Kevin Johnson Giving MJ Trouble (1993.06.20)

[Iverson3]

[Johnny32]

mj's hyper-aggressive defense vs quick guards with decent handles was always good for a laugh. dude would get embarrassed nightly trying to defend today's highly skilled score-first guards.

[3ba11]

As a shooting guard, MJ was frequently the primary defender on Isiah, Payton, KJ, Tim Hardaway or Rod Strickland

He mostly locked these guys down as the greatest perimeter defender ever (the "black cat"), but there will always be exceptions and stretches where he gets torched like every ballplayer.