“God disguised as Michael Jordan”

“God disguised as Michael Jordan” that is what Larry Bird used to describe Michael Jordan after he had a great game against the Boston Celtics. It is safe to say that Jordan was one of the best and most influential basket ball players to touch to the court. I would be surprised if there isn't a person that didn't want to be “like Mike” when they were growing up. Even though its been more than 10 years since he has played, Jordan is still being compared to current players. The most looked for shoe in the market is still Jordan's signature shoes. He has been releasing the same shoes for the past 20 years and people still flock to get them here.

His best accomplishments include Rookie of the Year; Five-time NBA MVP; Six-time NBA champion; Six-time NBA Finals MVP; Ten-time All-NBA First Team; Nine time NBA All-Defensive First Team; Defensive Player of the Year; 14-time NBA All-Star; Three-time NBA All-Star MVP; 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; Ten scoring titles -- an NBA record and seven consecutive matching Wilt Chamberlain; Retired with the NBA's highest scoring average of 30.1ppg. All this information could be found

One thing that most men are worried about is being replaced as the alpha male. They always want to be the best at what they do no matter what age they are. Could the best player in basketball be worried about this too? The player that was so good at what he did that he decided to go and professionally play baseball. The Gatorade company plays with this idea when they made their 23 v.s 39 commercial.

The commercial shows an older Jordan playing basketball and then you hear someone walking up. A younger Jordan in a Bulls uniform comes out the shadows challenging the older Jordan. They both are scoring consecutively and the older Jordan doesn't miss a step. Even when the younger Jordan shows more acrobatic drives and dunks, the older Jordan shows mores skills. In the end the older Jordan ends up beating the younger Jordan.

They are using this commercial that the older you get the more experience you achieve and that puts ahead of the younger players. When the younger Jordan starts playing he is more athletic and cocky but in the end the older Jordan still ends up winning. Even though they don't really show who actually won the game it is clear that the older Jordan won because the younger Jordan keeps making rookie mistakes.

The whole time that the younger Jordan is making these mistakes the older Jordan is giving him tips on how to make himself better. This shows the other point that younger players think that they could beat anybody but they have to get experience to become players. They end the commercial by enforcing this idea by having a younger Jordan coming out in his college basketball uniform and the older Jordan sending the young Jordan to teach the younger player.