T.he I.nformant
1st Ballot HOF Teller
Jordan: When we were beating Philly in the play-offs last year and Detroit was going against Boston, everyone was saying, “I hope Boston wins.” I said, No way. If we’re going to go, we have to go the hardest route, or else as a team, we’re going to get criticized for it. First of all, Scottie Pippen would never redeem himself from having those three headaches, or whatever he had, in the final 1990 conference championship game against the Pistons. As a team we would never live it down because we always faltered under Detroit’s pressure. No one really gained respect from Detroit players.
Playboy: It would have reflected badly on you, too.
Jordan: All of that would have been right on my shoulders. Yeah, you won a championship, people would have said, but you didn’t go through Detroit to do it. I didn’t want that crap to happen. I wanted to go the hardest route.
Playboy: There was also the matter of how you compared to Magic and Larry Bird.
Jordan: When it came to comparisons, this is what always knocked me out of the top two players: People would always say, “All these great plays and he’s never taken his team to a championship.” So I wanted to go through one of those two. It worked out perfect.
Don’t make too many with this kind of attitude anymore. Damn shame too. It’s partly what made 2-3 so special.
Playboy: It would have reflected badly on you, too.
Jordan: All of that would have been right on my shoulders. Yeah, you won a championship, people would have said, but you didn’t go through Detroit to do it. I didn’t want that crap to happen. I wanted to go the hardest route.
Playboy: There was also the matter of how you compared to Magic and Larry Bird.
Jordan: When it came to comparisons, this is what always knocked me out of the top two players: People would always say, “All these great plays and he’s never taken his team to a championship.” So I wanted to go through one of those two. It worked out perfect.
Don’t make too many with this kind of attitude anymore. Damn shame too. It’s partly what made 2-3 so special.
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Well, he essentially pushed his friend off of himself so that the friend wouldn’t drag him to his death as well. But if you’ve ever been a lifeguard or been in this type of position you know that you have to do that. If you’re going to go into the water to save someone, you have to know there’s a much better chance of them dragging you and you both drowning than the reverse, so you should try to save them using a pole or a board or anything if you have it as opposed to straight pulling with your arms. And if they start pulling you down you have to get them off of you, even if you have to punch them dead in the face, to make sure they don’t pull you down too.
