Comments on: A Hate Worth Loving

By: Emma

Emma — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:30:07 +0000

The reason you hated Jordan = the reason I “hate” Federer. Exactly.

By: JLantern

JLantern — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:10:50 +0000

“After all, what would a Michael Jordan moment be if it wasnâ€™t overshadowing the accomplishments of other people?”

I love this line. Growing up a wasn’t a big fan of Jordan’s for many of the same reasons you listed. Too good, no one else could compete, too damn good. But you always had to respect the man’s game and just hope he would miss a shot here and there. of course he never did. One thing about Jordan that I find interesting is that whenever people bring up Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan, not many people mention the fact that Olajuwon was the #1 overall pick that year. To this day, I still say that was the right move, even in retrospect.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:34:14 +0000

I was an MJ hater too. No doubt about his talent. I just didn’t like him. Mostly because everyone else raved about him.

During the playoffs for his 4th championship a friend of mine was raving about how good he was and how much he loved MJ. Then admitted that it was the first time he had ever actually watched him play. I almost threw the t.v. at him.

By: khandor

khandor — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:01:05 +0000

Matt,

re: “In a lot of ways, heâ€™s the standard by which sports greatness should be measured.”

With all due respect … to both you and MJ … THE standard, when it comes to THIS can ONLY be measured against this man, right here.

MJ was absolutely terrific, in this regard … and, my respect for him is immense … but, he remains only 2nd Best, in this specific category. :-)

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Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:50:41 +0000

[...] Hardwood Paroxysm: "Jordan killed the young me. Just killed me. The list of players and teams I loved that he vanquished during that time is long. Very long. Drexler’s Blazers. Barkley’s Suns. Payton and Kemp’s Sonics are particularly painful, I was obsessed with Payton for several years. The list goes on an on. Oddly, one team I didn’t mind them beating was the Jazz who I always felt were overrated and I thought Karl Malone was kind of a jerk. I did like Stockton a lot, and always wished he’d had somebody else to run alongside him. I’m pretty sure he’s pretty happy with how things turned out, though. Looking back on it, though, I realize how sad it is that I spent that time being torn up about Jordan. I was unable to appreciate how … well, awesome he was. I was getting to watch a player that was monumentally better than anyone that had come before, or has come since. I should have still been able to appreciate how good he was even as I was, you know, hoping he’d break his leg during one of those moves. He wasn’t just great, he was the greatest, and I’m thankful I was alive and cognizant of basketball to watch him play." [more] [...]

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MJ, the Bulls and the Hall of Fame » By The Horns — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:12:38 +0000

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