Michael Jordan would really struggle against today's athletes

[eliteballer]

[ImKobe]

40 y.o Jordan was still a 20 ppg scorer in the toughest defensive era (early 2000s). What would prime Jordan do in an era where teams play 5 out?

[Elosha]

He would struggle against zone defenses and prolific 3 point shooters on the other side of the ball

Jordan would be just another guy in this era

Not to mention social media taking its toll on the mentally fragile Jordan, who couldn't handle the passing of his father

Do we still have the dumbest statements thread. ^

[LeCroix]

Granpa MJ trolling these athletes on the offensive end imagine if he's still on his prime on those clips

Against Jeff Honracek and John Starks?



2010 is a mans league son gtfo

[dbugz]

Against Jeff Honracek and John Starks?



2010 is a mans league son gtfo

indeed

[Goalgoalabc]

I think this is difficult to compare. You can only imagine

[ralph_i_el]

5-8 midgets averaging 29ppg and Jordan would have issues

IT hit more 3's in that season than MJ's 2 best 3 point shooting seasons combined.

[juju151111]

I mean he said himself he would struggle in todays NBA

Tmac, Duncan etc.... All exaggerated Zone defense. They all were saying the samething. Soon has the zone was introduced Duncan has career year, Tmac has a career year and 38 year old Mj with bad knees and broken rips(Which made him not be able to get in shape before the season) averged 25,5,6 before his knee injury vs the Kings. Mj also destroyed Shawn marion who 6'7 long arms crazy athletic.

[ralph_i_el]

Tmac, Duncan etc.... All exaggerated Zone defense. They all were saying the samething. Soon has the zone was introduced Duncan has career year, Tmac has a career year and 38 year old Mj with bad knees and broken rips(Which made him not be able to get in shape before the season) averged 25,5,6 before his knee injury vs the Kings. Mj also destroyed Shawn marion who 6'7 long arms crazy athletic.

Using the new rules effectively wasn't figured out until Thibs was the asst coach for the Celtics. Then folks started to copy what they were doing after '08. The period between 2001-08 had a ton of high individual PPG totals for stars, but that started to drop off after 2008. Then pace started to go up really high to what it is today, so stats for everyone got inflated.

[Bronbron23]

He would struggle against zone defenses and prolific 3 point shooters on the other side of the ball

Jordan would be just another guy in this era

Not to mention social media taking its toll on the mentally fragile Jordan, who couldn't handle the passing of his father

by not handling the death of his father you mean by trying to go pro in a sport he loved as a child and then going back to the nba winning 3 chips becoming the goat in most people eyes? Yeah he barely handled that at all

[Bronbron23]

so wait. The warriors dominated the last 5 years. Cleveland when bron was there was the runner up most times so these would of been mj's main competition recently. Where are these athletic specimens that would give mj such a hard time? Warriors were led by 3 of the least athletic players of all time in steph, klay and dray. Even when kd joined hes still not a crazy athlete in relative terms. He's stupid skilled for his length but not a crazy athlete.

What about Cleveland? where are these guys that are way athletic than players from the 90's? Lebron is for sure but thats not helping him check mj. Hes way to slow footed laterally to check mj.

Its all b.s. these so called super athletic teams just dont exist.

[DoctorP]

Would Jordan be more injury prone due to the faster pace of the league today?

It's possible.


Kobe would have lasted longer in the 90s than the 10's. due to the slower pace and half-court , defensive focus.

[Turbo Slayer]

so wait. The warriors dominated the last 5 years. Cleveland when bron was there was the runner up most times so these would of been mj's main competition recently. Where are these athletic specimens that would give mj such a hard time? Warriors were led by 3 of the least athletic players of all time in steph, klay and dray. Even when kd joined hes still not a crazy athlete in relative terms. He's stupid skilled for his length but not a crazy athlete.

What about Cleveland? where are these guys that are way athletic than players from the 90's? Lebron is for sure but thats not helping him check mj. Hes way to slow footed laterally to check mj.

Its all b.s. these so called super athletic teams just don't exist.

Exactly. No player from today is more athletic than any player from the 90's. I guarantee you that if 90s players was given the benefits of technology today they do just as good as todays players. It's all bullshit. The league today has different rules compared to the older eras.

The NBA today has no handchecking and defensive 3 seconds (illegal defense). The game today is designed to be a game oriented around guard play. It's basically a spaced out game.

I believe that players from this era can adapt to the old game and older players can adapt to the new game. I don't necessarily think today's players are more skilled or more better. The game just allows free flowing offense.

[Bronbron23]

Would Jordan be more injury prone due to the faster pace of the league today?

It's possible.


Kobe would have lasted longer in the 90s than the 10's. due to the slower pace and half-court , defensive focus.

That goes both ways though. Its more faster now but less physical. This goes for games and practices. The doc talks about how practices used to be more competitive and physical than games. Now practices are basically just shoot arounds.

[DoctorP]

That goes both ways though. Its more faster now but less physical. This goes for games and practices. The doc talks about how practices used to be more competitive and physical than games. Now practices are basically just shoot arounds.

true! but running is the easiest way to wear down the knees

I know Jordan would find a way because he's as goat as it gets