In the beginning years of Jordan playing in the NBA, he had some trouble adjusting to the NBA style of defense. He was not a strong straight up defender, and he often took too many chances on defense trying to get steals. The criticism he received from outside watchers motivated him to practice and to become better. In the 1987-1988 season, Jordan’s efforts on defense paid off. He not only led the league in steals, but he also led the Bulls in blocked shots (Haung 1). His defensive power was so dominating that he won the defensive player of the year award, along with the season MVP. Jordan proved to everyone that he was not just a scoring machine but a great defender as well. LeBron, on the other hand, is a decent defensive player but not
Michael Jeffrey Jordan was his full name. MJ was his nickname, he was known as the man that changed the game of basketball forever and nobody knew that even when he was in high school that he would grow to be the best player to ever play the game. Michael was influenced by his older brother, his brother was much bigger and stronger than him, but Michael made it his goal that eventually one day that he would be better than him, Michael was cut by his high school coach twice, and wouldn’t make the team until his senior year, where he completely changed the game and was unrealistic the way he could dunk it and dribble, and as well shoot the ball. Michael attended the University Of North Carolina. That is when the nation took notice that he was
Michael Jordan is a better defender. Michael Jordan was elected to 9 all-defensive teams while LeBron has only been elected to 6, (LandOfBasketball). If you are elected to an all defensive team, you are one of the top 15 defenders out of the whole NBA (National Basketball Association) that season. MIchael Jordan has a total of 2,514 steals and 893 blocks compared to LeBron’s 1,839 steals and 874 blocks. Steals and blocks are two of the most important parts of defence.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born on February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player. He was considered responsible for popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
“Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often an illusion,” said Michael Jordan, basketball legend [goodreads.com.] He has many more fabulous quotes, but I am going to give you even better reasons. I am presenting the Best NBA player ever award, and this is why Michael Jordan should get this amazing award.
Michael Jordan entered the NBA in 1984 as a third overall pick. Leaving college early to pursue his career, Jordan was picked up by the bulls, one of the worst teams in the league. Michael had received Rookie of the year and helped the Bulls reach the playoffs. Michael grew up playing many sports, but his two favorite were basketball and baseball. In high school, he tried out for the boys varsity basketball team. He did not make varsity but got bumped down to Junior Varsity. He has influenced the lives of many around the world by his fashion, his kind heart, and the influence of the world around him.
Early in Michael Jordan's career, it did not seem like he was going to become the greatest of all time. (Reynolds) Yet his stats in the beginning of his career was not as good as his stats in the middle of his career, that's mostly because he was in the gym/Training Center working with Trainer Tim Grover on his core because Michael needed to work on his skills defending near the rim, Muscle Prodigy says. Michael Jordan was required to do medicine ball exercises in order to help his core in the paint.[Reynolds] His rookie year, he had 28.2 points per game and 5.4 assists per game. His points in practice started to increase and as he was improving he needed a new trainer so they hired Tim Grover that was his trainer for the rest of his career and that explains why in 1985
Jordan and James have accomplished many things as an individual and they both took their teams to the next level. They both won the NBA rookie of the year and the NBA all-rookie first team. Lebron is a two time all NBA second team, while Michael only accomplished 1. Michael is a five time NBA most valuable player to Lebron’s two. Michael also was a 14 time time NBA all-star to Lebron’s seven. Lebron was only a NBA scoring champion once, Michael is a ten time NBA scoring champion and three time NBA scoring champion. Since Lebron didn’t go to college he never experience college basketball and to mature his game for the pros like Michael Jordan did, and Michael got many awards while playing for North Carolina. He was awarded twice the consensus NCAA all American first team and led North Carolina to two championships. Michael is also included in a nine time all defensive first team, but Lebron was included only three times. Michael even won two gold medals from the Olympic Games.
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest basketball players to ever play the game, on and off of the court. Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 17, 1963. After he was born, he and his family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, and he grew up there as a child and a young adult (“Michael Jordan”). His father worked at a General Electric plant as a supervisor. Jordan was raised in a family who only knew working hard and playing sport, but Jordan could never keep steady hours at work because of his dedication to basketball and baseball (Kram; Parks).
Jordan burst into the league as a rookie sensation scoring in droves with an unmatchable first step and acrobatic drives and dunks and concluded his career as a cultural icon. Hard work, dedication, and the desire
His team the Chicago Bulls was an elite powerhouse in the National Basketball Association. The Chicago Bulls won six championships during this time period; all being contributed to Jordan magical ball skills. Jordan made every player around him look like superstars. His ability to make plays would pull defenders from other players would allow them to score with ease. In my opinion Jordan is the greatest player of all time because of his clutch performances in title games. Jordan’s ability to score when the game on the line; has not yet been replicated. LeBron on the other hand has won several championships himself. LeBron won 3 of the 7 championship series he has played in. In my opinion LeBron is the second best player to ever play the game. Jordan won every single championship series; he played; while LeBron has only won 3 of the 7. My deciding factor in choosing Jordan over LeBron comes from their decisions off the
Basketball is a sport that only a select few can be really good at. Michael Jordan was the best of the best. Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles and was named finals MVP all six times, he was named to 10 All-NBA first teams, and won the NBA’s MVP 5 times. His college career led him to a great NBA career. He impacted many people with his unwillingness to quit.
Now If you were to walk to to “Sir Altitude’s” trophy room you would see shelves covered in awards and accolades he has won for his fantastic offensive dominance. Basketball is not only a game of scoring but it’s a game of defense also. There is a popular saying, “defense wins championships” and that philosophy seemed to work for Michael Jordan. There were a lot of great players in the 90s but what set MJ apart from the rest were his defensive abilities. Michael Jeffrey Jordan was named all NBA defensive first team (meaning he was a top 5 defender in the league) 9 times throughout his illustrious career. That is the NBA record along with only a few others. Not bad for the most dominant scorer in history. Mike’s coach through all his championships, Phil Jackson, said this about Jordan’s defense. “No question, Michael was a tougher, more intimidating defender. He could break through virtually any screen and shut down almost any player with his intense, laser-focused style of defense” (Jackson). Phil knew, because of his coaching experience with Michael, that he could literally lock down the opponent’s biggest threat night in and night out. The argument has been made that Kobe Bryant is the greatest to ever play because of his defensive accomplishments along with his athletic prowess. The two biggest things that separate these two greats are, Michael won five
Introduction Michael Jordan wrote, “I wanted to impress my teammates, my coaches, the owners, everybody. I wanted them to say, “This kid is special. This kid has the right mind, the right skills, the right motivation” (Jordan, 1998, p. 20). Michael Jordan created his own shoe brand, used persistence to innovate ways to overcome being cut from the varsity team, and illuminated the world by eventually making it into the NBA. Create Even though Michael Jordan was a famous basketball player, he still had to work hard to get to that point.
The new theoretical perspective, accessibility-attribution model, is a more flexible and malleable variant of the prior affect-as-information model (Isbell et al., 2013, Isbell & Lair, 2013). As this new model illustrates, one’s affective states confer value on any currently accessible cognitions (Clore & Robinson, 2014). More specifically, positive affective states assign positive value, so serve as a “go” sign, to those available thoughts and inclinations, while negative affective states assign negative value, and therefore represent a “stop” sign, to those accessible cognitions.
To be an effective leader, it is essential to have great leadership traits. On the other hand, nobody is perfect so you may have some leadership qualities that could use some improvement. A good leader should have traits to lead in all different situations. I personally have many leadership traits that are transferable and can be used in many different situations. I also have skills that can be worked on to improve. I will work towards this to make myself a better and more effective leader.