Hubie Brown: Why Michael Jordan Would Dominate Today

[spurspokesman]

It's from boxing. If your hands are down your ass gets knocked out.

Protect yourself at all times

[tholdren]

Try to think of James in a iso plays in an era where there was no zone D

It wouldnt matter. Does anyone understand the hand-check? That alone reduces athleticism of the attacker.

If KL could put his hand on Lebron when he was dribbling do you really think he would get to the lane TIME AFTER TIME?

[r0drig0lac]

Jordan was scoring 40 ppg this was easily weak, would not even funny

[r0drig0lac]

It wouldnt matter. Does anyone understand the hand-check? That alone reduces athleticism of the attacker.

If KL could put his hand on Lebron when he was dribbling do you really think he would get to the lane TIME AFTER TIME?

this, for example lebron simply does not have many moves to beat the defender with handchecking without clear path to the basket, having to invest in its reasonable mid range, your avg, especially FG would fall that's for sure, it would be even better defensively

[polandprzem]

There was no zone D, but there was also no 3 seconds on the defender, and big men stayed down low. So there would be a big man waiting to meet him at the rim 9-10 times that included a hard foul 5-10 times.

Nope, you could drag big man away from basket staying behind 3pt line

[Gervin44Silas13]

oh wait....this was a guy that was gambling to the max and then Papa Stern found out and "suspended him"......eeeeerrrrrrrrrrrr took two years off then the leauge coddled him....because if the media found out....the NBA would have been tainted!


Here is a great read and see for your self....


http://hoopshype.com/columns/lazenby...d-for-gambling

[UZER]

Nope, you could drag big man away from basket staying behind 3pt line

Again...big men stayed down low in that era. They weren't floating around the three point line like today. Few and far between ever stepped outside the three point line on offense.

[polandprzem]

Again...big men stayed down low in that era. They weren't floating around the three point line like today. Few and far between ever stepped outside the three point line on offense.

I'm talking defense. nvm anyway

[UZER]

I'm talking defense. nvm anyway

I'm talking defense too. My point is, the big man on offense stayed down low, they didn't float around the three point line like today, so the defender was always right there camped in the paint waiting at the rim for drives. There was no rule that made them leave the paint.

Saying you would just pull the big man out by standing at the three point was not something that was standard back in the day. It was extremely rare.

[peacemaker885]

Great comments here. Just want to say that I actually enjoy those Mark Jackson catchphrases.

[poop]

The game was certainly much tougher back then. Was watching a classic game on NBA TV with the celtics and i forgot who else..but Robert Parish and his defender were battling hard...one time down they got in a scuffle and parish punched the guy in the face straight up and they started fighting. Did he get ejected? No. A flagrant foul? No. A suspension? No. They called a standard foul and continued with the game.
can you imagine Westbrook or Nash playing in that era??

[polandprzem]

I'm talking defense too. My point is, the big man on offense stayed down low, they didn't float around the three point line like today, so the defender was always right there camped in the paint waiting at the rim for drives. There was no rule that made them leave the paint.

Saying you would just pull the big man out by standing at the three point was not something that was standard back in the day. It was extremely rare.

Try to watch some of the bulls game

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Jordan got the benefit of so many calls. He was the league and everyone knew it. Watching Bulls playoff games was always tough for me though because if you so much as breathed on Michael he was shooting free throws. The games from the 70s and early 80s were the fun ones to watch, when the teams themselves actually mattered, so there was a little less individual player favoritism, or so it felt.

MJ'd still be dominant today because he was an amazing player, but I don't think any moreso by today's standards.