List of the best Defenders who ever guarded MJ and Lebron

[3ball]

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Every SG and SF who was All-Defensive Team while guarding Lebron

Kobe
Shawn Marion
Andre Igoudala
Kawhi Leonard
Gerald Wallace
Bruce Bowen
Tayshaun Prince
Andrei Kirelinko
Jimmy Butler
Luol Deng
Paul George
Ron Artest
Thabo Sefalosha
Shane Battier
Tony Allen
Raja Bell
Dwayne Wade



Every SG and SF who was All-Defensive Team while guarding MJ

Dennis Rodman
Michael Cooper
Derrick McKey
Ronaldo Blackman
Alvin Robertson
Sidney Moncrief
Eddie Jones
John Starks
Doug Christie
Anthony Mason
Clifford Robinson
Nate McMillan
Dan Majerle
Latrell Sprewell
Joe Dumars
Dennis Johnson
Bobby Phills
Paul Pressey
Rodney McCray
Shawn Marion
Kevin Garnett***



MJ's Best Two-Way Opponents:

Clyde Drexler
Dominique Wilkins
Kobe Bryant
Penny Hardaway
Grant Hill
Ron Harper
Reggie Lewis
Ray Allen
Sean Elliot
Michael Finley
Kendall Gill
Richard Dumas
Nick Anderson
Jerry Stackhouse


Also, the list above doesn't include many of the tremendous offensive wings that MJ faced including: Dr. J, James Worthy, Bernard King, Mitch Richmond, Alex English, Glenn Robinson, Jamaal Mashburn, Detlef Schrempf, Chris Mullin, Larry Bird, Fat Lever, Jeff Hornacek, Allan Houston, Jeff Malone, Glen Rice, Kiki Vandeweghe


***You'll notice that I included a prime Garnett in MJ's list, since he and MJ both played SF in 2002 - in their first meeting when MJ was a Wizard, they were matched up SF vs. SF for the entire game.. MJ scored 35 on Garnett in every way imaginable from the opening tip - at the 4:00 mark, Jordan scores on Garnett for 5 consecutive possessions, with the announcers getting more excited each time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=embqhggoep4

Lebron was never guarded by a prime Garnett.. I doubt he would have the quickness to make it a huge mismatch like MJ did.. After all, guys like Boris Diaw, Gordon Hayward fare well against Lebron defensively.
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[Rose'sACL]

Lol@ diaw faring well.

[DonDadda59]

Lol@ diaw faring well.

Bron shot 3/18 while being guarded by him in the '13 Finals

[zizozain]

Celtics D >>>

[sd3035]

Jason Terry?

[Prometheus]

Well, I suppose Jordan did better against a greater number of quality defenders. I suppose that's just because he was a far superior offensive player.

Not much to it really!

[TripleA]

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I made a new thread this since Prometheus said I was derailing the other thread..


Lebron's Best Defenders

Shawn Marion
Kawhi Leonard
Andre Igoudala
Paul George
Gerald Wallace
Bruce Bowen
Tayshaun Prince
Andrei Kirelinko
Jimmy Butler
Luol Deng
Ron Artest



MJ's Best Defenders

Dennis Rodman
Gary Payton
Michael Cooper
Stacey Augmon
Derrick Mckey
Ronaldo Blackman
Alvin Robertson
Sidney Moncrief
Eddie Jones
Reggie Lewis
Shawn Marion
Doug Christie
Ron Harper
Gerald Wilkins
Jerome Kersey
Clifford Robinson
Anthony Mason


I also wanted to add prime Garnett to MJ's list, since he and MJ both played SF in 2002 - in their first meeting when MJ was a Wizard, they were matched up SF vs. SF for the entire game.. MJ scored 35 on Garnett in every way imaginable from the opening tip - at the 4:00 mark, Jordan scores on Garnett for 5 consecutive possessions, with the announcers getting more excited each time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=embqhggoep4

Lebron was never guarded by a prime Garnett.. I doubt he would have the quickness to make it a huge mismatch like MJ did.. After all, guys like Boris Diaw, Gordon Hayward fare well against Lebron defensively.

I'could add scrub offensive players but good defenders like Thabo seflosha, trevor ariza and the type of defenders that hurt lebron the most are great rim protecters that stop his easy layups like roy hibbert, dwight howard, tyson chandler, tim duncan causing him to shoot jumpers.

[Rose'sACL]

Bron shot 3/18 while being guarded by him in the '13 Finals

I guess Pop is not a great coach by your logic then. Why didn't he use diaw on lebron in game 6 4th quarter or game 7. I am sure a lot of players have shot poorly against a lot of players for short stretches.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Bron shot 3/18 while being guarded by him in the '13 Finals

[Prometheus]

I guess Pop is not a great coach by your logic then. Why didn't he use diaw on lebron in game 6 4th quarter or game 7. I am sure a lot of players have shot poorly against a lot of players for short stretches.

This. Diaw can't guard LeBron worth shit. They were sagging off, and LeBron was going through a cold streak.

[TripleA]

LIke I said rim protecter are best defenders of lebron

[DonDadda59]

This. Diaw can't guard LeBron worth shit. They were sagging off, and LeBron was going through a cold streak.

Psychological warfare. Pop and Boris psyched him out by forcing him to rely on his shaky jumper knowing what a mental midget Bron is. Defense isn't all physical. Lord knows Diaw with his Burger King body can't physically contain Bron.

[TripleA]

Psychological warfare. Pop and Boris psyched him out by forcing him to rely on his shaky jumper knowing what a mental midget Bron is. Defense isn't all physical. Lord knows Diaw with his Burger King body can't physically contain Bron.

Why do you hate Lebron so much, I know he is not as good as jordan but why do salty jordan stans always compare him to goat but instead compare him to players like kobe, magic or bird.

[Prometheus]

Psychological warfare. Pop and Boris psyched him out by forcing him to rely on his shaky jumper knowing what a mental midget Bron is. Defense isn't all physical. Lord knows Diaw with his Burger King body can't physically contain Bron.

They didn't put Diaw on him until he was well into his cold streak doe.

[Smoke117]

So you are saying that Lebron is > Kobe then? I don't see a MJ vs Kobe list of best defensive players after all...

You going to take that from 3ball, Kobe stans?