So I Said Pod With Dylan Sellers
So I Said Pod With Dylan Sellers
MJ, not actually that good
So I said, Michael Jordan may not be as good as I thought he was hottake. Here's the thing. I've been thinking about this, like goat conversation. And what I've come up with is Michael Jordan is probably the greatest scorer we've ever seen. He's also probably the fiercest athlete we've ever seen. Not like the best athlete, but maybe the fiercest like, he had, like this warrior mentality that he brought to the game, like when it all costs very, like aggressive in nature, which definitely helps for the culture of a killer, killer kind of team, right. But here's the rub. He did a three P. And the year that he took off, they only lost they only won two less games. So like, the team that he was on, was phenomenal. And you know what it might reminds me of, it's like the John Moran situation currently, Jamal Brandt is you want to see him, right? Like he's phenomenal, phenomenal athlete. But his team's pretty good without him. They're a playoff team without him. Right? So I was having this conversation in a group text, where we talked about basketball pretty regularly. And I made this correlation. I think without the team and the coach, Michael Jordan and Damian Lillard are the same player. Don't kill me. Understand. Understand that you were like, How dare you? He's the goat. Like you have all this mythology around Jordan, as if he played one V five, against everybody. The truth of the matter is, there's a couple of people on his team that if weren't there, he wouldn't want anything. He was a larger than life personality. Like he made people want to come watch the game. The stories around and that's really what makes the NBA. It's the stories. It's the storylines, right? He made the story, the mythology around him, it was so great. That like, you know, you actually believe that he was godlike. And you know, for his position he was, but we know for a fact that Jordan by himself doesn't win. Prior to Scottie Pippen getting there like he's getting bounced in the first round. I mean, that's, that's factual. And then when he leaves when he takes his sabbatical, in the middle of his, in the middle of his career, they're still a very good team playoff team, like maybe would have gotten to the finals. You know what I mean? Like, it's, it was pretty close. And so all that to say, maybe Michael Jordan name is good as I thought he was. Not to say that he's not bad. But I'm, I'm saying like, if we're comparing him to, let's say, Lebron James. There isn't much of a comparison. He's bigger, stronger, faster. And when he leaves an NBA team, they become high school squat. It's, it's a pretty, like, there isn't a team that he left and they were like, oh, yeah, we could still get to the point. They don't make it to the playoffs, like at all. And so, you know, all I'm saying is, I know that this is a controversial topic, and this might get me canceled. You know, so be you Michael Jordan fans out there. I listen. I'm gonna Michael Jordan fan as well. But can we admit that like, it's more mythology than actual like, basketball? Here's, here's the other thing, the less you know, that like, he might not be the greatest basketball player alive. He doesn't actually make people better around him. He wouldn't have been a good coach. He's not a good owner. Maybe he knows how to play but doesn't really understand the game. I know. Hot Topic, hot topic. I understand. Let me let me leave this alone. Because like, I don't want no smoke. I don't want no smoke. Because you know, I don't play basketball. You know, saying like, I don't talk sports. And like people are losing their mind as they listen to this. And that's and that's fair. As a as a fair critique. The island Shut up. Y'all know nothing about what you're talking about. Listen, that's fair. I just be paying attention. And it seemed like to me that like LeBron James is by far and away, and maybe for a long time now the best player to have ever played the game. Just by like I don't know, regular standards, basketball standards. Maybe I just don't understand how basketballs played. I just don't watch enough of it apparently. And that's fine. That's all I have to say about that. Maybe Michael Jordan isn't as good as you think he is. Maybe you believe too much of the mythology. And that's okay. Live your life. That's all I got on this one. About