How does Michael Jordan struggle in today's game....

[bwink23]

When no other 2-guards or perimeter players are???

[Calabis]

When no other 2-guards or perimeter players are???

because the NBA is full of hyper athletes today, and all though Jordan's physical gifts would make him top tier today, his 40+ inch vertical leap, would be only 20 inches today

[Punpun]

because the NBA is full of hyper athletes today, and all though Jordan's physical gifts would make him top tier today, his 40+ inch vertical leap, would be only 20 inches today

He didn't have a 48 inch in reality. That was inflated. He had a sub 40.

[Bless Mathews]

The biggest thing everyone forgets is back in mj 's day, defenders could literally assault players with the ball.... Now you can't even touch em....


With todays rules, mj would average 40

[Yao Ming's Foot]

Media would call him out for quitting on his teammates to sit the bench for the Birmingham Barons.

[Inactive]

He didn't have a 48 inch in reality. That was inflated. He had a sub 40.

48 is probably exaggerated, but what makes you say that he's sub 40? To get his head at rim level, at 6'6 he'd need to jump 42 inches, wouldn't he?

[bwink23]

Media would call him out for quitting on his teammates to sit the bench for the Birmingham Barons.

They didn't call him out for being a "scoring champion who couldn't win", the "Jordan Rules" book, his gambling addictions??

[SlayerEnraged]

When no other 2-guards or perimeter players are???

We aren't saying he'd struggle. He'd very unlikely but at minimum do as good as he was but probabaly worse because the players at his position are bigger and quicker than potential ones back then. Transport 1988 Jordans body in todays game and he is gonna average as good if not worse stats than he did in that league.

[bwink23]

48 is probably exaggerated, but what makes you say that he's sub 40? To get his head at rim level, at 6'6 he'd need to jump 42 inches, wouldn't he?

Jordan was damn near eye level with the rim on his FT dunks at his peak. How high you think he'd get if he didn't have to take the ball with him, and went more up than out ??

[Calabis]

He didn't have a 48 inch in reality. That was inflated. He had a sub 40.

How is it a sub 40, when a poster just posted a video, that stated an opponent did a study of measuring his lift on his jump shot throughout the course of a game...he avg 30.8 inches....the vid is on you tube

Dude easily was getting 42-44 inches off the ground

[The Iron Fist]

because the NBA is full of hyper athletes today, and all though Jordan's physical gifts would make him top tier today, his 40+ inch vertical leap, would be only 20 inches today

Jordan was the lebron of his time. Not in the sense of how they approach the game, but in the sense of their physical abilities. People marvel at brons physical attributes as they should because he is a freak of nature, for this time.

Jordan, was the freak of nature for his time. No other players had his speed or strength or athletic ability. Fast forward to todays times, and many players are built physically just like Jordan.

Its called human evolution. He'd still be great but the one advantage he had over his 80s and 90s peers, wouldn't be as evident today.

[bwink23]

Jordan was the lebron of his time. Not in the sense of how they approach the game, but in the sense of their physical abilities. People marvel at brons physical attributes as they should because he is a freak of nature, for this time.

Jordan, was the freak of nature for his time. No other players had his speed or strength or athletic ability. Fast forward to todays times, and many players are built physically just like Jordan.

Its called human evolution. He'd still be great but the one advantage he had over his 80s and 90s peers, wouldn't be as evident today.

Jordan schooled Clyde Drexler who is every bit as athletic and big (probably bigger than most 2 guards) as the wings today.

Jordan would be surrounded by more-comparable wings, but that's not what separated him the most.

[Calabis]

Analysis of video here

[Calabis]

Jordan was the lebron of his time. Not in the sense of how they approach the game, but in the sense of their physical abilities. People marvel at brons physical attributes as they should because he is a freak of nature, for this time.

Jordan, was the freak of nature for his time. No other players had his speed or strength or athletic ability. Fast forward to todays times, and many players are built physically just like Jordan.

Its called human evolution. He'd still be great but the one advantage he had over his 80s and 90s peers, wouldn't be as evident today.

Jordan's physical gifts today would be only rivaled by Lebron, so yes it would be evident today, just like Lebrons are, include the better technology and friendly wing player rules and he would display even more athleticism then he did.

[PP34Deuce]

MJ would have the quickest first step at SG today.

One thing I notice in MJ clips was how he scored... he truly scored in the flow of the game. He would score like 6-8 fast break points, 6-8 points on cuts to the basket, 15-17 on isolation alone.