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In the 5½ years that athletes have been sharing their stories with The Players’ Tribune, one subject has been a nearly constant source of inspiration: Every athlete, it seems, has a story about Michael Jordan. To some he was a rival. To others an icon — or a boss, or an inspiration or a muse. “I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era,” Jordan once said. And for athletes of all eras, it’s clear that MJ had an influence not only on basketball, but also on culture and society. To honor his legend, we’ve compiled a collection of our favorite stories about His Airness — all from the archives of TPT RIVALICON byGARY PAYTONSHAWN KEMP DOMINIQUE WILKINS byALLEN IVERSONSHERYL SWOOPESQUENTIN RICHARDSONDARIUS MILESRON ARTESTFRANK NTILIKINA MUSEBOSS byKOBE BRYANTALLEN IVERSONWALTER IOOSS JR. byCHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAWKEMBA WALKERCODY ZELLERMICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST RIVAL I got an MJ story to tell you. It was a preseason game against the Bulls my rookie year. So it’s 1990. It was the Bulls but not the Michael Jordan Bulls yet, know what I mean? It’s before the first three-peat. They were still getting beat in the playoffs by Detroit, in like ’88 and ’89. And so I’m coming in there, preseason, second pick in the draft. I don’t care who the hell Michael Jordan is. I’d seen him when I was coming up. To me it was like, O.K., he’s good … but he’s not all that. MJ was on the bench most of the game — I didn’t understand that it was just preseason and MJ doesn’t play hard like that in a preseason game. So B.J. Armstrong had me. I gave him 19 points. And I’m a rookie, so of course I’m talking crazy. I’m talking s*** to B.J. I’m running by the bench, saying s*** to MJ. I’m staring guys down. I feel great. GARY PAYTON A few weeks later, we had the Bulls for the first time in the regular season, at home in Seattle. I’ve been working for it, waiting for it, I’m ready. And of course, everybody’s talking about how it’s the Bulls — how Michael’s coming to town. I’m like, O.K. I gave them 19. I know I can get down on MJ, no problem. So we go out there before the game, and everybody is shaking hands at the circle. …
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