Jordan is recognized as the first person in NBA history, the lowest decade of dominating the league at the peak, before him, no one can do a hand to cover the sky, only Jordan alone reached this level! From Russell and Chamberlain, the two great masters of the ancients, the big bird and the magician, the black and white, to Jordan, who completely ruled an era with ten scoring kings and two dynasties.
So after Jordan retired, did the NBA star ever be the "first man"? The so-called "first person", in addition to enough honors, the league's influence, commercial value, and worldwide fans, are all consideration standards, if according to this standard, after Jordan, the NBA has been the "first person", and there are only 2 people in the full play.
The first is O'Neill, the three-game period is a veritable King's Landing, if O'Fat was born ten years early, Jordan's status will be affected, in the first few years of the new century to crush others The dominance is unparalleled, and other centers in the same position are simply several notches behind him.
Although Kobe Bryant was very strong at the same time as O'Neill, the first man was far-fetched, because his personal performance period and honor harvest period were staggered, winning 5 crowns, the first 3 crowns were O'Neill's home, and the last 2 crowns Gasol, Odom and Bainum were dominant.
Bryant saw himself as Jordan, but the Lakers were not the system the Bulls had then. Even the strongest team will let him break up on his own. Let him go to the team that took James, and the Finals floor could not be touched. This also caused Kobe Bryant's controversy to be bigger, some people think he can be in the top five, some people think he is ten years away, but the Slovaks are dead, if you think he is the first person, then he is.
The second is James, in 2010 or so after ten years, the first person in the league is James, he is the Finals weather vane, maybe you will say that he is only in the East, but on the field of influence, more than a decade of domination of the East, you can not find anyone to match him. Curry has a great influence on basketball and the way the entire league plays, but the dominance of the game is not as good as James.
Throughout James' career, ten finals show the strength of his personal ability. So to consider comprehensively, I will still choose James as the first person, he is not only excellent in all skills, good character is also outstanding, he should be the highest goal that all players should learn and work hard for, James, the second person in history is basically uncontroversial.
I can't even have Jordan standing behind him. Basketball has developed to this day, and its technical tactics, intensity, and personal ability have improved a lot compared to Jordan's era. Jordan's self-discipline and strength training are much worse than James's, and Jordan is at the poker table when James is training. Just like our first generation of world champions Zhuang Zedong, Li Furong and today's Zhang Jike and Ma Long, they may not win a game, everything is developing.
In short, Jordan can be called the first person after that, basically James and O'Neal. As for other superstars who are also very powerful, such as Jabbar who can compete with O'Neill for the first center in history, because that era is too far away, we can't get a feel for the atmosphere of that time.
But in fact, Jabbar is not so strong, the important reason is that the fmvp is not enough, Jabbar has a long time with the magician team (which is also magician honor is very strong but also can not become recognized as the second in history), the stability is very strong but not as impressive as Jordan O'Neill.
Another example is the first striker in history, Duncan, is not the first person, like Marlon, Buckley, Garnett, Nowitzki, which one is not strong in personal strength, which one is what he can hold. Among them, Karmalong can compete with Jordan for the scoring king, MVP, championship, 35 years old can also get the MVP, he and Jordan's career coincide, his strength is not afraid of the four centers, long career, high attendance, high standards of stability, these aspects are far better than Duncan.
It is the Spurs who have made Duncan, it is the teammates who have achieved the height of Duncan's honor and status, Duncan's honor can enter the top 8 in history, but his personal strength really can't get into the top 30, and his whole career has never ruled any star or team with a single strength, without a little bit of Jordan, O'Neal, Kobe, James, and even the domineering of Malone, Iverson, Olajuwon, Curry, Durant, etc., his low-key is just not enough strength and undertone.