Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player to ever live. I know LeBron is arguably the best of the 2000's--personally I'll make the case for Kobe here--but none of them come close to the dominance that Michael Jordan showed in his career.
Put your mind around these stats:
30.1 ppg - 6.2 rpg - 5.3 apg
He only scored under 2000 points in a season 4 times; both seasons with the Wizards, the strike shortened 94-95 season, and the season he broke his foot and still came back to score 63 in a playoff game.
On top of his offensive efforts, he was named to five NBA All-Defensive First Teams, as well as being the Defensive Player of the Year in 1988.
I'm not going to keep listing stats because anyone can go look them up for themselves, however, keep those stats in mind when you think about this.
No other player was ever or probably will be as dominant as Michael Jordan. When the Bulls needed a shot, MJ took it, ask Ehlo or Bryon Russell. Of course, other people have been go-to guys for their teams (Magic, Bird, LeBron, Kobe, Oscar) but none of those seem to have the effect that MJ did.
These are my ramblings as I sit here at Coffea. Looking forward to putting more coherent thoughts on here soon.
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