If TMac wins multiple championships, can he possibly reach Jordan's status?

Bulls won 55 games without Jordan in 1994, and was just
one-shot awasy from ECF.

 

By the way, if Tmac would "reach" Jordan status , then Yao's
most important contribution would be to lure him to Rockets

 

damn right!!! this aint sportscenter. lebron has not proven anything except that he is a good player with.....with the potential to be one of the greats, but not Jordan status.

 

I am one of the biggest T-Mac fans. I will defend him on anything. But you're talking about the best player to ever play the game in Jordan. There will never be another Jordan. And it's not because of there's not gonna be guys as talented as him, because T-Mac is just as talented. Jordan had the perfect teammates and the perfect personality (unlimited competitiveness and drive). He also got some lucky breaks, but he determined his destiny for the most part. Nobody will win 6 championships in this cap space NBA. Kobe and Shaq proved it. Tracy is a great player and we're lucky to have him. He is the best the NBA has to offer right now.

 

When did everyone get together and vote on that???

 

You guys need to get your lips off LeBron's ass. That kid has prove nothing yet, his team is about to fall out of the playoffs for the 2nd stright year. I wouldn't even compare those 2 to MJ's shadow till they win at least 3 rings.

 

Personally, I never liked MJ. But to be fair, as a basketball player, he's incredible, and he's simply great. That's why he's considered one of the, if not THE, greatest player who ever played that game. That's why you don't compare someone with him every year or month. Even if the guy is our beloved TMac, or the wonder kid, or whoever it is. There is NO point. Coulda, shoulda, won't bring you anything. Until TMac has similar success, let's stop that kind of comparison, once for all.

 

Are we comparing ANYONE to Jordon? Simply silly.

 

On a more realistic note, tmac could be the first player to be name player of the week 4 times this season if he is announced today as the POW for this past week.

So far, Mac and Bron are the only players that have won it 3 times already and have a great chance of making it number 4 because of their great past week but BroBron team played very poorly. This means Mac has the best chance at this feat.

My guess is that Mac will take the West and his cousing Vincent will take the East.Carter's rise has been the most impressive though.

 

I've seen New Jersey's games. They run everything through Carter. So he gets more touches and more shots. They don't have an inside presence. We are more balanced. When all these great scorers have been "the guy" on their team, Carter is not as good a scorer and playmaker as T-Mac. He practically has Kidd spoonfeeding him the ball. Every game Kidd has 3 alleyoops to Carter which makes everything else easier. T-Mac has to work for everything he gets and set up his teammates, because we don't have a traditional distributing point guard like Kidd, Payton etc
T-Mac is the setup man and the finisher on this team. Last game not only was he running the offense, he was bringing the ball up.

 

Although there is no actual vote, I think the very fact that every discussion is:

Is xxxx the next Jordan?

That pretty much sums it up. You think basketball, you think Jordan, Magic, Bird, etc...but Jordan always seems to come first and foremost in your mind...there's a reason for that.

I really do hope T-Mac reaches that kind of status in his career that is still young...that's the amazing thing.

 

You didn't remember, Jordan did put up with double teams all the time and averaged 30+ points for his career. Plus he was a great defensive player, and he willed his teammates to be better players.

This is from NBA.com
"Honors: Six-time NBA champion (1991-93, 1996-98); MVP (1988, '91, '92, '96, '98); 10-time All-NBA First Team (1987-93, 1996-98); All-NBA Second Team (1985); Defensive Player of the Year (1988); Nine-time All-Defensive First Team (1988-93, 1996-98); Rookie of the Year (1985); 14-time All-Star; All-Star MVP (1988, '96, '98); One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History ('96); Olympic gold medalist (1984, '92)."

 

T-Mac led even the sadsack Magic to the playoffs a couple times...

 

Hype level of Jordan is unreal, so nobody is gonna be able to reach that level ever again. Not Tmac, not Lebron.

IMO, TMac is as good as Jordan gift and skill wise. He does not have Jordan's demeaner.

 

IF T-Mac leads the Rockets to 3 championships, averaging 30+ points in the playoffs and winning 3 NBA Finals MVP awards, then, yes he will be among the elite players to ever play.

That's one HUGE if.

 

I wouldn't count LeBron out of that mix yet. The things he's doing at 20 years old Jordan wasn't doing until his mid-20's. I think if there is one player in the league right now that has a shot at surpassing Jordan's prowess, it is LeBron. Much like Jordan, he's spending his early years on a crappy team with no help. If they get him some decent help, look out. It's scary to think that, as good as this guy is, he won't be hitting the "prime" of his career for another 7 or 8 years. Ridiculous.

 

Assuming that he's 20. I heard he hangs out with Danny Almonte

 

Talk about counting your chickens before they hatch you're counting chickens before the eggs are even laid.

T-Mac is a great player in today's NBA but overtaking Dream let alone Barkley?

Lets see if he can win one championship before we talk about comparing his impact on the Rox to Hakeem or his impact on the whole NBA to Jordan.

If we're talking about great impact players in the NBA now to Jordan we might as well be comparing AI to Jordan since AI at least got his team to one championship game something T-Mac has yet to do.

 

TMac is good, but you don't need to play down everyone's contribution to emphasize his strength. They had Mike Miller, who was ROY, they had Outlaw, who played very decently, and they had Amstrong, who played very well between 2000-2001 I believe, and they had Troy Hudson as well. Just like I don't understand whenver people praise MJ, has to add that the Bulls were nothing without him. There were Pipen and Rodman, who happened to be great players as well.

TMac is a great player, and he's even better now than before, partially because he has Yao now, but that doesn't mean he had garbage when the Magics made the playoffs. Again, it's a team game!

 

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