Michael Jordan was ultra-competitive – He was also supremely confident in his abilities.
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In the 1995-1996 season, Chicago Bulls attained god-tier status being almost unbeatable, never losing 3 games in a row. They only lost 10 games in an 82 game season, winning a championship in the process. The main reason was Michael Jordan, who literally played like Black Jesus that season.
Chris Webber recalls a time when he was a young recruit in the league, only playing his third season in the league. While he was on the way to the stadium in the team bus, and Jordan’s Ferrari rolled past them. While some players have a cigar post-victory, rolling up to the stadium smoking one is a supreme level of confidence.
It may have only been the Washington Bullets (later renamed the Wizards), but the message was loud and clear. It was not just to the Bullets, but to the entire league. Whoever it may be, there would be only one winner in the end, and it’d definitely be the team from Illinois.
Michael Jordan is a legend of the game – but his competitiveness can be demoralizing for others
Jordan’s trash talk stories and excerpts like these are something of a legend – Fans and players love them. The players not so much when they are on the receiving end of it, but they do respect that effort. Even trash talk felt like some sort of recognition from the Black Cat, and people took it anyway it came from him.
Some may say that Michael Jordan is the definition of a sore loser, and to an extent he is. But that also makes him the most successful basketball player in the modern era too. 6-0 in the Finals is a record that speaks for itself.
2 three peats, 6 championship titles and 0 answers to the one man that made Chicago the team that it is. The only championships the Bulls ever won came under Michael. None before him, and none after.
There may come a day when they do win another one, but that doesn’t look like it any time soon. Not because the Bulls are bad, it just feels like the competition right now is between the Brooklyn Nets and the Golden State Warriors.
The Bulls did have an amazing start to the league season, but slowed down slightly. They had an exemplary offseason, stealing DeMar DeRozan and Alex Caruso right from under the Lakers’ noses.
![Jason Williams and Chris Webber have always been known to indulge in strange antics with each other, which was raised by Comedian Andrew Schulz, on his show, Flagrant. Appearing on the show, Jason Williams was asked whether he was involved "in a drive-by paintball shooting of Chris Webber's house in Sacramento". The White Chocolate burst into laughter and "plead the fifth". Williams confessed that maybe "his house caught some bullets along the way". However, to everyone's surprise, he told the comedian that "he [Chris Webber] was probably with me in some them drivebys." Adding to this, Williams also shared a hilarious story of a similar driveby with Webber, where the latter's shoe fell off but he had to somehow get it back. "We were doing that one time..we couldn't get in the gate or something so we decided we're going to go down and do our thing at the security guard at night, right, so we got two little scooters we are riding on these scooters and we dropped them in the dark and we are walking through the woods and whatever, we go the paintballs, we got the rocks, boom boom and we take off and left the scooters. But C Web's shoe falls off. And we got back and I was like 'Bro, where is your shoe?'" The story left everyone in the panel in splits as Williams made the 2021 Hall of Fame Inductee go all the way back to fetch his shoe because living in an all-white community, Webber was probably the only one with that size of shoe. However, on a serious note, the 2006 NBA champion confessed that it was one of the most fun times he had with his former teammate. He added that "it was a blessing in disguise" because they had to play a lot of games in different locations. It is obviously heartwarming to see such a chemistry between the legendary duo of Sacramento Kings. Jason Williams once had to travel in the undercarriage of the team bus Rookie hazing has been a part of teams in the NBA, where the veterans on the team try to build chemistry with young players in their own ways like alotting chores. Chris Webber once narrated one such incident where the rookie Jason Williams hid in the undercarriage of the team bus to avoid it. Upon reaching the hotel, the team noticed that Williams was missing. After searching for some time, the team looked under the bus and there was the 1998 draftee. When Webber asked him the reason, White Chocolate responded, "I don't wanna ride with y'all bi*ches up here." Even though it is a fun tradition among teammates to get to know each other, it did take a toll on the one-time All-Star. However, it was not long after this, the two developed good team ability to make some amazing plays together.](https://cdn-wp.thesportsrush.com/2023/11/7f3ad985-nba-2023-11-08t231816.707.jpg?format=auto&w=384&q=75)