The Official 2011-2012 NBA season thread

[phelan]

I don't think you understand my argument. I did not disagree with you in his technical ability. He is a living legend of the game, a man whose talents will not appear in the NBA again. He was the whole package, the one player you could build ANY team around, and still have a championship formula. His titles attest to his capabilities, and with Chicago's prowess in acquiring the right backup and support for him, he absolutely dominated the landscape.

But it's not just the people "hating" on him. Even the people who respect him and call him peerless...they are subject to his ire and anger. There is nobody in his world other than himself. He carries his pride? No, more like flaunts it. He rubs it in everybody's face the same he he did in the league back then. He's one of a kind, and he damn well knows it. How that is interpreted as a gentleman-like attitude is beyond me.

And who forced him to act that way? Who forces him now, when he was being inducted to the hall of fame, to be an absolute douchebag to everybody trying to pay tribute to him? We all know he's great, and he's still hating on the world for something that isn't there.

tl;dr - you've got to be f*cking kidding me, but I refuse to argue this point any further. It's just a pointless argument now.