Rex Chapman roasting Jordan and the Bulls

[StrongLurk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-4xwcxo9gk&feature=youtu.be&t=111

Vicious.

[Derka]

He was funnier when he was stealing from Apple Stores to fund his pill habit. Shut up, Rex.

[G0ATbe]

Damn . Best part was when Jordan tried guarding him at 2:40 and Rex ran a circle around him like he was a goddamn pylon and swishes the 3:roll: . Then Jordan tries trash talking him at 3:25 and Rex puts him in his place:roll: . Absolutely sonned MJ.

[Lakers Legend#32]

Has anyone aged as badly as Rex Chapman?

[fiddy]

Has anyone aged as badly as Rex Chapman?
Cuttino Mobley? Steve Francis?

[Rake2204]

Predictable comment that I already saw someone on YouTube say, but you know you're feeling it when you can do what he did at the 1:53 mark (shoot, spin in a circle for fun before it goes in).

Also:

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g423/Rake2204/Young%20SVG.jpg

[1987_Lakers]

MJ was shook:oldlol:

[sportjames23]

How did Rex and crew fare in the first round vs the Bulls that year?

Yeah, bitches, I thought so. :oldlol:

[plowking]

How did Rex and crew fare in the first round vs the Bulls that year?

Yeah, bitches, I thought so. :oldlol:

Against all odds, Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Kukoc and Harper managed to get the job done.

And I was told by the ISH Jordan Protection Agency that Jordan never took defensive plays off, and never really got burned.

[3ball]

How about the time MJ got 57 points and 10 assists on Rex?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6greEFiMTM&t=0m8s

[Smoke117]

How about the time MJ got 57 points and 10 assists on Rex?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6greEFiMTM&t=0m8s

A guy considered the GOAT had a fantastic game against somebody nobody remembers if they weren't around the time...woah. Context, you bitch.

[Megabox!]

Against all odds, Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Kukoc and Harper managed to get the job done.

And I was told by the ISH Jordan Protection Agency that Jordan never took defensive plays off, and never really got burned.
:lol He came running to this thread as fast as humanly possible

[poido123]

Against all odds, Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Kukoc and Harper managed to get the job done.

And I was told by the ISH Jordan Protection Agency that Jordan never took defensive plays off, and never really got burned.



Do you have a case to prove Jordan had a habit of this? Or is this the exception...


I think we can use common sense here :D


You don't become GOAT by having a lot of flaws. I think when people say that Jordan didn't have layoffs on defense, they were comparitively speaking and they would be correct.

[plowking]

Do you have a case to prove Jordan had a habit of this? Or is this the exception...


I think we can use common sense here :D


You don't become GOAT by having a lot of flaws. I think when people say that Jordan didn't have layoffs on defense, they were comparitively speaking and they would be correct.

Not really. He was never used as a primary defender the way a lot of stars were outside of in the 80's. He just had all the pieces to sit back and have the cushier jobs on defense.

Helps having Rodman, Pippen, Harper, etc on your teams.

[G-train]

When a really talented player gets hot, no one can stop him.
1992 Jordan would have done a better job though, >96 version wasn't the same on D.

[livinglegend]

When a really talented player gets hot, no one can stop him.
1992 Jordan would have done a better job though, >96 version wasn't the same on D.

No excuses!

[TheBigVeto]

How about the time MJ got 57 points and 10 assists on Rex?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6greEFiMTM&t=0m8s

Bitch please. This video didn't erase the fact that Rex sonned your idol like a beyotch.

[Dragonyeuw]

Rex Chapman was one of those streaky shooters who would go off out of nowhere. I had forgotten about him, but looking at that Im reminded that he was one of those guys that you didnt leave open and could do exactly what he did in the video at any time.

[julizaver]

When a really talented player gets hot, no one can stop him.
1992 Jordan would have done a better job though, >96 version wasn't the same on D.

Yes, with years going MJ start save himself a little. He doesn't go at the basket the way he did pre-1993. I remembered games where he relied solely on his midrange turnoaround jump shot. He gained some weight (around 10 pounds) then his pre-1993 version. After losing to Magic in 1995 he trained hard during summer and looked in better condition the next season. When motivated and up to it MJ was still capable of amazing plays and realy could play defense, but at 33 you are not supposed to be like you are at 25-26.

[AirFederer]

Class act :lol

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http://www.abc15.com/news/region-northeast-valley/scottsdale/former-phoenix-suns-player-rex-chapman-arrested-for-stealing-products-from-scottsdale-apple-store

http://blogsurface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/chap23.jpg

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[Dragonyeuw]

How about the time MJ got 57 points and 10 assists on Rex?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6greEFiMTM&t=0m8s

Those highlights look a lot like 2nd 3peat Jordan. Contrary to popular myth, he was already transitioning to the more perimeter-oriented/post-up/fadeaway style before he retired the first time.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Cuttino Mobley? Steve Francis?

Imaginary positive rep given.

[poido123]

Not really. He was never used as a primary defender the way a lot of stars were outside of in the 80's. He just had all the pieces to sit back and have the cushier jobs on defense.

Helps having Rodman, Pippen, Harper, etc on your teams.


Pippen was his main scoring help. Jordan carried a lot on offense and has had help like any star has before/after him.

Are you comparing his help to others? Is that the point you're making?

Jordan needed to do whatever was needed for his team to win. He had great defensive games and other not so good ones where he was perhaps asked to shoulder more of the scoring load.

You don't average 30+ points a game and not affect your effort defensively during some games where he might go for 50 for example.

It's like you are trying to discredit Jordan's defensive abilities based on a couple of games without looking at context like scoring binges.

[julizaver]

Pippen was his main scoring help. Jordan carried a lot on offense and has had help like any star has before/after him.

Are you comparing his help to others? Is that the point you're making?

Jordan needed to do whatever was needed for his team to win. He had great defensive games and other not so good ones where he was perhaps asked to shoulder more of the scoring load.

You don't average 30+ points a game and not affect your effort defensively during some games where he might go for 50 for example.

It's like you are trying to discredit Jordan's defensive abilities based on a couple of games without looking at context like scoring binges.

MJ was up to it in the post-season. As he became older he start feeling bored from reg.season, waiting for playoffs to begin - something he had cited as the real reason behind his first retirement in 1993. He just wanted to play in the more competitive and meaningfull playoffs game. And it affects his game. I remember him realy tanking (preserve himself) during the last games of the reg. season during 90s. Once in the playoffs he played both ends.
Even when finishing at the rim MJ dunked the ball effortlesly without jumping as high as he could - during 1993-1996 the majority of his dunks were very casual off one leg dunks.

[Da_Realist]

Meaningless Feb game. Bulls were 48-5 coming in, Miami was 24-29. Dude got hot. It happens.

[Rake2204]

Interesting to see the various agendas spring to life from this one video clip. I didn't realize the post was supposed to be much more than just appreciating a pretty sweet performance. Though, I suppose I should have known better.


Class act :lol

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http://www.abc15.com/news/region-northeast-valley/scottsdale/former-phoenix-suns-player-rex-chapman-arrested-for-stealing-products-from-scottsdale-apple-store

http://blogsurface.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/chap23.jpgSports Illustrated had a pretty enlightening article on Chapman this summer. I'm a little torn on what conclusion to draw though. I think the investigation for his crime is still ongoing, so he avoided taking any responsibility for his actions, saying he didn't have any recollection of those events because he was so hopped up on prescription painkillers.

On that front, apparently Chapman was pretty straight-laced growing up, not touching alcohol until he was 22.


He had always been so clean-cut. At Apollo High in Owensboro, Ky., Chapman would go to parties with his friends, but while they were drinking beer and smoking weed, he was jumping over cars for money. He says he didn't even taste alcohol until he was 22. Chapman was determined not to let anything divert his path.

Then while with the Suns in '97, a foot condition led to a prescription for Vicodin, then OxyContin in 2000. After that, it was over. He'd been hooked from that point forward.


During his first season with the Suns, in '96-97, Chapman developed a painful nerve condition in his right foot. He agreed to take Vicodin. When the pain flared up, he would pop a couple of pills. The Vicodin habit persisted through his last three years in Phoenix, during which Chapman had seven surgeries. Then, following an emergency appendectomy in March 2000, a doctor gave him OxyContin. "Within a week, it had me," he says. The drug did more than ease Chapman's pain. It also melted away his social anxiety, which had been a problem since his time at Kentucky. "Oxy gave me a euphoria where every bad thought was really fleeting," he says. "It was something I could take that made me sociable. It made me feel more normal, or what I viewed as normal."http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/07/28/rex-chapman-kentucky-nba-painkillers-theft

[3ball]

He was never used as a primary defender



This is that new fan, poppycock narrative invented to prop up today's players against MJ.. Jordan WAS the Bulls' primary defender - this was never more evident than the 1991 Finals, when he guarded the regular season runner-up for MVP and consensus top-10 all-time player, Magic Johnson, for 14 of the 20 quarters (70%) to Pippen's 6 of 20 quarters (30%).

Specifically, Pippen guarded Magic for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters of Game 2... the 2nd and 3rd quarters of Game 3... the last 4 minutes of Game 4, and none in Games 1 or 5.. Here's all 5 games in their entirety:

Game 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddik5aZ02uA
Game 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMTY0xJSwRY
Game 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzLssE0Vcm4
Game 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFcMrcXfCcU
Game 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9B9654H0Cc


It was MJ's job to guard the opponent's starting PG or SG, depending on who was better.. He has locked down PG's like Tim Hardaway (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ouMPqEk-s&list=PLl0ny9_3DLnFmdGrXIYboWxY85qDJEjUY&index=14), Isiah Thomas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q53GLDrhMkY), John Stockton, Kevin Johnson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K2rBgOqGCw&list=PLl0ny9_3DLnFmdGrXIYboWxY85qDJEjUY&index=13), Gary Payton (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFiqeJcgXfg), Rod Strickland - basically every PG in the league.. Otoh, Pippen only guarded SF's.. He never guarded any other position other than rare one-off's (like when he guarded the slowest PG of all time, Mark Jackson, lol).
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[Pointguard]

Rex was zoning - turning around and celebrating before the shot went in. Great feat and he did it on only 17 shots.

[AirFederer]

He was a great shooter, obviously red hot that game. 4 years later out of the league, b/c of injuries. Already addicted to vicodin.

Dude also had lift, and took part in the dunk contest in 1990.

Hope he gets his act together.

[Lebron23]

Rex Chapman is a beast.