Greatest To Play The Game - #23

Today three great players of the game we love (Basketball for those not in the know) were inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame. The greatest player to have ever played MJ - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls), The Admiral - David Robinson (San Antonio Spurs) and Mr Short Shorts - John Stockton (Utah Jazz). Much of my childhood was watching these guys along with other such legends of the time battling it out on the hardwood, a time dominated by Jordan and his Bulls, a time that saw basketball booming in Australia, Upper Deck basketball card trading, Starter and Champion attire and late night replays on channel 10.

All three guys were legends of the game and all equally earned their spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame.



These legends of the game are a dying bread in team sport games, playing their entire career with the one club and showing a true desire to win not just for themselves but for their team-mates, the team, the city and for the fans. These qualities are fast disappearing in the modern sports star as we see time and time again players playing for contracts.

Michael Jordan has rightly been labelled the greatest player to ever grace the pine and that title may well never be taken away from him, a dominance, an ability above and beyond the rest of his competitors that we may never see in any sport, a true determination to win every single time he competed.

I'll leave you with some Jordan ads from you tube.