Many people have jumped from the foul line, but why does Jordans jump look different?

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Magic funny af lol

Chuck details the phone call that finally started the reconciliation process with MJ.

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• 1984-85 (Chicago Bulls): $555,000
• 1985-86 (Chicago Bulls): $630,000
• 1986-87 (Chicago Bulls): $737,500
• 1987-88 (Chicago Bulls): $845,000
• 1988-89 (Chicago Bulls): $2,050,000
• 1989-90 (Chicago Bulls): $2,300,000
• 1990-91 (Chicago Bulls): $2,500,000
• 1991-92 (Chicago Bulls): $3,250,000
• 1992-93 (Chicago Bulls): $4,000,000
• 1993-94 (Chicago Bulls): $4,000,000
• 1994-95 (Chicago Bulls): $3,850,000
• 1995-96 (Chicago Bulls): $3,850,000
• 1996-97 (Chicago Bulls): $30,140,000
• 1997-98 (Chicago Bulls): $33,140,000
• 2001-02 (Washington Wizards): $1,000,000
• 2002-03 (Washington Wizards): $1,030,000

I know some youngsters say MJ would just be "another player" in today's NBA. Listen, I legit WISH that was true. It's been 28 or 23 years depending on which retirement you want to go on and I still miss watching him play. The breakaway dunks, the reverse layups, the hang time, the defense, the intensity, all of it. Even his picture perfect midrange jumper. I am not kidding, I would love for there to be another player that reminds me of him.

I overall liked and respected Kobe. No way did I think he measured up to MJ in any area, but he came the closest and more importantly he mimicked a lot of his moves even his mannerisms. So honestly watching Kobe was fun too and there were moments he reminded me of MJ, but he last played 10 years ago.

The 1995 Voting Anomaly: Did Michael Jordan’s Return Rob Scottie Pippen of Historic Recognition?

On March 18, 1995, a two-word fax altered the trajectory of sports history: "I’m back." Michael Jordan’s abrupt return to the Chicago Bulls after a 17-month baseball sabbatical became an instant global media spectacle. [1]

But beneath the commercial euphoria and the wall-to-wall television coverage led by broadcasters like NBC Sports, an investigative look at the Basketball Reference 1994-95 season awards uncovers an unprecedented statistical injustice.

Despite playing just 17 regular-season games out of 82, Michael Jordan was awarded 12 total voting points to finish 11th in the NBA MVP race. To understand the scale of this historical anomaly, one must examine the teammate Jordan leaped over in narrative dominance: Scottie Pippen. [1, 2]

The ultimate carry job: Pippen's 1994-95 absolute dominance

While the media was planning Jordan's Hollywood return, Scottie Pippen was quietly authoring one of the most comprehensive individual seasons in modern professional basketball history. [1]

Following up on a spectacular 1993-94 campaign where he finished 3rd in MVP voting and pulled out 55 wins, the 1994-95 season saw Pippen achieve a rare, historic tier of versatile mastery. He didn't just lead the Chicago Bulls; he fundamentally kept the franchise afloat while operating as their primary scorer, primary playmaker, and primary defensive stopper. [1, 2, 3]

By the time the regular season concluded, official Basketball Reference team metrics confirmed that Pippen had accomplished a feat achieved by only a handful of players across league history. He led the entire Chicago Bulls roster in all five major statistical columns: [1]

• Points: 21.4 PPG
• Rebounds: 8.1 RPG
• Assists: 5.2 APG
• Steals: 2.9 SPG (Led the entire NBA)
• Blocks: 1.1 BPG [1, 2]

Furthermore, Pippen compiled a staggering 11.8 Win Shares across his 79 appearances, establishing himself as a baseline top-tier superstar anchor. [1]

Dissecting the ballot: The 17-game anomaly

When the award ballots were collected by the league, the final rankings showed a glaring preference toward legacy prestige over historical logic.

According to the official 1994-95 NBA Awards Voting Leaderboard, David Robinson deservingly captured the MVP award following a dominant run with the San Antonio Spurs. However, looking down the 11th through 14th spots reveals a severe voting anomaly. [1]

Michael Jordan—having participated in a mere 20.7% of the regular-season calendar—received enough media votes to finish ahead of ironman contributors, including future Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler, who played 76 games and was the elite scoring wing engine for a championship-bound Houston Rockets roster. [1, 2]

The verdict: Media bias and the ghost of wing competition

This voting pattern highlights a deep-seated reality regarding the 1990s NBA press corps: the absolute consolidation of narrative power around a singular icon.

For the media to award MVP points to a player who sat out nearly 80% of the season proves that voters were completely swept up in the theatricality of Jordan's return. It confirms an overwhelming institutional bias where Jordan's presence alone carried more weight on a ballot than an entire season of elite basketball production from other perimeter players. [1]

This dynamic directly limited Pippen's historical standing. By shifting the spotlight immediately back to Jordan, the media effectively diminished Pippen’s historical achievement of leading a playoff team across every metric box. The 1995 ballot remains an enduring case study of how narrative, hype, and television partnerships can entirely overshadow raw basketball analytics.

A lot of candidates here. Pau Gasol, Gilbert Arenas, Zach Randolph, Gilbert Arenas, Joe Johnson, Gerald Wallace, Tony Parker, Shane Battier, Mehmet Okur

I think I’d probably lean Gasol, but I think Joe Johnson is a sleeper. Gilbert or Zbo wouldn’t be crazy at all either

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MJ was notoriously the owner and president of basketball operations for the Bobcats/Hornets. People always hate on the job he did, and I think that's disingenuous garbage.

Before that he was president of the Wizards. First off, succeeding in those markets is incredibly difficult. Nobody wants to go there! Look how those teams have done without MJ. They haven't done JACK SHIT. He did just about as good as you can with those markets/teams. You give him Golden State or something else desirable, and he does WAY better.

MJ IMMEDIATELY made the Wizards relevant again after they were coming off of a 19-63 season. His first season they improved to 37 wins. That's a big improvement.

The years his teams had top draft slots were always super, super weak classes. NBA is a star driven league. In markets like DC and Charlotte, you need to get lucky with a lottery pick. You need to draft a surefire star. He never got lucky with a top pick in a great draft year. Pure unluckiness.

He bought Charlotte for $275mil and sold for damn near $3bil. That's the ultimate W on his part. He made out like a bandit.

Enough of this "MJ was a bad owner/president" bullshit. He did as well as you can in those markets. He was damn good in my opinion.

Mardy Fish reveals how he brought $15,000 with him “just in case” before playing Michael Jordan in a round of golf.

Kawhi and Jordan have same size hands so its easy to compare.

Lebron has small hands, im only 6’0 and always thought I had small hands but theyre almost as big as Lebrons.

Jordans the GOAT.

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Forget about the LeBron vs MJ debate and war, how do you feel about him as a player aside from all that?