Chicago’s Derrick Rose will need to channel a few vintage MJ performances, if the Bulls hope to survive.
Seattle’s OKC’s Russell Westbrook could have used some of Gary Payton’s game for the Sonics Thunder to have stayed alive.
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Chicago’s Derrick Rose will need to channel a few vintage MJ performances, if the Bulls hope to survive.
Seattle’s OKC’s Russell Westbrook could have used some of Gary Payton’s game for the Sonics Thunder to have stayed alive.
Look at this clever Bulls fan
Mike gave Spike! M.J. blessed Spike Lee with his own “Player edition” Spizikes.
Knicks colorway inspired Spizikes. Oh what if Mike played in New York City…
IMO, the best player of all-time(Jordan) ‘D’-ing up the third best player of all-time(Magic). My personal Mt. Rushmore of NBA players would have to be Jordan, Bill Russell, Magic, & Larry Bird. I was lucky enough to have seen all but Russell play in person. This year’s Season Opener, between the Heat & Celtics, was pretty amazing considering their were seven 2011 All-Stars, plus Shaq, all on the floor at the same time. Phenomenal experience for a basketball fan. Who are the two best players you have ever seen play against one another in a game**? **Excluding the All Star game2 Of The Greatest, Going Head To Head
Vader & Skywalker
(Source: reydee)
2010-2011 Player Profile: Kobe Bryant
It’s great to go “first.” Ask Neil Armstrong. You have no idea who the other astronauts are, because you only know the name Neil Armstrong (save it, space nerds. I’m making a point). “First” gets a lot of publicity. “First” place. “First” to “discover” America. Rambo’s “First” Blood.
Well, in Kobe Bryant’s unending drive to be first on the list of greatest players ever, going second suits him just right.
Read the rest here.
DWade just said that this could be the greatest trio of all time… only time will tell but until then lets look at other great trios:
- KG, Pierce, Allen: It’s a shame these three didn’t join forces earlier in their careers.
- West, Baylor, Chamberlain: These guys never technically won a title together but those three names are amoung the greatest of all time.
- Birb, McHale, Parish: Won 3 titles together. A total of 10 rings and 3 MVPs
- Jordan, Pippen, Grant: These three won 3 straight titles together until Jordan retired and Horace left. But it’s okay because that led us to the next great Bull’s trio.
- Magic, Kareem, Worthy: These guys won 3 titles together. Between them 14 championships and 9 MVPs.
- Jordan, Pippen, Rodman: While Rodman isn’t in the Hall of Fame, he deserves it. One of the greatest rebounders/defenders of all time. This Trio has 17 titles between them and the greatest single season record of all time.
- Russell, Havlicek, Jones: These guys won a staggering 8 championships together. A total of 29 titles between them. Sure it happened back in the day but all these guys did was win, win, win.
Where do James, Wade, and Bosh rank on this list? Currently, no where. They haven’t done anything together. Alone they have 1 ring and 2 MVPs. Not exactly amazing stats.
In my mind these guys have realized individually they will never catch MJ in stats or Legend. Their next best shot is to catch him in Championship count and this is the best way how. Look at Kobe, for example. The guys numbers don’t even touch MJ on an off night, yet he is one ring behind his Airness and already people are comparing Kobe to Jordan.
What this trio and, more specifically, LeBron accomplishes in June is going to be the best measure of their greatness.
brainworks: Who is Jordan Farmar?
Trebek: Correct. Brainworks, you control the board.
brainworks: Unwatchable point guards for 200, Alex.
Today marks the 25th anniversary of Michael Jordan’s first NBA game. His stat line read: 16, 6, & 7.
Jeez could their jersey numbers be any lower? On a related note, tomorrow marks the 1st game of the 2009-2010 season! Get hype!
can we rock, whats up doc?
(ed. note: shouts to jon koncak)
In which Michael Jordan invents the the lay-up posterization. No wonder Doc quit and became a coach…that’s got to be traumatizing.
Basketball Hall of Fame Class of ‘09
The 2009 class includes Michael Jordan, David Robinson, John Stockton, Jerry Sloan and C. Vivian Stringer; TNT analyst Doug Collins and New York Post writer Peter Vecsey will be recognized with the prestigious Curt Gowdy Media Awards, while Johnny “Red” Kerr will be honored posthumously with the John Bunn Award, the Hall’s highest honor other than enshrinement.
Also, if you happen to have NBATV, they will be showing TWO DAYS worth of MJ footy today (Wednesday Sept 9th) and tomorrow. What better way to cure your off-season blues than to watch a marathon of the greatest of all time doing his thing.
More info: Basketball Hall of Fame
Great Photos in NBA History: Detroit’s “Bad Boys” carrying out “The Jordan Rules” in full effect during the ‘91 Playoffs. As seen in this photo, tactics often included, but were not limited to: putting your hands in Jordan’s shorts (wtf Rodman?), kneeing him in the groin, flying rear naked chokeholds, and basically playing like a real-life version of the game Arch-Rivals.
via pickandroll
