why is michael jordan the greatest basketball player of all-time?

[Robert]

does he have the most championships?
no, bill russell has 11 rings (he also has 5 mvps)

does he have the most mvps?
no, kareem abdul-jabbar has 6... michael jordan has 5 and is tied with bill russell...

does he have the highest ppg average?
yes, according to nba.com he has 30.1, but this is also tied with wilt chamberlain's 30.1... he lead the nba in scoring 10 times...

does he lead in any of the five main categories (overall points, steals, assits, rebounds, and blocks?)
no,
overall points leader: kareem abdul-jabbar, steals: john stockton, assits: john stockton, rebounds: wilt chamberlain, blocks: hakeem olajuwan)

so how is michael jordan the greatest basketball player of all-time?
he does have the most finals mvp... i give him that... but other than that... what?
do you see me mentioning kobe at all... this has nothing to do with kobe... i definately think that kobe is not the greatest!
NBA ALL-TIME LEADERS (UPDATED 6/20/10):
(All statistical records + playoff records + career averages + playoff averages + MVPs + Finals MVPs + Rings + All-1st teams + All-1st Defensive Teams + All-star games + All-star MVPS)
???

where the hell did you get this?...

it doesn't even sound logical

 

[biggestnatefan]

I guess you had to have actually seen him play to know I don't know if you did but anybody who's seen the guy play and knows what basketball was like in the Jordan era just knows he was the best.

 

[TabithaKing]

cus it is what it is

 

[DAboMB]

He is the greatest because he brought change to basketball and he also did great things many times.