Så kunne han fly naturligvis. Eller så nær noe menneske noengang kan komme å fly noe som naturligvis ikke akkurat gjorde det vanskeligere for ham å dunke, noe han gjorde ofte.
Det er dog ikke dunkene hans jeg husker aller best. Det er hans mange ufattelige lay-ups som virkelig har brent seg fast. Jordan er den desidert mest grasiøse spilleren jeg noengang har sett på en basketbane og det å se ham gli mot kurven på vei mot en lay-up var som å se et kunstverk.
Selv i dag hvor akrobatikk er nærmest dagligdags skiller Jordan seg ut gjennom sin grasiøsitet og utrolige evne til å sette selv den mest umulige lay-up.
Du trenger ikke ta mitt ord for det, du kan se det selv i denne videoen:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B7G20831Dette er min favorittvideo. 10 minutter lang og jeg anbefaler å laste ned den for å se den i best mulig kvalitet. Det har jeg gjort.
I senere tid har samme samme mann (hoopsencyclopedia) laget del to av serien. Den finner du her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm6BEk3ktAQ&hd=1Det er elleve minutter med helt andre klipp. Jeg synes ikke denne er like bra men det er mange spektakulære klipp man aldri har sett før. ca 50 sekunder ut i filmen kan man forøvrig se Jordan veive rundt med ballen i en hånd. Det alene er verdt en titt.
Som om ikke det var nok laget han også nye 11 minutter med video 2-outtakes fordi det var så mye igjen som han ikke ville vente til video 3 for å utgi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDQClx7bT3c&feature=fv...Jeg skjønner godt om det ikke er spesielt interessant for alle å så mye video, men ta det i alle fall tiden til å se den første jeg linket til. Jeg synes det er på sin plass med teksten fra mannen som laget videoen:
The easiest compilation video to make is one of Michael Jordan. All you need to do is take 5 games from his career and you'll have enough material for an entire news segment.
The most difficult compilation video to make is one of Michael Jordan. If you take any 5 games from his career, you'll have so much material you won't know what to cut out.
Therein lied the challenge of this edit for me. With the tons of MJ mixes out there, I wanted to do something more complete. I also wanted to focus on the aesthetics of his abilities. That led me to a path of picking not only classic clips, but rare ones and personal favorites. For those who didn't grow up in the 80s before MJ became a champion, they can never know the full experience of what watching Jordan was like. Before all the awards, the statistics, the monster games, the titles and the global appeal, MJ was about his incredible moves. In the playground, people stuck their tongues out and tried to imitate his drives to the basket. Later on, people imitated his fadeaway. But his athletic moves were singular and his alone - awesome in aesthetics, control, spontaneity, improvisation, instinct and athleticism.
MJ revolutionized the game with his individual exploits and we see bits and pieces of this in everyone today. From Kobe studying his shooting mechanics to create shots to Wade attacking the basket to Lebron transferring his power to his teammates to Iverson in his isolations to Carter in his dunking, MJ continues to be, as Drexler said, "The Pro's Pro".
But obviously, there will always be only one MJ. This video captures the essence of MJ stripped of everything but his pure, remarkable talents as completely as possible in 10 minutes. A truly complete edit would take a video several days long - even weeks - but that would be impossible anyway.
By blurring the line between sport and art, MJ became the greatest athletic artist we will ever know. "Black Cat" was his nickname to his friends for his cat-like reflexes and grace and panther-like power and killer instinct. This is my ultimate tribute, with excellence, in return for his excellence to the game of basketball.