"The Last Dance" shows Michael Jordan's rise was instant - Nick Wright | NBA | FIRST THINGS FIRST 

Mpls 612 that’s cause his roll diminished when he stacked it up with Houston and Portland. Not because he lost his ability.

Lebron wouldn’t have left if he was in Jordan’s shoes, he might have even got Jerry Krause fired. That’s why Lebron is the true goat.

Scottie got lowballed and jerry Krause was wrong to dismantle the team in ‘98

Michael Jordan is the GOAT, too bad that Jerry Krause broke that team up.

Lechoke crying today

Faaaaactz straight corn ball

Hes on the cheering squad

He should run for President then. He'd win.

🤣🤣🤣

and gets beat up at the end of the night by his own teammates lol

yup and as a Bad Boys fan it was a joyous ocassion when season after season we'd knock them out the playoffs!

@@dusttaker As a Bulls fan from Chicago I HATED the Bad Boys with a passion! Lol. The Bad Boys taught the Bulls how to be tough mentally and physically. They prepared the Bulls for greatness. :-)

True bb fans knew how freak of nature Jordan was. I did not need the doc to remind of that.

@@dusttaker you did it like twice.

Joshua Smith the only reason he doesn’t is because it would be redundant because everyone else already had. In a debate, it’s the other persons job to bring up MJs feats, so that’s why he doesn’t do it.

Jordan has all his credit, nobody takes it away, but Lebron got over it.

@@Eric-hg5hf I watched both, Jordans best Ive ever seen.

the only reason why he doesnt is because hes getting paid by lebron to spout that nonsense. REmemebr whis 2010 tweet about how LBJ is overrated and how KD is a lebron james who can shoot? And remember him deleting that tweet? Nick Wright is a shill

Darrell Hardy I’ve seen both live and Lebron is better. It’s not that close either.

cyber6sapien I caught that too.. Crazy af

When he said that, I was like that’s why Knight was the man too. He knows ball

Alot of people didn't soak in the gravity of that statement

The greatest player he ever saw up until that point, 1984, 35+ years ago. Lebron has supplanted him as the GOAT.

@@oroebuck Jason Terry avg more points than Lebron in the 2011 finals after he choked away a 2-1 lead with homecourt.. hes been disqualified ever since

Similar stories with Wilt. Theres a video by jimmy highroller about 16 year old wilt playing professionally and dropping 40 bombs or something crazy

Similar stories with Lebron also. Lol he could have been a top pick as a JUNIOR in high school (MJ didn't MAKE his team 1 year younger than that).

He’s having a hard time because his boyfriend Lebron is done for the season

Astor Yelangueuzian did mj lead a team to the finals that had being in the finals. Did Jordan face a team that was 73-9 and beat them in the finals and then added top 2 player in the nba and face them 2 times? Did mj face a team in the finals without 2 of the best players on the time? Just makes statements stupid

Jay Biersack there’s difference between Jordan leading a 72-10 team to the finals and winning between a 73-9 team going to the finals and losing. It don’t mean unless you got the championship.

@@Iniquityslasher if Draymon Green was not suspended for a silly call we all know GS wins in 5 at home.

@@Iniquityslasher So Kyrie didn't have the best handles IN THE WORLD 2016? Era of 3 and no D

Astor Yelangueuzian Draymond was playing for game 6 and 7 and they still lost. No one cares for those excuses bro

Beacause jordan's competition (shooting guards) were weaker than today's NBA guards.

CoupleTraveler Wrong.

Deeeaaaammmn yo

@@bettor411 he played in a harder era hand checking was okay back then . People saying Jordon and no competition but that's wrong as there were so many stars in the game back then just that Jordon was head and shoulders above everyone else . He's like the muhamad Ali of bball no one can compare ever to Jordon

@@bettor411 please... Weaker? Drexler, Dumars, Miller, etc were weak? Do you know of any 2 guard who retired with at least 20K pts 6K reb 6k ast 2K steals? That's Drexler. Or DPOY esp guards now? MJ played against Moncrief, Rodman, Dumars, Payton, etc. Or the greatest long-range clutch shooter who at the age of 35 eliminated AI's team? That's Miller. Heck Wizards MJ toyed players who were considered great defensive players in the post hand-check NBA. Funny how casual fans who haven't played pro ball belittle players of the hand-check era. I'd believe statements of actual players who played in both era than some clueless fans. Post hand-check players couldn't even contain an injury ridden Kobe, how much more if it was MJ. 🤦‍♂️

tasos tasoss agreed , they most likely would have won 9 straight had MJ not retired that first time and they didn’t rip the Team apart in 98. They would have probably met there match in 2000 maybe in a game 7 away.

JACKSON PAIN I think they beat Lakers I mean Allen Iverson took a game from them by himself

Mike Diaz Fitness beat the Kobe Shaq lakers ?? Stop it. The lakers went 15-1 that year greatest playoff stretch ever at the moment.

Mike Diaz Fitness yeah who knows with that psychopath playing for the bulls. He may have pulled a gun out in the last minute of game seven after he realised they were going to fall short. lol 😆

@@hydros25 Or "how i make sure that, not just me makes money playing basketball". Sounds more realistic. Or "How i got garbage coaches multimillion dollar contracts"

Hahahaha

LeBron is reason for Micheal's doc point blank, what you have witnessed from LeBron never in the history of the game, come from 3 to 1 and beat the best team in the league, trust and believe, LeBron is not done.

@@hydros25 he got 3 tho and he'll want to count this season too .. so that makes 4!

@@sholovesholove4620 Or "how pocket watching and minding other people business can lead to losing 6 championships"

And he really never said anything good about him without mentioning LBJ. Then he goes on with subtle shots at him. He’s still a goof. Last night must’ve been rough for him having to watch and see true greatness but knows he has a job to do the next morning to be a LBJ apologist.

😂😂😂

I truly don't think he remembers watching a single game Jordan ever played yet claims LeBron is better.

@@hvn919 he's a stats guy, that's how he reviews a game.

@@matp111-9 maybe that's why he sucks. You can't review a game based on a box score and you can't judge who's a greater player by reading Wikipedia.

That's a fact. It's undisputable at this point

He's a ghost

That there will never be another? That's what they said about the horse that the car would never replace it and now only the mare says it... Lebron James 👑🐐💪🏾

Kobe is my guy But him and m.j. above bring...js

@@Eric-hg5hf 6 nba finals losses

Sooooo underrated. He led MJ in 3 or more of the 5 main categories (points/rebounds/assists/steals/blocks) in FOUR of their 6 Finals. In JUST the 6 seasons the Bulls won JUST Pip made 5 All NBA Teams & SIX All Defensive Teams (with Horace & Rodman both also making an All Defensive Team). While in Lebrons ENTIRE NINTEEN YEAR CAREER he's had teammates make 5 All NBA Teams (Wade in '11/'12/'13, Kyrie in '15, & AD in '20) & literally JUST TWO All Defensive Teams (Varejao in '09 & AD in '20). He was a top 3-8 player in the league most of those seasons they won. Like Lebrons had to do (except he's had to ALSO do the scoring & defense) Pip did everything for the Bulls. He handled the rebounds, playmaking, took the other teams best player on d, etc so Mj could focus on scoring & important key spurts of elite defense. Imagine having '16-'19 Kawhi but he's ur 4th-6th highest paid player on ur team lol. He'll of an advantage.

@@jessekittrell2946 Pippen was arguably a top ten player of the 90's, you're reaching quite a bit

LeBron still the goat

Top militerian Pa Raul Based solely on Bronsexual emotions.

@@TM-NTM "Still"???....He never was......lmao

He never actually hates on Mike. Up until about 2017 he called mike the goat and still thinks mike is right behind LBJ.

@@trentirvin2008 lol if you don’t think he hates him your dumb. He always hates on Jordan

That would be using "context", something Nick doesn't know about

Baldheadslck in all fairness, Lebron was a better basketball player from age 18-21 than virtually everyone else except maybe Kareem.

@@omieg89 what's that have to do with the price of tea in China lol

Lop MJ took a year & a half of "loaded management" he retired TWICE by age 35/36.

i didnt get his point about all time great being instant..pippen kawhi curry kobe t mac many others were not instantly great......hard work matters

Because he has to rep his marriage to Lebron. That’s his husband. Shannon Sharpe and Nick Wright both take turns on Lebron’s nuts

Traslen Patterson exactly, and since you can’t beat that you have to minimize it and says chips are just team victories

Traslen Patterson wait, did he really only go to 6?

@@chasingfelix3609 yeah only 6 BUT it could be worst, he could've went to 9 and ONLY won 3😂😂😂😂

Traslen Patterson jordan never played a team as good as the warriors

@@okcx3682 the bulls matchup with the warriors perfectly, and let's not act like the warriors are unbeatable. The Houston Rockets did have them down 3-2 in the 2018 Western conference finals with James Harden and Chris Paul as the leaders of that team, now let's play Switch'em....take James Harden and Chris Paul out and put Jordan and Pippen in, what do you think would've happened?🤔.....I'll give you a hint, there wouldn't be a game 7.

Richard Davis lebron the goat though

@@uchihajoel3064 in your opinion, certainly not in mine. Don't say that to criticize him. I just got him closer to 10 than I do 1

@@uchihajoel3064 LOL... After 17 years in the league another MVP would tie LeBron with what Jordan got in 15 years. Maybe if we give LeBron 10 more years He'll get 3 more rings and 3 more Finals MVPs...4 more All Defensive 1st team awards... 3 more All Defensive teams.... his FIRST Defensive Player of the year award...his FIRST 3 NBA steals leader awards...9 more NBA scoring leader awards...LOL....WHO ARE WE KIDDING?? That's NOT gonna happen, but Jordan did all that in 15 years...Participation trophy mentalities tell us LeBron is the GOAT right?? LOL!!!

Nick is younger than my youngest kid. He was still peeing in his diaper when MJ won the 6 championships. The first 2 episodes of Last Dance open his eyes, and after watching the last episode, he'll regret to ever claim LeBron in the same sentence as the real GOAT

@@sensiblyhonest695 15 more years, and 5 more times of joining other superstars. It's funny how people say that he carries a bunch of nobody's, when in actuality he had join other superstars to win. Can't remember the real GOAT needing to do that

He was talking about showing greatness immediately in the PLAYOFFS.

Not choking like lebron

Was it a lie? The spurs would’ve had a good chance to beat the bulls in a 7 game series 🤷🏾‍♂️

​@@dariusgodfrey8624 It wasn't a lie, and it wasn't the truth. It's an incredibly weak narrative that comes down to "MJ would be 6-1 if they stayed together!!".. really? L3-6ron??

@@dariusgodfrey8624 yes it was a lie. Well i can't say lie because anything was possible but that spurs team got lucky with knicks matchup. I think bulls had one great yr left and with the strike cutting season in half the bull still will be fresh and hard to take out in 7. I have no doubt the bulls would have won 4 in row maybe 5?

Tim Duncan and David Robinson would’ve killed the Bulls in 99. It might’ve been embarrassing. Good thing they broke it up.

​@@nickj4526 Bulls swept the Spurs in the 98 regular season and 99 was a shortened season which would've helped the older Bulls. Scottie and Rodman were still good defenders and Jordan was still playing at an MVP level. Fill the spots around them and they could've won another ring or two, but 6-0 has nice 'rings' to it.

Nick keep playing and Lebron gon trade him to ESPN deportes

truthseeker215 who cares

MJ is good - no doubt 3rd or 4th best. But can't compare to Lebron.

@@MalrickEQ2 LMAO YOU MATH IS BAD ..6 RINGS AND YOUR QUEEN ...WELL LETS SAY 3 AND 6

@@MalrickEQ2 LMAO ...THIS IS A JOKE ...YOU SEE MJ AND ALL OTHER PLAYERS IN THAT ERA WANTED TO BEAT EACH OTHER...UNLIKE YOUR QUEEN WHO SCREAMS HE IS THE GREATEST WHEN HE WINS AND ACTS LIKE HE IS THE REASON WHY AND WHEN HE LOSES HE SCREAMS I DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH HELP AND BLAMES HIS TEAMMATES THEN JUMPS TO ANOTHER TEAM

Aaron Alsept You got one thing right....they don’t compare.

Aaron Alsept L36ron can’t be goat. Losers can’t be goat. Sorry

Exactly! It is the lack of heart, drive, intensity and competiveness in the games and player rivalries. Nick Wright with his typical idiotic liberal logic. Twisting the truth and being ignorant! Nick Wright is an ignorant clown!

@@mikepadilla6883 thats why there is no competitiveness in the All Star Games

@@tashrif46 I agree!

Nick Wright would definitely win the debate.

@@NeoViny correction, "against"

Indeed, I don't know why people say that despite them still having the most stacked and deep team of the league, while Stockton-to-Malone and anyone else was getting older but also was still alone with no help (aside for Reggie Miller getting even more help and adding Larry Legend to the coaching spot), it's the others that were running on fumes.

There is a GREAT interview on youtube by luc longley i think. Essentially, they were pushed by MJ to absolutely crush them defensively until the game was over. At halftime they were up 16, and i think ron harper missed a defensive switch and MJ ripped into him-- while up 16 at the HALF. That's how you win games even if you can't score.

@@dusk6159 Old but the jazz were able to defeat everyone out west.

@THE UMBRELLA CORPORATION I'm sure his agent was agaisnt the contract, especially if the owner told pippen not to sign that contract. Fact of the matter is he got finessed by a sleezy gm that mapped out his usefulness perfectly so he could get the most out of him an never have to pay him. He didn't even want to pay Jordan and Phil but he was forced to pay them or the ship would have crashed very prematurely.

@ablackprep Bob Knight also was declared Steph Curry (when in college and not well known ) as a great passer. Bob Knight KNOWS the game of basketball.

ablackprep yeah Bobby knight might be a little nuts but he is a genius when it comes to basketball. Was the first person to say he’s the greatest basketball player he’s ever seen play and had similar foresight with steph curry in college.

He always lies it’s normal for him

Carlos Uriel González Cabral : Larry said Magic was the best. So THAT’s a lie.

Nick Wright can't be giving out too much credit, now! Gotta keep LBJ's legacy safe.

Frank Jones this man said “one” lol

@@mikeyfightz LOL

@@mikeyfightz hahahaha

won also he was about to be 22 that year so hes not wrong..and kobe was not th kobe we know now at the time he was a 21 5 and 4 guy

david cone jr lol

He be on lbj 🍆

david cone jr No D tonight 👀🤣🤣🤣👍👍

😂😂😂😂....Facts

Great point I wish people would catch Nick or anybody that makes bad point and school them with facts.

Lol first off its sad u wanna try to unfairly compare Lebrom at 19 to MJ at 21but its even sadder u need this explained...... he said once they got into the PLAYOFFS they INSTANTLY showed they were elite & didn't start off normal & slowly got better 🤦🏼‍♂️ -Lebron came into the league at 19 (& was MUCH better as a 19 year old in the league than Kobe was lol). He was 21 & avgd 36/8/6 on 51% shooting 😳 his 1st playoff series. -MJ came in at 21. He was 21 & avgd 29/6/9 on 43% shooting his 1st playoff series. -Duncan at 21. He was 22 & avgd 20/10/3 his 1st playoff series. -Kobe at 18. He was 19 & avgd 8/1/1 his 1st playoff series. Notice Kobe....nless ur Lebron or Luka most guys struggle as TEENAGERS in the NBA lol. Him & Lebron had the 2 hardest ramp ups of the other top 10 pf all time players......going from high school schedules & competition to NBA. Meanwhile MJ got to learn from 1 of the best coaches of all time for years at college (plus olympic coaching from Bob Knight... ANOTHER top coach of ALL TIME....oh wait then he gets a top 3 NBA coach of ALL TIME haha ). Looks like just ANOTHER advantage MJ had to help him. Lebron actally showed elite playoff moments YOUNGER than MJ did lol. Lebrons bday is December while MJs is Feb. As i said though what Nick was saying is in the PLAYOFFS they INSTANTLY were elite no matter how young they were (except for Kobe obviously). -At 21 years old in Lebrons 1st playoff game he put up a 30 pt triple double lol -Then when his FIRST playoff series was tied 2-2 he put up a 45/8/7 in game 5 & then 32/7/7 including 5 of the teams 7 points in overtime in the close out game 6....again all at age 21 & yoinger than MJ was in his 1st playoff series -Then the next series avgd 27/9/6 vs 1 of the greatest defenses EVER & pushed that Pistons team that made 6 straight ECFs to 7 games with his best teammate in the series avging 11 points & Larry Hughes going down in game 2 lol. But again he avgd 36/8/6 his FIRST playoff series at age 21 (which was better than MJs 29/6/9 PLUS was sloghtly younger then MJ). He IMMEDIATELY showed it 🤦🏼‍♂️

Is doing it their VERY FIRST playoff game & FIRST playoff series would be 'instant' enough for u lol. That's what Nick said 🤦🏼‍♂️

"I wouldn't have 5 titles without what I learned from Mike"-Kobe Jordan

@@purposepassionandlovetv863I just find it amazing how the media keeps disrespecting legends! We all stand on the shoulders of giants!!!!

@@lorenzomartinjr Yeah, they have some in the media that really speak from the heart but the programmers and producers have certain "anylist" say stuff and create story lines just for ratings. No way in the world with Lebron's track record and I'm not talking wins and losses I'm talking episodes, meltdowns and game in general should be mentioned before Kobe. I feel you on that. In fact I'll go so far to say that I think people mistake his athletic ability with his performance. In terms of performance and reliability in tough moments, Magic, Kobe and Larry Bird I would take before I take Lebron. We don't even need to call Mike's name , that's automatic.

Robbie R LeBron never did the begging. If you watch D Wade’s documentary you’ll see Wade and Bosh were recruiting LeBron to come to Miami. They even held a watch party to watch the decision. They were nervous because LeBron hadn’t returned either of their calls for a few days. Draymond literally called KD from the parking lot of the arena after the warriors lost game 7 to recruit him.

Right MJ beat 20 50+ win teams.. Bron beat 10 the East was loaded back then

the East was so loaded that the Bulls, a 30 win team, made the playoffs

Lil Rock 44 because kawhi isn’t top 20 all time

😂😂😂😂

The team has 1 hall of Famer, and no top 25 player.

That pacers team gave me More fear than any other team that year. It was a dog fight and could have gone any direction at key moments in the 4th quarters..

@@BlackRB21, very right! In my opinion, apart from The Detroit Pistons, who won 2 championships, the toughest playoff series the MJ Bull's era had to face.

@@xcwilliams7980, collection of Hall of famers don't necessarily make a GREAT team. Look at the defending Toronto team of last year. That 98 Indiana team had little dogs but the fight in em was big! Keep watching the documentary, you'll learn about them.

Truth. 73% of 100+ NBA players surveyed last season said MJ was the goat. Just 11% said LeBron. That's a landslide in anyone's language. Nothing Nick Wright or Shannon Sharpe or anyone else can say that will change that fact.

Cause most of these people easily get misled by the media’s narrative

@@DP-gb8qu Jesus Christ. Do research. Hahaha...." grew up watching Jordan." Okay..so they're dead now? Professional basketball players past and present Sherlock Holmes! Jesus...

@@DP-gb8qu percentage. How old are you and what don't you understand about my statement? Lol even someone came back with a percentage of the pros. Smdh.

Yea let’s all say lebron is the goat an active player so we can give him the ultimate competitors advantage. Lmao you got some nerve talking to anyway like there stupid or young 😆

Because the media told you to believe that whether you realize it or not

@@coreyreeves3841 about what?

@@MusicLuv80 the media did the same thing for jordan that they do for lebron put them on a pedestal and seperate them from the other greats to influence public opinion neither came close to what bill Russell and wilt the goat Chamberlain did

@@coreyreeves3841 Media does it for Lebron way more. I am old enough to witness Jordan play but media defense Lebron lot more. way more. Media didn't need to defense Jordan because he was great every single game even they lost.

@@MusicLuv80 lmao

bruh you aint playing any professional sports either shut up

His analysis is spot on. Don't know what you're talking about.

And he didn't mention Magic won at age 20...Nick is a hater plain & simple...At least Michael lost to some of the greatest teams ever early on who eventually were champs...

LMAO YOU KNOW NICK IS CRYING ON THE INSIDE....LMAO

@@davidconejr4206 you must be young, im sure he wasn't

Low Distortion he just isnt an obsessive Jordan nuthugger like you

It’s 2020 we wireless

Ez Ng33 nah u dumb to pay $150 to not have strings

These dudes are children

It's a joke 🤯

what is it Nick have not said about mj?to be honest about it, mj was cut in college,to call him the goat, please, LeBron won MVP at 22 years old, mj at 23

the mj bron debate is funny to me cause theres so many little details we can argue from mj's early playoff record without pippen to bron carrying bums to the finals at the same age mj was a rookie to mj taking time off to the era bron played in being tougher to mj no forming super teams to bron being more versatile to mj having less help in the 80's than bron did in cleveland by 2009 to the free agency stuff to the stats we can argue this all day

Asmosis Jones It’s pointless in a sense that no matter how much facts are thrown in someone’s face, they’re never gonna change their opinion on something. So yea it’d be useless like any other debate. Even when history tells us LBJ has never been clutch like MJ in the finals, has had way more help than him as well, has never taken a team to the finals & won from the ground up etc even when you add that & combine rings/stats/playoff-finals stats/clutchness at the highest level/skills/accomplishments etc LBJ ain’t touching MJ. Thing is LBJ fans have a lot of hypotheticals towards MJ, no actual arguments, they also contradict themselves more than anyone. So yea it is funny.

What team that lebron lost to, wasn't better than the Pacers team faced in the eastern conference? 🤔

@@razkable LBJ carried bums to the finals??? ummm when your team is the TOP seed, you don't have bums on your team carrying Bums is when you have drug addicts/slobs on your team, only played 18 games and you're on minutes restriction but somehow made sure the team still make the playoffs You don't carry bums to the finals as a TOP seed, unless the WHOLE conference were BUMS.