https://youtu.be/42OzpZB0bqA
5 hours of MJ highlights in sequential order
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 9 May 2020 18:42 (four years ago) link
ah, that's fun!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 9 May 2020 18:54 (four years ago) link
yeah I appreciate seeing all the white dudes with perms (80s Doug Collins, auerbach, security dude)
― brimstead, Saturday, 9 May 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
albeck
― brimstead, Saturday, 9 May 2020 18:58 (four years ago) link
Something I didn’t appreciate at the time was how much of Jordan’s greatness is ballhandling. None of the other guys in the greatest shooting guard discussion had handles like that. It was like trying to guard a 6’6” Iverson.
― Matt Armstrong, Sunday, 10 May 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
Isn't Steph in the greatest shooting guard discussion? Because his handles are as amazing as his shooting stats.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 10 May 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link
he’s a point guard
― k3vin k., Sunday, 10 May 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link
yes, but in a league where distinctions like these are increasingly irrelevant
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 10 May 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
michael broke a few ankles
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 10 May 2020 18:42 (four years ago) link
Two more eps tonight!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 10 May 2020 19:22 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkJOBlWvxVA
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 10 May 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
I was watching this highlight reel of Jordan's All-Star appearances yesterday. 1) It wasn't quite the hands-off shooting practice 20-25 years ago that it is today--the 2003 game-winner was very contested; 2) two or three of his most spectacular plays were feeds from Isiah Thomas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G89qHy8vcac
― clemenza, Sunday, 10 May 2020 21:34 (four years ago) link
yeah I caught a replay of the 98 all star game last week and those dudes were balling from the opening tip
― k3vin k., Sunday, 10 May 2020 21:35 (four years ago) link
Scouting report early on for MJ was he can't dribble with his left, so force him that way. But his 1st step was so insanely quick that it didn't matter, he'd still blow by elite defenders going right.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 10 May 2020 22:08 (four years ago) link
The 2003 all star game feels like 7 years ago to me
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 11 May 2020 01:46 (four years ago) link
re: mike’s handles and that first step it’s really insane, there are so many highlights where he’s got his back to the basket and there’s like 3 or 4 guys on him and all the sudden he’s at the rim
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 May 2020 03:01 (four years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/2C1QE5TJOR— Htims R.J. (@mike_jonsey) May 11, 2020
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 May 2020 03:02 (four years ago) link
jordan saying he was planning on retiring before his dad died
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 May 2020 04:17 (four years ago) link
omg, the payton video is just so violentdid i see r kelly guarding dennis on the space jam pickup court?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 May 2020 05:10 (four years ago) link
mj cldnt hit the breaking ball had to go back to hoop very sad
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 May 2020 14:12 (four years ago) link
the basketball rarely curves
based on hundreds of hanes commercials, i feel comfortable saying michael is a terrible actor which makes the moment where he tears up about being considered a bad teammate kinda wow
"Way to go Craig"
MJs personal life except for his dad appears to be completely off limits. I think his kids have shown up three times? the only mention of him being married is when a team employee asks if he wants to call his wife after winning a championship and he seems kinda like "oh yeah, i guess i have to do that"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 May 2020 14:15 (four years ago) link
he seems to cry quite easily these days
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 May 2020 14:18 (four years ago) link
the only mention of him being married is when a team employee asks if he wants to call his wife after winning a championship and he seems kinda like "oh yeah, i guess i have to do that"
yeah, i was like... what??
you know what else seems to be off-limits? any breakdown of his actual skills whatsoever! i would love to understand more. for instance, moves like 'the smitty' are almost invisible to the naked eye when performed in real time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpJ3RARZrzE - i would have loved to hear defenders talk about what made MJ so hard to beat.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 May 2020 14:26 (four years ago) link
he really does seem to have always just finished up a real intense sob sesh
Like a thousand people have asked me about Jordan’s eyes. He’s not jaundiced. He has racial melanosis of the conjunctiva. Benign, flat patches of pigment around the edge of the cornea. Extremely common in darkly pigmented individuals, more prominent with age #TheLastDance pic.twitter.com/nQjGLZNW83— Dr. Glaucomflecken (@DGlaucomflecken) May 11, 2020
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 May 2020 14:28 (four years ago) link
you know what else seems to be off-limits? any breakdown of his actual skills whatsoever!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, May 11, 2020 10:26 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah wld be cool for sure, does not seem to be this doc tho
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 May 2020 14:29 (four years ago) link
Dr. Glaucomflecken
c'mon now
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 May 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
i did google the condition and its a real thing fwiw
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 May 2020 15:38 (four years ago) link
also someone can be an eye doctor and a joker too!
Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomfleckenOphthalmologist. Comedian. Speaker. Problematic.
Tobias Fünke style !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 11 May 2020 15:55 (four years ago) link
That cry came 45 mins into his 1st interview
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 11 May 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
after the "winning comes at a price" etc answer? it did seem odd to get choked up there idk
― johnny crunch, Monday, 11 May 2020 16:26 (four years ago) link
I'm hearing reports that Jordan is increasingly isolated
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 11 May 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
― johnny crunch, Monday, May 11, 2020 bookmarkflaglink
thought the same thing
― Spottie, Monday, 11 May 2020 17:04 (four years ago) link
my wife commented on it too
― Spottie, Monday, 11 May 2020 17:05 (four years ago) link
yeah same
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
"Break."
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:12 (four years ago) link
The whole conspiracy theory about MJ’s dad’s murder and MJ’s gambling was so fucked up - then Andrea Kremer sitting there on camera giving it more air! girl, bye
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:13 (four years ago) link
Also the whole time I’ve been watching this, I kept thinking how MJ reminds me of Shere Khan from the Jungle Book This scene was PURE king of the jungle shit
The best part of the Doc is watching MJ laugh at Gary Payton #LastDance pic.twitter.com/vAFo90Aken— Vendetta Media (@media_vendetta) May 11, 2020
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:19 (four years ago) link
anyone who believes Stern forced him out understands nothing about how things work. "let's get read of the league's meal ticket, because word that he's a gambling addict mayyyyy come out. But after 1.5 seasons he can come back". Conspiracy theories are a mental disease.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
Who here believes that it was MJ's "style" as a teammate that got the Bulls their championships vs it was just his talent that pushed them over the top?
Is there an example of someone as competitive as Jordan who wasn't an asshole to his teammates? Is his competitiveness the reason he was the best of all time? He kinda seems to think so.
― DJI, Monday, 11 May 2020 17:32 (four years ago) link
xpost Yeah it’s that whole thing of avoiding processing the tragedy as an act of chaos - it’s funny how the need to put concrete reasons behind the murder and have it ~make sense~ ironically allows for ideas that have little to no connection w reality
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
Kobe was not known for being easy to get along with...
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:39 (four years ago) link
Is there an example of someone as competitive as Jordan who wasn't an asshole to his teammates?
Giannis ??
― frogbs, Monday, 11 May 2020 17:39 (four years ago) link
i feel like duncan is a good example of a player with that same drive to win, same passion, different skillset and different mindset
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:40 (four years ago) link
sidebar I Loved this moment too <3
Favorite moment of the week #lastdance Pippen calling Jordan back 😬 pic.twitter.com/FkFXMZLzxM— Saymyname (@iamabhiramhari) May 11, 2020
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
i only watched him at the VERY end of his career but I believe Kareem was ultra-competitive and a good teammate
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
the playoff game that Pippen sat out the last play on was ultra-painful to relive. I can totally see Cartwright crying about it in the locker room.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 May 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link
good call on Duncan
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 11 May 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link