Not everyone agrees that Michael Jordan may be the greatest of all time but he has his fair share of historic moments on the hardwood. To name a few, the two three-peats for the Chicago Bulls and averaging 30.1 points in his NBA career. The history attached to Jordan not only include his prowess on the court but also a plethora of uncanny moments. Including one when MJ channelled his inner Shaquille O’Neal. An old video of Air Jordan turning into a beast recently resurfaced on the internet, leaving NBA fans in awe.

MJ and Shaq are among the greats the game has ever seen. As these two delivered immensely for their respective franchises. Dr. Shaq has also won a three-peat for the Los Angeles Lakers (2000-02).

Michael Jordan ‘breaks’ the internet

The Lakers legend has, for long, had a reputation for breaking the backboard in the NBA. The big man has broken the backboard several times in NBA history. Similarly, in a video shared by Instagram user 23mj88, Michael Jordan is seen breaking a backboard with his powerful dunk. The caption of the video read, “MJ shatters a backboard in Italy.” According to the post, MJ shattered the backboard during an exhibition game in  Trieste, Italy.

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Shaq shared the video on his Instagram story, as he regularly shares a lot of memes and basketball-related videos on his Instagram. However, the fans swarmed in with reactions to the video. One user said, “Never seen this video before.” MJ fans flooded in with praise through their comments. Moreover, many fans were shocked to see the video as they had not seen MJ shatter a backboard previously. Here are a few reactions from the fans.

“Never knew that“

“ayoo dey jus ate mad glass.”

“Classic dunk.”

“Makes sense that’s how the got the color way for AJ1.”

“Never knew that.”

“I never knew that MJ broke a backboard either! That’s crazy!!! He was really a superhuman!!! “

“Not surprised‼️MJ is The GOAT‼️”

“mjordan jumped dunks wow .”

Fans bring back Shaq’s one of the backboards shatters

Recently NBA Twitter resurfaced an old video of Shaq breaking a backboard in a practice session. During the practice session between MJ’s friend Ahmad Rashad and Shaq, Big Diesel broke the backboard with a heavy dunk. The fans went haywire over the resurfaced video on Twitter with reactions.

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