Originally Posted by alphaorange

Agressive play doesn't mean Killer instinct. It means agressive play. Geez, are you think. Page me back when you find where it says his heart and desire come form something other than inside and, btw, it also doesn't mean that someone (anyone) else would have succeeded where he did. What about brother Larry? He apparently had the "agressive" play. MJ was special in and out. Is that so hard for you to admit? Where does he say it wasn't inborn? It says his brother helped him HONE it...meaning it was already there Can you do the reading comp. thing? Key phrase "Michael's determination to catch-up and win". Duh. Do ever read whole articles or just what suits your argument?

"The following season McAdoo was in the final year of his contract. Snyder, unwilling to meet McAdoo's money demands or lose him to free agency after the season, traded him at midyear to the New York Knicks. The Braves, who also threw in Tom McMillen, received John Gianelli and cash in return.

Although McAdoo still finished the 1976-77 season ranked fifth in the league in scoring (25.8 ppg), the move to New York was not a happy one. The Knicks were fraught with internal clashes during McAdoo's tenure. The rivalry between McAdoo and superstar teammate Spencer Haywood was particularly intense. Although McAdoo finished third in the league in scoring in 1977-78 (26.5 ppg), the Knicks traded him midway through the following season to Boston for Tom Barker and three first-round draft picks.

McAdoo learned of the trade by reading a newspaper. So did Boston General Manager Red Auerbach and player-coach Dave Cowens, who had not been consulted by Celtics owner John Brown and resented it. McAdoo felt unwelcome and found himself sitting while Cowens played center. He finished the 1978-79 campaign averaging 24.8 ppg in 60 games. The Celtics then dispatched McAdoo to the Detroit Pistons as compensation for Boston's free-agent signing of M. L. Carr.

McAdoo's two years in Detroit proved to be no happier. The Pistons were in turmoil, and McAdoo suffered a string of injuries. In 1980-81, he played in only six games for the Pistons and finally waived him after he filed a grievance with the players' association. "

Reread it and find the word "selfish". I see a bunch of bad situations...a star with a big ego...and still big production. Maybe you should check those rosters and see who's on them and why there might have been problems. There were never problems with him until he clashed with other egos. Lots of players have had that happen, but thats a whole another discussion, but I'm sure you'd agree that's true.