Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Whatever respect he may not get is due to the Cult of Michael Jordan and the way the modern fan thinks about the game. Hakeem didn't really win any championships. Michael had 8. He just chose to take two of them off.
hear hear! be careful, JORR, cuz you're toeing some dangerous waters by bringing this up. don't mention those youtube videos that showcase the dichotomy of results that come from jordan facing legit hard-nosed defense (88-89 pistons series) and then facing the kind of defense that came during his reign (90-98)
it's like the behind the scenes video for those jordan/bird/magic photoshoots that went down heading into the 92 olympics. jordan was in the center of the trio, and as magic came up to affectionately put his arm around mj he quickly pulled back and said "can't do that cuz that's a foul"
but hey, in the end i got 6 titles during my adolescence and the NBA got their superman as they expanded globally, so everybody was a winner, right? in the end i don't think that many outside of utah truly care that the mailman never got his ring.
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Curious Hair wrote:
Les Grobstein's huge hog is proof that God has a sense of humor, isn't it?