“Everyone just sucked” – Comedian Shane Gillis downplays Michael Jordan’s iconic UNC title-winning shot

When you ask somebody who the best basketball player ever is, the answer will almost always be Michael Jordan, especially when you ask the older generation of hoops fans. And to be fair, it’s hard to argue with what ‘His Airness” was able to accomplish in his basketball career.

Jordan is a six-time NBA champion, a six-time Finals MVP, a five-time NBA MVP, an 11-time All-NBA selectee, a 14-time All-Star, a nine-time All-Defense selectee, a Hall of Famer, and one of the NBA’s 75 best. He’s also a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and an NCAA Champion.

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Speaking of that NCAA title, many will look back at that fateful moment in 1982 as the beginning of Michael’s journey to basketball superstardom. As a freshman in North Carolina, Jordan knocked down the would-be game-winner in the National Championship game against a Patrick Ewing-led Georgetown University.

It was, after all, the most Jordanesque way to introduce yourself to the basketball world.

While MJ fanatics and hoops enthusiasts may see that as a watershed moment that potentially changed the trajectory of basketball as a whole, there are others, like actor and stand-up comic Shane Gillis, who think that the whole moment was a bit underwhelming.

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Gillis wasn’t impressed with Jordan’s iconic moment

On an episode of “Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast”, Gillis, alongside co-host and fellow stand-up comic Matt McCusker, broke down the final seconds of the 1982 NCAA Championship Game between UNC and Georgetown, and had some thoughts.

“Have you guys ever seen Jordan’s game-winner when he was at UNC? He won the national championship, it’s like an iconic thing…he hits a corner jumper to win the national title,” Gillis said.

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Shane then went on to narrate what happened after Michael’s moment in history.

“There was 20 seconds left, the other team gets the ball and comes down the court with 20 seconds, the guy at the top of the key just throws the ball to North Carolina, he throws it to the wrong…

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Publish date : 2026-05-28 07:34:00

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