Rodman says Jordan would average 40 today and LeBron would be average in the 90's

[TheNorthCydeRises]

What made those Bulls teams so great in the early years, is that you had Michael and Scottie who could literally guard 3, sometimes even 4 positions, and guard them very well. The other thing was that they were always 2 of the top 5 all around offensive players in the game.

I honestly HATED Scottie Pippen. And when people try to say that he was better than Nique, I'd always try to talk people down. But the truth was that Scottie was a GREAT talent. In his era, the only guys who were better all around players . . were Clyde Drexler, and Scottie's teammate, Michael Jordan. Scottie was actually the PG of the team, while also being able to put the ball on the floor and score, or hit the midrange jumper.

The season Scottie had in 1993 - 94 when Michael left ( 22 ppg - 8.7 rebs - 5.6 asst - 2.9 stls ) was so good, that only 2 other players in history had that type of season . . . . Larry Bird . . and Scottie's Teammate, Michael Jordan.

When you talk about Jordan vs Lebron, the 2 major differences in them are 1) their ability to absolutely WILL his team to a victory, and 2) the midrange jumper.

People say that the long 2 is "effectively" the worst shot in the game. The thing is, when you master that shot like Jordan did, and can make 45% and higher on your midrange shots, you become almost unguardable. Lebron is almost at that level on his midrange jumper. But he still doesn't trust it enough to take that shot anytime he wants it. Jordan would absolutely take your heart out with a pull up 18 foot jumper in your face.

That's why people dogged Lebron out for passing to a wide open Chris Bosh for a 3 pointer. Jordan would've NEVER passed that ball to him. Maybe if it was Ray Allen out there, yes . . . but not to Chris Bosh. It doesn't matter that Bosh had been shooting the 3 very well in the playoffs, he doesn't get the ball in that situation.

(( NOTE: Bosh's new found success shooting 3 pointers has seem to cause a tremendous dip in his midrange shooting. Because he's always going to be a player that takes more midrange jumpers than 3s, this is actually causing him to be less of a factor in these games. Regardless of how well he is shooting the 3 in wide open situations, he needs to go back to his strengths as a player. Remember this, when you start thinking about taking more 3's with Smith possibly gone . . AL HORFORD ))

When Lebron broke open in the clear, Jordan would've stopped and took that wide open 12 foot jumper that Lebron had. Kobe would've taken that shot. Hell, even John Jenkins takes that shot.

Lebron trusting Bosh to make a wide open 3 in that situation, when his team needed a score . . . is like Ice-T in New Jack City trusting Chris Rock ( Pookie ) to come through for him in a project building full of crack.

[jy23]

First off lmao at Dol....that's pretty much exactly what they're saying lol. And north great breakdown. I don't know how people are missing the greatness of MJ and that dominating team of the 90s...it was absolutely amazing watching them operate

[hawkrule152]

Rodman is also friends with the North Korean leader.. what does this tell you?

[jy23]

Rodman is also friends with the North Korean leader.. what does this tell you?

Absolutely nothing about basketball

[hawkrule152]

Absolutely nothing about basketball

It tells you he is crazy as shit and will do anything to gain a little publicity