Thursday, May 14, 2009

"What Jordan Did to Ehlo Was Dead Wrong"

Earlier this morning, LeBron James visited Dan Patrick's radio show. Patrick asked James, who grew up, oddly, idolizing Michael Jordan and rooting for the Cavaliers, what he thought of Jordan's iconic jumper over an outstretched Craig Ehlo in the 1989 NBA playoffs, the first of Jordan's many, many, many signature shots. It seems the shot still raises LeBron's hackles
What Jordan did to Ehlo was dead wrong. For him to go up and act like he was going to take the jumper and wait for Ehlo to land on the ground. And then shoot it. He should have not done that to Craig Ehlo.
I doubt very much that LeBron actually remembers this shot. He was 4 at the time. Still, the iconic shot was on heavy rotation throughout the early 90s, and made a minor comeback a few years ago, in one of the best series of Gatorade advertisements ever conceived. There was, simply, no escaping the clip, or Jordan's greatness. Cavs fan or not. 




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