Ja says he would cook MJ

[storyteller]

This is my last time responding to this since it doesn’t seem you are even reading.

U know something called COVID happened right which shortened the last two regular seasons? Last season was his only season missing a lot of games.

Season one 67 regular season games played. 73-67=5
Season two 63 regular season games played. 72-63=9
Season three 57 regular season games played. 82-57=25

His most significant injury is a bone bruise in his knee. Ya narrative trash.

I corrected it smartass. Still don't change the fact, Ja is KJ with more space to operate and less midrange game

 

[ISO]

I corrected it smartass. Still don't change the fact, Ja is KJ with more space to operate and less midrange game

nope Ja better

 

[fifth column]

Not enough, but 27 and 7 on 49% from the field for a WCF team in his third year means it's not out of the question. I don't buy Ja staying healthy in that era either, he's missed 15 games minimum each season so far.

WCF

 

[storyteller]

nope Ja better

You young? Prime KJ was a BEAST!

 

[Cereal_Bowl_Assassin]

It ain’t like he’s lying. We all saw what Iverson did to him.

Everyone gets crossed...its crazy to me that the other games when mj guarded ai haven't been discussed..mj obviously studied Iverson and slowed him down

 

[filial_piety]

lol i watched the video it aint that serious...he wasn't disrespectful..he's suppose to be confident....

but for the sake of argument, aint no way in hail he fukkin with prime mj....he's talented no doubt, but MJ is more gifted from every angle...and honestly it aint close...JA has hops though...ill give him that, but his defense and his ability to make difficult shots aint even in the same league as MJs

 

[Sunalmighty]

You young? Prime KJ was a BEAST!

should be HOF

 

[Sunalmighty]

Everyone gets crossed...its crazy to me that the other games when mj guarded ai haven't been discussed..mj obviously studied Iverson and slowed him down

exactly. nikkas act like jordan couldnt play in this era because of the advancement of the crossover??? nikka, kyrie is near unguardable to EVERYONE. thats that stupid shyt that gilbert arenas goofy ass says. like, you dont think a basketball fanatic like jordan can just study gametape n shyt

 

[Mars]

Morant would drop 35 on Jordan and Jordan would drop 60 on Morant.

 

[DrexlersFade]

Bump

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Looks like The Great Debaters took an L on this one huh?

 

[MBwithadream]

 

[Erratic415]

Jordan wasn’t no 210 most his career that was only in the second 3-Peat and that version of Jordan is definitely getting cooked he couldn’t stay in front of shifty guards

Like I told breh, invincibility armor lol

Nah breh he got his weight up earlier than that as he was tired of Detroit's bigs literally beating his ass

He said he got up to 213-214 in this video from 92’.



He got noticeably more muscular from about 1990-on. Also when he came back from baseball in March 95’…he was skinnier and then definitely bulked up during the summer for the 95-96 season and polished up his post game (which was already excellent).

That's not the kind of defender MJ was at all. He didn't lock guys down like that, he was super disruptive using his athleticism to gamble for steals and blocks. Which was extremely effective in disrupting the other team's offense but players could get theirs on him too. When Phil came in to coach he actually got on him to stop gambling more and play disciplined defense instead.

I mean look what the Cavs' starting guards did against the Bulls in the 1988 playoffs:

Mark Price - 21-4-8 on 57% from the field and 41% from 3pt (Price was a 2nd-year player who averaged just 16ppg in the regular season)
Ron Harper - 18-5-4 on 48% from the field (Harper was a 2nd-year player who averaged 15ppg in the regular season)

If MJ couldn't lock down an inexperienced Mark Price or Ron Harper in 1988, how the fukk was he going to lock down Ja Morant?

Good scorers very rarely get locked down like that anyway. Opposing defenses will try to make them work harder for their points, be less efficient and score less than usual, but they’re most likely not going to be locked down offensively to where they’re barely breaking double digits or anything like that.

Once in awhile they’ll have a really bad series (Ewing 94’ finals, Kobe 04’ finals, Lebron 11’ finals, Bird 88’ ECF). That’s pretty much the best case scenario for the defense.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Can he even cook Deandre Jordan right now?