Michael Jordan - The Greatest Ever.

his first game ever Mike Jordan he was as a freshman at the University of North Carolina that Michael burst onto the national stage the biggest shot knock a lot of history [Applause] we've become a two-time College Player of the Year in his high-flying exploits dazzled fans across the country during the 1984 NBA Draft the Blazers passed up on Michael Jordan to take center Sam Bowie second overall selects Sam Bowie University Chicago Bulls pick Michael Jordan [Applause] he wants to indicate where he's going to take off on this dump he just made you wish that you could fly in the air he where strange-looking sneakers oh yes his own shoes they call it air Georgie but now in just a matter of weeks he has exploded and blossomed into a player of daring creativity Michael Jordan and the greatest basketball player Ivan's own Chicago Michael Jordan here to defend the 1987 slam dunk championship just how famous he was you know I was there when Byrd was come in and out every night and bird was famous magic was famous here you could've been a traveler Michael had a different level of just when he walked in it was like a hurricane just every eye and the building was always on him at all times don't you describe a Muhammad Ali no it was like [Applause] the scores from previous rounds death events this is the championship Dominique Wilkins Michael Chiklis a'practice within the contract like now he's sideways look at the yearbook you know he's the greatest has ever play and you really you greatest never play yeah you you go right there no question about it Michael Jordan and our the trucks is the last one for Michael Jordan he feels the pressure [Music] [Applause] homicidal in competitive like really like almost you could say he had a problem it was so competitive to his entire life just survived on beating other people [Applause] Chicago has three seconds to try to win it the cabs were just three seconds away from eliminating the upstart bulls but those three seconds would have an impact for years to come here's our story here at Richfield Coliseum one of these teams will advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Knicks the Bulls have three seconds to try a shot and try to win the game [Applause] that made Michaels have special he did it on the highest level [Applause] [Music] universally recognized as one of and arguably the greatest player that we have ever seen the six-time champion soon he began to make his mark when it counted most on 1991 NBA Finals Game one between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago were returned the finals into his own personal showcase [Applause] go Jackson my teeth [Applause] he's gotta be soon choose you you you sure is not the shoes good evening basketball fans wherever you may be welcome to the NBA final Portland and Chicago it was almost inevitable [Applause] [Applause] [Music] poor him wanted the dominant basketball that it's collegiate players we're all that was needed to win the gold and here's a frosting for the 8270 six the United States goes home stunned with a semifinal loss to the bigger more experienced perhaps more clever both other countries we use in prose print against 18 19 year-old kids that is really unfair it has been lost after loss for us basketball of these tournaments and what was once a golden tradition as paled into something less brilliant but this year America has assembled the dream team just moments ago the dream team boarded the bus outside their hotel along the ramblas they are heading for their first matchup in Barcelona with the Angolans I don't know anything about Angola but angle is in trouble a six six guard Michael Jordan the first we want to showcase for the fans who will be representing me it's a watershed moment in the history of sports not just not just the Olympics not just basketball [Music] [Music] [Applause] it was just a tremendous atmosphere because there was an appreciation for how great the US players this team of all-stars is almost too good at something that we should go back to the collegiate it's been too easy your Ruger standout who'd against Picasso I mean it you know seriously they drew different genius at work I kept thinking that the attention would disappear they're gonna play the first game they're gonna win by sixty people are gonna go back and watch the trip the guy on the bench is taking pictures they've kept building and building and building and gave birth to international stars who had nothing to do with those games in 92 but who took so much from it [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and it really lifted basketball the level of Fame but people who knew him they put his head on a bottle of cologne because you didn't need to see his face I'm raising the bar to the highest level that I've ever raised it in any sport I've ever covered to the Michael Jordan love of our life just survive and beating other people that's how we measure himself that's how he measured everybody played good and he really couldn't ever let it go [Music] and I think that's what made him the best Michael Jordan was 55 points third year Michael Jordan the Chicago Bulls that find the motto assist in the NBA [Music] mr. James Jordan father of Michael Jordan last night we began the show with the disappearance of Michael Jordan's father I worst fears come true James Jordan was found dead victim parent Bert he was shot to death while in his college and tonight for all Chicagoans Polestar Michael Jordan will announce his retirement tomorrow I achieved practically everything I could an individual standpoint and from the teams to retire when Michael Jordan first retired from the Chicago Bulls in October of 1993 following his father's murder the sports world was shocked four months later Jordan dropped another bombshell he decided to pursue a career in baseball reality but it's still not a reality so we're just not pinning any hope so we're not trying to you know throw up a balloon a kite it's not ready to fly [Applause] [Music] five seconds away the 1994 NBA World Michael Jordan announced today he's coming back to basket Jordan returns to the NBA on NBC at Easter for three memorable years red and black were the colors of royalty in the NBA [Applause] this man I used to say was the Babe Ruth of basketball I've now come to believe that Babe Ruth was the Michael Jordan of baseball [Music] Esparza no offense magic I'd really like almost you could say we have a crowd [Applause] his entire life just arrived on finding other people the New York Michael the New York City loves playing in this one God's name would stop Michael Jordan first of all the game was far more physical when Michael Jordan play the US conceived and he's still average [Applause] or through his stuffers so Jordan 15 boy [Applause] he will give you every bit that he has every minute befooled read the next one 3111 and his first full season back to retirement Michael Jordan has done what seemed and for Michael Jordan the King returned [Applause] [Music] [Applause] this story here tonight the story concerning Michael Jordan's physical conditions this Jordan arriving about two hours ago he is suffering from flu-like symptoms basically shaken when you start thinking about all that he did to me is a great player to play it was the way he went out and stayed focused on that end result and said hey mentally you are not I am NOT gonna let you be [Music] [Applause] performance our culture performance that I think will go down as one of the greatest of this career in [Applause] Michael Jordan and the greatest basketball player better than LeBron better than called him better than everybody [Applause] he averaged 30 foot his career [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the Jazz had earned the home-court advantage on the strength of their regular season and now the world tuned in to see if Michael could beat the odds one last [Applause] fade away [Music] he's still Michael Jordan greatest never played yeah you you go right there no question about whatever he has lost through fatigue through age through whatever has only brought him somewhat back to the field 16 seconds left [Applause] [Applause] their second three [Applause] everybody get up it's time to slam now we got the real Jam with Michael Jordan we mount the cart right to Georgia time on a gun fight [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you [Music]

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Length: 17min 17sec (1037 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 08 2016