Jordan is the biggest fraud in sports history, and I witnessed his entire career. He was an empty stat stuffer that got repeatedly punked by Isiah and Bird in the East. When they aged out, and along with Big Dick Pipp joining him, they were able to win some titles. They also got a ton of help from Jewboy Stern and his corrupt ref minions looking to create the next superstar. Along with Nike and Espn building him up and safeguarding his fraudulent legacy. This was before the era of 24/7 news cycle and social media, where every flaw and wart is picked at. Jordan had it so easy compared to Lebron, KD, etc from this era.
On top of that, MJ also quit when the biggest competitor to his finals record emerged...the Hakeem-led Rockets. Little Mikey even admitted that he was scared of Hakeem. This would be like Lebron taking a couple years off when KD joined the Warriors. What a competitive guy that MJ is.
When MJ finally had the guts to return, he had to beg two other stars to join forces...Rodman (best rebounder and defensive player) and Kukoc (biggest international superstar at the time), thus forming the first superteam in NBA history. They also got Steve Kerr, the greatest 3-point shooter ever. It should also be mentioned that this was the expansion era, so all the other teams were greatly diminished of talent except MJÂ’s team.
When you look at MJÂ’s competition in the 90Â’s, you will see that it was all time weak compared to what Lebron has faced. MJ was blessed with the perfect storm of aged out 80Â’s competition, expansion era dilution, superstar teammates, and favorable commish/refs/marketing empire with no scrutiny. If Lebron played in that era he would go 10/10. If MJ played in this era he might win a title or two. Sorry MJ stans, but thatÂ’s the truth from an objective basketball fan.
-Gil