The Quest for the Ring 3: Michael Jackson: Hero of the Quest 2009

With this posting the Quest for the Ring starts a new and important tradition. In parallel to the NBA Hall of Fame, we kick off the Quest for the Ring Hero of the Quest recognition. Every year, ten NBA basketball players, one Coach, and one musician will be declared to be a Heroes of the Quest.

The definition of Hero of the Quest is someone who through high skills, high effort, and high intelligence won the Quest by rising above all the false beliefs and limitations of society.

The ten NBA basketball players chosen as Heroes of the Quest in any given year will be recognized according to the following format:

1. The player with the highest Real Player Rating will be automatically recognized as a Hero of the Quest.

2. The player with the second highest Real Player Rating will be automatically recognized as a Hero of the Quest.

3. The player with the third highest Real Player Rating will be automatically recognized as a Hero of the Quest.

4. The player with the fourth highest Real Player Rating will be automatically recognized as a Hero of the Quest.

5. The player with the fifth highest Real Player Rating will be automatically recognized as a Hero of the Quest.

6. The player with the highest Real Player Offensive Sub Rating will be automatically recognized as a Hero of the Quest.

7. The player with the highest Real Player Defensive Sub Rating will be automatically recognized as a Hero of the Quest.

8. A younger player in his 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year in the NBA will be recognized as a Hero of the Quest.

9. A veteran player who has played for eight or more seasons will be recognized as a Hero of the Quest.

10. A player not necessarily fitting into any of the above categories will be recognized as a Hero of the Quest; this will be called the Wild Card Selection. Every time a player is a Hero based on more than category, a new "Wild Card" designation will open up. The selection of Heroes of the Quest selected under (8)(9)(10) and from any additional Wild Cards opened up due to one or more players who are selected from more than one category will be explained clearly.

The player with the highest Real Player Rating will be considered one of two Lead Heroes for the year. The other Lead Hero will be chosen from among any of the other nine heroes of that year.

The two other Heroes of the Quest in any year will be a NBA Coach and a musician.

So there will be a total of twelve heroes of the Quest every year.

Each Hero of the Quest designation will be accompanied by a posting which will feature important informational links, pictures, videos, a video player, and such other features as may be appropriate and available. Once the 2009 recognitions are completed, Quest will retroactively make the 2008 recognitions. The Hero of the Quest will be retroactively established as of 2008, which coincides with the start of the Quest for the Ring itself.

The 2009 music awarded Hero of the Quest is Michael Joseph Jackson, whose wikipedia page is here.