Micheal Fake Jordan is a sell out. #Period. He forgot which hole he came out of. I said it "Stephon X Marbury"... MJ went from MJ the black cat to a guy who forgot he was a player. Sell your team if you can't make a profit.. Your just a regular dude now! ... When he rapped the Bulls for 36 million for one year no ones said nothing about that...
He's just a man. I know he's some people's GOd but real is real. Dude forgot he played and demanded millions... he wasn't my idol I just loved his game. He never did nothing that I knew about to change the life off of the court other then hit cats over the head for a 100 150 dollar sneakers and still doing it. Jim Brown said it best. Micky mouse type cat. Wave and break you pocket for as long as he can.
he didn't create nothing. The game was played way before him...
I'll be the first to admit that I don't know everything about the NBA lockout and I usually stay out of basketball conversations... Until someone brings up His Airness. At that point I usually have to jump in and remind people that he is the standard for greatness when it comes to sports. Tiger could have challenged him but that's another story.
Is His Airness a sellout?
NO! If I'm Michael Jordan I am pissed at the pampered, lazy, anti-competitive, twitter whores who currently reside in the NBA. They have taken everything he made possible and made fans resent it. How many players would have shoe deals without Jordan? How many players would have the contracts they have without the popularity of the 90s, which was driven by Jordan? People forget that Jordan was the first to start wearing long shorts, these fools took that so far that the commissioner had to institute a dress code. Yes, Jordan had a $36M 1 year contract, but did anyone ever question whether he was worth it? How long is the list of players who received max, if not close to max contracts, that cost much more than they were worth? Marbury is at the top of the list! That's why he's playing in China!
Stephon Marbury
Steve Francis (he and Marbury combined to make $32M in the 06-07 season)
Eddie Curry
Chris Webber $21M in 06-07
Michael Finley $19M in 06-07
Eddie Jones $16M in 06-07
Larry Hughes $13M in 06-07
Vin Baker
Gilbert Arenas
Rashard Lewis
Kenyon Martin
Vince Carter
The list goes on and on...
To wrap up, on the surface His Airness does seem hypocritical, but that's what overpaid undereducated former NBA players do. The NBA is no where close to the popularity of the 90s, it's going in the right direction but it's not close. The NFL is king right now. The NBA will not return to 90s popularity until there is real competition. We all know there are only 6 teams who can really win the NBA title. The Lakers, Mavs, Thunder, Heat, Knicks or Bulls. Teams will fall from those 6 and others will join, but are there ever more than 6 teams who have a chance to win? There is a complete lack of parity in the NBA.
Is Jordan being selfish? Maybe, but if you had hundreds of millions on the line wouldn't you be? I would. The Bobcats, the team Jordan owns, aren't competitive today. He needs a hard cap to force the breakup of teams with 3 all-stars. The NBA does not have a sustainable business model. Do the owners need 53% of the revenue vs 50%? I don't know, but I doubt Jordan cares about crushing these players he sees as a joke.
i feel marbury on some level... i knew it was a matter of time before jordan would be villainized in this thing.... he cannot win in this situation... if he sides with the owners moreso he's a sellout; if he sides witht he players he's a sellout to owners (and his own interest as a bobcat owner).... its tough. he can onlya ppear nuetral if he remains quiet; problem is everyone wants to know his opinion since he belongs to both sides and is a MICHAEL JORDAN.... tough position.
ReplyDeletei disagree that there was more parity and competition in 90s.... when jordan played everyone knew he would win (the bullets, hornets, heat, pacers, knicks, etc never had a chance against jordan).... i mean repeats were more prevalent then.... i mean take this year no one saw the mavs winning this year.... they were actually the higher seeded team whereby analysts picked them to lose first round to the trailblazers (who actually ended up playing them tougher than the lakers and heat). who saw the pistons beating the lakers 4-1 a few yrs back... i would argue there are more surprises and upsets now (warriors over mavs a few yrs back and thunder and griz went further than they were supposed to this past yr)... this never happened in the 90s. the top seed always won except for nuggets over sonics.
overall the nba will never have true parity regardless.... anti-parity is built-in. first the champion is crowned via series (this make sures the best team wins typically; no team can get hot at the end a pull a cards, giants, packers super bowl run). second its the team sport whereby one player makes the largest difference. think about this way you say if we are picking an all star team against one another, if you pick jordan and let me fill out my entire team with 10 guys, you could still win with jordan.... this cannot be said any other team sport.
long story short they have a long hill to climb if they are trying to approach the parity given in the NFL or MLB or NHL or soccer even.
one more thing, jordan got 36M for like 1 year. prior to that he was severely underpaid by his club.... so marbury needs to remember they the bulls still got a deal of a lifetime....
ReplyDeletePlayers look at the landscape of talents & skills and decide where they need to go to become a contender for
ReplyDeletethe title. That's what it boils down to and when you become a free agent you decide exactly where you want to
be irrespective if there is 3 all stars on the roster. Heck look at what Gary Payton and Karl Malone did because
they wanted a ring. I'm just saying. Owners need to focus on hiring a GM with good scouting abilities that can identify
talent and competitiveness in players.