Is Michael Jordan the most offensively skilled player of all-time?

[3ball]

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His scoring instinct was alien - he knew which move would work quickest, and this was instinctual







New fans discover his gaudy scoring average and assume he was this massive ball-hog like Harden - but they're conflating ball-domination/overdribbling with high shot volume - MJ shot a lot but he used mostly quick instinctual moves (that still required goat footwork, skill and athletic ability)


Here's more goat instinct/skill/athletic ability:






the gif below is literally PERFECT offense, including goat drop-step ability (power) for a non-big:







^^^ notice how he perfectly seals the post defender, so he can set up a no-dribble, drop-step finish over the help that he knows is there... prime Dwight Howard would nod in approval at such a seal, drop step ability and power

oh, and he had the goat jumpshot.. or here's the Ringer's ode to Jordan's jumpshot

[ZenMaster7210]

Michael just is the GOAT hands down! Thank you for posting the videos. :

[Gudo]

Got to appreciate everytime I see it. MJ’s decision making on offense is so quick and the ability to finish in traffic is incredible.

[3ball]

Got to appreciate everytime I see it. MJ’s decision making on offense is so quick and the ability to finish in traffic is incredible.

it's important to note that the gifs from the previous post are all iso's

previous eras had less spacing/closer help defenders, and therefore had to iso much quicker and in tighter spaces... this required more instinct and mastery of moves or shot types, aka superior iso players...

otoh, today's players have tons of spacing, so they have all day to set up the iso and plan their scoring foray through defenders.. this results in a predictable dribble-heavy approach and less instinct or pure scoring ability