Michael Jordan vs Real Defenses

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Michael Jordan faced the most traps & double/triple teams in NBA history, MJ also DEFEATED the most traps, double teams, and triple teams in NBA history. Unlike other players presented with a double team, Jordan shows his ultimate team IQ by giving up the ball and re-establishing himself for a better shot. Jordan could score over anyone and any type of defense. As long as Jordan had his dribble, you virtually almost could not ever trap him. He was too fast. Jordan would either make a move to defeat the trap, or get the ball out of there to an open teammate swiftly. Jordan's decisionmaking can be seen in this video like no other video. Zones allow defenders to play an area, rather than stick to a man. I don't know about you, but I prefer playing against a zone because it is so much easier to find space in a zone if you are good at working without the ball. When you are facing man to man it requires that you run your defender into screens, and it requires more effort to create space. This was especially true in the Michael Jordan era where perimeter contact was allowed. The Jordan era featured man to man with rotating traps and weakside help which is very hard to defeat as an individual player. The NBA created the defensive 3 second rule & it opened up the lane like never before, you see layups now in the half court set more often than ever before. You would think these guys were getting layups in transition they get to the hoop so easy sometimes. I remember watching the dunk contest in Jordan's era and it was so exciting because players rarely got dunks in the half court set so it was nice to see them show their stuff at the dunk contest. Usually you were lucky to see your favorite player show off on a breakaway, the game was more hard nosed than that at the time. Also keep in mind that with no contact rules, it does not matter if you double or triple a player in today's game, the great players should be able to back out, slip out, split, slip through, or shake the double. I mean hell, if the offensive player draws contact he's gonna draw a foul anyways. It's not like the old days where you actually had to fight through traps and double teams. Players in Jordan's era were like track athletes, most of them were so fast. The dunk contests in the 80's and 90's are a testiment to the athletes in the game at the time. Forget the creativity of the dunks, look at the athleticism. Old era teams were also better at getting back on transition defense. Creating all-time rankings takes research and film study. Highlight videos show you Michael Jordan scoring, but not what he had to do to get open in most cases, or the plays he was stopped. Never scout with highlight videos, use raw film. The only way to seal off penetration today is to get directly in the path of the ball handler with both feet planted, outside of the circle in the paint, to get credit for drawing a charge. Now keep in mind that the offensive player already has the advantage of decision; defenders have no choice but to react, it puts the defender at a 1/4 a second disadvantage anyways. Jordan's era utilized handchecking, which is similar to what offensive linemen & defensive backs use in the NFL to detain receivers and pass rushers. In the NFL, allow a pass rusher to penetrate the pocket, it's a sack. A defensive back lets the receiver penetrate the secondary & catch the ball, first down or TD. In the NBA, allow players to penetrate the paint, it makes it easier for them to score. At the very least physical resistance should be offered to make it a level playing field. This is not allowed in today's game. Of course in any era, under any rules, there are defensive breakdowns, coaches who use bad coaching schemes, among other factors that can contribute to non-contested shots. There are those players who are able to shake defenders in such a fashion that it doesn't matter if you double, or triple them, they are gonna get loose. Tex Winter and Joe Dumars opinions of today's defenses:

-Bruce Blitz
Featured in this video:
Scenes from Jordan scoring 55 points/other on the 90's Knicks.
Scenes from Jordan scoring 69 points on the Cavs.
Scenes from Jordan dropping a routine 30+ and 40+ on the Hornets.
Jordan vs an 80's Sixers team playing with subs. (still doubled)
Jordan vs an 80's Blazers team playing with subs. (still doubled)
A scene from Jordan scoring 61 on the Pistons
I did not use many games folks. Keep that in mind.
I enjoyed watching MJ play Jim Jackson, Rolando Blackman, Clyde Drexler, Gerald Wilkins, Nick Anderson, Kendall Gill, Reggie Miller, Michael Cooper, Glen Rice, Mitch Richmond, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Calbert Cheaney, and many more. Joe Dumars was one of the better defenders in that era, that doesn't mean they were all Dwyane Wade's height. Thanks for watching and reading.

Channel: Sports
Uploaded: June 21, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Author: mustseebbtv

Length: 00:10:00
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Video Comments:
Hypebusta (August 29, 2008 at 9:48 pm)
It was sarcasm you dolt.
AceroySangre (August 29, 2008 at 1:28 pm)
Amen to accepttrue. The NBA was way tougher in the late 80s and early 90s (in the 80s even more court vision, passing, all players had basketball iq!) basketball iq, passing abilities, fundamentals have all been replaced by the this pathetic zone rule (which is designed for bad defenders) which has no effect on Great Fundamental Players that can Shoot at high FG%, Pass Off and Post Up, Pussy Fouls, Ghost Calls and the hanchecking rule. Which makes it easier

The Game has Lost Its Physical Side
ClipCoug (August 29, 2008 at 1:48 am)
According to Wikipedia (if you believe them or not) The offensive 3-sec rule has been around the entire time, but the defensive 3-sec was only around since 2001, same time zone defenses were allowed.
ClipCoug (August 29, 2008 at 1:41 am)
Nobody plays D in the Western Conference except the Spurs. Teams generally score 90 on each other in that conference. Put Kobe against a rough defensive-minded team, he'll fail most of the time. See the 05' Pistons and 08' Celtics
boss12 (August 28, 2008 at 8:57 am)
The 3 second rule was in effect back then, and the double teaming rules were different back then. Nowadays you can juss sit all 5 defenders on one guy. That doesn't mean the talent level is lower, that means the game is that much harder. Physical defense was very useful, but that's why you still had true back to the basket centers. The rules these days make it that much harder for them too. Basically, the game is less about physical strength and has become much more team oriented.
akmj23 (August 27, 2008 at 6:40 pm)
all those white stiffs mostly sat on the bench, warming them up during the playoffs,
none of them even got to play,the only white stiff that played was kiki vandaweigh(how ever you spell his last name)
its obvious that you probably didn't watch those playoffs!!!
akmj23 (August 27, 2008 at 6:21 pm)
some people say that kobe has a better outside shot from the 3 pt arc and jordan wasn't,
you should make a video of why jordan hardly shot from the 3 pt arc due to people guarding him like he's on the post and as for kobe he has all that spacing,
like you did with this video where people say jordan wasn't doubled or tripled teamed like kobe!!!
accepttrue (August 25, 2008 at 4:28 pm)
i think the international game is showed that playing without 3 second rule is a lot harder than 3 second rule, it proved the the zone defense in nba today is not better than used to be, i beg every team would put a center in the middle, by the way , i am impressed by the spain, they did great defense on USA.
dv122 (August 9, 2008 at 2:56 am)
jordan on free throw line dunks dribbled all the way which involves more athleticism cause he didnt have the momentum as u get running full speed without dribbling.
skaipd (August 6, 2008 at 7:44 am)
Wait...
is it True? that Kobe, PAU, ODOM and the Lakers won by "39 Points" in the 2008 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP over the Boston Celtics? i have to watch the replay :))
Go Kobe "The Black Rapist Mamba"