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09-13-2009, 02:50 PM #21
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So true.
Maybe Jordan should have thanked more people. Then again, maybe more people should thank Jordan. Jordan globalized basketball, both amateur and professional. Jordan made the NBA millions, which in turn, made many marginal players, millions. If it wasn't for MJ, would anyone even know who Scottie Pippen is?
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09-13-2009, 04:20 PM #22
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MJ's had his ass kissed his whole life, but I can see, sorta, what you're saying. But even he said in his speech, "You guys already know everything about me." Well, if that's true, which it is, then don't go over all that petty bull crap about Leroy Smith and Jerry Krause again. Yea, it wasn't the same old speech that everyone gives, but I didn't find it interesting or inspirational either. Found it petty and embarrasing really. Somebody post the yahoo sports article about it all on here and let everybody read that. The reporter tore MJ's speech a hole and it was well deserved.
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09-14-2009, 11:10 AM #23
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Michael Jordan's speech was pathetic.
For someone who rose to such greatness, he could have come up with something a bit more "enriching" for all of his life-long fans, teammates, family, friends, coaches, etc. to remember his enshrinement by.
If he wasn't up to the task, he should have spent a bit of his massive fortune and hired a speech writer.....then stayed off the golf course a few days to read it over and over and over so he knew what to say when he took the stage.
David Robinson is a class act, far too rich in character to even remotely be associated with the NBA.....although I will say that under Stern's watch, the NBA has risen to a much higher level of class. The Hall of Fame stage and the setting it took place in was about the most beautiful setting I have ever seen....easily rivaling any Academy Awards ceremony (or any other for that matter) I have ever seen.
I'll leave it with this: MJ might have been the greatest basketball player ever to grace his city with a natural born superstar leader.....but he is the Barry Bonds/Pete Rose of basketball. His character flaws were deep. And I agree, it's all about what the athlete did on the court. But there copmes a point in time that you just have to extend that "greatness" into your personal life too, or what worth do you really have to society, or yourself for that matter?
I don't have a problem with Michael Jordan walking into the casino's and dropping a $MILL here and there like he has over the years on several occasions....that was his problem. But 20 years ago, while at work one day, a friend of mine was shaking his head because the "Bulls are in town again". When I asked him if he was bummed because he couldn't get tickets to the game, he explained that he was worried about his sister's mental state of mind because Michael Jordan picks her up in a black limo to take her to a nearby hotel while his "bodyguards" stand watch outside. We were blown away with this. I mean, we weren't naive, but it really hit's home when it's someone you know that these things happen to. That's when you've got to rethink who it is you idolize. It turns out she met Michael Jordan at a club one time. He took a fancy to her, to say the least, and had an ongoing affair with her. She was 20 years old. And yes, Michael Jordan was married at the time, and had very young children already.
He didn't thank her in his speech, go figure.
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09-14-2009, 12:59 PM #24
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09-14-2009, 01:26 PM #25
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I think that many of the characteristics (or character flaws) that made Jordan the greatest to ever play where on hand in his speech: selfish, stubborn, petty, relentless, cocky, etc..I think the speech gave you a very interesting look into the psyche of Jordan and what drove him to greatness. All of the things you hated about his speech are attributable to those chracteristics that made him the greatest. That's why his speech was actually good, because it was real.
Dave
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09-14-2009, 02:02 PM #26
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Byron Russell has a message for Jordan.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...yhoo&type=lgns
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09-14-2009, 08:44 PM #27
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MJ is my favorite player of all time, but I would have to agree with 33bird, his speach was dissapointing in everyway. My take is that he didn't even prepare for that speech with the exception of his last statement where "...fear is just an illusion." Very dissapointing!
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09-15-2009, 12:29 PM #28
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B-T-P-H,
What was the reason for this post? Did I say it was a "scoop"? All I was doing was sharing with fellow members something that I am first-person aware of, that gives
But I guess if you just have to blow off a bit of steam because I stepped on your boy, feel free. Punks kind of hang together anyways, no matter how much fame and fortune one of them has obtained. Go at it, "bro".
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09-15-2009, 12:32 PM #29
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Not sire why part of my last post "disappeared"...
First sentence shoul finish .... "that gives a little insight as to his character which is pretty much status-quo for any professional star athlete."
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09-15-2009, 03:25 PM #30
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Substitute the word 'actions' for 'speech' and 'Rose' for 'Jordan' and you've given us a perfect description of Pete Rose.
Minus the Hall of Fame part of course...
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