The NBA has been established for 75 years, and a lot of superstars have been born, but Jordan can firmly occupy the position of the first person, and this status is recognized by the media, players, fans three different groups, which is a rare phenomenon in the sports world. So what exactly did Jordan do to the extreme, making him the first of the stars? Let's analyze it.
▼ Do not hold together to establish two dynasties
Today's NBA is a clique, which can better reflect the difficulty of Jordan leading the Bulls to complete two dynasties. When Jordan first joined the Bulls, the team was poor, and Pippen arrived after a few seasons, and Pippen's initial level was very common, and it was gradually growing to become a star.
Aside from Pippen, Jordan's Bulls career has no other star-level helpers, whether it's Grant, Parsons, Rodman, Kukoc, these are excellent role players, but not enough star level. Jordan's helpers are shabby compared to the current first-class stars.
▼ Short service is still as honorable as there are many
In the ranks of top stars, Jordan's NBA service is not very long, at first glance Jordan played 15 seasons, but in fact, Jordan played 2 seasons in the Wizards at the end of his career, and he came back at the end of the regular season in 1995, and most of the season when he was injured in the second grade, and the complete Bulls career was only 11 years.
It is in these 11 seasons that Jordan has won 10 scoring champions (only the rookie season is not), 10 first-time one-time, 9 first-defense, 6 championships, 5 MVPs, 6 FMVPs, the efficiency of this honor is unmatched, all the great stars who have worked longer than Jordan, no one has been close to Jordan's honor so far.
▼ The harder the game, the better
Zhang Weiping, a director familiar to fans, once said why Jordan is the strongest in history, because Jordan's playoff performance is better than regular season performance, and the finals performance is better than the playoff performance. The more difficult the game, the better Jordan played, and this kind of performance that did not drop but rose was unmatched.
▼ Dominance in adversity
In competitive sports, it is often adversity that can see the color of the stars. If you encounter difficulties and choose to retreat or bypass, it is bound to be impossible to convince everyone, but Jordan's dominance in the face of adversity is the only existence in the history of the NBA, taking the last crown in 98 as an example, Jordan is almost a single-core leader to complete the summit.
The Bulls were old that season, with Pippen suffering a very serious back injury, stopping and playing, almost missing half of the games, and when he played the finals, he gritted his teeth and even had to be treated on the sidelines during the break.
In addition, Rodman's decline is also very obvious, the offensive end is close to zero effect, the defensive pace has become slow, the single defense inside effect is acceptable, but the assistant defense is no longer the courage of the year, the best rebounding has become mediocre in the playoffs, and the finals were completely exploded by Malone, almost becoming the sinner of the Bulls losing the crown.
The rest of the Bulls players, except for Kukoc, who can score steadily, have not scored 10 points. The 35-year-old Jordan took such a lineup, step by step to the finals, and after the sixth game dedicated to stealing Malone, it can be said that for any other star, the Bulls could not win the championship that season.
▼ The defensive end never slackens
Many stars begin to save physical energy on the defensive end and leave more energy on the offensive end after getting older, which is still the top level from the data alone, but in fact, the influence on the game has declined.
But jordan is not like this, he was 33 years old when he returned in 1995, but he never slackened off on the defensive end, completing the honor of scoring champion, one team, one defense for three consecutive seasons, and working at both ends of the attack and defense at the same time.
It is this kind of play without loopholes that allows the Bulls to have a set of airtight defensive systems, just imagine, if Jordan, as the core of the team, saves physical energy on the defensive end, how can the teammates around them still defend with all their strength?
Scoring and assisting on the offensive end does make the stats look better, and defensive laziness is indeed difficult to reflect at the data level, but the team's record does not lie. If you only look at your own data, regardless of the team's record, what is the practical value of such personal data? Jordan's spirit of victory would never allow him to do so.
To sum up, Jordan's career honor history is the most, which can conquer media reporters; his technical ability is comprehensive, and his peak dominance is full of admiration for his peers; his desire to win and willpower in adversity have infected fans, so Jordan is recognized as the first person in NBA history.