The real representative figure of the first generation of the NBA, the ring king Russell, led the team to win 11 championships, a complete era.
In the twenty or thirty years since then, although ancient gods such as Chamberlain, Abbad, and the magician have appeared, Russell has always been an unbridgeable mountain.
Until the emergence of Jordan, it was not until the emergence of Jordan that a new generation of NBA representative figures was officially established, and the fundamental reason was not that Jordan surpassed Russell, but that the dynasty changed, and twenty or thirty years was just a generation, who was the first person in history, and there was no voice of the past generation.
In the twenty or thirty years after Jordan, Jordan must also be an unbridgeable mountain, because this generation has formed a consensus that Jordan is the god of basketball, so in this cycle, no matter what kind of character appears, it can only be infinitely close to Jordan and cannot be completely surpassed, because this is the overall will of a generation.
If you want to surpass, you can only wait for this generation to withdraw from the stage of history as a whole; Kobe, James, and Jordan cannot be clearly said who is stronger, but who is the first person in history is an indisputable topic, and who says that surpassing Jordan will get the collective opposition of an entire generation, because the periodic table of dynasties has not yet gone.
Surpassing Jordan is not a problem of surpassing from honor, but a problem of replacing the position of benchmark figures, not necessarily in honor to surpass, honor is not enough may also be surpassed, honor exceeded may not be able to surpass. If it's honor, then Jordan can't surpass Russell's eleven championships.
Jordan has been retired for nearly 20 years, and after this generation of rising stars who have just entered the alliance has grown up, the periodic table of the dynasty has just finished, then the representative figures of this generation may replace Jordan's position.
For example, today's Jaylen Green, with a pioneering style of play, a strong personal color, and at the same time has a certain leadership charm, if you get enough achievements to support, then "beyond Jordan" is possible to achieve, here transcendence refers to the new generation of benchmarks re-established.
From Russell to Jordan is a cycle, from Jordan to now is also a cycle, depending on who can become the new face of the league, throughout this generation of new stars, Jaylen Green has a greater future, and he has more potential to become a superhero.
Bill Russell was born on February 12, 1934, Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, and Jaylen Green was born on February 9, 2002, all three were born in the season when everything was first opened, representing their pioneering power, and I hope that Jaylen Green can bring a different legend.