Does Charles Barkley realize he was small?

[G-Zeus]

There are very few defensive players from the 90s that could've covered the 3, the PnR, and dominated the glass... but Rodman is on the top of that list.

Guys like Rodman pretty much created the blueprint for the defensive fours you see today. He's not coming off the glass. That's just one L GS would be fated to hold in that hypothetical matchup.

but the moment he guards draymond, he is no longer there for rebounds..

i mean the league is not going for stretch for just out of spite... stretch four allows slashers to dominate.. specially if you have one of the top slashers

 

[Raw Lyrics]

i think today's league would have made him look slower..

he would be top 5.. but he wouldnt have had those years where he seems like the only guy moving on the floor..

but his heart is undeniable...i often tell people this.. jordan weight from 195 pound to 220 during those years..

wade weights 220.. muscles mass is just different nowadays.. of course.. except for those nature freaks who always been top % athletes

Jordan would have adjusted accordingly, especially with today's advanced sports technology. He scored 50, as a 39 year old, during the peak of Kobe's era....which is the modern era. No reason to believe he couldn't dominate now.

 

[G-Zeus]

Kill yourself with fire

you guys have no vision.. stuck in old ways thinking older is better..

its no wonder people dont understand draymond's real value...

dude is a stretch 4 or stretch 5 ... do you guys even understand the advantage?

 

[42 Monks]

but the moment he guards draymond, he is no longer there for rebounds..

i mean the league is not going for stretch for just out of spite... stretch four allows slashers to dominate.. specially if you have one of the top slashers

you make it sound like people can't play d on the perimeter and rebound at the same time

like people just gonna stay there after the shot goes up

 

[G-Zeus]

Jordan would have adjusted accordingly, especially with today's advanced sports technology. He scored 50, as a 39 year old, during the peak of Kobe's era....which is the modern era. No reason to believe he couldn't dominate now.

its very possible.. jordan is the one guy you cant say he couldnt..

but the league today are faster on their feet.. he would have to be faster than everyone like he was in the 90's

 

[G-Zeus]

you make it sound like people can't play d on the perimeter and rebound at the same time

like people just gonna stay there after the shot goes up

what he gonna fly over the defenders?

if your coming form the 3 line, you just freed your man.. lie curry does all the time.. pass to draymond... shoots the 3..

if rodman did this all game.. by 3rd quarter he would run on fumes

 

[42 Monks]

you guys have no vision.. stuck in old ways thinking older is better..

its no wonder people dont understand draymond's real value...

dude is a stretch 4 or stretch 5 ... do you guys even understand the advantage?

stretch bigs effect defenses not rebounding what the fukk are you talking about and even then it was only as successful as it was because those teams who thrived on it also abandoned offensive rebounding almost entirely in order to establish their own defense early and limit transition

 

[Raw Lyrics]

As if it wasn't well known back in the 90s that touching Jordan meant a foul was being called. I love revisionist history.

YES! but the TOUCHES back then would most definitely be considered technical and/or flagrant today!!! Big difference....

AND PLAYERS WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO DO THIS TO HIM

 

[42 Monks]

what he gonna fly over the defenders?

if your coming form the 3 line, you just freed your man.. lie curry does all the time.. pass to draymond... shoots the 3..

if rodman did this all game.. by 3rd quarter he would run on fumes

lets do some simple imagery here, if dray shoots the 3 and rodman is guarding him - who is closer to the rim?



and the warriors best line up is 4 out with green in the middle

 

[Malta]

Why does he keep calling the Warriors small? You can't say they're small then bring up the Bulls, the teams are basically the same size outside of the Harper/Curry matchup, and Harper would get WASHED. Hell, off the bench the Warriors have more size and athleticism than the Bulls did.

 

[MustafaSTL]

YES! but the TOUCHES back then would most definitely be considered technical and/or flagrant today!!! Big difference....

AND PLAYERS WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO DO THIS TO HIM

The premise of the point by Barkley is that players have more freedom to move because of no hand checking. Hard fouls have nothing to do with that. Jordan went to the line plenty back in the day. Barkley saying otherwise is revisionist history. Acting like fouls weren't called at all back then and shyt.

 

[G-Zeus]

The game has always been about execution breh did you see Rodzilla in his younger days? His D and rebounding were game changers

man.. the 90's was about DOMINANCE...

the era of the super players..

execution became a BIG thing with the spurs really

not saying their was no execution.. but if you grew up in the 90's you know the biggest thing about the nba back then was hero ball

 

[G-Zeus]

stretch bigs effect defenses not rebounding what the fukk are you talking about and even then it was only as successful as it was because those teams who thrived on it also abandoned offensive rebounding almost entirely in order to establish their own defense early and limit transition

well that would work lovely for the offense... if the defender of that stretch big stays under to grab rebounds.. you will have a free player on the stretch ready to make open shots.

its a pick your poison situation.

 

[#StarkSet]

draymond would have torched Rodman

 

[G-Zeus]

YES! but the TOUCHES back then would most definitely be considered technical and/or flagrant today!!! Big difference....

AND PLAYERS WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO DO THIS TO HIM

its not like jordan did super great all those games man.. like everyone.. his FG% went way down..

heck.. for the knicks and piston, it WORKED...

piston beat jordan 2 times and knicks took them into game 7.. saved by that rebounding guy (grant?)

and yes it would all be flagrant..

but players are also not as stupid as to let someone walk in the paint like that either... the defensive schemes changed.