Was Michael Jordan REALLY the greatest bball player ever?

Question

Evidence please...for or against...

Answer 1

First off, most of the answers are a bunch of Bull. Kobe and today's other stars can't even carry Jordan's jock. None of them have accomplished half of Jordan's resume.
Jordan was always the league's 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.

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.
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. Disputing that is like announcing that you dont know squat about the game.

Answer 2

Absolutely NOT. There is no case for him being the greatest ever.

The only record that Jordan does hold is related to scoring (points per game). And the ONLY reason that he holds this record is because. HE ATTEMPTED MORE SHOTS THAN ANYONE ELSE. So he's going to score more points.

The difference is that there was no Sportscenter when Wilt, Russell, Baylor, West, and Robertson played. There was no Nike to name shoes after these guys.

As far as "rings," Bill Russell has 11 of 'em. Sam Jones has 10 , and KC Jones and Satch Sanders have 8. John Havlicek has 7. So, I guess this makes these players all better than Jordan, who has six. And if Bird and Magic didn't have to play each other all the time, they'd have more too.

And Jordan won his championships in the talent-diluted 90's , while playing against a bunch of expansion teams. And it took him 7 years to do this. By the time he won his first, many of the great players of the 1980's retired. What legitimate "great teams" were there in the 1990's? None!

In 1991 , the Bulls beat an injured Laker team that shouldn't have even been in the finals to begin with. When he had to play a healthy Laker, Celtic, or Piston team, he lost EVERYTIME.

I would probably call him one of the 3 greatest players in the last 15 years. But of all-time? NOT EVEN CLOSE!!

Answer 3

PG-a million.Magic Johnson-2.Isaiah Thomas-3.John Stockton SG-a million.Michael Jordan-2.Kobe Bryant-3.Ray Allen SF-a million.Larry poultry-2.John Havlicek-3.Paul Pierce PF-a million.Tim Duncan-2.Kevin Garnett-3.Dirk Nowitzki C-a million.Wilt Chamberlain-2.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-3.invoice Russel

Answer 4

It's hard to say because with evry generation comes a dominant player who can make a claim to the title of "The Best Ever." The thing that makes Jordan so great is that at his prime, he was not only the best scorer, bu also the best defender. He was also known for his ability to raise his game when it counted most. Out of every basketball legend, nobody could do what Jordan could. However, being a Kobe Bryant fan and part of a younger generation, I have to say that Jordan might be displaced as the best ever, depending on how much Kobe and Lebron James accomplish at the end of their careers.

Answer 5

No. The greatest player ever to step on NBA hardwood was none other that the Big "O". Oscar Robertson. The only man to average a triple-double for an entire NBA season and came close to doing it 4 other times in his career.

Answer 6

Evidence?

Bill Russell - 11 rings.

Michael Jordan - 6 rings.

I rest my case.

Answer 7

Hell Yes....... did you know that when he first started playing ball his first coach told him he wasn't good enough to be on the team. That was when he began to work on his game every waking moment that he could. This is the only B/ball player to hold every record possible for a single player.

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

Yes, he was the only player who could have played against team Mars, not many players in any league accomplish such a feat, tiger could, bobby orr could, dominic hasek in his prime, mario lemieux in his prime, barry sanders, joe montana, there certainly arent many.

Answer 10

To me, MJ was a good player and one of the best, but look at Wilt Chaimberlin, Dr. J, Kobe Bryant, D Wade.

I mean just becasue you have your own shoe doesn't mean you are the bomb. D wade has his own shoe.

So no I do not think he was best. Just one of the best.