{"id":271,"date":"2022-06-08T10:16:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T10:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketballisculture.com\/?p=271"},"modified":"2022-06-08T11:16:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T11:16:26","slug":"michael-jordans-biggest-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketballisculture.com\/michael-jordans-biggest-rivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking Michael Jordan\u2019s Biggest Rivals of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

He’s the G.O.A.T and he was unstoppable. Many greats challenged him but he always prevailed. Let’s take a look at who Michael Jordan’s biggest rivals were.<\/p>\n

5. Karl Malone<\/h2>\n

Karl Malone is amongst the greatest players who never won an NBA championship<\/a>. They can thank Michael Jordan for that. \u00a0His teammate and partner in crime John Stockton is also one of the greatest single franchise NBA players of all time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Malone was one of Michael Jordan’s biggest rivals. The pick and roll between Malone and Stockton was unstoppable. But Malone, Stockton and the Jazz also had a reputation of being dirty. Utah made the playoffs every season that Stockton and Malone played in but Jordan became the single reason why the Hall of Famers never won an NBA championship.<\/p>\n

Despite Malone leading 13-11 all-time against Jordan, the Bulls beat the Jazz in 1997 and again in 1998, with Jordan’s famous 20-foot jumper with 5.2 seconds remaining clinching a sixth NBA championship. Malone never won an NBA title and he’s forever filthy that teammate Antoine Carr wanted Jordan’s autograph for his son.<\/p>\n