KD: Michael Jordan is God-Like because of the lack of Social Media in the 90s

[Field Marshall Bradley]

It's not just social media, it's the media in general.

There's a 24/7 news cycle now, thanks to the internet.

We would have heard all about MJ's dirt, whether he was on social media or not.

This basically... He should've just said media in general.... and his point is valid..... if there were camera phones and 24/7 news cycle, coupled with the internet.... during the 80s and 90s, we wouldn't revere celebrities from that era no where nearly as much...... nikkas just get stupid and throw reasoning out the window when ever Jordan gets mentioned

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Writers in the 90s WERE writing articles openly asking that tho. He got mad at the accusations

IS MICHAEL SOMEHOW TIED TO DAD'S BIZARRE DEATH

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"I am trying to deal with the overwhelming feelings of loss and grief in a way that would make my dad proud," Jordan said in a statement released several days after the death. "I simply cannot comprehend how others could intentionally pour salt in my open wound by insinuating that faults and mistakes in my life are in some way connected to my father's death."

You comparing journalism in the 90s to the way we consume media 30 years later, in the fukking smartphone/social media era? You can't be serious

 

[Kinguno]

JAYZ HAS KEPT HIS AURA
BY STAYING OFF OF SOCIAL MEDIA
UNLIKE A LOT IF OTHER RAPPERS.



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JAY-Z purposely let himself come across as an idiot by dropping 4:44 when he mentioned women maturing faster than men. WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW HE BEEN WITH BEYONCE SINCE SHE WAS MAD YOUNG (17 or 18 or 19)


We saw Jay get slapped up in the elevator.


AS I SAID WE ARE TOO CYNICAL AND OUR WORDS HOLD LESS VALUE THAN EVER BECAUSE WE DONT BELIVE THEM. plus add this COVID shyt.

KD over the last couple of years has lost money due to fines over things put out by fans (don’t forget that Micheal Rappaport shyt when he deleted shyt he said to KD) and Instead of the NBA letting that stand like legacy building fan interaction stuff like they did a Larry Bird they fined him the equivalent of if a cop gave you a 35$ ticket.


But still not like KD said nikka, or something attacking someone’s sexual orientation but still.

 

[Trials&Tribulations91]

Well, MJ had the good fortune to be drafted by a competent team when he entered the league & was coming into a league that had been taken to new heights by Magic pre aids ‍

 

[Nigerianwonder]

I disagree. Kobe never had that problem. They made video like this while he was alive.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

He’s right. If Jordan were playing today he’d just be another nikka getting flamed on social media just like all other modern players. Whoever dominated the ‘90s in that alternate universe would have an MJ-like legacy.

Playing in the ‘90s meant there was no cynicism and you could tell stories that nobody would question.

 

[Ineedmoney504]

Exactly. It's like folks don't understand the concept of not putting your life online

It’s more then just social he’s talking bout tho.

many players that’s anyone will have they life documented by the time they finish middle school. Indirectly or directly.

will have a wiki page nobody asked for and interviews

shyt we all knew about d rose and he is private as they come and barley talks to anyone

back then outside of select moments we didn’t see or know anything about these guys, had to check magazines and stuff

same thing happens in music, by the artist debut album we all know they life

 

[TaxCollector13459]

14:30


- "Everyone is so easily accessible now"
- "Back then you couldn't just open your phone and scroll through his whole life on Instagram or see his thoughts on Twitter"
- "That takes away that mystery. Now a days we so easy to touch, fans take us for granted after a while"


I don't know. 50% I agree with him. The other 50% I think he's indirectly talking about himself to excuses his actions on social media

Anyone leading they team to two three peats after retiring is gonna be held in that regardless.

 

[klientel]

nikkaS FORGOT HOW
POPULAR TABLOIDS WERE
BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA?

TMZ IS JUST A TABLOID
IN INTERNET FORM.

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nikka just equated a tabloid to social media….

 

[Goat poster]

I disagree. Kobe never had that problem. They made video like this while he was alive.

Kobe had his name DRAGGED all over the internet pre 2010

all the speculation when he tried to leave LA for Chicago and supposedly buy MJ’s crib.

he was one of the most hated. Especially during that trail.

 

[yseJ]

Folks dont want to admit it but KD is right.

Bruh, there is no comparison. You realize that right now essentially EVERYONE always has a camera on them, and the contents of that camera can be instantly shared with millions of people. Back then a camera was bulky, and even when you took a picture you couldnt do shyt with it yourself, you had to take the film and send it off for someone else to develop it and send the pics back to you. There was a zero percent chance someone was going to randomly have a video camera. To add on another layer, often if you had a good picture, the motherfukkes developing them would steal them and just say the shyt didnt develop, so you were leery on even taking anything too risky.

People back then absolutely cared about the personal lives of celebrities, there were whole industries revolving around it, just in print form. To have a story truly go national, it had to be picked up by ABC, NBC, or CBS News. Some shyt could happen in Chicago but unless your local paper decided to print a story from Chicago in that tiny ass national news section you werent going to know about it. Something would run one day, and then its gone. Its not in your face forever with everyone constantly sharing it. The tech didnt exist for that. We all "heard' Barkley was throwing people through bar windows back in the day, but if it happened today video would be all over the internet with remixes and everything.

This right here.

You could get away with a lot fukkton more and also stuff that would blow up today was swept under the rug routinely.


Let's take something like doing a line of coke and fukking the shyt out of a random hoe in a clubs bathroom or whatnot. Pre cameras and social media it becomes an urban legend at most. Yo bro real talk I saw Darryl Strawberry going wild at this club. There's no proof and hence there is no repercussions.


Nowadays? That shyt be all over the net in a matter of minutes. And you're called in the next day on some "were suspending you for indefinite amount of time"


Back in the day it was very predefined segments for athletes to know when not to say stupid shyt/not do stupid shyt. Mostly in front of cameras and tape recorders.

Now every move is under a microscope. Every little social interaction with anyone is recorded, analyzed and dissected.


Sure you can preserve some mystique by being very introverted, shield yourself from media all the time, but that's an outlier. Most brehs ain't trying to be hermits nowadays.


And especially when social media gives you advertising power for your own brand, it's also usually a loss of money not having social media accounts.

 

[NYC Rebel]

People kind of forgot that MJ fueled by negative energy. Let prime Jordan be around where social media was a thing, he would've went Super Sayian on everyone just to prove a point. Remember this is the same guy who would MAKE shyt UP just to create a reason to make a point on the court. Social media would've been HEAVEN to Jordan.

Yeah. He would have been fueled by social media allegations of him cheating on his wife with a raggedy looking woman in a cheap hotel.

Ok.

 

[NYC Rebel]

This right here.

You could get away with a lot fukkton more and also stuff that would blow up today was swept under the rug routinely.


Let's take something like doing a line of coke and fukking the shyt out of a random hoe in a clubs bathroom or whatnot. Pre cameras and social media it becomes an urban legend at most. Yo bro real talk I saw Darryl Strawberry going wild at this club. There's no proof and hence there is no repercussions.


Nowadays? That shyt be all over the net in a matter of minutes. And you're called in the next day on some "were suspending you for indefinite amount of time"


Back in the day it was very predefined segments for athletes to know when not to say stupid shyt/not do stupid shyt. Mostly in front of cameras and tape recorders.

Now every move is under a microscope. Every little social interaction with anyone is recorded, analyzed and dissected.


Sure you can preserve some mystique by being very introverted, shield yourself from media all the time, but that's an outlier. Most brehs ain't trying to be hermits nowadays.


And especially when social media gives you advertising power for your own brand, it's also usually a loss of money not having social media accounts.

I remember an interview with Jim Kelly of the Bills and other players all saying thank God they didnt play in the social media era based on all the shyt they knew they got away with.

the entire interview was one big Session and them laughing among themselves.

 

[alpo]

This generation is taught to put everything online
And Chase clout through social media

Older generations wanted to be discreet. We had had cameras back then but you weren't taking pics of shyt you wasnt supposed to

Nikkas nowadays film themselves doing robberies

I don't think the public back then cared about personal lives of sports figures they just wanted their teams to win and fukk everything else

Rumor had it that Teddy Pendergrass flipped his car with DR.J's wife in the passenger seat the night he became paralyzed stuff like that would be all over TMZ now instead of just being folklore

Thought it was a tranny?

 

[Renegade47]

MJ still alive so how comes he ain’t tweeting his thoughts now

he didnt grow up with social media probably doesnt have any interest in it