10 NBA Legends Confessing Michael Jordan Was A God 

I don't care what anyone says, MJ and Kobe were a different breed. Hell with Lebron

December 27th, 1997. 12 year old white boy from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada lucky enough to have an uncle and aunt who lived in Highland Park, IL. Uncle told me that morning we were going out for a bite to eat that evening at “Mike’s Place”, be sure to wear your MJ jersey and Js. Evening comes and all of sudden we are close by the United Center. I still figured we were going to MJs restaurant. Start walking and suddenly we are in front of a gate to the stadium. I looked at my uncle with a weird look and said I thought we were going to “Mikes place” for supper and he replied, with the biggest smile “Yes, why do you think we are here?” I was completely and literally shocked and wasn’t sure if it was a joke. Bulls played the Hawks that night. I remember it all so very well and always will. Few things that still stand out: 1 - the intro music, that’s when I realized it was real. I asked my uncle why the crowd was booing Luc Longley every time he touched the ball and being told it was no booing but it was the crowd yelling LUuuuuuuuuuccc!! 2 - binoculars so my uncle could see the cheerleaders better 😂😂😂 3 - rodman had 29 freaking rebounds! 4 - MJ scoring 47! And Phil taking him out with lots of time left and him not hitting 50! 5 - the crowd cheering and encouraging rodman to shoot when he had the ball, especially if he was behind the 3 point line, and him doing so and hitting a 3!!!! We were in IL for Xmas and everyone knew I was going to the game, every1 kept it secret! Best Xmas present EVER and best surprise EVER! Biggest MJ fan before and bigger after! 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐😊

Dude, these MJ stories never get old. ❤❤❤ 🔥🔥🔥

Hell, i'm old and white, ( 4 years older than Mike ) and you can't have just one favorite M.J. story ! He was the Goat, and still is !

I remember when Bird said that 1st game, MJ scored 42 pts. Bird said that won't happen again, then next game MJ scored 63 pts

As a kid from chicago born in 1980 I got to see Jordan play. If felt like the city of chicago would shut down on game night. Its as if it was a holiday or something. It was crazy. Other than my dad MJ was someone i looked up to. Wish i had got a chance to meet him. Second to no one he is the GOAT.

You cut out AI saying to himself to stop looking at him and saying man he’s got on the Jordans 😂

Too hear Shaq say that you don't wanna mess wit God (referring to MJ) is the best compliment cause Shaq called him God and Shaq doesn't pass out compliments like that too nobody

All of the stories about Jordan are my favorite stories. They are all entertaining.

Bird & Magic saved the NBA - Jordan elevated it!

It's time, its time to admit that as great Lebron is..... MJ was just different just a once in a lifetime, human being.

My favorite MJ moment was January 15, 1998 when I got to see him play for the first time against AI and the 76ers. It was a special time.

People don't really realize the reason why michael jordan had this aura of invincibility was because he never lost on the biggest stage, and he was always the best player on the court. Whenever anybody tried to talk shit to him, he always got the last laugh. The saying goes, "When god bleeds, you no longer believe in him." Nobody ever made "god" bleed in Chicago

I'm 52 and I've never seen an athlete that had no weaknesses! That coupled with MJ would do something every game you had never seen before or since! 🐐

"there's a new sheriff in town", to their faces, is like a sign of respect when you think about it...

I'm 65 and have watched the 4 major sports my entire life. Baseball, Basketball, Football and Boxing... I've watched a dominant individual in each sport. People who embodied the sport while they played... Willie Mays, Jim Brown, Muhammad Ali and MJ. MJ is the closest to perfection in a sport that I've ever seen.

KG's story about talking trash to MJ as a rookie, and JR Ryder apologizing to Mike "He just a rookie man, He don't know any better Mike" Is one of the greatest MJ stories ever

To here how MJ makes people feel is amazing ❤

THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME STORY ... HIS AURA WAS MYSTICAL... HE IS JUST DIFFERENT

You know a player is great if they tell you a crazy story and also impact the rest of their life, and then they will never ever forget it. That is the GOAT 🐐

That's the influence of MJ the 🐐OAT of the game of basketball

This phrase will NEVER be mentioned to describe another player in the history of the NBA "it was God disguised as MJ" or any other player in the NBA again ya feel me bro LMBAO

NO MATTER WHO YOU LIKE OR LOVE, YOU GOTTA JUST APPRECIATE THE GREATS PERIOD 🤷🏾‍♂️💯

That first time Jordan retired, I still watched every game… and I can still remember praying to my God for him to return. And when he did, he brought us another 3 championships. 🍾🍾🍾 🐐🐐🐐💯

I started following NBA in 91 right when the Bulls started winning. MJ was everywhere.

I like how you mention Zion never seen Jordan play. I was born in 93 so to me Kobe is the greatest player I’ve ever seen, but because of the praise alone that Jordan gets, I could never put Kobe above him as the goat. The legend and accomplishments speak for themselves, Jordan #1, Kobe #2

Black Jesus didn't walk on water cause he preferred the air. The bald-headed Mike could still take flight "quick" as Eddie Murphy in Harlem Nights but the Air Jordan with hair was just unfair.

Have to give Michael every accolade possible. That being said, MJ made the NBA a business for the NBA players, the players were able to capitalize monetarily thru commercials, business ventures, etc because of 23. He made it all possible for black and white NBA and eventually WNBA players to make business moves to further engage their opportunities for wealth. God blessed that man

I was someone who does not like basket ball prior to watching MJ on the television set. In contrast, I was a soccer fanatic. Until I was almost 21, I went to the US for my college education from Asia. One fine day in 1991 while I was switching the channels, I stumbled upon a Chicago Bulls playoff game live on NBC. This was also the season MJ and the Bulls won their first NBA title. I was totally stunned and captivated by the moves and dunks of MJ. He made the game looks articulated and beautiful. From that moment on, I totally changed my bias towards the game. I started watching MJ and the Bulls whenever they played. Prior to that, I did come across past legends on the screen, like Karim and others. To me, it was nothing but a tall man putting the ball in the net. MJ is totally different from his predecessors of the game, he is out of this world. He made the game so fascinating to watch. He is exactly like Superman performing his superpower on a basket court. He totally changed my perception of game as a sport. It is like an atheist, not believing the existence of the higher beings or the Divine until he witnessed it with his own eyes. MJ became an indelible part of my memory.

beautifly put together. Couldn't imagine meeting Jordan in person. Even his name has it's own "AURA"

They’re all great takes but Magic ones are # 1 for me. He was there with / be MJ. He saw it happen live.

No one will ever replicate MJ. I remember his back turned to basket layup, no one could do it with the consistency he did. He was a virtuoso.

You don't care how much Magic embellishes the truth... He's such a wondeful storyteller :) I love his positive energy.

GOAT NOT EVEN CLOSE

I was in 3rd grade in CHICAGO when JORDAN scored 63 on BOSTON

The cigar

Men I used to call in sick just watch him omg he’s the goat all day everyday love you Michael

I’ll always feel lucky to grow up watching every game he played in.

Great list. Just an addition: I remember seeing Chamberlain said that “current players owe half of their paychecks to MJ”. I think it is a compliment that is hard to beat.

Man I’ve seen all these so many times but I still somehow get stuck into watching it again and I love it!!

Bro, if bird, probably the most arrogant and cocky player in the league, calls you a god, it’s because you’re a god.

Yeap everyone who watched him, have the same feeling, he was unique, no one made me enjoy so much the game like him.

This is the unparalleled truth! MJ was absolutely bigger than life... you was awwwwww ive never had the feeling i got when looking at mike on TV that ive ever got from ANYBODY! the glow and energy is REAL YALL

The Dream Team stories are the best. Magic, Chuck, Larry have such great stories of that time! That camaraderie while maintaining competitive spirit was beautiful.

a love it! thanks for this video man! it made my day!

I think people use jordan as a benchmark of greatness because he was the best of an era.

Great Video 😂😂😂 Stay Blessed, enjoyed every moment. 🙏🏿

Dope video 🔥💯💪🏾

I'm old enough to have seen all the sports stars from mid-70's to present. Kareem. Dr. J. Bird. Magic. Hakeem. Shaq. Kobe. Steph. LeBron. In other sports. Bradshaw. Payton. Montana. Rice. LT. Manning. Elway. Brady. Mahomes. Seaver. Rose. Schmidt. Brett. Ryan. Clemens. Rickey Henderson. Barry Bonds. Pujols. Mariano. Lafleur. Esposito. Bossy. Gretzky. Messier. Lemieux. Roy. Brodeur. Crosby. Pelé. Beckenbauer. Cruyff. Maradona. Ronaldo. Zidane. Ronaldino. Cristiano. Messi. Ali. Frazier. Sugar Ray. Roger Federer. Rafa Nadal. Djokovic. Carl Lewis. Michael Phelps. Usain Bolt. And the greatest and most exciting athlete ever to watch was Michael Jordan. By far.

Nice video brother!! ❤️🇵🇷✌🏼

Great video yo! Nice work

Without question…MAGIC’S STORY IS THE BEST!I’ve heard him tell it numerous times…hysterical each rendition.

Hell yeah great video!

These are all of them. All of my fave Jordan story!

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

Great content. Lots of fun

1st- awesome video. Really enjoyed it. Best story was from Lebron actually. Never seen that.

Great video!

LeBron was cracking Me up. "I THOUGHT HE WAS ONLY ON TV😂"😅

Michael Jordan Is So Iconic And His Shoes Are So Cold 🥶

Awesome video

Yoooo…that was great 👏🏾👏🏾Magic 🤣🤣 🙏🏾Kobe(RIP)

I remembered not missing a Bulls game on WGN, I needed my MJ fix 😅. The only other time its been like that for me was watching the great run the Warriors had specially when they where chasing the most wins in a season. Kurry is the 3pt GOAT, Michael was the complete package 🐐, Kobe comes in 2nd LeBron in 3rd, in my opinion.

MJ 🐐🐐🐐🐐

Awesome stories

MJ is the best because he was the greatest among the greatest.

Hilarious video.😄

Omg, how good those Dream Team scrimmages must have been! Perhaps the finest basketball ever played?🤔

I used to work at yhe Pelican Resort n I was lucky to meet MJ and Kobe I will never forget those moments 🤙🙏

I remember watching his game it was like every game he did something spectacular every game

I absolutely love the story told by Reggie Miller. There are two other stories I love that were not on this video. Kevin Garrnett and Byron Scott. I've always been a big MJ fan and enjoy all the stories about him.

One of my favourite Jordan moments is from Above & Beyond. The montage played after he announces his retirement leaves me breathless every time I watch it 😳 #SonicsForever

I’m from Scotland but have family in Chicago. I went to live there for 3 months back in the 1990s. Jordan was worshipped like a God. There was massive paintings of him on the sides of buildings. Down by the lake they had a museum full,of images and memorabilia belonging to him. I visited the Nike store and there was a full size basketball court and it had a statue or something in it of the man himself. Chicago was all about basketball, and they love Mike.

Nice and cool video

When he took starks and Oakley baseline and back then dunked on ewing, man gives me goosebumps everytime.

I was so lucky I guess to had watched my first ever NBA game on TV, and it was the 1993 finals with BULLS v SUNS. From that point on, Michael Jordan became my favorite of all the time. The GOAT in basketball.

The God G.O.A.T. will always be MJ his GOATNESS his Airness is God

I had the pleasure of meeting Michael in my home town of Wheaton Illinois where he held his basketball camp. I remember him playing in a pickup game of College players and pros like, BJ Armstrong, Will Purdue, Charles Oakley and others. The biggest impression he made on me was two fold, the fact that he played (literally) head and shoulders above everyone on the court! And his humility and humbleness, and his kind nature when I asked him at the end of what had been a long day to come over and sign some autographs for the group of handicapped adults that I had brought to see him! No black Jesus, no walking on water, just a humble guy who was very tired but took some time to sign up and chat up my group of about 12 individuals who will never forget that day! I myself don't worship people but the one thing that made me understand how people do, is when I went out the back where my bus was parked and his black Corvette was parked and it was covered bumper to bumper with notes from women! I really felt bad for the guy, I remember how human he was, how tired and how many people were still waiting outside to try to get a piece of him!

First time I saw jordan was when he won his first dunk contest...after that I watched him.through his career...amazing to see a talented amazing player...man......the bulls team and the USA dream team....absolutely dominating...

Greatest of all time, in any sport. The reverence Mike receives is like nothing I’ve ever seen.

Now i can take out of my head the image of dave chappelle as MJ with that aura, lol

Can't argue with it !!

I loved watching basketball back in the day... had many dominant teams, much talent. Every year any team could of went all the way, so MJ was in a very talented pool and came out on top... that's what makes him special, along with the bulls team... I remember being excited not only to watch one team, but, to watch all the teams come out in a new season to see the fire and intensity they had to win that championship... I have never felt this way since, drama and the new Era has lost what once was... NBA is now like the WNBA, not fun to watch and people more about themselves than to build a team legacy which will lead to your own... MJ knew this and lived it everyday... he demanded it from himself and of his teammates... got to love it...

When Jordan walked onto the court you just knew he was the best player. He was poetry in motion, a ballerina in a basketball uniform. Everything these players do today MJ has already done and done it better there is nothing more to see.

It was like Charlie Murphy said He had an Aura! 😂

In come fly with me when he said when I’m at the top of my game you are at my mercy

The 🐐

At the end of the day, basketball is also a form of entertainment...Meaning, we pay or watch something to be entertained...So thru out history of basketball, there's been many great players with great handles, great shooters, great strong big men, big men can do things smaller men can, there's been great moves, and so on..but there's one thing that set Michael apart, the thing that he can with that extra ' HOLY SHIT ' response from the fans and that is ' in the air '.. And yes, there's been 'sky walkers ' aka David Thompson, Dr J ( who's actually my favorite, my GOAT ) but Michael seems to defy the gravity even more so and he's also quicker and faster in the air...THAT, is what I think sets him apart is what he does in the 'air' , and no human / player will ever be able to duplicate what he did.. We are more in 'awe ' when we see or think a human can fly or float...It's something we all dream of since we were kids.. Michael is the closest thing to it..

Jordan was my heroe in 90´s. Out of this World

Greatest ever.

The Bird story after the 63 definitely got the Black Jesus narrative going, love Magic’s story and Iverson’s Dave Chappelle reference is classic, if I could I would make a GIF of an aura around MJ with some Rick James playing in the background 🤣🤣 “give it to me baby”!!!

he was the best from the first time he touches. the floor and every budy. admit that even before he wins any ring LeBron fools fan

Micheal Jordan had the glow like in the movie "The Last Dragon". Lots of Love and Respect to Black Jesus. It was pure beauty to see him and the entire team "The Bulls" play the game of basketball. Thank you!

Kobe to Mike "You don't know me, we going at it 💯😂"

Bro lok at the way Mike moves at 11:15 to 11:20 . That move was i sane 🤯

Okayy debate is overr

Great vid.. Only "issue" is that you cut off the best part of Allen Iverson's story.. other than that, awesome

After Mike retired for good the league tried to make another Jordan by completely eliminating hand-checking. Scoring since 2004 has a big asterisk attached to it.

*Undisputed End of GOAT Debate right here* Honestly the only people I ever see praising Lebron over Jordan, are all guys under 30 years old and weren’t even alive during the era of the Bad Boys Pistons, or the Showtime Lakers. You just cannot be in a GOAT debate with people who haven’t lived in the era when the original greats played. Statistics alone don’t show greatness.. it’s a combination of stats, competitiveness, clutch plays, Championship WINS versus Loses, *fear factor* (Jordan’s Killer instincts), and the way he changed the game. The NBA has changed since the one and only MJ, and teams like the 1989 and 1990 Detroit Pistons had to actually invent new rules to try and take Jordan down, because he was a team killer.. an ASSASSIN. So they invented “The Jordan Rules”, which consisted of fouling the shit out of him, knocking him down, and beating him up physically. You will never find a book called “The Lebron Rules”, because the league is different now and those types of fouls and physicality isn’t even allowed anymore. Lebron is playing in a much weaker league that is less physical. Jordan had to play against the most Notorious flagrant foul team of all time in the Pistons, and also the New York Knicks in the 90’s, and he beat the crap out of them several times after those first two losses to the Pistons in the playoffs in 89’ and 90’. Jordan won every single championship he played in consecutively after that with the Bulls, on the same team he came in with. He didn’t sell out and go to another team to join other great players. He stayed with his squad, even after his father died and he retired in 94’ and 95’.. and came back to Chicago with completely different role player guys beside Scottie Pippen, and still won three more in a row. Jordan no doubt would have won those two championships in those two years, had he not retired. But the fact that he took two years to play a completely different sport and mourn the loss of his father, then come back and win like he didn’t even take a break, is a feat that nobody has ever done in any sport. Before Michael Air Jordan came to the league, it was ALL about the big man Center game. Your best players were always the big man types like Bill Russel, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Bill Walton, Ralph Sampson, etc.. that’s why Hakeem Olajuwon was the #1 pick in the draft by Houston and Jordan was #3 in 1984. After Jordan started dominating and winning championships, every player wanted to “Be like Mike”, and every team wanted a Michael Jordan TYPE of player. So every star player that came AFTER Michael Jordan, had imitated HIS game to a point where everyone was doing fade away jump shots, driving to the basket with ferocity, shooting three pointers, doing incredible dunks, and wearing air Jordan sneakers. The superstar signing Mega Million dollar shoe deals all came from the original Michael Jordan and Nike deal. Michael changed the face of the game, and inspired everyone else to be great after him. Look at Kobe Bryant.. he is literally Michael Jordan in a different body with younger legs. Same killer instinct and same competitive nature, literally same looking jump shot and similar drive moves to the basket. No other NBA players game has been imitated like Michael Jordan’s. Without Michael Jordan, we would have never seen a Kobe Bryant, or Allen Iverson, Ray Allen, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Dwayne Wade, Stephen Curry, or yes even Lebron James. All of these men are who they are BECAUSE of his Airness, Michael Jordan. Here’s a video which shows some of what I speak of, outside of stats: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yiKCnvO09q8.htmlsi=jLBJhWv0z5mZYAhq Also, nobody talks about defense in these debates. Lebron is a phenomenal offensive player and he is the greatest force to ever drive to the basket and dominate as a power forward. But Lebron isn’t a great Defensive player like Jordan was. Jordan won Defensive Player of the year once, and made the NBA’s All Defensive Team several years in a row, on top of all of his scoring titles and championships. This right here is what separates Jordan from Lebron, and you cannot bring any argument for Lebron to compare. Further more, when you ask the actual NBA players who played with Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, AND Lebron James.. and 100% of these NBA players would pick Michael Jordan over Lebron in a GOAT debate. I trust NBA players who played against them for this debate y’all. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SCk7pm8zV4k.htmlsi=uGYstt_u9Dgee2tk I am 46 and I have seen them all play since the Showtime Lakers and George Gervin days in San Antonio. I grew up with this game and played in high school. In the 80’s and 90’s, Michael Jordan was GOD, and literally everyone wanted to be like Mike. Every baller imitated his moves. Everyone to this day wears his clothes, including Lebron James himself, who wears Jordan’s jersey number. Lebron desperately wants to be like Mike, and certainly would like to be the “King” of basketball.. So I’ll give Lebron the King status, but MJ will always be a basketball GOD. Another point that must be spoken about, which every Lebron fan hates to consider, is Lebron James’s first ten seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers. In that time he went to the NBA Finals only one time, and got SWEPT by my San Antonio Spurs in 2007. Then he decided to leave his team and join a superstar team in Miami, and he lost in the Finals to my second favorite team the Dallas Mavericks in 2011. That’s the first 10 years of Lebrons total career. Then, after he finally won his first two titles with Miami, he lost again to my Veteran San Antonio Spurs in 2014, blowing the Miami Heat Out 4 games to 1. After that debacle, it was the new era dynasty team Golden State Warriors that dethroned him three times, in embarrassing fashion 2015, 2017 (4 games to 1), and again in 2018 (SWEPT), after he finally got one more Championship back in Cleveland. Lebrons entire first half of his career was a total bust, and you absolutely have to count those first years and all of those championship loses in this debate argument. Lebron James’s NBA Finals record will always be the Achilles heal of his Legacy. Can’t ignore this, and you will never be able to say the same about the Emperor Michael Jordan, Ever. MJ won every championship he played in, and on top of that, he single handedly was the “Title Robber” of some of the greatest basketball players to ever play in the NBA, including Karl Malone, John Stockton, Charles Barkley, Dan Majerle, Patrick Ewing, Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Clyde Drexler, Dominique Wilkins, Sam Bowie, Anthony Hardaway, Chris Mullen, Alonzo Morning, and Christian Latener, all of which are Hall of Fame players (except Christian). Lebron never did anything like that to anyone. www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/nba-reviewing-lebron-james-s-six-nba-finals-losses-ss And for those who want to talk Stats and facts only, well here’s some more from the Greatest of All Time that you have never considered in the GOAT debate, compliments of Mr. Michael Air Jordan. This isn’t even a debate for those who know the FULL stats and facts. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xyngBl-C58w.htmlsi=w5VErl7ZRhBOP3FN For the Advanced Stats that people seek to forget about MJ, and Lebron fans certainly never consider.. this is the one breakdown that 100% solidifies Michael Jordan’s GOAT status forever, and Lebron James will never catch him with his longevity argument. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_33SbsskbPU.htmlsi=me47YyG7WCedxGSx And lastly, I want all of you Lebron James fans to do me a favor.. Look down at your feet right now and be honest with me.. You are wearing a pair of AIR JORDANS on your feet right now aren’t you? Or you have at least three pairs of Air Jordan’s in your closet. That is all I want to say. The Acronym GOAT 🐐 stands for Greatest of All Time, and that first word Great comes from many factors. Never forget the man who paved the way for all the smaller and medium sized players to have the spotlight. Lebron has achieved many great feats, and is now even a Billionaire (Mike was the first sports mega Billionaire).. But nobody will ever compare to the one and only Legendary Michael Jordan.

in Philippines bout '92 i remember how everybody see him the GOAT of basketball, and as of this time still no one can match what we saw then up till now.