2014 NBA Playoffs thread

If he's the mercenary who wins 7 titles on 4 teams, people (fans, sports journos) won't care.

 

Some Michael Jordan fans make me hate Michael Jordan.

 

Just five more to go.

 

Does anyone think that the reason Jordan didn't have better teammates may have been because he was an egomaniacal asshole?

 

I've stood next to both. James is far more physically imposing that Jordan and that was James in high school and as a rookie. He's much bigger now.

Jordan is not physically imposing at all, at least not compared to other NBA players. I think it actually makes what he did even more impressive.

 

No. He didn't have better teammates because he had what he needed.

 

Wait. Is this a discussion about teammates? Are people saying that?

I would heavily dispute that. Pippen and Grant were fantastic, and everyone else plugged into the perfect role.

 

Well, almost everything I've posted today is in response to the inane argument that happened overnight. You can read the previous page, but trying to sum it up in one quote:

That specifically implies that Jordan was surrounded by less talent, which is just not true.

And, once again, he was coached by one of the greatest of all time. James was not and is not.

 

I didn't take that as the implication. I took that to about the stick-to-it-iveness or whatever other sporstwritery thing that's supposed to mean.

But, regardless, Jordan had a great team around him. In both runs.

 

It's pretty much saying Jordan's championships are worth more than LeBron's because they were with the team that drafted him. Penalizing James for leaving Cleveland for a better team.

Meanwhile, a team most sportswriters and their ilk praise as a true example of "team basketball" over "superstar basketball," the 2003-04 Pistons, had a grand total of four (4) "home-grown" players - Tayshaun Prince being the most notable. And, as an added bonus, they were coached by the biggest vagabond coach in basketball history, who still managed to be regarded as a great coach despite leaving 12 different teams for other jobs.

It's a complete bullshit argument.

 

I agree.