Magic Johnson Reveals the Story Behind Michael Jordan’s Famous Shrug
i didn’t realize how central you were to this great moment in Michael Jordan’s career where the the shrug the the famous this motion yes tell that story what do you have so I’m in I’m on NBC calling the games so I’m at his house the night before so he called me come on out so I went to his house we played cards so we were playing cards and it got to be about 1:00 a.m in the morning now the game’s you know the the next night so I said “Man let me go so you can get some rest.” “No you stay here because I’m going to tear Clyde Drexler up tomorrow.” And I was like “Wow.” And he got this look on his face like he wanted to play him right then because he was not winning at cards exactly exactly so I’m thinking okay maybe he just said that so we get to the game and the match up will start michael Jordan facing Clyde Pritsler on the field jordan again from three-point land and he hits that first three the second three wide open for another three the third three for Jordan three now remember he hitting them in a row uh-huh he hit six threes so the last one he hit he turned and looked at me and said “There’s three.” So this shrug that Jordan gave that was to you it just it was to me saying “What did I tell you I was going to do?” Wow [Applause]
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There is no defense being played in any sort of fashion on those shots
Love this!
I thought he was talking to Cliff
Bet y’all don’t wanna have a real conversation about Clyde skill wise vs Jordan skill wise
The day I believe MJ wasn't human.
Blazers were like " but we kept him out the paint"😂😂😂
🐐🦾🦾
The goat
this was the best era in basketball me and my dad luv watching mike play miss my dad so much
Goat
Beyond amazing that nobody was guarding him on any of those shots 😂
Classic!!
Need a channel just to replay all of his games non-stop
Shut up Jimmy Kimmel. You absolute idiot. You know nothing about nothing.
I was 10 years old when this happened. I knew he looked right Magic, as Marv Albert said it on the broadcast. I thought it was common knowledge.
Make me a good video but when Jimmy Kimmel is in it and he is Rich enough to be selfish about America falling apart bad video
And what most people fail to realize is that even tho Magic was humble enough to tell the story, if you look in Magic during the replay scene, you can see the competitive nature in his eyes… 🤨🔥🤨🔥🤨🔥
Certified unequivocal BEAST!!!
Look the kid is the greatest.
He even got the correct and proper name in the first place (Mikael the battle cry) [Michael) to propell him to his zenith
It's amazing how Clyde is not playing any defense at all, Clyde respected Jordan too much as a player. That's why I loved Mitch Richmond so muchso fuck all that respect, go guard him!
I believe, before that game, someone on the Blazers said something about Jordan not being a good 3pt shooter. And, right on schedule, Jordan took it personally. 😅
Get that man a towel, my god
Man I ❤ Jordans games
I’ve heard this story at least ten times and imma listen ten million more times love some basketball history
The story I heard, was a bet that Magic lost.
MJ couldn’t sleep, he seen all them threes while playing cards with Magic
I love the way Magic Johnson tell a story! He makes you feel like you are right there when the story occurs in real tine👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
🤯
So many stories about MJ stay all night playing card with his friend,or went to casino all night,or playing golf and than went to play the game on that very night scoring 40,50s . It seem like he played better when he’s up all night doing all those thing.
Iconic moment for sure 😂
Kimmel is repugnant
Clyde Drexler's was a joy to watch…
Best game ever!!!
jordan really hated clyde and clyde aint do nothing but exist lmao
Lil jimmy is always out of touch when basketball elitist explains situation of the game.
All Jordan stories are amazing
FJC
GOAT SHIZZZZZ
#GoatSh!+
Nobody within 20 feet of him on these shots😅
When did LeBron tell you he was going to smoke Kobe or Dirk ? I just wanna know! And some idiots have the audacity to compare a guy who tells you he is going to destroy you and back it up to someone who doesn’t even know if he is going to take a winning shot or pass it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This whole video is cap. The reason Mike did the shrug against Clyde drexler is because before the game they said Mike didn't have a three-point shot and he said that he was going to drain all threes on them and then he gave him the shrug like see I don't know what they talking about
He wasn’t even getting guarded 😂
Jimmy is a moron