Michael Jordan and other players admit Zones are harder to score

[rlsmooth775]

All on video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM_eCnTNt1Q

[navy]

Didnt watch. Inb4 3ball spam.

[mehyaM24]

comment on youtube:

Any comments players or coaches say about zone or toughness is propaganda to keep the 90s relevant. If Gary Payton can hold mike to 40% alone, imagine the 04 Pistons or 08 celtics 13 Spurs zone that shut down every superstar those years. I don't see any perimeter player in NBA history dominating those 3 teams.

^^^ nothing new here.

i've been preaching this for a LONG time... defenses are just better now. point blank. nothing against jordan, but he WOULD struggle verse the pistons and celtics, as i have continuously said.

sophisticated and skilled defense >>> more physical, but less efficient ones

[J Shuttlesworth]

Shit's on NBA TV and nobody uploaded it to YouTube in HD? Shitty video with a cell phone?

[rlsmooth775]

Shit's on NBA TV and nobody uploaded it to YouTube in HD? Shitty video with a cell phone?

It gets better

[J Shuttlesworth]

It gets better

At what point in the video does MJ say zones are harder?

[rlsmooth775]

At what point in the video does MJ say zones are harder?

At 2:14

[deja vu]

Zone defense is such a pussified tactic, it was only brought to the NBA because the US struggled in international competitions because of their lack of familiarity with it. Should have left it to Euro basketball who are shit at man defense.

[mehyaM24]

At 2:14

realistically, you can't play zone in the nba (not the zones we see in college), but even the pseudo-zone defenses and box and one traps that masquerade as zones are defensively efficient, and superior to your basic man to man with help (relies way too heavily on communication and not enough tactical skill).

jordan would be one of the best players today. obviously. he's arguably the greatest volume scorer in history - but against the elite defenses of the 2000s, and even today, he would by far less efficient - which is all that matters in a possession based game.

[J Shuttlesworth]

At 2:14

oh shit rest in piss 3ball

if LBJ pleaded with the NBA committee to change the rules to make the game favorable for marquee players, everyone on here would lose their shit.

[KNOW1EDGE]

Jordan would dominate this era with the hand checking rules and how soft the league has become

[rlsmooth775]

oh shit rest in piss 3ball

if LBJ pleaded with the NBA committee to change the rules to make the game favorable for marquee players, everyone on here would lose their shit.

yeah its over for his fanboys

[JebronLames]

waiting for 3ball..

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Anybody else get an appreciation for TMac watching this? Dude was a ****ing beast amid the STALE offensive era that was the early 2000s.

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

[Trollsmasher]

fantastic video