One for the Century

Michael Jordan is once again turning heads in the NBA community. No, don't kid yourselves, the Bobcats aren't a relevant team. And no, he's not trying to justify that Kwame Brown was an outstanding player who was the victim of great expectations (he never lived up to his hype, nor could he ever finish the Dickens novel). Instead, MJ recently declared that he could drop a Benjamin in one game in today's NBA. Lately Jordan has been vocal in criticizing the league's lack of defensive intensity in comparison to the era in which he transformed the game, and has also stepped out against LeBron's 'decision' to become allies with his closest rivals instead of pursuing a championship with the team he had around him (Jordan won a title in '92 w/ Cliff Levingston, Chuck Nevitt and Rory Sparrow?!? all on the same team). But, to say he could drop a 'wilt' in professional basketball. Well we'll just have to Analyze This like were Robert DeNiro and Billy Crystal.

It's a safe assumption to proclaim that His Airness was the best scorer in the history of the modern NBA (30.1 PPG, 10 scoring titles, stats aren't really necessary here). More importantly, Jordan dropped 50 39 times in his career! And, this was the height of the competitive NBA when he was being guarded by Joe Dumars, Dennis Johnson and John Starks--he wasn't exactly pulling up on Andrea Bargnani off of a switch on a high pick-and-roll. If anyone watched the game in which Kobe had his infamous 81 point, 2 assist performance against the Raptors in 2006, you'd know that given the proper opportunity, Jason McElwain could have dropped 50 on the deplorable Toronto defense that night. In a completely different era, Jordan hung 63 in the Boston Garden in round 1 of the playoffs, had 50 and 55 in consecutive playoff games in '88 vs. the Cavs (poor Craig Ehlo, look at that haircut), and scored 50 in the NBA finals twice. Jordan was going at an entirely different animal than today's free-wheeling, first one within 35 feet sends up a prayer NBA--a whole new can of worms if you will (shout out Matt DeMars).

Granted there are some stoppers in the league today, but I don't trust any of them to hold Mike under the Centrum when that man is possessed. It's a fact, Marcus and Jeffrey Jordan can spend a 100 thou in the Vegas Palms in 2 hours, and their dad can still drop a century in MSG with Roger Mason draped all over him Reynolds Wrap--plain and simple. All I'm waiting for now is someone in the current NBA to call him out, 23 to reveal his Jordan XXXVIII's, sign a 10 day contract with the Bobcats and prove that he could still do it at 47. The Bobcats could use the publicity, and the NBA could use a slice of humble pie.

As for Pick of the Day, the Pulse Man suffered a dismal weekend in terms of betting. He failed to clear any of the 3 bets from the Saturday 6 Pack and then blew the Sunday Teaser like a member of the Milwaukee Brewer bullpen. Either way, tonight he likes the under on David Garrard's total TD passes set at 1.5 for (-155).

Pick of the Day: David Garrard total TD Passes-1.5 UNDER

Record:(24-19-0)

Now I'm done. Rack me

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