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OK, OK, today is a very special day here on Wilber's Way. It's the day I celebrate my favorite athlete of all time. Heck, I'm even wearing a jersey with the man's name on the back of it writing this to help me channel some of his greatness. Yes, my MAIN MAN MONEY Michael Jordan turns 48 today.
This has become almost an annual post for me. You can check out last year's blog, here. This year I'm going to take a little bit of a different angle and it was inspired by Michael himself when he suited up for Bobcats practice last week.
Here's the post on Bobcats.com, in which Gerald Wallace says "Michael's Still got it" which brings me to the question of this blog.
COULD MICHAEL SCORE DOUBLE FIGURES OFF THE BENCH IN THE NBA TODAY?
My simple answer to that is probably. He's now 48 so he's certainly lost a step or three and couldn't run with the young bucks consistently. But he is certainly still sharp as a tack on the floor and knows where he has to be and knows what needs to be done. His biggest thing is getting in shape and being able to keep his wind to get consistent minutes. There's no doubt about that coming in a short time and he'll be fine.
As every player that was at practice last week with him, said he's still got his jump shot. That doesn't go away. How many guys in the NBA live on spot up jumpers on the baseline and behind the arc? Michael could come in and score for a team if he wanted to and was needed.
So, yes, I think he could still do it. Now, I'm not sure his body could take lot of minutes because even at the end of practice with the Bobcats, he had to ice the knees down. But he didn't have to get hooked up to an oxygen machine and showed at almost 48, he was still in damn good shape. He could be a damn good role player and help any team out in a run to make the playoffs.
Will that happen? No. He is the principle owner of the Bobcats and NBA policy prohibits any owner from playing for the team they own. And no he wouldn't go play for another team and have to play against the team he owns. Essentially, just like he did in Washington, and Magic Johnson did for the Lakers back in the 90s, he'd have to sell off the portion of the team he owned to play. Even then, neither was a controlling owner like he is now.
Looking at what the Bobcats have done, Michael is essentially working with head coach Paul Stilas to add something to the team in practice as another coach. I'm pretty sure guys, especially those who live in North Carolina where Michael is as Godlike as he is in Chicago, will listen to most anything he says and brings the best out of them. Heck, they did just knock off the Lakers and are now in the hunt for the final playoff spot in the East.
In closing, happy birthday Michael. You were my idol growing up and showed me hard work gets you what you want in life. I'm living it now and will keep working to get what I want out of life...
We'll run into the Nussie Hunter portion of the broadcast now and I've pretty much extinguished all Jordan related Nussies in my Jordan posts here over the last almost two years. So we have to shift gears a bit. Diora Baird is set to be in the new Maxim out soon. She's making me think spring with her ability to work in a garden. Check it out, here. And a sample below.
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