Jordan: 'I could have scored 100 points' in today's NBA

are you saying dwight is better than hakeem? lol

dwight isn't even close to patrick ewing on his average day.

the newer eras may be more "athletic, stronger, bigger...," but skills are skills in the 70s or 90s.

 

you seriously don't watch too much NBA ball do you?

 

I dont think he could score 100, there's more athletic players than can stop him, and with his defense, he could be in foul trouble, so he cant play the whole game.

 

Yeah I thought about that after I posted.

So as an amendment to my theory, it only hold true when player's skills are on par or close to par to each other, which I feel Kobe and Jordan fall in this category. For all of Kobe's youthful denial, I believe he emulated Jordan's game and because of his physical superiority(due to better health and training regiments) he is a better player than Jordan.

 

It's pretty well accepted that the Centers of the '80s and '90s would utterly destroy todays centers. Not only were they physically superior, they were also more skilled.

Hakeem
Kareem
Robinson
Ewing
Mutombo (in his prime)
Moses
Bill Walton

vs.

Dwight
Yao
???

 

Lol at you people saying he could score 100. Today's game is not as fast paced as they were before. Sure the rules may be laxed, but some TEAMS even struggle to score 100 ppg. I don't doubt his ppg would be higher, but if his usage rate goes up that high, people would just start doubling him every time he got the ball. There is no way any team would let him get to 100.

 

The best comparison between that list would be Hakeem vs Dwight. As I t_mac1 pointed out my theory doesn't hold up completely when it comes to skill level, but I would argue that physically Dwight is superior to Hakeem. Obviously this is not a comparison of basketball skills, as Hakeem would come out the victor in that regard.

All those that have mentioned that skills do not naturally evolve are correct. A better explanation would be that, new generation players have the physical tools to become better than their predecessors, but ultimately it depends on the players work ethic to reach their potential.

 

think again and amend this post. the only skills kobe are better at than MJ is 3pt shooting and ballhandling.

a prime jordan is stronger, faster, quicker, more athletic than a prime kobe bryant. i think you should watch some of his old tapes to see how scary jordan was and how he could finish at the rim like lebron james at his size.

he has a much better midrange and post game than kobe, hence he shot 50% for his career. he was a much better defender than kobe too.

 

hell you forgot alonzo mourning, rik smits, daugherty, divac, elden campbell. these guys would be an all-star in today's league or at least put up all-star numbers. today's big men are a joke outside of dwight and yao. and dwight and yao aren't even as dominant as alonzo mourning on both ends of the court.

 

With all the fouls that they call on the perimeter these day, I wouldn't be surprised if he did. You breathe on some players and its a foul,

 

some of jordan's highest scoring games came against the best defensive teams at the time--and also the most physical (knicks, cavs, heat, orlando, celtics, pistons...)

now imagine him facing a team like the raptors, wolves, or the jazz. man, i can imagine jordan going for 100 v. the jazz. they foul like crazy.

 

OK, Dwight is slightly taller than Hakeem. But he is shorter than Robinson, Ewing, Mutombo, and Kareem, who were all legit 7 footers, or taller.

So I'm not sure how you are proving your point that physically, players have evolved.

 

Absolutely. It's amazing how not only are today's centers a lot smaller, they are also much less skilled.

 

Actually today's pace is higher than what it was in the mid to late '90s, when Jordan won his last 3 rings.

 

Come again? the 90's was the slowest time in basketball, basically when the nba changed the rules, it was to lead to more scoring which was almost exclusively out of guards (3s defensive, hand checking, and then protected zone).

 

Jordan said it himself, he'd foul out in todays NBA. The way I see it is this. Kobe grew up watching Jordan, he learned how to play and probably incorporated many of Jordan's game into his own. Kobe had the opportunity to watch Jordan hone his skill for 12 NBA seasons and pick and choose what aspects of that he could use. On top of that he was able to build on that. A prime Kobe had the chance to study Jordan and learn from the best, Jordan did not have that same opportunity. I'm viewing this comparison as a one on one situation in a game setting(as in they are guarding each other throughout the game) if prime Jordan and prime Kobe were to play in a neutral era. Maybe you are viewing it from the hypothetical situation if Kobe and Jordan played in the same era, and in that case you maybe right. But as I said, that's why I don't like comparing players from different eras, there are too many variables to consider.

Sorry if I confused anyone with all the prime, neutral era talk...I even did a couple of while I was typing it. I swear it made sense in my head.

 

This. Best post on this thread.

 

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playoff game v. one of the most physical defenses in the history of the NBA and jordan busted 54 points with an injured wrist. and he did most of the damage with jumpers.

the closest team to this defensively last year was the celtics. lebron played with an injured elbow and shot 42%. kobe played with an injured knee and shot 41%.

let's be real now. i hate to go tinman on all of you but people don't understand how dominant jordan was. he can easily score 100 points on a bottom feeder team.

and OT: once again, i preach look at how john starks went at jordan. no fear. that's real basketball.

 

Kobe scored 81 in 2006, so how can it be impossible for MJ to do it in 2010? Catch a weaker team on an off night and I don't see how he can't score 100.

 

Michael Jordan would score 200 points against the Suns and Warriors LMAO!