.A.T
He'd get 50plus pts in todays NBA. He'd eat todays players alive.
Oops thats murder
Yes
Kids these days dont understand this. Larry Bird would too. He got double n triple teamed so much back then. If you do that, he'll find the open man, if you don't he'll nail the shot. Defence these days is a joke
@Derrick Miles No it wouldn't. By the time the 90s came round, they pretty much worked like hell to block him out alot more. Then he just murdered teams with his 18-20 foot jump shot which he can nail all day long....
@Derrick Miles great explanation, but it wouldn't change the fact that MJ is still the GOAT. Nothing compares and will always be the Benchmark.
MJ is from another planet
MJ is simply the GOAT
Dare I say, the most well-edited basketball highlight video I've ever seen.
Truly captures the greatness of MJ. A legendary 12 minute ride. Show this to your friends.
MJ was blessed with a basketball body. Extremely long arms, very very very large hands and perfectly proportional body for flying through the air.
his arms arent that long tbh he has 6 foot 10 wingspan but his hands r big so thats probs y
@@paulgeorge9228 Every source seems to list his wingspan as 6'11". Which is pretty damn good for a 6'6" shooting guard.
@@purplemonkeydishwasher4241 i have no doubt it is because of his huge hands, his arm length n shoulder width seem normal
This man's hang time was just ridiculous! That's what makes his layup ability so much more dangerous because he can literally linger in the air and adjust his shot at least 3 times to get a good look.
the best coment,you really KNOW about basketball.
After all these decades he still makes you go "WHOA!"
The clip at 7:04 was a perfect depiction of how smooth MJ's game was. The man was a true artist, a contortionist, an assassin, the ultimate competitor and was extremely tactical. He knew how to get the best out of his teammates and when to precisely attack his opponents during games. His style of play was so graceful and majestic to the point as if he was a ballerina on the court cause he displayed such beautiful footwork and knew how to put on a performance while captivating the audience. Michael Jordan was the definition of Poetry In Motion during his time.
Nobody in history has ever been able to do the things MJ has done. Look at the way he palms the ball, adjusts his shot mid air, maneuvers through traffic. It has never been matched!
it's like c.g.i. but it aint, never gets old
@s wavey kawhi can't grip or command the ball like mj or Dr. J
S Wavey no he can't. flashy has nothing to do with
Lebron has lead in his feet in comparison. Kobe is the closes we've seen with those attributes but even he is on a much lower level in all aspects of what you mentioned.
Still misses the hang time
Jordan doesnt have highlight reels. He is the highlight reel
That sequence starting at 7:20 is just...all I do is shake my head! Jordan is the absolute BEST basketball i have ever seen. His approach to the game was beautiful to watch. He is just head and shoulders above the rest.
I’m a 90s kid, and This is by far the greatest MJ video montage I’ve ever seen
Greatest of all time. No one can touch MJ - not Wilt, Kareem, Kobe, Lebron, Curry, Magic, NO ONE!
Mj, wilt, bill, kareem, kobe, larry, and magic. My list.
@@cedrickfk1627 My List: MJ...doesn't matter what comes after, because nothing compares...
@@LovingTinha haha. True. Mj era are really a beast. Too many beast. Like lebrons era. Are padding stat.
@@cedrickfk1627 exactly, but even those really top greats of all time that earn their place, they just don't measure up to Jordan, it's not even disrespect, it's just a fact of life.
B.J. Armstrong recently said that we never saw the best of Michael Jordan because he would hold back in games so his teammates could flourish but in practice, he was an animal. My God. Imagine that!
Man, really? Where can I read that? Very interesting.
@@Red05x interview with kristine leahey on youtube!
@@azadatay5480 Thanks, Man. I will check it.
@Ulysses432 Steve Kerr and Magic E. Johnson... Two names I haven't heard in ages. Thanks for the info and the memories, Man. I can't imagine something like that, neither.
Michael Jordan isn't just the greatest basketball player of all time; he's the greatest athlete of all time!! I would argue that no other athlete was as uniquely gifted at their sport than Jordan was at basketball!
Bruh that's stretching way too much. I'm assuming your American? Listen dawg I pay my respects to the goat of basketball but lionel messi the greatest athlete of all time, floyd, tiger, bolt are the epitome of greatness in their respective sport. I can't say one is above the other, let all sit on the throne of their sport until their surpassed if that's possible
@@amukelaniebenezer406 I've seen them all, and I stand by my statement.
@@amukelaniebenezer406 you have to understand, guys like Roger Federer, who is one of the rarest true sport legend, speaks that standind to MJ make he feel like a kid, even at 30.
That how the gap is with the rest of the world of sport, no matters the level or rank, he make you feel he's from an other world.
@@silpariss I understand but also several legends have spoken like this about Messi, Maradona, pele, Mohammed Ali, floyd. But I think this whole thing will always be a matter of opinion. Who ever you regard as the goat of goats will be to you I guess. If I had to chose I'd regard messi as the goat of goats. All in all, all those guys are the pinnacle of greatness in their sport
@@cyber6sapien I respect your opinion mate
Should no one take no credit from Kobe and LeBron, definitely two Greatest of All Time! But this man, MJ, just has a little something special: the beauty, the smoothness, the artistry that his body his move presents in the game to all humans! Thanks God!
Simply the most all around gifted physical specimen the NBA has ever seen.
"Sport" has Never seen
@Derrick Miles Not even close. Closest thing to Michael but like Shaq said "Michael was a 10 and the rest of us are 7 and 8s".
@Derrick Miles He changed nothing. He was a worse version of MJ although better than Lebron.
Also Michael's shoes sold and are selling for a reason. He was, is and probably will be the best ever. Learn the game fanboy. Delusional like the bronsexuals.
@Derrick Miles You got no idea about basketball. DR J inspired MJ but MJ was a better version of him plus other skills.
There is no comparison. Skillwise, strength, leadership, scoring, efficiency, defense, vertical jump and hanging on the air, post game, dunking and finally accolades.
Kobe had all of them at a lower level than MJ.
Also Kobe scored 55 points on a 40 years old MJ in a bad team while MJ despite his injuries and him being rusty was clearly the best player on the floor.
Now that he could not do against a prime MJ. Stop being delusional, you are not the only one that played basketball in his life and you certainly do not know shit about the game when players admit MJ is the best ever and the eye test AND the accolades prove that it is true.
@Derrick Miles kobe was a worse version of MJ. Learn some basketball boi.
This is what a man that refuses to lose looks like. Like someone stated in the comments these are not highlights this is how he played every game! There will never be another Jordan.
This brought me right back in time to the Jordan era! Hands down the best highlight video to date. Anyone wants to argue who's the GOAT,,, sit them down and watch this video. This was Jordan every single game! Pure awesome...
Best video that illustrates there is no other comparison . GOAT
There's something else I noticed on most of his highlights...he plays through contact, without falling all over the place, like we was hit with a brick......
Facts
Such a great highlights reel. Taking nothing away from the amazing Curry, Lebron etc... but MJ was guarded by the best players of his era and won MVP and scoring championships galore. He also defended the very best players of his era. He didn’t shy away from the challenge. He played guard and dominated the best. He posted up and killed whomever defended him. He dunked on the biggest of defenders, the toughest, and the most skilled. He shot game winners. Was clutch personified. Won 6 championships in an era when defense was really brutal. But most of all he brought beauty and romance to the game like none before him. He was a true cross over athlete admired globally like Ali. The GOAT.
Darren Whitaker-Barnett Remember in that era your hand was part of the ball unlike today !
Its excellent, I'm just not crazy about the music. A matter of personal taste I guess
Well said...
I am a Laker fan. But if any player made you watch every game, including regular season. Mike was a phenom with indescribable artistry on the court.
MJ was a mix of Kobe, Kawhi Leonard, Kyrie Irving, and prime Derrick Rose. He had a mindset like Kobe, he was a great two way player and had giant hands like Kawhi, he had a lay up package like Kyrie, and he had D. Rose explosiveness. That’s a crazy mixture
Pure artistry. There are a lot of great players in history. Stats aren’t everything. This is about the eye test. MJ IS THE GOAT
Agreed. But even on just stats there in no one close.
I agree with the eye test. He was the most exciting player I've ever seen. I'm 71 and I'm old enough to have seen them all.
LeBron the GOAT and BOAT
@nabil chowdhury STFU, ain't no one asked you
Even the stats back it up! That’s why he’s untouchable. Aesthetic beauty married with statistical superiority.
That's why I'll never like LeBron because comparing him to Jordan is an insult. It's insulting every magical moment I witnessed with Jordan.
Ur just an oldhead who won't let go off the past and appreciate the present
@@mosescuh3644
You're too cold to understand the 🔥 Jordan brought to the game. LeBron is just a wanna be legend with no true character. Jordan changed the game....what did LeBron do? Becoming the Vilain's face of the league.
@@johnbills3056 like it or not LeBron will be seen as the Jordan of this generation he's litterally been the best player in the league since his 2nd season besides curry in 2016 🤷
@@mosescuh3644
They made the league easy so LeBron could travel anytime he has the ball. It's a ladies' league now. LeBron is a media made superstar, nothing else.
@@mosescuh3644 You're wrong LeBron will be forgotten like all the past great players (Malone, Wilt) that falls short of peoples expectation of them because neither did he create his juggernaut nor defeat the juggernaut in his Era, last I checked LeBron could not beat none athletic shooting Steph. Steph and GSW will be more remember in the future than LeBron because of the dynasty they created and Steph changing the game. because until Steph did it the saying was you can't win without attacking the rim.
For those youngsters who haven’t had a chance to see Michael for a full season, THIS is a great representation on how superior Michael was. Every game was basically filled with highlight reels. Especially that 4th quarter.. there was this force like no other when Michael brought the ball from other side of the court. He would give you a confidence that at least 2 points will be made during that offence. Literally.
"There's Michael Jordan and then there's the rest of us" - Magic Johnson. God just decided to play basketball in 80-90-s and he chose MJ's body. Seems like LBJ fans didn't see MJ in 90s. I've watched both so i can compare and have my opinion. When i watch LBJ, i don't have reaction, just very good play, but i have no emotions. But when i watch MJ's games, still in 2020, this is something amazing, just other level. He moves so smooth, so artistically and his will to be the best with his killer instinct. Maybe some day someone will born will become better than MJ, but it didn't happen yet. I had a goosebumps while watching this vid, pure greatness!
FACTS! Michael Jordan movement is so smooth! I don't see any other NBA player who was so effortless when executing both offense and defense! it was insane!
Never seen someone so determined to score and defend. It’s crazy when you think about it.
Unreal video editing that shows a lot of great rarely seen plays. Videos like this need to be at the very top of a search when kids search for MJ instead of the same old highlights mostly from the 2nd three peat or just certain Finals games. His entire career was a highlight reel and skipping his athletic prime is a shame. Just so incredibly majestic.
Beautifully put.
For the younger generation, basketball is an art , watch this guy he is the greatest , he did stuff that 30 years later people wanna mimic , don't compare him to anyone just watch him, smoke a joint and watch him .
Following advice sir
if technology was back then as it is right now and all of MJ games were recorded this video would last 12 hours
MJ IS THE GOAT. PERIOD!
Regardless of total rings, points, assists, etc, MJ IS THE GOAT. PERIOD!
There were ballers b4 him, there are ballers after him...UNTIL we see someone else impact the world of basketball like he did, MJ IS THE GOAT. PERIOD!
For the idiots who say Kyrie has a better layup package smh. This should end the debate on anyone over MJ. Seriously, it's a ridiculous argument. Not LeBron, not Kobe, not anybody. He's a whole other level.
Utterly true man
Facts 💯 and just when you thought you would see him peak out with something that blew your mind. He would blow your mind again on the next move!
Same game
As of on command or God's will.
You never knew what next.
But there was 1 guarantee tho, you knew you where going to see something amazing happen.
Mat Murk - it's those huge hands. He could lay the ball up from 5 feet out simply because he's gripping it like a tennis ball. Kyrie has some impressive layups but it's not on the same level.
People today are living in the moment and just simply never even watched MJ. Those that did know the truth.
It's different styles, Kyrie obviously doesn't have the enormous hands and Michael Jordan had this luxury. Kyrie would be more efficient as a finisher but since MJ has a better body, his lay ups seem cooler
@@ericxu1242 They seem cooler because they are cooler. It's not even close.
MJ is like a hybrid of Westbrook,Lebron,Kobe, Wilkins, Magic and Wade rolled into one super player. Like a genetically engineered and made in a lab humanoid or mutant created without weaknesses.
Was thinking the same. If you could create a player in a lab, he would be Michael Jordan. Perfect body, huge hands, incredible athleticism, high IQ. He could do everything at an elite level and had the heart and mind of a champion.
@@SirPiche Add incredible skills, excellent ball handler, unrelenting hard work, unbelievable footwork, and a killer panther like competitive nature, majestic and insane in the air, absolutely clutch and played on another level when it mattered the most, and despite what some have said, he did make his team mates better in his own way, particularly by demanding nothing but the best from them.
You mean, they're all an aspect of him not the other way around. He's basically Voltron.
Plus Larry Legend's IQ and unflappable, unbreakable mentality!
He was born to play basketball and to be the icon of this sport.
This is by far the best MJ highlight video ever!!
“Look at the hang time......the flying motion”
The joy in the commentary of the analysts calling the games in real time is also refreshing.
“By no means can I save the world.”
M.J.
Maybe not but you made the world a little more tolerable every time we got to watch you play. Thank you Michael and thank you to the producer of this video.
Maybe not directly, but he surely has made the world a better place. How many people out there havent tried to be their best, if not in basketball, in many other endeavors of life like doctors, lawyers, politicians, architects, engineers, whatever, that were inspired by this man? For me that is his greatest legacy
This is the best Jordan highlight video ever made !! His timing,rythm, hangtime, super athleticism, footwork,playmaking, giant hands,shooting,dunking,game winners,original fade away, defense, Jelly layup package all on display.Kobe is my favorite player but this proves who real GOAT is. Jordan is the best basketball player ever. Jordan-Kobe-Lebron in that order.
MJ's abilities were out-of-worldly. The split second adjustments and decisions are the most mind-blowing aspect of his greatness. Will never, be another like MJ in our lifetime...perhaps ever.
Michael Jordan was a human! I don’t say that with disdain or as an insult I say it to remind myself that he actually was one! Watching these highlights, you question whether or not it was just a man doing these things and then you see him get blocked and it reminds you for a second that he was just a man....
But then you watch more and start questioning again? Was he really a human? He was! And that makes it even more incredible! This dude was one of us but just gifted by God in a unique way with all this ability combined with work ethic! What a blessing it was to grow up and be inspired by this dude!
This is his best highlight video I’ve seen! I forgot all the things he did besides scoring! Wow!
That hangtime doesn't make any sense. He literally just waited up in the air till his defender went back down and then took the shot :O
Yup. Somebody did an analysis of how he was able to do this. He releases the ball AFTER the apex of his jump rather than at the apex as most normal humans do. You have to have incredible strength in your legs to be able to do this. And MJ did it all the time, even on his signature fade-away shot.
His anatomy and spring in his younger years is insane brought back good memories of seeing some of it live
Yep, and the only player I have seen that could perfectly release his shot on the way back down from the hangtime, and also completely change his shot in mid air, others try to do it, and some can some of the time, but not on the same level as MJ and as consistently.
he was up in the air when i wasnt even born, once he landed im born already haha.
Jordan waited until the defender jump three times before he releases the ball 😂 jk
if MJ had never played basketball, we wouldn't even dream of what is possible a person to do in a basketball court
You don't have to expect greatness when you watch MJ play. You just have to know you're gonna witness greatness everytime his on the court.
I Guess the difference here from Michael to the others. Is how he scored his points. His acrobats in the air, turnarounds and hangtime to accomplish those shots
This poet from the heavens inhabited the air almost 30 years ago !!! It is unfair that people compare others with this monument to the perfection of the athlete. He dominated the sport and the world fell at his feet; He was the icon of sports marketing and he revolutionized it like nobody else. No other professional of any discipline is even close to him, nor Roger Federer, Maradona, Pelé, Ayrton Senna or Mohamed Ali. There is a before and after in the world after Michael Jordan.
There is that one guy though, preparing for his 9th Super Bowl: "Psycho" Tom Brady.
This man was special, we may never see a player like him again..
kalel Wilson That’s why a lot of b-ball fans including myself stopped watching today’s game because we’ve been spoiled
Haha so true...he ruined it for me too...I tried for iverson and Kobe...but league just kept getting worse..
Tried again last year, my nba fan days are definately over.
We were spoiled.
We won't
@@Lizards_Lounge nba sucks this time
There is only 1 player in NBA History to ever win the scoring title, block 100 shots & have 200 steals in the same season... & that man did it twice.
Is There Still A GOAT conversation? You just had to see Jordan once to see the unbelievable.
In retrospective looks like Kobe trained like a madman to be like 50% of MJ???
Anyway, im not saying that as an insult but MJ makes it look so easy...
Yup. Kids just don't understand.
And everyone trained hard to be 50% of Wilt Chamberlain lol
@@mrslick58 LOL
The hate is strong lol
Looks like mike has bigger hands then Kobe..and Kobe has better handles..learn to appreciate both
Adjusting to the defense in midair, unreal.
True Colors true
This guy is a mutant. LBJ uses brute force to deliver a difficult shot. But MJ combines physics and art. Super Mike
i think it will be easier for Air to play nowadays, u just find a way to be touched and then faul
And look at those hard fouls. Lbj will surely cry to the refs
Complete mastery of his craft. It's crazy to watch this, and after the 7th time it's STILL mind boggling to see what he did on a regular basis.
He did something every game you'd never seen before or since. Something only he could do.
having an unreal vertical leap, and being able to palm the ball like a grape... it's incredible what MJ can do with a basketball and we can only imagine. i haven't seen one close to his level since.
@Viktor Koda Nah,Kobe just got MJ's Post Moves, Fadeaway and Footwork but not his whole game,They just saying Kobe is a Carbon copy of MJ because MJ's Signature Fadeaway Move is used by Kobe. MJ's Hangtime, Athleticism, Physical Gifts no one can do what MJ can MidAir lmao.
Michael played on both ends of the court all season long
no one else has ever been DPOY and MVP the same year..no one will ever understand that anomaly...
He played his heart out night in and night out. The KIDS now have no clue what it’s like. These kittens take days off to “rest”?? 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ MJ played every game like its the postseason man. True talk. Men played back then. Now we have whiny boys carrying the torch. Ohhhh f’in hell......🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
@@spunkhead hakeem was in 1994. Jordan in 1988 was mvp, dpoy, scoring leader in the nba, all star game mvp and dunk champion. The best individual season of a player in the modern basketball easy money.
and then dropped 40, 50, and 60 point games in the post season
Sad that there will never be another. Glad I was there to witness. And this is the best compilation I've ever seen of him, and I seen lots. Props for making this for all to enjoy.