^as the resident South Floridian, I have to chime in.
Of all the current players i personally like Dwayne the best. Golden Eagles for life.
Um, you better hope B doesn’t see this thread.
When Kobe or Lebron get enough 6 rings, let me know. Until then, MJ.
TOP 5
Just Kidding!
^Ahh, that picture of him with all of the rings on never gets old. Long live the great one.
Jordan
no contest
Jordan…
for now.
comparing any basketaball player to Jordan at this point is flat out an insult.
MJ is god. I was searching around a bit tonight at my parents and found my old Chicago Bulls beanie! I loved Scottie Pippen! Good stuff!
Big B’s got the top-5 down pat.
Although if it were just top-5 overall (and not by position which I think he might have been going for, if you play Russell at the PF spot, you could easily substitute Bird in for Magic and be OK.
Let’s not forget Chamberlain, Havlicek, or even Moses Malone. Those guys could score with the best of them.
this can’t even be a valid discussion
If you look up “epic” in the dictionary, there should be a picture of MJ.
when i was a kid, if you had a poster of Michael Jordan on your bedroom wall or an MJ replica jersey, you were automatically pretty cool.
I always wanted Michael to lose, but he just never did in those days. AWESOME
Bump for SteveO’s immanent rant!
Silly thread, Jordan without question.
No way Lebron could win a title with some of the rosters Jordan had.
I was always a huge Blazers fan…the 90s were some of the most heartbreaking years of my life. However, looking back I just feel blessed that I witnessed the most incredible basketball performances ever. Jordan defined unbeatable.
i got to see Jordan play in person once…in a playoff game! when a friend had invited me to a game of the east conference finals in oh…1997.
it was the only game of the series that the Heat won and let me tell you they whooped ass. But MJ still scored like 25-30 points. So even though i was stoked that the Heat dominated, it was real cool to see #23 lay it down smooth in person after growing up watching on tv and video games.
^Yeah, I saw him a few times. Unfortunately the last time was when he was playing for the Wizards…they got used by the Hornets and Baron Davis dropped 45 on Jordan. Still the best competitor that ever was though.
LOL! Yeah, somehow I missed this one. But you guys have it right…this isn’t even a discussion. I can’t stand Jordan but it’s not even fricking close. If you put Jordan in with today’s rules of protecting superstars and the soft competition, he’d probably average 40-45 a game…I’m not even kidding…he would.
Kobe’s proven time and time again that he can’t single-handedly lead a team to anything (unlike Jordan who led a 98 team that had NO business winning a title) and needs loads of talent around him.
LeBron is too early to tell and is closer to a Jordan-esque player than Kobe, but he’s still a too inconsistent a shooter and relies too much of ref calls to bail him out. How many games has LeBron just gone nuts and scored 40+ to win it?
Not to mention that neither of those guys have that “must destroy all competition” drive that Jordan had in every game. Not even close.
Now, best of all time? Well Russell has something to say about that…where’s the pic of him with all HIS rings? Of course, it was a different era so it’s probably not even fair to compare.
By the way, if we’re going by TODAY, Kobe has officially dropped below LeBron, Wade, Chris Paul and a few others at this point. He can’t drive anymore and he’s basically a glorified jump-shooter. And let’s not ignore Wade…the dude’s looking ridiculous this year…
Stevo
Bill’s go to 11
M.J. is pretty much god in Chicago.
Ditka and MJ
wtf