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  • MJ Mondays – No. 184

    Did you know? Michael Jordan played all 82 games in his final NBA season with the Washington Wizards. At ages 39 and 40, he still averaged 20 points per game.

    “Load management” is routinely used to justify a player’s absence for a game or two during the course of a long, arduous season. But that was not the case for the GOAT. He showed up for every game.

    Michael Jordan during his final season with the Washington Wizards, 2003.

    Photo: U.S. Department of Defense/
    Wikimedia Commons

    Greatness does not always have to look dominant. Sometimes, greatness is consistency and reliability: being available and performing even when no one expects you to be at your best.

    There are seasons when success looks less like dominating and more like continuing to show up.

    The fairy-tale ending did not happen in Washington like it did in Chicago. The Wizards missed the playoffs. Nonetheless, Jordan suited up for all 82 games and averaged 20 points per game while competing against players considerably younger than him.

    That is excellence.

    MJ Mondays is my weekly look at why Michael Jordan is still the GOAT, along with a few lessons we can take from his career about competing, winning, and getting better.

    A new post goes up every Monday.

  • MJ Mondays – No. 183

    This installment is a bit different. Michael Jordan is the best professional basketball player to ever have played, but what impresses me about his career is not just the two three-peats, the five NBA MVPs, two Olympic gold medals, or the NCAA championship at North Carolina.

    It’s also the fact that he came back late in his career and still found a way to compete and succeed. He no longer had the athleticism that helped him soar over his defenders, or outrun his opponents. Instead, he adapted his game and still averaged 20 points per game against players considerably younger than him.

    Watch Michael Jordan score 51 points against the Hornets.

    He could have ended his career with the storybook ending: winning the sixth championship with the game-winning jump shot. Instead, he came back and became a different version of himself. He relied on his basketball IQ, fundamentals, footwork, and positioning. He proved that just because you lose an advantage does not mean you lose your usefulness. Sometimes, succeeding means being willing to change and learning how to execute a new game plan.

    MJ Mondays is my weekly look at why Michael Jordan is still the GOAT, along with a few lessons we can take from his career about competing, winning, and getting better.

    A new post goes up every Monday.

  • MJ Mondays – No. 182

    Michael Jordan’s 6 Laws

    Source: molletum on Instagram

    MJ Mondays is my weekly look at why Michael Jordan is still the GOAT, along with a few lessons we can take from his career about competing, winning, and getting better.

    A new post goes up every Monday.

  • MJ Mondays – No. 181

    Source: inspirethegents on Instagram

    MJ Mondays is my weekly look at why Michael Jordan is still the GOAT, along with a few lessons we can take from his career about competing, winning, and getting better.

    A new post goes up every Monday.

  • MJ Mondays – No. 180

    Success is a daily choice.

    Shoutout to sixforsixgoat on Instagram for the content. Michael Jordan was the best to ever play the sport of professional basketball. There is a reason why MJ was the best. This account captures why and what we can learn from the greatness.

    Go follow him for more!

    MJ Mondays is my weekly look at why Michael Jordan is still the GOAT, along with a few lessons we can take from his career about competing, winning, and getting better.

    A new post goes up every Monday.

  • MJ Mondays – No. 179

    www.reddit.com/r/NBAoldschool/s/r7wXUCzYoo

    Dominance. Consistency. Excellence.

    Michael Jordan.

    MJ Mondays is my weekly look at why Michael Jordan is still the GOAT, along with a few lessons we can take from his career about competing, winning, and getting better.

    A new post goes up every Monday.

  • MJ Mondays – No. 178

    Michael Jordan is the best. Until someone else takes his place.

  • MJ Mondays – No. 177

  • MJ Mondays – No. 175

    Just you and hard work

    Inspired by the best, Michael Jordan

  • MJ Mondays – No. 173

    Via sixforsixgoat on Instagram