Saturday, April 25, 2009

MJ Michael Jordan Not Michael Jackson

By over ruled vote, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. Although, a summary of his basketball career and influence on the game no one could avoid him, as a phenomenal athlete with a unique, soundness, grace, speed, power, athletic ability and an thirst for a competitive desire, Jordan by himself renamed the NBA superstar.
Even opposing superstars recognized the unknown position of Jordan. Magic Johnson said, "There's Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us.”Larry Bird, following a playoff game where Jordan dropped 63 points on the Boston Celtics in just his second season, l was impressed as young as he is”. "God gifted him with a talent as Michael Jordan.
Michael Jordan makes the jump shot that catapults the Bulls over the Utah Jazz in the 1998 Finals.

• However, his success is far greater than awards and championships. He burst into the league as a rookie madness scoring in droves with an unmatchable first step and acrobatic drives and dunks and ended his career as a cultural Idol. Along the way, he became a true champion who lead the globalization of the NBA with his perseverance on court abilities and personal sense of style that was marketed to the charts.


Although Brooklyn born, Jordan was bred in the more protective North Carolina. The son of Delores and James Jordan, he shared a special bond with his father, which included baseball being both of their first love. However, following his older brother, Larry, who was Michael’s idol and was a spectacular athlete in his own right too, That’s when Jordan began to play basketball.

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