37 Responses to “It’s All Because Of Michael Jordan”

1. April 7th, 2009 at 11:09 am

   Kermit the Washington says:

   Yessirr!! I have the privilege of living down the street from the Hall of Fame, and I copped a ticket to go to the induction! I’ve been waiting for this for a while; anyone ever been to an induction before? I’m hoping it’s worth the money…but I feel like I gotta represent cause dude provided me with entertainment for most of my childhood/adolescence, na’ mean?

2. April 7th, 2009 at 11:56 am

   Amar says:

   jordan was great, but how many all-time records does he own? (aside from shoes sold . . . which, sadly, is not an official nba stat)

3. April 7th, 2009 at 11:59 am

   QQ says:

   The man is nicknamed Money. Nuff said.

   @ Amar:

   Why does it matter? It’s not about the records, brother.

4. April 7th, 2009 at 12:07 pm

   markito says:

   its not about the stats amar. mj played to win. he inspired kids to play ball.

5. April 7th, 2009 at 12:31 pm

   Chicagorilla says:

   R u serious. Stats, how about the all time ppg leader (tied with Wilt Chamberlin). He also is the record holder for consecutive years leading the L in scoring. He is the all-time playoff leader in scoring. 6 time finals MVP which no one else can say (not even Bill Russell). He never lost a NBa finals series in 6 attempts. He held the record for all-star game ppg and highest scoring game. Only person to win All-star MVP, Reg season MVP, Def player of the year in same season. You have to be pretty young to not know this stuff off the top of your head. You need to google him.

6. April 7th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

   everybodyisslow says:

   Anybody who comments about MJ in a negative way is clearly either a teenager who is sucked into thinkin labron or kobe are accually on Jordans level, or its someone who lacks brain cells.

7. April 7th, 2009 at 12:37 pm

   Taj says:

   Amar’s voice prolly hasn’t cracked yet, so he does’t know the full scope of MJ’s domination in the game…Go to your local library, get some old game DVD’s… something… Amar!

8. April 7th, 2009 at 12:38 pm

   fallinup says:

   @ 2

   Wha?! You kiddin’ me? Stats?

   NBA Leading Scorer: 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1990/91, 1991/92, 1992/93, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98

   Highest career PPG. That includes the shitty Washington seasons.

   Highest career points per game average (playoffs): Michael Jordan (33.4)

   Most career points (playoffs): Michael Jordan (5,987)

   Most points in a game (playoffs): Michael Jordan (63, 4/20/1986 vs. Boston Celtics [2OT])

   We could seriously go on and on with stats. And not even mention the rings, trophies, medals, and awards.

   They should just call it the Michael Jordan Hall of Fame now.

9. April 7th, 2009 at 12:39 pm

   everybodyisslow says:

   P.S …FIRE GARY “EXTRA IGNORANT FOR NO REASON” PAYTON.

10. April 7th, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    QQ says:

    And because we’re talkin bout stats here:

    32, 8 and 8. Damn.

11. April 7th, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    goonther says:

    something Dirk said made me think …

    Who has the most game winning shots in NBA history? do they keep that stat?

12. April 7th, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    smoove chips says:

    Now that was long overdue.Whole reason i even started hooping.

13. April 7th, 2009 at 1:26 pm

    Sanpitch says:

    hold up, hold up!!

    @5

    i am not agreeing with amar @2, but let’s not jump the gun here. first off the dpoy award didn’t get awarded ’til the ‘82-’83 season. that was about 15 years after russell retired, and a handful of other players.

    russell has 11 rings and won 8 in a row. he had an 11-1 record in the finals or 10-0 if you don’t count his first 2 trips.

    russell has 5 nba mvp trophies jabbar has 6.

    russell won the mvp, all-star mvp, and since they didn’t have the dpoy i bet we could say he was a contender.

    so yeah mike was awesome and changed the game, but let’s not slap nba history and all the players in the face and call mike the goat. great and a once in a lifetime type player but let’s leave it at that not loosely throw out the goat title while there is still alot of nba going on.

    there might be someone else who comes along and breaks all the records and wins 12 rings.

    let’s not jump on the first pair of nuts we see.

14. April 7th, 2009 at 1:28 pm

    Sanpitch says:

    and i forgot to mention that russell was a player and a head coach for 2 or 3 of those rings.

15. April 7th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    Sanpitch says:

    oh i and i also forgot to mention that they didn’t do the nba mvp ’til 1969. so who knows how many russell would have gotten.

16. April 7th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    Sanpitch says:

    oh i and i also forgot to mention that they didn’t do the nba finals mvp ’til 1969. so who knows how many russell would have gotten.

17. April 7th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    Sanpitch says:

    scratch post 13. they didn’t do the nba FINALS mvp ’til 1969.

18. April 7th, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    Chicagorilla says:

    @Sanpitch

    You also forgot that there was maybe 8-10 teams in the league back then, Russell was one of the tallest at 6′9!!! which would make him a small forward in todays game. Russell = Kenyon Martin talent wise so please lets not go there. also, the Celts had like 8 other hall of fame players on those teams that won 8. I love the old school just as much as the next person, but don’t ever try to equate Russell’s era to Mikes Era. They may have been equally dominant in their times, but no way can Russell match his talent. And don’t try to pull that Most ring = best player crap, no one is putting Steve Kerr, Horace Grant, Robert Horry in these arguments. There were times were Russell wasn’t even Finals MVP. I love the guy but lets keep it real.

19. April 7th, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    everybodyisslow says:

    BILL RUSSELL? THE SAME BILL THAT PLAYED WHEN THERE WAS LIKE 4 TEAMS AND A AVERAGE HEIGHT OF 5′11 ON THE COURT? LOL JORDAN DID ALL THIS AGAINST ALOT MORE ODDS THEN RUSSELL. BEING 6′5 MAYBE WITH SHOES ON, YET STILL AVERAGING 38 A GAME.. THIS WHOLE VALUE OF TALENT BY CHIMPS IS LAME, I GUESS BY THOSE STANDARDS THEN, ROBERT HORRY IS HALL OF FAME BOUND HUH? LOL

20. April 7th, 2009 at 2:29 pm

    everybodyisslow says:

    BOTTUM LINE IS JORDAN IS THE GREATEST ATHLETE AND BASKETBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIME, HANDS DOWN, UNLESS YOUR A BITTER KNICKS FAN LOL

21. April 7th, 2009 at 2:36 pm

    Chicagorilla says:

    Lets not forget that during the time that Bill Russell was in the NBA, black people had just earned the right to play most prefessional sports and were still being black balled, and didn’t really get a equal opportunity at sports (this sport in particular) until the 1980’s

22. April 7th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    Chicagorilla says:

    Lets not forget that during the time that Bill Russell was in the NBA, black people had just earned the right to play most prefessional sports and were still being black balled, and didn’t really get a equal opportunity at sports (this sport in particular) until the 1980’s.

23. April 7th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    Chicagorilla says:

    Lets not forget that during the time that Bill Russell was in the NBA, black people had just earned the right to play most prefessional sports and were still being black balled, and didn’t really get a equal opportunity at sports (this sport in particular) until the 1980’s.

24. April 7th, 2009 at 2:38 pm

    Chicagorilla says:

    All of which means, Bill russell was not playing against the best possible competetion. the same as baseball and football. The best possible talent did not make it to the court.

25. April 7th, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    dragonyeuw says:

    To add to his list of career records from above posts:

    Oldest Player to score 40 and 50 points

    NBA Finals record PPG 41.0 vs Suns in 1993

    Record 10 scoring titles. For some perspective, Allen Iverson leads active players with 4 titles, Kobe and Tmac have 2 apiece. Long story short, that ain’t getting broken no time soon

26. April 7th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Sanpitch says:

    OK

    you guys win, let’s change the nba to the mjba (michael jordan basketball association), let’s not allow anyone to wear #23 for mike’s legacy, let’s change the basketball hof to the michael jordan hof, let’s change all highlight reels to show nothing but mj, let’s change every major award to the mj award.

    get real!!

    the guy was great but he wasn’t and isn’t the end all be all of basketball. to much history and great players in the game to throw it all aside for mike.

    so chicagorilla, you are trying to tell me that russell would equate to about a marcus camby of today’s game. wow, you are definitely an idiot.

    russell was playing against people with the name of chamberlain, west, robertson, unseld, reed, pettit. maybe you have heard of those guys?

    but apparently to you those names mean nothing and russell wasn’t playing against any good talent.

    wow, you just made yourself look like an ass.

    i’m just trying to say that there is a lot of history and to up and say this guy should go into the hall alone and put him above the game and all the other players is just asinine.

    i’m just trying to bring some rational thought to this comment board. i have now learned to never trust anything that chicagorilla says.

27. April 7th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    Bruce says:

    Do NOT just google MJ. That ain’t enough. Think of it as a research paper, he ain’t the GOAT for nothing. His impact on the game on and off the court is immeasurable.
    After all these years, the Gatorade jingle still rings a bell. Sometimes I dream that he is me……….I wanna be like Mike.

    Can another player surpasses Jordan? Yes, he is out there somewhere, practicing. But in my mind, Jordan in his prime and you can count on it, will give you fits.

    Count on Jordan to be competitive every single night. That is what I remember about the man.

28. April 7th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    fallinup says:

    Sanpitch, you’re the only one looking like an ass. You sound like you can read up enough…but if you aint lived in the MJ era, then you have no friggin clue.

    What Mike did to the game, the business, the sport of basketball. Will be unmatched by anyone. Even if there is someone out there to outmatch MJ…it still won’t be, because that person will be considered…THE NEXT MJ. That’s how big Mike is.

    And BTW, if I were to argue that anyone was better than MJ…I would go with Wilt before I go Russell. So Bill has rings, Wilt was still a better baller than him.

29. April 7th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    Heaven is a Playground says:

    Why is Sanpitch hatin on MJ? Let the brotha keep shining because their will never be another Mike Jordan. The Jordan Rules era is gone but the memory lives on forever.

    The best all time moment I had of MJ is when he carried the bulls to a 4-0 series over Zeke and the Bad boys and Zeke never even shook hands with MJ.

    Whatever coach Phil wanted, whether it be points, steals, blocks, assist, shutting a man down on defense, and win championships, Jordan provided.
    LBJ, KOBE, and D-WADE can all take a back seat to the GOAT because there is no replacing the man.

    Oh yeah I read on here that “Jordan only lefts 28 years women on his legs” therefore, he won’t beat Magic and Co. right now. Despite Jordan not getting in Gym time, he would still show his pal Magic how them Carolina boys roll.

30. April 7th, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    MadSammyboy says:

    Anyone who is silly enough to think Kobe will ever approach this level of greatness would do well to watch this video a few times.

31. April 7th, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    son#1 says:

    man, when they show that push off against russell in slow motion, it was such a blatant foul on jordan. i’m not a utah fan at all but that bucket should not have counted. and to hear roy and c.p. talk about it like that is disappointing.

32. April 7th, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    tbone says:

    too bad his the biggest asshole in the world.

    he’s just as bad as bonds in terms of being a jerk

    now magic, thats a class act. skills and a great personality.

33. April 8th, 2009 at 8:42 am

    everybodyisslow says:

    @tbone… Magic class act huh? he has aids from cheating on his wife, and if u wanna be real about it with the way he acts and speaks he might of got aids from a 80’s bath house seen.

34. April 8th, 2009 at 9:04 am

    Chicagorilla says:

    @sanpitch

    “russell was playing against people with the name of chamberlain, west, robertson, unseld, reed, pettit. maybe you have heard of those guys”

    West -6′4, Robertson 6′4, Unseld – 6′7, Reed 6′9, Pettit 6′8, Chamberlin 7′1. So there is one guy on that list who is taller than Bill Russell. And that guy killed Russell in head to head match-ups, but Russell had teams that were way better. Wilt probably avg like 40ppg and 20rpg against the Celts and Russell. The only problem was that the Celts were a loaded team (I wonder why?) and Wilt only had a few other players on his teams (the warriors/sixers). I am aware of the history of the game, but I am also a realist. With the talent Bill Russell had, he would be a Kenyon Martin in today’s game. MJ in today’s game…. would avg 40ppg (as he did in the 80’s with 37ppg and 35ppg but with hand checking and much more stellar defensive play.

    never trust anything I say? Go check the facts playboy. I’m not pulling this from the wind. The only opinion I have shared so far is that I think Bill Russell is not nearly talented enough to be considered the greatest of all time. Oscar Robertson and Kareem have a better career numbers and talent. Wins is a great stat to judge a team by, but Wilt did not get to choose his teammates. Wilt led the L in assist one year just because HE WANTED TO! That is the only man who really has an argument when it comes to MJ being the goat. You clearly are on the stickiest of the icky, or sipping some syrup. Bill Russell??? stop letting NBAtv and ESPN tell you what to think. Come up with your own idiotic statements for once.

35. April 8th, 2009 at 10:58 am

    doc says:

    Everybody should just get a baldie and stick they tounge out for life.But Mike get props for being the best ever to me but I aint one to think nobody can catch dude.Because he caught dudes before him and if somebody come win 7 Final MVPs they got a case.

36. April 10th, 2009 at 3:05 am

    tbone says:

    @@everybodyisslow

    you’re acting like jordan didnt cheat. the only reason jordan didnt get as much bad press as kobe is that we’re in the info age. jordan was notorious for being a bigger jerk/jackass/dickhead/womanizer than kobe ever was/will be.

37. April 10th, 2009 at 3:07 am

    tbone says:

    @@everybodyisslow

    also, magic may be gay, but he’s a nice guy. being gay doesnt take away from a guy being a genuinely nice guy.

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