84 Jordan Led The Olympic Team To 8-0 Record Vs. NBA All-Stars

[Soundwave]

https://www.sportscasting.com/michael-jordan-torched-nba-best-players-before-wore-chicago-bulls-uniform/

Michael Jordan, not having played a single NBA game in the summer of 1984 (summer before he would join the Bulls) was named to the Olympic team, in those days US Olympic teams were basically college players only.

On a team that had Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin as the no.2/3 options, Jordan led the team to a whopping undefeated 8-0 record in 8 match-ups against NBA All-Star teams that featured already established NBA superstars like Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas, Larry Bird, Clyde Drexler, Bill Walton, and Robert Parish.

Some of these games are up on Youtube ... a couple of things become evident quickly when watching ... Jordan is the best player on the court (sorry Magic and Isiah) already.

I think Jordan honestly was always better than Magic and Bird (who are incredible, all-time great players). The first time he got any real help in a supporting cast, the Bulls start to win championship after championship.

You can see he could already dominate against the best players in the NBA with Ewing as his no.2 option with zero NBA experience.

Put this into context, imagine a college player with no NBA experience who is so good he spanks a team with Curry, Durant, LeBron, AD, Tatum etc. 8 games in a row with a bunch of college players as his teammates. People would lose their goddamn minds.

[GrayGoat]

Cool how many grocery baggers and car mechanics did he face?

[SATAN]

The same Michael Jordan who went 1-11 in 22 minutes against Puerto Rico in 92?

[Kblaze8855]

Considering that he led a group of 5 nba players(3 top 4 picks…one of them the #1 pick Brad Daugherty) to a loss to Alford and Uwe Blab in the ncaa tournament a couple months earlier it’s safe to say such outcomes aren’t really indicative of nba basketball playing ability. Put 84 Bird or Magic out here vs these kids with a team full of nba talent:


https://youtu.be/e8qn9RWVDO4



They’re gonna sweep the college season.

Winning exhibitions of random rosters put together pregame doesn’t mean he was on their level of basketball at that point. Which means absolutely nothing of course. Nobody comes out of college as polished as they would be at that point. All that said….this is what Bird said 48 games into Jordans career:




.
''I have never seen one player turn a team around like that,'' said Bird, snapping his fingers. ''All the Bulls have become better because of him. Orlando Woolridge will probably be an All-Star for the rest of his career. And pretty soon, this place will be packed every night, not just when the Celtics come to town. They`ll pay just to watch Jordan. Got to.''

Bird recently volunteered his vote for Jordan as the finest athlete he`d ever witnessed or opposed, mentioning the Bulls` electric rookie in the same monologue as Wayne Gretzky. After observing Jordan gyrate for 41 points, a game-high 12 rebounds and 7 assists Tuesday night, Bird was in no mood for second opinions.

''Best,'' said Bird. ''Never seen anyone like him. Unlike anyone I`ve ever seen. Phenomenal. One of a kind.''

In other words . . .

''One of a kind,'' he repeated. ''That`s what I mean about the league. With guys like him coming in from college year after year, we just can`t help but get a better image, better crowds, better TV ratings. He`s the best. Ever.''

Better than Larry Bird?

''Yup,'' said Bird. ''At his stage in his career, he`s doing more than I ever did. I couldn`t do what he did as a rookie. Heck, there was one drive tonight. He had the ball up in his right hand, then he took it down, then he brought it back up. I got a hand on it, fouled him, and he still scored. And all the while, he`s in the air. You have to play this game to know how difficult that is. You see that and figure, `Well, what the heck can you do?` ''

One of Jordan`s creations didn`t make it to the scorebook. Near the end of the first quarter, he posed at the center line, dribbling seconds away, like an airplane about to take off. Then he bore through and over a sea of green jerseys for a slam. Mike Mathis, the out official, figured something so spectacular couldn`t also be legal, so he whistled Jordan for an offensive foul.

''Best,'' repeated Bird. ''I`d seen a little of him before and wasn`t that impressed. I mean, I thought he`d be good, but not this good. Ain`t nothing he can`t do. That`s good for this franchise, good for the league.''

[3ba11]

As the only real scout in this board, I can say with full confidence that Jordan's peak was 84-91'

He would've won every year from 85-93' with the casts that Magic, Bird or Isiah had

Sometimes I marvel that Bird or Magic lost AT ALL with their stacked casts because MJ would never have lost with what they had

[8Ball]

As the only real scout in this board, I can say with full confidence that Jordan's peak was 84-91'

He would've won every year from 85-93' with the casts that Magic, Bird or Isiah had

Sometimes I marvel that Bird or Magic lost AT ALL with their stacked casts because MJ would never have lost with what they had

You checkmated yourself.

Jordan's peak was 84-91 yet his team's best seasons was 96 and 97.

Therefore as Jordan came off his peak, Jordan was given the most stacked team of the entire 90s. Nobody was given better teammates.

[3ba11]

You checkmated yourself.

Jordan's peak was 84-91 yet his team's best seasons was 96 and 97.

Therefore as Jordan came off his peak, Jordan was given the most stacked team of the entire 90s. Nobody was given better teammates.


Nope

Even after his peak, he was still the MVP, scoring champ, top 5 DPOY, and FMVP in 96' and 98'

So he was still the best even after losing about 20-30% off his "fastball"

The difference is that he had developed great chemistry and brand of ball, which he hadn't done in the 80's due to injury in 86' and a new cast in 89' (after the breakthrough in 88')

Any Jordan team that has time to develop chemistry will 3-peat.. He literally 3-peated, retired and then 3-peated again.. He was simply worth a 3-peat (GOAT)

[TheGoatest]

The 1992 jordon-"led" Olympic team lost a game to a team consisting of college players:

https://www.usab.com/-/media/dc579cd3f9604342aa2a117a7768253e.jpg?h=400&iar=0&w=800&sc_lang=en&hash=50F84A53E0A4AFA75E821FEAE37C6FF9

I assume they were led by jordon, because he seems to have been able to do whatever he pleased on that team, no matter how much it went against most basic basketball sense:

https://images4.imagebam.com/80/37/d9/MEC7J5A_o.png

https://images4.imagebam.com/21/9a/88/MEC7J62_o.png

[RogueBorg]

The 1992 jordon-"led" Olympic team lost a game to a team consisting of college players:

https://www.usab.com/-/media/dc579cd3f9604342aa2a117a7768253e.jpg?h=400&iar=0&w=800&sc_lang=en&hash=50F84A53E0A4AFA75E821FEAE37C6FF9

I assume they were led by jordon, because he seems to have been able to do whatever he pleased on that team, no matter how much it went against most basic basketball sense:

https://images4.imagebam.com/80/37/d9/MEC7J5A_o.png

https://images4.imagebam.com/21/9a/88/MEC7J62_o.png

You are banned from any basketball talk pre-2000.