The Game Fresh Out Of College MJ OUTPLAYED Magic Johnson x NBA All Stars | SQUADawkins 

Alot of people new but NBA teams thought you need a great big man to win a Championship.

What about Wilt averaging 36 against professionals when he was in HS?

@@marksheppard6498 shit Wilt was probably the same size in high as he was in the league 😂🤣

this dude said it over and over throughout the entire game, that Jordan could be an all-time great, before he ever played one tip-off of NBA Basketball.

No doubt, but what helped MJ become the Goat, was the fact, that as he got older, he was able to still elevate his game play. Even when he could no longer just fly by the defense and throw it down, he used other methods to flat out embarrass his opponents, not to mention that he played solid defense ✌🏾

He could never shoot like West and did you not notice him when he was ACC and NCAA POY?

Thats brilliant 🤣

@@PoliticusRex632 Jordan shot .497 from the field, West shot .474.

@@LawrenceAugust_ and?

@@PoliticusRex632 ... and so he could shoot like West. Are you that dim?

Shoot 3's

Only 4 and they hardly practiced with each other and threw those games to not make team USA look bad

You Jordan people are morons. Y’all talk more about this game than the series where he’s 0-2 as a pro against bird and 1-3 against Isaiah…… but but he beat these guys in a college vs pro game. Hooray.

​@@chipchiperson679That makes zero sense. College players losing to NBA players doesn't make them look bad. It's supposed to happen. Keep telling that lie if it helps you sleep at night.

@@w.davidholland7228 cause you’re dumb and don’t know shit about the history of these games. The same thing happened in 1988 when Jordan was part of an NBA squad with Isaiah Thomas playing against David Robinson’s 88 USA Olympic team and they too lost proving the NBA squads hardly practiced together and threw those games as their patriotic duty however that backfired when that same 88 olympic team got embarrassed against the USSR in the Seoul Olympics forcing USA basketball to redeem themselves by replacing college players with NBA players in the 92 Olympics where that NBA team USA roster blew out every country by an average of 43 points to win gold

@@chipchiperson679 You know this as an insider ? You were there when they decided to throw the game ? You are sure magic and isiah Thomas had zero chemistry ?? Non of the things you said can possibly be verified, all we know is USA went 8-0 ! And Jordan looked the best player on the court and it’s no surprise he came in as a rookie and scored 28.1 ppg

.....and Bobby Knight was definitely not one to sing praises like that.....he must have been impressed beyond measure.....

hnmn& the 90s too for that matter

@@Silvereagledude right

He called him the greatest athlete he'd ever seen on a basketball court, as well. This still holds true today.

This is when the jealousy and the so-called freeze out game came into play with Isaiah Thomas.This game from mj

no he's not

​@@HiNRGboyhe is. MJ the goat

The commentator too!!! Kept on saying it.... he must have a crystal ball or something

@@HiNRGboy Yes he is.. who would it be if not MJ?

@@libfit9068 Bill Russell has 11 championships in 13 seasons, no one will ever touch that, ever. Wilt Chamberlain has the most dominating seasons out of any player, ever.. No one will touch his records either, ever. Those are the two greatest players of all time. Jordan is great but has to be under those two guys.

MJ Billy the Kid.

Ali taught a clinic about boxing -- how to avoid a punch, take a punch, play your opponent into your tune, bait him and reel him in -- he was 3 or 4 steps ahead of the guy he fought, it was just a matter of 'how'.... Also, the man had high pain tolerance, that's something everyone doesn't have.

I dont think he outplayed magic by that much in this game

@@spenser6353 Remember, this was the summer for the professionals so this was their 'time off' but for the college kids they were representing their country so they were serious in this game in all fronts.

Mane What you Said😆😆😆🤣 it would have been over for all them

Fasho 💯

@@qdontae6 nah LeBron is still better an greater

@@___Anakin.Skywalker man gtfoh hell nah

@@qdontae6 bruh LeBron already proved he's the king, best ever an GOAT. 2016. Period.

Amazing awareness. Always loved & respected magic tremendously.

Shut the fuck up. Players dont choose what team drafts them. Jordan, just like Russell, Bird, Magic, Duncan, Kobe and Steph, were gifted teammates and coaches that fit their respective styles when they were on top, but that doesn't make Kareem or Lebron, who elevated below average teams for half of each's career, any less in contention as the greatest.

Giannis?

Well when Kevin Durant comes to your team to save you from lebron James you dont need to go anywhere lol that first finals the cavs didnt have Klove or kyrie Irving and lebron averaged 35 points 15 rebounds and 12 assists over 6 games and damn near beat them himselves... had jr Smith as his second best offensive option lol.. the next year at full strength they got it done... woulda been an all time great rivalry but the golden shower warriors recruited Kevin friggin Durant and had 4 allstars on one team!!! The only guy that's truly had the balls to stick no matter what is damien lillard

LeBron is the greatest one You're welcome, enjoy your free education from me

​@@TheRimasyele you're not wrong but he only won 1 so far.

Exactly and this is part of the reason the quality was better

Fact if he had slipped and ended up on a okay to average team it would have been a problem for the league in the late 80s for real

True without a doubt!

Dude could of won like 7 or 8 if he wanted too, maybe more.

That's funny considering one of these games he was covered by his future teammates Wes Mathews and Quentin Dailey.

@@PoliticusRex632 yes, they brought the two of them in for the sixth game. Jordan immediately became a starter ahead of both of them on the Bulls from his first day.

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Funny comment considering Knight had Larry Bird and let him go.

I dont think he outplayed magic by that much in this game

8 times to be exact.. haha

That's not what happened.

@@PoliticusRex632uh yeah it is they beat nba all starts 8-0

When they still didn't know that that will back fire. Beat him with kindness as they say. Lol

probably the first time he took it "personally".. 🤣

I dont think he outplayed magic by that much in this game

This was a game to showcase Michael Jordan,unbelievable quickness and athletic ability with great midrange game.Magic the best I ever seen in terms of playmaking,reading and making the right decisions ,the master of the fastbreak,the greatest at running with the ball from 1979 till about 1987,then he slowed down and became more of post up player since Kareem was aging.

@nellek970 why tf would you write that comment?

@@georockmann7113 seems like he was kidding.

Geo Rockmann he’s right

@@thedarkfrost2351 yes but actually no. It's goddamn overreacting people who decided if a guy is a damn bust after only 3 years of not joining any all star team. Remember that Lowry (who is nonetheless a good player) always made the all star team instead of Conley considering the 2 different Conferences. Let alone those players like Nash, Billups, Curry and Kobe who did not peak instantly mainly because of injuries, not being the 1st or 2nd go to guy or due to lack of experience.

Then he got outplayed by all of them for 6 years straight

Guess u never saw dr j

tim duncan

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This 48" vertical myth is nonsense. Have you ever seen his head 6 inches above the rim? No.

I disagree. He wasn’t the most fundamentally sound player by a long shot, but he was the most all-around skilled. He never fully developed his left hand and he wasn’t a particularly skilled passer. Larry Bird Tim Duncan Bill Walton Magic Johnson John Stockton Bernard King Alex English Rick Barry Jerry West Oscar Robertson Mugsy Bogues Mark Jackson Jack Sikma Steph Curry Kevin Durant Moses Malone Kevin Garnett We are talking about guys whose fundamentals were the foundations of their games. That wasn’t the case with Jordan. His athleticism and skills were his foundation. Those guys had all of the fundamentals, from the footwork to ball-handling, passing, etc. Jordan was as complete a player as you will ever see, but it was because of his skills and athletic ability as well as his formidable (but not superior) fundamentals.

@@shenlonggohan If you ever watched Jordan live, you would have seen his head above the rim. Tv camera angles can fool you. Jordan didn’t have a 48” vertical, Dominique did. But Jordan had hops, and he got up above the rim at times.

Yes

Greatest in High School, College, and NBA = Greatest of ALL Time = Kareem

​@@gregorydurden2012MJs my GOAT but I always respect someone's opinion when they say the Captain is theirs.

considering he hadn't even played a pro game yet, it's quite prophetic.

@@kenmasters2025 🤦🏿‍♂️

play those kids against the lakers and the celtics...

No he was off because Jordan IS the greatest.

Prophetic

@@cornellhartfield8731 Most definitely, his prediction even succeeded expectations.

@@cornellhartfield8731 yup,yup he was right.

Ewing And Jordan on the same team? Is it really a surprise they went undefeated?

@@relatablepain4347 Yeah people forget that Ewing was on that team. They act like it was all Mike. Pat was the difference, him over Nance any day.

@@hennylo68 Now put Ewing and Jordan together, instead of Pippen and guess what, Jordan's getting rings! Lots of them. That's why Jordan wouldn't have rings with out Pippen arguement is garbage. The man needed one other all-star just like every other great to ever play.

@I Am King Nope, it was Jordan with help, mainly Ewing. Stop diminishing Mike's teammates to make the case for Jordan's greatness. MJ fans don't do that. Only Lebron fans do that.

@I Am King Case close? What case are you trying to make with those statistics. So he averaged 5 more ppg than Pat and he won it by himself? Lol what a joke.

This is what lead to the all star freeze out

@@sonnywoods6846 , I agree

Better #..lol Turnovers,bricked shots???

LeSheep having better numbers than Jordan is one of the biggest misconceptions I’ve ever heard in my basketball debating life!LeSheep has better rebounding and assist numbers but not Scoring,steals or blocks!Now if your referring to counting numbers then yes because he played more games but I judge dominance by averages!Also if you really wanna go in-depth then you go to PER!Jordan is #1 all time!These LeSheep fans will disregard that!

I think they went 9-0

@@gmoneybagz2376 ikr, like lebron has better numbers but he was only up by 1 RPG and 1 APG despite holding the ball all the time on offense.. that's stat padding to me bro..

What the hell does Lebron have to do with this? Learn how to spell and pay attention to the video clown 🤡

There’s nothing he did this game the world hadn’t been seen before but rather not all in one player.

A vastly underrated comment!

I agree, but you could make cases for Kareem.

@@nathansalinas1669 there’s no case for Cap

No cases at all... In times of sickness In times of trouble In times of media In times of rivalry In times of challenges In times of every possible hardship He overcame them all... He is was and forever will be the greatest... And there's not a doubt in my mind.

@@nathansalinas1669Who is Kareem?

Iverson was the greatest💯💯💯

Portland would have definitely drafted Jordan...but the million dollar question is would Houston draft Olajuwon or MJ? 🤔

Maybe Portland, but still both Portland and Houston needed big players from that draft. Can't really tell.

I heard many years ago that Portland offered their pick and Drexler to Houston for Ralph Sampson. Rockets declined. So... Theoretically we could have seen a Jordan, Hakeem, Drexler big 3....

@@jongmacinas2580 Houston didn't need a big man. They had Ralph Sampson before the injury. Portland didn't need him since they had Clyde.

@@hennylo68 back in the day, 1big is not enough. Whenever a promising big like Hakeem is available, teams pick them. Banking on Sampson alone was not a wise decision when they know another one is available. Bigs have much higher premium during those years. But I would agree that if Hakeem was not in that draft, Houston would certainly pick MJ. You are correct Drexler was already in Portland, that actually further my point about their team needing a big man. If bowie wasnt there, do you think they would not pick MJ even they already had Clyde?

That's not the entire story. There were some closed-door scrimmages prior to the series, and the NBA All stars won all of those games.

False .. if that was the case he would've got out the 1st round without a top 20 player of all time .. both Kobe and LeBron did it but Jordan couldn't .. just facts

Lebron never made playoffs first two years. Jordan did on team with coke heads and quitters!

@@quoisinc and bron made it out the 1st round multiple times and to the Champ with Dope heads and quitters .. lol .. did Jordan make it out the 1st round with his, no .. Bron did .. just facts

@@a1obbr630 lebron was in a weak eastern conference. All but one team Jordan lost to in the first round went to the finals and a couple of those teams won the championship.

@@a1obbr630 Jordan won 6 champions 2 three peats with the same exact team after retiring over a year. You can't even argue for LeBron the delusions. Greatness is clearly defined in character. When did LeBron ever play against the NBA All Stars before drafted? When did he win a Championship in College, or a Gold Medal in the Olympics before being drafted? You can even compare the levels. Jordan was practically a Dr. Of Basketball before being drafted. They don't hand out PHDs to basketball players but being the best in your field made you that. Ironically he was compared to Dr. J the architect of that style.

the greatest athlete ever will always be debatable as all sports are different.

I remember !

I couldn't even imagine the excitement back then. To see this happen and know he's coming to your team must have been the greatest feeling on planet Earth.

@@whenisdinner2137 facts. If a prodigy like this was coming to the Knicks (I’m a Knicks fan) and killing guys like Lukas and Giannis and Tatum and Lebron I’d be over the moon. Can’t even imagine.

I guess that goes to show that the talent in college was so much better back then, Than it is today !

@@jonathanbatturs6359 Thats because you had to go to college to get drafted and play for a yr or 2 and most athletes played out their college careers or left 1yr early. Of course that had a lot to do with NBA pay back then also. Plus the culture and relevance of a degree back then played a factor in most college athletes decisions. A degree was worth as much as getting drafted in most cases plus college basketball was probably more popular than the NBA back then. It really hadnt went international yet and ppl looked at college athletes with a bit more reverence back then so most players wanted to stay in college unlike today. Js

Perhaps deliberately lost to intimidate the other olympic teams that year

It was the golden generation of college basketball Talent at that time. We'll never see anything like it. Also to be fair to the NBA All-Stars they didn't really play together very often whereas the college kids played together a lot because they were the Olympic team.

​@@GodsView1 the egos of the NBA players were way too big for that to happen

Lebron didn't go to college he was playing NBA straight out of high school. Don´t get me wrong Jordan is goat, but Lebron just had it different

Like magic squad. MJ would have 9 rings

Imaging if LeBron had the same ? .. omg .. he would have 10 plus rings

@@a1obbr630 Like in Miami where he only had 2 rings? 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

@@usuck1883 no, he got to Miami after being in the league for years .. this post said from the he beginning. And there are major differences. Everybody agrees that Phil is in a whole other level when it comes to coaching than Spolstra. 2nd chris Bosh and LeBron supporting cast doesn't come close to what Jordan had for 3 to 4 years, yea dwade and Pippin might cancel each other out, but Chris ain't on rodman level at all and the rest was nobodies and aging stars, that don't compare to Tony kukoc in his prime, Ron Harper and Kerr .. lol .. so no it isn't the same but nice try. If bron had what Jordan had he'll have more champs and again if he had a good supporting cast from the start he'll have more at more champs. So Jordan had better coaching and better supporting cast, those are facts. If Bron had that omg.

@@a1obbr630 Phil started as a mediocre bball coach in Puerto Rico in the mid 80’s then went to b an assistant coach for the Bulls in the late 80’s. Pippen was an ok player when he entered the league in ‘87 then became an all-star a few years later.