How Michael Jordan was inspired to by Magic Johnson and Larry Bird to…
Now, Michael Jordan is defined by his pursuit of titles. In the fourth episode of ESPN’s “The Last Dance” airing on Sunday, Jordan named one main factor among several others.
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.
The two are largely recognized for their winning-focused efforts to save the NBA.
Six years into his career, despite all of his early success, Jordan still hadn’t won an NBA championship. While Bird won the first of three wins in ’81, his second season, Johnson won the first of his five titles as a rookie in 1980. The notion that he wasn’t the victor and leader that Bird and Johnson were inspired Jordan.
“We were literally stunned to see those emotions.”
Although Jordan made it apparent in “The Last Dance” that there was another reason, it was undoubtedly partially due to the fact that he was able to celebrate the first title with his father, James, by his side.
“At last I fit somewhere in the category of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson,” he stated
