How would Michael Jordan fair in Zone defense?

[Freshprince619]

Of the Utah Jazz?
You really think I like Jordan that much being a fan of the Utah Jazz? The rules have been changed to make it easier to score for perimeter players after Jordan left. If Jordan could average 25-6-5 in 02 after the zone rules were added, then he wouldn't have any problems playing like he did in the late 80's early 90's.

You're saying Jordan had an elite jumper even tho lacking range.
I can name a handful of players TODAY who have better jumpers then Jordan.
So he is far from elite

[asdf1990]

You're saying Jordan had an elite jumper even tho lacking range.
I can name a handful of players TODAY who have better jumpers then Jordan.
So he is far from elite

can u please enlighten us and tell us the names.

[magnax1]

You're saying Jordan had an elite jumper even tho lacking range.
I can name a handful of players TODAY who have better jumpers then Jordan.
So he is far from elite

So what if you can name players who have better jumpers today. He didn't lack range on his jumper, he was a 40% shooter from the corner of the 3 pt line (just judging from the seasons they evened out the 3pt line) so he had plenty of range on his jumper, and there are few today who have a jumper. Hamilton, Kobe, Dirk, and Ray are the only ones I can think of at the moment.

[Freshprince619]

So what if you can name players who have better jumpers today. He didn't lack range on his jumper, he was a 40% shooter from the corner of the 3 pt line (just judging from the seasons they evened out the 3pt line) so he had plenty of range on his jumper, and there are few today who have a jumper. Hamilton, Kobe, Dirk, and Ray are the only ones I can think of at the moment.

Steve Nash, Paul Pierce, Stephen Curry, Carmelo Anthony, Kyle Korver ect
and thast just today.

Once again Jordan was a good shooter NOT great

[Real Men Wear Green]

I think his efficiency would drastically go down.

Jordan doesn't have range and the zone will force him to shoot in spots where he normally wouldn't shoot.

The zone isn't going to force him to stand out on the three-point line, that's silly. He could still set up for his fadeaways and try to attack the rim. The key would be, especially when it came to attacking the rim, what kind of team he has around him. If he has guys that can hit jumpers he's going to feast. If he doesn't, it's tougher, but he's still going to be vastly athletically superior to his defenders and so will still get some baskets.

[che guevara]

And the myth that Jordan couldn't shoot threes continues. In the regular seasons when he shot a reasonable number of threes (2+) he shot a very good percentage. Most if his attempts in the other seasons were bailout attempts at the end of the shotclock or end of the quarter. He was also one of the best midrange shooters of all time and deadly from 22 feet and in. Here he discusses why he doesn't shoot threes (this was after his 6 threes in the first half of game 1).

1990: 37.6% on 3 attempts per game
1993: 35.2% on 2.9 attempts per game

In the posteason:
1991: 38.5% on 1.5 attempts per game
1992: 38.6% on 2 attempts per game, including 6 of 10 in game 1 of the Finals
1993: 38.9% on 3.8 attempts per game, including 6 of 9 vs. the Knicks in his 54 point game

He also shot 42.7% on 3.2 attempts per game in 1996 and 37.4% on 3.6 attempts in 1997, but that was with the line shortened.

[magnax1]

Steve Nash, Paul Pierce, Stephen Curry, Carmelo Anthony, Kyle Korver ect
and thast just today.

Once again Jordan was a good shooter NOT great

Nash was better, the rest aren't. I kind of doubt you know anything about Jordan, so I'll just stop arguing.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Steve Nash, Paul Pierce, Stephen Curry, Carmelo Anthony, Kyle Korver ect
and thast just today.

Once again Jordan was a good shooter NOT great

Jordan wasn't that good from long range but he was great on mid-range jumpers. As the primary offensive weapon he never had to be a three-point shooter and wasn't one.

[TheLogo]

Jordan was one of the greatest players of all time and was very good in many aspect of the game. One can debate that he is as complete as Kobe, but to say he had great range is plain STUPID.

Yes, he was great but his range was very weak.

[Harison]

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Damn, you beat me to it

[Freshprince619]

Nash was better, the rest aren't. I kind of doubt you know anything about Jordan, so I'll just stop arguing.

Curry, Pierce arent better shooters? Quit being a Homer damn

[Freshprince619]

Jordan was one of the greatest players of all time and was very good in many aspect of the game. One can debate that he is as complete as Kobe, but to say he had great range is plain STUPID.

Yes, he was great but his range was very weak.

Exactly. Just because he was so good people will hype up his weakness and act like he was perfect. I bet in 20 years they will be saying Lebron had one of the most deadly jumpers ever smh

[abdubaba]

Zone was illegal up to 2002. Might want to learn your sport

owned

[TheLogo]

It's refreshing to see people recognize that MJ's range was weak.

Too bad it took all these years for fans to see this.

[ginobli2311]

owned

are you serious.....go back and watch tape....teams found a way to essentially play zone against the bulls all the time.

morons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tXwAhMVb1Y