he's got SHOES , he's got RINGS , he's the memory of basketball in the 90's , are we forgeting JORDAN ?
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No way.  Jordan is going to be a legend forever.  Of course he is not in the media like he used to be I mean c'mon...give him some space.  Our family members 100 years from now will know all about MJ.
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He's got his hand in a bunch of business ventures - Michael Jordan Motor Sports, Bullystyle Racing, as well as being a co-executive producer on an animation series based on motorcycle racing.\n\nAlso, he's still got the huge clothing/shoe deal with Nike and he just launched a line of Air Jordan wear for women.\n\nLast but not least, he's a big time gambler - always a big roller.
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The the person who said Jordan wasn't known for his dunks has to be young because Air Jordan's title arose out of his dunks. Jordan was better because he had more hangtime. No player has ever jumped from the foul line cocked it back and then dunked. That is a very difficult thing to do. Julius Erving and Brent Barry did not do that. Jordan could jump from further than Vince and he was shorter to boot. In effect he had the leaping abilty comparable to an olympic long jumper but was a basketball player.
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Maybe, maybe not...I just think Lebron has more to ijmprove on like his jump shot.for me it's still not perfect. You can't slash to the basket everytime so you got to have versatility in your game. Well for me Lebron will not put the same number in the era of Jordan. A lot of players that played that era have retired when Lebron came into the picture. He will be left out iof that happened...Not even enter the playoffs
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Yes, what a dumbass.  Without MJ, he was terrible.  And now a terrible announcer.  I bought his shitty shoes back in the day and slipped all over the floor all season because my parents wouldn't buy me another pair and mostly because they were SHITE.!
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That could have been better, if there was a memorable dunk. AI#2's will not be forgotten, but he lost. I'm kind of disappointed that Smith didn't jump from that piece of tape...
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Nobody will EVER be the next Jordan, he totally changed the  game and he was always getting better, trying to become a better player. Nobody will ever get up to his standard!!
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basketball should be reflection of its player.  the argentinan singer doesn't have rap album coming out soon.  basketball has become to bland.  there aren't personalities in the league anymore.  the are a bunch of millionares worrying about their contracts and mistresses.  if you make 10 million dollars a year, what do you care about allstar weekend for.  keep enough fans happy so they will buy your 150 dollar shoes.  david stern is disconnected from his employees.  basketball is nothing how it use to be during the bird and magic era
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yes, its whats happened to shaq, jordan, telly savalas,and sean connery. they are all chronic ***********.
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The Michael Jordan Era Chicago Bulls
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Yes, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are at par with Jordan's basketball - and a scary thought is that both have got many years of basketball ahead of them.
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Can we handle the truth??\n       \n      Towards the end of the 2005-2006 NBA regular season\nall time assist great and current ABC Analyst Marc Jackson \nremarked that, "Kobe Bryant will go down as the greatest \nbasketball player of all times". Perhaps the biggest credit to \nKobe's talents is that there was not as big of an uproar as one \nmight expected when ranking a current player above the legacies \nof Magic, Kareem, Wilt and of course the man that is currently\nwidely regarded as the 'greatest'. Michael Jordan. The truth is\nas human beings we all like to look at the past and gasp in awe\nbecause the past is brought to us in clips and articles\nand commentaries. Most of the younger generation of basketball\nfans don't truly know how good of a perimeter player Jordan was\nat age 26 or what Jordan did during the 88 season. They only\nsee clips of a magestic Michael flying high with that now patented\ntongue hanging out. They don't see Michael's struggles during the\n89 playoffs against Detroit, they don't see Michael's inability or \nunwillingness to pass during his mid twenties as he threw up 26-30\nshots a game nightly. Perhaps because they don't see these things\nthey also failed to see the obvious. Kobe\nBryant will surpass Michael Jordan at the rate that he is going. It is \nnot 'perspective' or 'opinion' from a Kobe Bryant fan, it is simple\nbasketball common sense. At age 27 Kobe Bryant is greater then\na 27 year old Michael ever was. Kobe is the better shooter, he has\nmore endurance and is the more fluid dribbler. Yes, the similarities\nare eerie. Kobe and Michael will bring the ball down the court the same\nway, they will elevate to same heights as they leave defenders looking up\nin dismay, and of course in the clutch they will prove ADIDAS's marketing\nslogan, 'Impossible Is Nothing'. Of course if people took the time to dissect\nand anaylze they will suddenly realize that Kobe do dribble the ball down\ncourt in the same fasion as Jordan, except Bryant does it with a little bit more\ngrace. More like a running cheetah as oppose to a running lion. Yes, Bryant\ndoes shoot that beautiful jumper in similar ways to Jordan except that Bryant\ndoes it a few feet further out, and yes Bryant does elevate and drive to the rim in\nsimilar fashion as Jordan except that Bryant finishes with that tiny bit more of \ngrace and style. Bryant will also 'mimic' Jordan in another sense in that he will\nmake bounds and leaps of improvement year to year that only Michael had done.\nA 27 year old Michael compared to a 33 year old Michael is no comparison at all.\nThe 33 year old Michael was a true master of the game. We will see the same \ntrend from Bryant. At age 33 Bryant will so elevate above his current status that\nwe will see a mockery of his former self. \n        What's the reason for this predication?\nWhat is to say Kobe will not go down the roads of Carter and Mcgrady? The \nroads of false contentment and injuries? When it comes to physical perfection\nBryant is the model of that for basketball. The words 'for basketball' should be\nemphasized in that no Kobe does not have the best 'body' in the league or the\nbiggest muscles. Yes Ben Wallace make Kobe Bryant look like a high school kid\nagain and yes Lebron James is probably the fittest 21 year old in the history of this\nleague. Neither of the two have that basketball body in which only so very few had\nachieved. A basketball player perfectly designed is not ripping with biceps or with\nchests of Hercules.  Shaquille Oneal might be the perfect example of that. Oneal\nis considered the greatest force to play this game in terms of sheer size and strength.\nIn his prime that size and strength render him almost unstoppable, yet at age 34( a age\nin which Jordan was still winning championships while scoring 30+ a night with ease)\nShaq is clearly running out of gas and s
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yes, i believe that jordan is a cut above the rest. but lebron and kobe are closing in fast. it remains to be seen
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You are right. Michael Jordan had everything: knew the basics, dealt with the pressure, helped his teammates, earned amazing stats, dunked from the free throw line, and led the Bulls to 6 NBA Championships. What else could you wish for in the greatest basketball player of all time?
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No, other players have been better. Jordan happened to dominate (with a perfectly formed image) after Bird and Magic helped make the NBA very popular.\n\nI'd say Chamberlain, B. Russell, and Magic were all better than Jordan. There are probably others, but it's very difficult to compare players from different eras.\n\nAlso, Jordan was a big crybaby who got every call, but still managed to call and play the refs all game. But boy was he good at 1) creating his image and 2) making incredible shots, especially at crunch time.
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I don't think so...Dwayne Wade is Special. Is he better than MJ?NO!\nBetter than Kobe or Lebron  .... Not quite. But he is up there.\nI would rate him above Iverson.\nThe hype is his right now he just won the title. But so is the Bullseye, everyone hates Kobe, so they want to crown someone as better. I recall Shaq saying after winning one of the 3 titles that Kobe was the best player on the planet. well guess what he was at that moment. As is Wade right now. But 1 ring doesn't put in inJordan status overnight.. let's not be ridiculous.
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I agree.  \n\nBusiness stand point:\nFor one thing, MJ is an icon and innovator.  He is a living legend.  He changed basketball.  That cannot be quantified in statistics.  He made basketball a money maker in endorsements and marketing.  People wanted to be "Like Mike".  I rarely hear pple coin the phrase I want to be "Like Kobe".\n\nPlayer standpoint:\nOkay, he was an outstanding player.  He made every teammate around him better.  Kobe can sometimes, but is too inconsistent.  Sometimes, he forces his individual game too much.  Kobe can make it in the clutch sometimes..but seriously...Jordan is the CLUTCH player.  And, he took retirement..came back and brought Chicago to championships again.  I mean how many players can retire..not play and then come back again?\n\nMedia standpoint:\nKobe has the Colorado scandal and is known to be somewhat selfish and arrogant from media and public.  He also dissed Shaq.  Jordan did not diss Pippen.  You gotta respect your teammates when they help take you to championships.\n\nConclusion: Jordan is the best basketball player and is better than Kobe by far.