Defenders fear Curry more than Jordan

[lilteapot]

You can sag off of Jordan's no 3 ball havin ass but you gotta stay tight on Curry at all times.

Greatest of all ****in time.

[Thunderfan86]

Let me just say this before 3ball comes in a shuts this shit down. Defenders were actually intimidated by Jordan because he was a monster. Curry doesn't intimidate anyone, but he's still a monster in his own right.

[Mr. Jabbar]

Jordan wasn't that great to begin with. He faced legendary chokers as competition (good god, Malone even made the Shaq/Kobe duo collapse later on). Sterns golden boy was spoon fed and hyped to no end.

GOAT marketing team of all time though.

[Sarcastic]

Let me know when defenses start being called "The Curry Rules". I won't hold my breath.

[Segatti]

You pack the paint and Jordan can do nothing because he has no range. He would be a poor man's Kobe.

[oarabbus]

Let me just say this before 3ball comes in a shuts this shit down. Defenders were actually intimidated by Jordan because he was a monster. Curry doesn't intimidate anyone, but he's still a monster in his own right.

Jordan was "feared", but not because defenders were actually intimidated by him.

Guys who played Shaq... that's a whole different story. Or matching up with peak Barkley was intimidating. But especially in the case of Shaq. You were essentially signing up for a fight with the big fella with the way he used his strength (and elbows).

Jordan was feared for his scoring and ability embarrass you... just like Curry.

[buddha]

You pack the paint and Jordan can do nothing because he has no range. He would be a poor man's Kobe.

show me one game where Jordan was shut down because they packed the paint.

[3ball]

You pack the paint and Jordan can do nothing because he has no range. He would be a poor man's Kobe.

You can't pack the paint in today's game because 3-point shooting draws defenders to the perimeter and defensive 3 seconds also keeps the paint clear.

Btw, the way you beat a packed paint is by pulling up for midrange jumpshot - MJ was required to do this in his era, when the paints actually WERE packed, because there was little or no 3-point shooting and no defensive 3 seconds (paint-camping was legal).

And MJ was great at midrange, so he mitigate the packed paints better than anybody - it's a statistical fact that MJ shoots much better inside 20 feet than Curry.

[r0drig0lac]

You pack the paint and Jordan can do nothing because he has no range. He would be a poor man's Kobe.

wtf

[Kobe_6/8]

[Straight_Ballin]

You can sag off of Jordan's no 3 ball havin ass but you gotta stay tight on Curry at all times.

Greatest of all ****in time.

This peasant is so insecure about never having seen Jordan play live. I swear, MJ lives in your head rent free.

[dubeta]

1-9

[ZeN]

This thread reads like a bunch of people talking about a someone they never saw play.. Jordan was arguably the smartest, most malicious, exploiter of mistakes the league has seen. People feared him more than Curry because he was a sociopath. Except unlike skilled guys like Curry, Kobe and Shaq he would alter his game according to the present situation. Curry doesn't turn into DPoY for an entire game if the situation dictates. Kobe continues to shoot ill-advised shots despite it hurting his team and would never pretend to be someones friend, simply to backstab them at an ideal moment. He lacks MJs malicious self restraint. Shaq would kill opponents as if by rote, but would often lose focus if he wasn't scoring enough. Also Shaqs killer instincts would vacillate, which is why Kobe came in handy.

MJ could play in the paint in a time when the rules favored big men.

[Straight_Ballin]

Lebron is only 2/6... he's a fvcking joke!

[dubeta]

You're seriously comparing 2/6 (33%) to a freaking 1-9 (10%) ?


Hold this L, old man