Before Michael Jordan became a champion and a legend, he was Air Jordan - the most spectacular player we will ever see. In this early Rookie game he would face Dr. J in his twilight and another sen...
Before Michael Jordan became a champion and a legend, he was Air Jordan - the most spectacular player we will ever see. In this early Rookie game he would face Dr. J in his twilight and another sensational rookie - Charles Barkley. In addition to Julius Erving, the Sixers were loaded with even more awesome legends like Moses Malone and Maurice Cheeks and would go on to win 58 games that year. But MJ as usual stole the show with his incredible athletic abilities as a young pup.
In this game, MJ scored a 'modest' 31 on 9-16 shooting and grabbed 6 boards and dished 5 assists. But the Air Jordan show was in full form with one jaw-dropping move after another. This was an era when MJ would produce so many moves, one game would fill an entire night's worth of highlights - whether he scored 10 points or 50 points. As Magic said, "Even if he scored just one bucket, it could be the most amazing move you'd ever seen and you'd jump out of your seat in disbelief."
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I know that you have said that if Doc were playing in the current era he would be a bigger media sensation that anybody, including Jordan."
Williams: "Oh, yeah. If he were coming along today in his prime, the LeBrons and the Kobes and the Jordans would be second page stuff. Julius would be Tiger Woods-ish; he would be at a level of focus and clamor and gawking like nobody else. As good as these guys are, they just don't have his flair. They don't have his flair."
Williamsgeneral manager of 1 nba team: "Yeah, except that LeBron probably is even more ferocious because he is so much bigger. What is he, 6-9? Julius was 6-6. LeBron is like 270; Julius was nowhere near that, so LeBron is probably even more physically imposing but, yeah, there are some similarities--minus the Afro (that Erving had in his prime). I think that the Afro had a lot to do with Julius' persona in those days. That just added to the mystique, the way that he wore his hair.
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what does clutch EXACTLY... mean????
Williams: "Oh, yeah. If he were coming along today in his prime, the LeBrons and the Kobes and the Jordans would be second page stuff. Julius would be Tiger Woods-ish; he would be at a level of focus and clamor and gawking like nobody else. As good as these guys are, they just don't have his flair. They don't have his flair."