I'm spouting facts and your resorting to insults. So who's really speaking
Gil: “MJ was a Bugatti in an era of Honda Civics”
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I'm spouting facts and your resorting to insults. So who's really speaking
You debunked nothing. Saying nique, robinson, Shaq, Malone were washed during jordan era is beyond dumb.
Tough not to resort to insults when you can’t even put your reply in a proper sentence.
I never understood this....60 wasn't on Kobe lol. I just rewatched the video and counted around 25 points including FT when Kobe was actually guarding him
Gil was going off regardless though
Yagirlcheatinonus
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I mean some people never schooled MJ nevertheless there was talent out there maybe not on MJ level but still elite talent
Your post was invalid from the beginning because Gil clearly defined athleticism as part of skill. So you shouldve addressed the video
People do realize in basketball that its not skill vs skill anyway right? Its skill vs defense,as theres only one basketball on the floor at a time. So it doesnt matter if nobody but Jordan was skilled in his era(false). Was he going against tougher defense or not
Dr. Narcisse
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My point is that if their career’s spanned across 10 seasons, and the most he has is about 5-6 plays where he “did” Jordan, that’s nothing. Point guards don’t get clamped up by SGs, especially those like Rod Strickland who had ELITE ball handling skills. And yes I know Rod Strickland was cold. One of the best players who never was an all star.
If bean was as good a defender as all his undeserved defensive accolades it shouldn't have happened
He got better with going left later on in his career, but he was never really proficient with it.
Take this for example -
22:40sec
MJ ends up getting a switch on Divac on the left side of the floor, and Divac plays right up into the path so MJ can only go left, and if you know Divac, the muh'fukka can't defend on the perimeter to save his life, so MJ quickly motions for a clear-out. But instead of MJ using his left hand to drive, pulling Divac hard to that side, so then he can go right, he keeps using his right hand and gets caught in an awkward position, and then aimlessly tries to crossover Divac, and dribbles the ball right off Divac's leg. It's not as if Divac did anything remarkable, defensively, it's just a result of MJ not being competent with his left hand.
MJ wasn't alone in this though.
You can see all throughout this Finals game that whenever Magic comes down the floor, he's dribbling the air out of the ball with his right hand, every single time. Every time he comes down the floor, he begins to set into the high post at the exact same angle of facing to the right side because he couldn't dribble with his left. There are a few times where he has no choice but to go left, but it's such an unnatural action for him that it either resorts in a turnover or he throws an errant pass.
As great as they were for that period in time, man, you can really see the difference in skill when you compare it to the last 5-10 years.
A lot of folks get upset when you point this out, but it's just the natural progression of the game.
it's a shame you weren't a coach back then. i'm sure forcing him left wasn't thought of by coaches, players and scouting reports
Devil Plisken…CMS
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My nikka THAT’S THE MYTHOLOGY
MJ & The Bulls story is The American Dream
Start from the bottom & improve yourself plus team as a whole. If it’s meant to be eventually you get to the mountain top.
Bron stans get burned everytime they bring up The Pistons because Jordan had the fortitude to keep it pushing and their man decided he couldn’t get it done and left for an ideal situation
If The Pistons suddenly got old wouldn’t The Celtics have gotten old no differently?
If Jordan & The Bulls were so overwhelmingly talented why wasn’t it a forgone conclusion they’d eventually win?
“Air Jordan & The Jordanaires” they said
