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Originally Posted by Drayc
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Well, I get what you are saying about the legacy thing... I mean people were talking about it before he won anything. But... the fact is everyone knows he is great, how great that is yet to be seen. No one gets as much hate and love at the same time if they are not great.
He came into the nba out of highschool with a 100 million dollar contract before he set foot on the floor. He has an absurd nike deal, one that may only be passed by Wades Lining Deal, if his shoes are ever released in the US.
Off topic, one thing that still gets me is that people hate him for doing the "decision" the way he did. Yet people either don't care or don't know that his little live ESPN The Decision special raised over 6 million dollars for various charities "it is known". It was a whole special put together by agent Ari Emanuel with ESPN.
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the media needs its stories to dish for ratings/revenue. they hyped him from the start and created the new overman for basketball, and he gave it all the finger and decided to play with his friends. fully supported him then and now cause he's having fun, winning more, and raking in tons of cash (proly literally if weighed out). that whole episode was bs grandstanding from anyone who didn't want to read the reality, but consume the story...my cynical two cents on that. will he be better than jordan?, depends on how people want to see the comparison, and bill russell is the best ever. the rings argument...robert horry has more rings than jordan...