Looking back, NBA stars were 1 dimensional as **** prior to MJ

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Nique was my favorite player along with Magic in the 80s....and neither of them were a jack of trades, taking it to the defensive end. Only centers were expected to try to bring both. Brad Daughrety was shytted on for not bringing any D.

LOL @ the Chinese basketball team running iso's on old Nique in one of those international games.

Seriously though....the Ice Man, Alex English, Adrian Dantely and a lot of those players were one dimensional as fukk....just pure offense. They didn't get bashed for not bringing it on the defensive end like a lot of these dudes today.

MJ really set the bar on what it is to be considered a dominant wing player.

Reb going hard (Yes Hibbert) on the quality threads.

 

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Adrian Dantley was murder in the post. He either scored or got fouled..

He was 6'5..



Isiah shytted all over him on some shyt by orchestrating that trade for Mark Aguirre. Dantley couldn’t be stopped on the Pistons..

He got no ring

Just found this pic while browsing through google images. Dantley look like he was hittin them weights in this here pic:

 

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shyt, Magic couldnt play a lick of defense. You had to hide Magic on somebody defensively

Perfect example is Kevin Johnson destroying him in the 1990 Conference Semis. Any guard with speed, quickness, and ability to penetrate would give Magic fits

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Magic was 6'9 235lbs though!! You can't really hold it against him that he had trouble guarding the Zeeks and KJ's of the world.

 

[DaRock]

Magic was 6'9 235lbs though!! You can't really hold it against him that he had trouble guarding the Zeeks and KJ's of the world.

That's why its watching LeBron guarding Drose, Rondo, etc

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

Magic was 6'9 235lbs though!! You can't really hold it against him that he had trouble guarding the Zeeks and KJ's of the world.

Thats what Im saying


You had a grip of those type players back in the 80s nikkas that were just TROUBLE on the offense end. It would of been stupid to put Magic on any one of those pgs...it is prob the only way an opposing coach could spin him being a 6'9 pg into his teams favor. But on that same note Magic played center for a game and dominated, didnt get ate up by Caldwell Jones' long ass.

I get what the op is trying to say though and I dont know if there is a correct term for it. But the NBA back then was a different beast, I dont think it was a lack of D but maybe the fact that it was a highly skilled era from a talent and fundamentals point. Having all the tools to play the game and knowing how to use them is unguardable imo

 

[superunknown23]

That's why its watching LeBron guarding Drose, Rondo, etc

Nah, those are not classic PGs...
You really believe that Lebron could guard KJ, Zeke, AI, Michael Adams, Abdul Rauf and Kenny Anderson?

 

[NYC Rebel]

Thats what Im saying


You had a grip of those type players back in the 80s nikkas that were just TROUBLE on the offense end. It would of been stupid to put Magic on any one of those pgs...it is prob the only way an opposing coach could spin him being a 6'9 pg into his teams favor. But on that same note Magic played center for a game and dominated, didnt get ate up by Caldwell Jones' long ass.

I get what the op is trying to say though and I dont know if there is a correct term for it. But the NBA back then was a different beast, I dont think it was a lack of D but maybe the fact that it was a highly skilled era from a talent and fundamentals point. Having all the tools to play the game and knowing how to use them is unguardable imo

I don't think there was a focus on D back then as much as it is now.

shyt...the game is so specialized now that you have players in the league because they can ONLY play D.

The league was never full of well rounded, do everything players as much as they'd like to make it seem it was back then and now.

 

[DaRock]

Nah, those are not classic PGs...
You really believe that Lebron could guard KJ, Zeke, AI, Michael Adams, Abdul Rauf and Kenny Anderson?

If needed I'm sure he could/would...what makes any of these guys different?

 

[dantheman9758]

Where did I say Jerry West was one of those players???

Your thread title says players were 1-dimensional as **** prior to MJ - and it seemed like you thought MJ set the standard for playing on both ends while being a wing player. All I'm saying is, Jerry West came 2 decades before MJ and dominated both ends of the floor to a similar extent at the very same postion. Here's another superstar from the 60's that dominated both ends that I've made a mix about:



And Clyde Frazier was another one (who I don't have a mix of unfortunately) from back then who could dominate the flow of a game on both ends of the court. The theory that wing players were 1 dimensional prior to MJ is though to be fair to any fan (yourself or otherwise) who may have thought so I could certainly see why it SEEMS that way because the NBA is only really accessible from 1980 and onwards, they don't really have much archives to showcase players from before then so the guys that came before the 1980's aren't usually on peoples minds.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Your thread title says players were 1-dimensional as **** prior to MJ - and it seemed like you thought MJ set the standard for playing on both ends while being a wing player. All I'm saying is, Jerry West came 2 decades before MJ and dominated both ends of the floor to the same extent at the very same postion. Here's another superstar from the 60's that dominated both ends that I've made a mix about:

Gus "Honeycomb" Johnson v1.4 - YouTube

And Clyde Frazier was another one (who I don't have a mix of unfortunately) from back then who could dominate the flow of a game on both ends of the court. The idea that wing players were 1 dimensional prior to MJ is that's all I'm sayin. Though I can see why it SEEMS that way because the NBA is only really accessible from 1980 and onwards, so the guys that came before the 1980's aren't easy to find footage of strutting their stuff on both O and D

who didn't know that though?

You just used that extremist "He's saying ALLLLLLL players were like that" excuse to drop a video.

SPARE me my dude. Every person with a lick of basketball sense KNOWS Jerry West and Clyde were defensive greats.

Good lord. Everything isn't open for a history lesson. You don't have to talk down to me. The only "it seems" is your urge to find a reason to post your videos, which I appreciate but find no reason here.

 

[dantheman9758]

who didn't know that though?

You just used that extremist "He's saying ALLLLLLL players were like that" excuse to drop a video.

SPARE me my dude. Every person with a lick of basketball sense KNOWS Jerry West and Clyde were defensive greats.

Good lord. Everything isn't open for a history lesson. You don't have to talk down to me. The only "it seems" is your urge to find a reason to post your videos, which I appreciate but find no reason here.

My bad, I took your thread title too literally - I post on a lot of boards so It's hard to keep track of everyone's posting style - not tryin to talk down to you breh