Who Was Jordan's Greatest Adversary?

[russwest0]

Boris ****ing Diaw was embarrassing Lebron for a big chunk of the Finals

Now, now, don't do em like that

I'm sure this jackass will just say that Boris Diaw would have been Wilt in the 90s

[Round Mound]

Not having a quality PF for sure.

From 89-90 thru 93-94, they had Horace Grant as their starting PF. The 93-94 Bulls, without MJ, still went 55-27. They lost Grant to free agency, and dropped like a lead balloon. Even a fully healthy and rested MJ couldn't bring them back in the '95 playoffs. Hell, Grant was playing on the team that beat them.

They then added Dennis Rodman for the second three-peat.

[juju151111]

Yup, Pippen really did all the heavy lifting the first time the Bulls won a playoff series:

Jordan Regular Season: 35 PPG/ 5.5 RPG/ 6 APG/ 3.2 SPG/ 1.6 BPG (54% FG) Won MVP, DPOY, Scoring Title, All Star MVP, First Team All NBA, First Team All Defense

Pippen Regular Season: 7.9 PPG/ 3.8 RPG/ 2.1 APG/ 1.2 SPG (46% FG)

Jordan First Playoff Series Win: [COLOR="Red"]45 PPG/ 5.4 RPG/ 4.8 APG/ 2.8 SPG/ 1.6 BPG (56% FG)[/COLOR]

Pippen in the same series: 10.6 PPG/ 5.2 RPG/ 2.4 APG (47% FG)

Pippen in '88 and Kobe in '97 really carried their teams.

Oh Shit

[MadSolar]

Kobe played poorly in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2010.

- For Kobe's Standards

You act like MJ never played poorly. 96 finals he shot 41% and 97 he shot 45% and 98 he shot 42%. He also shot 5-22 in game 6 of 96 finals

-For MJ's standards

[OldSchoolBBall]

Kobe has 1 bad finals

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[JohnFreeman]

[CelticBaller]

shit came here to say this

[JohnFreeman]

[MichaelCorleone]

[DonDadda59]

Even demigods have their weaknesses

[red1]

kwame brown greatest adversary

[fourkicks44]

Jason Terry would have been an elite SG in Jordan era of s*hitty guards. Starks would still be bagging groceries if he played ball in this era

Clyde Drexler in his prime was better than any SG playing in the L right now.

[mehyaM24]

again, jordan's biggest adversaries played in the 80's. once they(bird and magic) were retired and old, jordan got his rings in a watered down era.

[SamuraiSWISH]

You act like MJ never played poorly. 96 finals he shot 41% and 97 he shot 45% and 98 he shot 42%. He also shot 5-22 in game 6 of 96 finals

-For MJ's standards

No, I haven't acted that way. I've readily admitted MJ played poorly in the '96 Finals. He just was missing shots.

'97 Finals he shot 45% ... that's Kobe's career average? How are you making that out to sound so poor, makes no sense.

And yes MJ percentage wise shot poorly in '98, but still shot better than all of his teammates on much higher volume scoring. That was his niche, he was having to do it at 35 years old.

Context tells me that's impressive.