Do you think blake griffin will do good in the slam dunk contest this year?
His dunks are more powerful then fancy i dont see him as a type of player who can win a dunk contest same with javale mcgee and serge ibaka they are more power players
Why is international basketball different from NBA basketball?
I appreciate all your answers, but nobody really answered my question, may be i wasn't very clear. I'm not talking about how good or bad players are, the playing styles or anything else. I'm talking about the differences between international and NBA basketball when it comes to RULES. A good example, the international 3 point line has a different shape than the NBA 3 point line, same goes for the paint area....thanks
If a prime Michael Jordan was playing in today’s NBA, would he be the best player?
Oh, yeah.By far.I’m an old Bad Boys fan, and I watched our guys kick, trip, elbow, slap, and hip-check that guy almost into an early retirement.We were the ones that held him in check the first few years of his career, much like we held Lebron in check for a spell, too.Isiah and Joe D. figured out the only formula that gave anyone a chance against the guy.Unfortunately, these guys are not elephants who can be restrained as adults, by the same rope used when they were just babies.Eventually, Lebron figured out that if he put his big ol’ battering ram of a shoulder right into Tayshaun Prince’s skinny chest, Tayshaun would eventually not be so eager to challenge every shot.Similarly, Jordan realized that the only chance he had of getting past a bunch of shameless bruisers was to learn to take the hits. He showed up for the 91’ season looking ready for the NFL, and Detroit never beat him again.The Bad Boys would have destroyed Durant, Curry, and Klay, by the old rules. Total carnage. Women would have been weeping in their seats.It astonishes me that Jordan was able to do what he did with that kind of target on his back and the refs happy to let it happen.Lebron could have adjusted to that sort of game, I think. He would have done well, but I don’t think he could have done what Jordan did. I mean, he hasn’t, even in this softer era. So, why would he have back then?Larry Bird was another. You couldn’t stop him unless you injured him. Dude was unbelievable. So tough.But, no one took the punishment Jordan did.The Pistons just beat Dominique and the Hawks fair-and-square. No need for special rules.But, if they had chosen to, they could have knocked Nique down a whole level. He was tough. But, not Bad Boys tough.The Pistons had 10 guys all willing to hack anyone who got close to the rim. Not, to mention the fact that they were elite defenders on top of that. Most of their stops were earned. But, if u beat them, u ate hardwood.Jordan would still get 60.It was cuh-ray-zee!!!I’ve never seen a basketball player do what he could do, undergoing so much battery.Today’s rules would be for Jordan like the yellow sun for Superman. I suspect he would average 50, and just skip the fourth quarter of most games.It’d be like those videos of the Professor humiliating the ballers down at the local courts. Ha.