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That's terrible grammar even for twitter.
That's terrible grammar even for twitter.
awesome
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At least it makes sense for Young to say it. Jennings had no incentive to suck up to Kobe.
Notice how Duncan's got ass is never mentioned in this type of conversation?
real g's move in silence like lasagna.
Duncan has a case against Jordan # nobodysays
I don't remember DK using teammates as a crutch to run PR for him... when he was dominating, it was just clear cut...
duncan 5 + tiebreaker > the tired old bag korby 5
Duncan fans aren't re ed and know Jordan is the G.O.A.T.
This guy speaks truth
Did the Bulls ever give MJ 48.5 million dollars for two seasons? Case closed.
well to be fair jordan signed at the time considered absurd 30 mil 1 year deal
But unlike korby, jordan actually lived up to the deal. Korby just sat at the bench trying to set an all time record for all time in high fives from the bench.
1) Joe Johnson on the anti-handchecking rule - "It benefits me," said Joe Johnson. "It definitely changes the game because it gives every guy that extra step. "If we could hand check now, the game would be totally different." "If they couldn't hand check back in the day, there are some guys that would have been even better than they were. It would have been nuts for some of the big-time scorers and perimeter players from the 1980s and 1990s. Can you imagine what Jordan would have done in a league where you couldn't hand check?"
2) Phil Jackson - "Michael would average 45 with these rules." - Remember that Phil Jackson has also coached Kobe and Shaq to all of their Finals MVPs, so he has seen both sides.
3) Larry Brown (coached 2004 Pistons defense that shut down Kobe to 38% shooting) - "You can't even touch a guy now." I always tease Michael, if he played today, he'd average 50."
4) Clyde Drexler on how his numbers would be today - "Oh, tremendously better, from shooting percentage to points per game everything would be up, and our old teams would score a lot more points, and that is saying something because we could score a lot back then. I do think there should be an asterisk next to some of these scoring leaders, because it is much different trying to score with a forearm in your face. It is harder to score with that resistance. You had to turn your back on guys defending you back in the day with all the hand checking that was going on. For guys who penetrate these days, it's hunting season."
5) Scottie Pippen - "The defensive rules, the hand checking, the ability to make contact on a guy in certain areas .... [have] all been taken away from the game. If Kobe could get 81, I think Michael could get 100 in today's game."
Notice how Pippen contradicted himself. He said Lebron may be the best player ever, but he had also said that Jordan would score 100 in today's league - basically stating that today's (Lebron's) league is far weaker than Jordan's. Pippen wisely retracted his statements on Lebron after the 2011 Finals.
6) Craig Hodges, Lakers assistant for their last 2 championships - "M.J., all day. There's no comparison. M.J. could score 100 points in this era. You can't hand-check now. Imagine that trying to guard M.J. It would be crazy."
7) Rick Barry, 1975 Finals MVP on past players under modern rules - "They'd score a lot more." Tex Winter (assistant coach during the Lakers 3peat) echoed these sentiments - "Players today can get to the basket individually much easier."
8) Joe Dumars, 1989 Finals MVP, first laughed, "It would have been virtually impossible to defend Michael Jordan based on the way the game's being called right now."
9) Dominique Wilkins - "The power forward position had the license to kick your butt and the game was very physical. I think the physical aspect of the game, some of it has been taken away with the rule changes." "If you're asking me what would I have done [today], well, put it this way, if you couldn't touch me, instead of averaging 25 or 30, I'd probably average 40."
10) Kobe Bryant on 80/90s basketball - "The truth is, it makes the game [where] players have to be more skillful. Nowadays, literally anybody can get out there and get to the basket and you can't touch anybody. Back then, if guys put their hands on you, you had to have the skill to be able to go both ways, change direction, post up, you had to have a mid-range game because you didn't want to go all the way to the basket because you would get knocked ass over tea kettle. So I think playing the game back then required MUCH MORE SKILL."
11) Dennis Rodman on Lebron in 80s/90s - "It's really not a comparison. If LeBron was playing in the late '80s and early '90s, he would be just an average player," (bit of an exaggeration)
Rodman said a 28-year-old Jordan would average at least 40 points a game in today's NBA."I'm just sick and tired of people comparing (James) to Michael Jordan." "It's a whole different era, man." Rodman said Jordan thrived despite playing in a more physical era in the NBA. "LeBron came into the age of the game at a perfect time. Michael came into the game when back then you could hit people, knock him down, shoot a free throw and get back up," Rodman said. "And LeBron can't do that. All they do today is (complain) about a foul. All they do is (complain)."
12) Gary Payton on Lebron in 80s/90s - "You can't guard him now because it seems like you can't put your hands on him. You know what I'm saying?" Payton said during the All-Star break. "With LeBron, if somebody can hand check him and muscle him, it's a lot different when somebody can hand-check you and control you and be stronger than you on the block or whatever and not let you go anywhere. It's a little bit different, as being free and being a freak of nature and his body that he has right now, nobody can guard him, you know what I'm saying? So right now, if he could come back in our era and we could hand check him and guard him and bigger guys get on him and when he gets to the bucket we hit him and knock him like (Bill) Laimbeer, like the Boston Celtic days, it'd be a little bit different. I guarantee you it would be. But he's still great, he's still a great basketball player and like I said he's playing in a great era because he can get to the bucket whenever he feels like it."
And seeing as a 35 year old washed up past prime Gary Payton at 6-3 180 schooled Rookie of the Year 6-8 240 Lebron on defense, WITHOUT the benefit of the 80s/90s rules, its safe to assume he knows what he's talking about
If a 35-year old Payton locked down Lebron,
what could a prime Payton under the 90s rules
have done?
13) Magic Johnson - “If I played in this era, it would be over,” said Johnson. “See right now, there is no hand check. Back in my day, you could hand check. You could hard foul.“ Could you imagine Michael Jordan with no hand checking? Larry Bird?”
14) Gary Payton again - Payton cited the younger generation, the NBA lockout in 1999, and rule changes as contributing factors to how the point guard position and style of play has changed from his own era. “It’s the way our kids are brought up,” Payton said. “You guys have to understand, basketball has changed."
“They had to build it up after the first strike. Basketball was down a little bit. David Stern did a great job of bringing basketball back because he knew kids wanted to see run-and-gun. They didn’t want to see defense like the Knicks were doing. Slowing the ball down, setting up defenses and stuff like that and running plays. Kids weren’t doing that in the playgrounds. So we sped the game up, and that’s what the kids liked. They liked to see dunking, they like to see running, they liked to see scoring and that’s just the way it went.”
15) Ron Artest, 2004 DPOY, on who is the hardest to guard out of Kobe, Lebron, or Jordan
"Jordan, definitely. Jordan's the toughest because he's strong as Lebron, he shoots just as good as Reggie Miller from the midrange... and he's a killer out there on the court"
from one chucker to another
Kobe is NOT better than MJ end of discussion....
Tim Duncan is heads and shoulders beneath Kobe another end of discussion.
Russell was such a pushover:
Agree or disagree?
Why would Duncan be mentioned in a conversation about selfish chuckers?
Floyd cant even do that
1. Is there a link to this fantacy Granpa Payton *shutting down* 18 year old LeBron?
2. ic Johnson, the ultimate beneficiary of "hands off" reffing, along with teamates Kream and Worthy. As much rigged / pussified reffing as Kobme has received.
even worse than a standard 's grammar?:
Read the tweet out loud to yourself and it probably isn't.even worse than a standard 's grammar?
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