Although the late Bill Russell has an undeniable argument, most people consider Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time. And certainly his Chicago Bulls were the greatest dynasty since Russell’s Boston Celtics. Jordan and the Bulls won six championships in the 1990’s.
Jordan was a superb talent and relentless competitor who never gave an inch. He competed before the Bulls put the pieces around him to actually win. His 1986 game against the Boston Celtics where he scored 63 was so electrifying that Larry Bird said it was “God disguised as Michael Jordan.”
But more than anything, Jordan liked to win, and when his teammates improved, he realized that he didn’t have to do it all himself anymore.