Creating the Perfect NBA Player: 12 Traits from the best in the game

#9 Clutch Ability - Michael Jordan

"The Shot" - May 7, 1989

"The inbound pass comes in to Jordan...Here's Micahel at the foul line... The Shot on Ehlo... GOOD! The BULLS WIN IT! THEY WIN IT! They upset the Cleveland Cavaliers. Michael Jordan hits it at the foul line. 101-100! 20,273 in stunned silence here in the Coliseum! Michael Jordan with 44 points and a game winning shot over Craig Ehlo. What tremendous heroics we have had in Game 5."

How important is it to have the "clutch gene"? Well, we've seen over and over again, that a clutch shot could change a player's legacy and the history of a franchise. Michael Jordan throughout his career proved that he was the most clutch player to have ever played the game. From "The Shot" against the Cavaliers in 1989 to "The Last Shot" against the Jazz in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals, MJ came up big during the final moments of the game hitting some of the most dramatic game-winners in his career.

5 on the shot clock, down by 1, our perfect player channels his inner Michael Jordan and sinks a deep 2 to win the game! Like the sound of that?