Jordan says Worthys beat him one on one 3 out of 5 times

[eliteballer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93mvNaoSPAI

[juju151111]

Big game James worthy probably took him to school in college

[IGotACoolStory]

In college? When James was healthy, he was a freak of nature. His performance in the 82 F4 is easily the most dominant I have ever seen a college player play. He had like 5 monster posters in those two games alone. Against that stacked GTown team and the Phi Slama Jama Houston squad.

[AngelEyes]

Big game James worthy probably took him to school in college

Possibly, considering Jordan was a 18-19 year old freshman and Worthy was two years older.

[DuMa]

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...1&p2=worthja01

[eliteballer]

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...1&p2=worthja01

One dudes taking 10 more shots per game

[AngelEyes]

One dudes taking 10 more shots per game

One dude (Jordan) is also a whole hell of a lot better than the other dude.

[DuMa]

One dudes taking 10 more shots per game

you just described Kobe.

[Rake2204]

I am not surprised by such a claim. When players are generally on the same plain (meaning not a college player vs. sixth grader) one-on-one can a lot of times go one way or another. And in the case of Michael Jordan facing a long armed James Worthy? James is an all-time great, I could see Jordan having to work to attempt to stop Worthy from being effective.

[Ancient Legend]

You mean in college? Meh. You guys know Michael's older brother used to beat him at basketball too everytime right up to his HS days.

[eliteballer]

You mean in college? Meh. You guys know Michael's older brother used to beat him at basketball too everytime right up to his HS days.

Pro ball players play with each other throughout the offseason every year.

[andgar923]

One thing to consider is 'style' of play.

I mentioned in the MJ vs Magic thread that Magic could more than likely beat MJ in a one on one battle because Magic's style would be hard for MJ to beat.

Both of them played 'old school' ball and used their strengths to their advantage, meaning size and height. In today's era, big players try to play like guards and even then, they usually don't know how to use their bodies to shield them.

I can see Worthy using his body to shield off MJ and use his size to his advantage. MJ at this point probably didn't have a reliable jumper, and probably didn't have as many moves, or iq.

I also wouldn't be surprised if Worthy beat MJ well into their NBA careers either. Again..... styles make match ups and Worthy would be able to use his size and strength against him, just as MJ would use his speed and athleticism against his. It would be a battle of who could stop who the most often, and almost certainly a toss up.

[KG215]

Some people hype that UNC team up a bit more because they had Michael Jordan. When ranking the all-time great NCAA champions people like to put 1982 UNC in the top 5 or so and I think a lot of people do so because they had Jordan. But MJ was a freshman that year and wasn't the best player on the team, or second best. Worthy and Sam Perkins were studs, and formed one of the more talented frontcourts in NCAA history. Matt Doherty was a good player, too, and Jimmy Black was a very good college PG.

That was probably the most stacked era of college hoops. I hear people all the time ask how Jordan's UNC teams didn't win more than one national title, but you when you look at some of the other loaded teams in that era, it's not as hard to believe as you might think. Patrick Ewing's Georgetown teams damn near won 3 in 4 years if it wasn't for Jordan's shot and one errant Fred Brown pass right to James Worthy. Then they won it all in 1984 and got upset by Villanova in 1985. Then you had some very good Houston teams in those years, too.

[t-rex]

James Worthy was great player. He was the MVP of the 1988 NBA Finals.

Part of what made the 1980s the greatest decade in NBA history was that you had several all time great teams that were stacked with good players. The good part of this is that we had some great, high quality play. The bad part of this is that great players get lost in the shuffle. The Lakers James Worthy, and the Celtics Kevin McHale are at the top of that list.

[B]

Worthy's defense on Jordan would be greater than Jordan's defense on Worthy.
Both great offensive players but Worthy's defense would have more of an impact.