Back in 2013, Michael Jordan was asked to choose between Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, and his answer was simple: “Five beats one.” For MJ, greatness was measured in rings. But here’s where the story gets interesting—the NBA is full of legends who never won a championship: Charles Barkley, Allen Iverson, and most recently, Carmelo Anthony, who entered the Hall of Fame without a ring in his pocket. So how do you challenge the whole “ring culture” narrative? Maybe by paying attention to an NBA legend who pointed out the very moment MJ became the GOAT. And the kicker? He hadn’t won a ring yet.

Gilbert Arenas shut the MJ haters once and for all and made it clear why MJ is what he is today. He said, “People don’t realize that he got the Jordan logo in 1988. They took the wings off

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