What did you think about the first two episodes of the docu-series about Michael Jordan? This is a clip from The Pat McAfee Show live from 10am-Noon EST Mon-Fri. SUBSCRIBE: / @thepatmcafeeshow MERCH: store.patmcafeeshow.com
Parallel Burrito Bobby was gushing over Jordan while he coached the Olympic team . Even before the team played a game he was gushing at practice as Jordan was dominating everyone
I believe Jordan is the absolute GOAT but coach Bobby Knight was saying he was the best collegiate basketball player he's ever seen, not the greatest player he's ever seen.
Average 28 as a rookie, dropped 49 and 63 against one of the best team of all time, in one series in his second year. 1988- MVP, Leading Scorer, Lead the league in steals, won the dunk contest, won the all star game MVP and oh yeah, Defensive Player of the Year award.
Also having a legend like bird saying after you drop the 63 ,”that wasn’t MJ we played today in that game , that was God in basketball shorts” is mind-blowing after you learn about how much Of an OG bird was.
@@sharrieffmuhammad9227 Lebron is great when you are up 12 going into the 4th quarter, Jordan is great when you are down 12 going into the 4th quarter That's what separates them
Agreed... If one simply assigns everything to, "Oh, it's a generational thing," one is liable to miss out on a whole lot. When people say the Bulls were like the Beatles, that is not hyperbole. When they say that MJ was maniacal about winning, that is not hyperbole. Whey they say that MJ almost single handedly brought the NBA to new heights, that is not hyperbole. Sometimes, it just comes down to timing. MJ arrived when the league needed someone like him. Taking nothing away from Lebron, but to compare the two is just ridiculous. MJ and the Bulls were a true global phenomenon, because they were popular even in countries that didn't play much basketball. Ruth, Jordan, Gretzky, Pele, Maradona, Ali, Woods, Phelps, Federer, Howe, Orr... Some heady company there. MJ never made any excuses and earned his accolades. He was a generational player, one of a kind, and it will be a while until we come across another one like him.
Mitch Butrisky bra I think you took as steph is the goat... not what I meant at all I just compared fame and impact. Curry is comparable to Jordan just as the warriors were comparable to the bulls which negates this whole argument. if anything steph is more globally recognized cause of the internet. U showing your age
I’m 32, I saw the back end of jordan post space jam and the 2nd 3-peat. However I was a sonics fan, seeing mj demolish a team that went beast mode on the western conference full of studs.... made me respect MJ as a legend even as an angry 8 year old whose heroes in kemp and payton just lost to black Jesus.
Haha I'll be 33 in June and I have the same memories. I grew up in Sacramento but my uncle was from Seattle so I remember watching that Finals. I'll never forget the 2nd 3 peat. I remember going to watch space jam in the theatres lol
Pat is such a great story teller. Love how he can tell it and insert humor into anything he talks about. I’m so glad I grew up watching the Bulls dynasty. The Bulls did change the NBA.
My thought process after watching this. Damn Kerr probably told the front office to keep the warrior's key guys. Kerr probably flexed and said, "don't be like Chicago and let this all go to waste."
The announcer made the Jordan intro into a well known quote that everyone knew and would imitate. “FROM Norrth Carolina, at guard, 6’6. MICHAEL JORDAN!” It was quick, snappy, intimidating, and amazing. IMO
It’s not always true . I say Jordan is the best I ever saw because he is the best I ever saw .. I use to say bird was the best shooter I ever saw.. now I say curry is the best shooter .. I use to say joe Montana was the best there will ever be,, now I say Tom Brady ..
Jordan was playing a different game than everyone else. It's as if somehow he found the winning 'groove' and set his needle to it, and was always in tune with it. Other players happen to win as a result of just being talented. Jordan won because he somehow captured the essence of winning in a bottle like it was a skill in itself.
I am 32 and grew up in Northern Califonia. So I only remember the second repeat. In elementary school damn near every kid that was into sports had a Chicago Bulls jersey. I had a Tony Kukoc one. Lol.
Kobe is definitely top 5. If people are gunna drop Lebron in top 5, then Kobe is definitely top 5. He would wax Lebron almost every single matchup. After that, I think it’s pretty subjective as to how high Kobe is on the list. I think he’s top 3 or top 2. But that’s subjective. MJ is 1 of course.
Jordan is the GOAT no question. Took 4 years off, missed 60+ games in his second season, and started later than LeBron and Kobe because he went to college. Imagine how many more points he scores, and potentially more championships and MVPs/Awards won if he doesn’t get injured or take time off. That’s a total of almost 8 more seasons Jordan could’ve been playing in the NBA.
Ok, so I getr the injuries thing, but that's also part of sports. But isn't the time off and the quitting to play baseball on him. Why hasn't someone like Lebron or Brady taken a break? Why did Jordan need a break, while those guys don't? Like Jordan himself said, he has only won with Pippen. Idk who the Goat is, but I do get the argument from both sides.
J3n3sis delonte west murdered lebrons mom bro, lebrons been thru his hardships. I’m sure his documentary will show how bad Cleveland was and what made him go to Miami.
For all of us who grew lived through and remember the 80's and 90's. We were the original to "Witness". And we actually witnessed it, not just some bs commercial or billboard for someone who lost 6 times in the NBA Finals. That's witnessing someone who can't get the job done 67% of the time.
"He was just wired completely differently than everyone else". This statement nails why Jordan is the GOAT. He was a killer. If LeBron had half the heart Jordan did, LeBron would easily be the GOAT with that athletic ability.
Hide lol I respect Kobe but don’t ever forget those performances where Kobe mailed it in in that suns series. Granted he didn’t have a great team but he refused to shoot so people couldn’t criticize him for being selfish. Jordan’s heart was unmatched. George Karl said to beat Jordan, you’d have to rip his heart out.
I loved the heck out of those first two hours. Can't wait for the next 8. More of that and less of everything else. I mean. Unless everything else is live sports. I'll take that as well for sure.
25 years old, as a kid I first saw a documentary called Street Series: NBA Dunks Vol. 2, fell in love with basketball and Kobe Bryant who made me wanna learn the game. Watched my dad's old NBA films and got to the realization that Larry Bird is my favorite player of all time. Then proceeded to follow LeBron and became a fan of him in his young days with the Cleveland Cavaliers. But even after all that, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. Not only that, he might be the greatest athlete of all time. Very few will realize how much impact he had, speaking as a kid who grew up in Asia. I can tell you there will be a rural town who wouldn't know who Muhammad Ali is, but they might know Jordan.
I grew up watching the Bulls every night on WGN. I was a huge MJ fan and have always believed he was the best ever but in a way my recollection seemed to be biased by the fact that all we see are the highlights and that my personal memories were those of an 8-16 year old boy. So I watched a full game of the Dream Team to gauge just how good MJ was in “Real” competition next to the other great players of his time. My takeaway is this. As a 38 year old man who has the lifetime experience of playing college ball and competing against NBA champions in my post college years, I can unequivocally say that he was even better than I remembered. It’s not just the highlight plays, the little things he did on the court, the way he moved, the subtle nuances that people without the experiences I have had on the court would never notice. He was so much better than any other player on the Dream Team and it’s not even close. I’m 100% positive he would average 40+ ppg if he was playing today. He would have adapted to the way the 3pt shot has become such a huge part of the game while still using his dribble drives and mid range game to flat out assault the rest of the league. Also, Scottie Pippen was the 2nd best player on that team, better than Magic, Bird, Barkley, Malone, everyone. He was every bit as good as Lebron in every aspect of the game.
I feel sad for my son, daughter and my nephews and my niece as well as all young folk who didn’t live through this as I did. I was born in 1984, and Jordan was my hero. I was a kid from altoona pa and had a very broken family with my father in jail and mother away with her boyfriend all the time. I can truly say MJ and the bulls gave me something to look forward to whenever I had very little to look at; at all. However, I have to also say this, there was only one reason I made it, and one reason I didn’t feel alone. And that reason was Jesus. If you think it’s silly, I understand, but I promise you, Jesus was with me every day. I never felt alone.
As a Brit growing up in England, where basketball (still) isn't a huge deal, Michael Jordan was just a name on a pair of shoes. In the mid 90's there was suddenly a surge of interest in the NBA among teenagers and that's when I became a fan. I witnessed the Bull's second 3-peat and I went back and watched a lot of Jordan before the first retirement. I couldn't believe in the UK we were ignorant that, across the pond, maybe the greatest sporting phenomenon ever was happening. Michael Jordan is easily the greatest and most dominant athlete I've ever seen, in any sport
The NBA was totally different than today from a financial standpoint. The contracts were a lot less because the league was still growing. It was MJ’s success with the Bulls that helped the league to explode which led to players getting much more money. Even MJ was greatly underpaid during most of his playing career. Lebron, Curry, and other NBA players came into the league at a perfect time.
Im so glad people now are able to actually see who mj was and how he approached the game. Just like pat admitted he didn't know im sure millions of others who cape for lebron so hard don't actually know why mj fans and real basketball heads go so hard for mj and can't understand why the comparisons were being made in the first place, two completely diffrent animals
Also I’m 28 and saw MJ play live for the Wizards, Lebron hypers simply didn’t witness the Goat like I was blessed to. I love how he’d trash talk, unlike LBJ who wants to be best friends with everyone.
Thats inaccurate, I saw Jordan tear apart my Miami Heat as a young boy. Deeming LeBron to be the greatest of all time is not an unreasonable stance. I’ve flipped between those two as the greatest for some time.
Josh Jacob just jumping on the fact that Jordan never even made it to a game 7 in the finals, Lebron was sooooo close to being 2-7 in the finals if it wasn’t for that shot by Ray Allen. Yes they won so no coulda woulda shoulda, but my god.
@@ERizzo5 the better team wins. I don't get this rings argument when there's players with more rings. A better team was built for Jordan. Cleveland didn't supply that for LeBron yet he still made things work. LeBron had to basically build his own team elsewhere because of Cleveland not delivering. He went back to Cleveland and they worked out a team for him, they won a championship. Great players like Barkley never won a ring because you win depending on what team you have. Luckily for Jordan, he was a great player with great teammates. Just like how Golden State worked out. Great teams are the ones that make championships happen. Great players can only do so much.
I watched during the Kobe era (2000-2011) but it's just not even close. Most the best players from the 60's 70's 80's 90's 00's say Jordan is goat. Id have to take their word for it.
Almost every Michael Jordan game was like watching a movie. We knew he would win. With LBJ who is a king in the game we aren't 100% sure. But great show. LBJ is amazing.
I get Pat says he never really followed the NBA till recently but he sounds like an idiot saying he didn't realize how great Jordan was. The fact that every player gets compared to him in some capacity every year for the past 2 decades should tell you how phenomenal he was
Pat is right when he says all you see is the highlights (only the good stuff), he didnt know until last night that Jordan was amazing every game. So I can understand him and he explained it, he thought it was a generation thing.
Just lets u know its bron fans out here who actually have no clue but still argue lebron is g.o.a.t. i always said people wouldn't understand unless they were lucky enough to be living during the events as they were actually happening
I laugh when I hear people calling Lebron the goat. The greatness of Michael Jordan will most likely never be seen again. Theres a reason his shoes and name are still as popular today as they were 30 years ago. A living legend.
I think that's Jordan's understanding of what a friend is and how to treat one, almost like a possession always letting u know he's better. Competitive always. Couldn't turn it off
The guy that came up with the idea to create Air Jordan's was Sonny Vaccaro who was their marketing guru at the time. It was part of Nike's marketing campaign in 1984 to create an international sports icon.
@@kylebarnes4124 he was partially responsible for getting the deal done with Nike while being Jordan's agent but to say " I'm the reason you're wearing those shoes" is just pretentious as hell
He made plenty of money in Chicago doing endorsements and what not. He even had his own signature shoe with Nike for some years. Underrated shoes, liked the cut and style of his shoes.
MJ is the last real man in American Athletics. He fought and clawed, worked and persevered, he fell and got up again and again. Jordan did not just influence athletes, but influenced me in how I approach work and life. And though I will never be the MJ of Elder/Dementia Caregiving, he is always the vision of a man I wish I could be. Michael Jordan is the GOAT of Any Sport in my Lifetime!
Currently getting a smacking lift in, In wrestling I went 4-26 as a sophomore and last year I went 21-21 as a junior, that’s didn’t happen without a work ethic
You are spot on with your Jordan thoughts. Scottie should have fired his agent immediately after he signed that wack contract. Jordan is the greatest of all times. This is from a Lakers fan
These guys have it wrong. Pippen’s agent begged him not to sign that deal. The Bulls owner told him not to sign that deal. I think Jordan advised him not to sign that deal. Pippen himself said that he had no intentions of not signing that deal because he wanted to be financially secure enough to take care of his family. He said that he did not want to risk getting injured and losing out on that $18 million. Everyone told him, including the team owner who says he told Scottie not to take the money, that once he signed that contract that there would be no renegotiation. He took the quick money because he wanted to take care of his 11 siblings (one of them paralyzed), his father who was incapacitated by a stroke, and his mom. I can’t blame him for that but I also can’t blame Scottie’s agent for Scottie refusing to listen to him.
I wore 33 because of Pippen and Grant Hill. In 7th grade I had Grant's Fila's shoes for I think 75$ in 97 and I wore Scotties in 98. They were 120$ on Eastbay magazine. Pippin got bank for his Nike shoe endorsement deal. Probably 10s of millions.
Very well said, clap, clap! Moral of the story: Never compare anyone to MJ if you have not witnessed him play even in the boob tube. MJ is a hero, saviour and phenomenal. Everybody wants to be 'like Mike'!
MJ is the GOAT. NBA ALL TIME CAREER PPG: #1 Michael Jordan 30.12 NBA ALL TIME PLAYOFF CAREER PPG: #1 Michael Jordan 33.45 (no other player has even surpassed 30 ppg) NBA FINALS CAREER PPG: 33.61!!!!! lebron: 28.2 which is great, but its not 33.6 5 NBA MVPS 6 FINALS MVPS! Every time he reached the finals, he was MVP NBA RECORD 10 SCORING TITLES!!!. Lebron has only 1! remember that means he was 1st team NBA DEFENSIVE WHILE BEING THE LEADING SCORER IN THE LEAGUGE 9 TIMESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! (87-88 88-89 89-90 90-91 91-92 92-93 96-96 96-97 97-98) Every year he was voted to 1st team all NBA Defense he ALSO HAD THE SCORING TITLE!!!!!!!! 6 finals appearances 6 championships. 3 peat (steps away) comes back another 3 peat I mean c'mon HE NEVER LOST. all NBA defensive 1st teams: 9 (lebron 5 as of now) NBA Defensive player of the year:1 (Lebron none) NBA ALL TIME LEADERS IN STEALS: #3 Michael Jordan 2,514 Playoff total points: Lebron happens to be #1 with 6,911 but in 239 total games, meanwhile Jordan is number 2 with 5,987 and only 179 games. almost half!!!! Lets not forget Lebron entered the league at 18 years old. Jordan entered at 21 after 3 years of college ball (in which he scored the game winner for the national championship... as a FRESHMAN. The stats show that Jordan turned it on more than anyone else when he was on the court. Sure people may pass some of his records due to being in the league for more time, but his scoring title/defensive 1st team stats, and his PPG records for a career in not only the regular season, but in the playoffs and finals wont be touched, and speak volumes for who he was. He simply is the greatest.
