Getting cut from the varsity team as a high school sophomore is part of what drove Michael Jordan's legendary competitiveness.

But we've rarely seen footage of MJ prying his craft at Emsley A. Laney High School in North Carolina. In this new (old) video, it looks like the coach's decision to cut MJ was as questionable then as it seems like it would have been now.

Yup, Jordan was flying well before he was famous