They keep asking, "the next Jordan," who will be the next Jordan? Is it LeBron, Kobe? Kobe has won championships, LeBron has not, at least not yet. He will get one or two championships before his career is over. The problem with trying to crown the next "Jordan" is the fact that MJ was so far ahead of the game and ahead of his time on the basketball court. Watch some of the videos of Jordan and you will clearly see how much quicker he was than anyone else on the court. As his quickness began to lessen he used his overall ability and winning attitude to continue to dominate the game. He was like Mike Tyson in his prime where Tyson intimidated and won the match before the first punch. So to was Jordan, pretty much his entire career, he won before the first shot.Furthermore, today there are at least four players in the league that have similar, dominating, game-changing abilities and those players are: LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dewayne Wade, and Dwight Howard. These players will offset each other in their quest for championships. Therefore, just because of their competition they won't be able to match the hardware Jordan has. Kobe might get to six rings but Shaq would have contributed to three of those rings. Jordan had his peers as well, Charles Barkley, Dominique Wilkins, Clyde Drexler, and Hakeem Olajuwon (Larry and Magic were toward the end of their careers when Jordan burst upon the scene).
No offense to Clyde, Charles, Dominique, and Hakeem, but Jordan still stood head and shoulders above them. Olajuwon got his two rings when Jordan decided to try baseball. Once his-Airness returned, so did his championships.
I had the priviledge to watch Jordan his entire career. Now that he is being enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame, I salute MJ for a brilliant and exciting career. Also, I'd like to thank MJ for the MySpace comment a couple years ago. I'll never delete it.
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