Who Plays with Michael Jordan?

Going through high school, a core group of us could be found at a court somewhere in town almost nightly.  On weekends it was important to have a reputation of being able to play, due to the large number of people waiting and the limited number of courts, being one.  If you couldn’t play well, you just might not get in a game that night.  If you were a good player, you better win or depending upon downs (who called next game) you might be sitting for a game or two.

As I’ve gotten older it has become tougher and tougher to get a game going.  With age typically comes responsibility, that being a wife, kids, things to do around the house, etc.  All things that are important, but take time from activities like basketball.

Then again, maybe that’s just my experience/excuse.  I suppose if I looked hard enough, I could find a game somewhere, just not like it used to be.

Right now if I were to call five people that are in my phone, I’m not so sure more than one would be open to playing.

Usually the first person I call is my brother, if I want to shoot around.  He is the most dependable and the one least likely to injury me because he actually knows how to play:-)

Who does MJ call when he wants to shoot around?

When you’re the greatest there is at something, who do you call when you just want to play around?

Can you play around?

Or do you have to be on your game every time, because to someone it’s the chance to show up “the greatest.”

The benefit of being a “normal” guy is that I’m not abnormally gifted athletically or all that imposing from a height standpoint.  I can pretty much mesh into any group of ball players that are equally normal and have fun.  That can’t be the case for the average guy in or who played in the NBA.

The vast majority that play/played in the NBA, aside from Earl Boykins and few others, are usually a bit larger than “normal.”  They are also quite a bit more athletic than “normal.”  Oh and of course they are much much better at basketball than the “normal” player.

So what does a player with the NBA backing do? Tough to find a game that is challenging I’m sure.  I know if any guy on any NBA team came to the majority of hometown courts he would totally dominate the game.  Just a fact.

Now imagine the guy who plays with the NBA guys on the court and totally dominates them.  That was Mike Jordan.  So who plays with Michael Jeffrey Jordan?

Who plays with MJ now?

Hopefully one day soon the answer to who plays with MJ, will be Kenny Eller.

me vs. MJ.  Could it happen?

Stay tuned.