I know that he was extremely popular/famous and there was a lot of interest in him, but being a famous player doesn’t have to be the same as being a loved player.

For example, in todays game, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant are both very famous players in the league who get a lot of attention from media and from Basketball fans, but Curry is a player who seems to be almost universally liked, not many fans have negative feelings about him. Durant on the other hand is as media famous as Curry, but he is less loved, a lot of regular fans have negative feelings about him.

So how was it with Jordan? Yes he was extremely famous. But was he liked/loved by many Basketball fans (apart from Bulls Fans of course)? Or was he just respected? Did many even have negative feelings about him?

  • Diqt@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Forget player, he’s the most popular ATHLETE of all time.

    And one of the most popular people (anyone) of all time.

        • rwoteit@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          How lol. He’s just not. Athletes have transcended magnitudes larger sports.

      • btwatch@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I grew up in Asia from 92 to 03. Jordan was definitely the most famous/biggest deal athlete. I mean other stars that were big were… Michael Schumaker? Pete Sampras? Fat Ronaldo or Roberto Carlos? Maybe Kobe later on. But none compared to Mike.