Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 at 10:40 am  |  262 responses

For Old Time’s Sake: MJ Breaks Backboard

What a throwback. Ya’ll have probably seen this before but even so, I could watch it all day. YOUNG Mike getting up, same form he rocked in the league. This occurred on August 25, 1986 in a Nike exhibition game in Italy. MJ scored 30 points in the game and then went on to post these averages in the ’86-’87 NBA season:

37.1 PPG, 5.2 RPG. 4.6 APG, 2.88 SPG, 1.52 BPG

I guess he was okay. 37 points on any given night is pretty money but over 82 games… that’s just stupid. Do I dare say G.O.A.T?….YUP.

-Schneezy

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  • The Philosopher

    Kobe’s rise led The King to enjoy unprecedented publicity?
    I beg to differ.
    The King’s unprecedented potential led to the unprecedented publicity and mass appeal.
    I don’t think I ignore outside factors concerning players’ circumstances.
    Even the thousands of players that did make it to The League, many of them didn’t have the goods, either.

  • barnabusb

    I love how that tall doofus gets a face full of glass.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Nah, Kobe and KG paved the way for all the cats who made the high school to pros jump. After they did it, players started removing college from the equation. Big men did it first, but then after Kobe, TMac and others started blowing up, swingmen started seeing skipping college as their first option. You have to remember that the Lebron hype really started right when the Lakers were finishing up their three peat and Kobe’s appeal was at its apex.
    You’re ignoring reality if you don’t think Kobe skipping college contributed to Lebron’s development, and what how he got himself ready to skip school.
    What’ amazing is that Kobe was in the “Best in the League” discussions when Lebron was in high school, and he’s still in those same discussions now that Lebron is a seven year vet. That’s a helluva run, even if I don’t particularly care for Kobe.

  • http://www.realgm.com Gman

    lets not forget… Jordans FG% was higher than 50%…but no.. he had to come to the Wizards. lol

  • http://www.realgm.com Gman

    Are we comparing Kobes 35 in the i cant touch u defensive era vs MJs 37… in that defensive era..Really?

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  • http://idunkonthem.blogspot.com/ albie1kenobi

    @Allenp: nice perspective on that last paragraph.

  • Elvis Freshly

    lol @ this Kap guy… smh

  • The Philosopher

    My point proven.

  • http://bedotwater.bandcamp.com BE.water

    Why did he jump from there??

    jesus.

  • unosmorne

    You can always resize them however you want without losing any quality.

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