It’s Michael Jordan’s birthday. I’ll be posting oddly in here for a little while.

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[Kblaze8855]

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[Mr Feeny]

These are brilliant.

[Phoenix]

I realized that earlier today and was going to make a thread, then I remembered it's likely to be overrun by trolls so fukkit. :confusedshrug:

[Kblaze8855]

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[Kblaze8855]

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[superduper]

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:applause:

[scuzzy]

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[ClipperRevival]

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Seething...

[red1]

hbd to the GOAT. jordan was the 90's.

[Hey Yo]

Wonder why he skipped the All-Star game? Must have been pretty important considering the night was dedicated to Kobe.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Mike would avg 40 ppg in 2020.

[Ghost1]

Wonder why he skipped the All-Star game? Must have been pretty important considering the night was dedicated to Kobe.

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xd7W6OPSCuI/SMXf--cZXkI/AAAAAAAABDc/SlUXV3ed8ME/s400/Jordan-pushes-in.jpg

[andgar923]

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[Haymaker]

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Oh man, MJ loved toying with Augmon, who was a very good defender. Long and quick like Reggie Lewis.

[Dro]

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[MrFonzworth]

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Still cant believe he pulled that off. It will never be recreated.

[Da_Realist]

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[jstern]

I was looking for a gif of this dunk.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJK_1dRPumY

Could only find a shitty quality video. I thought it was more famous than that.

While searching I saw these two that I liked.

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https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/jordandunk.gif?w=1000

[ClipperRevival]

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Not quite related to what was discussed in the vid but i get the sense that MJ & Isiah will always hold a grudge until their death bed. There is just too much that happened between the two. Of course the biggest reason for the friction being Isiah being held out of a gold medal. But Isiah had it coming. Isiah was such a killer/competitor too. I take that guy on my team any day. But he just happened to mess with the GOAT and you won't win that battle. If Isiah just shakes MJ's hands after the 1991 ECF and shows class, he probably gets on that Dream Team. But he was a grown ass man and he made that decision not to do it.

[Da_Realist]

Not quite related to what was discussed in the vid but i get the sense that MJ & Isiah will always hold a grudge until their death bed. There is just too much that happened between the two. Of course the biggest reason for the friction being Isiah being held out of a gold medal. But Isiah had it coming. Isiah was such a killer/competitor too. I take that guy on my team any day. But he just happened to mess with the GOAT and you won't win that battle. If Isiah just shakes MJ's hands after the 1991 ECF and shows class, he probably gets on that Dream Team. But he was a grown ass man and he made that decision not to do it.

I agree. Shame too. Those are two of my favorite players. I always wanted them to bury the hatchet.

It was good seeing Mark Aguirre. I didn't recognize him at first.

[ClipperRevival]

Still cant believe he pulled that off. It will never be recreated.

A human being is not supposed to be able to do that. But only because he did it, do we believe it is possible. If there is evidence that MJ has some alien DNA in his body, this play is it. MJ has so many of these type of plays where even today, no athlete can replicate his moves. His body control, fluidity of movement, etc was simply on a different level.

Another thing to pay attention on this play, look how the dude lands! Like a freaken cat, on both feet. That's just ridiculous. You pull off a play like that, you should be off balanced and falling out of bounds. Just sick.

[ClipperRevival]

I agree. Shame too. Those are two of my favorite players. I always wanted them to bury the hatchet.

It was good seeing Mark Aguirre. I didn't recognize him at first.

For sure. I still feel a bit bad for Isiah. He definitely deserved to be on that team over Stockton. Isiah in general gets underrated because if a kid who never saw Isiah play pulls up his bball reference page and compares it to someone like CP3, it doesn't look good. But anyone who saw him play knows the guy was a straight killer, competitor, leader who commanded respect and was willing to sacrifice stats to win. Stats didn't do him justice.

[ClipperRevival]

I was looking for a gif of this dunk.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJK_1dRPumY

Could only find a shitty quality video. I thought it was more famous than that.

While searching I saw these two that I liked.

https://media.giphy.com/media/o3dbHdlKZZBTO/giphy.gif

https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/jordandunk.gif?w=1000

Regarding that elbow dunk, show me another player that is around that height get his head at rim level with just about a 20 foot heat start, jumping off 1 feet, coming it at an angle, turning his body sideways and with the ball in his hands. Most guys get their head at rim level jumping hear the basket off of 2 feet and without the ball (mostly alley opps).

[FromDowntown]

Second best to ever do it


SALUTE

Happy bday #2

[ClipperRevival]

Second best to ever do it


SALUTE

Happy bday #2

Hi Wheels

[Mr Feeny]

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[AirFederer]

Congrats ��goat

[Mr Feeny]

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[jstern]

3ball like these, using the rushing double team's momentum against them.

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[Phoenix]

Still cant believe he pulled that off. It will never be recreated.


Not even by MJ if he tried to do it again. It was completely instinctual, on the fly mid-air adjustments to what the defense did in that moment.

[bullettooth]

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goat!!!!!

[Mr Feeny]

Yeah that was a lot crazier than his move against the lakers. He seemed to defy gravity there.

[Manny98]

Happy Birthday Mike

[DoctorP]

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too easy
the campbell jiggle

[Dro]

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too easy
the campbell jiggle

lol

[jstern]

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too easy
the campbell jiggle

:lol, I didn't even notice that jiggle by Elden Campbell.

[3ball]

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NBA Official Stats on MJ: 5 more ppg with far higher clutch attempts & efficiency


PPG



Playoffs

1) Jordan...... 33.5


2) Iverson..... 29.7
3) West......... 29.1
4) Lebron...... 28.9
5) Durant...... 28.8
6) Barry......... 27.3
7) Elgin......... 27.0
8) Gervin...... 26.5
9 Curry......... 26.0
10) Hakem... 25.9



CLUTCH - Playoff shots in last 5 minutes, within 5 points, since 2001



134-323 for Lebron.. 41.4%
108 games.. 3.0 attempts per game

https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/shot_finder.cgi?request=1&match=play&game_num_min=0&game_num_max=99&is_playoffs=Y&q4=Y&q5=Y&time_remain_minutes=5&time_remain_seconds=0&time_remain_comp=le&margin_min=-5&margin_max=5&player_id=jamesle01&order_by=date_game



Jordan 1997 Playoffs (https://stats.nba.com/players/clutch-traditional/?sort=PTS&dir=-1&Season=1996-97&SeasonType=Playoffs&PerMode=Totals): 20-39.. 51.3% (11 games)
Jordan 1998 Playoffs (https://stats.nba.com/players/clutch-traditional/?sort=PTS&dir=-1&Season=1997-98&SeasonType=Playoffs&PerMode=Totals): 22-50.. 44.0% (14 games)

42-89 for MJ.. 47.2%
25 games.. 3.6 attempts per game


TLDR: down the stretch of tight games (last 5 minutes within 5 points), Lebron shot 41% on 3.0 attempts per game for his career (04-19'), compared 47% on 3.6 attempts for old MJ in 97' and 98'.. So MJ shot much better in the clutch with far more attempts (20% bigger clutch load/attempts).