Unlike LeBron, Michael went to college and played basketball at North Carolina University for 3 years before going the NBA. Also, Michael spent thirteen seasons in Chicago before retiring. Although, Michael did come out of retirement and played for the Washington Wizards for two seasons. Similar to LeBron, Michael had an impressive team also. Having players such as Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman, Jordan’s team was one of the greatest of all times.…
Jordan scored more than 3000 points in a season. The bulls made it to the eastern conference finals in 1990 .They won their first championships against the Los Angeles Lakers. They won their second championships against trail (Sarah Houghton 1978). The next year they won the third time dominating in the basketball world.…
In his first season on playing he was on the All - Star team and was later honored as the league's Rookie of the Year. A broken foot sidelined him for 64 games during the 1985-86 season, but he returned to score 49 points against the Boston Celtics. In 1988 he was named Defensive Player of the Year he was also the Most Valuable player (MVP). Jordan won many games and…
How can this be possible when Jordan has three more championships the LeBron? You see the separating factors here is LeBron is still playing in his prime today as Jordan hasn’t logged minutes in roughly fifteen years. Will LeBron add to his championship count? That is the highly sought after statistic. But, there is a good chance he could capture yet again back to back finals victories this year as he returned with the same team.…
Steve Nash One of the G.O.A.T What does it take to become the greatest of all time. Well Steve Nash knew how to become one of the G.O.A.T.S in the sport of basketball. Here are some mind boggling facts about Steve Nash. He is a two time Most Valuable Player, Steve Nash is the first Canadian ever to win the MVP award, Steve Nash has also led his team in assists in both of his MVP years,…
Michael Jordan is a retired NBA player, he played for the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards. He was the Rookie of the Year, a Five-time NBA MVP, Six-time NBA champion, Six-time NBA Finals MVP, Ten-time All-NBA First Team, Nine time NBA All-Defensive First Team, Defensive Player of the Year, 14-time NBA All-Star, and Three-time NBA All-Star MVP. In the 1984 draft he was a 3rd 1st round pick. He played for the Chicago bulls the first 14 years of his NBA career, he won all 6 championships with them.…
Kareem Abdul Jabbar was a professional basketball player that really excelled in the National Basketball Association. He first was a dominant player in high school while simultaneously leading his team to an astonishing 71 consecutive wins and three straight city titles. In 2000 the National Sports Writers dubbed Alcindor's team "The #1 High School Team of the Century." Then he moved on and played for the UCLA Bruins and he still dominated, becoming the college game's best player. Under legendary coach John Wooden, Alcindor led the Bruins to three national championships from 1967 to 1969 and was named the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament's Most Outstanding Player for those years.…
Dwyane Wade has finally ended rumors and speculations about the Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets. SB Nation reported earlier that Wade will sign with the Chicago Bulls this offseason! After a long and stressful free agency period, which resulted in many failed negotiations and lot of rumors, Wade has finally reached his decision, to sign with his hometown Chicago.…
WHO’S THE BEST??? It was July 4th. It was the offseason for the NBA. Kevin Durant, one of the top players in the league is a free agent. He gets to go to any team he wants and one of those teams is the Golden State Warriors, one of the greatest teams in the NBA and maybe even all-time.…
The Never-Ending Battle June 14, 1998, Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time capped off his championship run. Despite not playing basketball just three years earlier, he still managed to win three consecutive championships starting the year after he made his return to the NBA. His killer mentality and unrivaled work ethic are often discussed when speaking of him, but something that possibly shaped that mindset at an early age is not. Michael Jordan, the greatest Chicago Bull of all time, was cut from his high school's varsity basketball team. Following not making the team Jordan worked relentlessly; often stating whenever he got tired a picture of the list he was not on appeared in his head.…
In 1991, Michael Jordan won his first NBA championship in only five games. At the time the Playoffs were four game elimination, meaning that first team to win four games wins the round as well as the championship. The first game of the NBA Finals was won by the Los Angeles Lakers, but the second game was won by the Bulls in a blowout game. The remainder of the games were won by the Chicago Bulls, the Bulls took the…
Notably, Michael Jordan first retired NBA at the age of thirty. Michael Jordan, at age thirty-two, returned to the NBA in 1995, and continued to play up until age forty. Much less than LeBron, Michael Jordan played upon nine seasons at the age of thirty, won three NBA championships, three MVP…
Strive for greatness: What makes Lebron James a great athlete What exactly makes a athlete great? A excellent example of a great athlete is Lebron James. Over the years Lebron has been well established as one of the greatest to play the sport of basketball.…
Lebron, however, has only gotten better in his time in the NBA, averaging at LEAST 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists per game in every season he has played. Lebron has also made it to seven straight Finals appearances while Michael Jordan had to retire then come back to make it to the Finals with his “super…
It’s pretty obvious by just watching highlights that Jordan was a dominant player on the court, not only individually, but he also had a knack for getting his teammates heavily involved and improving their game. During an interview comparing LeBron James and Michael Jordan in May of 2011 conducted by the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, more commonly known as ESPN, Horace Grant, who was a former teammate of Jordan on the Chicago Bulls, said that “LeBron is going to be one of the top players to ever play the game. But Michael Jeffrey Jordan, who we bumped heads with at times, is I think, the best who ever played the game” Horace Grant went on to say, “Believe me, he made myself, Scottie, B.J. [Armstrong], even Bill Cartwright who I…