That's true what Bean said to a degree but from the pieces we know, the things Phil said would not have made a difference had Jordan played w/Shaq tho
Going off that, that has NOTHING to do with or without playing with Shaq
different era, different comp. no zone defense.
jordan played guys at his position who were either smaller, shorter, not as strong, or not as athletic as him. no matter who he played. he always had a PHYSICAL/ GOD GIFTED edge on his opponent on paper before the ball was even tossed up. that would not be the case if he played in KObe's era. everyone is a MJ clone now. durant is virtually 7 feet. lebron is karl malone with handles. i mean let me stop there. or let me start again. Tmac 6'8 long arms, hops out of this world, crazy athletic, mean jumper from all over. Vince carter 6'5 to 6'6. monster hops, silly agility, handles. i mean the man did cross someone up then hammer danced all over a 7 foot full grown man in the olympics. Mjay wasnt playing these dudes at his position back in the good ole days. lets be real. dumars aint dunking over 7 footers, hornacek was cool but he wasnt shaking nobody down with the dribbles then pulling up for a cold jumper like Tmac-pre back issues.
MJAY could over power or out jump out run his opponent. not so with kobe because of the level of comp at his position got better and better and better. (all because of the God father jordan).