JJ Redikk "Stephen Curry plays against more physicality defense than Birds era". Dominique Wilkins responds

[jwonder]

He’s right. Most of Bird’s 3’s were wide open. Curry makes 3s with dudes chasing after him and hanging off his jersey.

Redikk stays sonning these delusional boomer oldheads.

You looked at highlights huh? Pretty much none of ya'll on here were alive or in diapers when Bird was in his hay day. Dude got abused.

fakkit ass Steph gets tapped and it's a foul. Trust he's WIDE OPEN compared to Bird's days.

 

[jwonder]

Bird rarely drove on bigs at all. The vast majority of his shots were jump shots or iso post-ups on his defender, for the most part he limited his drives to moments when the basket was undefended.

Yeah. You saw Bird play. I don't know what these fools talking about.

 

[jwonder]

JJ is right


The old heads keep equating hard fouls = more physicality

Nah. Ya'll youngins are just so p*ssy so they had to change the rules for ya'll. You all even fight like girls now.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Reddikk is right here. Go back and watch the games from the 80's and see how horrid the defense actually was back then. Don't watch highlights. Watch the games.

You’re right.80s is a bad example of the old NBA physicality.



90s ball is a closer example.of what Nique is trying to talk about

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

I think people are equating more physicality = better defense back then, and that’s not necessarily true

 

[jaydawg08]

And you clearly didn't understand Nique's point.

But you're a LeBron stan so you were born stupid.

I see you're highly emotional this Wed afternoon.. you just get your period I'm guessing?

 

[SoSoSlick]

No they wasn’t. U can watch game 7s in the 80s. The only way u would know it’s a a game 7 is from the overlays. this intensity people say is not there like that.

dudes we’re not trying to hurt each other. Also the main important thing is fouls. If get fouls u off the court. So it’s a lot of “u got that“ no silly fouls


we need to do a coli watch party to dispel this shyt

Man what? Bill Laimbeer alone disputes this whole shyt. Theres a reason Bird and plenty of other players still despise that man til this day. They know he was tryina hurt peeps. No it wasnt every play or nikkas playin Spartacus on the floor for 48 but them nikkas was deliberately clockin dudes on layups in the name of "good hard fouls". Watch the '87 ECF breh.

I actually think McHale influenced that nikka. His Rambis clothesline is legendary lol.

 

[viktordoomsecretwars]

Mental illness. Compare the quality of analysis of this shock jock dope to what Ryan Clark is doing with the NFL on the same network

 

[ISO]

JJ is right

Cherry picked plays of hard fouls at the basket

 

[keon]

I‘ve watched curry play and not once did I ever say “ damn they’re really getting physical with curry up there at the three point line” lol

im not saying it never happens, but let’s be real, the vast majority of curry shots at the three aren’t heavily contested like that

 

[Still Benefited]

Redikk is right about the 3 point shot because they didn’t shoot anywhere near as many as they do the today. The physicality was 16-18 ft and in. But overall the game was more physical back then, friends.

Thats why his point is horrible,as if Larry just camped out outside the 3 point line. And getting hugged and leaned on isnt nearly the same as getting an elbow the head,getting knocked on your back,rib shots. One is simply a matter of stamina,while the other is test of mental toughness and the size of your balls.


If the nba had a real commisioner he would call these players bluffs. Yall think yall so phsyical and tough,bring the old rules back,stop calling flagrants all willy nilly



Didnt think so. Nba would need more PTO time for these players to ever see a court

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

TMZball

 

[Cladyclad]

Man what? Bill Laimbeer alone disputes this whole shyt. Theres a reason Bird and plenty of other players still despise that man til this day. They know he was tryina hurt peeps. No it wasnt every play or nikkas playin Spartacus on the floor for 48 but them nikkas was deliberately clockin dudes on layups in the name of "good hard fouls". Watch the '87 ECF breh.

I actually think McHale influenced that nikka. His Rambis clothesline is legendary lol.

Motherfukkers say the same about Grayson Allen

now name more than 1 other person

im from Detroit

we lost a chip on the softest call in nba history in this tough man no blood no foul 80s league

 

[Copy Ninja]

Hand-checking was banned in 1979, before Bird even played. Then made orders to enforce it more in 1995, and then again in 2005. There was not any sort of profuse hand-checking in the 1980s and the game wasn't more physical.

If you believe differently, then post an actual game clip of what you believe is a physical defense outside of the late-80s Pistons.







You think I've memorized the defensive effort in every Larry Bird Finals game and was able to pick the exact one that would support my argument?

Breh, I googled his peak Finals and that was the first game that came up. Broke down every single shot he took from beginning to end. Don't just dismiss evidence because it doesn't fit your agenda. Do you have a different example?

Go ahead and post ANY non-Pistons game that Larry Bird played in so you can show us how terrifying hand-checking was.

You have NBA players who played in that era talking about hand checking being prevalent. Am I supposed to believe a Coli poster instead?

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

It's a stupid point overall.

Defenses adapt to offenses in sports. If you wanna pull your whole offense behind the arc, the defense will naturally follow the offense there. I felt so stupid having to type out something so rudimentary that I have no idea how JJ didn't feel just as stupid formulating this "idea" in his head.

If I'm game planning you for a football game and you're a run heavy team, I'm running a bunch of Cover 3 & 4 for you to face 8 & 9 man boxes, respectively. If you're on that bombs away vertical offense wave, I pull those safeties back and play Cover 2 to better defend the long ball.

It's that simple that it's literally a brainless, moot point.

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