23 Years Ago Today

[KingSpeed]

Kobe and LeBron have never been as good as Jordan.

http://behindthearc.collectivepress...chael-jordan-had-his-iconic-shrug-game-video/

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Fuck I'm old.

 

[OneLifeToLive]

The best of all time. But you know every insider as soon as Lebron wins another a title or two will try to make the case that he is just as good if not better. Even though it's not close

 

[Fun in the Sun]

Off topic. Screw MJ.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I remember this moment pretty damned clearly. There are few moments in Basketball where years later I look back and remember, most of them painful.

 

[Voodoo]

I am 30, so I only very very vaguely remember that playoff series - but what from watching that clip what I can say is that it looks like the Blazers transition defense is not much different than it was 23 years ago today.

 

[julius]

Thanks. Do you want to post a video of game 7, since it's the 15th anniversary of that game?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Thanks. Do you want to post a video of game 7, since it's the 15th anniversary of that game?

Why the fuck would we want to watch THAT again?

One thing I think gets ignored in all the talk of "Jordan is so much better than LeBron" is that it's striking how many of the players who've been super-superstars have come from stable middle-class 2 parent families. There's this stereotype that all NBA players are raised by single moms in the 'hood, but an awful lot of the ones who really succeeded weren't. Magic - middle class. Jordan - middle class. Kobe? Pretty fucking wealthy! Bird? Fairly blue-collar, but two parents (until his dad killed himself after Bird left Indiana.) Of the true greats I can only think of Isiah Thomas and LeBron James who really did grow up in poverty without fathers. I have to admire them for that. (Jordan in particular was driven HARD by his father, part of the reason he was so devastated when he was murdered.)

 

[julius]

Why the fuck would we want to watch THAT again?

I don't, that was my point.

Still haven't watched highlights from that game. I saw it on my TV, and that was traumatic enough. I sure as hell don't need to see it again. Ever.