LeBron Fan RECONSIDERS Jordan's Greatness (Michael Jordan's HISTORIC Bulls Mixtape Reaction)
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- Jordan truly dominated his era. The Greatest of All Time..? Not quite sure yet. 'His Airness" is truly an astounding player and looking forward to settling this LeBron vs. MJ debate.
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There is no era, MJ is the G.A.O.T of all time PERIOD!
and he said jordan's competition was weaker than LeBron's... LMAO. admire he likes basketball; however, he needs to do his homework before doing this type of video. Knows very little about ball.
@@jlmusic1469 Jordan’s competition is only looked at as weaker because jordan never let them win anything
He would been even better w wizards. Playing w broken ribs amd knees drained of black tar after every game amd still score 26? Legend. Ron artest said he would average 35 that year if he hadn't broken his ribs
I was just about to say. What are they not understanding about the meaning of all time. That means all eras all times years minute's seconds hr months w/e it's all of it. All time
@@jlmusic1469 right? Jordan lost to a team in playoffs w 5 hall of farmers. Yet he still averaged 45 a game against then. LeBron only shoots 35 percent from outside 3 feet. There has never been another Jordan. It would take 5 top 5 players attributes to match mj.
As someone who watched Dr. J, Magic, Bird, Kobe & even Lebron live, there was NO ONE like Mike. He is the GOAT period! He had no weaknesses in his game.
He had, but he practice those weaknesses
@@Kaozed He had ZERO weaknesses, like the man said. He only chucked up less than two 3-pointers per game. Michael s game was mid-range jumpshots, with finger rolls and layups. He also could dunk on the opposing team's center
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Yo los dusfrutado a todos,😅 y no hay color jordan era uuuff tremendo,superior a todos ,asta el dia de hoy ,era algo uuufff cambió el baloncesto,el rey total de los tiempos asta hoy
I've seen every single one of those players play live including Michael Jordan (and a whole lot more too) and Jordan is the G.O.A.T. I don't even like the Bulls or Jordan. Grew up a Showtime Lakers fan. Jordan is the G.O.A.T.
I'm a huge LeBron fan or I used to be anyway he's changed a lot since the early Cavaliers days. Difference is Jordan played every game, went hard every minute he was on the floor, never flopped, never shied away from the big moment as a matter of fact dominated the big moment, played defense and offense and never asked for load management minutes. He hit the big shots when they counted the most, he made his teammates better, he didn't depend on his teammates to carry him, he played thru an Era when other teams attacked him, and he was humble.
Well said. MJ played the entire game, every game. He never quit on his team. LeBron routinely walks off the court early, and the biggest thing no one talks about is EPO/HGH. James is blasting PED's and MJ was drug free.
Perfectly said. He is truly one of a kind.❤ The GOAT!
Yeah, Jordan played through the hard-core physical era, where players would play through injury. Whereas LeBron would sit out of game during a playoff run because of turf toe or a twisted ankle.😂 and this was when he was in Cleveland during his early years too.
And his old ass would likely wreck most of these guys at their peak.
@@vadstradamusI never got to see Mike play but I’ve heard the basket looked like it was magnetized to all of his shots. His midrange game must’ve been lit.
I was a kid watching him in the 80’s and a teen in the 90’s. It was insane. My lord it was spectacular. I don’t come from a basketball family or anything and I remember my dad, who worked on a farm long hours, would stop to watch his games. That’s how badass MJ is.
In this Era he would average 50 a game against these new rules! He would absolutely dominate the league ! MJ The G-O-A-T
legit for a ball hog like him, he would probably add the 3 point and he would play a roll like curry, pullin a double team on him getting other players free
There Was No Flopping When Jordan Played, LBJ Would Not Be Getting Uncontested Layups And Centers And 4’s Would Have Knocked Him On His Ass ! In Todays “SOFT” League MJ Would Average 45 Points Per Game !
A "ball hog"??? Lol When you're 6'6,got a handle like Kyrie, 48" vertical & athleticism like noone else,plus mid-range magic,YOU BETTER BE A "BALL HOG"!!! LOL Hater's can't handle that Jordan is so much greater than anyone today! Hell,Bird's better than anyone! Greatest wave of talent ever in NBA was 1979-1989! The players in this era played against REAL,ACTUAL DEFENSE;And,MJ STOOD OUT!
Like I said Jordan is the blue print for basketball players in any era
Nah bro them niggas wouldn’t play in this era. Too slow and unathletic
“In his Era”?!! If MJ played today and did the moves he was doing in the video, he would the highest paid, most popular, shoes most popular, etc. the lean in dunk he invented. MJ is an ICON
If any "golden era" nba played in this era, they would be 1st, 2nd, or 3rd team all nba.
Ain’t nobody paying 400 dollars for a pair of shoes that was made in a Nike sweat shop for 10 cents
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I won’t pay it and apparently neither will you BUUUUUT there a bunch of people who will!
@@joebidensmakeawish4834 Of course not, because no such shoe exists.
Lol, that's him trying to hold on to his feelings about lebron
Michael is the only player that gives me goosebumps watching his highlights makes u just wanna get up and walk out the door
As a fan, nothing breaks your heart more than seeing someone not giving 110% ALL THE TIME. That to me is the thing that puts MJ on the top. We're all different with different strengths and weaknesses, but despite that, when it's go time, YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT YOUR ALL, YOU HAVE TO, and MJ ALWAYS DID. He had no weaknesses (NONE), and he NEVER GAVE UP, and that to me is the definition of a TRUE CHAMPION.
100%. He played with the flu and still dominated between barfing in a trash can.
Elbows, clotheslining players, fist fights, trying to sprain/break ankles when players were landing, and on it goes. MJ played in the toughest NBA era. LeBron plays in an era where players won't even guard cuz they're scared of getting injured. Not to mention, MJ played in the greatest NBA era period. The skill level was through the roof and the level of play MJ displayed was the standard. Today, the NBA is basically a glorified 3 point shooting contest.
Shaq even said today's league is as soft as pudding. He confessed that the only person who scared him was Michael Jordan.
He would be even better in this Era and any other era in the future..
FACTS
50 a game and defensive MVP year in and year out.
How do you figure that and he not a great shooter ?.. He's not even a better shooter then bron.. So how is he going to do it.. .. He played in this era on the wizard same age as bron... And we see how that went 🤷🏿♀
@@SiyyanJohnson Lebron shoots like 35% outside if of 3 feet where as Jordan was around 50% in what world is Labron a better shooter 😂. Jordans last year as a wizard shot 42% outside of 3 feet. Not too mention Labron shoots 20% in clutch situations and Jordan shoots close to 50% 😂
They couldn't touch him . He would average 45 in todays game ! LBJ cant even hit foul shots . MJ , would bever have Hack a Jordan like they did LBJ and The Diesel! Funny LBJ the GOAT in this soft azz Era
Do you even know what GOAT stands for....?
There's no "GOAT" for one era, and another "GOAT" for another era.
There is only one GREATEST OF ALL TIME, and his name is MICHAEL JORDAN.
The rest were the greatest of their era, Michael Jordan is and will ever be, THE Greatest Of All Time.
PERIOD
Thank you! What I can’t stand too is people saying this person or that person is “my goat”. What the hell are we talking about at this point?
Exactly…Mike is the OBJECTIVE Greatest of ALLLLLLL Time.
Thank you very much for defining the word Goat for these people!!I said the same thing in my comments. The gold is the greatest of all eras and that’s MJ and I don’t mean Michael Jackson
I am 100% sure that in the next era, the next NBA star will be compared once again vs the GOAT, MICHAEL JORDAN.
5:08 its not even really about where he's leaping from, it's the fact that he doesn't need to really run to gain momentum. He just takes one step and still will dunk through contact, that's true crazy bounce.
Jordan’s competition especially during the second 3 peat was the greatest era in NBA history. No flipping or taking breathers on D or in the paint in general. super star studs bringing 100% on every second.
They didn't rely on 3 pointers in the 80's & 90's to win games. They actually played the game. They didn't cry foul every time they got touched
When you have to stop the video so many times to go "wtf did I just see" it shows how insanely GOAT MJ was
The eyes never lie what you see is Michael Jordon is the greatest basketball player ever and what really sets him apart he played both ends of the court and he dominated his competition!
MJ's plays just never gets old no matter how many decades has passed.
Any era MJ was and is the G.O.A.T. period.
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So why did he suck in the 80ds he played 6 years in the 80ds and they killed him.. But he's the Goat in any era ,🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@SiyyanJohnson he didn't suck, its true he didn't win it all, but that is far from sucking
@@SiyyanJohnson he didn't suck. His team was absolutely awful...
Period.. end of story
Is the goat in every era he had absolutely no weaknesses you cannot say that about any other player
like bron is trying so hard to be the dynasty jordan was but failing every time cause he wasnt as good in the important moments
@@had0629 well he can't because he's not as good it's that simple it's purely that simple if he was as good as Jordan there would not be more than 75% of the American population saying that he isn't even close to being as good as Jordan you never had that problem with Jordan everybody knew he was the best everybody knew and nobody questioned it that's how you know you're great
Lol Lebron going to super teams to get rings and it was easier for Lebron to score he had lots of help Jordan did it all no help he carried his team and made them great there’s only 1 goat mj amen
Jordan definitely is the goat. You can’t have a greatest of ALL TIME from different eras just can’t. Also you say Bron has harder comp why are there more hof ballers from back then compared to now. Even in this soft league. If guys from then shot 3s like they do now even Bron wouldn’t be catching their numbers. Today even the bigs are shooting 3s like they are guards,that’s what today game is all about.
..... kobe?
He's a GOAT in his era, but the best basketball player we've ever seen compared to all era's 😊
Best of an era. GOAT by definition covers all Eras. just sayn. Kobe, James era if I had to choose to play one game, I'm going with Kobe!!
@@jlmusic1469 kobe ain't faster or jump higher and is more accurate than Jordan. I'm taking Black Cat young 1989 Jordan over any period of kobe.
@@MadSUPANOVA More accurate? Jordan shot on average about 5% better for his career than Kobe....Even from 3pt range, both were very comparable, but overall, no, Kobe wasn't anywhere near as accurate as Jordan.
That “unnecessary” move you said he made on the layup against the Lakers in Game 2 of the 1991 Finals actually wasn’t unnecessary at all. If you look to his right as he took flight, there’s a defender who goes up as if he’s going to try to contest and then decides against it (because it’s Jordan 😏). Jordan being an instinctual player (especially when in the air), his peripherals engaged and he switched hands so that the defender couldn’t do anything about it. Everything Jordan did was instinctual. The man was inhuman.
It was so cool growing up in the Jordan era. Every single night you knew you would see something special. As much as I love LBJ, he has his moments. With MJ, it was the entire game he was turned on and 110% on offense and defense and he looked good doing it. And he loved winning more than anyone. People in other countries celebrated MJ. It was a great time for basketball.
Exactly, that's why I play basketball, even though I'm from Germany. At that time there was no NBA on TV with us. I only had one VHS of Jordan that I watched over and over. it wasn't until 1995 that there was a weekly show about the NBA, and yet everyone here had a Jordan sponsorship, and countless people played outside. And everyone talked about it at school.
And nowadays I have over 50 pairs of Air Jordans, I have countless of his jerseys, I have kettos of him on my body, he has inspired my whole life, fueled the anger in me, and I think many other people feel the same way.
moments as much as and not as much as many other players. But you right Jordan was every game you had to see what he will do next!! The so call argument is not even close. And there is no way LBJ is picked over Kobe in a must score scenario. That's a joke! Go look up clutch moments. Young dude is excited yet missing the clues!
It was great. Got to see almost every game. Every game was a highlight reel. GOAT
Exactly. We were watching him from Nigeria and the NBA became so popular. In this era it's unwatchable.
I celebrated MJ from the Caribbean...got bored of basketball after he retired...😢
The "unnecessary" layup was because Jordan saw Perkins right beneath the hoop. Jordan and Perkins were college teammates and Jordan knew how good a shot blocker Perkins is. Jordan mentioned this in an interview.
yeah
22:48 "I can only imagine, what it felt like to watch this live"
I do, but I was rooting against him, I was just sick of him winning! I was the bar at the Embassy Suites in Orlando, FL. But looking back, I'm glad he won and I was able to see it live. I actually watched all of his championships live. I haven't missed a Finals since I was I think 10 (mid-80's).
"he didn't have to do all that," Kid, it means that MJ had to made it difficult for himself because a true GOAT competes with himself. His moves teach us life lessons, Kid! God send MJ to teach us some life lessons!
That switch hand "unnecessary" layup was his 13th consecutive field goal in a finals game. If youre making 13 shots in a row you like you could do anything.
He also was seeing something we didn’t see .. Jordan said he though Perkins was going to try to block the shot
@@dayra6425 Exactly....he said "I saw long-arm Sam Perkins and it was just instincts to change it."
Makes sense, since we never seen that from MJ before. He never practice the acrobatic finishes, just innate ability to react to the defense and finish around the rim.
He also saw Perkins going up to challenge the shot, which is why Jordan switched hands in mid-air. But Perkins pulls back at the last minute. Doesn't go all the way up. That's why a lot of people don't understand why Jordan switched it. If you grew up watching Jordan play, you know that he often anticipated the movement of the defender and reacted to it in real time. You will notice that he pumps his layup at 4:51, because he suspected that Laimbeer might come from behind to challenge the layup. It's a similar type of situation. Jordan did this all the time. It was his offensive instinct to adjust to his defender's movements. It's one of the attributes that made him almost impossible to guard.
In hindsight, even he may have said the same thing. He didn’t know there wasn’t someone coming from his blind side to block his shot. He may have heard footsteps or felt someone’s presence so he adjusted his shot.
Jordan had it all both ends of the floor light years ahead of the competition I don't think no one can be as dominate NEVER.
Jordans footwork, ball fakes, fundamentals, finesse and skill level was just off the charts.
The first and only great athlete in NBA who was fundamentally perfect!
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Couldn’t agree more. To me he’s the greatest all around player too. But I know Bron fans would disagree.
Jordan displayed more that 30 years ago discipline and determination to a degree that still inspire us today . Is still in a league of very few. Lebron is a fine player. But Jordan dominated an entire generation of the NBA. Every new player wanted to be him. And he teach ALL of them respect. He wiped the floor with every super star of the period at some point.
I was watching game 3 between the Nets and Sixers and at the end of the game in the final minutes a foul was called sending a Nets player to the line. The commentators were trying to explain why the foul was called and all I could think about is how Jordan would have definitely averaged 50 a game in today’s game. No doubt
I grew up watching mj... as a pistons fan he was scary good. As he became the greatest player, I had to give him his respect. The man is a legend beyond a legend. 6-0
Hated the pistons back in the day. But was so fun bc pistons helped make Jordan the goat. Jordan earned everything g against them. That's when basketball was fun
What's crazy is he's only 6-0 cause he retired after 6 wins lol
@@Derpinurface yea no doubt t they would of won 8 straight.
Lol as a knicks fan. We barely ever got to bulls. Pacers turned us up. Fk LeFlop the man is not the goat.
@@leehank8693 jman had goat status at 6 years in league. LeBron people still back n forth after all these years. Nuff said. MJ is the only Goat. Was never a debate like Leflop
Dude,there's more amazing highlights that I didn't see. I saw him play since 91. He is the GOAT in his era,your era,and the future ear. No one will ever be better. It's not possible.
Very true. Most only know the 90s Jordan. Dude was absolutely insane and still is. Did u know he won't play his own players 1 on 1 anymore? Even at 50 he was tearoom g em up. Destroyed top draft picks confidence. I mean destroyed . Legend
I've seen him play sin 82, there's a ton of stuff that isn't even in this video.
@@jeffreyadams3385 yeah he was giving them the business at 50
He's an absolute alien with genius level game skills Bruhhh 👑👑
not possible.
Every person I’ve seen watch this Jordan ultimate mix video has needed to constantly pause and rewind because they couldn’t believe what they were watching. Jordan was just that good, and he did it night in and night out, year after year without taking any games off. Every single game, he did something out of this world unbelievable.
You gotta simply love MJ and what he did on the court😍 purely magical ✨ none like him...never will be..
When you have players from the past and present saying if MJ played today in the less violent NBA he’d be putting up 50-60 a game you know he’s the GOAT.
Someone answer me this honestly. Noone has ever given a straight answer to this question.
One of the biggest knocks LBJ fans have when discussing MJ is his 3pt shot. Career I believe he shot just around 30% but only attempted 2-3 3ot shots a game. This was his greatest weakness supposedly and yet he sat right at league average for that Era.
In today's Era guys are shooting 10+ a game. LBJ shoots 8 a game give or take and is also a 30% and lower career shooter. From 3.
Now here's the question. How can LBJ even compare to MJ when LBJ FG% is around 30% also. LBJ shooting from 0-3 ft meaning layups, dunks and put backs is a 76%+ shooter. But outside 3 ft. Meaning 4ft- 3pt line is a measly 20-24٪ shooter. How in anyone's right mind can someone be that bad of a shooter and be considered a GOAT by any stretch of imagination. Someone please make ot make sense.
LeBron simple cannot shoot the basketball efficiently unless he's arms length from rim.
MJ's 3pt % was 33% which isn't bad at all, he didn't make 3pt shooting a major aspect of his game only shooting (shooting less than two 3's per game). But he isn't a liability from 3 by any means.
@@libfit9068 that was kinda my point. He's was average for his Era and that is considered/ argued/ talked about as his biggest weakness in his game. Where it really wasn't a weakness cause he still went off without 3s. Now if 33% career 3 point shooting for MJ is a weakness. What is sub30% career outside of 3 ft for LBJ?
Also, during that period 3pt shooting was considered a low percentage shot and was not the highlight of the game as it is today. You would never see a center shooting 3pt shots. Lambier was probably one of the few centers that shot deep consistently. Also, don't forget clutch shooting comparison which is another vast difference!
Remember in 95 line was shortened ?
MJ averaged 50% from 3 that season...why?
Caus he made a living off shooting long 2s...not layups and put-ins.
I hear you but I don't completely agree, he was a good shooter, nowhere near Jordan mind you, but he's good. I mean, the Raptors know he is! Lol
That last shot, trust me homie, it was amazing, the difference from back in the 90s and now, we were inside watching every last bulls game, no one was outside.Mike was hard on his team because he told them, if i am gonna work this hard, you guys will do twice as much work as i do, he wasn't mean, he was just winning, he wanted to win, you never do anything to lose, you do it to win.
Folks don't seem to realize that this level of play was all game - every game. These type of plays were routine for Jordan in his prime. It wasn't just a few per game either. It was literally every time he touched the damn ball, magic would happen.
People also don't seem to understand or appreciate the fact that Jordan was playing like this in a league full of generational talent & HoF level players. Just look at the names he's terrorizing here - Barkley, Bird, Thomas, Wilkens, Olajuwon, Robinson, Shaq, Ewing, Rodman, Laimbeer, Johnson, Salley, Drexler, Mutombo, Mourning, Miller & on & on & on. That should be a huge consideration when looking at his career.
Great reaction. Legend has it Michael is still throwing down dunks in that video to this day lol. Michael isn't just the goat of his era, he is without a doubt the greatest basketball player that ever walked this earth.
I agree. Jordan was a relentless winner. When he was in the league there was NO ONE BETTER. When he was on the court his game and ability was near perfection. He laid it on the line EVERY TIME he played.
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He and Bill Russell are probably the only two people alive who really "know" basketball. Kobe would be the 3rd but..... RIP Kobe.
I swear that final shot as a Bull truly immortalised Jordan. Imagine having such an amazing career for the Bulls to end it with a championship winning shot, with an iconic pose, sealing a second 3peat. It pretty much guaranteed Jordan as the GOAT in most people’s eyes, his Bulls career was like a movie
That shot also immortalized Russel. 😂😂😂
most people focus on jordan's leaping ability but the dude had legitimate world class speed and first step quickness. that's why you see him just run by people and you aren't catching him on a fast break. also for a guy who wasn't the biggest out on the court he had no fear going to the rim on anyone.
Undisputed goat, best plays, best record, best resume, best shoes, nobody will ever beat mike and it’s because he’s so good but also so humble and competitive
Anybody that questions or doubts this mans greatness in any eras, his ability was unmatched, he simply is the GOAT
MJ form is irreplaceable in any era. What player has skills, clutch, form, footwork? Everything about his game was perfection. Even when MJ hustled for a loose ball it looked graceful lol
At 6’6 shooting guard with a 48” vertical.He was DPOY, Scoring champ, and MVP, and had over 200 steals and over 100 blocks in more one season.
The fact is he didn't need to shoot three-pointers but he made a lot of 3-pointers when he wanted to
Check his stats on
As we get further and further away from the time of his live play, we forget the aura of this man. We have yet to see an athlete of his calibre, in any sport. He’s the Michael Jordan of Michael Jordans.
Word. Federer had a brief run around 2004-2006 where he looked downright holy, but he's not mentally tough like Jordan/Nadal/Djokovic.
@@Kyptonite I would choose Messi over those tennis players...
The closest since has been Tiger...
Great reaction youngster. I've been a Lakers fanatic since Magic's rookie season and I've seen a whole lot of ballers in person while in their primes, and I still haven't seen anyone as good as this black cat. The things my 20/20 vision witnessed were simply amazing. The guy had it all - raw athleticism plus fundamentals. And he had that maniacal mindset of a killer in serial. He was beast in man with his jaguar-like movements. Magic is my favorite player all-time but without any hesitation I proclaim His Airness as the greatest. Black Jesus aka Chupacabra - he who disemboweled GOATs.
Magic is my favorite Old School player! His passing ability is top tier and unmatched. Thank you for tuning in ❤️
Facts, im 52 nd been Laker fan since b4 that and I tell everyone..if you didn't see it in person, YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT EITHER!! There is no debate especially not LEBRON, whose overall skill set is minimal compared to not only Jordan but Kobe as well. Lebrons longevity can't be denied but let's not pretend the physicality of the old era along with players basically being friends today hasn't made it a easier path for championship runs! We keep talking as if we haven't seen Steph Currys game before..Chris Jackson anyone?!! Imagine Rauf being allowed to shot at will during his tenure and let's not forget the blackballing he endured. The games different but when I truly want to watch competitive hard nose BBALL, I utube Hardwood Classic games nd enjoy.
@@antoniomcmahon3499 Couldn't have said it any better. Chris Jackson was Steph with insane quickness. There isn't a guard dead or alive that could have stayed in front of that cat. I'm old enough (53) to remember him as a tiger at LSU. Man, was he fun to watch. If he played today with all these vaginal rules, it would be unfair. And I would definitely renew the NBA League Pass.
@@katrinachavez3533 lol, vaginal rules indeed! I watched his whole career and yep, until Steph, never saw a better shooter off the dribble. The worst part about the past is we tend to forget about it. No worries, we'll remind them. Peace to you!
@@antoniomcmahon3499 Let's not forget about Drazen Petrovic as well (RIP). Shot over 44% from 3 in three of the four NBA seasons he played in before his tragic passing.
People not hating guarding MJ, they FEARED him….. no one fears Bron. FACTS
The fact Jordan has never claimed to be the GOAT and is considered the GOAT by more of his peers hold lots of weight in the GOAT debate.
Great video.
Good video....BUT.....
LeBron's competition was not nearly as good as Jordan's because LeBron's era of defense is very soft. Jordan got jacked up, hit, knocked down and smashed every night. LeFlop would be somewhere in a corner crying if he had to endure the hard knock defense that was played during Jordan's era. They would have crushed LeBron in that era. PERIOD
That's a point a lot of people don't realize. LeBron can play the 4 or the 5 now, but back then, no way in hell is LeBron guarding Malone or Barkley. Can't imagine him being around prime Centers like Hakeem, Shaq, Robinson and acting like he can just drive to the hoop.
No doubt about Lebanon would not have made it
Jordan probably took more physical abuse just playing against Detroit's Bad Boys than Lebron has had to endure in his entire career. Not saying Lebron coudn't adapt, but he has never had to play in that kind of environment at any point in his career.
You do know he dominated during hand checking too right? He debuted in 2003 and hand checking was abolished in 05-06
@@anonymoususer2080 Not sure that 21 ppg & 5.5 RPG in 03-04 is considerded "dominating", but in 05-06 when hand checking was abolished his PPG went up to 31.4 and RPG to 7.0. In the 04-05 season, he did avg 27 ppg, but he also had more opportunities to score that year as he lead the league in mintes played per game. The player who dominated in the 04-05 season was Iverson.
I disagree with your Era logic a bit. If Jordan was in this Era he would have access to better teamates too, a more spaced floor, be able to gather step, no hand checking, have the best trainers and have longevity like Kobe & Lebron. No other guard in this league would be able to guard Jordan, and it would create unfortunate miss matches. They would have to switch off him onto a big, which he can just fly by, and there is no other Center other than Giannis or Embiid who would really make him shoot more jumpers. But even then, he played against Shaq who is arguably the most dominant center of the past few decades. He's already a more athletic and better playmaker than Kawhi and no one is holding Kawhi really like that either. They would say the league is too soft because you can't touch anyone and people would say Jordan benefited from the modern nba rules, that would be the excuse, and they would discredit an entire generation just like they do today.
Greatest
Of
All
Time.
This phrase transcends eras by definition.
People don’t even realize the fact he can hold the damn ball with his hands is a big reason why he never gets his cookies took
@@tinyfalcon1185 good point
Jordan would score 50 a game against these bozo teams today. They don't even know how to play real basketball. I literally hadn't watched an NBA game since the last game Jordan played in the championship until this last playoff but my son is into it. I was appalled at how bad it was. It's literally nothing but people jacking up three's and shooting themselves out of games and getting blown out. Jordan averages 50 a game and defensive mvp every year today.
Better teammates? Than Pippen, and Rodman? Kukoc? All in the HOF. Kerr is all time leader in 3 point percentage.
The GOAT stands for Greatest Of All Time, not Greatest at one era. People want to have multiple GOATS when their favorite player doesn't make it to top 3. If there were multiple GOATS than Kobe is the GOAT of this era with 5 championships and 2 gold medals at the Olympics, a defensive and offensive monster.
I haven't met a single person over 40 years old who thinks lebron is better than MJ.
Lebron is a great player. Lebron has photographic memory. Lebron can recall plays so if they run that same play again, he knows what to expect. Kobe was a master of details and can mimic/copy someone’s moves. Jordan had the ability to visualize the outcome before it happens and then would tell you exactly what he was going to do! Jordan also had the ability to levitate and contort his body in mid air while palming the ball. All are great players but when you have the ability to predict the future, that’s why Jordan is my goat.
He doesn't visualize the outcome. He manipulates you to get that outcome.
@@menacegaming7278 Maybe so but those are his words from a old interview
That layup against the lakers where he was flying in the air and switched hands was necessary. It showed how nobody was on his level even to this day. He’s simply on another level. That’s no knock to any of the all time greats.
Jordan said he thought that the players in front of him were gonna jump. If you look at the replay you can see they were about to and then they must have said “never mind I don’t want to get dunked on”. In real time Jordan saw them about to jump and reacted in a split second to do one of the most iconic shots ever off the cuff.
He says unnecessary lol he just reacted to the player on the right that's why he made the switched
@@mdace34 exactly! Many people discredit the switch 😂
The player who Jordan was avoiding was long arm Sam Perkins, his former team mate from UNC. Perkins was a senior when Jordan was a freshman.
Wasn’t nobody gonna jump didn’t wanna end up on a poster where that saying came from !
MJ had more highlights in one game than others in a whole season or career.
You don't even have time to breath looking at this mixtape. 🐐
There are legends from every era. But only 1 Goat! And that's MJ and it's not even close. Glad to see younger generations getting a peek and what most of us saw 1st hand. It was a honor to have watched MJ and the Bulls win 6 chips.
MJ led the league in scoring, and won defensive player of the year in the same yr. Never gave up on either end of the floor. GOAT NO QUESTION.
MJ lived at the free throw line, a lot of people don’t mention that. He knew how to draw contact and he had crazy foot work.
Different kinds of fouls back then. An elbow to the gut as you're driving the lane was simply what happened. Now days, you breathe on a player wrong, and you're getting a tech.
you were truly blessed if you were around to watch him play live
I've been blessed in this life to have witnessed the one and only 🐐 Michael Jeffrey Jordan #23
absolutely. watched him his whole career.
I saw him actually play
@@MaRoach7 u want a trophy?
@@MaRoach7 as did I. A couple of times in DC against the Bullets.
That is why he was called Air Jordan! He defied gravity.
MJ is the best there is, best there was, best there ever will be. I remember thinking after MJ retired, there would never be another basketball player as good as him. I was right.
You know, usually i am reluctant to make grand statements. I don't call MJ the GOAT, but rather the best I have seen, cuz i don't feel qualified to judge the guys i didn't see based only on highlights. And I don't say we'll never see another. But, you know what? We'll never see another. With today's load management, it's gonna be impossible to ever approach the level of the greats who played every game and most minutes, contributing to their team every time they took the floor.
This video is just a slice of the big pie that let's viewers know that MJ played like this EVERY TIME he stepped onto a basketball court....MJ would be the best in today's NBA era or any other....🔥🤗✌️
Can you seriously imagine this hardwood cyborg in this era? With the advanced medicine, nutrition, workout regimens, etc. And with the lack of stout perimeter defenders and rim protectors. It wouldn't be fair. They'd have to raise the rim by a foot. Jordan would literally eat these cadavers like Dahmer at supper after a hunger strike.
I think that's what sets him apart. This was him... EVERY GAME. Not just once in a while. He played all out every game. Never took a night off unless he was severely injured, like in 85 when he broke his ankle.
Actually his 3 point shooting percentage was very high. It just wasn't part of his game. It was held against him 1 week in the media. People saying he can't shoot threes.. So he came out the next game and shot pretty much only 3's. It's the game where he held his hands out (palms point up) after shooting, pretty much saying "I guess its just luck it went in the basket". After that game, no one questioned his 3 point shooting ability.
He shot league average 33 percent t. But yes that was worse part of his game. But in today's game he would shoot much higher percentage.
@@jeffreyadams3385 You can bet your ass that if 3 point shooting was as regular as it is today, he would have been hell bent on being the best.
@@corneliussmiff2773 ur damn straight. Shot better than the league average today in playoffs. Guaranteed if he wanted he would of shot around 50 percent from arc
@@jeffreyadams3385 the problem when you don't shoot a lot of normal 3s is that shots like mid-court buzzer/shotclock-beaters weigh heavily on your stats and therefore ruin your % (as those are rarely hit). I mean if you shoot 10 3s with 9 normal, 0-1 defender 3s and 1 buzzer beater is worlds different from 3 3s, 2 of which are shotclock-beaters.
@@Pencheff87 I could talk MJ all day for rest of my life. Legend. His muscle memory was off the chain. He could do whatever he wants. When he wants. Why he is the Goat. Wish we could seem 8 in a row. I know it would of happened. Not a single doubt.
that one play at like 13:30, sums up the difference between MJ and LJ. Like it separates them on a whole new level.
You can't even imagine what it was like watching it live! I'm a Heat lifer but dammit man, Jordan made my day, everyday!
Celtics here, and I definitely get what you're saying. it was thrill. Never seen him live however, sat in his restaurant for a couple of championship games. It was like being there!!
Was absolutely insane every game. Just as excoto.g watching g games all over again. Used to Plat so hard and so much fore amd passion.
@@bthomas518 something g I nber really thought of til recently. In today's Era I wouldn't even come close to picking g LeBron. Could u imagine how may points per game Bird would average! 35 easy. MJ I say 50 but I honesty belive he woul have a few 100 point game if he wanted
When you talk about COMPLETE player…MJ is the 🐐 by far.
When you talk about most things he the goat. But more than anything. What he did to the opposing team mentally. He put the fear of god in them. A league of HYPER competitive legends literally terrified of pissing him off. LeBron NEVER had that effect. Atleast not on the other team. The fans are a different story....
yet lebron led his TEAM to 8 straight finals also boston and detroit didn't see that fear plus at one point mj was 1-9 in the playoffs.how is lebron not a complete player when he can play and guard all 5 positions and old school players give him the respect he deserves like oscar roberts,dr j,dominique wilkins,barkley etc each era is different .there can be more than one goat mj,lebron,kobe,kareem,bill rusell are they not goats?
@@develonanthony2485 he simply didn't command the fear that Jordan did. You can't argue with that. LeBrons contemporaries did not fear him the way Jordan's contemporaries did.
@@TheGodfather101 lol how would you know if they did or did not fear him?plus he wouldn't"t need them to fear him to win he is still one of the greats is he not? Don't look like detroit,lakers or boston feared mj hell even the knicks also when he was 1-9 in the playoffs he wasn't feared .mj was the best in his era lebron is the best in this era you can't argue with that.
@@develonanthony2485 okay. MJ's contemporaries have openly admitted to NEVER wanting to piss him off. There are literal supercuts of them. How many of LeBrons have done the same? I'll wait.
In today's era with no hand checks and no double teams he would average 50. That's not an exaggeration. So much harder to score when the defender can hold you off with their hands.
The artistry, the creativity will never ever be duplicated or surpassed!
Worked his way, not only to the top, but to the G.O.A.T. period. Posterizing NBA legends, blocking people a foot taller than him, and in his later years...immortalizing team mates that deserved it. Especially Pip, the most underrated, underpaid, boss of the NBA.
What up Jay!!
I can REALLY appreciate honesty and since you are doing that, my brother you just showed SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, man it’s NOT EVEN CLOS!!
I can tell you how I felt watching it all live. Michael Jordan brought so many new fans to the sport its insane. At work, at school, on the bus, family events at the water fountain. Everyone was talking about "air jordan" I'm from just outside chicago so I saw it all first hand. Michael Jordan made me a basketball fan. He made the state of il an every basketball fan a believer In miracles. Nobody believed he was human. Today people would call him a Zuckerberg robot
theres a difference of not being a great 3 point shooter to not wanting to shoot them. if you say he made them when it mattered means he was a great 3 point shooter lolol. he didnt need to shoot the 3s..hes game was so elite and focused just getting to his spots that he was getting 60 50 40 points with just 2s. imagine if he focused on 3s....good luck NBA lol. Jordan is the GOAT. i get why people think not as their emotions take over, they probably get tired that everyone saying he is...
Agreed there’s actually an interview out there where someone is interviewing MICHAEL and ask him about that very thing and he basically went into saying that he did not desire being a great three-point shooter because he didn’t want that to take away from the rest of his game and he didn’t want that to make him in essence lazy and very passive relying on shooting at three point shot. If I remember correctly this was during the year that they were playing Portland in the finals.
Jordan didn’t have 3 points till he was in college they didn’t exist .. one day they’ll be 4 point shooters and kids will say curry Wasn’t a good shooter cuz he didn’t hit any 4 pointers
@@dayra6425 thats stupid, curry hit shots from the logo xdd, so never no one will say that.
well said. People don't realize this. When MJ scored his 69 point game against the Cavs, he made a total of two 3-pointers in that game. And he only shot 4, so he was 50%. He scored 63 points on midrange jumpers, dunks and free throws... lots of free throws. Had he made just 4 more three pointers, because there is no way on God's green earth that anyone in today's game is scoring 69 without making more than 2 3's, had he made just 4 more, he would have matched Kobe's 81. He was a pretty decent three point shooter, he just take very many of them. Nobody in the 80's and 90's really did.
@@rasxiel2493 Pistol pete hit shots from all over the court but no one says he’s a good 3 point shooter or even one of the top shooters cuz they didn’t have a 3 point line
Michael Jeffrey Jordan, 26 minutes of the most finest poetry in basketball, it just give me gosse bumps all over my skin every time I watch it. 🐐.
Those who did not live the 1990s might not know what I’m saying: Jordan made virtually every human on the planet stop to watch him. In Brazil, where I grew up, the ultimate soccer country, the NBA became mainstream. Everyone wanted to watch, play, talk basketball. Why? Michael Jordan.
The eastern conference was the more dominant conference when he was playing. Basically, all the titles came from his conference, accept when he was winning
Most of Jordan’s 3pt attempts from the 1st half of his career were bail out shots at the end of the shot clock which is why his career percentage is only 33 percent. The couple seasons that he decided to shoot more 3s, he ended up with some of the highest season averages still to this day. He showed he could shoot the 3 if he wanted to when he hit 6 against Portland just to prove a point
Facts!! :) His 33% avg was also the NBA average during his ERA which means he wasn't horrible at hitting 3s, he just chose not to shoot them so often since he was making 3 pointers the old fashioned way...i.e. drive to the hoop, enjoy some Air time, draw the foul, make the creative 2 point bucket, land back on the court, and then drain the easy free-throw to complete the MJ 3-pointer...☺
6 in the first half
Also, MJ scored over 32,000 points while shooting only 500 three pointers...
jordan is very competative, he would have dominated that too if he wanted to. it just so happen that threes werent a thing back then.
That’s what you don’t understand. Jordan was the competition. When you’re the alpha on Top everyone else is beneath you and doesn’t seem as great in comparison. A 40yr old Jordan played against the new era and showed how unstoppable he was then. Nothing would have changed 10, 20, 30, or 40 yrs later. Cuz not Bron not anyone can stop or do what he can do. He still holds the highest average 37.1ppg being MVP while in an era where they invented the Jordan rules. The same as the hack a Shaq rule. Why? Cuz they were basically unstoppable. Wouldn’t matter what era they play in.
You did not just say wizards jordan was unstoppable. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@joebidensmakeawish4834 explain how a 40yr old can score 54 points?
@@joebidensmakeawish4834 he may not have been the same for obvious reasons but he still was unstoppable. No one is shutting down Jordan. If he scores 5 points it’s not cuz of getting shutdown. It’s cuz of his own self. Learn the difference.
@@joebidensmakeawish4834 You clearly don't understand basketball. Go look up youtube video " Michael Jordan UNDERRATED years as a Wizard" You will see he was IQ Geniuses at that stage of his career.
@@joebidensmakeawish4834 You understand it's a "team" sport? Just because the Wizards didn't do well, does not equate to Jordan being stopped.
He wasn't a bad three point shooter. Not sure where you got that from. The 3 wasn't that big of part of the game until somewhat recently. If he played today bet he would have alot more. He would defiantly average alot of points per game if he played now. He would be more legendary than he already is.
Jordan would dominate todays game and average 40+ points. The athleticism of the players today is greater, but the defensive tenacity combined with the rules in the 90’s made Jordan’s challenges much harder than Lebron’s. There is no way Jordan would be stopped in todays game. Hell, when he played with the Wizards at the age of 40, he was still top 5 in the league. He was the best to ever do it.
His ability to react and adjust is one aspect of what made him unstoppable. An entire team would attempt to cover him because they KNEW he was coming - and he would cut through them all and still score. When he was playing, the emphasis on 3-pointers isn’t what it is today, but he still put up great numbers. He could score from anywhere.
Man, Mike was the first athlete that I knew was gonna gonna do everything he could. Win or die trying. I never felt like he just got his numbers and checked out mentally. He wanted every game like it was his last. I loved watching Jordan and Kobe for that mentality.
Those Highlights were only from his 6 Play-Offs, where he won his Rings. If You can only imagine, a Career Highlights reel would be at least 24 hours long, because Jordan
gave 110% Every game...
Joe Dumars said it best.People might say he was okay during his era.He said 20 years down the road people are going to say he is something else.He was right
The NBA is super soft nowadays. Breath hard on someone and it’s a flagrant. Jordan was dunking and dominating in the big men era. Sorry to break this to you kid. Lebronica wouldn’t be able to be as effective in the big men era with old school rules. After a hard foul. He would need to be carried off the court.
I agree that the rules got more “soft” for players.. although, there’s a highlight reel of LeBron bullying through contact. He’s a 6’8” power forward with guard abilities.. a lot of people moving out the way when he drives to the rack.
@@luhhvii they will just foul harder….no flagrant. Size doesn’t determine how tough you are mentally and physically….Lebron SUPER lacks mental toughness
@@luhhvii No comparison to getting hit night in, night out. LeBron wouldn't have half the points he does with that amount of contact.
@@luhhvii I don't know shit about basketball but I don't think lebron would have problems playing on a more physical era. That said, Jordan is still better overall regardless.
@@luhhvii look at who Lebron is dunking on compared to the best centers that Jordan is dunking on.
Greatest BB Player ever, dude was a beast both sides of the ball and he was doing this from college forward!
Jordan so good you can just say 23 and everyone knows who you're talking about. His greatness would be in any era and with today's rules...
What young people dont understand is the NBA has changed the rules since Jordon played and made the game so much easier. They dont understand hand checking and they are not crowed now when they shot.
Load Managment is a HUGE part of Lebron's Longevity.. no other player that is considered the GOAT, load Managed like Lebron does. That just shows the standards of today's generation. You dont value hustle and grit..
Neither do these kids watching them. They think it's cool to relax on defense and "save" yourself for offense. "Lebron has to do so much" they cry.
Also the lack of physicality helps him remain preserved. If he was being annihilated by goons of 80s and 90s he would have retired years ago. PEDs wouldn't have helped him with them savages.
@@katrinachavez3533 yeah, lots of people overlook that because they don't understand sport but it's a fact that lebron is on PEDs alongside almost all of modern nba players. There is no fucking way human can naturally be as durable as lebron is. But still even with PEDs his durability is really crazy.
@@antedzin6610 When you play alongside studs like Wade, Kyrie, AD, Westbrook - that demand a lot of attention by defenses, you as the best player get to relax a little while they create carnage. And when you haven't played solid man-on-man defense in over a decade - it allows you to remain fresh. So Bron's durability is not really crazy. Also, the league is soft. The ultra-plush Tempurpedic pillow fights at Hugh Hefner's mansion are more physical. Same for the NFL. Why you think Brady will be able to ball till he's half a century? If the Reggie Whites, Lawrence Taylors, Mike Singletarys, Ronnie Lotts, Steve Atwaters were touching him, he would have retired years ago.
32.7 career avg from 3 isn’t bad at all. Especially considering everything else he could do at an extremely high level. He was just so good at everything else that he was labeled that way.
Jordan averaged 1.7 attempts per game for his career - hardly enough to measure a player's ability from that distance. He did average 37.6% (1989-90) and 35.2% (1992-93), respectively, in seasons where he attempted almost twice his career avg. from the current distance.
You can't be the GOAT of an era. That's not what the term even means. GOAT is the greatest of *ALL TIME*, not a specific limited time.
I grew up in the era of MJ. My husband was a sports fan, and I liked football. He introduced me to a basketball game with the Bulls. I became an instant fan of MJ because of his finesse, athleticism, creativity, lack of fear, the way he attacked the ball, and so much more. Watching him during live game was magical.
Those were the times, to me, when basketball was a real man's game. It was intensely physical; nothing like watered-down versions today where physical contact is a foul -- might as well call it flag basketball; same with football. The NBA and NFL ruined both sports for me. I don't watch either now. What I do know is that MJ NEVER cried, whined, about the type of "fouls" today. Oh no, those would be considered whimpy. However, if MJ felt he was wronged...he got even and brought mental pain specifically to the one who wronged him. He was a beast on the court and a prolific trash-talker that rattled many of his opponents.
I can confidently say, that if MJ was in his prime and played against players today, he would completely dominate the entire industry. He could play any position, create chaos on the court by his sheer presence, and out-dunk, out-leap, out-fake, out-run, out-score, and out-think anyone today. That's just what I think based upon the basketball of the MJ era vs. today.
Eyetest is the truth!! All you have do is watch him play one game and you know!!!!
Most of the top 50 players ever were in jordans era! Aand you are going to say his competition wasn't as good as all the soft players wineing about touch fouls in today's era?!! *****..please!! Not to mention once he got past the defensive players on the three point line perimeter he had a ton of 7+footers always ready to not only to meet him once he hit the paint but were willing to be physically possible to stop him or commit nasty physical fouls unlike today! There is also no one in the middle in today's game like that and if there are they are not even close to being 7+footers!! It's not even close to the fake comparison lebron vs jordan debate! Infact if you are a real basketball iQ you would know that Dwayde is the closest talent, skill, clutch and most humble to jordan than kobe!!
I watched this live. I was born in 75. MJ was almost not human. You just knew if there was a shot that was needed he would hit it. The Cleveland shot and the shot vs Utah are iconic that will be memories forever.
U r so right. I never even doubted ever. I'm still not sure he really is human. But feel sorry for him at same time. It really is like he has a disease. Sad I saw some illuminator poses he did. I pray he didn't go that route but most famous people r blackmailed I to it.
Same year as me man
@@jeffreyadams3385 huh?
MJ thought Sam Perkins was gonna jump and try to block his shot, so that’s why he switched it from right to left. Those were MJ’s words. Also, MJ knows the guy well because he played with him in college. It was iconic because it was his 13th consecutive field goal, not points, in the game. And that was not an easy shot to make.
I stand up early before to go to school… about 4:00am here in Europe… for all the playoffs and finals of the Chicago Bulls in the 80‘s/90‘s to see MJ… Pippen… and all the other Icons of that Era. We all played Basketball day and night because of him. Greatest time ever… greatest player ever!
Love your reaction bro. It was awesome to watch every game Micheal Jordan played. I would change my schedule around just to see this man play.
A guy that plays with that kind of tenacity, aggression, never give up spirit, with nothing but winning on his mind cannot be called a goat just in his Era. You can't find that anywhere in the league now. LeBron can't match Jordan in any way.
Lebron took a shit on Jordan when it comes to longevity. At this point in lebrons career jordan had already retired a second time siting physical limitations and mental instability as his reasons.
All times mean exactly that. Any era. I can tell that you're feeling that emotional feeling when you watch him play. You won't get that with LeBron. The highlight reels are not the same. There's also some relevance in how he did it. Three straight? Twice? A stat, I think, represents him the most. Win the championship, defend the championship. Can't think of a team in NBA history that did it like MJ and the Bulls. Maybe the Warriors? Everybody else, win it, then lose it. San Antonio was infamous with that.
Shaq and Kobe Lakers. Three peat in 2000-2002, then kobe went to three straight finals again, winning two out of three in the tougher conference, like Jordan in the 90's. That's the only player you can compare, yet still so far away. Jordan will always be second to NONE.