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Thoughts on the Wizard years:
-the Eastern Conference was tough in 2001-2003. Whoever says otherwise doesn’t know the era.
-was anyone seriously expecting him to dominate the league at age 38 while Shaq, Kobe, Tmac, Pierce, Dirk, Timmy, Vince and A.I were holding their own? MJ said as much in his press conference basically.
-He was 38-40yrs old averaging over 20 & 5, sprinkled in were 30 - 50 pieces, clutch offensive and defensive moments. Who‘a doing that today at that age? Seems now that kind of production slips after 32. What he did at his age was still Amazing. The footwork was still stellar. A lot of prime players still don’t move like that.
-the absence of this era by MJ is really tied into his disdain for the organization, not his lack of success. There were Wizard themed XIIs and gear that were scrapped weeks after his infamous blow up with Abe Polin..That’s how we ended up with French Blue XIIs.
The greats are entitled to end their careers on their own terms. They earned it. And that’s what he did.
-the Eastern Conference was tough in 2001-2003. Whoever says otherwise doesn’t know the era.
-was anyone seriously expecting him to dominate the league at age 38 while Shaq, Kobe, Tmac, Pierce, Dirk, Timmy, Vince and A.I were holding their own? MJ said as much in his press conference basically.
-He was 38-40yrs old averaging over 20 & 5, sprinkled in were 30 - 50 pieces, clutch offensive and defensive moments. Who‘a doing that today at that age? Seems now that kind of production slips after 32. What he did at his age was still Amazing. The footwork was still stellar. A lot of prime players still don’t move like that.
-the absence of this era by MJ is really tied into his disdain for the organization, not his lack of success. There were Wizard themed XIIs and gear that were scrapped weeks after his infamous blow up with Abe Polin..That’s how we ended up with French Blue XIIs.
The greats are entitled to end their careers on their own terms. They earned it. And that’s what he did.
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