NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Going by your article...
However, despite Jordans stellar play, the Bulls lost that game and finished the month of April with a 4-8 record.
Barkley: LeBron better than Jordan?
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Going by your article...
However, despite Jordans stellar play, the Bulls lost that game and finished the month of April with a 4-8 record.
yeah that was at the tail end, when teams adjusted to the bulls. My point to dude was the 7 straight games he posted triple doubles, the bulls 5-2 record proved it worked. Teams adjusted and the bulls slumped a bit at the end.
You didn't watch basketball in the 90s.
JoseLuisGotcha
Aka Allhiphopsux
young bul' i used to go to sixer games back when they had vernon maxwell who was a goon (edit and before like 94 on)....i saw shyt live ......the league now is soft.....players are crying for touch fouls back then people like barkley would body a player coming down the lane.....what are you talking about?
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
young bul' i used to go to sixer games back when they had vernon maxwell....i saw shyt live ......the league now is soft.....players are crying for touch fouls back then people like barkley would body a player coming down the lane.....what are you talking about?
Stop acting like you went to a Basketball game and a hockey fight broke out.
I'm SICK of people putting on this act that every game was some tough guy competition.
That shyt was strictly for the playoffs.
Mic-Nificent
I didn't eat nobody
Actually depending on what era of basketball your talking about there were damn near hockey fights every night.
If you're just talking about the 80's then yeah, the physical play was MOSTLy for the playoffs. It wasn't just for the playoffs.
JoseLuisGotcha
Aka Allhiphopsux
shyt was tougher back then fights broke out more than now.....but listen to stories from former players they say the same thing
you will never hear nicknames like "Detroit Bad Boys" or "Thumb N Bump" again they were given for a reason shyt was real.....stop acting like you got amnesia
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
NO......it WASNT.
I'm the oldest cat in here. Wasn't no tough guy shyt happening every game. If anything, defenses were complete ass cheeks back then. Boney ass niqqas like Alex English and Adrian Dantly had their way in the paint.
Let's stop this crap. Everything changed in the playoffs.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
This is corny as fukk. Who gives a fukk about nicknames?
I was at the Garden in 88 when AAAAaaaakeeem beasted Ewing. The fukk you think you talking to as if "I don't know a nickname" niqqa?
nyc rebel at the garden in 88
i didnt even know basketball
in 88 i was at some refugee camp in kenya waiting for my deport papers to canada
i didnt even know basketball
in 88 i was at some refugee camp in kenya waiting for my deport papers to canada
JoseLuisGotcha
Aka Allhiphopsux
This is corny as fukk. Who gives a fukk about nicknames?
I was at the Garden in 88 when AAAAaaaakeeem beasted Ewing. The fukk you think you talking to as if "I don't know a nickname" niqqa?
im saying the nicknames represent the type of league it was ....nba was on the cover of SI because it was being compared to hockey thats when they got more strict with fines...
but the nicknames were media driven.....
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If Chuck or Mahorn actually looked anywhere close to this during their days in Philly, it's safe to say one of them would've killed Craig Ehlo and/or Mark Price during the Sixers' flagrant foul rule implementing playoff run of 1990. And speaking of that run, the fact that they aren't wearing their message-sending black sneakers is a crime in itself.
stuff like this would never fly in today's league its terry cloth
young bul' i used to go to sixer games back when they had vernon maxwell who was a goon (edit and before like 94 on)....i saw shyt live ......the league now is soft.....players are crying for touch fouls back then people like barkley would body a player coming down the lane.....what are you talking about?
So Nique and Rainman weren't yamming on cats?
and speaking of 94
But, yeah 6'9" 270 Lebron would've been shook.
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Bruh Man 5th Flo
Peeeeeeaaaaccceeee ✌️
The fadeaway and jumpers came later dog..
He couldn't shoot like that when he was young..
When he was a young beast, he yammed on EVERYBODY..
Why do ya'll keep comparing a refined, 33yr-old MJ to a 27 yr-old Lebron?
THIS is what i don't understand...if you guys are gonna compare jordan to bron, do it when they both were 27.
Lebron at 27
Jordan at 27
now you can see the huge size difference.....if both of these teams matched up its clear that no one on the bulls team would be able to handle lebron...but jordan would give fits as well....
both players are great at 27 years of age......look how much better jordan got after 27, so to say lebron won't get better is just crazy.......also i don't get why people penalize lebron and say he's been in the league since he was 18.....its not his fault that he was good enough to do so....
i actually like mikes approach to the game here...you can tell he is well beyond his years. His timing on offense and defense were masterful....and he was quick. Quick hands and had a quick bounce in his step..... gave me the chills watching his highlights. His shot still is a line drive here though....and i don't think he was using the fadaway in his 20's as much as he did in his thirties....lebron isn't a better shooter than mike....now lebron can get hot from time to time, but he's just not a better shooter.....however lebron is a better ballhandler i think.......also don't forget jordan played pg early in his career too.
now we can look at bron....he's taken his game to the block and elbows....he is just too big and fast....no one can stop him in this league...you have to make it a team effort just to stop one guy.... so as we see here mike was athletically above everyone else in his time and lebron is in this time.....as the world progresses humans are gonna get bigger and stronger....20 yrs from now there will be someone faster/stronger/bigger than lebron...it is what is is.. with that being said the guys were just smaller in the 80s......hell do you think joe dumars would be an all star today??? nah....but i can tell you this, monta ellis would be a top 5 player in the 80s.....so you have to take that into account as well.
but to be honest i can't decide who is better at 27.......but lebron has a headstart with the rings seeing how jordan was 28 when he won his first.
if lebron wins more rings, (which i think he will) then everyone will say he's the best.....either that or a 1a,1b thing.
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NYC Rebel
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why the HELL are you blaming players for the way the game is called now?
