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YouTubery: MJ Throws it Down on Mount Eaton

by Bethlehem Shoals • Aug 28, 2008 4:00 PM EDT

It's a slow day on the inter-plains, so why not take a look at a Jordan dunk you haven't seen a million times? Courtesy of News Sports, here's MJ executing an especially brutal two-hander over, and into, the 7'4" Mark Eaton.

The title-era Jordan may have been an unprecedented combination of control and mordant energy, but dang, the 1986 version is still the gold standard for high-flying ridiculousness. When you watch Dr. J, you think "he was ahead of his time." A clip like this makes you wonder when, if ever, the rest of the game will ever really catch up.

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I believe you find this highlight when you look up the word "ups". A sentence for this clip: MJ had mad ups, back in the day.

by rickumali on Aug 28, 2008 4:15 PM EDT reply actions  

Eaton is supposed to be the one who answered Frank Layden’s "What is it with you, apathy or ignorance?" question with "I don’t know and I don’t care."

by L'etat, c'est moi on Aug 29, 2008 8:28 PM EDT reply actions  

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