KEVIN DURANT FAN REACTS TO Michael Jordan's UNDERRATED years as a Wizard 

If you think the comparison is the same between MJ and the rest then you will never see it…if MJ didn’t get hurt his impact on winning is unmatched regardless of teammates

I don't believe "longevity" or durability of LeBron is greater than Jordan's either. LeBron has missed a ton of games over the last 4 years and is load-managing with fake injuries he could play through. LeBron has played all 82 games only once in his career. Jordan did it 9 times...including 82 games at 40-years old at 37 mpg. Only major injury kept Jordan off the floor significant time. Retirements aren't "breaks". Anyone who has played significant basketball knows, a lot of time away is the worst thing you could do, especially in your 30's. The fact Jordan could play like he did as a Wizard in his late 30's is amazing. He smoked cigars, put on 35 to 40 pounds...got his ribs broken by Artest and couldn't train the last couple months up until the season....still in the MVP conversation in his first year with the Wizards. Jordan could have played until he was 50 had he load managed like guys do today.

my friend, no one is doing jordan moves. Name me someone who continuously plays like him with his complete artistry, aerial moves, scoring prowess, midrange game, clutch shooting and intensity on both ends of the court? 🙌... By the way, lebron averaging 30pts a game in this era is a joke. Jordan played in a physical handchecking era with the emphasis on tall power forwards/centres clogging up the paint without any 3 second defensive rule. It was so much harder to score back then... jordan achieved all he did in a man's league. That era is long gone 🎯...

Imagine taking 3 years off at 35, drinking, smoking cigars, worrying about team moves, playing pretty much nothing but golf, come back at 38 dealing with tendinitis in both knees, getting your ribs broke in a pickup game and still almost leading one of the worst teams in the nba to the playoffs but got injured while being the only addition to that team. I dont think some younger guys understand how hard it is to try and regain any form of basketball shape while dealing with situations like that.

If MJ doesn’t get injured he wins mvp that first year…he finished at 13 even though his season ended way early

You have to understand, the defensive pressure was much greater during the early 2000's vs. Today's NBA...it's really not even close.

Just this: Jordan came to play for Wizards and overall improved their game and record so much that, if he didn't get injured, they'd most likely make it to playoff. LeBron on his last year puts up his stats and his team played worse. What does that tell you? Jordan was in it to WIN, LeBron is in it to get stats. Simple as that..

We 80's kids who witness plays live from magic to mj to kobe to lebron. We are the living witness of whos who the GOAT. MJ 💯

I think you should react to Jordan Vs LeBron - The Best GOAT Comparison 😂. I’m dying to know your thoughts on that one..! 😁

They needed Mike, so just how talented was he still at 41 to put them on the road to the playoffs ??? The G.O.A.T!!!

As impressive as Lebron's scoring has been as a 37 year old last year.... you have to realize that Lebron wasn't putting in that effort on the defensive side of the ball that MJ was still doing as a Wizard age 38 to 40. How many times you see Lebron stay put on a fast break the other team started. MJ is running after that fast break and not saving himself for offensive stats. You also have to take into account the load management Lebron has had over his career, as well as the advanced medical science that he's had over MJ. In fact, Lebron has only played a full 82 game season once in his career. MJ was one game shy of playing 82 Games ten times in his career. The year right after Lebron played his first 82 games season, what happened? He got his first injury that took time away from his Debut Laker Season and they didn't even make the playoffs. A Lakers team that had far more talent than MJ's Wizards team. People need to keep the Load management and lack of consistent defensive effort in the conversation whenever we are making these comparisons. Lebron isn't a dummy, and he knows that people value offensive stats over defensive ones. So a 37 year old, scoring 30 pts, with a lot of talent around him while playing no defense is not nearly as impressive as a 40 year old scoring 20 points and giving you all he has on the defensive side of the ball as well. Going back to the 82 games theme, one thing to note is that Lebron averages 72 games a season over the course of his career. That's an average of 10 games off per season. MJ gets criticized for retiring for 1 and 3/4 yrs in his prime after his first threepeat, but then don't realize that LBJ has had 190 games off during his NBA career and that is equal to two NBA season's off. That is with all of the medical science advantage LBJ has. Think about that.

I’m impressed that so far, you’ve gotten the best recommendations on Jordan videos to watch - these are the same I would have recommended (there are obviously more and I hope you’ll continue to watch them. And yes, I’m an expert 😂😉, I’m a lifelong fan). What I appreciate the most is your own knowledge about the game. It’s much more fun watching when someone picks up everything, someone who understands what he really did out there, all these years 👍🏻.

Lebron like Tom Brady had the luxury of playing in a much softer era which has allowed their bodies to last longer. On top of that the advancements in sports medicine a body rehab therapies are light years better than what Jordan had available to him during his career.

LeBron is 37 will be 38 this year an plays zero defense so if he gave his all on both ends of the court his offensive numbers would take a hit but 9 out of 10 his team would've had more success.

The difference between Lebron and Jordan at an older age is MJ still played defense.

and dont even forget he was a all around player offence and defence lets say Jordan father did not die and he did leave to play Baseballs that would be 2 more rings why cause he came back and got 3 more thats how good he was so please thats another thing 2 repeats in a row in the same 10 years thats impressive never mind 20 plus years just to even be like Mike

Jordan is number one

the thing is mike was trying to get into basketball shape during the season at 38 after he had been retired for a few years. the man is the definition of warrior elite. also lebron never quit for a few years and came back at 38 out of basketball shape and did this . to me the numbers arent comparable .

An old man jordan with both knees being shot almost took a 19 win team, one of the worst teams in NBA HISTORY to the playoffs the next year and ONLY he was the significant addition. Just think about that and tell me lebrick is better LOL LEbron is 37 will be 38 in Dec.

They were watching Jordan in the 90s. Every player in the league said that they were watching him because he was so dominant.

Lebron is 37. Jordan was 40/41 at this stage. You have a few more years to compare.

MJ Wiz years were pretty good. I liked him then. I'm old enough to remember

what Mike did is different. It's a huge difference when you take 3 years off and come back at 39 compared to playing until you're 39

Another thing MOST people don’t know or understand about that Comeback is that During that 3yrs Jordan was out Between the Bulls & Wizards stints. He Had An Cigar cutter accident where he had to have his index finger☝🏾on his Shooting hand COMPLETELY surgically reattached! So from then on his med (Proximal/PIP) Joint can NO LONGER move/Or use that finger & IDK if anyone on here has ever tryd to Grip a NBA ball without using your Index finger even for me someone who can palm🖐🏾 A 🏀 pretty easy… Bro its Really difficult & that’s just to palm it Let alone manipulate it & then Control for your shot/driving, I Would argue that was a MUCH greater hindrance to his shooting efficiency than his other injuries or his loss of athleticism & Anybody reading this that thinks “Ohh😲 thats nothing” Just try it out for yourself go Drastically Hinder your Ability to use your Index Finger on your Shooting/Dominant hand then try to play 🏀 I’ll Bet you look at all the Adversity Jordan went through & Ultimately his performance with the Wizards with More RESPECT🫡✊🏾

There was a rumor back in 2000 that the Lakers were trying to convince MJ to play for them as a SF and team up with Shaq and Kobe.

LeBron averages 30 near 40 because of 15 years of rule changes tying defenders hands behind their back and their laces together.

He drafted Kwame because he planned on trading him for Elton brand but once he drafted him the owner changed up on mj an told him they where going to keep Kwame.

There will eventually be another challenger, but remember, the game has changed drastically. Jordan dominated in an era where there were so many dominant Centers, and some great power forwards too. In my opinion, the weakest position league wide in that era overall was probably the Small forward. Yes there was Bird, Pippen, Shrempf, Mullen, Elliot, and a few others, but the league was stacked at PF & C. Malone, Barkley, Kemp, Baker, L Johnson, Webber, among others, and Ewing, Olajuwon, Robinson, Shaq, Mourning, Mutumbo, Smits, Divac, Carr, and Sam Perkins. The league nowadays has few quality big men, and even fewer who dominate that position. It relies heavily on the 3 point shot, where in the 90’s, you had to be able to dominate in the paint.

Before Jordan played for the wizards they was 19-63 and mike 2 years was 37-45

Even as a shadow of himself, he was still the best player in the league. Black Jesus is the G.O.A.T.

I'm not seeing what you're seeing. If you think any one player is doing what a prime MJ was doing on any consistent basis, you're crazy. Not to mention, he was 'winging' a lot of the stuff he was doing. He wasn't straight practicing it.

"If MJ was the best player he'd get MVP every year." In the eighties and nineties the MVP was normally picked from the winningest team or a team that was favored to win it all. In the nineties, MJ was in a Bulls uniform for six full seasons. He got MVP 4 times losing 2 times to Barkley and Malone. Barkley and Malone played on the teams with best regular season records and were favored to win it. MJ proved them wrong. Everyone agrees that he should have won all 6. MJ is the greatest that ever played. Bar none

Bro today's players absolutely ARE NOT doing what Jordan did because Jordan was facing MUCH TOUGHER defense than these players are facing now, so you can't say that today's players are doing what he did!! Also you keep bringing up what LeBron James is doing at the age of 37-38 which is completely ridiculous because you're not even close to taking into account who James has on his team in LA (5 total Hall of Famer's) to what Jordan had in Washington (1 All-star Rip Hamilton)!!! If you're going to make the comparison and continuously bring James then you should know what you're talking about!!!

After a 3 year layoff....Jordan started the 2002 NBA regular season for the Wizards at 38 years and 8 months old!!! He basically played for the Wizards as a 39 and 40 year old player. That's crazy.

And that’s all after Mike was retired for three years. I ask any doubters to quite playing sports at 35-36, then try to go all out three years later. This dude was playing against professional athletes, not random dudes at the local ymca.

They don't like to award MVP to the same player every year.

I think the MVP award isn't just about stats. Sometimes it isn't even about being the "Best" player. Sometimes it comes down to things like: What that players means to his team, a la Ben Wallace getting MVP consideration. Sometimes it's about a player that's beginning to change the game, as in Steve Nash's wins.

Lebron is 37. Jordan took time off and then came back at the end of his career. That is much more difficult than when he did it when he was younger. Jordan was 34 years old in his 97-98 season and didnt come back until he was 39 . Way tougher to do to stop and then come back . If jordan wouldnt have played baseball and remember he only played realistically 12 seasons. .One year out with broken foot the other two with wizards and the bulk of his stats and championships were done in roughly 11-12 years. NOBODY compares. Took kobe and lebron till season 17 to pass him in scoring. You need to set up the same scenario for james as what jordan did. He retired at 34 in 1998 and didnt come back till he was what? 39/40? 6 years LOL. Like i said, when jordan left he wasnt done in 1998 , Krause and reisndorf screwed all that up and guess why michael retired? He didnt want to play for another team he was loyal to chicago, if he couldnt have jackson and pippen he was done. Would lebron do that? Jordans focus and character is unmatched.

The MVP doesn’t go to the best player in the league dude, and was never meant to, it goes to the player that was the most valuable to his team by criteria of having consistently elevated them all season and resulting in the team achieving something unexpected or exceptional. It’s most VALUABLE player.

Jordan is the oldest player in history to score 50+ (age 38) and the oldest in history to score 40+ (age 40) and the oldest player in history to average at least 20+ppg in a season (Ages 39 and 40).

Lebronica couldn’t shine MJ’s shoes. He’s 37 BTW stop exaggerating Lebronicas age. This is a super soft era Lebronica plays in. The rules changed after 2004. Jordan will completely dominate todays NBA. Lebronica is a ring chaser and Jordan WOULD NEVER create a super team unlike B-AS Lebronica did. No one respects Lebronica. Only the people with way low IQ does.

Brown was getting drafted top 3 regardless of Michael Jordan's decision or not.

I would have liked to see MJ play one more healthy year and show up a Rookie Lebron

Kareem's accumulative scores doesnt mean much. A vampire that average 5 points a game can outscore Kareem.

There’s not another season that Lebron deserved MVP

If only MJ did not retire 2 years for baseball. 8 rings definitely.

I didn't watch much of the NBA last season so please tell me what player is doing the things prime Jordan did so I can renew my NBA League Pass. There isn't a player in the Association that has all of MJ's tools (48 in. bounce, Rodan-like hang-time, quickness, explosiveness, mid-air body control/contortion, fluidity, grace, flair and artistry). Just like Magic once said "there's Mike then there's everybody else." And when talking about Mr. Johnson you gotta talk about Mr. Bird who said "that was God disguised as Jordan." Black Jesus aka His Airness aka Chupacabra - he who disembowels GOATs.

He was 18 in 2003 so 18+19=37 years old

I understand your point on today's watched Jordan however, to say before him players didn't have that.... sorry dude wrong. Yes, there are more moments available however, Dr J watched Connie Hawkins and all the high flyers of 80s,90s and Watched and knew of Erving. No doubt in my mind Jordan wasn't a Julius Erving fan.. he just put it together in the body of Guard!! Inspiration is one of the main catalyst of the league. Every now in then someone comes across and does it different. Julius Erving to basketball was like Jimi Hendrix to Rock.... and all that followed.. only a few managed to upgrade that!

You been the only that I hear a realy thuth in basketball new players where all the moves came from but not going this far MJ came from Larry Bird moves and did it to a diferent super level

YO Bruh,i believe MJ will say "i can take 2nd GOAT knowing everybody believe im no,1" LBJ and a few of his bots will say "i believe im no.1 i DONT CARE WHATEVER EVERYBODY SAYIN" LMMFAO!

Lack of athletic competition?? Where the fuck did that become a legit conversation? There were plenty of high skill, incredibly talented and remarkable players with physical abilities beyond the obvious understanding. Dominique Wilkins, Spudd Webb, Shawn Kemp, Kobe, David Robinson, Shaq, Rodman, There we’re plenty of freakish athletes. Sure the game has evolved, and so have the quality of players, but I’d argue that the league was just as deep, if not deeper in talent back then than it is even now, and we are talking about one where Defenses were allowed to actually play defense.

Lebron avg 30 ON the LEAGUE is on the LEAGUE REAL TALK, HE CAN'T HELP IT, HE GOOD REAL GOOD, BUT HE AIN'T MIKE, JORDAN CHANGED THE GAME LITERALLY!!! WHEN IT CAME TO GAME PLAY, HIM GOING IN FOR A LAY UP GET FOULED AND FLIPPING THE BALL AND MAKING IT, HE STARTED THAT, AND THE SHOES, THE JORDAN 3 BEST SHOE EVER, FIRST SHOE WITH THE JORDAN AIR BUBBLE

MJ brought the wizards a winning team after 2 years , while lebron cant even make the playoffs after recruiting melo & russ + bringing back howard to play with him and AD last season ..

I saw your other reaction with the comparison MJ and Lebron, MJ didnt quit to play baseball he quit cause his father was killed and then went into baseball being who he is.

think about this: JORDAN retired twice, taking off 5 years. If he would have played those years, Kareem's points record would have been shattered and probably out of reach for Lebron.

No handchecking today. Soft rules.

Jordan's defense as a 38 year old while being a great (but not the best) offensive player sets him apart from LeBron. LeBron did have some great defense early in his career. He shut down MVP D. Rose in the end of playoff games. But he didn't carry that intensity every night year after year throughout his career.

I feel like LeBrons last chance to sew up integrity into his legacy has now gone. He could’ve retired just a few points behind and everyone would know without a word what that means in terms of respect. Like Barry retiring just shy of Walter Payton.

Ain't nobody doing what jordan doing today

Lebron is 37yrs old young man

LeBron is 37. He also plays in a more offensive based NBA game compared to the early 2000s.

Mj before his knee injury 25,6,5 1.5stl on 43%fg 🤦🏾I wish nba was like 2k and could turn off injuries

They had Jerry Stockhouse.

Lebron is top 10, not #2..you'll realize that once he retires and the league has moved on to the next star

Homie lebron get garbage points that has no impact at all, stat padder and plays no defense and plays in a weaker era

Yeah but Lebron at his age spends $1mil+ a year on His body and health not only with Training but also technology. Imagine if Jordan had that on his Prime or even at 40+ ? Definitely won’t have the Goat debate lol.. Lebron still a beast though with technology or not he can still dominate and turn it on but Jordan was another level

It's called voter fatigue young man 2:10

Leroid James is 37 not 40

Imagine if MJ didn’t smoke heavily 😮

Fun fact…when Kobe found out MJ was coming back he called and asked him to come play with him and Shaq

There are MVPS Lebron wom that he shouldn't. The MVP rewards impact on winning not statsheet

Competition????! What! Jordan played in the league against a large number of HOF who would probably have at least one chip if it wasn't for him. The Eastern conference was the strongest conference at that time. LeBron James played in the "Leastern Conference". And Playing plumbers is what losers out side of Boston attempted to use to discredit Bill Russel's 11 Chips! Nonsense. The league is what it is at whatever time it is however, if ya gonna try to say he played lessor players, that has to be met with how weak the eastern conference was while Lebron played. He moved to the strong west... How's that going? There is no comparison between the two... and there are at least 5 players in their prime go in front of James. NBA Hype for the face of the league.

Look Jordan play what 10 or 13 season and look what he has done... now look at Lebron how many seasons just to even be and still not at Jordan level cause 20 seasons and 4 rings thats not impressive , shit Magic , Bird and all this players still did it with less time ... and you guys be like but look he still playing good please 4 ring going on 25 plus years and you still cant do what this guys did in 10 years yes you gonna more stats yes you gonna more point but shit 20 plus years who knows maybe 25 and you still wont get the 6 ring like mike thats not impressive at all why get all like Lebron is the Goat to me he sucks all this years and still 4 ring with all the help cause he does not like to competed he like to play with competition in order to win thats another thing about Lebron so please what you want 25 or 30 years to surpass Jordan yea you gonna have all kind of stats but look at the years thats not a Goat debate to me ...

Michael played through 3 different decades and had injuries, set out his whole 2nd season in NBA cause of broken foot....Remember Lebron spend a million on his body and never had a major injury so, 38 yr old now is the new Norm i believe...alot of players game will be up their in their late 30's. Just a different breed of athletes now. To compare by age prob isnt the best thing with players now and then. Magic Johnson retired at 32 bird pretty much slowed down at 29 And we see Curry and KD at 34 looking like they in they prime..lol

My man, NOBODY is doing what Mike did. You can watch, you can try, but nobody got Mike's hang time and finishing ability. Show me a players mixtape like the Jordan ultimate mixtape. You can't... glad you appreciate Mike but stop saying everyone doing what he did.

Bruh! You're Talking Over The Guy Giving The Stats 🙄!!!

LeBron doesn’t play defense at his age either.

Mike got hurt during that time.draymond green lucked out.

Your comments on LeBron longevity are a joke. Kareem. MVP of the NBA when Magic won finals MVP. Last finals MVP 38 years old. Last ring 41. 6 rings. 6 MVP awards. 10 finals. Top 3 scoring rebounds and blocks. LeBron not top 10. Mike Wilt Kareem Larry Russell Dream

LeBron passed Kareem in points by sticking around and losing instead of retiring. I'm a Lakers fan. He ruined my team. Lebron's Lakers are the worst in franchise history. Kareem won his last ring 41 years old. Retired next year.

Hilarious statement 🤣 worst season in lakers history

jordan was old already

Omg dude you can’t listen while you’re talking

There not doing what he did there trying to do it though

Only the basic footwork. They're doing what MJ doing, but they're not doing it any better. Even Lebron did the windshield wiper. Not as good. No one is doing as good as layups, only Kyrie. It's not in total one package.

You have more excuses than a little bit and ruining the reaction on some whininess. The video is more factual than bias. Your cognitive dissonance bled all through the reaction and maybe you can make a more thorough reaction since you disagree with the video.

MJ is way the goat...