NBA History part 1
G.O.A.T. that preety much says it all.
Yes on Friday Oct. 26th 1984, Michael Jeffrey Jordan made his NBA debut.
On this day he helped the Chicago Bulls beat the then called Washington Bullets,
with his 16 points. These 16 points were the first of his 32,292 that he scored in his
playing career.
As fate would have it he began his playing career against the team that he would endup
playing for in the last two seasons of his career, only at that time they were called the
Washington Wizards.
The 14-time All-Star would go onto play 15 seasons for the Chicago Bulls and the Washington
Wizards. He was a 6 time NBA Champ, 6 time Finals MVP, 5 time Most Valuable Player and so on....
He received so many Awards throughout his career that I could write about it the whole day.
His biography on the NBA website states : "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest
basketball player of all time."
I agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Because he was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation he was
considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA all over the world in the 80's and 90's.
He entertained the crowds with his prolific scoring, but it was his leaping ability that he
demonstrated when he took part in slam dunk contests. He preety much would take off
from the free throw line when dunking an this earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan"
and "His Airness".
He is the greatest.
But before him, there was one player named "Dr. J", whom I loved watching on the court and
he is my favorite player of all-time. To me he is the best player of all-time but he's still in
second place behind MJ........
No Kobe, no Curry, no James and so on........
These two were the best, although I do agree that Kobe Bryant is the "Heir Apparent"
to MJ......
Sources : NBA, youtube, getty images
Great post! I'm from Chicago and as a 90's kid I have so much love for Jordan. I think a lot of people that try to compare other players to him fail to recognize the difference in eras.
It was much harder to dribble and get to the hoop in the 90s compared to now. The physicality of the game was incredible!
But I do agree that Kobe was definitely the "Heir Apparent". Have you ever seen the video where they show Jordan and Kobe's moves side by side and they are nearly identical? Its chilling!
Yes it was a different era, can't really compare the players back then to the players of today. Players
like Dr. J, Bird, Magic, Moses Malone, Pippen, "The Postman" Malone + Stockton, and so on...they
just don't exist anymore. Players today, like Curry, Durant, James, Kyrie Irving are players for the
NBA of today. I personally enjoyed players back then more than the one's today. I'm nt saying that
todays aren't good they are just a different sort of breed....