What is it that makes Michael Jordan the greatest b-ball player ever?

Question

I've asked this question in the past and have not received one legitimate reason. It looks like we have a whole new group of "experts" on here, so I'll ask it again.
And please, no soundbites. If you can't give a VALID, then please don't answer.
So james w, jd***, "the brain"....lets hear it.

Everybody up to "master" just wasted my time.

Yes, "master", that was a push if it was anyone else. But NOBODY in NBA history had as much special treatment from the ref's than MJ

OK Brain....my mistake. Jordan didn't EVEN MAKE THE FINALS IN 1995, so how could he have won? Orlando ( the team that beat the Bulls, lost to Houston. So how eould the Bulls have beat the Rockets?

10 Scoring titles? So what....Wilt Chamberlain won 7 scoring titles, along with 11 rebounding titles. Jordan's 37.1 ppg average? Wilt beat that 3 times !! Wilt also had 6 games in which he scored at least 70points. Jordan has NONE!
Wilt would have won more scoring titles if it hadn't been for his coach asking him to pass more. (which he did, and ended up leading the league in assists , as a center. Something Jordan NEVER came close to doing, and he was a guard.).

Russell's 11 rings DON'T give him the clear advantage? Are you a moron? First of all Cousy, Ramsey, and Sharman were all with the Celtics BEFORE Russell, and never won a title till Russell got there. And after they retired, Russell kept on winning championships, so yes, Russell WAS the dominant player back then! Nice try,though.

The games biggest stage were the WATERED-DOWN 90'S? Give me a break!

"tg t".....defensive player of the year award didn't start until 1983. And the all-defensive team didn't begin until 1969 (Bill Russell's last year in the league, and ironically, he made first team). Russell would have been all-defensive EVERY YEAR! Walt Frazier made all-defensive team the first seven years. And Jordan SHOULD NOT have made it in 96 or 97. The Bulls always had Ron Harper guard the opponents most treatening offensive player. He should have made it, not Jordan. There's the hype again.

You guys aren't doing a very good job. Is there a reason for that? hmmm......

Answer 1

He had a remarkable ability to bend the rules. If you look at his chmpionship winning shot against the Jazz before he "retired" and then rewind a little you will find that he pushes off (against Brian Russell). I have never seen anybody else try this let alone get away with it (and I think we can agree a push is a foul).

Why did he win those championships? Maybe it had a little to do with Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and Horace Grant.

People better than MJ? Kareem (most points), John Stockton (most assists AND most steals which is largely forgotten). I think LeBron will eventually be the best ever. He is absolutely amazing.

Answer 2

The top scoring average all time at about 50% shooting and a former defensive player of the year who just had that will to win and brought it every night

Jordan was the most feared basketball player for opponenets and hit a number of big shots and game winners and is a multiple MVP

Jordan is also the main reason his team won 6 titles and if he didn't retire there's no doubt it would have been 8 in a row

You have a great scorer, great defender, who got his teamates involved early and then took over late, who dominated the league as the clear cut best and won multiple championships over many top 50 of all time players

Answer 3

You asked for it ...
First, you had the audacity to question MY facts, telling me some drivel about Houston beating Jordan in 1995. You were flat wrong. In 1995, Jordan returned late in the season after a year and a half of baseball and the Bulls lost to the Magic in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Again, Houston won 2 championships in Jordan's absence, and it is HIGHLY likely that he would have led the Bulls to 8 consecutive titles, instead of two strings of 3 each.
From 1990 to 1998 (minus 2 years of baseball) Jordan was the undisputed.From 1985 to 1989, he was certainly the greatest single player (37.1 ppg one year, Defensive Player of Year another).

Jordan won 10 scoring titles. Some ignoramuses question his last-shot credentials, which is absurd. Jordan was always clutch, one of the few Hall of Famers whose scoring average was significantly higher in the playoffs than the regular season (30 to 33). Not only was he 6-0 in the Finals, he was the indisputable MVP of every one he played in. In 1993, Barkley was the MVP of the regular season, Jordan smoked him in the finals. Same for Malone in 1997, Jordan takes him to school.
Rings are not the sole barometer, just a very important one. Why does Russell's rings advantage not give him the Greatest title? Because no one thought of him as the clear-cut best of his generation (Chamberlain, Cousy, etc.). He wasnt even the primary offensive option for Christ Sakes! Jordan, again, would probably have 8 without baseball, and his 6 are best in the modern era. No one ever doubted who was the #1 on his teams.

Jordan is head and shoulders above the flashy new-schoolers who want his throne. Kobe is clearly a better shooter than Jordan ever was, but Kobe has never had near the energy, explosion, attack-the-rack relentlessness of Jordan, nor Jordan's tireless and amazing defense. From the 1980s to early 1990s, Jordan was the clear-cut defensive stopper on the floor for his team in between racking up scoring titles. Its almost unfathomable.

So there's the light you poor, blind searcher. Jordan went from the most explosive and amazing basketball player the world had ever seen (1985-1989) to a leader and winner who literally could not be denied and KNEW NOTHING BUT SUCCESS on the game's biggest stage (1990-1998).

The Greatest. Thank you.

Answer 4

Because of his will to win. He won 10 scoring titles, multiple defensive players of the year awards, dunk contest titles, Finals mvp awards, regular season mvp awards, all star births every year, he just did it all. More than anything was how he transformed his game to win. He went from a jumper/slasher scorer to a guy with the most unstoppable move in basketball, the turn around fade away jumper. MOST GUYS IN THE NBA YOU FORCE THEM TO TAKE THIS SHOT!!!! He then quieted his critics that he was just a scorer and won defensive player of the year awards. 6 titles in his last 6 full seasons as a Bull. Has anyone done that before? Dont say the Celtics because they were 6-5 centers back then. ( Russel and Chamberlain were 6-9 and 7-1) More than anything I think people beleived in him and loved him for the icon he was.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Check out
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/michael_jordan/index.html
Even though Jordan been retired the page with his stats still exists.

The scoring points, winning titles, and winning MVP awards we know about but most important to note:
The 1987-88 NBA Defensive Player of the Year and record nine-time NBA All-Defensive First Team selection (1987-88 to 1992-93, 1995-96 to 1997-98)
-Source NBA.com

Nine time all defensive team! Go check out Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Julius Erving, etc. etc. to see if their defense was ever that solid.

Jordan was the best all around player ever unless Kobe or Lebron put in a lot more uninjured championship caliber MVP type seasons.

If you still don't believe me then forget about very old Michael Jordan with the Washington Wizrds and go watch old Michael Jordan at YouTube:
Mid to late 1980s Jordan: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6z6Vj7Pns
Late 1980s to Early 1990s Jordan: http://youtube.com/watch?v=aLPjzdCyYBo

Answer 7

He is the best ever because not only does he have the best skills ever, but he led the bulls to countless NBA championships and the 90's Bulls are most likely the greatest dynasty in sports! Also he is Mr Clutch, go to google and type in Michael Jordan highlights and you'll see many of his last second shots with the game on the line!

Answer 8

If you ever seen Mike play when he was with the Bulls, you wouldnt even ask this. He had so much passion and worked so hard. The guy won 6 championships. I know its a team effort, but if Michael Jordan wasnt on those teams, they wouldnt have won. I'm just confused why you're even asking this, look at videos of him on youtube or somethin man. there all pretty incredible.

Answer 9

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. Widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time, he became the most effectively marketed athlete of his generation and was instrumental in spreading the appeal of the NBA (National Basketball Association) around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. He is currently a part-owner of the Charlotte Bobcats.

A remarkable force at both ends of the floor, "M.J." ended his 15 NBA seasons with a regular-season scoring average of 30.1 points per game, the highest in NBA history.[1] He won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls, won 10 scoring titles, and was league MVP five times. He was named to the All-NBA First Team 10 times, All-Defensive First Team nine times, and led the league in steals three times.[1]

Since 1983, he has appeared on the front cover of Sports Illustrated a record 49 times,[2] and was named the magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" in 1991.[3] In 1999, he was named "the greatest athlete of the 20th century" by ESPN,[1] and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press list of top athletes of the century.[4] His leaping ability, vividly illustrated by dunking from the foul line and other feats, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness."

Answer 10

I am a Brit !! what makes you think Michael Jordon is the greatest b.ball player ever, the way I see it, one team scores, they all run up the other end, and score and so on and so on and so on. In my book it is the most BORING game ever devised, akin to watching paint dry, yes that BOOOOOOOOOORING. Is it the high scores that the Americans find exciting ??