Should Michael Jordan Go Into Hall Of Fame By Himself?

Scoop Jackson proposed that very idea yesterday, shortly before Jordan and the 2009 class were elected to the HOF:

That would be the fairest thing to do, for all involved. The distraction of MJ and the overall pageantry surrounding Jordan will be too great for any of the other inductees to enjoy themselves. For the others to get the attention and respect they deserve, Jordan must not be around on their day. Not in the crowd, not in the state, not even passing through. If he is (and he will be), for the others, it’ll be like a bride getting upstaged on her wedding day … by her own mother.

This makes a lot of sense. If I’m John Stockton, I don’t want to be upstaged by Jordan. Again. And certainly when I’m not even in the damn league anymore. Hasn’t he suffered enough? It’s like opening for the Beatles in 1964 … just get to the main act already. Jordan transcends all.

Scoop doesn’t think the NBA will do this, and he’s probably right. So what does the league do then? Have Jordan go first, quelling the crowd’s restlessness, and then move on to the lesser names? Nah, it shouldn’t do that.

The best always go last. We all know this.

Posted at 2:00 pm
on April 7th, 2009
Tags: Hall of Fame, Michael Jordan, NBA

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Jordans 1 year ago 1 point
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For the sake of others I think he should go in by himself. So sadly such legends like John Stockton and David Robinson are hardly talked about when they were both the some of the best of all time.

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Naly D 1 year ago 1 point
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If MJ goes in on his own, you'll have to make a new hall for LeBron :)

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Hoopsfan 1 year ago 1 point
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Michael will overshadow John Stockton, Dave Robinson and the others. And I might agree that Michael made the NBA in his day. I'm a huge Michael Jordan fan. But he should take his place in NBA history, not be the "be all and end all" of the NBA Hall of Fame circa 2009. He wouldn't have been great if he didn't rise above great competitors. He defined greatness but he was not the only great player in his day.

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