Michael Jordan. Only reason I'm saying this is because of the impact he's had on the NBA. Everyone idolizes him. The media revolved around him. And I'm making a biased vote because He was the only one i saw on TV. Not to discredit any of the other players, but I don't feel they should get my vote if I never actually saw them. As for impact on the sporting world, you can't top Jordan, at least in America. The guy was literally the King of America for a vast majority of his career. Sorry to follow the crowd here but can't vote otherwise in this instance.
Originally posted by suggs
Michael Jordan. Only reason I'm saying this is because of the impact he's had on the NBA. Everyone idolizes him. The media revolved around him. And I'm making a biased vote because He was the only one i saw on TV. Not to discredit any of the other players, but I don't feel they should get my vote if I never actually saw them. As for impact on the sporting world, you can't top Jordan, at least in America. The guy was literally the King of America for a vast majority of his career. Sorry to follow the crowd here but can't vote otherwise in this instance.
I respect that.
Mike. Strong as hell for a two guard. Excellent conditioning. Good perimeter shooter, maybe not 3's so much, but decent. Knew how to take it into the hole, and did it everynight maybe like 10 times, excellent defender ( I think he won D-player of the year at least once), great foul shooter. We all know those things about him. But has anyone ever seen ESPN classics where they are interviewing an opponent of Jordan, maybe like a Charles Barkley, or Patrick Ewing (other Elite players of the time is what I'm trying to emphasize) even though they never admitted it when the were actually playing him most players/teams were scared to s**t of Jordan and what he could do with the rock. I don't think there has ever been a player who got into minds of their opponents quite like MJ without having to do anything ( sure he performed excellent, but there came a point in time where his name just preceded him), as huge and powerful as some of the greatest football players were say the late Reggie White, or LT, or Bruce Smith none of them had the intimidation factor working quite as well as Mike did. No current B-baller has it to that extent now, not even Shaq.
Originally posted by headrek1
Mike. But has anyone ever seen ESPN classics where they are interviewing an opponent of Jordan, maybe like a Charles Barkley, or Patrick Ewing (other Elite players of the time is what I'm trying to emphasize) even though they never admitted it when the were actually playing him most players/teams were scared to s**t of Jordan and what he could do with the rock. I don't think there has ever been a player who got into minds of their opponents quite like MJ without having to do anything ( sure he performed excellent, but there came a point in time where his name just preceded him), as huge and powerful as some of the greatest football players were say the late Reggie White, or LT, or Bruce Smith none of them had the intimidation factor working quite as well as Mike did. No current B-baller has it to that extent now, not even Shaq.
Intimidation? , scaring the sh!t out of your opponents? Thats Bill Russell's claim to fame . . . . aside from the 11 championship rings.
Originally posted by headrek1
Mike. Strong as hell for a two guard. Excellent conditioning. Good perimeter shooter, maybe not 3's so much, but decent. Knew how to take it into the hole, and did it everynight maybe like 10 times, excellent defender ( I think he won D-player of the year at least once), great foul shooter. We all know those things about him. But has anyone ever seen ESPN classics where they are interviewing an opponent of Jordan, maybe like a Charles Barkley, or Patrick Ewing (other Elite players of the time is what I'm trying to emphasize) even though they never admitted it when the were actually playing him most players/teams were scared to s**t of Jordan and what he could do with the rock. I don't think there has ever been a player who got into minds of their opponents quite like MJ without having to do anything ( sure he performed excellent, but there came a point in time where his name just preceded him), as huge and powerful as some of the greatest football players were say the late Reggie White, or LT, or Bruce Smith none of them had the intimidation factor working quite as well as Mike did. No current B-baller has it to that extent now, not even Shaq.
Maybe more like trepidation, than intimidation. But, I know what you're getting at Headrek. Oh...and uh, a football player who caused more intimidation than anyone else.....another Chicagoan-Dick Butkus. He was simply destructive, mean, and you couldn't do anything about it. Grrrr! 😠