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Michael Jordan is without question the greatest player of all time. Only the young and misinformed would think otherwise. All who witnessed his entire career, even under the scrutinizing eye, we all realized one thing. This player, Michael Jordan is similar to Muhammad Ali. They can immitate, they can try to duplicate, the fact remains the same. Nothing compares to the original. Even those who mimmick MJ will never pull off his moves with the same level of effectiveness or efficiency. That has already been proven. Considered basketball's greatest-ever player Nicknames: His Airness, Air Jordan Cut from his Wilmington NC basketball team as a sophomore; eventually made the team and led it to state championship Won Sporting News' College Player of the Year (1983, 1984) and 1984's Naismith and Wooden awards League leader in scoring, with 10 titles (1986-1993, 1996-1998) On 2 Olympic Gold-Medal teams (1984, 1992) In 1994 retired to play minor-league baseball Bulls retired his #23 jersey when he left the game Returned to basketball in 1995 and in 1996 became one of two (along with Willis Reed) to win MVP for regular season, All-Star Game and Finals, all in one year Hosted Saturday Night Live (1991) and starred in Space Jam opposite Bugs Bunny and friends Finished his career with 32,292 points, third place in scoring, and a career average 30.12 ppg, the best in NBA history Always wore his University of N. Carolina shorts under his Bulls uniform for good luck Worked with United Negro College Fund, Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Special Olympics and America's Promise Selected to NBA's 50 All-Time Best Players (1996) 1988: playing against Utah Jazz, 6' 6" (198 cm) Jordan dunked over 6' 1" (185.4 cm), 175 lb. (80 k) John Stockton. A heckler razzed, "Why don't you dunk on somebody your own size?" In his next play, Jordan dunked again, this time on 6' 11" (210 cm), 285-lb. (129 k) center Melvin Turpin. He turned to the fan and asked, "Was he big enough?" "Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game." -- Michael Jordan "I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying." -- Michael Jordan "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." -- Michael Jordan "Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." -- Michael Jordan "Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game." -- Michael Jordan "One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." -- Michael Jordan "If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." -- Michael Jordan "Once Michael gets up there he says, 'Well, maybe I'll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.' Then all of a sudden, he says, 'Well, maybe I'll 360. No I changed my mind. I'll go up on the other side.' He's just incredible." -- Magic Johnson, on Michael Jordan's aerial artistry "That play was 'Give the ball to Michael and everyone else get the @##@#% out of the way." -- Chicago Bulls head coach Doug Collins, on "The Shot" made by Jordan that helped the Bulls beat the Cavaliers in game five of 1989's Eastern Conference First Round "You will always see MJ's influences on the game. All you need to do is turn on any NBA game and you can see how MJ influenced many players with his playing style and desire. Just watch one game with LeBron James or Kobe Bryant and you will see MJ's influences on their playing style instantly." - Bruce Blitz Kobe Bryant never has clocked his 40 yard dash because it's probably in the 4.6's. There's nothing wrong with that. I would estimate that LeBron is a 4.5 athlete. There is documentation that has LeBron between 4.5 and 4..7. For instance Cedric Benson was a high high draft pick, #4 overall and he ran a 4.6. Running a 4.6 is still pretty fast and Kobe is pretty fast. Michael Jordan is on record for running a 4.3 with Deion Sanders. Jordan had a 48" vertical Ill even go one further, this is the only guy in pro sports who reminds me of the way Jordan ran. McFadden and Jordan have similar strides. Funny that there are accounts of Jordan running a 4.2 and McFadden just ran in the high 4.2's. This guy reminds me of MJ with the way he runs: /watch?v=6ofdva1wAaU this is what Jordan's 40 yard dash looked like: /watch?v=YT01B7PSAx0
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Michael Jordan Inducted into NBA Hall of Fame, Cried Before Speech

Michael Jordan Inducted into NBA Hall of Fame, cried before speech Jordan cried before beginning his acceptance speech, then entertained the crowd with memories of any slights that inspired him to get to basketball's birthplace: The coach who cut him from the varsity as a North Carolina schoolboy. "I wanted to make sure you understood: You made a mistake, dude." Isiah Thomas, who allegedly orchestrated a "freezeout" of Jordan in his first All-Star game. "I wanted to prove to you, Magic (Johnson), Larry (Bird), George (Gervin), everybody that I deserved (to be there) just as much as anybody else, and I hope over the period of my career I've done that without a doubt." Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy - Jordan called him Pat Riley's "little guy" - who accused Jordan of "conning" players by acting friendly toward them, then attacking them in games. "I just so happen to be a friendly guy. I get along with everybody, but at the same time, when the light comes on, I'm as competitive as anybody you know." The media who said Jordan, though a great player, would never win like Bird or Johnson. "I had to listen to all that, and that put so much wood on that fire that it kept me each and every day trying to get better as a basketball player." Lastly, Utah's Bryon Russell. Jordan recalled meeting Russell while he was retired and playing minor league baseball in 1994 - and with Sloan looking on in horror - told of how Russell insisted he could have covered him if Jordan was still playing. Russell later got two cracks at Jordan in the NBA finals, and he was the defender when Jordan hit the clinching shot to win the 1998 title. "From this day forward, if I ever see him in shorts, I'm coming at him." The enshrinement ceremony took place at Springfield's Symphony Hall, because Jordan was too big for the Hall of Fame. The move to the other building allowed for a crowd of about 2,600, more than double what the Hall can accommodate. Robinson was enshrined first on Friday before a large San Antonio contingent that included teammates Tim Duncan and Avery Johnson, and coaches Larry Brown and Gregg Popovich. Stockton told the Spurs that his running mate, Karl Malone, was the best power forward, not Duncan. Stringer, the first coach to lead three different teams to the Final Four, still couldn't believe a coal miner's daughter had made it, calling it the "most unusual, unexpected thing in the world." She thanked her players "basketball daughters" - and praised her 2007 Rutgers team for the class and dignity it showed after the racially insensitive comments made by Don Imus. "I know that I stand here on the shoulders of so many," Stringer said. Sloan also thanked his players, his former coaches from high school to the NBA, and late Utah owner Larry Miller for sticking with him even during the team's bad years. "Loyalty is the No. 1 reason I'm still coaching the Jazz," Sloan said. Most of the attention was on Jordan, the five-time NBA MVP, but the others in the class are some of the most accomplished in the sport. Stockton is the career leader in assists and steals, Robinson won an MVP trophy and two titles in San Antonio, and Sloan is the only coach to win 1,000 games with one team. "Unique, unique competitors," Stockton said during the morning press conference. Fiery ones, too. Sloan, Stockton's longtime coach, told two different tales of fights he was in as a hard-nosed player for Chicago. Jordan remembered scoring around 20 points in a row late in a game to pull out a win, which was followed by a conversation with Bulls assistant Tex Winter. "Tex reminded me that there's no 'I' in team," Jordan said. "And I looked back at Tex, I said, 'There's 'I' in win.' So whichever way you want it." Jordan and Robinson were All-American college players who entered the NBA with high expectations. Sloan acknowledged he wasn't so sure about Stockton at first - and turns out, neither was Stockton. "I thought they'd figure me out pretty quickly. I thought the Jazz would figure out that they'd made a mistake, so first paycheck I saved every cent," Stockton said. "I was pretty sure I was a one-year-and-out guy." Not Jordan - who still might not be done. "One day you might look up and see me playing a game at 50," he said. "Don't laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion."
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Michael Jordan Owning and Posterizing a Prime Shaq O'Neal

Michael Jordan owning and posterizing a prime Shaq O'Neal YOU CAN'T TOP THIS!!! Owning a prime Shaq by blocking him? Shooting outside jumpers over him? Juking him with subtle moves inside? Spinning away from his oncoming trap so fast he can't recover? Dunking on Shaq as Jordan nutchecks Shaq. Jordan does a few nasty acrobatic shots after contact with Shaq too. Also see Shaq try to injure Michael Jordan with a cheap shot and the usual "huh?". Shaq just blatantly elbows Michael Jordan in this video. The only way you could top this is by showing your favorite player owning Wilt on multiple plays. Everyone gets beat, we've even seen some of the greats look like average humans when they aged. Nobody has ever abused opponents as often, or the way Michael Jordan did. This is a response to the video posted where Shaq got lucky and he blocked one of Michael Jordan's shots. Michael Jordan is without question the greatest player of all time. Only the young and misinformed would think otherwise. All who witnessed his entire career, even under the scrutinizing eye, we all realized one thing. This player, Michael Jordan is similar to Muhammad Ali. They can immitate, they can try to duplicate, the fact remains the same. Nothing compares to the original. Even those who mimmick MJ will never pull off his moves with the same level of effectiveness or efficiency. That has already been proven. Considered basketball's greatest-ever player Nicknames: His Airness, Air Jordan Cut from his Wilmington NC basketball team as a sophomore; eventually made the team and led it to state championship Won Sporting News' College Player of the Year (1983, 1984) and 1984's Naismith and Wooden awards League leader in scoring, with 10 titles (1986-1993, 1996-1998) On 2 Olympic Gold-Medal teams (1984, 1992) In 1994 retired to play minor-league baseball Bulls retired his #23 jersey when he left the game Returned to basketball in 1995 and in 1996 became one of two (along with Willis Reed) to win MVP for regular season, All-Star Game and Finals, all in one year Hosted Saturday Night Live (1991) and starred in Space Jam opposite Bugs Bunny and friends Finished his career with 32,292 points, third place in scoring, and a career average 30.12 ppg, the best in NBA history Always wore his University of N. Carolina shorts under his Bulls uniform for good luck Worked with United Negro College Fund, Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Special Olympics and America's Promise Selected to NBA's 50 All-Time Best Players (1996) 1988: playing against Utah Jazz, 6' 6" (198 cm) Jordan dunked over 6' 1" (185.4 cm), 175 lb. (80 k) John Stockton. A heckler razzed, "Why don't you dunk on somebody your own size?" In his next play, Jordan dunked again, this time on 6' 11" (210 cm), 285-lb. (129 k) center Melvin Turpin. He turned to the fan and asked, "Was he big enough?" "Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game." -- Michael Jordan "I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying." -- Michael Jordan "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." -- Michael Jordan "Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." -- Michael Jordan "Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game." -- Michael Jordan "One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." -- Michael Jordan "If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." -- Michael Jordan "Once Michael gets up there he says, 'Well, maybe I'll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.' Then all of a sudden, he says, 'Well, maybe I'll 360. No I changed my mind. I'll go up on the other side.' He's just incredible." -- Magic Johnson, on Michael Jordan's aerial artistry "That play was 'Give the ball to Michael and everyone else get the @##@#% out of the way." -- Chicago Bulls head coach Doug Collins, on "The Shot" made by Jordan that helped the Bulls beat the Cavaliers in game five of 1989's Eastern Conference First Round "You will always see MJ's influences on the game. All you need to do is turn on any NBA game and you can see how MJ influenced many players with his playing style and desire. Just watch one game with LeBron James or Kobe Bryant and you will see MJ's influences on their playing style instantly." - Bruce Blitz This is a showcase of MJ, not a player comparison.
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TIME IN THE MINORS: Movie Trailer

Every year in June approximately 1500 new players out of high school and college are chosen from the amateur baseball draft and sent to play in the minor leagues. Trying to make it in the fiercely competitive world of professional baseball can make or break you. TIME IN THE MINORS documents the lives and passionate dreams of two minor league players on their arduous journey to becoming Major League Baseball players. John Drennen (19), a High School All-American from San Diego, California was selected in the first round of the 2005 amateur baseball draft by the Cleveland Indians and offered a one million dollar signing bonus. 2006 will mark John's first full season in professional baseball. Tony Schrager (28), a 1998 and 6th-round draft pick out of Omaha, Nebraska is an 8-year veteran of the minor leagues. The 2006 season may be Tony's last shot to make it. What's it like trying to make it to the Major Leagues? Follow each player from pre-season and beyond through the ups and downs of a life in professional baseball, and the dream that keeps their hopes alive.
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Astros Up and Coming

Director of player developement for the Houston Astros, Ricky Bennett, updates us on the developement of his minor league players.
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