NBA Legends on How Good Michael Jordan Was with the Wizards

[@RobertSchuster68]

Michael Jordan is the Michael Jordan of all Michael Jordans

[@GrimBlueForces]

So you mean he’s the Michael Jordan of basketball…? Or the Greatest Of All Time in NBA history?

[@jamesleonard1967]

Understandable have a great day

[@RobertSchuster68]

@@jamesleonard1967 try this with any other player, and it doesn't have any meaning LBJ is the LBJ of all LBJs

[@jasongraham1408]

And not to mention that Michael Jordan was averaging more than 20.0 points a game in his 40’s, that’s one reason why he’s my GOAT 🐐

[@BenniekdaReal]

After retiring and partying for 3 years. No one else other than probably the late great Kobe could do even close to that.

[@mymusic3354]

And he dropped 40 several times and a 50 plus after age 40.

[@kingdoscuarto]

He had more bad games than good ones 👌🏿 nobody doubled him because of how bad he shot at 42%😂

[@difficsambalao]

@@kingdoscuarto so you are better than KG, Paul Pierce, Grant Hill, Vince Carter and Kobe???? we know the answer, so STFU

[@shaggydee91]

He is THE goat 🐐

[@warbirdwf]

I'd take a prime Michael Jordan over any player, ever.

[@Timeculture]

That's literally why we call him the goat 😅

[@lemb2008]

2018 lebron is better but it could go either way

[@adam551982]

​@lemb2008 not even close.

[@jamesthereaper7]

The GOAT still played all 82 games on one leg at the age of 40.

[@chijaytavaakachija1513]

Pretty sure MJ had two flat tires not one. 😂

[@Nysdaddy]

@chi… 38-39 year old Mike was better than 38-39 year old Lebron. All you have to do is watch Mikes wizards ‘goat Szn’. Compare it to Lebron this year, it is clear who the more capable player was at that age as well.

[@slappyslapstick4045]

@@Nysdaddy You don't believe this bullshit.

[@charlessukati4866]

How many of today's prima donnas would do that???😮😮😮

[@slappyslapstick4045]

@@charlessukati4866 Do what? Play like shit for a whole season?

[@ziginaigra]

that doug collins story 🔥🔥🔥

[@dejamike88]

Man, I remembered Antwan Walker used to jack up those ill advised 3s in the era where it would drive any coaches crazy….imagine if he played in this era lol

[@amalshakur]

Wasn't it weird to see a big man jacking up treys like that?

[@fernandocousins1611]

The Goat

[@cortezrice7023]

Imagine if really took top tier shape no smoking or drinking

[@KariAhava]

I came from Finland in 2002, just to see MJ play (+road trip). Game was against Knicks. Michael scored 20. They weren't the best seats, but that didn't matter.

[@yoe91]

I thought it was greatness to come back because it showed he played because he loved the game. Could’ve kept his perfect stats, perfect ending vs Utah in 98…but no. He came back because he loved the game.

[@younglove3362]

He came back to give the Wizards stability and because his wife was screwing him up financially.

[@catherinechang99]

No one has this mentality and talent anymore. No more. GOAT FOREVER 💫🌟💫

[@NoSheepMentality]

Pre injury he had been playing fine. He was averaging 29 and 6 or 7 rebounds and assists on 47 percent shooting the last 10 games up to the injury. After the injury was the downturn.

[@kingdoscuarto]

He was shooting 42% 😂

[@joelp9486]

​@@kingdoscuarto He said 47% in the 10 games leading up to the injury, not for the season up until the injury.

[@kingdoscuarto]

@@joelp9486 kiddo the meniscus tear came in game 53. 10 games prior to that he was shooting 42% 👌🏿

[@OlJackBurton]

@@kingdoscuarto the meniscus came earlier, before All-Star weekend. he originally thought/hoped it was just tendinitis. his knee would swell up so much he had to get it drained several times. but there was a 10 game stretch where he was shooting around 47% (not much worse than his later Bulls years) and hitting his groove as almost entirely a jump shooter. don't forget his first month or so back his average was below 40% similar to what it was when he came back from baseball. it took time for him to get his game legs back. after the first terrible month, when MJ and baby Rip were both healthy and on the floor, the Wizards won 75+% of their games, going 11-4 in December, although Rip missed more than a week of December and basically all of January and MJ didn't play during one of those losses in early December. from January 31 to mid February, MJ went 6-2 before he couldn't go anymore on that knee. he then returned way too early only 3 weeks after surgery and messed his knee up even worse poorly playing 7 more games before shutting it down. even so, the Wizards went from 19 wins to 37 wins. if MJ had 5 more healthy months after the 1st month instead of just 2.5 months, the Wizards easily win 50+ games and make the playoffs and maybe MJ finally loses a Final (against the Lakers although it should have been the Kings, but that's a different debate). the next season, even with the bad knee (some say 2 bad knees), and a year older, he was averaging 44.5% (basically Kobe's career percentage) with very little help from his teammates and all 82 games. Stackhouse, the only other real offensive option, was worse than baby Rip. talk about inefficient. but Wizards MJ was every bit as good as old LeBron, even with the flat tires. Washington just never had the exposure that LA has...

[@awiseman75]

I was at the game he scored 51. He's the GOAT and it's not close.

[@wingman-1977]

I hope you kept the stub.

[@kingdoscuarto]

He had more bad games than good ones. Shot 42% while not even being doubled 😂

[@Quack_attack_]

Not....even.....close 💯

[@punyemas9783]

@@kingdoscuartoit doesn't matter though. We all know MJ's really a solid 50% fg player

[@kingdoscuarto]

@@punyemas9783 Jordan’s 50% vs man to man defense but vs zone defense it’s 42% 😂😂😂

[@shareofmoney]

The disrespect of Wizards MJ is crazy. Obviously it wasn't prime MJ but he was still great for his age. I know LeBron is past his 20th year and he should be commended for that. But Michael Jordan still produced well as a Wizard, in his old age, with considerably more punishment on his body because of the physical 80s and 90s.

[@kingdoscuarto]

Shooting 41% while not even being double is horrible and that shooting percentage is before the meniscus tear 👌🏿

[@tudorm6838]

For several months and before a significant knee problem he scored ~ 25+ PPG and had similar numbers per minute as Kobe Bryant.

[@nathangrund7216]

That one by the coach is clearly the best insight. Nice work. That is man humbled after letting a player do his job, and dictate the terms. An example of trust and faith following the question. Cause words are words, so Jordan made him prove it. Then after getting the closure that he really meant it, backed it up next game.

[@Daveyboy_RS3]

As a massive Michael Jordan fan, just want to correct that MJ scored his 50 PT game at almost 39 vs Charlotte. So technically he was still 38 when he dropped that 51. He did have 8 40 PT games while with The Wizards, and had one 40 PT game as a 40-year-old. At that point he had every scoring record at 38 or older. LeBron hasn't dropped 50 since just turning 37. MJ also has the most 50, 40, 30, and 20pt games at age 38 or more. However LeBron will inevitably catch MJ's record for most 20pt games at age 38 or over (and probably 30 PT games) Right now, MJ and LeBron are tied with 8 40pt games at age 38 or older. (So LeBron just needs one more 40 point performance to grab that record). Since LeBron has signed a 2-year contract, he will be playing at age 40 and 41... And I'm sure he's got his eye on breaking that record that MJ has of being the oldest player to drop 50. Pretty confident that when one of those games comes along where he's really cooking, he'll have told his players to be ready, that he gives them the signal, it means he's going for the 50 point record, And they'll go ahead and do everything in their power to get James easy baskets. Such is LeBron's entire career, using his status to influence and manipulate himself into The most favorable positions, whether it's to win a championship joining up with Superstars, or to grab a individual award. Let's remember that Jordan hadn't played in over 3 years, hadn't planned on coming back, so was just enjoying retirement, golfing, sipping fine whiskey, and smoking them Cubans. To then come back on a whim, and average 25/6/5 in his first 46 games back before stackhouse fell on his leg is totally unprecedented. He's still ended up with 23/6/4 that season at age 39 playing 14 more games after stackhouse fell on his leg, and then calling it a season at game 60. Then he came back The following season still hobbled on one leg and averaged 20 at age 40 playing all 82 games. Another record no one has approached. Just goes to show that if stackhouse hadn't fell on his leg in his first year back in game 46, he would have continued that season and likely finished with 25 plus, instead of 23 PPG. So MJ came back out of the blue, just to see if he could still compete, with zero training. While LeBron James has arguably the most expensive training regimen in all sports, including a $1 million oxygen hyperbolic chamber lol. But he'll still never approach Michael Jordan's greatness Even if he finds himself the Black panther herb and continues to play till 60

[@hollins625]

Great story but you don't really believe that Mike came back with zero training, do you? No matter how sentimental we are, on paper his Wizards years were a failure but a least we got a few great games and memories and I still cannot believe that I bought my first and last Wizards jersey...

[@Daveyboy_RS3]

@@hollins625 When I say he came back on a whim.. I didn't mean that he didn't practice or train at all beforehand. That would be impossible. But training for a few weeks or months after 3 years of probably treating his body like an amusement park would never be sufficient. Especially at 38 years old. If I could have my choice, I would have chosen for Michael not to come back as a wizard, and have ended his career in '98, in spectacular fashion. But even at age 38, after not playing for 3 years, averaging 23/6/4... That's pretty incredible. I would agree that he did have a few great games. Actually he had 23 incredible games. Take a few minutes and Google Michael Jordan's greatest 23 games as a wizard. There's a bleacher report article listing his 23 greatest games as a wizard. After reading it I couldn't believe that he accomplished those numbers in those games. I was shocked literally. Check it out. I won't put in the link because KZbin will take it down.

[@hollins625]

@@Daveyboy_RS3 Are you the biggest MJ fan on yt? I don't have to Google anything regarding those 2 wizards years because I followed them even more than his last Bulls years. I watched that Hornets game multiple times for example. His second comeback was great for the league but it was not great for him or the wizards unfortunately... What do you think would have happened if he decided that 99 would be his final season? When half the league was out of shape...

[@Daveyboy_RS3]

@@hollins625 Yeah I'd say I'm up there.... Born in 80 so jumped on board around the '87-88 season. I think if Phil and Krause could've worked out their differences, then MJ, Pippin, and Rodman and the crew would have signed a one additional year extension and most likely beaten San Antonio for a fourth straight ring. Impossible to know for sure cuz the Bulls were already pretty physically and emotionally drained after that 2nd 3peat run, But yeah my money would have been on a fourth ring, and everyone would have went on their way. But I'm happy how it ended for Michael and Chicago in '98. I'm not happy with the MVP being stolen from MJ by Magic in 88-89, by Charles in 92-93, and maybe a little less so in '97 by Malone. But he should have at least 7 IMO

[@sportstalkonly1442]

You can come up with whatever excuses you want. But it's way harder to pl ay consistently great for 2 straight decades with virtually no serious decline than it is to take multiple breaks an dcome back and be somewhat good or ok. Wizards jordan is a piece of crumpled trash compared to lebron at this age. That's just a fact.

[@Methadone4Life]

Anyone that doubts MJ is simply a fool. Period. The guy is the GOAT and will always be the GOAT. He was basketball perfection the physical skills were over the top but the competitiveness is what truly made him great...same with Kobe! 1 and 2 thank you!

[@younglove3362]

Jordan is over rated.

[@drk.i.a.2969]

Where was the goat when magic 5 rings bird 3 & issah 2 back to back =10 rings were kicking his butt on the regular. Your 2x Quiter missing 5yrs!!! W/O injury.. ..all other goat contenders even Kobie played out their years. Missing 5yrs & 410 gms!! But for yaw worshippers pretend that these things didnt happen. 😅😅😅

[@fairydust22002]

The goat is the goat, enough said!!! ❤

[@younglove3362]

Yeah, it's Bill Russell though.

[@jmvirola]

stay bless thanks for the vid!!

[@theconservativechristian]

Literally when MJ got injured when he smashed knees with Etan Thomas, right before that he hit an incredible shot and the announcers were talking about how MJ completely turned the wizards around! The wizards had a winning record they beat the Sacramento Kings that night and at that point MJ was averaging 25.1 ppg 5 boards and 6 assists only him and Kobe were averaging those numbers, he also had multiple 40 point games and even a 50 point game up until the injury, sad thing is we will never know how good the wizards would have been if MJ didn't get injured, because MJ was getting better and better as the season progressed.

[@adam551982]

Facts brother.

[@Nysdaddy]

Any criticism towards Mike’s Washington years is absolute proof he’s the Goat in the mind of the one critiquing.

[@Butta22g2]

The slander of 40 yr old Mike is wild work smh

[@pauljorden2932]

Respect ✊ Jordan is the goat 🐐

[@showtimenick824]

2:44 Unlike today's watered down league where even when guys are young and healthy, they load manage. MJ also played 37 minutes per game while playing all 82 games which is more than most players play today.

[@melvinwalls1426]

The astonishment of MJ is Still lingering in the Clouds of JOY the NBA realized that they had a difference Maker🤓 that Was Seldom Seen Where Many Was call but few was Chosen👍they are Still Chasing the likes of his resume💪in films and highlight gems that's Still priceless in the Minds of Many with a Smile🎩*

[@riofacts8283]

I'd rather be a shell than a skeleton if u all catch my drift. It's so many players right now that don't average 20 points a game! Or even get playing time! Bro was 40 still giving them that work! That's a super athlete that could only be made by a higher power!

[@kingdoscuarto]

20 points on 19 attempts 😂 while shooting 41% 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@showtimenick824]

Great story from Paul Pierce. I'd also include the clip of him way back then saying he's still better than 90% of the league.

[@Quack_attack_]

Alot of ppl shit on MJ's years with the wizards and yeah it wasn't prime goat MJ but for a 40 year old with bad knees and who hadn't played in 3 years he was still tough lol

[@am-1711]

I LOVE 💕 HEARING JORDAN STORIES ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAD A DRINK 🥃!!! ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT BECAUSE THEYRE SOOOO GREAT AND TRU!!!!!!

[@LawrenceAugust_]

2001 -02 Season (All-Stars) 25 year old Vince Carter: 24.7 PPG 5.2 RPG 4.0 APG 1.6 SPG 22 year old Tracy McGrady: 25.6 PPG 7.9 RPG 5.3 APG 1.6 SPG 23 year old Kobe Bryant: 25.2 PPG 5.5 RPG 5.5 APG 1.5 SPG 24 year old Paul Pierce: 26.1 PPG 6.9 RPG 3.2 APG 1.9 SPG ----------- Michael Jordan Stats in age 38/39 season BEFORE tearing his meniscus: 25.1 PPG 6.2 RPG 5.3 APG 1.5 SPG

[@LawrenceAugust_]

More about the Wizard years… Jordan jumped onto a squad that had only won 19 games the season before. Before his injury, he led the team in scoring, assists, and steals. In his last 20 games up to the injury he averaged: 27.5 - 6.4 - 5.2 In his last 10 games up to the injury he averaged: 29.7 - 6.6 - 6.1 In Jordan’s 46 games before knee injury the Wiz had a 26-20 (56.5 win%) record.. (again, this is a team that only won 19 games the season before) In games without MJ and post-injury, the Wizards had a 11-25 (30.0 win%) record. This is also despite the absence of Rip Hamilton for about a month during Jordan’s 26-20 stretch. In the last 16 games that Rip and Jordan played together prior to Jordan’s knee collision, the Wizards went 15-1, and they won 13 straight games when both of them played together. Casuals act like the Wizard years were so horrible, yet never actually look closer at what Jordan actually brought to that club.

[@pjny21]

@@LawrenceAugust_ Underrated 'What if' of NBA History is: What if Rip and MJ were healthy for a whole season in DC?

[@FoxUnitNell]

@@pjny21 interesting, not following closely cause i was in high school - thought wizards were a spectacle team without anything but seeing mj show up.

[@kingdoscuarto]

@@LawrenceAugust_you forgot to mention he was shooting 41% before he was even hurt👌🏿 Jordan was shooting bricks

[@ziginaigra]

@@kingdoscuarto avg 30 last 10 before injury ,try harder

[@frankiefernandez9225]

23🐐🔥

[@ukyo2010]

That Doug Collins story, now that shows the qualities of a GOAT!

[@drk.i.a.2969]

All coaches do that on the best players they had.

[@jabedoben]

There are two athletes I believe there are zero doubts they were the best to ever do what they do. Jerry Rice as a Wide Receiver and Michael Jordan as a basketball player. No one touches those two.

[@makgeoff]

Jordan is amazing no doubt & it's unfortunate his Wizard days did not go deep into playoffs and prove he can still kick ass in playoff mode as a 40 yo.

[@hvac7021]

With plenty of talent that the NBA marked it's individual greatness, Jordan is by far better than anybody else, the era is a difficult one due to stiffed defense being applied, it is a disrespectful to the game of basketball to compare somebody to a Michael Jordan. The eyes will tell us all why he is the greatest of all the greats in the history of basketball.

[@ziginaigra]

for me wizards years are my fav mj years😃

[@younglove3362]

Wow 🙄

[@montazownianr1]

New style of your prsentation is quite good, learn music ducking for speech, in/out, change that static background for some highlights in slow motion.

[@deandreray3500]

Sometimes I hate Jordan ever went to the Wizards you have 20 year olds talking trash about how he wasn’t good there!

[@rickbateman2401]

What they don’t understand is that 40 year old MJ, playing on one leg, with a bad wrist, would be in the top 4 or 5 best players in the NBA today. In his last season - a season that still had refs that weren’t calling phantom fouls on almost every play, where there was still a lot of hand checking and physicality and no defensive 3 second rule, MJ scored 20/game. If he played in this era, he’s shooting 3 or 4 more 3pters per game and even as a 30% free throw shooter, he’s getting at least one of those every game. Add to that the fact that he’s going to get 4 or 5 more fouls called, so 10 more shots from the charity stripe at 82% is another 6 to 8 points per game - this already puts him between 28 and 30 ppg and you haven’t factored in that there is no hand checking and the centre can’t camp out in the key anymore, or the fact that most teams play zone defence now and players like Jordan, even on one leg, eat zones for lunch.

[@scottluoma6421]

No it I’m glad I had the chance to watch him play when he retired the second time I was 3 so when he started up again it was amazing. Kids these days don’t do they’re research and watch his legendary games

[@kingdoscuarto]

Shooting 41% while not being double is horrible.. that shooting percentage is before his meniscus tear 👌🏿

[@rickbateman2401]

@@kingdoscuarto so if 41% from outside of 3’ is horrible, then Floppy James’ 37% from outside 3’ is absolutely off a cliff now isn’t it?? And that was in Floppy’s prime.

[@rickbateman2401]

@@kingdoscuarto BTW - a shooting percentage of over 40% from shots outside of 3’, is actually decent. His overall shooting percentage in that year was better than or as good as the over all shooting percentage of Kobe, Curry, Harden…..

[@younglove3362]

Towards the end of Jordan's final years he was getting better. Oddly enough, he gave Pierce the most problems, St least from what I observed.

[@jamison8929]

Michael "Michael Jordan" Jordan

[@showtimenick824]

And what Doug Collins said, yeah MJ's not insecure about his stats like LeBron is.

[@edh7492]

Still trying to find out this electro track in the background

[@dejamike88]

the mindset of MJ and Kobe are just unmatched by anyone, if you give them LBJ’s body…geez..that’s why imo MJ is 1st, Kobe 2nd and LBJ 3rd (I only counted players that I have watched live so no disrespect to Wilt, Bird, Magic and etc)

[@christopherray6370]

What about Tim Duncan

[@dejamike88]

@@christopherray6370 my bad forgot about him

[@christopherray6370]

@@dejamike88 he definitely underrated Spurs ain’t been nothing without him. He literally made Pop. Just not an all in ur face type guy but I love hearing interviews about how he trash talked on the low and would piss Garnett off.

[@dejamike88]

@@christopherray6370 facts

[@showtimenick824]

Let's not forget he suited up to play for a team that won just 19 games the year before he arrived and had them on their way to the playoffs before he tore his meniscus! He could've reunited with Phil Jackson in LA to team up with Shaq and Kobe for a couple easy rings but no. Why do that as a GOAT? No one can respect that.

[@A.ChristopherJohnson]

Mike 4 Prez !!!

[@dionysise5008]

My biggest issue with MJ (whose career I watched unfold) is that he won only under Bulls system. What's your argument on that?

[@cuuldurach1609]

All the advanced analytics shows MJ is better, but forget about all those, the stats, resume, accomplishments...if you had any idea on basketball, you can just see from their games who the better player is...Its not even close.

[@samuelcolson8791]

if he never stopped he definitely wouldve had 40000 points

[@MimKhan-t2f]

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[@AidenFade]

Even his not as good as Chicago.. the best part is I got a chance to see him play.. and not sit around even his old..

[@soopainfinite]

And then there's this dude in the Lakers, excuses after excuses, tantrum after tantrum, but hey, "at the end of the day, it's just basketball... it's just basketball" 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@kylecallis77]

Mj was great but not for the wizards...you guys smoking he didn't even deserve his all star but everyone knew that.I love Jordan's game but he was washed and not like a steroided lebron lol.

[@KT-Buf69]

Hot take: Jordan was better on the wizards.

[@LanierHale-oq3dr]

Christ was/is Black (Rev. 1:14-16)

[@msraffa4000]

no great player above mj ..

[@PhilippVoegtli]

I respect Jordan as a basketball player but he doesn't come close to Jesus

[@elnach3240]

I didn’t know Jesus was a hooper.

[@PhilippVoegtli]

@@elnach3240 He is not and Jordan is not a black Jesus.

[@johnnycoca8516]

FFS you've done enought "How great Michael Jordan was" videos already! And this comes from someone who lived through the 90s and really enjoyed the Bulls Dynasty!

[@jr8782]

bro i hope you don't talk like this in real life

[@WilHodscha]

And LeBron is still the goat. Thank you, Sean.

[@RoyPage1970]

Lmfao 😂😂😂

[@gamebred-gannicus2060]

Players nowadays young and shit do load management at their primes