I'm hearing a lot of whack MJ hating out there.
From 1990 to 1998 (minus 2 years of baseball) Jordan was the undisputed dominant player in the game. From 1985 to 1989, he was certainly the greatest single player (37.1 ppg one year, Defensive Player of Year another) but Bird and Magic were racking up the championships, preventing Jordan from claiming the "makes his teammates better" mantle.
Jordan was always the top scorer and ALWAYS clutch, not only 6-0 in the Finals but was MVP of every one he played in. Had he not done the baseball nonsense, he would have almost surely had 8 rings instead of 6 (The Rockets of 94 and 95 werent that good), putting him just behind Bill Russell of the Celtics machine and way ahead of everyone else.
As for the "competition" angle, Jordan de-throned Magic in 1991 and then slayed Barkley, Drexler, Payton, Malone, Ewing, etc., leaving a whole generation of Hall of Famers without titles.
Bottom Line, Jordan is the greatest ever.
2007-02-01
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