Michael Jordan's basketball talent was clear from his rookie season.[16][18] In his first game in Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks, Jordan received a prolonged standing ovation,[18] a rarity for an opposing player. After Jordan scored a playoff record 63 points against the Boston Celtics in 1986, Celtics star Larry Bird described him as "God disguised as Michael Jordan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jor…

In a 7 game series
The 1990's Chicago Bulls- Key players Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen vs The 1980's L.A. Lakers Key players-Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul Jabaar? Bulls already beat them in the Finals.
and
The 1990's Utah Jazz key players-John Stockton and Karl Malone vs the 1980's Boston Celtics-key players, Larry Bird and Kevin McHale.

I got the Bulls winning in 5 and the Jazz winning in 7.

In New York, the Yankees, Mets, Giants, Jets and Rangers are really popular.

In Boston its the Red Sox and Celtics

Chicago – It would have to be the Bears since the Cubs never win although Bulls did have Michael Jordan

In Philadelphia its the Eagles and the Phillies as a close second

Bay Area – 49ers, hands down

DC – Redskins
Detroit – Michigan football?
Denver – Broncos for sure and Rockies comming up
Phoenix – Suns for sure
Atlanta – Braves and Hawks
Dallas – Cowboys, duh…

if you could pick just one sports team as the most popular…?

While I do think Michael Jordan was a better scorer and better defender I think Magic Johnson was slightly better.

He was the best passer to play the game not even good passing point guards such as steve nash, john stockton, jason kidd came close.

In comparison to Jordan he was a better rebounder.

He was more versatile than Michael Jordan being able to play all 5 positions whereas at most Jordan could only play 2 positions.

Also the teams Magic Johnson had to play to win in the NBA finals were tougher than Jordan such as 76ers, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons. When Jordan played these teams many times in NBA playoffs in his first 5-6 years he lost many times and it did not come close. If Magic Johnson had played 4-5 more years he would have had one or two more rings and Jordan would have had 4 or 5 with no 3-peat.

NBA things that are unlikely to happen.

Karl Malone magically becoming a vampire and sucking the aids infected blood of Magic Johnson.

Lebron James shaking the hands of Kobe Bryant after a 4 game Lakers finals sweep.

Q-Rich staying in a city for more than a day.

People on Yahoo answers stop asking questions that involve Kobe and Lebron.

Michael Jordan tells the dealer at a Vegas casino that he is done with gambling for good.

The Clippers become the NBA's next 3 peat dynasty.

Dwight Howard learns a refined post game

Wilt Chamberlain rises from the dead to sleep with 20,000 more women.

David Stern admits that he had a gun to his head when the Magic beat the Cavs stopping his Kobe-Lebron finals.

Big Baby Davis seeks counseling for the abuse suffered at the hands of KG.

The fans of the Knicks come to the reality that they will get neither James or Wade in 2010

Yao Ming plays a full season of Basketball

Phil Jackson gets really angry at Ron Artest for taking bad shots and burns all his Zen books

Tom Heinsohn will final admit that the Celtics do commit fouls and there is not a conspiracy against Boston.

Pao Gasol lets brother Marc Gasol dunk on him as a favor to mom.

Jameer Nelson learns to step up on guys who can make 3's

Kobe admits he really doesn't speak Italian and he only does it to attract ladies.

Isiah Thomas become the GM of the Grizzlies and leads them to the championship.

Jamacian Man doesn't turn every question/answer into Dirk (Jamacian Man I have nothing but love for you. I respect that you admire Dirk)

I finally get back to work and stop messing around on Yahoo Answers everyday.

Mehmet Okur beats up Hedo Turkoglu in a street fight of who is the real Michael Jordan of Turkey

Shawn Bradley and Manute Bol play a game of one on one for the amusement of the Yahoo fans. Wow what laughs that would be.

The Following players lose over 50 pounds on the biggest loser – Stanley Roberts, Loy Vaught, Michael Sweetney, Oliver Miller, and Sean May

Allen Iverson stars on his own VH1 love reality show with all 30 NBA teams and the winning gets his worthless services. (but he still refuses to practice)

People on yahoo answers know who Michael Cage is without looking him up on Wikipedia or basketball reference0o0com

Gerald Wilkins, Dominique Wilkins, and Damien Wilkins star in the remake of my two dads. It is called why can't my Uncle be my dad.

Brad Daugherty gets everyone who is watching nascar to switch over to the NBA on espn. (Kudos if you get this one)

Reggie Miller openly admits that his sister is a robot made from his own DNA.

Don Nelson and Mark Cuban come out and admit that all their problems stem from a sexual encounter they had during the 2003 western conference finals.

The executive brass of the Timberwolves admit that have no clue about basketball and admit drafting 16 PG's was a mistake.

The Yahoo answers basketball section gets over run by Toronto Raptor fans who replace the Kobe-Lebron questions with Calderon-Paul questions.

Kareem will punch Andrew Bynum in the sack everytime he doesn't listen to his advice.

Patrick Ewing will pour jars of his sweat on Dwight Howard to repell opposing team defenders.

A) Although it is generally conceded that Michael Jordan was the best basketball player who ever lived, Bill Russell led his team, the Boston Celtics, to more world championships.
B) Although it is generally conceded that Michael Jordan was the best basketball player who has ever lived, Bill Russell led his team, the Boston Celtics, to more world championships.

"who has ever " or "who ever" ? Why?
Would you please explain the grammar to me?

NBA season tipped off Tuesday! And how exciting it was. Let me just say, that the 3 horse race in the East will be tremendously fun to watch

But continuing our look back into the NBA Archives, lets discuss the NBA Regular season of 1985-86

How sad sad for Chicago…their superstar player Michael Jordan breaks his foot and misses 64 games on the year…They somehow wiggle into the playoffs, only to be swept by the Celtics…yet, in Game 2, Jordan puts on a show for the ages, setting an NBA playoff record for points in a single game, 63, eclipsing Elgin Baylors' previous record of 61

Patrick Ewing was drafted the same year Hakeem made his first (and eventually unsuccessful) trip to the Finals. His next trip would later be against Ewing in 94…destiny??

The Boston Celtics were 50-1 at home, 50-1!! 40-1 during the regular season and 10-0 in the playoffs in route to the NBA Championship…

Hakeem Olajuwon, in only his second year, averages 23.5 per game on nearly 53% shooting, and leads Houston, along with Ralph Sampson to the NBA Finals after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in 5 games. Of course, they would lose to Boston.

Qustions now:

What was significant about the playoffs in the Western Conference that year?

This is a stretch, but can anyone make the connection between All-Star weekend that year and the Rockets (who lost in the Finals) first championship?…

This is the only season in the 80s that _____ didnt represent _____ in the _______?

When I ask the best team in NBA history, I want your opinions in 2 different forms of greatness: General Team-Team, like real team work for one and the other form is just pure dominance. I'd love opinions on this.

My opinion for the Team (All around perfect Teamwork):
Tie between 1985-86 Boston Celtics and the 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers. They both were able to move the ball, worked extremely well together, and had very unselfish players and knew how to win and had great leaders.

Pure Dominance:
1995-96 Chicago Bulls
Went 72-10, proof of dominance right there. but then having Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman in your starting line up with real good role players as well. Jordan won all 3 MVP awards that year, League, All Star, and Finals. Very Strong on defense. Great Team-Team as well, but not exactly the same as the 2 listed above.

Out of these Michael Jordan moments which ones were the best and most memorable. Also explain your choice.

1986 Playoffs- 63 Points at the garden against the Boston Celtics
http://www.youtube0o0com/watch?v=iM63pKvNu50
1990 Season- Career high 69 points against the Cavs
http://www.youtube0o0com/watch?v=HAOzBdoWuus
1986 Slam Dunk Contest- Free-Throw Line dunk
http://www.youtube0o0com/watch?v=4EfHnG-e-vE
1992 Regular Season- Putback dunk after missed free throw
http://www.youtube0o0com/watch?v=6wyEelgFRGw
1989 Playoffs-"The Shot"
http://www.youtube0o0com/watch?v=TuCxuq-yn1w
1992 NBA Playoffs-"The Shrug"
http://www.youtube0o0com/watch?v=zlaL9OhZQoc
1997 Playoffs- Flu Game
http://www.youtube0o0com/watch?v=OLQl7UJOYUs
1998 Playoffs- "The Shot"
http://www.youtube0o0com/watch?v=PRCTp57LQro
2001 Season- Buzzer Beater over Shawn Marion
http://www.youtube0o0com/watch?v=BlNfnD_i77s

I know I'm missing a lot but these are some of the moments that stick out in my head. My favorite Michael Jordan moment was "The Shrug" because he was dropping 3's like nothing. And the shrug topped it all off. Your favorite moment?