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Originally posted by THE Franta:
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Originally posted by La Machine:
To all haters...

Michael Jordan is the reason basketball still has a wide fan base, both nationally and internationally, and has not sunk to the status hockey is in right now.

Fucking Period.

I don;t care how much you like, dislike him, whatever. A one-man economic boom like that does NOT get ignored.

Now on the flipside, I think he's going to leave this season. Yes, he may still have it in him for one more, but I don't think he would stay in it unless he had a realistic shot at another title, and the Wizards just have too many steps to take. So in the meantime,
Fuck Jerry Krause for robbing the best all-round player of the game of three years of his prime career. [you sunnuva...]
Big fucking deal...he generated interest in a sport.....
when he cures cancer develops a plan for world peace or hell donates half of his fortune to charity...then Ill be impressed.
Excuse me.....???
Uhh....what have YOU done in your life? Cure cancer? What the hell kind of standard are you holding for people?

What Jordan did was monumental. He saved MANY MANY people's careers and etched a place for the modern black man in the multi-million dollar world. Without him there wouldn't be Magic's success as an entrepeneur, hence there wouldn't be Arsenio, hence no Hammer, hence no Puff Daddy, hence no BET, hence no .....whatever the name is of the guy who just bought the Charlotte franchise.....on and on. If you don't think that's impressive, or worth anything, you have incredibly incorrect values.

And just so you know, Jordan donated all of his salary these past two seasons to the WTC fund. He has NO source of income from basketball right now, so he's playing the game out of his own pocket, which I think is respectful at least.