Re: Has Michael Jordan ever said who was the best player he ever went up against?
payton and penny hardaway when jordan was older
Re: Has Michael Jordan ever said who was the best player he ever went up against?
Wouldn't shock me if it's some random dude in college or some guy back in high school that never made it big time for one reason or another.
As already brought up, it would be interesting to see what other players have said on this subject.
Kidd said Jordan
Russell said Wilt
Walton said Kareem
Bird said Jordan
Magic said Bird
Re: Has Michael Jordan ever said who was the best player he ever went up against?
[QUOTE=get these NETS]great thread
great excerpt from Jordan interview also
dream, pip.bird,jordan, magic
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Gotta call "bull" on Jordan's answers though...if that's his full answer...unedited
Bird was a bad bad man...but I read the Dream Team book...and I think both Michale and Magic go out of their way to praise Bird.
They saw how anything close to criticizing/belittling Bird brings instant backlash a la Isiah Thomas, so they go overboard the opposite way.
In the book, the writer..a Bird dick-holder if there ever was one, even mentions Mike giving Bird credit for things he didn't do..when MJ is recalling the greatest game nobody ever saw
it's a smart move..endears him to older white hoops fans who identified with Bird because he was a great white player, but it sounds like complete bullshit
he mentions "work ethic" for Bird but for no other player....so he's clearly playing to that crowd...
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I'd have to say, in answering as a fan.....reggie miller is the only guy to even remotely rattle Jordan
certain the tapes have been destroyed but Mike beat up Reggie Miller on the court one day after Miller had been making shots and talking WILD shit to him
Miller CLEARLY didn't have 1/10 the game that Jordan had...but I think mentally..and talking the talk and walking the walk...for about a 4 year stretch he gave as good as he got to MJ
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regular season..probably Mitch Richmond for maybe 3 year period....
Mitch was legitimately in top 3 shooting guards in the league during that time..strong.....had shooting range...just a difficult cover[/QUOTE]
:oldlol: at Reggie. Dude didn't even get out of the first round until after MJ retired the first time.
Re: Has Michael Jordan ever said who was the best player he ever went up against?
Once heard Jordan say that Alvin Robertson was the person who guarded him best, but I don't know, Jordan always torched his teams when they played.
Re: Has Michael Jordan ever said who was the best player he ever went up against?
Clyde Drexler was a pretty good matchup to Jordan.
Re: Has Michael Jordan ever said who was the best player he ever went up against?
[QUOTE=get these NETS]great thread
great excerpt from Jordan interview also
dream, pip.bird,jordan, magic
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Gotta call "bull" on Jordan's answers though...if that's his full answer...unedited
Bird was a bad bad man...but I read the Dream Team book...and I think both Michale and Magic go out of their way to praise Bird.
They saw how anything close to criticizing/belittling Bird brings instant backlash a la Isiah Thomas, so they go overboard the opposite way.
In the book, the writer..a Bird dick-holder if there ever was one, even mentions Mike giving Bird credit for things he didn't do..when MJ is recalling the greatest game nobody ever saw
it's a smart move..endears him to older white hoops fans who identified with Bird because he was a great white player, but it sounds like complete bullshit
he mentions "work ethic" for Bird but for no other player....so he's clearly playing to that crowd...
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I'd have to say, in answering as a fan.....reggie miller is the only guy to even remotely rattle Jordan
certain the tapes have been destroyed but Mike beat up Reggie Miller on the court one day after Miller had been making shots and talking WILD shit to him
Miller CLEARLY didn't have 1/10 the game that Jordan had...but I think mentally..and talking the talk and walking the walk...for about a 4 year stretch he gave as good as he got to MJ
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regular season..probably Mitch Richmond for maybe 3 year period....
Mitch was legitimately in top 3 shooting guards in the league during that time..strong.....had shooting range...just a difficult cover[/QUOTE]
I doubt Mj was pandering. He's always praised him and brought up his name in situations in which he didn't have to do so. I mean, all we gotta do is go back and look at Bird's numbers vs MJ to see how he fared. Bird's teams used to beat the Bulls and Bird was killing any and everybody that they put on him, YES including he and Pip. And Mj for whatever reason has always been extremely fond of West as well, not sure how or why but he's praised him numerous times, even stating that West is the guy that he wished he played against more than anybody else (that he didn't get a chance to).
Re: Has Michael Jordan ever said who was the best player he ever went up against?
[QUOTE=no pun intended]Clyde Drexler was a pretty good matchup to Jordan.[/QUOTE]
they played each other 17 times in regular season.
MJ had 34.5/7.1/6.1 .479%
drexler 23.5/6.7/5.8 .485%
in the playoffs
MJ
35.8/4.8/6.5 .526%
drexler
24.8/7.8/5.3 .407%
i guess it was good match up. still MJ clearly was superior, and drexler is delusional thinking that he was equal to MJ.
Re: Has Michael Jordan ever said who was the best player he ever went up against?
Larry Jordan, his brother.
Re: Has Michael Jordan ever said who was the best player he ever went up against?
[QUOTE=AlphaWolf24]BAck in the dey I know he said Mitch Richmond was the hardest to guard:confusedshrug:
but after Kooobe dropped 42 points on him in 1 1/2 quarters...you know it's #24[/QUOTE]
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Classic battles.
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Re: Has Michael Jordan ever said who was the best player he ever went up against?
His dream team is dope. I seriously want to say it would be the best possible combination of 6 players anyone could come up with. Pippen and Bird as the forwards is brilliant. The versatility and the chemistry would be sky-high. West as 6th man... dope.
I would have named a different six but after reading that interview I'd go with his.
Re: Has Michael Jordan ever said who was the best player he ever went up against?
He didn't like Magic because he once said that Magic was down with Isiah in isolating him in that all star game. But it obvious by his talk about the Dream Team practice battles that he felt these were the best competitive games he's played in. It well known as to why. So the answer is Magic but he will never vocalize it that way.
Re: Has Michael Jordan ever said who was the best player he ever went up against?
Jordan always seems to talk about Magic Bird and Hakeem in a more revered tone than the others.