NBA: The Top 10 Types of Michael Jordan Haters
It is truthfully rather awesome that people creep out of the woodwork to try and hate on the guy we all know is the greatest basketball player of all-time. It is funny and edgy and cool to try and down Mike.
There are so many reasons and ways people try to minimize MJ's legend as the GOAT, even though they all know he is the greatest. Their efforts all fall short because there has not been a player as good as MJ before or after he played, and it's obvious.
I truly believe that hate is inherent to men, so it never surprises me to hear from a hater. I expect it, as it is inevitable. But some of the reasons people hate on MJ are hilarious and some are thought-provoking, but they all come from people who are haters.
These are 10 different hate groups, who are for some reason against the GOAT.
No. 1: Kobe Fans
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To put it simply: Kobe wishes.
He always has to. In fact, it is obvious; he always aspired to the level of Jordan but always fell either WAY or just a little short.
It is cool that Kobe tried to be like Mike, which is in itself a genius move. More players should have completely attempted to mold their game after Mike's, and this basketball world would be a much better place. Too bad Kobe is such an ass about every thing.
Just looking at Kobe talk is like watching a liar speak to you when you know they are lying. That's how millions of us see Kobe.
Kobe fans are so caught up in the delusion that they see not reality, which is often times because they are so young....which leads to my next slide.
No. 2: Kids
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Ah, kids....I never get my advice or knowledge about sports from kids. It would be foolish.
It is blatantly obvious that children by definition are too young to properly make rational decisions when it comes to analyzing a league that is 65 years old.
Children are so easily caught up in the hype, so if someone was not around when MJ played, I never ever listen to their opinion, unless they truly studied.
Kids are funny and cute, but some of them are Jordan haters, because they never saw the GOAT play, except maybe on a YouTube clip, which is awesome, because at least they have that to show them reality. Too bad they rarely ever like to deal with reality, as they live in young people fantasy land, which I think is sad.
No. 3: Old People
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The other side of the token is when really old people—usually over 50 years old—remember players like Russell, Chamberlain, Jabbar, Bird and Magic.
These guys indeed did get to see the NBA when it was better than today, but fail to admit that the greatest era ever was the mid-80s to the mid-90s.
When you are stuck in your ways, it is hard to accept reality, even though it is dunking in your face!
No. 4: Era Downers
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I particularly love the modern NBA fan who tries to say that this era is tougher than say the 90s era. I do not even want to get into the whole situation because it is so funny that a person too young to have been there says something about it.
I am not youth-obsessed so I see the weaknesses in logic. The NBA is youth-obsessed and that is why since the mid-1990s, the NBA talent pool has fallen off big-time. When a player who shoots 45 percent is considered great, that's when we know the 1990s were better, because people went to college. Letting 18-year-olds in is retarded.
I guess skipping college is not a good idea: Kobe averaged 7.6 ppg as a rookie and shot 41 percent, which taints him. MJ put in 28.2 as a rookie on 51.5 percent shooting.
They just shot better back in the day—plain and simple.
The new rules are so sad that I cannot even mention how weak the NBA is now.
No. 5: Sudden Pippen Lovers
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The phrase "Jordan couldn't have done anything without Pippen"...I love it, I love it.
Apparently people do not realize that Jordan was rookie of the year, scored an all-time playoff-high 63 points and led the NBA in scoring with 37.1 points per game before Scottie Pippen came along.
In Pippen's rookie year (in which he averaged 7 points per game), Michael Jordan was NBA MVP and Defensive Player of the Year. It took three years of practicing with a bitchy Jordan for Pippen to even play that good at all.
Pippen was smart enough to not leave Jordan's side, but it only made Pippen look better and not vice versa. MJ was fine without any particular player around him as his sidekick. Jordan stands alone as GOAT and Pippen is but a footnote.
No. 6: The Retirement Excuse
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It is funny when people try to explain away MJ's greatness by saying he retired and came back with fresh legs. Wow, a 32-year-old with fresh legs? Not going to happen.
MJ was old when he came back any way you dice it. Did he have fresh legs three years later at age 35 when he won his sixth title with six Finals MVPs and scored 45 points and hit the last shot? Nope, his legs were not fresh—he was the greatest player of all time; that's how he did it.
Are Kobe's legs fresh? No way in the world.
At age 40, were his legs fresh? Please—no 40-year-old in the NBA has fresh legs even when he did retire twice before and came back. By the way, MJ averaged 21.3 ppg as a 40-year-old.
No. 7: Mark Jackson
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You are probably not old enough to truly remember Mark Jackson's career, but I am. I got his rookie card when he first started out with the Knicks, and I liked the guy. He was a pass-first guy who could shoot too.
He lost so badly and embarrassingly to MJ so many times throughout his career, but I didn't hold it against him. But he apparently held a grudge and started saying to millions of people during basketball games that Kobe was better, which actually made goobers start to believe it.
Sports announcers who say such things are fools, and Mark Jackson is the biggest fool of all. Can't stand that hater.
No. 8: The Ball Hoggers
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When it comes to desperation time to try and pull down the greatest player of all time, you will say anything.
Well...uh...Jordan was a ballhog.
Remember when Jordan averaged 8.0 assists, 32.5 ppg, 8.0 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game in the same season? Of course you don't; you do not remember 1988-89 because you probably weren't even born, you little haters.
Chicago's all-time assist leader: Michael Jordan
Jordan took over when needed, which was almost always, which is why he has sick stats backed up with 50+ percent shooting. He is 6-0 in the Finals for it!!!
No. 9: The Size Excuse
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I love it when people who weren't even alive in 1980s or 1990s say the players now are much bigger and MJ didn't have to go up against so and so.
Please. The NBA has always been full of oversized freaks. Drexler was 6'7" and weighed 220. The NBA in the 1980s featured roster members that were over 7'0" just as much as today. Today's No. 1 shot-blocker is 6'11" Andrew Bogut.
In 1986 the NBA's top shot blocker was 7'4", 285-pound Mark Eaton.
In the 1990s there was Gheorghe Muresan at 7'7" and 330 pounds.
Look at some of the rosters from the 1980s and 1990s and compare them today. And then just be quiet.
No. 10: Straight Haters
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Some people hate so much on Jordan because he beat their team or was not on their team. Or they didn't see him play or because their favorite current player isn't the GOAT, so they just straight hate.
These are probably my favorite Jordan haters of all because they are so easy to punk.
CONCLUSION
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My conclusion is: NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY = Jordan is the greatest ever so my advice is to save you further embarrassment.
DON'T HATE ON JORDAN. Just compare your favorite player to him knowing that they will never be THAT good. Your lists should always start with "who is the second greatest player ever."
HATERS!!!
