LEBRON FAN REACTION TO I tracked every Michael Jordan playoff game for a decade 

All his teammates were shit before him and they were so bad it took MJ several years to make them consistent and just better players

​@@mannyneva1760yep we can compare the 1989 version of them. They improved alot by 1994

Yes true but let’s stop disregarding the talent they had by crediting all of THEIR hard work to jordan. If a player isn’t good enough m, motivation from jordan does nothing. U still have to have the talent to get better and produce consistently. They put in that work themselves, not jordan. In other words, he led them to water but THEY chose to drink.

​​@@TheIcemanthomasu had to have been there "live" to know how unsure ppl felt about certain players, bj was just fundamentally sound nothing spectacular, grant was solid and proved himself to be reliable but he wasn't doing wat other pf were doing at the time eg. Kemp, malone,barkley and many more, cartwright was just good enough, nothing like a Ewing or Hakeem, David Robinson etc, pippin was really talented but soft as baby shit got knocked down wouldn't get backup etc the bulls weren't a sure thing the difference maker is mj, they all were role players doing their jobs around mj and pip, same goes for the 96 onwards dennis was a head case but phill made it work and it paid off kocuk was a good find the exception... and nobody knew wat Kerr was made of until the last season ppl realized he was the real deal, the bulls over achieved because of mj not like they were just cones otherwise they wouldn't be in the nba but other teams had ppl who out matched each player with the exception of mj... mj dominated "teams "offensively while solidly doing his defensive duties as well and was as dominant at that also, u guys need to watch the full games with an open mind and watch how it was masterfully played, how he used everything to his advantage to win, not just highlights

Big facts

Quez said it many times already. But the young man grew up watching LeBron. He's one of the rare youngsters that can see player quality when he watches vids (ofc he has to watch lots of vids to make assessment). Keep it going Quez =)

Thats context

Add to that the bulls bench in 93 were weaker and old, cartwright, paxon, ed nealy, rodney mccray, darrel walker either left the team or retired. To replace jordan, the bulls revamped the team by drafting tony kukoc, getting luc longly and stever kerr. Plus Pippen was in his absolute prime in those years.

Yes, the culture of excellence the Bulls had established kept them afloat.

Let's also mention that there were 6 other teams besides the 1994 Bulls to win 55 games or more...also, they were without Michael Jordan too, lol. Except, the Bulls were 3-peat champs, defending champions.

Another thing. Some use the fact that the 93-94 Bulls lost in 7 games to the Knicks, who won in 7 games against the Pacers and then lost 3-4 against the Rockets to try to diminish Jordan's accomplishment while failing to notice that this actually run against their "MJ was a loser without Pippen" argument. How so? Well, just imagine if instead of MJ retiring at the end of '93, it was Pippen who actually left. If the Bulls, without Jordan, had (arguably) a good chance to win against the Pacers and really compete against the Rockets based on their performance against the Knicks and the Knicks' performance against the Pacers and the Rockets, then it is not unreasonable to say that Jordan, without Pippen, could have at least carried the 93-94 Bulls to the finals and even win against the Rockets.

Eastern conference was trash back then

His free throw warm up too....that big arc to the side before he lift up over his head....ugliest shit ever but we all mimicked it.....lmao

He doesn't know baseball

Rip Hamilton too for that matter

Hell you mean pippens bulls, you mean Mikes bulls. Smoking that stuff I don't see pips finals MVps

​@@ressestevenson7309At that time they were "Pippens" Bulls. Even Jordan said it was Pips team. Then Mike took it back and the rest is history

@@leonardjackson6210 when did MJ said that . When he retired. You just said pip bulls 3 peated . Pip is nothing more than a robin. Hell you mean when the goat took it back. You need to stop smoking that shit.

@@ressestevenson7309 Where did I say Pips Bulls 3 peated? I said when Jordan came back from retirement he said it was Pips team the year Jordan only played the last 17 games. After that Jordan took the team back. Not my fault u don't know everything about the Bulls

"They could win without Jordan" no proof. The entire Bulls organization had 0 relevance pre MJ. And they haven't won any championship during any of his retirements.

You make it sound like Pippen is way better defender and rebounder than Jordan. They were basically the same in terms of rebounding and defense. You can even make the case Jordan is a better rebounder and defender than Pippen. Jordan had better steals average and same average as blocks as Pippen and he was a guard while Pippen was a sf so Pippen should have had more blocks and rebounds. Then Jordan left in the middle of his prime. To me Jordan is better defender than Pippen if you factor in all this into account. And in terms of offense Pippen is no where close to Jordan as Jordan is the best offensive player in NBA history.

You also could push off more on offense which gives players like Jordan and Kobe advantage to move defenders to get space with off hand you can't do that now

Other wise they would have lost to Utah and played a game 7

@@javarzshinall9396 it was 100% questionable but it was determined to my understanding that Jordan had already faked him out and his momentum already sent him that direction. Whether or not thats true is still talked about to this day but your right it came with the game.

@@javarzshinall9396 shoulda coulda woulda...

There is also the 1993 version that intentionally shot more and more threes from beginning of the season to the end of the playoffs. He was around 4 three point attempts per game in the finals

@@seriesx9508 MJ shot 41% from 3 in his first 3 finals and 39% in the playoffs those years

One of the thing is that his 3s are what ifs because he didn't rely on them. He was just okay at it and it was not part of his game because he did not need it. He was a slasher and mid range killer which was all it took to be the greatest scorer. Not everyone's game has to have 3 point into it, just like Wade was never known for his 3s and to me Wade's game is most like Jordan. And I am talking about the style not how good.

@@faruquekhan3353 MJ could shoot better than almost everyone and used to shoot the mid at 50+%…his 3 ball was there when he needed it used it. He never practiced shooting 3’s..there’s a difference in some who does and shoots 30/35% and someone who doesn’t practice and shoots that.

Yes but that is hypothetical. MJ just never developed that in his game. And it was because his other two points were just so deadly. Now could MJ be a great 3 point shooter if he wanted to, I believe he could but he never tried and never accomplished it. I believe lot of players could have been a great 3 point shooter if they put time and effort into it but they never did. And to me the main reason was at that time 3 point was not looked into as much. It was more from 2000s and forward we started seeing more people giving 3 point prevalence and Curry just completely revolutionized it where it became a major part of lot of teams.@@mannyneva1760

MJ made them the best defensive team by being the best defender and making his teammates better defenders in practice

If someone ever comes along that is legit better than Jordan it will be a pleasure to watch.