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Michael Jordan opens up about his older brother Larry not making the NBA: "He has always been a good player, but he just didn't grow enough"
His 44-inch vertical leap enabled him to dunk the ball easily. "When you say Air Jordan, I'm No.2, he's 1," MJ once said in a ...
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NBA Slam Dunk Contest Winners
Miner joined Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins as the only two-time winners, denying Isaiah Rider a spot in that exclusive company. Bryant, 18, who was 5 when Larry Nance won the first dunk ...
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Michael Jordan once called Larry Bird the greatest trash talker of all time
Michael Jordan once called Larry Bird the greatest trash talker in ... as well as iconic moments like Baron Davis' dunk over Andrei Kirilenko and Goran Dragic's performance in the 2010 Western ...
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How Larry Bird (and Magic Johnson) inspired Michael Jordan to become a champion
Jordan detailed a major source: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. The duo is widely credited with saving the NBA, doing so with a focus on winning. Despite all of Jordan's early success, he hadn't won ...
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Jordan vs. Dominique: When Indianapolis hosted the best Slam Dunk Contest of all-time
Nobody talks about Larry Nance. Nobody talks about Darrell ... That's the way I played the game and I just took that to the dunk contest." Jordan made a statement of his own with the way he ...
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Revisited: "That was God disguised as Michael Jordan" - Larry Bird recalls MJ's legendary 63-point performance at The Garden in 1986
On this day in 1986, Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird hailed Michael Jordan's record-breaking performance ... as well as iconic moments like Baron Davis' dunk over Andrei Kirilenko and Goran ...