Barkley On Jordan

Position:
Guard
Birth Date: February 17, 1963 (age 46)
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Height6'6" (2.0 m)
Weight216 lbs. (97.85 kg)
College: North Carolina
Experience15 years
Jersey: 23
All-Star Selections: 14
All-NBA Selections: 11 (10 1st-team)
MVP Awards: 5
NBA Championships: 6

Michael Jordan is a Hall of Fame shooting guard who played in the NBA from 1984 to 2003 for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. Winner of five regular-season MVP awards, he is widely considered the best basketball player ever to play in the NBA. Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles, and was voted the Finals MVP a record six times. Michael Jordan scored more points per game than any player in NBA history, with a 30.1 average, and his 32,292 career points scored rank as the third-most in NBA history. His career postseason scoring average of 33.5 points is also the best in NBA history.

Michael Jordan was a 14-time All-Star, averaging 20.2 points per All-Star game, and became the only player to ever record a triple-double in an All-Star Game when he achieved the feat in 1997. He was named Defensive Player of the Year in 1988, and was on the All-Defensive First Team nine times. Michael Jordan also held the record for consecutive games scoring in double-digits (866). In 1996, Jordan was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.

Michael Jordan became a world-famous star as his Bulls kept winning, and he kept scoring. He graced the cover of countless magazines, including Sports Illustrated a record 51 times. He also had his own line of basketball shoe -- the introduction of the Nike Air Jordan, embroidered with Jordan's signature symbol of him jumping in the air, basketball in one hand and legs spread, would boost Nike as one of the world leaders in sports merchandise. With countless endorsements to his name, Jordan would revolutionize the sports merchandising and marketing industries.

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[blackadam06]

@northvalleynews

"Charles also scored 22 points and had 4 assists"

What the f*ck does that have to do with their rebounding prowess?

"Charles did it all and Dennis didn't"

And..?

We're not discussing who was the better overall player, only their rebounding exploits. What does Charles' scoring have to do with which one of them was the better rebounder?

That comment doesn't even make any sense.

That's like me saying MJ was a better assists guy than Magic because he scored more..SMH

[blackadam06]

@northvalleynews

"Charles only averaged a few rebounds less per game at that time but he in general is still a better rebounder"

Ok..Joe Johnson only avg's a few less pts than kobe, so Joe's a better scorer than him...SMH

U Y2K kids kill me with trying to circumvent the FACTS with your ignorant ass opinions. If Barkley were the better rebounder it would've consistently been reflected in his on-court rebounding production, yet from 1992-98, Rodman had the BETTER rebounding totals & avg!

[northvalleynews]

@blackadam06 Charles only averaged a few rebounds less per game at that time but he in general is still a better rebounder than Dennis because Charles also scored 22 points and had 4 assists and a steal and a black per game while Dennis only scored like 7 points per game - Charles did it all and Dennis didn't

[CanvassBlack]

@goinham25 Larry Johnson a better rebounder than Rodman? You're talking about Grandma(Commercial) from UNLV right. That's funny. Larry Johnson was only 6"5 1/2 and he had tons of heart but he was never a better rebounder than Rodman even before the back problems when he was with Charlotte. Barkley and Larry Johnson had better offensive games but Rodamn was a rebounding machine no matter how you slice it. He had the ability to grab rebounds even when he didnt have the best positioning.

[blackadam06]

@goinham25

"Charles barkley was a better rebounder than Dennis"

SMH..really?!!

Who was it that avg'd (and totaled) more rebs than everyone else in the league from 1992-98, while winning the rebounding title each of those seasons?

U guys kill me with this juvenile denying of the facts & evidence, just because U can't deal in with the reality of the matter...SMH

Nobody who's supposed to "be better at something" than the next guy, will consistently fair WORSE at it than him!

How silly is that?!!

[straty899]

@goinham25 Sorry 98 finals, typo. Jordan is a hell of a player and the best SG of all time, but we gotta be fair to him.

[straty899]

@goinham25 You don't know basketball then. 7 straight rebounding titles over those men, along with the highest rebounding percentage of ALL TIME puts him above those men in rebounding skill. Heck Rodman should have been the 96 finals MVP, not Jordan. Many people including the Supersonics coach (who was furious with Rodman) admit that. But Jordan is no stranger to undeserved accolades. Lets not forget that Rodman put in the clutch free throws and rebounds in the 97 finals that secured a game

[goinham25]

@straty899 i'm sorry but the fact that you said Rodman was the best rebounder of the time makes me think you really don't know basketball. Without comparison Charles barkley was a better rebounder than Dennis, so was Hakeem, Larry Johnson, the list goes on and on. To karl Malone Rodman was inneffective so was every other big man Jordan had, which is why Jordan went apeshit just to get the game in a situation where it took a shot to win.

[goinham25]

@Flipper79able Jordan rules were nothing but bullies if you watched the game you saw how they made it look like football out there, that was unfair, anyone who could punch a player in the throat on the way to the hoop and get away with it is someone not worth mentioning. If anything Jordan rules took away to championships from the legacy we all no and love.

[Flipper79able]

Lots of bullshit talked about Michael Jordan. Is he the best player ever? I think he is. Did he single handedly win all those championships by his will and desire? No, of course not. I think Charles proved this when he talked about Jordan dropping 63 on the 86 Celtics during the playoffs. Jordan dropped 63 but he lost the game and the series by a landslide. Firstly Jordan could score from day one but the Bad Boys taught him team play through the Jordan rules. Secondly he got a team in the 90's.