ToronoRapture [OP]

127 | 6 hours ago

He absolutely crumpled that first guy lol.

He was supposed to play one half for each side. Bayreuth went into halftime down 45–42.

Jordan changed his plan and stayed with Bayreuth, played 37 of the 40 minutes, scored 25 points and helped turn the deficit into a 90–79 victory.

ImSatanByTheWay | POR

63 | 6 hours ago

“I ALMOST BEAT MICHAEL JORDAN IN BASKETBALL KAREEM IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME”

“Okay grandpa time for night night pills again”

Pretty amazing that the US team was able to have a lead at half when playing against MJ. If I was a US player, I’d tell everyone about that until the day I die.

InevitableAd2436 | Supersonics

21 | 6 hours ago

lol 100% truth

Reminds me of Nirvana’s bass player that’s a cardigan wearing soccer dad now.

“I used to play with Kurt Cobain”

“Sure Mr. Novoselic, we believe you”

The_Year_of_Glad

7 | 4 hours ago

And then there’s Jason Everman, who played guitar for Nirvana and bass for Soundgarden, and then enlisted and joined the Special Forces. It sounds like such bullshit, but it’s 100% true.

JohnnyEnzyme | BRK

3 | 5 hours ago

KAREEM IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

Mt. Rushmore, easily.

IllAlwaysBeAKnickFan | Knicks

21 | 6 hours ago

Who the fuck was on the other team that they were up at half and only lost by 11??

ToronoRapture [OP]

11 | 6 hours ago

USA had some good college players. I know Charles Caldwell played in this game. He’s actually in the Military Basketball Association Hall of Fame (Yes, that exists).

Swolyguacomole

9 | 5 hours ago

Of course it exists. Sports and military, can’t get more American

packim0p | 76ers

3 | 5 hours ago

needs a little white collar crime sprinkled on top

Artistic-Part3953

0 | 4 hours ago

Do ya like jazz?

azularena | Bulls

4 | 5 hours ago

The American team was probably college players who generally werent good enough to go pro or who had already signed their commissions. The German team had some D1 players. Jordan was obviously the most talented player on the court, but it’s not like he was playing a pickup game at Lifetime

BigBossShadow

3 | 4 hours ago

From what I can tell in the video, it was a team full of big muscular black guys against a team of scrawny white guys and MJ

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ToronoRapture [OP]

8 | 6 hours ago

I don’t think anyone with any sort of credibility says that MJ can destroy any team with any 5. Otherwise he would have won a chip in the first 6 years in the nba.

chestnutman | Knicks

2 | 6 hours ago

The way it is framed it sounds like it was a Bundesliga team please Jordan against some random recruits. He definitely shouldn’t be trailing lol

This German article gives some context. Apparently he was just taking 3s the first half

ToronoRapture [OP]

1 | 5 hours ago

Bayreuth’s stats:

Player	Points
Michael Jordan	25
Kai Nürnberger	16
Michael Curry	15
Ralf Risse	14
Scott Bailey	8
Bertram Koch	5
Michael Koch	5
Torsten Stein	2
Total	90

_Apatosaurus_ | Thunder

4 | 5 hours ago

Pretty disappointed in MJ for helping the Koch Brothers.

box_fan_man | Mavericks

1 | 2 hours ago

War criminals buy sneakers too.

_why-tho | Magic

2 | 5 hours ago

curry would have 15

IllAlwaysBeAKnickFan | Knicks

1 | 6 hours ago

Ok I’m at work so I can’t watch this, but it reads as if he was playing with an organized team against a team of US servicemen. Unless some NBA level players got stationed overseas as servicemen, this is quite unbelievable that his team was down and only won by 11.

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IllAlwaysBeAKnickFan | Knicks

1 | 5 hours ago

Sure, but if he stayed on the same team and really wanted to win badly, it’s very surprising to me.

PerfectOmakase

68 | 6 hours ago

I followed MJ extensively throughout his career and have watched and read any stories about him that I could ever find, and this is the first I’ve heard of this. Thanks for sharing!

Key_Change_6635 | Magic

7 | 4 hours ago

Same. I know he played overseas in an Italian exhibition game, but not with or against the military

Looka_Doncic

20 | 6 hours ago

Now thats rare footage

KNYLJNS | Hornets

14 | 6 hours ago

Coolest walk in the world.

AutographedSnorkel | Rockets

12 | 5 hours ago

Michael Jordan: Fuck them troops

RotundCorgi

0 | 4 hours ago

MJ: Troops don’t buy sneakers because our country doesn’t pay them. 🤷‍♂️

One_Seaworthiness323

11 | 5 hours ago

That layup was absolutely wild 🤣 Jordan was a maniac

siphillis | Spurs

8 | 6 hours ago

His body control still mesmerizes me to this day.

Also kinda funny that he’s a bad dancer in spite of that

Lucabz23

5 | 4 hours ago

I‘m from Bayreuth and Fan of this club and it‘s always amazing to tell people that MJ played for my favorite team.

antonimbus | Knicks

4 | 6 hours ago

Yeah, but could he still win without dribbling the ball?

fluffywabbit88

3 | 3 hours ago

He’s no Delonte West

gigglios

4 | 5 hours ago

Why dont nba players ever do cool shit. Last time was Kobe in rucker park

Mr2Good | Wizards

10 | 4 hours ago

Huh? Kd at rucker park performance is legendary

happylilshare

5 | 5 hours ago

Cause none of them are actually cool or care to be. Society is embracing being lame/predictable

Pan_TheCake_Man | Hornets

0 | 4 hours ago

LeBron played the drew league game a while back, and that was pretty cool/I loved the jxmyhighroller video of it

box_fan_man | Mavericks

3 | 2 hours ago

I’ve never seen this before and I thought I had seen all of Jordan media.

MelangeMuncher

3 | 2 hours ago

This reminded me of MJ having the “Love of the Game” clause added to his contract:

Michael Jordan’s famous “Love of the Game” clause was a unique contract provision that allowed him to play basketball anywhere, anytime, without voiding his guaranteed contract if he got hurt.

ForsakenAd4825

2 | 6 hours ago

MJ: FCK IT, I’m still gonna ball

--Rick--Astley--

2 | 4 hours ago

He even plays hard for free in exhibition games. Stars today get paid so much to play 82 games and miss half of them.

LegalDeseperado

2 | 3 hours ago

Woo… another rare MJ worn jersey I did not know about !
We know about #45, #12, TuneSquad jersey…

fph00 | Pelicans

2 | an hour ago

You can add Stefanel Trieste (Italy) to the list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPc_JeJYDMQ He played another exhibition game there, 5 years before this one. And he played hard as well: at 2:16 in the linked video he shatters the backboard with a powerful dunk.

LegalDeseperado

1 | 28 minutes ago

Thanks for the link.
So cool to have this footage and the backboard breaking is amazing.

BenAfflecksBalls

1 | 5 hours ago

Ain’t nobody having fun except MJ and his teammates getting a front row to watch 🤣🤣

AtlKeno

1 | 3 hours ago

How many guys told this story about playing with/against MJ in that game and people were like gtfoh, yeah right.

majorcoinz

1 | 3 hours ago

Jordan was an ultra competitive asshole who loved basketball to the depths of his soul. This was great!

PopsNY

1 | 2 hours ago

His quickness just jumps out on film; it’s like if JA or Spida were 6’6”.

Crabsucker45

-3 | 5 hours ago

Lebron wel bully this guy

--Rick--Astley--

5 | 4 hours ago

LeBron got bullied by JJ Barea.

Efficient_Ice_1001

1 | 5 minutes ago

The guy that bullied by Shawn Marion calling him a bitch in the NBA finals and finished 5th in finals scoring behind Dirk, Wade, Bosh and Jason Terry?

[Highlights] 27-year-old Michael Jordan walks into a Ballsporthalle in Frankfurt and puts on the uniform of Steiner Bayreuth, the German Bundesliga runners-up, for an exhibition against an All-Star team made up of U.S. servicemen stationed in Europe (1990).