After Michael Jordan dunked over 6’1” point guard in a 1987 Chicago-Utah game, a Jazz fan angrily got up and yelled: “Hey Jordan, pick on someone your own size”. Very next Bulls possession, MJ dunks over 6’11” Mel Turpin, immediately looked at the fan and questioned him: “Was he big enough?
by Currymvp2
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Apparently, the fan was Jazz owner Larry Miller. [Here’s the sequence with Jazz commentators ]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQdDfRV9-OE)
both moved out the way
Ruthless
6’1” point guard? You mean John fucking Stockton?
Mel Turpin gets included in the title but not John Stockton wtf
That’s an amazing story! Michael Jordan always knew how to rise to the occasion.
Legendary shit
Listen well kids, goat stories. 🐐
Luka’s the closest MJ demeanor in the league right now, talking shit to everyone in the building and does whatever he wants during the game to prove a point.
Fuckin Mel Turpin. Dude would get rolling and we’d all be like IT’S TURPINTIME
I actually don’t remember Mel Turpin at all.
The ball on the 2nd dunk is a pretty ridiculous height above the rim at the top of his jump
Stockton was 6’1 and would set screens on bigs, too funny. Legendary player
Typical GOAT stuff. Wish I was alive during his prime.
Someone should have told Malone to pick on someone his own size
Mel Turpin just stood there with his cinder block feet. After the game he went to his part time job where he made more than he made playing in the nba. Jordan played against bums
Jordan: 🤷🏾♂️
lebron would have asked ref to eject that person from the arena
Never imagined Karl Malone has such a soft voice lmao
Michael took that personally.
Jordan still holding a grudge on the fan … followed him to Costco and dunked on him in the parking lot
Did the jumpman logo on his head
Ah, Super Slams of the NBA. I watched that VHS tape so much as a kid .. I have the whole thing memorized to this day.
Little known clip that I can never get enough of… spud Webb throwing down a 1 handed oop at a charity event for Magic Johnson… I cannot tell you how hype it makes me. (It’s this dunk,not from the VHS tho! https://youtu.be/y2A0J4-SPm8?si=VQ75jfze4jPBrELq
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