Young Jordan Showers Euros in Broken Glass

For all the love and respect that's heaped upon Michael Jordan—really, does any other sport have an undisputed Greatest of All Time—we sometimes forget. Sure, the mature, jump-shooting Jordan won a lot of rings, but hot God this guy was amazing in his younger days. Safe to say that, well before he became the face of all of America, MJ was the most exciting basketball player who ever walked this planet.

Case in point: This video, brought to our attention by Kelly Dwyer, of Jordan playing in Spain Italy with a Nike team of some sort. The whole thing is sick beyond compare, but here's the highlight of highlights isolated in all its glory:

Amazing! As Kelly pointed out, everyone else shatters a backboard with two hands. And they're much bigger than Jordan. This dude is wiry, and going at it one-handed, and doing something far more ornate than the usual power dunk. Game over. Forever.

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