{"id":4882,"date":"2024-04-22T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/?p=4882"},"modified":"2024-04-22T15:33:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:33:00","slug":"michael-jordan-looked-like-a-stick-figure-nfl-legend-recalls-the-meeting-that-changed-mjs-career-vu-thuy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/michael-jordan-looked-like-a-stick-figure-nfl-legend-recalls-the-meeting-that-changed-mjs-career-vu-thuy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cM\u0456\u0441h\u0430el Jord\u0430n Looked L\u0456ke \u0430 St\u0456\u0441k F\u0456gure\u201d: NFL Legend Re\u0441\u0430ll\u0455 the Meet\u0456ng Th\u0430t Ch\u0430nged MJ\u2019\u0455 C\u0430reer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"readability-page-1\" class=\"page\">\n<div id=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"article-content-block-1\" data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\">The similarity in the mannerisms of Michael Jordan and Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has been a hot topic in NBA circles for a long time now. The discussion has received further fuel this year because of the T-Wolves\u2019 successful campaign under the leadership of Edwards.\u00a0Shannon Sharpe\u00a0and Chad \u201cOchocinco\u201d Johnson recently brought up the similarities between\u00a0Michael Jordan\u00a0and Anthony Edwards once again. The two agreed that the 22-year-old versions of both the athletes are similar in terms of both \u201c<em>movements<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>mannerisms<\/em>\u201d. However, Sharpe then pointed out the size difference between the two at the age of 22.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-wp.thesportsrush.com\/2024\/04\/8464881d-nba-2024-04-22t190116.036.jpg?format=auto&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75\" alt=\"&quot;Michael Jordan Looked Like a Stick Figure&quot;: NFL Legend Recalls the Meeting That Changed MJ's Career\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"article-content-block-2\" data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\">While Anthony Edwards has a lot of muscle mass, Sharpe termed a lean rookie Jordan as a \u201c<em>stick figure<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0He then highlighted how legendary trainer Tim Grover helped fill up Jordan\u2019s muscles. In 1989,\u00a0Grover, who was ahead of the curve,\u00a0had sent a letter to every Bulls player offering to be their trainer. But only MJ replied to his message. Once the two combined forces, it was over for the rest of the league.<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-content-block-3\" data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\">\u201c<em>If you look at Jordan early on in his career, man, you don\u2019t realize how thin he was. I said, \u2018Man, damn, Jordan like a stick figure!\u2019 But you talk about athleticism and he messed around and got with Tim Grover, it was good night Irene<\/em>,\u201d Sharpe told Ocho on the recent episode of the Nightcap show.<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-content-block-4\" data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\">Then Unc Sharpe mentioned that Jordan was \u201c<em>not a great shooter<\/em>\u201d when he came out of the University of North Carolina. It was in his NBA years that he developed a deadly mid-range game. The pull-ups and fadeaway jumpers ultimately became his \u201c<em>money shot<\/em>\u201d. The 55-year-old ESPN host further highlighted how MJ\u2019s \u201c<em>fallaway J<\/em>\u201d was adopted by many NBA players, with Kobe Bryant being one of the prime examples.<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-content-block-5\" data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\">During his NBA journey, Jordan indeed showcased tremendous ability to adjust, and played with a never-back-down mentality. Tim Grover had seen his fiery nature first-hand.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Michael Jordan was different mentally<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unc &amp; Ocho react to Ryan Garcia shocking Devin Haney, Lakers losing Game 1 to Nuggets | Nightcap\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BZHDwD2Z6VA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"article-content-block-6\" data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\">In his 2021 book\u00a0<em>Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness<\/em>, Tim Grover detailed what set Michael Jordan apart from his peers. Grover revealed how Jordan used to talk to himself before games. He felt the nerves like the rest of the athletes. However, the veteran trainer argued that while the 6x Finals MVP displayed nervousness, he never let the fear of failure take over him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-content-block-7\" data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\">\u201c<em>Before every game, you\u2019d see MJ alone, head down, chewing his gum, having a private conversation with himself. He felt the same nerves you might feel before you\u2019re about to face a challenge. But he never doubted that he would perform at his best<\/em>,\u201d Grover wrote in his 2021 book.<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-content-block-8\" data-type=\"content\" data-variant=\"p\">Apart from that, the celebrated trainer also pointed out how everything the 10x scoring champion did was \u201c<em>rooted in confidence<\/em>\u201d. This confident demeanor, coupled with his relentless drive to improve the different facets of his game, lifted Jordan to new heights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"chapters-container\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The similarity in the mannerisms of Michael Jordan and Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has been a hot topic in NBA circles for a long time now&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4885,"href":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4882\/revisions\/4885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbiz.thongtinluat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}