Arguably one of the best openings to a basketball movie EVER.

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  1. I can only think of one opening to a basketball movie ever, and that one is the one I just saw …. so I guess.

  5. I have to ask, what are the other openings to basketball movies in contention here?

  6. This movie was straight propaganda for me lol

    As a kid, I was shocked to learn that MJ did in fact lose games sometimes

  8. I remember seeing this in theaters when I was 5 and being incredibly hyped.

  11. One of the best openings to a basketball movie? I’ll go one step further and say this is an incredible opening for any genre of movie. How can you not get hyped after watching this intro.

  14. I remember wearing my first pair of Jordans to this movie the weekend it came out. Hype around this was bonkers and this movie is still great.

  16. Ewing showing up in the credits and then getting immediately blocked by MJ @ 1:12

  17. Will never forget Undisputed with Skip and Shannon the show after Bucks v Suns game 5 (with the amazing bucks comeback and Giannis alley oop) opening their show with space jam 2 box office numbers so skip could meat ride MJ and shit on Bron lmaoo

    Good times

  19. I had the soundtrack CD to this and played it all the time. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen this movie and listened to that CD

  20. People who didn’t live the MJ era don’t know how mythical it was after he got the first ring and it looked like it was over until this guy retires.

    And it’s amazing that in places where basketball is not that big, the first name it’s still Michael Jordan.

    Everything was epic but not forced

  22. I don’t know about y’all but Bugs Bunny looks an awful lot like Michael Jordan to me

  23. I haven’t watched this movie in years yet I find myself randomly singing the soundtrack

  27. Flashback to me dancing alone in my living room to COME ON AND SLAM! AND WELCOME TO THE JAM!

  28. Yeah no matter what you think about the rest of the movie, this is one of the most exciting, adrenaline-pumping scenes I’ve ever seen

  30. The nephews watching this for the first time today will now be able to finally get it.

  31. Wayne “Newman” Knight had a generational run in the 90’s…. Seinfeld, Jurassic Park, Space Jam. Easily one of the highest +/- in terms of entertainment value vs. screen time of all time.

  32. Immediately knew this was Space Jam by the thumbnail. GOAT childhood movie and GOAT soundtrack

  34. This opening vs the [monologue at the pitch meeting in Air](https://www.google.com/search?q=air+pitch+meeting+speech+michael+jordan&sca_esv=ff452058d59b7f49&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS950US950&ei=iA9waOLKOo3viLMP49HGqAY&ved=0ahUKEwjirq7I_rKOAxWNN2IAHeOoEWUQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=air+pitch+meeting+speech+michael+jordan&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiJ2FpciBwaXRjaCBtZWV0aW5nIHNwZWVjaCBtaWNoYWVsIGpvcmRhbjIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABSLYaUJoFWNYYcAJ4AZABAJgBbqABggyqAQM5Lje4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhKgAuIMwgIKEAAYsAMY1gQYR8ICBRAhGKsCwgIFECEYnwWYAwCIBgGQBgiSBwQ4LjEwoAfZV7IHBDYuMTC4B9cMwgcHMC44LjguMsgHSg&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:003aa2e6,vid:e0wZB56TdbE,st:0) – who you got?

  35. i saw this in theaters. I couldn’t have been any more hyped at this intro. My hands were drug down my face at least 20x times.

  36. I remember my grandma getting this on vhs. It came with a toon squad shirt and shorts .

  37. People think that we saw this movie through rose colored lenses and that much like Space Jam 2 it wasn’t that good. But it did age well. A lot of jokes were…not really for kids lol. They slipped a surprising amount of adult humor into it.

  38. I remember being surprised whenever “that white guy who was in Space Jam” was the coach of the Pacers.

  40. I cant think of any other movie that just starts with a montage of the bigger than life stars actual career games set to such a good song.

    It was lightning in a bottle.

  42. >Arguably

    >one of

    No homeslice. This is the best opening ever and it’ll stay forever undefeated

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