Would ROOKIE Michael Jordan be the best player today?

[Sin Simma]

MJ dropped 63 on Bird in his 2nd year during the NBA playoffs, which made Larry called him God. Magic and Bird were the Kings of the NBA, and Bird said about a player in his 2nd year in the NBA. A Jordan with a broken bone in his foot. That's ridiculous.

To answer the question, no. You have veteran Lebron who is the face of the NBA and have the accolades. Durant, Sabo who is stat stuffing his way to averaging a triple double, Harden who is killing. Unibrow and Cousins who could give you 30 and 20, etc. Now in today's game in which Jordan can't be touched, he would average more than 28 his rookie year and might even win the scoring title, but the best? Nah. Rookie Lebron wouldn't be the best today.

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

Yes..By far

but Rookie Bron was a beast too

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

MJ dropped 63 on Bird in his 2nd year during the NBA playoffs, which made Larry called him God. Magic and Bird were the Kings of the NBA, and Bird said about a player in his 2nd year in the NBA. A Jordan with a broken bone in his foot. That's ridiculous.

To answer the question, no. You have veteran Lebron who is the face of the NBA and have the accolades. Durant, Sabo who is stat stuffing his way to averaging a triple double, Harden who is killing. Unibrow and Cousins who could give you 30 and 20, etc. Now in today's game in which Jordan can't be touched, he would average more than 28 his rookie year and might even win the scoring title, but the best? Nah. Rookie Lebron wouldn't be the best today.

Tied up,Game 7, NBA Finals.Going into the 4th Q, they say you put one player in to help you win the title.

Out of all the players on that list, who you choosing?

Brow
Cousins
Harden
Durant
Sabo
Lebron
Rookie Jordan


Other than Bron(Maybe), I'm going with rookie Mike

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

Yes..By far

but Rookie Bron was a beast too

Bron wasn't a killer back then....didn't really activate his killing gene until like 2013...a decade into his career.

Jordan was always a fierce, psychopathic murderer.Straight ill.

Heart & what's going on 'between the ears' counts.

Bron might be more of a specimen/more versatile

but Mike's spirit was a raging fire.Bron's learning to get there, but Mike had it naturally.

 

[HabitualChiller]

NOT REALLY....Bron is the greatest athlete in the history of the NBA but Jordan was a winner everytime he reached the Finals and got it done and REALLY should of won 8 str8 Finals.

You do realize that the only team that had a legit shot of beating those Bulls teams was the suns right?

I put more stock into Bron's finals record because he went up against much better teams than MJ did and even when he won you can make an argument that his team wasn't the better team

 

[KillbertArenas]

Hell yes

 

[GSR]

and quite frankly i'm offended at any comparison of kevin bytchmade durant to Michael Goddam Jordan.

you mutherfukkers are on meth mixed with crack for that shyt.

kevin has the mentality of a down syndrome fetus compared to Shiva the destroyer mentality of Michael Jordan.

you fools are dumb as hell for that one.

 

[HabitualChiller]

tar heel jordan shyts all over any era lebron or kd or anyone else for that matter, let alone rookie or prime jordan.

i watched them all first hand, nobody comes close to jordan. from the skill set to the mindset, jordan was godlike on the court his entire career, except that [short] season when he came back wearing #45, he was rusty and fukkin up a little.

other players have brief glimpses of godlike attributes on the court, jordan was like that for 95% of his career.

these "debates" always make me chuckle a little.

This whole post is juststatus..

I'd say about 25% of dudes in this league would give Tar Heels MJ buckets. The fact that you just casually dropped KD in shows that you're half-way retarded. That dude would give just about anyone in the history of the league a cool 30.

That's not even to mention that he has a good 3-4 more inches of height, 20-30 more pounds, longer wingspan and is playing damn good defense this year.

Don't even get me started on Bron either. Dude could just bulldoze through Tar Heels MJ

 

[Goatpoacher]

I'm not sure why anybody would believe Lebron is better than Jordan? Lebron is probably a better one on one defender than Jordan. He's also better at making flashy passes. In all other aspects of the game, Jordan is superior.

 

[R=G]

You do realize that the only team that had a legit shot of beating those Bulls teams was the suns right?

I put more stock into Bron's finals record because he went up against much better teams than MJ did and even when he won you can make an argument that his team wasn't the better team

That makes no sense. He went against better teams you say but his ride to those Finals were relatively easy.

 

[FS4LFE]

No I can name 20 better right now but I'm busy.

 

[GSR]

This whole post is juststatus..

I'd say about 25% of dudes in this league would give Tar Heels MJ buckets. The fact that you just casually dropped KD in shows that you're half-way retarded. That dude would give just about anyone in the history of the league a cool 30.

That's not even to mention that he has a good 3-4 more inches of height, 20-30 more pounds, longer wingspan and is playing damn good defense this year.

Don't even get me started on Bron either. Dude could just bulldoze through Tar Heels MJ

1st of all you're an idiot

you're talking about MJ who's arguably the greatest defensive shooting guard in nba history.

kevin stands NO chance against any michael jordan.....ok maybe high school junior varsity MJ. he would get demolished and mentality check out within the first 3 min against any other MJ.

MJ never had the luxury of having the spacing that's given to him by playing with 5 all stars on his team. he had finesse and a stylish brute in his game that kevin could never dream of. and he worked thru much mire PHYSICAL defenses than the current era. kevin's skills are greatly exaggerated now that he's on the warriors and i'm sure you never even thought to compare thunder kevin to MJ. foh

and lebron, bull dozing ??? you know we're talking about basketball not football right?

that's how i know you're an idiot. so easily swayed by the exterior physique and no perception whatsoever of the actual skills exhibited. mj would lockdown lebron with relative ease and strip him of the ball half the time.

you clearly don't know shyt about the nuances of basketball, you casual.

 

[HabitualChiller]

1st of all you're an idiot

you're talking about MJ who's arguably the greatest defensive shooting guard in nba history.

kevin stands NO chance against any michael jordan.....ok maybe high school junior varsity MJ. he would get demolished and mentality check out within the first 3 min against any other MJ.

MJ never had the luxury of having the spacing that's given to him by playing with 5 all stars on his team. he had finesse and a stylish brute in his game that kevin could never dream of. and he worked thru much mire PHYSICAL defenses than the current era. kevin's skills are greatly exaggerated now that he's on the warriors and i'm sure you never even thought to compare thunder kevin to MJ. foh

and lebron, bull dozing ??? you know we're talking about basketball not football right?

that's how i know you're an idiot. so easily swayed by the exterior physique and no perception whatsoever of the actual skills exhibited. mj would lockdown lebron with relative ease and strip him of the ball half the time.

you clearly don't know shyt about the nuances of basketball, you casual.

This post was even morethan your last one.

That makes no sense. He went against better teams you say but his ride to those Finals were relatively easy.

Are we talking about finals records or nah? How does it not make sense that he faced harder teams in the finals.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Rookie jordan would struggle to score 20 against kawhi

Rookie Jordan is basically angry Kawhi

 

[Gangstar8]

Rookie Jordan is basically angry Kawhi

HOW MUCH IS HE SCORING AGAINST KAWHI THEN