Why does any discussion of NBA basketball – specifically, the Bulls – still start and end with the words: Michael Jordan? Because the greatest player ever – no disrespect, Wilt – still has game.
Just check out the video above with a 46-year-old, puffy Jordan sporting some truly baggy jeans facing up Chris “The Ghetto Bird” Young, dropping fadeaway after fadeaway over the 6-foot-4, 180-pound 34-year-old.
And if that weren’t enough, he starts off with a flat-footed reverse slam from under the basket, a feat Slamball star Young can’t do facing forward.
Of course, Jordan talks trash the entire time, asking Young to tell him which side he wants to defend, then knocking down shots from right there. “How many times you gotta see it,” you can here a teammate ask from the side.
You can just smell the edge – Jordan’s laughing and joshing, but he wants to beat this guy and wants him to know he got beat.
<Killer instinct.
So, does this set us up for another comeback? Can the Bulls line up his Airness, maybe just leave him on the bench til the fourth quarter or the final 5 minutes of a game? OK, maybe we’re not there. But it’s pretty clear Jordan still has skills you can only dream about and clearly still has the competitive fire that made him the greatest.
Jordan grounds the Ghetto Bird (Slam)
