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Message: [QUOTE="intlzncster, post: 2747514, member: 56"] Nobody has claimed Jordan was a nice guy. He was a complete dick. He wanted to eat your soul, even if you were on his own team. And as we've mentioned before, he was also going against other GOAT-conversation teams in his early years. This article doesn't prove anything, but there's a few good quotes. [URL="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2720915-michael-jordans-former-teammates-on-how-mj-wouldve-handled-the-modern-day-nba"]Michael Jordan's Former Teammates on How MJ Would've Handled the Modern-Day NBA[/URL] [INDENT][I]But James is unfairly criticized, Perdue says, even when he makes the correct basketball play, because there are people unwilling to acknowledge him for fear of slighting Jordan.[/I][/INDENT] [I][/I] I think this is probably true. Therein lies one of the important differences between the two guys. Jordan's teammates actually feared him (as did his peers); he drove them to be great simply for fear of pissing him off. Keeping them on the edge focus-wise. I'm not saying it's a healthy leadership quality, but it is an effective one. I don't get the same sense out of LeBron and his teammates. They respect his game, but I'm not so sure as a leader. See even little things like Kyrie and Curry making fun of his workout videos. jmo [INDENT][I]The back of the plane was the fiercely competitive high rollers' room. That's where you'd most often find Jordan, of course—until he learned of the role players' $1 blackjack games up front. Jordan wanted in. Will Perdue, the Bulls' 1988 first-rounder, swears by his memory of the following exchange between the Hall of Famer and John Paxson: Paxson: Why are you even bothering to play with us? Jordan: So I can say I have your money in my pocket. Jordan's infamous competitive drive made him the GOAT then—and would do the same in today's LeBron James- and Steph Curry-dominated NBA. "He would somehow find a way to beat you—somehow," Perdue says. "I'm not sure how. He's not sure how, but he would stay up weeks to figure it out."[/I][/INDENT] Jordan needed to beat you at every aspect of you life like he needed to breathe. Probably would steal your wife if you weren't careful. The stories about MJ aren't fake. Honestly, he was pathological. [/QUOTE]

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