Reply #10: Jordan helped bring the NBA down [View All]

He made himself larger than the game. That is no way to promote a sport. He also changed the way basketball was called (the fact that he never technically fouled out of a game speaks for itself), and his will he/won't he retirement antics were a farce and a slap in the face to sportsmanship.

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson made the NBA fun. Michael Jordan was a single-man wrecking ball. The league hasn't recovered from HIM, but it's not because of his skills, it's because the sixth man in every game he played was his ego.

To get a measure of who Jordan really is as a person, read his insane, megalamaniacal speech.

~"This wasn’t a Hall of Fame induction speech, but a bully tripping nerds with lunch trays in the school cafeteria. He had a responsibility to his standing in history, to players past and present, and he let everyone down. This was a night to leave behind the petty grievances and past slights – real and imagined. This was a night to be gracious, to be generous with praise and credit.

“M.J. was introduced as the greatest player ever and he’s still standing there trying to settle scores,” one Hall of Famer said privately later." ~




http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-jordanhall091209

Michael Jordan harmed the game more than any player, past or present, and LeBron is the sorry stepchild of that.