Will Curry guard LBJ in the Finals?.. Otherwise, he's nowhere near MJ

[3ball]

Jordan's GOAT two-way performance included being the primary defender on Magic - MJ guarded him for 14 of 20 quarters, which included holding Magic to 0-0-0 with 1 TO in critical Game 3 OT, shown here.. (btw, Pippen missed that OT by fouling out - classic Pippen - MIA in the critical moments of the series).

The 1991 matchup pitted the regular season MVP winner (MJ) vs. the runner-up (Magic), and both guys were top 5 all-time players - this has never happened before.. But MJ dominated the goat matchup - here are their overall stats for the series:

[color=maroon]JORDAN 1991 FINALS:[/color]. 33/7/11 on 56%
[color=purple]MAGIC.. 1991 FINALS:[/color]. 19/7/13 on 43%


Obviously, MJ's defensive impact dwarfs Curry's - this is especially true against teams that have great perimeter players, since MJ can guard guys like Magic, Lebron, or Drexler, while Curry can only defend guys like Shumpert, Delly, etc.

There's a reason Curry didn't win FMVP in last year's Finals - he only did half the job, while Iggy did the other half (defense).

Otoh, MJ performed Iggy's duties on defense by guarding Magic/Drexler, while still having a goat offensive impact - Jordan's 2-way ability is why he has 6 FMVP's, compared to Curry's 0.



[color="navy"]DEFENSIVE ASSIGNMENTS BY QUARTER, 1991 FINALS:[/color]

[color="darkred"]Pippen guarded Magic for:[/color]

GAME 1: none
GAME 2: 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters
GAME 3: 2nd and 3rd quarters
GAME 4: the last 4 minutes of 4th quarter
GAME 5: none

[color="darkred"]Here's all 5 games in their entirety:[/color]

Game 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncUC9fSFdik
Game 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S6AWPT6fG0
Game 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cueGQChyFuU
Game 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO0LJVxaqD0
Game 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCNFQSBUe5c


[color="darkred"]Overall, MJ guarded Magic for 14 of 20 quarters (70%), compared to only 6 of 20 for Pippen (30%)[/color]. [/SIZE]

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You've made this thread before.

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[theaussieguy]

Meltdown

[9erempiree]

He doesn't need to guard Lebron. He has to make sure Kyrie doesn't go off on him.

Curry can get away with not playing defense so in order to beat the Warriors you have to go at him offensively.

[bigkingsfan]

Jordan wouldn't guard Lebron either, next.

[SavageMode]

GSW without Curry is a 1st Seed in the West. Curry is the product of being on an already stacked team.

[plowking]

Curry is above him.

[Spurs m8]

Meltdown

You know he has a point.

That's why your response was so weak.

[SouBeachTalents]

Probably not, but I'm sure we'll see this thread again

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=399770
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...=401671&page=2

[hold this L]

2insecure is back

[ImKobe]

OP has a point

this is why Curry will never have a chance to be close to top 5 all-time

all players in the top 10 all-time list were at one point elite on the defensive end, even Larry Bird.

[Overdrive]

MJ didn't guard Ewing, Shaq, Olajuwon, Mourning, etc so he's nowhere near Kareem, who guarded the best centers of his time.

Kareem = GOAT

[bigkingsfan]

OP has a point

this is why Curry will never have a chance to be close to top 5 all-time

all players in the top 10 all-time list were at one point elite on the defensive end, even Larry Bird.

Magic didn't make a defensive team once.

[ImKobe]

MJ didn't guard Ewing, Shaq, Olajuwon, Mourning, etc so he's nowhere near Kareem, who guarded the best centers of his time.

Kareem = GOAT

MJ can guard four different positions

Can Kareem do that?

[9erempiree]

Magic didn't make a defensive team once.

Lol

Magic wasnt very good in defense but he made it up in passing.

Curry's strength is not better than Magics.