Jordan is the most over rated player in NBA history. Sure, he was great. One of the best ever. Just not the best ever hands down he was so great that nobody even comes close... I get sick and tired of those that buy the hype that the NBA sold in the 90's and that they used Jordan as their poster child. It was about selling a brand name. It was about money.
How much did you actually watch Jordan play?
Been watching the NBA every year religiously since 1980... so, a lot.
Jordan is the most over rated player in NBA history. Sure, he was great. One of the best ever. Just not the best ever hands down he was so great that nobody even comes close... I get sick and tired of those that buy the hype that the NBA sold in the 90's and that they used Jordan as their poster child. It was about selling a brand name. It was about money.
Then your post is baffling, Jordan was so much better than any of the players he played against there is no one that is even comparable in the modern era.
1. Wilt Chamberlin
2. Oscar Robinson
3. Larry Bird
4. Magic Johnson
5. Michael Jordan
6. Bill Russel
Wilt would be just an average guy in todays game. Shaq would have owned him badly...
Russel would have owned Shaq. Russel was a bull in the paint.
Wilt would have held his own.
Wilt and Bill didn't play in the new age no touch era.
The NBA was watered down with weak drafts and two expansion teams... the 3 point line was shortened... he never played against any of the other "Great Teams" that Bird, Magic, Dr. J or Thomas had to face. He never faced any other teams that had the absolute top players on them either...
The other greats just looked bad because Michael was so much better. Just look at Michael's second season when Magic and Bird were still in their primes. He already overshadowed them and even while getting swept by Brid's celtics on their way to a title, Michael was far and away the best player on the court which he proved with his still a record 63 point performance. He led the league in points every full season he played with the bulls.
The other greats just looked bad because Michael was so much better. Just look at Michael's second season when Magic and Bird were still in their primes. He already overshadowed them and even while getting swept by Brid's celtics on their way to a title, Michael was far and away the best player on the court which he proved with his still a record 63 point performance. He led the league in points every full season he played with the bulls.
None of the teams he beat or had to play were on the NBA's Ten Greatest Teams of All Time List though... Magic, Bird, Thomas and Dr. J all had to face those teams and for most of their careers.
Ewing. Barkley. Robinson. ?? They are no Bird, Magic, Dr. J. Not by any stretch of the imagination.
None of the teams he beat or had to play were on the NBA's Ten Greatest Teams of All Time List though... Magic, Bird, Thomas and Dr. J all had to face those teams and for most of their careers.
Ewing. Barkley. Robinson. ?? They are no Bird, Magic, Dr. J. Not by any stretch of the imagination.
That is a huge stat.
Really hard to say that when the game has changed so much. Barkley says the same thing in reverse, that modern teams suck, that the teams from his day were much better....But they did not play the same game!
Seems like you left out 2 that were better than any of those 3, Shaq and Hakeem
Maybe, maybe not.You are correct of course that they used him to sell the NBA to people. I'm not sure it was a secret even back then. But he was hands down the best NBA player, and truly no one ever dominated a major sport as Jordan did with basketball. Why, who do you think was better than Jordan? Seriously, who?
I don't see any teams today beating the Lakers or Celtics from the 80's the way that they played back then. Pistons either...
Maybe, as I recall that is Barkleys argument, that they played team ball and modern teams play hero ball and in that match up team ball wins.
I dont claim to have enough knowledge to argue the point.
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