MJ would be seeing guys like this every night nowadays

[Fatal9]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni7t4swtdYw

actually even more athletic and with a bit more bulk even. i'm starting to buy the Tony Allen comparisons.

just saying...

[Inactive]

In his previous 3 games against Boston he scored 39 59%, 41 68%, and 33 50%.

[OhNoTimNoSho]

If whatever random tangent and hypothetical situation you are making up were true, Jordan would adapt, and he would adapt extremely fast.

[Fatal9]

In his previous 3 games against Boston he scored 39 59%, 41 68%, and 33 50%.

This somehow implies Reggie guarded him every possession of the games, he played 19 and 23 minutes in two of those games

[Mr. I'm So Rad]

If whatever random tangent and hypothetical situation you are making up were true, Jordan would adapt, and he would adapt extremely fast.

It's like evolution, except on a much larger scale, a Michael Jordan scale. Everyone knows Jordan was a magical angel in disguise of a bald black man. He could shoot with his eyes closed if he wanted and it would still go in every time.

[Fatal9]

prime MJ time traveling to this era =

[Inactive]

This somehow implies Reggie guarded him every possession of the games, he played 19 and 23 minutes in two of those games

You're implying that MJ would have a similar performance every game in which he was guarded by Reggie? You're also making a baseless assertion, that the league is filled with more athletic equivalents of him.

Reggie played 43.75% of the minutes in the two games you referred to, and yet Jordan dominated. Do you think he'd be guarded by a more athletic Reggie Lewis more than 43.75% of the time, today? That seems unlikely to me.

[rodman91]

Reggie Lewis > Shaun Livingston with bum knees.
Jordan > Kobe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRP6Sy8ICwA

[juju151111]

This somehow implies Reggie guarded him every possession of the games, he played 19 and 23 minutes in two of those games

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPNNdJLfKEg but but but my name is faketal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8S8cXV9E-Y. But but I pretend to like MJ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99SlGK7Nt-8 but but scottie>>>>

[JohnnySic]

2 Things I need to say about this:

1.) Reggie Lewis was damn good. He would be better than every 2-guard in the league today except Kobe and Wade. Overall he was better than the likes of Ray Allen, Ginobili, etc. And his defense was excpetional. Not just any run-of-the-mill athletic guy is Reggie Lewis.

2.) Tony Allen sucks. When are people going to get bored of this flavor of the month already?

[madmax]

It's pretty obvious that Jordan would struggle with today's long athletic swingmen. A defender like Tayshaun Prince would own his ass so bad that he would get down on his knees and pray for a time machine back into 90's He was great for his time, but the game has evolved both athletically and tactically

[Da_Realist]

Reggie Lewis was damn good. He would be better than every 2-guard in the league today except Kobe and Wade. Overall he was better than the likes of Ray Allen, Ginobili, etc. And his defense was excpetional. Not just any run-of-the-mill athletic guy is Reggie Lewis.

EXACTLY

[Da_Realist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLEQPJB4ZlY But but everybody today who guards MJ would be 6'7 and have reggie Lewis windspan and jump high. Why does Kome get guarded by Jason kidd, Eric Gordon, lee, ray allen,Stevenson,smith etc...

[Mr. I'm So Rad]

[QUOTE=juju151111]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPNNdJLfKEg but but but my name is faketal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8S8cXV9E-Y. But but I pretend to like MJ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99SlGK7Nt-8 but but scottie>>>>

[gotbacon23]

we just had an NBA championship where a 38 year old jason kidd, a 6'2" jason terry, a 5'10" barera, and deshawn stevenson played the majority of minutes at the guard positions. and jordan did fairly well as a wizard versus a younger more athletic shawn marion as well (http://www.basketball-reference.com/...1&p2=mariosh01) (though i don't recall the games in great detail, so i can't say who was guarding MJ).

i'm sure mj would do just fine...