Re: Anti Bulls sentiment

[Rich Davies <davies@theshop.net>]

Because I am sick of him. I am sick of his arrogance. I am sick of hearing 'the
greatest player ever...' I am sick of his complete and total disregard/disrespect
for anyone else in the NBA. I am sick of his 'untouchableness'. I am sick of his
attitude that the refs should be in his back pocket. I am sick of listening to
Bob Costas (among others) worship him. I am sick of this being Jordan's NBA.

He acts like the good guy, and does his interviews for his image. And his image
brings him $. And $. And $. And $ ...

Whoever it was on the list that discussed the effect of Jordan on streetball
players everywhere, was completely right. They want to be 'like Mike'. They want
the ball. They want the glory. They want the money.

And then there is the NBA. They have allowed traveling for years. They have
implemented rules that discourage team play and promote one-on-one matchups. They
allow the refs to promote their stars by giving not only questionable calls to
them, but non-existent ones as well. And whoever makes the NBA more money, is
more likely to get the call. Lastly, they have allowed the NBA to become the JBA;
Jordan's Basketball Association. They have lost credibility in my eyes by their
obvious deference to Jordan. The only reason I continue to show interest in the
NBA, is because of the Celtics. Otherwise, I would have tuned out several years
ago.

Rich D.
(my 2 cents from the lower midwest)

JThorneST@aol.com wrote:

> I understand that a lot of people are against the Bulls and thus are biased.
> Also I am pro-Bulls and thus I am biased the other way. But some of the
> comments from this board during both this Utah series and the Indiana series
> are ridiculous. Sure MJ gets his fair share of calls, and the refs aren't the
> greatest, but it's both ways, don't complain about a Kerr flop off a Malone
> screen, which BTW I don't even think was a flop, but fail to mention Malone's
> flop on Longley early in the 3rd quarter that gave him 5 fouls and made him
> sit for about 15 minutes(game minutes). Utah also gets away with quite a lot
> of illegal screening by their guards, although they haven't been screening
> much for Malone in this series because Malone thinks he is god's gift to the
> art of jump shooting. Don't even get me started on Malone kicking his legs out
> when he shoots, when he looks like a scared 13 year old, but yet he is 6'9"
> 255 pounds and can do a lot of damage.
> And in particular the anti MJ sentiment doesn't make any sense, because he is
> not a trouble maker, is arguably the greatest player of all time, plays both
> ends of the court, and is a big time competitor who is all about winning,
> unlike many of today's players. He doesn't blow off interviewers, and makes
> his teammates better. I could understand disliking a number of Bulls such as
> Rodman, Pippen, Jackson, and others, but MJ is an entirely different story in
> my book. The only thing that I could see disliking the Bulls for is perhaps an
> over-saturation with their winning 5 titles, but that shouldn't be enough to
> be so against them.
> Just my opinion-I'm sure I'll get killed on it and people will spin things to
> their hearts content.