Will this Kobe Bryant prediction come true?

[Disaprine]

thread has been derailed considering whos the op its well deserving of course.

[32jazz]

Jordan faced shorter defenders than what players like Kobe and LeBron see today. Best defenders on Jordan are generally considered to be:

Starks: 6'2
Dumars: 6'3
Payton 6'4







He was able to back his shorter defender in the post and take advantage of that.

Today almost every team has a 6''8 or 6''9 swing man.
Here are some real ballers, many who are elite defenders and 20+ ppg scorers - these are the guys Kobe and Lebron face:

Kevin Durant 6''9
Lebron 6''9 (260 lbs)
AK47 6''9
J. Wright 6''9
T.Prince 6''9
A.Jamison 6'9
D.Granger 6''9
L.Deng 6''9
S. Battier 6''8
W.Chandler 6''8
B.Outlaw6''8
S.Marion 6''8
P. Pierce: 6''8
J. Posey 6''8
J.Johnson: 6''8
A. Harrington: 6''8
K.Martin 6''8
S.Jackson 6''8
J. Hayes 6''8
A. Iguadala 6'8
Carmelo 6''8
J. Green 6''8
G. Wallace 6''8
B. Bowen 6''7
R. Artest: 6''7 (260 lbs)

Players are stronger and taller today- no doubt about it. Everything get's better with time.


You have defensive specialists today like Bruce Bowen, Ron Artest, Shane Battier, Thabo Sefolosha etc. who are supposed to be ''Kobe-stoppers''.

During Jordan's era the defensive specialists were guys like John Starks. The idea of Starks being a Jordan stopper is ridiculous . When you give up 4 inches and 30 pounds to someone who you'll guard in single coverage (for most the game) in the mid-range perimeter area, then those physical limitations will be almost impossible to overcome.



The 90s defense was 1 on 1 vs. shorter midget defenders in the post all day long on isolations.

Today no body can even post up anymore - Duncan, KG, Shaq, Kobe they are all doubled after 1 or 2 dribbles at the most.






Jordan's career high is 69 in double over time againt a slow, weak, un-athletic white guy named Craig Ehlo and he thinks he could score 100 today.

I've never got a reasonable response from the worshippers about the FACT that not only MJ & Drexler ,but my favorite(Magic) had larger height advantages at the guard position than Wilt ever had at Center. Most guards then were undersize jumpshooters(6'3 or 6'4 & below) & not the athletic/long slashers of today. PERIOD.


I pick a random season of backcourt players when Mj/Drexler were putting up those good numbers with 50% plus shooting that these worshippers cream their pants about:

aging DJ 6'4
Ainge(SG) -6'3

Cheeks-6'0
Toney(SG)- 6'3

M Adams-5'10
F Lever- 6'3

Leavell- 6'1
S Floyd- 6'3

Thomas- 6'1
Dumars- 6'3(allegedly his best defender of the period)

L Drew- 6-1
Q Dailey- 6'3

Bagley-6'0
Otis Birdsong -6'3

Price-6'0
Ehlo/HArper-6'6

Stockton-6'0
Bob Hansen 6'6 & Hornacek-6'3(And they falsely 'claim' Wilt beat up on 6'6 White guys?)

Doc Rivers-6'4
R Wittman("White"man) 6'6

Garland-6'2
O Smith- 6'5


Moncrief-6'3
Pressey/Pierce- 6'5 Respect

McMillan- 6'5(respect)
D Ellis -6'7(flat foot jumpshooter)

K Smith- 6'3
R Theus-6'7

Fleming -6'4
Long-6'5/ Miller-6'7

G Henderson-6'2

As a Magic fan I have acceprted this size/athletic discrepancy ,but the MJ worshippers cannot. No more FEASTING on the jumshooting guards(who are basically now dinosaurs) of the 80's /early 90's.

[mashbelly]

WE DA BESS tho...