Even in his rookie year he is and was tbe most spectacular and dominant player in the world. He is arguably the greatest athlete in the history of sports.

1st time at the garden and he already has the crowd dazzled with his game.. MJ GOAT!

It's amazing that MJ had only played in the NBA for about a month and the opposing team's fans were already cheering for him.

Jordan's form and execution is so superior its simply amazing to witness. Even in his first few games as a rookie, he demonstrated complete mastery over the game. 🐐

Shocked at how well Michael conducted himself in his interviews. The GOAT no doubt.

MJ is so ahead of of his time here

I remember watching this game. I was ALL about Bernard being a Knick fan. Why they hype this Jordan kid so much.......... I suffered from this point on!

Michael Jordan was unbelievably quick and fast when he came into the league, WOW

33 pts, 8 ast, 5 rebs, 3 stls, 2 blks! And half a dozen highlights.

Jordan was really intelligent even here as a kid. Not jus articulate but obviously understands the game and how it related to him.

people didn't realize what they were watching and experiencing #thegreatestever

Chuck Daly - "Jordan's literally embarrassing the league, He's that good!!!".

No one drives to the hoop in a more graceful fashion. It's sport, but he turned it into an art. I guess that's why we are still watching these video clips.

RIP Orlando Woolridge

one thing I love about MJ is that he is a very articulate person, even in his rookie year..

Kobe's MVP season: 28.3ppg, 6.3rebs, 5.4assts, 1.8stls, 0.5blks, 45%fg Jordan's rookie season: 28.2ppg, 6.5rebs, 5.9assts, 2.4stls, 0.8blks, 51%fg Lulz.

6:14-6:22 This man is a prophet

"i'm gonna be the best player I can be..." great job

Jordan was a beast from the 1st year to the last year. Always gave 100 pct. Deserves all the props bestowed upon him by fans and analysts that know the real deal when they see it.#The Goat.

I am impressed with how fast, expressive and smart he is in interviews. ... and the play of course is incomparable.

Listen to the crowd cheering when Jordan makes a play. They realized that they were watching something unprecedented.

From day 1 he looks like the best player in the NBA. Dominating on both ends of the floor, THE G.O.A.T

MJ would turn the MSG into a Roman Colosseum.

Just hang time is amazing he truly had gifts from the most high

That humble young man in the pre-game interview. That's another brick in the wall of his GOATness.

BEST PLAYER IN THE NBA SINCE DAY 1 DOMINANT BOTH END OF THE COURT !!!

Knick fans get a taste of MJ. The taste becomes really sour in the 90s for em.....

Rookie Jordan talking like a grizzled veteran at the end lol! I love it! Dude was ahead of his time.

Even as a rookie he was unstoppable. I grew up watching LeBron, but the eye test really does show who is the GOAT. Jordan's moves are one of a kind and he was all over the floor on offense and defense throughout his whole career.

Watching these replays only reminds me how lucky i was to grow up in Chicago and watch the BULLS win 6 chips! thnx again for the videos and memories

Wow jordan was very well spoken

9:22 The Classic "dunk contest" in game dunk!! Legendary!!

The home team crowd cheering for the opposing rookie.🤣. How could you not. He is fucking ridiculous. By Faaaar the best to ever slip on laces!

wow! he was wearing Jordans in practice in 1984! They didn't hit the market until well into 85. *bought them as soon as they did/when NO ONE else had them.

Jordan’s skills, movement, and creativity looks so natural, like it’s effortless. NO ONE is his equal!!!!

My aunt in Chicago saw him very early on in his career at the arena there... She didn't really know a lot about basketball then (& probably still doesn't, tbh...) I was very young but I remember her saying to the family, though, after seeing a game... "I just saw something tonight & I couldn't believe my eyes at first"... "The Bulls have a basketball player now, that looks like he's suspended in mid-air when he jumps!" I just thought...'Yeah, she's probably talking about 'Air Jordan.'...Haha!!

I love to watch this old footage of Jordan from his young days

Wow, this low camera angle is really cool. Makes if feel much more like you're actually in the stadium.

I was at that game that boy was flying.

@9:24 that dunk is legendary..that dunk could be used in a dunk contest..the way he cradled that ball and flew in the air is amazing..he was so fast and he jumped high and floated in the air..it's incredible how he pulled this dunk off and he also did this dunk while a player from the other team was chasing him. for him to steal the ball and run with it while the other player is chasing him and for him to do that dunk while being chased is absolutely amazing!

My god he is amazing wow!!!!

New York Times recap: History will note that the Chicago Bulls, leading for all but 1 minute 40 seconds last night, routed the staggering Knicks, 121-106, before a crowd of 19,252 in Madison Square Garden. The Knicks lost their sixth consecutive game, but overshadowing that was the first regular-season New York appearance of Michael Jordan, the phenomenal rookie of the Bulls. Jordan left the crowd aghast. He scored from over, under and around the basket, as well as from the outside. The 6-foot-6-inch guard did it with dunks and nifty drives. By the time he snatched the ball from a helpless Ernie Grunfeld and dashed for a flying one-handed dunk that gave the Bulls a 23-point lead at the end of the third period, the crowd was standing, voicing approval for nearly a minute. Jordan, who played 33 minutes, finished with 33 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocked shots.

I keep replaying 8:42 Will never be another Jordan

This could be the first time somebody said "Air" Jordan ever. 7:32

The camera angle Old Skool MSG, #23 G.O.A.T🏀

MJ is the 🐐!!!

He wanted and is ok to be in chicago to make it a winning city, amazing! He stayed loyal , true genius of the game :)

very humble he is the real GOAT

Olajuwon and Jordan were the best basketball players of the 1984 NBA Draft. Both of them, winning championships for their teams.

That dunk @ 9:24 is the most beautiful in game dunk ever

I try to be the best basketball i can... Mission accomplished.. He is the goat.

4:53 man that layup tho...that was fire

@8:20 BERNARD KING WAS TRYING TO REALLY PLAY DEFENSE ON MIKE COMPARED TO EARLY IN THE GAME WHERE HE WAS JUST TESTING MJ ON HIS OFFENSE.

I understand Hakeem no1 pick,but man MJ no3... lol watching his first game i could say he is the beast.

Really fun watching early GOAT. Already clearly phenomenal player. Another thing I personally enjoyed was listening to Jim Karvellas, who sort of introduced me to the NBA as the voice of the Baltimore Bullets in late sixties-early seventies. I’ll always remember listening to him doing Bullets (Earl Monroe and Gus Johnson) vs. Knicks (Walt Frazier and Willis Reed). “BULLSEYE” was his trademark expression. Of course, he later became voice of Knicks (and the Pearl went there, too, sadly). One of the best basketball play-by-play guys ever.

I don't why they compare LeBron,to JORDAN no comparison! Maybe kobe but JORDAN is the MAN!!

This kid will be a star someday :)

Jordan best player in the world

Jordan is so far above everyone else it's a joke. And I mean of all time.

Just fast forward to 9:23 The legend of "Air Jordan" was born kids.

Jordan's game was ART.

Magic Michel Jordan Best I LOVE YOU MISS YOU SIR MJ,..👊👊👊👊👊👊❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

Jordan didn't wear no Jordan 1s here, but rather the real "BANNED" shoe that was black red instead of white red here: The Nike Air Ship.

The year they kept trying to nickname him "Captain Marvel"..😂🤣

lmao I will accept those individual awards with greatness.

His words & his game are why a player should go play at the college level.

MJ said he was a Lakers fan but he thinks he couldn't help them

"What a shot by Mr. Jordan. I have a feeling we're going to say that a lot in the next 15 years."

Best athlete ever!

this camera angle is nice!

Could you imagine Jordan being drafted to the Lakers.....

I loved these old MSG games, with the very level camera angle.

Its cool seeing a rookie Jordan showing some love to Bernard King. BK was absolutely legit. The Tracy McGrady of his time. "I think hes an outstanding player. You learn a lot playing against Bernard. You can't really stop him. You just have to contain him"

Rip Orlando Woolridge

The commentators are funny, "They've been entertained!!" I was in the garden that night and when Jordan had the break away dunk, the whole arena cheered for him.

they are cheering for a rookie opposing player. His 7th game and thats what he was???

Excellent video.

6:15 SOOO Prophetic!!!

This is an AWESOME VIDEO!!!! THX SO MUCH FOR POSTING!!!

I was fortunate enough to live through the 6 NBA championships- after left the second time, I hardly ever watched basketball anymore. Wish I could find all those MJ cards I had collected.

One of the best in game dunks you’ll ever see...

This game is a highlight reel. TY for this

I see that where the footage of the classic cradle dunk is from.

I know this comment may never be seen on a 12 yr old video, but that play at 8:30 when Mike broke King down and hit the most beautiful turn-around jumper shows all you need to see how far ahead MJ was as a rookie. Simply unbelievable. We’ll never witness anything again like GOAT23.

Very very very very rare and thinking about it right now, rookies are never the best player in the league…. There’s a learning curve…. Michael Jordan as a rookie in his first game was already the best player in the league

6:36 young boy touched greatness

Did that reporter just try to claim Jordan stop it that's north Carolina baby!

1984, u know there were some straight up gangsters in the crowd!

0:32 the black/red air ships look REALLY close to the banned 1s we know today...only diff the toebox and back wasn't red!

The Infamous Cradle Dunk AND The Full Extension BLOCK POSTER on Ken Bannister's Dunk Attempt...

@ClassicAirJordan Ahh, that's awesome. Thanks for posting this, by the way.

Micheal Jordan good rookie season with bulls all skill as great player and good teamate

One of my favorite Jordan performances ever. So exciting to watch! Sometimes I wish I could go back to that mid-1980s era (even though I wasn't born until 1999) just to see Jordan play haha! 🤩

i find this to be the definitive video to understand Michael Jordan. this game, this first season. scoring, steals, blocks. FIRST season. the word was circulating around the league about Jordan. another thing that very interests me is how articulate Jordan is . wow, did he change that much later ? Jordan - at this stage - comes off as super-human - a kind of sentiment or label that seemed possibly appropriate many years later.

The block at 9:42. My God.

G.O.A.T

And the guy was just a rookie!!!! Please stop the GOAT debate. I always said it is just a joke to compare him with anybody; especially today's players. Imagine mj with today's technology, personal trainer, treatment, recovery drugs that lebron and kawi take, he would averaged 50. Mj didn't start lifting weights until he was almost 30!!!

Michael "AIR" Jordan is BEST of BEST baby! "Yeah!!!!"

Jim Carvelis comments about Jordan are prophetic. Butch Beard knew what he was watching too. Goat

The nba should have just shut down for 100 years after that cradle dunk.