Michael Jordan

Will Michael Jordan ever give LeBron James some love? First he ranks Kobe Bryant over the four-time MVP, because, well, ringzzz. Now he’s out and about calling Kawhi Leonard “the best two-way player in the game right now.” Jordan’s sentiments come via a FaceBook video posted by Spurs Uncensored (h/t Bleacher Report), and relative to his [...]

Ah yes, the perfect fodder for the slow days of the NBA off-season in August. Stories about all-time greats giving their two cents and ranking other great players and why they feel one player is better than another. Today’s public player ranking comes from none other than Michael Jordan himself. When asked by Bay Area [...]

So Scottie Pippen has some thoughts on the NBA’s greatest-of-all-time conversation. And they’re not particularly good. During a SportsCenter on Wednesday, Pippen told ESPN’s Cari Champion that he doesn’t believe LeBron James has usurped Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant in the pantheon of greats (h/t Chris Walder of theScore): “I don’t think he’s [LeBron] surpassed Kobe [Bryant] at all, no,” Pippen [...]

On Tuesday, Michael Jordan was among the 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by President Barack Obama. The sports world was well-represented as legendary Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully and Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul–Jabbar also received Medals of Freedom on Tuesday. During his speech, President Obama said Jordan was [...]

Michael Jordan is savage. Or just speaking a truth that has nothing to do with Kevin Durant, or the Golden State Warriors, or thinly veiled potshots. We’ll let you decide. His Airness spoke at Russell Westbrook’s induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, an honor that was bestowed upon Durant just last year. During his [...]

At this point, LeBron James really doesn’t have anything to prove. He has three titles, and most importantly, he has one in Cleveland. But don’t tell that to him. LeBron has been very vocal about chasing the “ghost” of Michael Jordan. He’s not bashful about wanting to unseat MJ as the greatest basketball player ever. [...]

His airness has been a little more outspoken lately with his stance on the police shooting issue currently affecting our country and his opinions on the current NBA product. With that in mind, Michael Jordan has named which player reminds him most of himself in the NBA today and it is not who you would [...]

As part of a long-form piece on Sports Illustrated that was published Tuesday morning and written by Sports Illustrated writer Lee Jenkins, the man who broke LeBron’s return to Cleveland in 2014, King James let it be known his desire for immortality. During a Nike summer camp for high school athletes in which LeBron is [...]

For being one of the most successful and richest African-American business men in this country and the world, and quite possibly the most influential African-American male on earth, Michael Jordan typically doesn’t get involved with any controversial political issues that are affecting the African-American community. Jordan usually opts to stay quiet for fear (one would [...]

The trajectory of the entire NBA is about to flash before your eyes. Kind of. While appearing on ESPN’s The Jump with Rachel Nichols, Tracy McGrady said that the Chicago Bulls tried to trade for him in the 1997 draft, only to have their attempts thwarted by Michael Jordan. Here’s SI.com’s Kenny Ducey with the [...]