The 1st King of JerkishBehavior: Michael Jordan
Where do I begin with the greatest basketball player ever? Ever since the I first time I watched him play back in '91, I wanted to be just like Mike. From being 6'6, long shorts, black/red calf sleeve, playing in the NBA, and mimicked his every move on the court. I never grew to be 6'6 or play in the NBA but being just like Mike in still ingrained in my DNA from trying to be the best every time step out the house, never giving up even if at first you don't succeed, and always being the best dressed while wearing the freshest kicks possible. I adopted all of these traits because MJ changed the game of basketball on and off the court. He had two different eras of dominance, one where he was the best athlete on the floor who dunked on everybody and did air defying reverse layups. While the 2nd era was where he had the most unstoppable shot in the game with the fade away jumper and was the most clutch player ever. And if anybody dared said that someone was in his class of greatness, he made it his number one goal to disprove that notion and show he is in a league all by himself. He changed the game off the court by taking a small niche company in Nike and turned it into the #1 shoe company in the world which became a multi-billion dollar corporation. "Air Jordan's" are the still most sought after and recognizable shoes out today and Mike retired from basketball in 2004. So when you think of Michael Jordan, you automatically think of being the best and that's why Michael Jordan is a 1st King of JerkishBehavior.
5 JerkishBehavior Moments
1. Michael Jordan retired from basketball (1st time) while being the best player in the world in his prime after winning 3 championships in a row for my hometown Chicago Bulls to go play professional baseball (a sport he hadn't played since he was a kid) because he was bored with being the best ever. Who does that? >>
2. Michael Jordan single-handedly stopped multiple Hall of Famers from (Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Patrick Ewing, Reggie Miller) winning a championship and had no problem reminding them of this fact whenever they played. He led the only non-dominant center dynasty in NBA history (think about it).>>
3. In 1993, a rookie for the Washington Bullets named LaBradford Smith had the game of his life and scored 37 pts on Mike. Mike was so upset and embarrassed that some no-name kid gave him buckets that he told his teammates that he was going to get all 37 points that Labradford scored on him in the 1st half next time they played (which coincidentally was the next night). Next night at the end of the 1st half, Michael Jordan drops 36 on LaBradford Smith WOW can you say G.O.A.T. >>
4. One time while playing for the Washington Wizards after practice, Michael Jordan was shooting buckets for cash Richard Hamilton and was losing. Doug Collins (the coach at the time) said the bus is about to leave, lets go. Mike's response was "They'll wait" so he kept shooting for dollars until he was winning and of course, the bus was still there waiting. What a Jerk!!!>>
5. The story of Michael Jordan getting cut from his high school's varsity team as a sophomore always amazing me. Why? Because no one trips in that the varsity team is only meant for junior's and senior's while he tried to make as a sophomore so him getting cut shouldn't have been that big of a deal but not for Michael Jordan. He wanted to play at the highest level or nothing else even at an early age. Now thats some JerkishBehavior!!!
Original JerkishBehavior Run Date: 11/30/2009
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