From the Chicago Tribune:
DETROIT – Michael Jordan accepted a Hall of Fame jersey, looked at former competitors John Stockton and David Robinson and threatened to make another comeback.
“Every time I see these guys, I want to put my shorts on,” Jordan said.
The former Bulls great was elected to the 2009 Basketball Hall of Fame class along with Robinson, Stockton and his coach in Utah, Jerry Sloan. Rutgers women’s coach C. Vivian Stringer was also elected.
As remarkable as Jordan’s career was, a five-time MVP who won six NBA titles, he said this day was one he never imagined.
“I would never have envisioned myself at any point being in any hall of fame,” he said.
The announcement was made in Detroit, site of the men’s Final Four, on the day Jordan’s North Carolina Tar Heels will face Michigan State for the national championship. He won a title with North Carolina when current coach Roy Williams was an assistant in 1982.
Induction is Sept. 10-12 in Springfield, Mass., home of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
I also found this video on ESPN.com today that says it all. He is the greatest of all time.
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