NBA Veteran Once Publicly Dismissed Michael Jordan Comparisons and Ended Up Facing the Bulls Legend?s Destruction

Undoubtedly, Michael Jordan is one of the greatest players ever to play the game of basketball. The Chicago Bulls legend was known for being fiercely competitive. Obsessed with winning, Jordan was an offensive assassin who could score at will and from anywhere.

But what made Jordan peerless was not only his offensive game. Granted, he led the league in scoring eleven times in his career and has a career average of scoring over thirty points a game. But he was also a defensive pest who could hound you all day long.

On his day, Jordan could easily lock the other team’s best player. In 1988, he became the first player ever to win the league MVP and the Defensive Player of the Year in the same season.

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Throwback to when a pickup game led to a regular-season game beat down

Jerry Stackhouse, former NBA All-Star and Michael’s teammate, talked about him in a recent interview. Since Jerry and Michael both played for North Carolina, were 6’6, and went third overall, there were many comparisons. But Jerry always brushed them aside. Though he told a story about what happened after a pickup game with Michael.

He said, “You know I tried to never pay attention to all that stuff (the comparisons with Michael)….we played in the summers some pickup games and I held my own pretty well.. and I told the reporter that and suddenly that was bulletin that was bulletin board material for the bulls.”

He continued, “Like they needed any motivation.. you know like stackhouse said he did this to you.. and they come out and Mike had like forty something in the first half.. and everybody’s like he gave me 48. I probably guarded him 9 possessions of that 48 but it was all on me.. you know what I am saying.. because of the hype I got and the comparisons everybody was like Mike gave you 48.”?

Michael Jordan – The Ultimate competitor

Michael was the heart and soul of the Bulls for his entire career there. He joined them in 1984 as a rookie and till 1998, when he left them, he was the leader of the team on the court and the face of the franchise off it.

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After losing to the Detroit Pistons consecutively, he swept them on his way to his first NBA title in 1991.

He won six championships with Bulls and six NBA Finals MVPs for his efforts. Not to mention, Chicago hasn’t gone to the NBA Finals ever since Michael left.