I know nowt about basketball but during his heyday even I could tell that Jordan was head and shoulders above the next best player - for me his exceptionalism, the degree to which he was better than the second best player ever, is way obve any footballer, or any other sport. Some of the stuff he did was unreal, his hang time ("you'll believe a man can fly"), trick shots, gurning for the camera, getting every last drop of his talent out there, hell of an athlete.
Bit of a dick though, apparently a bully and belittler, Scottie Pippen is fuming at The Last Dance and how he is portrayed.