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MJ destroys the backboard during an exhibition game in Italy in 1985



MJ destroys the backboard during an exhibition game in Italy in 1985

by WhenMachinesCry

22 Comments

  1. SparkleSoftRadiant3

    That moment still gives me chills

  3. Tao--ish

    And the pieces only landed on the defenders, not on him, naturally

  5. Runshooteat

    His back foot was damn near at the free throw line

  6. OneOfTheOnly

    the new breakaway hoops are objectively better and safer but let’s be real

    basketball is better when a dude can pull the rim down or shatter the backboard

  7. NYdude777

    This never happens anymore, I guess we’ve come a long way in the acrylic glass technology over the years.

  8. The_Vaike

    Dunk from the FT line, destroy the backboard and shower the defender in broken glass, and then jog back on D. Mike was a demon.

  11. JugdishSteinfeld

    That wasn’t even that powerful a dunk. Italian engineering at its finest.

  12. AtlantaSportsHype

    BBBB! **B**RING **B**ACK **B**REAKABLE **B**ACKBOARDS!

    This would do big things for the NBA, both good and bad.

  13. FireFoxQuattro

    ANT looks so much like him it’s insane, the comparisons are warranted lol

  14. Acrobatic_Emphasis41

    And ever since every black and orange jordan shoe is known as the “shattered backboard”

  15. Chibow

    The only time I remember someone breaking the backboard was Shaq as a kid. Warms my heart to know MJ did it too

  17. RealPrinceJay

    And of course the video is gone

    Anyone got a link?

  18. chiefpiece11bkg

    God damn their eyes must have been fucked

  20. gerardguey

    back when the “air” in air jordan was a fitting description. that hang time is still insane

  21. zach_here_thanks_man

    Resulting in the best J1 colorway

  22. The-Pharcyde

    Those 2 dudes taking a shower full of glass💀

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