country black kid from wilmington, nc blah blah blah
played little league baseball throughout child hood blah blah blah
beats older brother in basketball blah blah blah
decides to try out in HS basketball but gets cut blah blah blah
angry, works harder, makes team next year blah blah blah
was good after all, coach made a mistake blah blah blah
Re: Promotion of Jordan was shoved in America's throats more than any player by the NBA
He earned every piece of attention he got. Am I wrong?
He is arguably the greatest athlete of all time. He was literally doing things, people thought were impossible. Look up some of his acrobatic layups. To this day, players aren't even coming close to his layups. Kobe/Rose have had a few like his, but MJ had the craziest hang time you'll ever see from an athlete.
Re: Promotion of Jordan was shoved in America's throats more than any player by the NBA
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Originally Posted by tikay0
He earned every piece of attention he got. Am I wrong?
He is arguably the greatest athlete of all time. He was literally doing things, people thought were impossible. Look up some of his acrobatic layups. To this day, players aren't even coming close to his layups. Kobe/Rose have had a few like his, but MJ had the craziest hang time you'll ever see from an athlete.
Re: Promotion of Jordan was shoved in America's throats more than any player by the NBA
True. Jordan had a new "biography" video out every couple of years. When you add the Nike and Gatorade propaganda machines it's hard not to become an icon. MJ deserved every bit of the publicity but it just goes to show you that the NBA promotes who they choose to promote.
Kobe Bryant, another exceptionally talentented superstar has zero. Guys like Kobe and Lebron should have several of these things. They would sell like crazy. NBA makes money and promotes their biggest stars. It's a win-win. I don't see why this hasn't happened.
Re: Promotion of Jordan was shoved in America's throats more than any player by the NBA
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Originally Posted by Budadiiii
What a moronic thread.
Actually it is't. Some of my old hoops friends got so sick of the non-stop jordan extravaganza that they just stopped watching basketball. At its height it was less about hoops than some kind of cult of personality.
Anything gets tiring when you get too much of it.
I will admit even for myself a diehard hoops guy, that Shaq was a very welcome change from the same pork chops & apple sauce day in, day out for like 12 years. Jordan made the NBA world famous all right, but Shaq made it a lot more fun and to this day I prefer watching Shaq
{but I freely admit -
1. I was a Lakers fan since Wilt got traded & him & Logo were tearing it up... and
2 I always did like power game, centers and forwards over guards even tho my all-time favorite player is Clyde Frazier}
Re: Promotion of Jordan was shoved in America's throats more than any player by the NBA
Let's just say the marketability of MJ goes way beyond the states. The NBA can't achieve that with any other legends, and not any current players. Not Kobe, not Lebron, not Durant. and their targeted audience can't only be from the USA, or basketball fans. Kobe dare I say is not even worth a third of Jordans name in terms of popularity.
Re: Promotion of Jordan was shoved in America's throats more than any player by the NBA
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Originally Posted by Kobe 4 The Win
True. Jordan had a new "biography" video out every couple of years. When you add the Nike and Gatorade propaganda machines it's hard not to become an icon. MJ deserved every bit of the publicity but it just goes to show you that the NBA promotes who they choose to promote.
Kobe Bryant, another exceptionally talentented superstar has zero. Guys like Kobe and Lebron should have several of these things. They would sell like crazy. NBA makes money and promotes their biggest stars. It's a win-win. I don't see why this hasn't happened.
Why is because David Stern was very creative in the 80s. He's an old dishrag in the 10s.
I think the FBI investigation took all the air out of Stern, he's never been the same since NBA referee went to prison for shaving points.
But Kobe & LeBron do not have the pure star power jordan had. Dude was like a Klieg light.
Promotion of Jordan was shoved in America's throats more than any player by the NBA
