Kendrick Perkins says LeBron would’ve destroyed MJ’s finals opponent

[Vino24]

After watching the “The Last Dance” on Sunday, former Cleveland Cavaliers center Kendrick Perkins took a shot at one of Michael Jordan’s main defenders during the 1993 NBA Finals.

Perkins appeared to imply in a tweet that LeBron James or Kevin Durant, his former teammates with the Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder, respectively, would have had a field day against the Phoenix Suns’ Dan Majerle.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/cavaliersnation.com/2020/05/05/kendrick-perkins-pokes-fun-michael-jordans-finals-opponent/amp/

Yikes! MJ was lucky there were no decent perimeter players back then

[Docs Orders]

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[ELITEpower23]

This isn't even a debate as far as I am concerned. MJ was getting checked on the perimeter by weak defenders that did not know how to score. LeBron was facing the converse, elite level defenders with elite level scoring. I can't even think of a single MJ opponent that routinely scored 25 ppg. That should be the next thread.

Make it happen fam! List all the 25 ppg scorers MJ faced versus the ones LBJ faced. I think MJ faced one in his whole career.

[Vino24]

This isn't even a debate as far as I am concerned. MJ was getting checked on the perimeter by weak defenders that did not know how to score. LeBron was facing the converse, elite level defenders with elite level scoring. I can't even think of a single MJ opponent that routinely scored 25 ppg. That should be the next thread.

Make it happen fam! List all the 25 ppg scorers MJ faced versus the ones LBJ faced. I think MJ faced one in his whole career.

Drexler is literally the only player and at best he is a slightly better Demar DeRozan

[ArbitraryWater]

And unlike Kenyon, S-Jac, Barnes and the likes, Perk isn‘t s dumb thug..

Got his wits about him. Melts into a crowd. Comes across funny, nice.

[dbugz]

keyword "kendrick perkins"

:roll:

[light]

I think everyone realizes that the Bulls finals opponents were weak relative to the teams LeBron has faced.

Dynasty Spurs x3
Dynasty Warriors x4

And people forget that the Bulls were usually the most loaded team of their era. Even in the early 90's.

https://s7.gifyu.com/images/Bulls-Big-Three.png

https://s7.gifyu.com/images/Bulls-Pippen-Grant.png

https://s7.gifyu.com/images/Bulls-Grant-Pre-eminant.png

And of course the late 90's Bulls were similarly loaded with not only Rodman but also the addition of Toni Kukoc.

The Bulls always outnumbered their opponents in terms of talent.

LeBron, on the other hand, won while being on that team with less talent.

[FultzNationRISE]

God damn, we holdin MORE W’s, boys??


Let’s get em :rockon:

[Docs Orders]

I think everyone realizes that the Bulls finals opponents were weak relative to the teams LeBron has faced.

Dynasty Spurs x3
Dynasty Warriors x4

And people forget that the Bulls were usually the most loaded team of their era. Even in the early 90's.

https://s7.gifyu.com/images/Bulls-Big-Three.png

https://s7.gifyu.com/images/Bulls-Pippen-Grant.png

https://s7.gifyu.com/images/Bulls-Grant-Pre-eminant.png

And of course the late 90's Bulls were similarly loaded with not only Rodman but also the addition of Toni Kukoc.

The Bulls always outnumbered their opponents in terms of talent.

LeBron, on the other hand, won while being on that team with less talent.

:applause:

[LAmbruh]

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[Axe]

Big kendrick being humble to the player that his celtics used as a punching bag for two separate postseasons, something that forced him to form the triumvirate in the miami heat with former fmvp wade and raptors star bosh. :oldlol:

[Duncan21formvp]

Big kendrick being humble to the player that his celtics used as a punching bag for two separate postseasons, something that forced him to form the triumvirate in the miami heat with former fmvp wade and raptors star bosh. :oldlol:


Why did he lose to Dirk then? Why did he lose to Dwight Howard then? Why did he lose in a blowout fashion to an old ass Spurs team? Why did he bring America home two bronze medals?

[G0ATbe]

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That gif gets me every time:lol

[Axe]

Why did he lose to Dirk then? Why did he lose to Dwight Howard then? Why did he lose in a blowout fashion to an old ass Spurs team? Why did he bring America home two bronze medals?
Idk. Why don't you get out of your cave and ask the 'king' yourself?

[ELITEpower23]

I think everyone realizes that the Bulls finals opponents were weak relative to the teams LeBron has faced.

Dynasty Spurs x3
Dynasty Warriors x4

And people forget that the Bulls were usually the most loaded team of their era. Even in the early 90's.

https://s7.gifyu.com/images/Bulls-Big-Three.png

https://s7.gifyu.com/images/Bulls-Pippen-Grant.png

https://s7.gifyu.com/images/Bulls-Grant-Pre-eminant.png

And of course the late 90's Bulls were similarly loaded with not only Rodman but also the addition of Toni Kukoc.

The Bulls always outnumbered their opponents in terms of talent.

LeBron, on the other hand, won while being on that team with less talent.

*zzzzzzzzipppp*

Body bagged zipped-up

[Axe]

I think everyone realizes that the Bulls finals opponents were weak relative to the teams LeBron has faced.

Dynasty Spurs x3
Dynasty Warriors x4

And people forget that the Bulls were usually the most loaded team of their era. Even in the early 90's.

https://s7.gifyu.com/images/Bulls-Big-Three.png

https://s7.gifyu.com/images/Bulls-Pippen-Grant.png

https://s7.gifyu.com/images/Bulls-Grant-Pre-eminant.png

And of course the late 90's Bulls were similarly loaded with not only Rodman but also the addition of Toni Kukoc.

The Bulls always outnumbered their opponents in terms of talent.

LeBron, on the other hand, won while being on that team with less talent.
Yup, a very good reason to justify bran's six finals losses.

Also, when a team simply wins multiple championships and go undefeated in each of their finals appearances, then their defeated rivals = weak.

I guess the very same thing can be said then for the spurs championship runs before the last decade, right? They already had four titles between 1999-2007 and were also undefeated in the finals during that period.

Chronologically, they defeated the '99 knicks, '03 nets, '05 pistons and ultimately swept the '07 cavs because, under your narrative, those are just weak eastern conference championship teams.

Nice logic, btw.

[Gimmedarock]

Jordan did face any sort of perimeter talent. Miller & Drexler were pretty much it. No knock on MJ because he still dominated the era but the competition was trash. Lebron faces offensive threats all the time. Bron Bron would feast on old teams like the Knicks or Phoenix. This isn’t even an argument.

[Axe]

So 90s western championship teams from '91-93 & '96-98 are simply 'trash' because they never won chips at all in their respective years.

Got it.

[dbugz]

Jordan did face any sort of perimeter talent. Miller & Drexler were pretty much it. No knock on MJ because he still dominated the era but the competition was trash. Lebron faces offensive threats all the time. Bron Bron would feast on old teams like the Knicks or Phoenix. This isn’t even an argument.

grandpa mj toyed a young athletic marion several times

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old shawn marion made prime libron his b!tch

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[ELITEpower23]

So 90s western championship teams from '91-93 & '96-98 are simply 'trash' because they never won chips at all in their respective years.

Got it.

Even before, during, or after the 90s

Utah was a joke
Seattle was worse
Phoenix never went anywhere
Drexler teamed with Hakeem and got 1 ring.

[Axe]

Even before, during, or after the 90s

Utah was a joke
Seattle was worse
Phoenix never went anywhere
Drexler teamed with Hakeem and got 1 ring.
Yet they were still able to make the finals somehow

[FKAri]

It's so sad to see Michael Jordan's name tarnished so much lately. Sure he's an overrated collection of flesh and bone that wastes food and oxygen and isn't even worth using as a disposal tube for excrement but go easy on the guy.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Jordan did face any sort of perimeter talent. Miller & Drexler were pretty much it. No knock on MJ because he still dominated the era but the competition was trash. Lebron faces offensive threats all the time. Bron Bron would feast on old teams like the Knicks or Phoenix. This isn’t even an argument.

Not true at all.

Jordan faced all types of swingmen and HOF perimeter players. Richmond, Hill, Iverson, Gary Payton, Penny Hardaway, Bernard King, Sprewell, Chris Mullin, Steve Smith, Alan Houston. And of course Isiah, Magic, Drexler and Miller.

Why do posters like you come here and spew bullshit? If you don't know what you're talking about, keep your trap shut. Don't comment on topics you're clearly uneducated on.

[Axe]

It's so sad to see Michael Jordan's name tarnished so much lately. Sure he's an overrated collection of flesh and bone that wastes food and oxygen and isn't even worth using as a disposal tube for excrement but go easy on the guy.
Such a banal sarcasm lmao

[dbugz]

grandpa mj toyed a young athletic marion several times

https://i.imgur.com/Gbc0LDV.gif

old shawn marion made prime libron his b!tch

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ClearcutOpenJavalina-size_restricted.gif

libron fans aint wanna see this :oldlol: :roll:

no reaction still :oldlol:

[Axe]

Even before, during, or after the 90s

Utah was a joke
Seattle was worse
Phoenix never went anywhere
Drexler teamed with Hakeem and got 1 ring.
Also, this is like the equivalent of saying the lakers are a pure joke in the 60s, since they've never won any chips at all in all of their six finals appearances during that decade because the celtics dynasty was just so dominant back then.

[FKAri]

libron fans aint wanna see this :oldlol: :roll:

no reaction still :oldlol:

He wanted Dallas and Dirk to win. Needed to keep the white fanbase engaged for another couple decades.

[Cyrus334]

How can Kendrick say that when he saw what happened in 2011 when Lebron had the most stacked talent in the league and still choked against Dirk and his squad of aging veterans lol?

[BigKobeFan]

Jason terry, a scrub in the late 90s and early 00s made bran his personal slave

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libron fans aint wanna see this :oldlol: :roll:

no reaction still :oldlol:

He finished 2nd in 2011 under extraordinary circumstances. Boo hoo. So terrible.

It's better than getting booted in the 1st or 2nd round, which happened to Jordan 5 times.

[LostCause]

Jerry West just said last week MJs the best he’s ever seen, as did Doc Rivers

West also said the game today is too easy for perimeter players compared to when Jordan played

I mean you can go all day with statements like these

[Axe]

He finished 2nd in 2011 under extraordinary circumstances. Boo hoo. So terrible.

It's better than getting booted in the 1st or 2nd round, which happened to Jordan 5 times.
In 2011, bran and his team had the hca for the first time in a finals appearance.

However, they still ended up losing to their rivals.

[LAmbruh]

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[ELITEpower23]

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Majerle was SG, so Lebron would be guarded by Richard Dumas, a super-athlete just like lebron:


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Perkins needs to stop having such dumb takes

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[3ball]

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Majerle was SG, so Lebron would be guarded by Richard Dumas, a super-athlete just like lebron:


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https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GlaringCreepyAztecant-max-1mb.gif


Perkins needs to stop having such dumb takes

[Bronbron23]

After watching the “The Last Dance” on Sunday, former Cleveland Cavaliers center Kendrick Perkins took a shot at one of Michael Jordan’s main defenders during the 1993 NBA Finals.

Perkins appeared to imply in a tweet that LeBron James or Kevin Durant, his former teammates with the Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder, respectively, would have had a field day against the Phoenix Suns’ Dan Majerle.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/cavaliersnation.com/2020/05/05/kendrick-perkins-pokes-fun-michael-jordans-finals-opponent/amp/

Yikes! MJ was lucky there were no decent perimeter players back then

Dirk would like to argue otherwise. Malone, barkley and clyde would all have a chance if they were going up against lebron instead of mj. Dirk woukd be just another guy who couldn't get it done in mj's era

[SATAN]

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:lol

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[Real14]

keyword "kendrick perkins"

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End thread:lol

[Real14]

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[Rico2016]

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Decimation

[LAL]

Can say that about many modern perimeter superstars, not sure why lebron because it was the SG position that was the weakest in the 90's.

[86Celtics]

After watching the “The Last Dance” on Sunday, former Cleveland Cavaliers center Kendrick Perkins took a shot at one of Michael Jordan’s main defenders during the 1993 NBA Finals.

Perkins appeared to imply in a tweet that LeBron James or Kevin Durant, his former teammates with the Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder, respectively, would have had a field day against the Phoenix Suns’ Dan Majerle.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/cavaliersnation.com/2020/05/05/kendrick-perkins-pokes-fun-michael-jordans-finals-opponent/amp/

Yikes! MJ was lucky there were no decent perimeter players back then

Yes but not to the extent that Jordan did because he doesn't have a dependable jump shot. Nor would he able to waltz to the rim as he does now because back then defences weren't hampered by artificial spacing and idiotic rules like defensive 3 seconds. I'm guessing he wins 3 maybe 4 titles with those Bulls and that's contigent to him learning to play within a system as complex as the triangle.

[tpols]

perkins is a known contrarian.

i remember my old dorm mates in college who were straight from s korea said he looked like the devil.

:roll:

he is a born goon.

[tpols]

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they're like twins. :lol

https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/lebronkawhi.gif

both shook at the FT line.

[HylianNightmare]

We'll never know because one is 6/6 and left no doubt and the other is what?

[Jordan96]

We'll never know because one is 6/6 and left no doubt and the other is what?


One is 6/13 the other is 9/13

[FKAri]

We'll never know because one is 6/6 and left no doubt and the other is what?

The other is the GOAT.

[AlternativeAcc.]

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[Axe]

Bran never won more than 3 chips in one team