Chuck Says MJ Was the Only Player Better Than Him

Chuck Says MJ Was the Only Player Better Than Him

Did you think you were better than Bird? Yes. Yes. Did you think you were better than Jordan? Yes. Was there anybody you didn’t think you were better than? Dan, let me tell you this, and I’ve talked about this publicly before. I did not think Michael Jordan was betting me till he beat me in the finals because when I was in Philly, we actually had success against them and then they got good and then they beat us in the playoffs one year. But I thought it just cuz he had some better players around him. When I got traded to Phoenix, I says, Chuck Daly had told me, he says, “You’re the second best player in the world.” I says, “I’m the best player in the world.” He says, “No, that guy right over there is the best player in the world.” I said, “Well, I’m going to prove it to your ass this year when we played them in the finals.” Chuck says, “I didn’t realize how great you were except getting to watch you play every day how easy the game is for you. You can play with anybody. this is doing the dream team practice and I said coach I said Chuck I’m the best player in the world and I’m gonna prove it to you. I said we’re going to play the Bulls in the finals. And I remember telling the guys that going in training camp I said we’re going to play the Bulls in the finals. How you know that? I said because I’m the best damn player in the world and I’m going to prove it. I said we’re going to play the Bulls and I’m going to prove I’m the best player in the world. And I remember going home after game two, my daughter was upset crying cuz we we lost the first two games. says, “Hey, just relax. We’re going to be fine.” I said, “But I got to tell you something. I I ain’t never said this in my life. I think that guy might be better at basketball than I am.” And I said, “But I think I’m better and we’ll be fine.” Then we win game three, lose game four, win game five, come back home for game six. And my daughter, I says, “I I told you I think I’m the best player in the world. I’m gonna prove it.” And then they beat us. I remember telling her, I says, I ain’t never said this to you before, that guy’s better at basketball than me. And that’s the first time I’d ever cuz it’s a team game. But once I got Dan Marlin and Kevin Johnson, I said, “We can beat anybody. We can beat anybody.” Uh, but yeah, I thought Michael Jordan was a better player to me. That’s the only player I ever played against I thought was better than me. Magic. Magic had James Worth and Kareem.

Chuck Says MJ Was the Only Player Better Than Him