Athletes in this generation are so far superior than in Jordan's era

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So many players that actually played in that era are literally admitting that today's players are more athletic yet fools are still in denial

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And MJ was really only 6´4 3/4 ft and Charles was 6'4 5/8 ft.

What player moves like this while being 40 lbs plus overweight today?

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Jordan didn't even really play in one era.

The 80s is a different era from the 90s, hell I'd say the first half of the 90s is different from the second half of the 90s and then he played again in the early 2000s.

He played against Dr. J, Kareem, Magic, Bird, but also David Robinson, Barkley, Olajuwon, Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Shaq, Kobe, Iverson, and Vince Carter.

This is like 3-4 different eras. Isiah was basically done by '92.

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"Because the athletes that are in this generation are so far superior than what was in my generation. [When we were playing], Jordan was the best athlete that we had ever seen, [but] from an athletic standpoint, there are like 10 or 11 guys in the NBA right now with Jordan's athleticism. We didn't have that back then." - Isiah Thomas

I'd take anything from Isiah with a grain of salt. That dude is as salty as they come. He Laimbeer and others are trying to downplay MJ cause they're about to be reminded once again of MJ's GOATness.

It's also sad that Isiah is saying these things because he himself was a freak athlete. He'd be one of the best athletes today, very quick, crazy vertical, great flexibility and agility. He played with one of the most freakish athletes of all time Rodman.

And there's nobody with MJ's athleticism today... NOBODY.

We have people that can jump as high as he did. There's 6'4 guys that may be as quick. There's guys that may be similarly strong. There's a handful that may be as agile.

But nobody has all of these traits combined.

So yeah, MJ was a freak athlete, once in a lifetime athlete like Shaq, Bron, Zion, etc. but that's not what made him great.

Otherwise players like Brent Barry, Stacy Augmon, Eddie Jones, etc. etc. etc would be not just good players but GOAT candidates.

There was other players dunking from the ft line (or close) during MJ's era. There was big men 6'8 240 pounds dribbling the ball, shooting 3s. There was 7 footers that could drive and dunk off the dribble, cross you over and dunk close from the ft line.

Today's era values athleticism more than talent and IQ due to the rules.

Otherwise Corey Benjamin would've been an all star GOAT level player according to some of you.
The Banning brothers would've been dominating the league.

Nothing but salt from Zeke, which is sad.