Not that there aren't issues of timing and tactics regarding other competitors with cycling, but I do have more respect for an elite basketball player like Jordan.
In cycling, you're just pushing your body in a given direction (though I know that's simplifying it somewhat). In basketball, and in offense alone, Jordan was trying to evade defenders just to get the ball or running through established plays, then operating within a pretty strict set of rules (on par with soccer or netball) that restricted how he could move with the ball, what parts of his body could touch it, how often it had to touch the ground (etc) and all the time still trying to evade swiping defenders, then either trying to beat his defender to take on yet another player or two protecting the basket 10' off the ground, or make a shot from 15-25' out over a defender's hand and ignoring a screaming crowd.
A cyclist has superb pure stamina and other things, but it goes beyond that for a basketball player adding a fair range of skills to the equation that mean, for me, it surpasses netball (has confines, but less movement with the ball) and soccer (more emphasis on passing opportunities) or motor-racing (more or less split-second decisions). Probably worth also mentioning tennis -- quick movement and tactics, strong element of precision on top of that.
The difference in accuracy requirements is notable, but imagine archery, where you have to jump for most of your shots, you have to hit the target while some idiot is trying to get their hand in the flight path, and you have to bounce your arrow before you shoot it. ;)
