Have a Favorite MJ Memory?

If it’s a good one you could win this brand-new Michael Jordan Mitchell & Ness jersey.

Everybody who spent years watching the G.O.A.T. play has a favorite memory. Now, all you have to do is share yours, and the crisp jersey pictured below could be in your possession for no cost at all.

In celebration of our new Top 500 issue, SLAM and Mitchell & Ness have teamed up and are offering a fresh Michael Jordan ’98 All-Star jersey to the reader/commenter with the best MJ memory. Here’s how it’s gonna work: Hit the comment section below, and explain your favorite memory of Mike—seeing him play live, watching a specific game in a specific location, a favorite moment, anything at all. If you don’t feel like leaving a comment, you can also tweet your memory (with one tweet or a few of ‘em) to @SLAMonline. (While your at it, go ahead and follow @mitchell_ness, too.) We’ll read through all of the comments and tweets, select the best one by the end of this week, and hit up the winner, who wins the jersey.

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Ivan Rodriguez

My favorite Michael Jordan moment was in the 1992 NBA Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers. I was just 5 years old. The famous game that Jordan made 6 3 pointers in the first half was the very first time I was introduced to “His Airness” and the game of Basketball. My dad and family were playing cards while I was by myself watching TV in the living room changing channels until perhaps by accident, I found myself watching in amazement this wonderful game and this impressive player who kept making shots after shots that night. I recall running to my dad and asking him who was that amazing player and he reply “that’s Michael Jordan, son. The best player in the NBA”. Ever since that moment I fell in love with the game of Basketball and became huge Michael Jordan fan. That moment, simply changed my life.
Tim (NL)

All Star games are probably the thing I used to look forward to the most. Watching old dunk contests and clips from previous All Star games is something I catch myself doing quite alot. However, these last couple of years the All Star game has been reduced to some corporate circus. In stead of (at least a little) defense and hardwork, players role out red carpets for each other which either resultst in crazy dunks or even crazier turnovers.

There used to be something that set the NBA’s All Star game apart from the Proball or MLB’s All Star game and that thing was competitiveness. That’s why my favourite moment of Jordan is him hitting that ridiculous turn around jumper over Shawn Marion in the first OT of that 2003 All Star game. There are alot of reasons to like this moment. Think of the difficulty of the shot, the chest bump Allen Iverson gives Jordan after the shot, or the whole arena exploding. What I even like more is that the East didn’t even win that game. Competitiveness stood in the way of the loyalty and respect you’re supposed to give to His Royal Airness.

That year is the year MJ ended his career and finally laced ‘m up and he took the All Star game with him.
Justin

Enigmatic and I are similar in that we named our sons after him. Like others have said, hard to point out one memory but I’ll go with this one. I live in Vancouver and had never had the chance to see MJ live. It was always my dream to see him play live, as I have about 200 games on tape from mid 80′s on. One day my GM at the restaurant I was working at said he had tickets and was offering them up. Another manager wanted them too and a bidding war ensued. Finally I told him that my rent will go unpaid, you will never outbid me. He saw I was serious and I won. This was Michael’s first game in Vancouver after his first retirement. He didn’t have a great first 3 quarters, only having 10 points so far and was still on the bench with Pippen and Kukoc with 6:00 remaining and down by about 8. All of a sudden the three of them stood up at once and what happened next was amazing. First play was Jordan iso on the side, around Byron Scott and a dunk on Big Country. You could hear the buzz in the crowd as they were thinking…”Uh oh”. For the next 6 minutes we got the entire repertoire with dunks, fadeaways vs. double teams, leaning so far back he looked parallel to the floor, talking trash to the Grizzlies bench and scoring 19 points in that final 6 minutes. I remember my son, who’s 10 years old now asking me why I had named him after a basketball player and why I had a tattoo of the jumpman symbol as well as his name on my arm. I said “Let’s sit down and I’ll show you.” I put the game where Jordan scored 35 in the first half against Portland in the ’92 Finals, put my arm around him and we just watched. When it was over he said “OK, now I get it. And people really think Kobe or Lebron are better?” We just laughed and popped in another game. Great little bonding moment
Jose Sanchez

To choose just one of my favorite memories of Jordan is one of the hardest things ever but my personal favorite has to be Jordan’s final shot as a Bull in 1998 against the Jazz. I’m going with this moment because Jordan rides out a 6-time champ and was I was with my grandfather who also loved the bulls before he passed away just two months later. He loved to root for our Chicago Bulls and had me wanting to be like mike since I was little. We rooted against the Jazz and I still remember how much my grandfather loved the Bulls lol I just love the momories Jordan gave us!!! R.I.P. To my Grandpa Arturo
Joe Tozzi

My great MJ moment had to be the layup against the Lakers in game 2 of the 1991 Finals, where he switched hands in mid-shot in mid-air…it was like almost every other MJ moment in the sense it made you feel slow motion replay was created for the very purpose of just showing his spectacular hightlight plays. One of the best parts of this highlight is the pan over to and younger Phil Jackson just watching in disbelief like they had a conversation earlier at half time to the tune of:
Phil: Don’t do it!
MJ: Why not! You don’t think I can?
Phil: I didn’t say that!
MJ: Watch me do it!
And well we all know he did it!
Akos Beems

My favorite MJ moment is him doing the mid-court statue of liberty dunk in space jam. My lord, what an athlete!
http://www.jewelzlopez.com -Mas-

I was in Costa Rica watching the Finals in 1998 Bulls vs. Jazz with my best friend and Varsity PG teammate. There was a small hurricane outside and I knew the lights would go any second. Being a Knicks fan I was crossing my fingers that there would be a game 7 just to make my buddy suffer for one more game. The thunder outside grew stronger and halftime approached.
We decided to create a back up plan that consisted of hooking the small ass TV we had to a electric generator that didn’t have enough gas to last all night, not even all of the second half. By the middle of the 3rd quarter the lights went out as MJ was making a fadeaway and as quick as the ball went in the image faded away too. We began our attempt to get the generator going but with no luck.
The clock was ticking and the pressure was unbearable. As we tried one last time to get the power back up for at least a few minutes the generator began to work and the TV went back on. It was a split second but just enough to see MJ foul off Bryon Russell and hit the game winner.
We didn’t even get a chance to see the celebration because we ran out of gasoline but that was my Jordan moment that I’ll never forget. Mas.
http://www.nba.com Gman

I have too many favorite moments of Jordan. I believe there are players with the same skill set as MJ, but what really puts MJ in his own category, in my opinion, was his passion and will to win. Having said this, while I was in the middle east they replayed the 91′championship game and MJ really showed me what passion for the game was when he was crying holding the trophy. When Michael returned and won his 4th championship on fathers day it really touched me because you realized that this basketball-god was just a man with a passion for everything he loved. He had such an intense will to win despite holding in these feelings for his dad which we saw later when he was hugging the trophy. Really great. As for a memory on the court, I would have to say… every moment since the Barcelona Olympics has been a great moment to watch MJ.
Yesse

Definetly the flu game against Jazz in the 1997 finals. It was just amazing, something that you will probably never see again and something that i doubt any athlete today would do. After you saw him walking to the Bulls bench in the last timeout you could really tell he was sick. It was probably the greatest performance in the history of basketball.
Yesse

The flu game in the 1997 finals against Jazz. Michael Jordan didn’t get alot of sleep and was in the bed the whole day before the game and did not even participate in the shootaround. The game was still one of his best performances ever made, even when he was sick. Just looking at him walking to the Bulls bench tired in the last timeout really showed me how bad he was feeling and yet he still managed to put up 38 points.
samo

Jordan, at age 40, scoring more than 40 points against the Nets back in 2003. The Nets went back to the Finals that year, as they had the previous year. They were one of the best defensive teams in the league but on that night Jordan shredded them. He started off hot and scored in a variety of ways: midrange, long 2s, fadeaway, post up. The ONLY 40 yr old to score 40, probably an achievement that will never be matched. That wasn’t the only 40 point game Wizards Jordan had and those were before the hand checking rules.
Jun Ancheta

I have too many MJ moments so I couldn’t single out a favorite. It started when I saw Come Fly With Me when I was 9 years old. That’s when I fell in love with basketball. I tried to copy MJ’s moves every time I got the chance to play and when I was in fourth grade, I was invited to my school’s delegation to a national basketball camp. He was that good that copying his moves made me better than other kids. And when the Philippines started covering the NBA Finals, I saw MJ come in before games as classy as they get. Sometimes he jokes around before the game, but when the ball goes into the air, his opponents know that they’re in trouble. MJ’s greatness would never be surpassed even if you make a Kobe&Lebron hybrid. He wasn’t the most athletic person to play the game but he was the most determined to be the greatest of all time.
http://Hotmail.com Wayne Tuggle

My favorite MJ moment was in 1989, when he hit the shot over Ehlo at the last second to win the game. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was in the living room at my aunts house, watching the game with my father and uncle. We all new who would get the ball, so did Cleveland. As soon as MJ caught the inbound pass our eyes got wider and wider. He went up over Ehlo at the foul line and sank the shot at the last second to win the game. We were all yelling and jumping around the living room amazed at what we just witnessed. I think I jumped higher than MJ did after he hit the shot…owe yeah, did I mention I had a broken foot at the time? MJ will forever be the greatest.
Peat

1992 playoffs. When the Knicks weren’t supposed to give the bulls any opposition. That’s when he decided to get mad and play like his life depended on winning the serie. Oh boy was he great to watch when playing angry. just like his usual self. Only better.

Can’t stop watching AIR TIME because of that.
burnt_chicken

does it count as a memory if it’s a quote? My favourite Jordan moment is an aphorism he offered:
Phil “there’s no ‘I’ in team”
MJ: “but there is in WIN”
microcosm, right there. The man was always figuring himself into the center of the moment, always putting it all on his shoulders. Picking a favourite game moment is impossible with one of the greatest of all time. Picking a moment that sums him up perfectly seems a bit easier, and a bit more fair to all of the awe-inspiring moments he gave to us.
N i r v a n a

1. Winning 72 games and his 4th title in 96 (plus he’s wearing the jordan 11′s, my fav. j’s of all time).
2. Dunking on Ewing in 91.
3. Dunking on Mutombo in 97.
4. Game winners vs UTH (buzzer-beater in 97 & the title clinching shot in 98).
5. “The Shot” vs. cleveland in 88
6. “The Flu Game” in 97 finals.
7. Being “In The Zone” during the 92 finals.
8. Crying and hugging his 1st NBA title in 91.
9. 51 pts. at 38 yrs. old.
10. 40 pts. at the age of 40
Kyle

My favorite memory of MJ was in NBA 2K11 when I dunked on LeBron James 3 times in 1 game.
bbubbs

1. taking the coach to london from bristol (about 100 miles) with first paycheck of first job to buy jordan 5s, last pair too. put them bad boys straight on
2. baseline dunk on ewing and starks (i’m a knicks fan too)
3. crazy take off near freethrow line-double pump-thru whole clippers team-come out on the other side of the basket-with the “english” basket, impossible shot for ANY other player
3.
http://N/A Nick V

Specific game memories are easy to come up with, for me the memories lie within his game itself…

His ability to fly through the air with his body practically horizontal to the floor with the ball in his left hand, weave through the center and power forward with utmost ease, then somehow have the ability to switch hands and lay the ball right in, all while somehow getting hacked, and doing it all in the air.

The fact that he would take a fade away jumper with 2 guys in his face, and before the ball is even in the basket, he already is trotting back to his half of the court while others wait for outcome….SWISH!

His ability, combined with his leadership, swag, composure, and mostly respect for the game makes me remember all of my memories or MJ.

There will never be another Michael Jordan, only those LIKE him.
Desert Storm

1997 NBA finals. Game 5 vs the Jazz. MJ looks like a ghost of a man in the 1st quarter. Then, in the 2nd quarter, after trailing by as much as 16 points. His Airness explodes with 17 points. Lost a little bit of focus during the 3rd quarter, but miraculously lights up in the 4th. Leading the charge for a 10-0 run after trailing again. The man would barely drag himself out of the court, yet managed to score 38 points, along with 5 assists, 7 rebounds, and 2 blocks. This performance was basically the icing of the G.O.A.T. argument. IMO
hops

watching old footage of his game against the heat in 1992 playoffs 56pts!!!!! chicago 3-0
Daniel Nunez

My favorite Jordan memory is a tough one as there has bin so many it could be from scoring 63 in the playoffs against the Celtics all the way to when He hit the game winner against the utah jazz in game six after stealing the ball from malone. But with those great performances my favrote of all time was his return to madison square garden and dropped 55 points. It was such a great day to me i was so exited to see Jordan in the Garden after i thought he would never return and many people duetted that he was still the same great and dominant player. I new nothing had changed and when he dropped the 55 points i knew and everyone else knew the greatest was back and ready to win 3 more championships. To me that was my favorite Jordan moment because it was his return to basketball when basketball needed him back.
http://Mitchell&Ness/SlamOnline Michael

My favorite Jordan moment??? Simple. After winning his first ever NBA Championship in 1991 – the Bulls were all celebrating inside the locker room at The Great Western Forum (where the L.A. Lakers used to play at). NBC reporter Bob Costas was conducting interviews with various Bulls players inside of the locker room. During all of the “hoopla” – Bob Costas kept asking one simple question, “Where’s Michael???” Well, Michael was in the corner of the locker room clutching the Larry O’Brien Trophy (the NBA Trophy). With tears in his eyes, and his father’s arm wrapped around him – you knew at that very moment – how much he truly loved the game of basketball. For all of Michael Jordan’s physical attributes – one stands out above the rest: his heart.
Roberto

I am not going to reply and say my favorite time was watching him play on TV because as we all know, watching a player on TV does them no justice when in comparisson to watching them live. I was never able to so Michael play live. I wish I was though. I will admit, although I was a Bulls fan I was much more of an Indiana Pacers fan, but that is to just preface my moment of Michael and still how much he can mean to a rival and just a basketball fan in general. When I was younger my family had the chance to go to Chicago for a conference my father was attending. While there we saw the normal sites…museums, Navy Pier, Nike Town and so on. I refused to leave without going to the United Center and seeing Michael’s statue, suprisingly even a snot nosed little kid can get their parents to say yes to somethings. To me seeing the statue was something that was once in a lifetime, even if you saw it 100x you would never forget the 1st. It is made of the same materials of many other statues, but just knowing you are in the presence of the G.O.A.T. is just so powerful that it has to move you (in a basketball sense). I couldnt stop walking around it and staring and looking for something on the statue I had missed the previous tim walking around it. I was just in awe of not only that, but also what it represented. Standing next to it just broughtback the memories, of the 63 point game against the Celtics, the double nickel against the Knicks, the dunk contests againt ‘Nique, the Olympics, the retirement and championship after, and seeing him on the floor weeping in rememberance of his father after winning the chip. It was all so much to take in. It was a moment I will never forget for the rest of my life.
http://www.facebook.com/Alanpg A l a n

I only saw MJ playing live once. I was 15 years old, and I had been following the NBA for a couple of years from Spain, which at the time wasn’t that easy (no slamonline, no youtube, no dailyzap on nba.com, just some games late at night on TV, and I mean really late at night) (the ‘98 All Star weekend in NY I still remember waking up in the couch after sleeping a couple of hours, and going straight to school because it was monday, but it was worth it, I had the Adidas Kobe sneakers of that year and Kobe went face to face with MJ, amazing to see my 2 favorite players ever going head to head) It was April 1998, and I was on holidays with my parents in NY, and we were to spend 10 days there, but my passion for the NBA (and be extremely annoying, haha) made my father take us to Chicago, and then find some tickets. So there were we, with my crappy English back then, at the United Center on 11th of April, 1998 (I still remember the date,9 days after my birthday) and man, I was sooo excited… the game was versus the Orlando Magic, and the Bulls won 87-78, not a big deal, earning their 60th victory of the season, and making them the best in the East, and 2nd spot league wide. MJ had one of his classic games, controlling the tempo of the game from the beginning, 19 points by the end of the first quarter, and 35 by the end of the game, and 2 assists, not much you may think, but one of them was his career 5.000th assist!! It was announced in the big screens of the United Center and I still feel lucky to see that moment. The Bulls were rolling back then and the game wasn’t that exciting but I can tell you, I will never forget that night in Chicago. MJ really made each and every game he played something unique and special, playing always 100% to make sure everybody could witness his greatness, even if you only got to see him once.
And if you were wondering, yes, Rodman was expulsed from the game because of a flagrant foul
Tiel

My favorite moment has got to be the moment I read or heared about MJ smacking Steve Kerr for not trying hard enough on practise. That, ladies and gentlemen, is insane. We talkin’ bout practise…
You see, every great player in NBA history has had the gamewinners, insane games or heroic actions you have alle described earlier. But how many were that demanding, willing to litteraly hit a teammate for not working hard enough.
We all respect Kobe Bryant because he’s such a hard worker, such a competitor. We all have to agree that’s what’s lacking in LeBron James. But if Kobe’s a hero for all that, what does it make MJ?

The greatest of all time, that’s what. No one, ever, has come close to the intensity and the attitude Jordan had. Him getting physical on Kerr symbolizes that better than anything, at least for me.
Madterps

Gotta say that the most memorable moment has to be the flu game where he caught some kind of stomach flu from eating bad food. Still remember that in a timeout Michael had to lean on Scottie in order to get back to the bench and you can see he was just out of it on the bench. Then at the end Michael collapsed after playing 44 minutes while he was battling the sickness. That says GOAT to me more than anything else.
Swagger much?

True greatness on the basketball court is when you can make your generations dominant players look second rate. Its what Hakeem did to Robinson after he took MVP… it’s how MJ did Clyde Drexler during the 92 shrug game.

The media had the audacity to compare Drexler to the GOAT, by pointing out 3point% stats. So what does MJ do he goes on fire from range throws out 6 threes in the half and mimes his way to one of the biggest trash talk gestures ever.
Aristotle

I was 10 and basketball was never in my life until I saw the 1991 NBA Finals between Chicago and Los Angeles. I didn’t know who Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan were. Why? Because being Australian our game here was Rugby League. Watching that series is what changed my life and turned me into an obsessed basketball fan, to the point that this year I paid $1000 for a ticket to the Christmas Day game this year between Miami and Los Angeles (I also won’t go to weddings or birthdays if it’s a big game). Anyways, my favourite memory came the year after in the 92′ NBA Finals. Michael Jordan one year earlier made me fall in love with him, the Bulls, and the game of basketball. Seeing him cry, just made me feel how special this game was. I’d never seen an athlete cry till then. I asked my dad for a basketball and all he would hear me talk about was Michael Jordan and the Bulls and watch me play in the carpark on an imaginary spot as a ring. Now to get you to understand my favourite memory I need to quickly tell you bout my father. He would work his arse off and that included weekends. I never got to see him or enjoy time with him because he always worked to make sure I had everything. He was that old school mentality that he’d need to be dying to stay at home. But he finally did, and that was during the Bulls vs Blazers 92′ NBA Finals. After a year of me talking to him about Jordan and the Bulls and wanting to be like Mike, etc. He took his annual leave for that fortnight of games to watch them with me. So my favourite MJ memory is watching him carve up the Blazers while I finally spent some quality father-son time. My old man signed me up at the local junior league the very next weekend, and since then I still play to this day which I’m now 30, and my dad still comes to watch me play in the amateur competitions. Michael Jordan gave me a father again!
el_larsen

john starks dunking on the bulls.
Zander Brown

I was born in 1994 so i did not see jordan in his prime. However my favorite memory of Jordan was at the 2002 nba all star game and when he missed a dunk. It showed me that he was human which is the most impontant part of him is that he was human even though he had unreal stats and amazing grace on the court and he was the goat of the nba air jordan is still a man.
SLAM fan

Growing up idolizng Mike as an athlete, he inspired me to be a hard working basketball player. Off the court, he also inspired me to push myself to a career (NBA wasn’t exactly knocking on my door). After pursuing a design degree, I spent 5 years working for various footwear companies in hopes of one day working for MJ. 9 months ago, I got a call to come join the footwear design team for Jordan. 4 weeks ago I get to meet Michael behind closed doors at our office and was personally thanked for my contributions on the air jordan 2012 that we pitched to him. Absolutely surreal moment.
Neil B.

I was a big fan of those late 1980′s/1990′s Bulls teams and Jordan growing up. I have a lot of favorite Jordan moments from his game-winner in game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals to beat Utah, to his shot at the buzzer to beat the Cavs in the late-1980′s, to his great games and battles against the Knicks, to his shoulder shrug move against the Blazers in the 1992 NBA Finals and even the shot of him lying on the floor overcome with emotion thinking about his Father after winning the 1996 NBA Finals. However, my all-time favorite Jordan moment was one that I saw live in person, though it might not be one of his. My Dad and I used to go to watch the Bulls when they used to come to Philly (which is where I am from) to play the Sixers. We used to get a 5-game home Sixers game plan that they used to call the “Super Star Pack” which was a 5-game plan to see the Sixers play against some of the better teams/players in the NBA at the time (the Sixers were not a very good team during those years). We got that ticket plan so that I could see the Bulls and Jordan live in person once a year and we saw Jordan and the Bulls play the Sixers in the old Spectrum and what’s now known as the Wells Fargo Center (it was the CoreStates Center back then). During the 1996 season I attended a Bulls/Sixers game at the (then) CoreStates Center with my dad and this was during Allen Iverson’s rookie-year (I guess the reader knows where I am going with this at this point). My dad and I were there to watch Allen Iverson cross over Jordan and hit the jumper. The place went nuts! I consider this to by my favorite and most memorable Jordan moment (though I’m sure that it’s one that he’d like to forget) as it’s a moment that people still talk about a good amount and I can always say that I was there to watch it live in person.
Sakuragi

Favorite MJ moment??? Have to be 1992 Olympic Games

1.) Gold Medal, 8-0 record
2.) AJ VII (Olympic edition), #9
3.) Dream Team – playing along with Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Clyde Drexler, Patrick Ewing,Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Chris Mullin, Scottie Pippen , David Robinson, John Stockton & Christian Laettner

Nothing better than seeing those Superstars played.
JAMES NELSON

My favourite MJ moment hasn’t happened yet. It probably wont happen for another 20 years. It’ll be the day one of my kidds trys to tell me the star of the league at the time is the best player they’ve ever seen. I’ll be able to dust off the dvd of game 6 of the 1998 Finals, sit them down, blow their minds and say ‘yeah? well he’s got nothing on this guy.’
Jake Munckton

During his 63-point game in 1986 playoffs. Just one of many special buckets in that game. To start it off, he dribbled between his legs then flew by Larry Bird, went as fast as a bullet past Dennis Johnson, took off over Kevin Mchale and double-pumped a layup with Robert Parish flailing away and epically failing to block him. One vs four is a mismatch in favour of Jordan.
Pyongkang Her

I couldn’t actually say I have my one true Michael Jordan Memory because come on I’m only like 13 and school gets in my way. I have one older brother whose 20 and he’s like a NBA freak fan and when he hears Michael Jordan well he goes all ‘koo koo’. The first time I saw Michael Jordan play I couldn’t actually believe myself the swiftness of his body, the perfect accuracy of his swishes and his will to win.
For all those MJ fans you guys will know this that when MJ won his first NBA Championship in 1991 he wept while clutching his hands on the NBA title as his dad comforted him. But In 1996 Finals the Bulls won on Fathers Day and I could see him weeping again his thoughts about his dad still living within him.
“…I can’t even put it in words…I know he’s watching…This is for daddy…”
That part about MJ probably was my Best Memory (Memories) and when I was watching it on You Tube as soon as he cried I just fazed out and felt like crying, my spine electrified with sadness and sorrow but also happiness as I realized his duty and goal he had overcome and I believe that MJs father will be proud of him.
Thank you guys for the opportunity and hope everything goes algudy.
http://Boom Aaron Laucke

The last shot that Jordan had in a Bulls uniform. 1998 NBA finals game 6 against the Utah Jazz. Down by 3 Jordan comes down the lane and gets a layup. Next posession down Karl Malone gets it down on the post and MJ gambles and comes from the blind side to swipe at the ball and manages a steal with 16 seconds left on the clock with Bulls down one. Michael against Russel with 12 seconds left, MJ drives down the middle of the lane and crosses over. Russel falls down only able to watch as Jordan raises up with his jumpshot. Utah fans have seen it enough to know that their hopes of a championship are about to be teared from them. The shot is money. The last shot of his true career. The last game. He is no longer a man but a symbol. The end of the greatest.
idrees

I have 2 favorite MJ Moments. I was born in ’98, but my favorite memory was on youtube. at only 10 years old, i only heard of how good he was, being the best. i watched a youtube video of michael dunk on Patrick Ewing. i was like “oh, damn. sorry patrick, next time you should move aside”. My 2nd one was when I first got NBA 2K11 for PS3 and dunked and used Jordan to dunk on Ewing myself.
Dan

Being Born in 1997, I hadn’t seen any MJ. I lived in a country that wasn’t very involved in the NBA. Although, my first Basketball memory, and favorite MJ memory was seeing him in the press conference, announcing his comeback. Being only 4 or so, All I basically understood was that he was working to benefit others rather than himself. That was what made me like basketball and the NBA. That is why I follow basketball news, whether it’s the NBA, NCAA, or simply who won my middle school’s game. That is why I subscribed to Slam. If it wasn’t for Jordan, I wouldn’t be saying this right now.
http://http//twitter.com/iamdayeezy Dayvon Ellis

My favorite G.O.A.T. moment was in the 1991 NBA finals when Jordan Drove down the middle of the lane..went up to dunk the the right hand and then change his mind in mid-air to switch it to his left hand to finish the lay up! Unbelievable move!
Raymond

of course everyone will talk about Jordan the 6 Time champ plus all his accolades. I loved everything about the man, enough to buy multiple colors of the same shoe.But my favorite moment of Michael is last year during the bobcats first visit to the playoffs. just the clips of him on the sideline, showing his eagerness for the winning mentality, the face and reaction of a champion who has to watch from the bench. Michael Jordan still inspires me to this day, off the court because of his ever lasting desire to win and nothing else. i actually painted a picture of the famous dunk contest dunk that everyone knows. i painted it on PAINT on the computer. I came on here to send it to the editor. If i dont win this drawing i’d still love to share that pic i painted. SO CONTACT ME! lol.
jP

In high-school, met him on the golf course. Totally star-struck. He asked me, “So, what’d you shoot?” Mind blank. Just handed him my score card. He signed it and drove off in his cart.
Liam

As a kid in Australia, I never had the honour of being able to see MJ play in the flesh. So we had to settle for watching on late-night TV. Remember that this was the days before youtube and when even MJ didnt get on the news in australia all that often.
The only time full Bulls games would get on TV would be during the Finals. When they were on, my Dad, brother and I would sit glued to our little TV at some ungodly hour of the morning, just to see Jordan.
Not only does the great play of MJ make those late nights/early mornings great memories, but the time I got to spend as a little kid with my Dad and my big bro, the two people I look up to most in this world, make them precious memories that I’ll cherish forever.
Oh Nose

A baby of ’89, although I didn’t know all the technical aspects of basketball, thanks to my dad, the city of Chicago and of course MJ and the Bulls, my love for the sport has been growing since.

The fondest memory of the Jordan Era was when Jordan hit his last shot in a Bulls uniform in Utah, as well as the celebration in Grant Park that soon followed.
twahc

jordan reminded me he is still human when he made an airball during a game.
amrit

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying”
-Michael Jordan
From head to toe in pain, still the desire to win running down every vain.

Game 5 of the 1997 NBA finals, Michael jordan would not let the flu defeat his passion and love for the game. He overcame the flu and scored 38 points to give chicago a crucial 3-2 lead.

The flu game would have to be my faviorite michael jordan memory
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1998 warning ot the rest of the nba to get their leads now because when pippen comes back from injury we gonna damn near run the table
Luke

All time favorite Jordan moment has to be the lay up on the Nets back in ’91. Jordan gets the ball on the wing on the left dribbles towards the basket. Time stops. There is no other explanation for it. Jordan just seems to float. He just glides effortlessly past Derrick Coleman, Chris Dudley, and Chris Morris. He goes inside then outside then around back and then lays up. Watch it on Youtube. You can’t watch that play and not have your jaw drop to the floor. Truly a remarkable moment by the greatest player of all time.
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