... and six finals Most Valuable Player awards. This, and many other reasons, is why I know that Michael Jordan is and always will be the best player to ever step onto an NBA basketball court. Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, after his dad finished schooling, about a year later his family moved ... game. These numbers are just too much to argue with. Some of Jordan's other accolades, besides the scoring title, are pretty amazing by themselves. Michael Jordan has been voted to start in twelve All-Star games, and won the MVP three times. Jordan was on the Olympic team the first ...

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... drafted to the NBA right out of high school. Kobe Bryant is an excellent basketball player, but he is not better than Michael Jordan for the fact that Jordan led his team to six NBA championships, the center of the Chicago Bulls offense as well as the leading scorer, and has ... one of the number one selling tennis shoe companies in America. In the 1984 NBA Draft, Michael Jordan was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the No. 3 overall pick. This was after seeing Jordan perform a wonderful three years in North Carolina and co-captain and star of the Olympic basketball team ... game avera...

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... he came back mid-season. He began his first season playing career with the Sycamores in 1976 and emerged a national collegiate start soon after. (Michael Goodman, pg 21-25) Bird soon began being scouted by almost every NBA time that existed during his college career. The one team that ... interest in Bird was the Boston Celtics. Bird was a tough bargainer, and before he would sign with any team Bird demanded for a lot of money (Michael Goodman, pg 25). It took a lot of time, but the Celtics finally signed Bird on June 8, 1979 with a contract of $3,250,000. It ... was very pleased beca...

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... did was built a consistent winning team around a megastar. After he was named head coach he changed the whole teams style, which was give to Michael and let him score. This bad coaching style was given to the team by the ex coach Collins. Coach Collins once said his philosophy was ... to "Give the ball to Michael and get out the way."- (Collins) This all changed once Jackson was named the head coach. Jackson designed complex offensive and defensive game plan that actually enhanced Jordan's greatness by making his teammates better players. Jackson brought his work ... the leagues. His pro...

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... he came back mid-season. He began his first season playing career with the Sycamores in 1976 and emerged a national collegiate start soon after. (Michael Goodman, pg 21-25) Bird soon began being scouted by almost every NBA time that existed during his college career. The one team that ... interest in Bird was the Boston Celtics. Bird was a tough bargainer, and before he would sign with any team Bird demanded for a lot of money (Michael Goodman, pg 25). It took a lot of time, but the Celtics finally signed Bird on June 8, 1979 with a contract of $3,250,000. It ... was very pleased beca...

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... . One of the best guards in the game is Kobe Bryant; one of the comparisons that is often brought up is the similarities between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. As young players, both Bryant and Jordan shared explosive dunks, drive and determination to win, and the ability to make other players around him a lot better. Kobe Bryant entered the league at the age ... his team the best, Bryant knew that his play would draw more attention to him and he began to distribute the basketball to his teammates more. In comparison, Michael Jordan had an unmatched will to be the best of all-time. Comi...

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... . One of the best guards in the game is Kobe Bryant; one of the comparisons that is often brought up is the similarities between Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. As young players, both Bryant and Jordan shared explosive dunks, drive and determination to win, and the ability to make other players around him a lot better. Kobe Bryant entered the league at the age ... his team the best, Bryant knew that his play would draw more attention to him and he began to distribute the basketball to his teammates more. In comparison, Michael Jordan had an unmatched will to be the best of all-time. Comi...

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... the other side of the court, there stood Kobe Bryant. Kobe is a shooting guard for the Lakers (Sportsline.com) and has led the team with ability to execute shots like Michael Jordan did in his era. Kobe Bryant skipped college and went on to the pro after high school (Sportsline.com). At a young age, he began to learn about the higher game ... 1990s, the Chicago Bulls won the world championship six times with record-breaking numbers. The astonishment leadership by Phil Jackson was a tremendous help to win the titles (Williams). Of course, Michael Jordan was the half part of the team sinc...

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