What would Jordan do to this defense

[3ball]

Lebron has all the room and time that he needs to make his move because the spacing and rule changes have opened up the middle of the floor, as the league had intended - look how far defenders must help from, and look how wide open the paint remains on a perpetual basis.. Previous era players never had this much room OR time.

As you can see, it's easier than ever to run 1-on-1 plays in today's game - the actual success rate of 1-on-1 hasn't been diminished at all.. It's just that the spacing and rule changes have made penetration automatic and improved the effectiveness of ball movement - consequently, the success rate of high screen/drive-and-kick or other types of penetration and ball movement have surpassed the success rate of 1-on-1 for all but the top players.

Naturally, only the top players go 1-on-1 consistently and frequently - for the rest of the players, it now makes more sense to move the ball and run some boring high screen to get the automatic penetration and initiate the ball movement.. This is why the average player in previous eras had more play-creating ability than today's players - other than the top players, today's average player at the 2-5 spots is just a play-finisher.
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[kshutts1]

Could have sworn Blaze asked you to not make post after post after post about rule differences changing the game?

[Im Still Ballin]

Excuse me sir, did you order this deluxe ether?

[imnew09]

Idk but Godbe would do a reverse baseline dunk

[BasedTom]

probably kill his father tbh

[SugarHill]

probably kill his father tbh

[Im so nba'd out]

michael jordan would never get that type of defense because ppl feared his scoring way too much and if he did he would score just like lbj did

[SilkkTheShocker]

What would LeBron get to do is he got to play a bunch of dogs.hit expansion teams most of his career?

[Mass Debator]

Easy, talk smack so he unfolds. The question is what Lebron would do to this:

[Dizzle-2k7]

Could have sworn Blaze asked you to not make post after post after post about rule differences changing the game?

[3ball]

Idk but Godbe would do a reverse baseline dunk

I feel you bro and I agree.. MJbe would also take much better advantage of the situation than Lebron did.

Btw, even though the spacing keeps the defenders far away and gives Lebron all day to decide what to do, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS LEBRON WAITING FOR?

[mehyaM24]

against defenses with a ~101 defensive rating or lower (today's warriors), jordan with the bulls shot 41% (wizards jordan shot the worst TS% of all 20ppg scorers all-time, although he was past his prime). suffice to say, he would be an inefficient scorer against the leagues best defenses - defenses that hold opponents to 101 points or lower per 100 possessions.

[Akhenaten]

I feel you bro and I agree.. MJbe would also take much better advantage of the situation than Lebron did.

Btw, even though the spacing keeps the defenders far away and gives Lebron all day to decide what to do, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS LEBRON WAITING FOR?

you know that's a travel right
only bring it up because guys like you act like players didn't get away with stuff back in the days and things were officiated strictly by the book

MJ blatantly traveled in that gif

[Prometheus]

OP I agree with you, but I think you've missed a few key points:

- Jordan > LeBron
- rule changes have made it easier to score inside
- Jordan

[3ball]

you know that's a travel right

MJ blatantly traveled in that gif

not a travel at all - know your footwork..

infact, it's a very standard move for MJ.. albiet, it's a play of the year for others: