Michael "Air" Jordan is widely regarded as the greatest basketball player of all-time. Jordan took the game winning shot to win a NCAA men's basketball championship as a freshman in college, and his "star" has shined noticebly until he finally retired in 2003. Scoring titles, All-defensive selections, NBA championships, and numerous other accolades fill his basketball resume.
Furthermore, Michael Jordan is the first professional athlete of any sport to become a billionaire. Not many people on the planet can legitimately claim to have tripled and/or quadrupled their career wages into generational wealth - PERIOD. From a business perspective Michael Jordan is easily the greatest athlete turned business man at the moment.
I decided to keep all things basketball for this post, and I was able to come to an OBVIOUS answer when faced with whether Michael Jordan is the basketball G.O.A.T. I asked myself the fillowing televant questions. A "yes" answer for most of the questions would leave no doubt to his Airness' ultimate greatness. Here are the questions.
1) Does he have the most points. No, but Michael Jordan has the highest points per game average in NBA history, and he is one of only a handful of players to score over 30,000 points. Kareem Abdul Jabbar is the all-time leader.
2) Most rebounds, steals, assists, triple doubles, etc.? No, and Michael Jordan is not in contention in any form (total or per game) of any other category other than scoring.
3) Most NBA championships? No, has six(6) rings. There are nine (9) players with seven (7) or more rings with Bill Russell topping everyone with 11.
4) Has he dominated in more than one disciplne? For example scoring and rebounds. The answer is no as well.
5) Does Michael Jordan own the most NBA records? No, Jordan has three records (all scoring) that he took from Wilt. Wilt Chamberlain still has 72 NBA records.
In conclusion, calling Michael Jordan the greatest of all time (G.O.A.T) is nothing more than pure propoganda which is not backed by facts. Granted, he was the greatest during the time (6 years) that social media and the internet exploded, but that IS NOT "all-time".
The segment of time that Michael Jordan was an unstoppable winner is more like "some time", but definitely not all-time. Some of us still remember how Dr.J, Moses, Isiah & the Bad Boys, Bird, McHale, and Parrish sent him home every season for the first six years of his career. When they got old or hurt and retired, Jordan stepped up.
* Basketball G.O.A.T has the entire breakdown of the Top 30 players of each position (150 total). Yes, have no fear, Michael Jordan is the top shooting guard of all-time. For more information about all of the rest click the link below.
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