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By: Norman Einstein's Rec Room, Sports & Rocket Science Daily

Norman Einstein's Rec Room, Sports & Rocket Science Daily — Sun, 09 May 2010 05:18:22 +0000

[...] On Michael Jordan’s Hall Of Fame Speech by Matt Moore @ Hardwood Paroxysm [...]

By: Mando

Mando — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:54:30 +0000

you people clearly did not read the entirety of this post .

By: AQ

AQ — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:48:08 +0000

It was a terrible speech either way. It was in some terrible middle ground, vindictive and petty without being honest or entertaining about it. Had he not tried to cloak his attacks in a terrible, awkward “thanks for fueling my fire” bull, then I could have loved it.

If he’d just come out and said “you were wrong, dude” to his HS coach and You wanted a piece of me?, you got a piece of me. How’d you like it?” to Bryon Russel.

So, for me, it wasn’t necessarily the pettiness, the vindictiveness that made it a bad speech. It was the execution that made it bad.

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:39:06 +0000

This was the most “classless” HOF speech that I have ever witnessed. As I sat there, I was in total shock listening to him rant and rave about pass transgressions, real and or imagined committed against him. I was embarrassed to find MJ so clueless and without a touch of class.

If he were to work as hard as a GM as he said worked to prove everyone wrong on the court, then maybe, just maybe, his team (Charlotte Bobcats) will be more competitive. You canâ€™t be a de facto GM which he is and expect to succeed. I am glad that Abe Pollen stood his grounds and prestidigitation him from the Wizards. BTWâ€”when he came back to the Wizards to play for those two years, he sat the franchise back 5 years because he was still the ball hog and it eventually stunted the growth of promising players. I admire MJâ€™s skills as a basketball player but as a basketball GM and as a person, he leaves a lot to be desired.

His statement: â€œRepublicans buys tennis shoes too.â€ will live forever in the hearts of many North Carolinians.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:23:30 +0000

If you really want to see a classless @hole, you will have to wait for either Kobe or Shaq to be inducted.

IN an effort to prove how smart sophisticated and intellectually superior that you are, you people(media and fake media) take yourselves and the athletes/celebrities that you cover way too seriously.

By: gary p

gary p — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:09:43 +0000

remember kobe the snitch

By: gary p

gary p — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:04:20 +0000

i saw the speech – for the 1st time – and it just looks like playful trash talk – like jordan always do – and he did thank his fam and teammates – what the hell is wrong with u people! he was talking about what makes him tick!!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:46:27 +0000

MJ has a very unique speech, but i don’t find it in bad taste at all. When you get inducted your supposed to tell stories about your career and what made you a hall of famer. MJ, did just this. His will to do absolutley anything to win, and drive to be better than everyone else is what made him the best ever. How do you just turn this off? It would have been weird to have him go up there and say thanks Isiah for freezing me out, when he hates the guy. Was his speech different than everyone elses, absolutley yes. I just don’t think you can fault a guy for being himself though, since that is what made him the greatest of all time.

By: Jordan’s speech » By The Horns

Jordan’s speech » By The Horns — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:32:57 +0000

[...] lot of people found MJ’s speech to be in bad taste. (For example, here, here, here, here, and here.) Others, like Michael Wilbon, said that was just Mike being [...]

By: mike

mike — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:31:21 +0000

jordan started by crediting pip. he had david thompson induct him because he felt thompson didn’t get the credit he deserved. he then credited all the people who provided the fresh mental challenges he needed thruout his career.

sure he took a few jabs along the way.. but thats mike. trash-talking to the end. but i don’t think the message was missed..

he made clear who and what he was once and for all.. he was/is a tremendously competitive person whose experiences and drive were built from the constant challenges of the world around him..

people idolized him because of his relentless passion for his craft. if u can’t recognize that u’ve missed out on the jordan experience. its nt sth ure gonna get from lebron or kobe.

and. that artest comparison was way over the top and totally spurious.