Destroying the Michael Jordan critiques ONE BY ONE for the GOAT 

Craziest thing I heard a person say was “that right there made me The GOAT” 😂

I once heard a guy say he was “activating playoff mode”, only nothing happened 😂

Goats don’t flop and wink at you afterwards. Goats don’t flop. Period.

Jordan’s rookie season was better than most other MVP seasons. Look it up.

Jordan is the goat because he has the best case for being the goat

Pippin should thank his lucky stars that he had the opportunity to play with Jordan. I lived in Chicago and saw Jordan play for years and I watched the best player to ever play. And I seen the 60s Lakers play, the 70s Lakers play the 80s/90s Bulls play and Kobe's Lakers play (and Shaq too). MJ is the GOAT. Nuff' Said.

On point and a LeBron fanboy's nightmare. What I've always said is that LeBron fanboys have to give excuses why LeBron lost so much while coming up with excuses on why MJ won so much. Also, as far as I'm concerned, you've just touched the tip of the iceberg. When anybody, who has any sense, begins to explore deeper, the differences between MJ and LeBron then, the chasm becomes much wider. There really is, nor should there ever have been, any comparison between the two.

I don't know why y'all hate on Jordan Jordan is the 🐐

Jordan was so good you never wanted to miss a single bulls game and after left the league there no reason to even watch anymore as Jordan was basketball perfection bar none

The Scottie Pippen argument against Jordan was always dumb and you can tell they were just trying to find excuses. Pippen became an All-Star level player in his prime but was never the driving force of those championships. Right before Jordan came back in the 95 season, the Bulls were barely above .500 and there were many reports that they wanted to trade Pippen. And after 96, Pippen was on the decline especially when it came to defense.

21 years and they still cant dethrone him

No question that MJ is the only goat ...No excuses ..LeBron is good but is no goat ....21 seasons ..longevity and total points ..Jordan really had 14 seasons... look at all he has done for himself and basketball..Nobody will ever do what he did ..but lets forget about his stats ..Jordan is a way better all around player and as everyone knows probably the best scorer of all time ...MJ's game had no faults only made up ones from LeBron fans trying to degrade Jordan's game ...You watch him play and that is all you need to know that he is the goat ...Nobody in today's game is comparable ....Kobe was way better than Lebron but they skip Kobe completely thinking that LeBron should be compared to the Goat ....MJ....Sorry LeBron fans ...he is not even close ..Lebron has a tough time being part of Mount Rushmore...Jordan is the goat ..The End

All i have to say it wake me up when someone else gets 2 3-peats with no Game 7.

His athleticism is unmatched,fluid intelligent movement

The crazy thing I have head is that Jordan "couldn't go left, had not left". Smh, some people will say anything. To me Jordan is the goat

The real debate is who is 2nd best. Everyone who witnessed MJ knew what was happening.

The 90's was the golden age by far. 2000's to 2010 was 2nd because of the Lakers and Spurs.

There is no opinion, MJ is the GOAT ... In fact, MJ is so GOAT that he has 2 birthday's.

MJ is the goat anyone who says any different obviously never seen him play and has no understanding of the history of basketball

Fantastic analysis!!! They say Jordan had no left, I don't get the significance of that. He three-peated twice! Jordan had Phil Jackson, no other superstar I can recall has ever been critiqued because of his coach. The new age fans can't appreciate the game. It is no longer Xs and Os, it now resembles playground pickup game which they think is normal.

This video is spot-on there can be no case built for a player from lies, deceit, half-truths, and excuses let a player's resume be the determining factor

I love this video, great points, sorry for the long comment but really if I had a basketball youtube channel this would be one of the video I'd make to make young generation to understand how great MJ was, I'd love to talk to you about your videos, you are great! You very wittily pointed out the fact that the Bulls during MJ's rookie season lost against a title contender nobody remembers that as the 80s were dominated by Lakers Celtics and in the early years 76ers, but the Bucks had the 3rd best record in the league that season behind only the teams who ended up to face in the finals Lakers and Boston, the Bucks had one of the best offence in the league and had the second best defense in the league, also they were 50+ win team from season 80-81 to season 86-87, so we are talking about hands down one of the best team of the 80s!!! Moreover the Bulls in the 13 season with MJ (and taking in acount his second season and the 94-95 season, he lost 81 games so it's more 12 season that 13, but whatever...) they lost only against either title contenders or teams who went to the finals: Buck, Lakers, Celtics, Pistons and Magic. In any other case every other team who faced the Bulls between mid 80s to 1998 lost against the Bulls with MJ. I loved also that you talked about the low value of some of MJ's teammates, not to say they were always thrash but still just by watching some games in the 80s one can see that countless times MJ passed the ball even under the rim even to 6.10 ft or 7 ft players and they were missing badly very easy layups, ok in those years the paint was crowded, but I saw games with Bulls centers missing under the rim in ways that are almost unreal, so the myth MJ was not a team player is untrue is just that at a certain point you see that most of the times you try to have you team involved but they miss, so you rather attempt for yourself at least the chance the ball gets into the rim is higher and since the goal of the game is to score more than the opponent, that was only one option...as a matter of fact the triangle offence was implemented to releave MJ of the offensive burden as prior to Jackson other teams knew the Bulls were not good on the offence and they also knew once you brought down MJ they had close to zero other offensive options, they didn't succeed much but still that was the tactic! Great point also about other teams during MJ era, nobody has a problem with other teams leader but when it comes to MJ they either say he was a selfish and that's why LeBron is greater as he is preceived as unselfish or they say the exact opposite so that MJ needed other players to win and that shows MJ was not as good, both statements are contraddictory at best and that alone shows another feeble and goofy attempt of many to discredit MJ; but why the same logic is never applyed for instance to Kareem or Kobe or LeBron? If one does that it's pretty easy to discredit other players but so if one says that "against" LeBron or Kareem is an hater, if said to MJ is facts? It's just childish and overall silly to think that way so kudos on you as you very clearly explained it! Your last point about number of wins per season it's pretty simple to me: the average superstars in today's NBA don't play as many games as they did in the 90s so the teams can't win as much! The reality to me is that most stars play as little as possible to secure being included in the rankings for the awards and to secure a place into the playoffs for the team, but no more than that, some of them load manage even during the playoff, if any star in the 90s would have done that, they would have been crushed by the media, young generations can't even understand the scope of it! In the decade 90s every top 10 play in the major stat categories missed games only for real injuries not to rest and very few games per seasons, and 4 or 5 players in the top 10 of each cathegory played at least 80 games and most of them 2500+ minutes and some even 3000 minutes or more per season. This season alone it's embarrassing to say the least as the only players in the top 10 including all major stats categories (pts, rebs, assists, steals and blocks) to play 80 or more games are Donte DiVincenzo, Sabonis and Holgrem period, nobody else!!!! In the top 20 is one or two more players, no more!!! But the superstars...none of them cracked 80 games, NONE! The closest are Anthony Edwards and Nikola Jokić and DeMar DeRozan all with 79 games, in contrast with the 90s were players like Hakeem Olajuwon, Mutombo, Malone, MJ, Reggie Miller, Payton, Stockton and many many others played at least 80 games and most of the times all 82 games, the last time a superstar player played all 82 games (besides Nikola Jokić in 20-21 who played all 72 games in the Covid season!) is LeBron James in 17-18 and he was 33 years old!!! The media are bombarding us about how much more efficient the training is and how much more athletic today's players are, are they? 'Cause 30 years ago at least 140 players per season played at least 75 games, this season only 75 players in total played more than 75 games and about minutes the difference is staggering in the 90s at least 70 players each season played 2,500 minutes or more per season, this season just 31 players!!!! And people are weary about old heads can't watch today's NBA, that's why!!!

All the NBA wears the Jumpman logo, isn’t he the GOAT just for that?

Barkley: There's MJ, then there's the rest of us.

Exactly, in the beginning, was basically MJ by himself... MJ and ? vs Magic Kareem Worthy Cooper Green.... MJ and ? vs Bird Parish McHale DJ Ainge... MJ and ? vs Isaiah Dumars Laimbeer Rodman It was never the Bulls vs any of those teams, it was MJ by himself vs those great teams (Bird even said so)...even scoring 60 he lost cuz it was basically just him..also MJ got swept by teams that made it to the finals and/or won the finals....put any one of those other players with that dru#*ed up mid 80s Bulls team and they don't win either...when MJ finally got a better team around him they were unstoppable but even with a better team make no mistake, he was still the best player on all those Bulls teams and carried the lions share... MJ played in a tough conference...hard to get past Celtics, Pistons, and more...for instance if Lebron was in the same conference as the Warriors, Spurs or mavs he would have only made half the finals he did since they would have put him out before the finals... Let's look at MJ's 84/85 teammates: Orlando Woolridge, Quintin Dailey, Dave Corzine, Dave Greenwood, Steve Johnson, Caldwell Jones, Ennis Whatley, Wes Matthews, Jawann Oldham, Sidney Green, Rod Higgins, Charles Jones, Chris Engler Orlando is the only recognizable name but still just an average player…how is that group supposed to compete against the already championship caliber Celtics/Pistons/Lakers? 85/86 MJ was out with a foot injury Let's look at MJ's 86/87 teammates: Charles Oakley, John Paxson, Gene Banks, Dave Corzine, Earl Cureton, Brad Sellers, Sedale Threatt, Steve Colter, Elston Turner, Mike Brown, Granville Waiters, Ben Poquette, Darren Daye, Fred Cofield, Pete Myers, Perry Young ...getting a little better…at least Oakley and Paxon are recognizable names lost to the Celtics 0-3 (was best of 5) Let's look at MJ's 87/88 teammates: now we finally add Pippen and Grant but they weren't the players yet that they would later become…they only avg'd 7pts a game at this time lost to Pistons 1-4 Let's look at MJ's 88/89 teammates: Pippen and Grant are starting to produce at 12 to 14ppg…added Cartwright, Hodges lost to the Pistons 2-4 Let's look at MJ's 89/90 teammates: NOW Pippen Grant Cartwright and even Paxon were starting to click and turn into the players the Bulls needed them to be lost to the Pistons 3-4 NOW the 90/91 team Jordan, Pippen, Grant, Cartwright, Paxon, Armstrong could finally match/beat/sweep the Pistons Isaiah, Dumars, Rodman, Laimbeer, Salley… See the progression? 1 to 4, then 2 to 4, then 3 to 4, then 4 to 0 sweep…THAT is how you build a team to get over the hump…not teamhopping to join up with already established stars..

man, I feel bad for all RU-vidrs who have to defend MJ due to this TikTok generation's lack of knowledge. anyway, subscribed!

The real exclamation point is if look back at his college days North Carolina did advance to the NCAA Championship when Michael Jordan wasn't on the team and lost the championship and they didn't win the championship until Michael jordan was on the team that's when they won in 1982

They used to say Score first SGs can't win. He won 6

LeBron is a pass first player, LeBron is pass first, but Jordan has a Finals in which he bested LeBron's best Finals assist numbers. Go figure. #WeDoneWithCasuals

Wow! Lebum has made a total of only 5 game winning shots in the regular season and 2 game winners in the playoffs! A total of 7, IN 21 SEASONS!!! STRAIGHT GARBAGE!!

Great analysis. I wish this video could be shown to Nick Wright. He might have a mental breakdown trying to handle this logic.

The argument I hear a lot is that Jordan had the best number 2 player of all time, which is crazy. Kobe Bryant, Duane Wade, John Stockton, Kareem, A.D. just to list a few were better number 2 players than Pippen, who only averaged 16 points in his career.

. . However, not many can pull off a half-court flop

There's a reason why someone who excels in a certain sport is called the Michael Jordan of that sport.

Jordan, LeBron, Kareem, Magic, Bird, Wilt... all have legit cases to be the GOAT.... it's personal preference at the end of the day. Just enjoy the greatness

Gotta call these people out for what they are - LIARS. Anyone who omits that MJ average 45 PPG in a series while Scottie averaged 10 PPG while claiming that MJ needed Scottie is lying. Anyone who omits that LeBron didn't even make the playoffs his first few years while criticizing young MJ for not beating the Bird Celtics is lying. The only real criticisms I've ever heard of MJ are that 1. he was not a nice person and 2. he did lost to the Magic and play poorly in that 94-95 playoffs series. Everything else is a just a flat-out lie.

Brother enough said! These debates about LBJ is the Goat and not MJ is pure ignorance. MJ all day! Thanks for your video bro.

MJ before his first ring even arrived is more accomplished that entire NBA careers

Watching mjs career was a blessing, i can see through all these phonies who claim to be the guy

The craziest thing I heard someone say was the 90s was watered down due to the expansion teams. Then you look at the draft picks on those expansion teams at the time and this analogy is ridiculous.

I always hear some people saying that LeBron is better than MJ but they never gave me any argument that made sense. I am still waiting on someone to provide me a reason of why LeBron would be better, because he always falls short.

MJ IS THE MF’n G. O. A. T! It’s not even close. LeBalco is not better than Bird, Kareem, Hakeem, Kobe, Julius or Magic!

People say he had no left hand, which isnt true. Then a vid was made showing he not only had a left hand but used ut just as much as his right 😂

I would go so far as say greatest team sports player of all time .. I'll allow Pele as nr second when I'm in a generous mood (rare). No one has done more for their sport than Jordan as a team player, no one has moved their game forward, internationalised interest in their sport, became the unquestioned face, highlight and gear of their sport in the eyes of the entire world in the same way. If you dont recognise how exceptional his achievements in and for the game are, maybe you don't know sport - and thats on you.

Michael Jordan won a NCAA Championship game against Georgetown with Patrick Ewing and hit the winning shot. MJ was already a winner coming into the NBA 🐐

Folks - check who has a better offensive rebound average? Or a better 3 point pct in the Playoffs? MJ & LBJ are tied for the former and Mike leads the second.

MJ 30-7 playoff series record...6 of those teams went to NBA Finals and 3 times he lost to the champs. Opponents who beat MJ in the playoffs averaged 59.7 wins in those seasons 🤯

Jordan got drafted in 1984. Scored more points in the 80s. Pippen came in 87. Played more than 6 for 6. Hes was a phenomenon. But started winning rings in 91. And the 90s were outstanding. But it wasn't the 80s

They also leave out the fact that Grant and Scotty went three for 17 in Game 7 in 1990 vs Detroit.

The Bulls reaching their pinnacle had as much to do with the team understanding and executing the triangle offense as Pippen and Grant coming into their own. Also too many people have no idea how deadly the Bulls defense was in the championship era. Great video

All facts 💯 all the time millennial and piston fans old school heads had Kareem as they're goat

"Jordan needed competent players who can help out"... This statement explains why Jordan was able to win all those championships with only ONE all-star player.

Amazing video!!

Jordan’s 1988 season is filled with enough accolades to get a player into the HOF if he did that in a career…and that’s years before he even won his 1st ring.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion and they can use whatever “facts” they choose. What it boils down to is it’s a ridiculous conversation

They compare evryone to Jordan but they compare Jordan to perfection...

I think Jordan’s the Goat but on ur last point I have to admit that using 50 win teams as ur metric for competition is flawed. This is due to their being expansion teams added into the league, these teams essentially gave free wins to the more dominant teams. Obviously some expansion teams developed over time such as the magic and the heat but initially they were weak teams that led to inflated team records.

Every case, for anyone but Jordan (as the GOAT) is built on quicksand using magical thinking.

Pistons got old and so did the Celtics

A GOAT never says he's the GOAT (or EXPECTS to be named the GOAT)... a GOAT lets everyone else say it for him. If you really listen to MJ, he always gives props to the older generations, saying, "It's not fair to compare me to them, because we never played each other. It was a different time, a different era." Each generation has their own version of a GOAT. HOWEVER... Like him or hate him, LBJ has surpassed many people statistically, but humility is one stat he needs to learn to embrace. The craziest thing I ever heard come out of LBJ's mouth was when he said, "I'm taking my talents to Long Beach", and then promised the fans that, "we're gonna win championships !!! Not 1... not 2... not 3... not 4... not 5... not 6... not 7"... and then only won TWO, played for the team for FOUR years... and bailed on them, just like he bailed on Cleveland !!! LBJ... stop making promises you can't deliver on... you're not MJ. MIKE DROP, B!TC#E$ !!! Oh, and how many times did MJ lose in the finals... 11 (but he still has SIX RINGS) Look it up... PEACE

Mike wigged on that ref….he tossed him like a baseball ump 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I think the main reason Jordan is dissed is because of a strong desire among many to think that the present is always better than the past. If GOAT always privileges Greatest of MY Time, it becomes a silly and misleading label.

Great losing Stats on Michael Jordan, and information. Awesome critique. MJ is the G.O.A.T.

I believe Pippen thinks that he absolutely did help Jordan win…. But the numbers are hard to argue against, great job… I grew up watching the 3 peats and I am a born and raised LA Lakers fan… but MJ is the only player who I would watch over my team

Detroit Pistons fan here and Jordan was the goat

Regardless of what anyone says about him, no one has got his game. His game is by far superior to anyone else's to this day, in my opinion. And at the end of the day, this is what did all of his talking. It doesn't need our confirmation. It's there for us all to see. It's the truth. " There's no hang-time like Mike's " Fact!

Very nice job. Thanks. Gotta' remember that Jordan was also double- and even triple-teamed far more than most any other player. Talk about playing handicapped? And he still averaged 34+ pts per game.

Im tired of the use of GOAT. Being the goat in sports used to be a bad thing. That being said, MJ is still the best there's been and I wasn't a Bulls fan.

Jordans 87-88 season was insane. No player has ever came close to putting a season up like that season. He took home almost every award there is. Jordan has more awards in his career than LeBron and Durant combined. Until a player can put up that kind of season MJ will STAY the GOAT. Lebron isn't the goat, he is great and is a one of a kind player who's longevity at such a high level is something very special but he didn't have the impact that MJ did and most importantly was no where near as dominant as MJ. LeBron coming back against the Warriors to win a chip was insane

Jordan is my favorite player ever, easily. I thought he was the goat by far for a long time--until I saw the remastered footage of Wilt Chamberlain. Oh Lord.

Fun fact, since Jordan rookie year, he has taken the Bulls to the playoffs. Yes Jordan got swept twice by a HOF team but what did Jordan do, he learned from his losses, stood with the team, never went to join/start a Super Team, & dominated. Jordan has always praised Pippen cause with Pippen, there wouldn’t be no Jordan but in reality, Jordan was being humble cause the Bulls had the opportunity to get a better superstar than Pippen. If it wasn’t for Jordan, the Bulls wouldn’t be the team it was cause of him. Jordan made everyone great around him.

Mj, Kobe, Bird, Wilt, LeBron. In that order, for overall greatness. Pure scoring, Cury, rebounds, Rodman, steals, Bouges, presence, Shaq, passing, Magic. Everyone played their game their way, MJ just played The Game the best.

The GOAT also has an NCAA championship, with the winning shot.

"Like Mike, If I can be like Mike!"

Great video analysis man! Way to break it down man. ALso, when people say that Jordan couldn't shoot the 3, remind them to look up the career playoff averages of 3s between MJ, Kobe, and Lebron.

Whoever says that jordan is not the most gifted and inpactful nba player with the most insane results is simply delusional. This dude is a league of its own.

Dude this video is PERFECT for shutting up nay sayers….. I’m saving it and gonna share when in these conversations. MJ MJ MJ is the goat.

30-7 in playoff series. Nos let that sink in kids

Great analysis, keep it up! That last point about how many 50+w teams in the 90s should not be taken lightly!

This ain't about how he plays the game.........the NBA would still be under baseball, if Jordan had not elevated it to a GLOBAL level that it is now.........people like LeBron would never be heard of.......

Desperate people come up with desperate arguments like saying Jordan as a rookie didn't win in the playoffs until Pippen arrived. Well, Lebron didn't even make the playoffs in his rookie years and needed 2 All stars on his team to win a championship, unlike Jordan with just one.

How dope it must be to just sit back and have millions of others defend your status…..! #hisairness

When you think of the player who wore the No. 23, you will always think of Michael Jordan He was so good that even Miami Heat retire the No. 23 jersey.

Point One: no one should expect a single rookie, however talented, to rescue an entire team. But given his talent, for Chicago to win 11 more games, is not saying a whole lot. Compare that to Bird and his first year; the Celtics won 31 more games and ended with the division's best record. (or, so I just read online).

MJ is a very underrated passer, blocks, defense overall, steals, assists, off ball playmaker, overall playmaker, handles,a leader. Kids nowadays know him as only a scorer.

Great video. Jordan haters always bring up the same arguments which are always factually wrong. The "Jordan is 1-9 in the Playoffs without Pippen" is one of their favorite arguments, but it is factually wrong. Jordan was actually 2-9 in the Playoffs without Pippen because Pippen missed game 4 of the 1990 ECSF against Philadelphia and Jordan led them to the road win by scoring 45 points (16-31FG, 1-2 3P, 12-13 FT) with 11 Assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks. But this doesn't scratch the surface of the truth that Jordan led the Bulls to so many playoff victories when Pippen contributed nothing. For example: Game 1 of the 1988 playoffs against Cleveland when Pippen had 0 points (0-5 FG) while Jordan had 50 points, Game 2 of the 1988 series against Detroit when he scored 4 points while Jordan had 36, Game 3 against Detroit in 1989 when Pippen had 7 points on 2-10 shooting while Jordan had 46 and hit the game winner, Game 2 against the Knicks in 1992 when Pippen had 6 points on 2-12 shooting while Jordan had 27 on 12-24 shooting, Game 5 against Miami in 1997 when Pippen had 2 points and only played 6 minutes when Jordan had 28 and closed out Miami to make the Finals Game 1 against Indiana in 1998 when Pippen had 4 points on 1-9 shooting while Jordan had 31. These are just the wins! This doesn't include the games where Pippen contributed nothing and Jordan carried the Bulls to near victories, The truth is Jordan never needed Pippen to be successful in the Playoffs. He just needed decent support players. I give Pippen credit because he improved every year to the point where he became an all-star too, but he was never responsible for Jordan's success in the playoffs.

The other thing about people talking about Jordan didn’t win until Pippen: Pippen first season he was a bench warmer, and during the first Championship season Pippen wasn’t even selected as an All-Star. Also Pippen’s career numbers were about the same as Chris Bosh’s.. so Jordan just needed a Chris Bosh in order to win his first three-peat.

The only players that should be allowed to be argued with His Airness are The Captain Kareem , the Big Dipper Wilt , and Bill Russell! Period. Outside of 🎩 and 🐦 those men changed the game in some form. Rules where made to eliminate their dominance and elevated if not saved the game, and made it global. Lebron, Shaq, and whomsoever you want to claim as a goat has to get past those 5 first to reach Billy status. Allen iverson and Magic are the only 2 players I love Outside of the 🐐 Michael Jeffrey Jordan

Jordan can't go left is probably the worst of them all.

Jordan is the goat because of what we watched him do night in and night out his attack was relentless on both ends of the floor

Hate Mj23 for dstroying my childhood fav team, but love him for being the goat in nba history, who i had chance to witness.

And this was when teams were scoring 90 points a game.

The younger generation of NBA fans must watch this video to help them understand why MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN is the GREATEST OF ALL time. Thank you for making this video, Love how you breakdown the details of MJ's greatness. 👏👏👏👏

Jordan its better than any other basketball player, that's the real truth...

Nice critique & breakdown about why MJ is the GOAT. With all of the conversation on the GOAT debate between MJ & LeBron, let's just say if LeBron played in MJ's era, any conversations discussed about LeBron would be in a back seat way to any about MJ at the same time. Prime MJ vs prime LeBron would not even be a contest, just an embarassment on the LeBron side. LeBron is a terrific player, but can only be compared to players outside of MJ. When given a test, no-one in the game was/is better than Michael Jordan. Simple as that.

MJ would've been averaging 60 points a game in today's game 💪😎

Best player I’ve ever seen play is Jordan. Only other players I wish I could’ve watched..Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell.

Was never a real debate just a media fabrication of a debate. Jordan is GOAT . Period.

Excellemt video brother- great points all around. Jordan also took over day 1. Edit: MJ lost and OVERCAME the Pistons

Thank you!!! People tend to forget that '91 finals where MJ was out assisting Magic for the series, until the last game, where Magic recorded over 20 assists. MJ average 11 assists in those finals!!!! People that have seen MJ's full career know he is the G.O.A.T. It is only the mainstream media that has been looking for someone to replace MJ for over 25 years, that is pushing this Lebron G.O.A.T. nonsense. And if you notice, they are all paid by Clutch Sports.