Many people say that the 80s belonged to Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, the 90s belonged to Jordan, in fact, Jordan has become the face of the league in the 1987-88 season, that year, he won almost all personal honors: scoring king, steal king, All-Star ticket king, All-Star MVP, dunk championship, double one, DPOY, MVP, the difference is a Grand Slam.
At this time, Jordan has been recognized as the strongest player in the league, the hottest star, why jordan has only played for 3 years, has become the NBA façade?
First of all, it has to be strong, you think about it, a rookie just entered the NBA, he exploded more than 28 points, into the top three of the scoring list, and he is not the kind of inefficient brush type player, purely relying on the number of shots, his shooting rate has exceeded 5, James and Durant's rookie season, the shooting rate is only 40% ah, scoring only 20 points.
The first year is like this, then the second year can not fly? Dramatically, he just played 3 games in the new season when he fractured his left foot. As a result, the veterans of the alliance looked expected, "The young man is still too young, your fierce and brutal and desperate fighting style of playing every game cannot last, and it is only a matter of time before you are injured." ”
Just when some people thought that Jordan was just a flash in the pan, he came back, the strength did not drop but rose, brushed down the 63-point playoff historical scoring record, cut the average of 37 points against the sky solo show, the whole league trembled, no one could prevent him. This level of shock, you can imagine a 3rd grader today, Leonard can't prevent it, Holliday can't prevent it, Simmons can't prevent it, Alphabet Brother can't prevent it, any type of defensive master can't limit him, horror is not terrifying.
Jordan is known as the "flying man", flying in the sky, playing vigorously, rushing the basket fiercely, like an eagle in the air, like a panther on the ground, and the defenders just can't catch it.
And Jordan, this person, has been carving out the ball skills. At the beginning, the media said that he shot badly, and within two years, he became a master of shooting; then someone criticized him for not being able to defend, and he responded with a DPOY the next year; then someone jumped out and said he could not lead his teammates, and he immediately "brushed" out 7 consecutive triple-doubles, leading the team to 6 consecutive wins.
As for how he brushed out 3 doubles, simple, between games, from time to time to find a scorekeeper to ask their own data, what is missing, for players of this level, as long as they want to brush 3 doubles, it is a matter of what.
In addition to the increasingly superb skills, Jordan played hard, before the first retirement, except for the second year of injury, he played almost 82 games a year, with an average of less than 1 miss per year, which is a model worker.
Not only that, But Jordan is extremely good at pleasing fans. Almost every game is in 100% form, never fooling around, as long as there is a chance to perform, he will definitely come to a cool dunk. So he is playing more and more beautiful, more and more beautiful, which is also the source of this.
In addition, Jordan is quite handsome and handsome, beautiful in shape, well-spoken, and has an excellent public image.
What kind of existence does such a player exist?
It's like a guy, with a body that's more explosive and bigger than Westbrook, with sharper breakouts than Wade, with a more robust mid-range shot than Kobe, with a more graceful dunk than Carter, with a more bloodthirsty head-to-head than Durant, with a more popularity than James, with a more handsome face than Love.
So, he started all-star in his first year, finished second in the All-Star vote after playing just 3 games the second year, became the all-star vote king in the third year, and then dominated the list until his first retirement.
In addition to the All-Star vote, his sneaker contract can also reflect how popular he is. In the early 1980s, the commercial value of the players was very average, and the annual shoe endorsement contract was only tens of thousands of dollars, and the highest at the time, Abdul-Jabbar, was only $100,000 a year. But Jordan, the rookie signed a five-year, $2.5 million sneaker contract, which is simply a sky-high price.
What's even more amazing is that his sneaker sales reached more than $120 million in the first year, and Nike's target at that time was 3 million in 4 years.
Within two years, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, Wilson and other large brands, all used Jordan to shoot advertisements to promote their products, he was simply red, highly sought after by the media, he became a medium-sized, handsome, vigorous, articulate, charismatic, talented, approachable, but also a little bit of a bad temperament of the world star.
By this time, he had crossed the field beyond basketball itself, and his personal image represented the NBA. Of course, the magician was still extremely dissatisfied with this, after all, he was the first person in the league at that time, but it was far less powerful than Jordan's influence.
Even if he has not yet won the championship, Jordan has been sought after as the number one in the world.
Later, James also learned, this is based on a strong flow of momentum, this strategy, perhaps the earliest derived from Sun Tzu's art of war, the so-called stadium such as the battlefield, playing ball can not only play, but also need a military division, advice, pointing out the country, may be durant's long-term second reason.