Could Jordan survive the social media era? He was already cracking during his era

[threattonature]

I think one thing overlook is that while today's media and social media is way more prevalent stories also pass by much faster. There's always some new fukkery around the corner to knock any news off the front page. I think Jordan would keep moving the exact same way as he does now. He'd likely keep a tight knit circle and move with them.

 

[NYC Rebel]

I think one thing overlook is that while today's media and social media is way more prevalent stories also pass by much faster. There's always some new fukkery around the corner to knock any news off the front page. I think Jordan would keep moving the exact same way as he does now. He'd likely keep a tight knit circle and move with them.

No way does he not slip up.

I don't care about MJ's actions either way. But there is no question a cameraphone, media hack or someone catches him slipping if he acted in the same manner. And that shyt would slip right into the 24 hours sports news cycle that didn't live at his time and go viral.

 

[YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy]

The Last Ether really got bron stans furious

 

[boskey]

I don’t think we’d have the “be like campaign” but he’d be like a damn super villain

Yup. Jordan would be the villain instead of the hero. That changes EVERYTHING about him.

If sensitive ass KD can survive in this era with social media I'm sure Jordan would be fine.

KD hasn't survived tho. He's a generational talent and top 10 all time and his main defining characteristic right now is his "sensitivity" on social media. If he doesn't win anymore rings he will be severely underrated based on media driven narratives

I don't think ya'll understand that Jordan was bigger off the court than he was on it. Are you watching the Last Dance or do you just skim thru it??

 

[Elim Garak]

I think it would be difficult but he could since he would have been born between the late 80s and early 90s instead of the early 60s. He would have moved different.

 

[MikelArteta]

didn't we just see kobe play for 20 years?

only difference was MJ was a gambler

 

[malbaker86]

Y’all acting like MJ would be moving the same he’d obviously adapt to this social media era. All the nikka did was golf, gamble and win championships.

Athletes today are much more protected in my opinion.

This right here

 

[NYC Rebel]

didn't we just see kobe play for 20 years?

only difference was MJ was a gambler

you had industries built around Kobe hate.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Y’all acting like MJ would be moving the same he’d obviously adapt to this social media era. All the nikka did was golf, gamble and win championships.

Athletes today are much more protected in my opinion.

I'm sure he did more that the 90s allowed us not to know.

 

[ajnapoleon]

Why do you think he would move exactly the same if you had herbs running around with camera phones and social media accounts? This doc got nikkas acting extra corny on all sides.

But the issue is everyone thinking these players now would move and play like they now of they was back then


See the problem


Its the notion that the 80's and 90's players would adjust

But somehow the current players couldn't


You can't have it one way


The hand checking goes both ways

You think Bron would not hand check you back


You crazy

Or zion
Ja
Ben Simmons
ZO


John wall
Beal
Wade
Melo
Westbrook

Durant long reach would bother alot of players


Harden is "cant get right strong"

 

[ajnapoleon]

MJ's mental toughness far exceeds lebron. The biggest knocks on bron's career has been losing in the finals and stacking the deck year-after-year, then dipping when the pieces get old. The most shyt bron has ever recieved for personal antics is the Tamir Rice situation and China comments, and that shyt blew over quickly. So yea I'm not buying the fact that bron is recieving some harsher treatment. In fact, they boost him up as some type of activist and give him props for losing in most cases. He has nothing close to a gambling scandal on his resume at all.

If he can grow up in this media and not crack

And even going into that game when he first came back to play the cavs

That takes super mental toughness

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

MJ doesn't survive this unscathed.

That sweatsuit is so

What’s the story here?

 

[Elim Garak]

I'm sure he did more that the 90s allowed us not to know.

With his ego that way it was I know he was smashing mad females in different cities lol.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Yup. Jordan would be the villain instead of the hero. That changes EVERYTHING about him.


KD hasn't survived tho. He's a generational talent and top 10 all time and his main defining characteristic right now is his "sensitivity" on social media. If he doesn't win anymore rings he will be severely underrated based on media driven narratives

I don't think ya'll understand that Jordan was bigger off the court than he was on it. Are you watching the Last Dance or do you just skim thru it??

Despite him caring what random people on Twitter say it's never affected how he plays on the court.

What these clowns in the media say doesn't matter. He's got two rings and will go down as one of the GOAT scorers.

 

[MoneyTron]

Mentally, sure.

As a clean cut icon, hell no. MJ liked to play too much in the shadows for that shyt. He would've been undoubtedly caught up in something.

Regardless, all this just brings me back to the thought that Kobe might've been the mentally toughest modern athlete. Most everyone else would've been done after the '04 season.