has anyone ever called out Jordan?

[Samurai Swoosh]

So basically by his 4-5th year?

Well, look what he was doing his first 5 years in the league. Dude could've won MVP from 1987 onwards.

[DeronMillsap]

I never got to see the 80's Jordan or the first 3-peat Jordan...pretty much missed the pre-baseball retirement Jordan.

[The Ownage]

Damnit I wish I knew about the NBA back then.

[Kobe24Clutch]

Well, look what he was doing his first 5 years in the league. Dude could've won MVP from 1987 onwards.

You mean from his rookie year.

[Fatal9]

Jordan didn't need to be called out. He was hard on himself if he played bad, and came out on call to meet or exceed the hype and delivered. He was self motivated. Case in point ... 1993 ECF, shot terribly the first 2 games ... comes out in game 3 and drops 54 points.

Game 4 bro. In game 3 he shot 3/18

[Samurai Swoosh]

You mean from his rookie year.

No ... his first 2 years in the league, not so much.

By his third year? Absolutely.

[greensmoke21]

kobe would have

[Samurai Swoosh]

Game 4 bro. In game 3 he shot 3/18

Oh ok ... so he shot bad for 3 straight games. Anyway, the point stands. People were talking about how bad he was shooting, how well Starks was defending him, etc And then he bent him over for 54 points in the Conference Finals, against the 2nd best defense in the league.

[Kobe24Clutch]

Sucks that i missed the 1st 3peat Jordan.

[Crown&Coke]

No ... his first 2 years in the league, not so much.

By his third year? Absolutely.

yup.

his rookie year he was finding out how easy it was to score. But he didn't really dominate other than put the ball in the hole (and defense of course)

second year he broke his foot, out like 70 games.

year three he just knew, "this shit is mine to take"

[Tarik One]

You know in 1992 Cavs acquired Wilkins to stop Jordan. He was self-proclaimed as the "Jordan Stopper". However, when they meet in the playoffs in 1993, Jordan took this as a challenge and burned him badly.

[NewYorkNoPicks]

Jordan had a drive and motivation that could be surpassed by no one. It was almost a mental illness to an extent. He was just so determined on being #1, it was somewhat like an inferiority complex; he just could not stand anyone being better than him, it pained him to no end. For all the young kids, take a look at KG's focus and intensity and multiply that by 5.

[Theoo's Daddy]

kobe would have

[Samurai Swoosh]

year three he just knew, "this shit is mine to take"

Yea, that dropping of 63 points in the playoffs on what is probably a top five team all-time also had something to do with giving him a TON of confidence.

[Theoo's Daddy]

Jordan had a drive and motivation that could be surpassed by no one. It was almost a mental illness to an extent. He was just so determined on being #1, it was somewhat like an inferiority complex; he just could not stand anyone being better than him, it pained him to no end. For all the young kids, take a look at KG's focus and intensity and multiply that by 100.

Jordan wouldn't accept losing.. KG lost for a while.