Originally Posted by 007:
I'll loving reliving all those moments. What a great team to watch.
My earliest sports memories are watching Marcus Allen goal line touchdown leaps and watching the Bulls-Jazz series. Jordan's impact on the childhoods of my generation was monumental. Our earliest memories of television are seeing his Gatorade and shoe commercials. Perhaps our first live-action movie in theaters was Space Jam. We watched with our fathers the games he played. We spent our allowance money on getting his basketball cards. We begged our parents for Jordans. The only place we couldn't find Jordan's presence in our lives was the NBA Jam video game.
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
Back in the 80's and 90's, I wasn't into college or NBA basketball, other than being a casual observer, until maybe Jordan's final season with the Bulls. The only thing I knew about him, other than quitting the Bulls for AA ball, was that he was biggest sports star in the world, with his face absolutely everywhere.
From an outsider's point of view, it's an interesting look into "greatness" and after watching 8 episodes, he's not unlike people in other categories of fame, whether it's the "greatest" actor in the world or the "greatest" singer or guitarist in the world - they're all pretty much what I would consider, assholes.
For whatever reason, our society frowns upon everyday people acting like assholes but if you're "great" at or in something, it's waved off. It's an interesting phenomena...
As Catherine the Great said "winners can't be judged."
I don't agree with it. There have been great people who aren't assholes but in today's world, as long as you win you can get away with anything.
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