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Starks?
kobe
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:D
the more important person is who did jordan **** on the least?
Sidney Moncrief
reggie miller
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Joe D is the most frequent answer.
Hersey Hawkins
GP or joe d maybe:confusedshrug:
I'm not saying that he's the best Jordan defender, and I obviously know what happened in the end, but I don't think Byron Russell was all THAT bad on MJ.
Even the guys who guarded him best had plenty of help. But if I had to choose I'd go with Dumars, Starks and Payton. All 3 had excellent defensive fundamentals and since they were all around 6'4, they had the lateral quickness to hang with MJ AFTER handchecking him hard. They'd never be able to guard him effectively under today's rules though.
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In relative terms (since no one ever really gave him trouble), Jordan had more trouble with smaller defenders (6'4"ish), since they stood a better chance of being able to stay in front of him. These guys like Dumars and Starks and Alvin Robertson used to defend PG's pretty regularly, and it's a testament to Jordan's insane quickness that he was able to get by these guys like they were standing still many times despite being 2+" taller and being handchecked severely. I don't feel that Jordan gets enough credit for this. Some detractors talk about how some of his defenders were shorter than him (forgetting that these guys were tremendous defenders; JKidd guards swingmen too), but they neglect to mention that he was [i]beating them off the dribble[/i] routinely, which you shouldn't be able to do as regularly to shorter defenders. Jordan in his prime never had trouble with any defender his size or better.
Scottie, in practice:applause:
Earlier in his career: Moncrief and a team effort by Boston were the two best.
As he started approaching titles: the Pistons
During the first three-peat: believe it or not, but the Clippers defended him better than anyone else. Ron Harper usually picked him up with some mid-range help from guys like Ken Norman or a healthy Danny Manning. It wasn't an accident that Harper ended up on the Bulls for the second run.
starks handsdown. the knicks in the early nineties were one of the best defensive teams of all time, arguably the best one that never one a championship.
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Plus Dumars :bowdown:
I'll toss Mitch Richmond's name in there.
But........
I vote Gary Payton as the number 1 Jordan defender. He beat his ass down in the 96 finals. Rodman outplayed Jordan for that MVP trophy.
I still think that some of the best defense ever played on Jordan was Starks during the first 2 games of the 93 ECF. The guy shut down and outplayed Jordan in his prime.
dan majerle
[QUOTE=kobelamarjackson]dan majerle[/QUOTE]
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reggie miller hands down. great rivalries :applause:
NO one
The closest that would be in Isolation would be Starks, and his A$$ was still whipped.
I am a fan of Moncrief , but - Nope .
And no one on Detroit .
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Who defended Jordan the best?\
Thats the question, ready next time? :confusedshrug:
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[QUOTE=Emeka Okafor xD]Who defended Jordan the best?\
Thats the question, ready next time? :confusedshrug:
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huh??????
father time.
[QUOTE=blasian]huh??????[/QUOTE]
He thought the topic was about if anybody stopped jordan, but it wasnt.
[QUOTE=Emeka Okafor xD]He thought the topic was about if anybody stopped jordan, but it wasnt.[/QUOTE]
oh
Joe Dumars (always good to have a great defensive frontline behind you)
Vernon Maxwell (a couple of times)
Gary Payton (96 Finals)
John Starks (but Jordan would always come back and destroy him)
Craig Ehlo (ha ha. just kidding)
Byron?/Bryan? Russell (okay that's enough)
probably the best defender in the league for Jordan was on his own team and I'm sure Jordan knew that.
1. Gary Payton
2. Joe Dumars
3. John Starks
This guy:
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Gerald Wilkins.
He did such a great job in the 1992 playoffs
[QUOTE=blasian]I still think that some of the best defense ever played on Jordan was Starks during the first 2 games of the 93 ECF. The guy shut down and outplayed Jordan in his prime.[/QUOTE]
lol go watch the gms on youtube MJ had a injured wrist in the 93 ecf.
The media. :D
payton and jumars. They make jordan pist off hahaha
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[QUOTE=Loki]:oldlol:
Guess you didn't actually watch the series, but just looked at the numbers. LOL @ Rodman outplaying Jordan, btw. Rodman played great, but no.[/QUOTE]
Gary frustrated Jordan so bad that Jordan was having a hissy fit on the court. Rodman was overrated that series, Kemp got the better of him.
[QUOTE=Loki]:oldlol:
Guess you didn't actually watch the series, but just looked at the numbers. LOL @ Rodman outplaying Jordan, btw. Rodman played great, but no.[/QUOTE]
I was 14 at the time, and watched every game. Rodman did outplay Jordan. Without him, they would've been screwed.
Payton didn't play great offensively, but his defense was key on Jordan until the 3rd game I believe. I think it was game 5 when Payton shut down Jordan, if I'm not mistaken.
[QUOTE=plowking]Gary frustrated Jordan so bad that Jordan was having a hissy fit on the court. Rodman was overrated that series, Kemp got the better of him.[/QUOTE]
You're crazy. LOL @ "hissy fit." Jordan got upset because of a foul that was called and bit his jersey to keep from saying anything to the ref. What a joke. :oldlol:
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[QUOTE=Loki]You're crazy. LOL @ "hissy fit." Jordan got upset because of a foul that was called and bit his jersey to keep from saying anything to the ref. What a joke. :oldlol:[/QUOTE]
So you're saying he didn't defend him well at all? Get off it. He defended him amazingly, and he was the best player, I am not arguing that, Rodman was no where near Jordan that series. He got completely outplayed.