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

200?

If we're talking the Warriors its 300. Michael Jordan would score 300 points against the Warriors in today's NBA.

 

I would love to see MJ in his prime against this weak ass Warriors team.

I would pay a thousand dollars in nosebleed section to see that.

 

I mean as in nutrition, better training regiments, etc. I didn't mean as in "players will be 8 ft tall in a hundred years" type of evolve. I guess my theory has a lot of holes, but it makes sense to me.

I'm sure many will disagree but here goes.

Hypothetical situation: If Dwight Howard was infused with the same skill level of Hakeem, I believe Dwight would be better than Hakeem. It's hard to make more comparisons with big men since today's NBA severely lacks them.

On a related note, I wonder if Dwight's comparisons are off. I've heard him compared to Shaq, but he lacks his size. He's been compared to Dream, but he doesn't have his skill set. Dwight might be better off compared to players such as Mutumbo and Mourning.

 

sure common sense says with better technology, information... athletes can be more athletic, faster, stronger. that's very true.

dwight is definitely stronger than hakeem. unfortunately, he is nowhere near as athletic nor quick or agile.

 

Training/nutrition advancements go both ways, Michael wasn't on a special diet, he ate the same **** as everyone else.

However Hakeem might have actually suffered during Ramadan in the current day though.

 

Actually, during Jordan's days, there was a "no lay up rule" among the elite teams. That meant that anybody who tried to attempt a lay up had to be bashed and had to end up sprawled on the floor. The flagrant fouls at that time were not as strict as today's. It was also a time in the NBA when the "no harm no foul" and a variation of "no blood no foul" was the norm. Officials hardly called any flops and ticky tack fouls. The NBA at that time was really a man's game compared to today's divas who have not even won anything.

Despite all of these Jordan scored at will against all teams, including the baddest of them all, the Detroit Pistons Bad Boys. It took Phil Jackson to persuade Jordan to limit his scoring so as to get his team mates involved more on the offense. So yes, Jordan could easily score 100 points in today's NBA.

 

I would take a NASA flight to the moon and watch it with a high powered telescope.

 

I think your theory makes sense in the NFL. These days, NFL linebackers are the size of D Linemen in the '80s. The size of linemen in today's NFL was unheard of in the '80s.

I think basketball is much more a game of skill. Sure, you can go lift weights and put on 30 pounds of muscle, but that is just as likely to slow you down and cause injury.

 

and if people think the shane battiers or bruce bowens would slow jordan down, think again. those guys are non-factors offensively. back then, defensive stoppers actually pose a threat offensively: the joe dumars, john starks, maxwells, coopers, byron scotts...

jordan not only scored a ton on those guys and their big men while playing defense.

now in today's league, jordan can just chillax on D and save his energy for offense. a 30 something year old jordan may struggle to score 100 points. a 22-23 year old jordan would demolish 100 points.

 

Yeah, I think I didn't take into account the great disparity of skill levels. Maybe having a physical advantage has been a disadvantage for this era of basketball. Players might be more complacent in their athletic ability to where they no longer develop their basketball skill to match.

In any case, good to have a discussion rather than an arguments.

 

you're right if all centers are as freakish as shaq. he's one of the rare players who use pure power/strength to dominate the basketball court (well, he had a few moves in the low post but you understand)

 

I agree. I much prefer a good discussion!

 

Very good points.

 

delusional

 

Jordan is still the greatest... but my god, his "legendary" status is getting out of hand. I hate this pedestal people get put on after they retire. He wouldn't dominate the NBA today anymore than he did in the 90s. Hell, with the diluted talent back then, he had one of the most stacked teams in NBA history (which is why they barely got any worse the year after he left for baseball). Today, that playing field would be evened out a bit.

 

Bull****, just to make a comparison. When MJ had his 37ppg season, the entire league averaged 109.9 PPG. It's 97.0 in 2006 when Kobe got 81 and 100.4 for the past season.

MJ's era may be physical, but it played a much faster pace. And there's no zone. The entire MJ rule was a fake zone. It's fake because the help defender has to move constantly in order to avoid illegal defense charge.

 

No way would he average 100 points. 55 ppg max.

 

Not very well. Seattle did it to him illegally and he could not overcome it.

 

True, but it's not like Jordan was even close to 35PPG in his 2nd 3peat.

 

b/c he didn't take 28 shots.

at the age of 34 (his last year with the bulls), he averaged 28.7 ppg on 46.5fg%. kobe has shot above that TWICE his entire career.

seriously

and for your info: jordan took primarily jumpers in the 2nd 3peat.