Lance Stephenson Claiming Famous Michael Jordan Quote as if of His Own Might Just Earn Him Place in History Books

In our modern society, plagiarism or claiming another person's idea as one's own - and in public - is one of the most detestable acts that a person could commit. The offender could find himself locked up if found guilty of the illegal action. But it appears that the same penalty does not apply to Lance Stephenson who on Tuesday, on his instagram account, proudly dropped an inspirational line about a series of failures one suffers in life but eventually ends up in inconceivable success, which was not actually his, as per USA Today Sports.

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." Lance Stephenson.  Lance Stephenson wrote on instagram and as reported by sbnation.com. Except for people who could hardly identify a hook shot from a jump shot, one can tell that those numbers do not belong to an NBA player of Lance Stephenson status - to be trusted  to take 26 winning shots only belongs to a Kobe Bryant or a Michael Jordan. Indeed, Lance Stephenson simply took those powerful lines from no other than his airness - Michael Jordan, reported further by sbnation.com.

It can be noted that the career of Lance Stephenson, who has spent his first four years in the NBA as a core player for the Indiana Pacers, that gave Lebron James and his entire Miami Heat a run for their money, in three straight losing playoff efforts has - after leaving Indiana Pacers inorder to join the Charlotte Hornets - since then taking a slow dive. Just a number of games into his 3-year, $ 27 million contract with the Hornets, he figured in various injuries, causing him to miss double-digit games, as per nypost.com. Very recently, Lance Stephenson, signed the dotted lines for a 10-day contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves only to suffer another ankle injury.

            Lance Stephenson, a native of Brooklyn, is however not one whose moral quickly takes a hit in times when the lucks of life is not on his side. He would even inspire himself and his loyal fans - and in an entertaining manner - by audaciously lifting, as if of his own, one of the famous utterances ever made by Michael Jordan who is perhaps the greatest player, thus far, to have ever walked the basketball court.  In so doing, Lance Stephenson, is certainly not going to prison for plagiarism; it might just propel him into history books as one of the players who hardly runs out of humor.