I know I'm kind of an outsider in this discussion, but Jordan is essentially the entire reason that I like basketball. And growing up in Oklahoma, with no professional team worth a [expletive] nearby, I gravitated to the Bulls, obviously. Hell, they were basically a local team, since every game of theirs worth a damn was televised nationally anyway. The only athlete to ever capture my attention like MJ did was Tyson. There really aren't any athletes like that around right now, draw wise. Jordan had the power to make dumb white kids like me not only love basketball, but hate entire franchises (Knicks, Pacers, Jazz) that had literally nothing to do with my life outside of trying to stop MJ. Maybe Tiger used to have that power, but is there a singular NFL or MLB player that has that ability now? Maybe I was just young, I dont know.