I tracked every Michael Jordan playoff game for a decade

One thing that amazes me is how MJ escaped these games without ever (if rarely) twisting an ankle. All that shooting in the key and close to opponents jumping out to contest a shot. I know he taped his ankles every game, but still. So many feet to possibly step on.

Lil known fact: Sixers statistician Harvey Pollack invented plus/minus stat. I was his intern in 02-03. He was with the nba since day 1 in 1947/49 with Syracuse Nationals. We did plus minus for the whole league and he released it in his book yearly. He would take interns out to dinner if we got a perfect sheet doing a game. He passed in 2015 in his 80s. NBA hall of Famer. RIP

the man was and still is to this date the most amazing player ever who could do whatever he wanted on the floor and get everyone involved to win.

That Quote by Jordan about him not wanting to excel as a 3p shooter and why, SHOULD be talked about more instead of this ridiculous notion that he couldn't shoot threes.

Jordan was a way better passer/ playmaker than I thought and gets credit for. You showed many amazing passes he made that I never seen or heard people talk about

I watched Jordan and to this day, I haven't seen a more consistently dominant player than MJ in the playoffs. It was ridiculous to watch someone play 80+ games a season and still play every game in the playoffs with an even greater intensity than he did in the regular season - each and every year. As he aged, I watched teams creep even closer to the Bulls where it looked like someone would overtake the Bulls, and although the Magic beat the Bulls in 1995, it didn't feel as convincing as Jordan only played the last 17 games that season. Despite that, I was surprised at how good they looked in the playoffs - especially against the Magic since the Bulls were struggling during the season. I'm just glad I was able to witness MJ. Although I was also blessed to also see a rendition of His Airness in Kobe, who's also my favorite player, there was just something completely different about MJ.

The 2nd season of MJ first retirement the bulls was 34-31 and finished 47-35 after his return. People always bring up the first year where they almost make the finals but never bring up the 2nd year where they almost missed the playoffs without Jordan.

Found this channel on a whim and it is leaps and bounds ahead of similar channels and I've only seen 5 mintues in. Seeing MJ broken down like this makes you realize just how scary good he was even more so.

Brilliant video, MJ is just ridiculous af

Every video this channel has made is an absolute statistical and analytical masterclass, I enjoy every single one this channel uploads. Whether it be a recap of a game, a conversation of who was the best at their best, a regular analysis, every single video is entertaining, informative, and just down right amazing.

You don't need numbers to see that Jordan was and still is best player ever. Just watch him play. Truly poetry in motion.

Jordan's main contribution to his teammates was how demanding he was in practice, forcing them to practice at a high level and his high expectations for focus and intensity during actual games. He didn't have to work at getting them involved in a game, the were already there from the beginning.

I loved Jordan's quote at 3:39. Translation: Basically, I'm just too good at everything else to waste my time out there waiting for someone to throw me the rock.

The thing is, Doug Collins' tactics were too reliant on MJ to carry the Bulls on his back, while Phil Jackson's triangle offense gave room for other players to grow.

Nice work. When you slow down some of these plays you really see the magic of Michael as a passer. His hang time and generally amazing physical skills allow him so many options for deception and setting up his teammates. It’s really unreal. Between that and his spin ability to twist to the basket or hit fadeaways while creating great working space from tight quarters I’m quite confident he’s the only player to be able to pull this off so effectively in the history of the game. Another reason to consider him perhaps the greatest ever. I’m happy putting him, Kareem and Russell at the top.

one thing you didn't mention, but also is something you can't quantify is what his team mates said about how MJ pushed them in practices. All his teams talk about how much better they became as players because of how hard MJ was in practice.

Although his 93 Finals against my Suns look more impressive you'll never convince me it was better than his 91 Finals. Game 1 he looked a bit nervous and didn't play great but from game 2 on he was just amazing, scoring, passing, rebounding, defense athleticism, intelligence, he just put it all together. He just seemed to be in complete control of the entire series after game 1 and just put 4 complete games together to completely suck any chance the Lakers thought they had at winning. He was incredible in other Finals as well but for me the first one was peak Jordan.

MJ didn’t learn how to be unselfish under Jackson, he just had a coach who came up with a system beyond “give Michael the ball and get out of the damn way.” That was Doug collins through and through.

Yeah you can see it on film as well as the stats 91,92&96 were his best Championship seasons. Athletically his peak was undoubtedly 86-89 his speed, agility & explosiveness were otherworldly 👽

One of the greatest summaries i have seen about MJ.Not everybody is talking about the things you just put together in this video.Great work with a lot of things I even as I die hard MJ fan didn’t realize.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽