John Salley says Jordan not even his top 5 he played against

[RockaFowler]

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/16/john-salley-says-jordan-not-even-his-top-5-he-played-against/

Combine those to facts and you get John Sally on the ESPN’s Colin Cowherd show saying that Michael Jordan is not even in the top five players Salley ever played against. He puts Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Hakeem Olajuwon above Jordan on the all-time list. Even Kevin McHale is higher on Salley’s list. He thought Isiah Thomas was the best he ever played with — and he was on a Jordan Bulls team.

[joeybee12]

1. I like this!

I like it because MJ is always aware of what people say about him and always takes umbrage! He's not happy right now!

[RockaFowler]

2. It's just a silly statement, though

[joeybee12]

3. I agree...

But I LOVE seeing huge egos bruised!

[trumad]

4. He lost me at Kevin McHale

What a dumb ass

[Ter]

5. He should have substituted Jordan's name for Lebron James

And removed McHale.

[taterguy]

6. Salley never played against or with James

[Ter]

7. Don't roll your eyes at me, I'm not stupid

I know he never played with James, I was talking about saying who was better; ie wording it a bit different.

[thacker]

8. It depends

One of the best things about Jordan was the marketing behind him. I look at him as the best player ever but I know this is mainly because of the PR machine known as the NBA marketed him more then any other player.

[JonLP24]

9. He would know better than any of us

I wonder why he is saying it though, I'm guessing because Cowherd asked him.