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i feel like nobody really talks about how flames dat background/theme music is for the series
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MJ is a pathological liar, part of his charm.So thoughts on the leaked Dream Team audio showing MJ did indeed have a role in Zeke not playing on the Dream Team?
https://www.tmz.com/2020/05/26/michael-jordan-audio-isiah-thomas-dream-team/
Jordan came from a time where the marketing of such athletes left them too pristine. Many in that era did not even know that Jordan used profanity. So considering the age we are living in now, to expect an even closer look beneath the hood isn’t out of the ordinary. This is due to the current standards held through media.
Jordan came from a time where the marketing of such athletes left them too pristine. Many in that era did not even know that Jordan used profanity. So considering the age we are living in now, to expect an even closer look beneath the hood isn’t out of the ordinary. This is due to the current standards held through media.
MJ is a pathological liar, part of his charm.
Personally I don’t care about him not wanting isiah on the team. Call it payback for the freeze out in the 85 all star game, call it payback for not shaking hands in 91. That’s fine. Isiah wasn’t well liked by his peers.
I just find it real selective when some people give Jordan a pass or downplay any petty moves he made throughout his career while vilifying isiah Thomas or whoever they aren’t a fan of for whatever foul moves they did.
But hey, from years of seeing LeBron and Kobe stans go at it on here, the mental gymnastics to defend a guy you like while going out your way to be critical of the other can be the norm at times.
I mean jordan comes off as a straight up overly competitive psychopath in this.. but he won and it was in the pursuit of greatness/winning
we admire that drive, but we also get to enjoy it from afar
I could easily see how he could wear down teammates, coaches, friends and family
on the zeke thing, NBA were focused on 3 main guys.. MJ was obviously number 1 then magic and bird.. jordan didn’t need to explicitly say it, but if dude did say if zeke is going I’m not going then that made it easy for the NBA to choose
Also if anything chuck Daly should catch heat since obviously he was dude’s coach and could have spoke up for him
as far as wearing down teammates, I can only imagine in my youth having those, including yours truly. boy was I really competitive as was some people during those days. I guess the mentality in playing basketball was also different back then. you have this level of expectation to your teammates as your goal is to win at all cost as if your life depended on it. Basketball was life. players didn't play for endorsements but for the love of the game.
nowadays it seems people just play, laugh it out whether you win or lose. it is just a game. because at the end of the day, the big bucks will flow. so far, I see hope in Zion. that guy is a workhorse.
As a fan, I want more people like jordan that care that much..
Also I’ve been very vocal against the move durant had pulled.. because to me, that 2016 playoffs and season was so great on a number of levels beyond just the finals
I’m personally overly competitive too, but I never had that stack the deck attitude my team was my team.. but I was mainly track and swimming growing up, so those were individual outside of relays and the overly score.. but then I mainly played football when I went stateside
but even though I talked shhh, I just was never a dude to get on my teammates.. I tried to encourage more than anything and be harder on myself on things
we can only think of a few reasons why "some people" give Jordan a pass. call it charisma or marketability. on the otherhand, Isiah Thomas's notoriety wasn't unfounded, as he practically did that to himself. he was the brains behind the Bad Boy Pistons and "some people" in general don't sit well with that. that walk-off in 91 solely sealed his fate and practically was called a real show of unsportsmanship and disrespect to a fellow competitor. that alone what made Zeke a household name and not in a good way. so, are we going to blame Jordan for that?
Isiah did it to himself. I agree. I could see how his actions over the years alienated both his peers and fans. He doesn’t do himself any favors either with how he comes off as desperate to be liked also.
I’m not blaming Jordan for anything per say. More so pointing out that people pick and choose who they’ll turn the other way and disregard petty stuff from, and who they’ll allow it from.
well, I guess we have to blame Lebron for that "THE DECISION" trend. but ultimately, I never come to like the guy even if I wanted to. for a behemoth that he is, he's a P*S*Y ! if only he acted more like a man, that would have been nice.
as far as myself as a teammate, I did get on with my teammates way back, only because they were playing like garbage while I was killing myself.
back to the NBA, I thought initially that Jimmy Butler had that kind of mentality in Chicago and when he got frustrated with guys like KAT and Wiggins at Minny when they were teammates. while there was some truth to that, the primary motivator was money for Jimmy. ultimately, his downfall was during the playoffs.
it's too bad, we are missing that kind of basketball intensity nowadays. I miss that feeling of excitement whenever teams would play. as I've noticed, people are just more concerned of the final scoreboard and who won rather than watch the entire game. I guess people are fed-up with players' A*$-Kissing others during the game.
while i hated the move with lebron, looking back on it they had to literally gut the team to make it happen.. plus legit teams coming at them was huge, never was just a cakewalk.. but it was a bad look, that's why '16 was so huge for lebron
but it was a whole other level with durant going to golden state.. they had won a title in '15.. then in '16 they break the single season record and have stacked team.. and because of that path in the playoffs (kinda tough series vs portland, then a tough one vs OKC and then that finals), it took a hell of alot for them to lose in the final seconds of game 7
but the last couple of years in the NBA havent been entertaining to me.. literally took a couple of injuries to take down the warriors and even still it took 6 games.. but there have been a couple good series the last couple years (sixers/celtics, warriors/rockets and sixers/toronto)
...and 30ppg back when teams closed out around 80pts. Monster.its crazy if you put it in perspective... MJ didnt shoot a lot of 3's and was strictly a mid ranger jump shooter or drive to the basket type guy...also he was a guard at that but to average 30 plus every year and led the league in scoring is crazy... not only that he averaged 50% shooting... he took it to the basket but still impressive for a guard to average 50% shooting consistently... that alone makes mike different and is deserving of goat status...