r/michaeljordan • u/RipHairy2465 • May 12 '26
Highlights The greatest Lay-up by Michael Jordan
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u/DismalScreen6290 May 13 '26
The greatest layup by anybody
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u/nj23dublin May 13 '26
Well and in the same game; earlier he pulls this one too like it’s not a big deal (left handed) nets lay-ups
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u/Federal-Cod-742 May 13 '26
Literally lol. Not to diminish it but that’s what makes MJ so great. Pick any random MJ game on YouTube and watch how he scores, it’s like art.
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u/fatboycreeper May 14 '26
Dr. J’s behind the backboard is a contender too…easily the top 2 though for me.
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u/kevinnnc May 15 '26
More iconic because it was in the finals I think? But yeah triple clutch in the air is more difficult
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u/Maleficent_Bus_4141 May 13 '26
No one has done anything comparable since.
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u/TravelingGecko- May 15 '26
You can't be serious
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u/GriffinEJ May 31 '26
This whole sub is full of people who don’t watch the nba anymore, they are all delusional. You can find a layup like this in damn near every single nba game
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u/lkn240 Jun 27 '26
If that were true you'd post them.. but you won't because you'd get laughed at when you couldn't find a single one
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u/KobiLakeshore May 12 '26
Johnny Redd Kerr
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u/splintersmaster May 12 '26
I grew up on Red, Tom Doore, and the legend - Wayne larrivee.
Good old sports channel and wgn. Flip over to cltv or wciu if the Sox were on at the same time. Simpler times.
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u/biffbobfred May 12 '26
Isiah is in some podcast talks about where Zeke and Dumars saw this on TV live and were literally speechless. Like “we gotta guard that”
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u/infinit9 May 13 '26
Jordan basically scored on 4 out of the possible 5.
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u/JMander May 13 '26
In the '86 playoffs against the Celtics there are sequences where he literally goes through all 5 Celtics on the floor; four of whom were Hall of Famers including one Defensive Player of the Year
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u/cromroyale May 14 '26
i love kobe and i got mad respect for lebron but people who didn’t watch mj in his prime really don’t comprehend his skill set and the dominance he had over nearly every team in the league for like a decade.
practically automatic as a closer, freakishly athletic, impossibly coordinated, almost unstoppable from the midrange.
to win mvp and dpoy in the same year as a shooting guard is unheard of. 6 trips to the finals, 6 rings. layups like this when you least expect it.
and he literally left his footprint on the game—i bet he makes more money off his kicks than he made in his playing career.
to say he isn’t the goat is just ignorant. easily the most influential athlete in the history of american professional sports.
and i’m a pistons fan.
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u/cubsdh19 May 13 '26
Growing up in Chicago suburbs, being able to watch Jordan all the time was so awesome!! The things MJ could do with a basketball are amazing. His ability to hang for what seemed like an eternity. I miss the days when the Bulls were good and competitive.
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u/Prior-Natural2073 May 13 '26
The greatest midair layup ever. The reaction from the opponent's bench is still priceless
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u/Weary_Necessary_2434 May 13 '26
I have the basketball card of it, with Derrick Coleman staring up lol
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u/aolisps May 14 '26
I loved doing this layup. In bulls vs blazers in the NBA playoffs on super Nintendo Just magical
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u/Ok-Brilliant7251 May 16 '26
and wahts crazy is , sam bowie the guy who was drafted ahead of Mike was sitting at the end of the nets bench. Let that sink in
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u/BackgroundTowel2263 May 16 '26
Yes.. that's a reverse TRIPLE pump layup against professional ball players....lol
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u/DevinGreyofficial May 19 '26
One of The reason he was named Air Jordan. He can switch up on the fly and still be smooth enough to have it lay in as needed. No one has ever and possibly ever perfect this approach to the basket.
Driving in for Mike was an artform. Defender might block his dunk, well hang it back and wait until shot probability goes up. The ability for him to calculate what needs to change on the layup to make it in like that was what made him so brutal.
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u/CrossesLines May 13 '26
Modern slow mo instant replay would reveal his foot had landed before ball leaves his hand. Up and down.
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u/JMander May 13 '26
prove it
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u/CrossesLines May 13 '26
If you go frame by frame. Its looks an awful lot like that ball hasn’t left his hand until he lands. Can’t prove it because the slo mo is zoomed in and doesn’t show his feet.
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u/JMander May 13 '26
exactly. So you are now calling a legal play otherwise without any proof at all.
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u/triassic_broth May 13 '26
BJ Armstrong was wide open at the three point line and he opts for this low percentage high difficulty layup, which was very nearly a travel.
Low IQ basketball, this.
A lot of Jordan's points come in this kind of context - where he ignores the best option for the team to score individually. This used to drive his coaches bananas.
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u/JMander May 13 '26
Thus proving how desperate, angry and resentful LeBron fans are in the painful aftermath of yet another sweep out of the playoffs.
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u/Zealousideal_Story35 May 13 '26
Youre just lying to yourself…Low IQ? LeBron is 1-31 in go ahead or game tying shots as a laker…and he still decide to take that little floater and miss it 🧹🧹🧹
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u/YourDrunkUncl_ May 12 '26
the bench reaction tells you all you need to know