Jordan vs. LeBron

[Fudge]

I don't care if Jordan dominated in the ****ing 1800's, he dominated his competition more than anybody else has in History. Simple bruh.

[GASOL IS GOAT]

Ban this guy

We have no room in this forum for idiots like him.

[TheMarkMadsen]

How?Can people seriously tell me, that after watching clips in the 90's, defenses were better?

Look @ the Pistons vs Bulls matchups. Horrible....that's why Ricky Pierce and Reggie Miller BOTH scored over 20 ppg and shot over 54% vs those scrubs in FULL PLAYOFF SERIES (during the pistons title years). Just laughable defense....speaking of laughable defense, checkout the 1991 Nuggets. Team scored 119.9 ppg and allowed 130.8 ppg...DEAD LAST ALLTIME 20-62 record and 119.9 ppg? 0 teams in 2013 even cracked 108 ppg. Actual defense is played now. Watch the damn games instead of reading rules and assuming what happened... "Jordan's era" was softer than a sack of wet mice. That is an incontestable fact backed up by mountains of footage. Footage which exists footage which does not lie. These arent my opinions...these are my facts. Footage proves they are undisputed. There is no question about it.....NONE.

There's your problem right there

[Black and White]

LeBron is more gifted physically, but Jordan is the better player, end of story.

[mehyaM24]

at some of these nitwit posters who think they deserve a response. Jordan fans yet again coming in and trolling in these threads.

[sportjames23]

Son, do you REAALY want to get Jordan fans on your ass? Unlike Lebron stans, we got miles and miles of stats, awards, YouTube clips in waiting to unload on ratchet ass marks like you.

[Soundwave]

Scoring was much higher in the early 90s as a carry over from the free wheeling 80s, sure, but it definitely tightened up in the second Bulls threepeat, where scoring was actually less than it is now. Jordan was dominant in either era, really the only thing that slowed down his individual scoring was the natural process of getting into your mid-30s.

Riley's Knicks had a big impact on the league.

Rim protection was far better back in those days too -- Hakeem, DRob, Shaq, Ewing, Zo, Mutombo, even guys like Kemp. And then you had the Oakleys, Rodmans, Malones, Masons, Dale Davis', etc. that wouldn't miss an oppurtunity to knock you on your ass. The league is so much more watered down today with soft ass bigs like Bosh and cry babies like Dwight.

The league is also a lot softer nowadays, guards can run all over the lane without getting touched. You don't have to worry about getting hit or the taking as much physical contact.

[bagelred]

Jordan River > Lebanon River

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=303008

[Fudge]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=303008

Absolutely beautiful. You are perfect, bagelred.

[wakencdukest]

at some of these nitwit posters who think they deserve a response. Jordan fans yet again coming in and trolling in these threads.

Why did the league make rules favoring perimeter players like LeBron? Why did they get rid of hand-checking? Why did they come up with defensive 3-seconds? They did it to open up the floor for perimeter players and create a higher scoring league. And it worked, you can't even breathe on someone these days without getting whistled for it. By the way, F*ck LeBron and Jordan, I'm a fan of neither.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Why did the league make rules favoring perimeter players like LeBron? Why did they get rid of hand-checking? Why did they come up with defensive 3-seconds? They did it to open up the floor for perimeter players and create a higher scoring league. And it worked, you can't even breathe on someone these days without getting whistled for it. By the way, F*ck LeBron and Jordan, I'm a fan of neither.

You realize before defensive 3 seconds it was defensive no seconds right?

[#number6ix#]

Damn the alts are everywhere

[Soundwave]

Why did the league make rules favoring perimeter players like LeBron? Why did they get rid of hand-checking? Why did they come up with defensive 3-seconds? They did it to open up the floor for perimeter players and create a higher scoring league. And it worked, you can't even breathe on someone these days without getting whistled for it. By the way, F*ck LeBron and Jordan, I'm a fan of neither.

They needed to boost TV ratings.

Contrary to the revisionist history on this board, "defence" wasn't invented in 2005, NBA defence became much tougher in the mid-90s and probably peaked in the late 90s as many teams tried to copy the Riley Knicks.

Low scoring = low TV ratings, especially once Stern lost his golden goose in Jordan and the Bulls, the NBA had to do something to inflate scoring.

[HomieWeMajor]

Damn the alts are everywhere

Christmas day gon' be cray

[wakencdukest]

You realize before defensive 3 seconds it was defensive no seconds right?

Yeah which meant they could camp out in the lane as long as they wanted as long as they were within a certain distance of the man they were guarding. and there weren't a lot of stretch 4's and 5's back then. The rule was created to get the bigs out of the lane, making it easier on the guys driving into the lane.