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
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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.

(Music is by Talvin Singh,
song is 'Traveller')

Category Sports

Tags Michael, Jordan, Ultimate, Bird, Magic, Shaq, Lebron, Kobe, Yao, Ming, Dwyane, Wade, Iverson, AI, Carmelo, Tmac, Vince, Mayo, Bulls, Lakers