The game isnt more skilled today stop it. People who say this have no idea what they are talking about. The game is more free today then its ever been, the league has soften the rules to make offense more easier for the players while also being more lenient with the players. Its gotten so bad the nba has to encourage guys to play games with all this load managment bs.
The game is more “skilled”, but that doesn’t mean players today are better basketball players. It just depends on what rules you play under. You don’t need “enforcers” in today’s game, so those guys have been replaced with shooters. If you could still get hammered and elbowed in the paint and hand check on defense, this era would be different.
@@dustincowart6767no,game is not more skilled,the game is just being played with a different skill set. Players today don't have some of the skills of past era(mid range,post game,2-3 dribble pull up) due to the way game is played
the competition isn't better. they just play less D. skilled at what? Giannis has no skill, Luka has no athleticism. most of these "skilled" players" play no defense and have no heart....talking that skilled shit...MJ would avg 45..what skill is stopping that?
Todas esas reglas lo que han dañado el juego y su espíritu de competencia. Después de KOBY YA NO HAY JUGADORES QUE TÚ PUEDA SEGUIR KOBY FUE EL ÚLTIMO JUGADOR QUE JUGABA COMO JORDAN Y ERA MUY COMPETITIVO.
It's definitely hard to have MJ as your GOAT if he was before your time. But imagine if LeBron won 3 consecutive NBA championships... retired and played football, then came back and won 3 consecutive NBA championships. That's pretty much what Jordan did when he retired and played baseball. And during his 2nd 3-peat, Jordan played all 82 games and he played every single playoff game in that 3 year span. It was insane. Every single game he played with an intensity that we've only seen from Kobe, but MJ was way more athletic. No one was mad when when he first retired, and many schools paused their classes so kids could watch the announcement. People were crying in the streets... and it was like Superman died. It's hard to explain how impactful Jordan was -- there's nothing today that comes close. And I'm not even from the US. My cousins in the states said it was a national event. Even LeBron says he cried when Jordan retired. Today, there's a lot of debating, but by the time Jordan won his 2nd championship, he was pretty much considered the undisputed GOAT in most people's eyes. From the start using the eye test, everyone knew Jordan was the GOAT, they were just waiting for him to win a few rings. And it's his gameplay that captured the globe. It's what made Nike great, and his shoes became great because of his gameplay, not the other way around - trust me. And the reason why the game looks slower back then is because the rules were very different, and yes less focus on the 3ball. But take your favorite player from today and take away the gather step, the zero step, no euro steps allowed, add hand-checking, flagrant fouls were just normal fouls, you had to dribble on top of the ball. Most plays today would be called for traveling or carrying. It's very very different. Adding the old rules would limit everything that they're doing today on the court right now. Thanks again for the reaction, and sorry for this longwinded comment. If you want a better highlight MJ mixtape that often gets a lot of views, you should check out his ultimate Bulls mixtape or his Voyager Rare mixtape (you'll see the type of fouls MJ had to endure) Ultimate: ua-cam.com/video/SUo8skGvl-Q/v-deo.html Voyager Rare: ua-cam.com/video/8M7yBjtx_Ic/v-deo.html
Jordan would dominate today's league too. The game was tougher back then and the players were just as good as today. In fact, Jordan's competition in the finals had better season records. Check out The Jordan Vs LeBron comparison
The main thing is competition was so much more back then, now you can't even hand check. The way they call fouls now Jordan would average over 40 with 20+ free throws every game.
People shoot more 3s today. That doesn’t make the game more skilled. Where’s the post game today? Where’s the midrange game? Where’s the defense? 3s doesn’t make you more skilled when you lack all these other categories
Not only because of statistics, NOT only because of leadership, Jordan did everything he did in 11 seasons with the bulls, 2 seasons injured and the 2 seasons with the Wizzard were only to help the team and even then they couldn't stop him at 40 years old, not to mention that 2 Retired years that if it didn't happen easily, he would win 8 titles in a row, Lebron only accumulates numbers and even then he can't even overshadow him, you are right about something, you DON'T see him play, we have seen them all.
These dudes don't even watch today's NBA. I don't blame them, today's NBA is awful and very boring. They just get their highlights and regurgitate what the media tells them.
BS. The comp is not better. It's easier to score today because of the rules and less physicality. Ok nobody has head a 3000 point season since Mike. He would average 50 today. Check out. Jordan "one of the best defenders ever"
MJ era best era. People speak of LeBron longevity that’s because he plays in an era where he doesn’t get beat down like they did MJ. They created the JORDAN RULES to knock MJ every time he goes to the rim.MJ GOAT
I respect Nimo for standing by his favourite player. Of course, there's no way in Hell LeBron is anywhere near Michael Jordan's level. But there's still the respect factor.
Jordan better than all them new players you talking about too... A killa is a killa no matter what era... You've just witnessed the 🐐, sorry you missed it in the flesh- highlights does Jordan no justice, this was every game
Despite sitting here with my eyes popping out of my head watching shit I have never seen anyone do before, Lebron is still the GOAT because of reasons that have nothing to do with basketball at all. Riiiiiiiight....
I do agree that today’s players are more skilled than in Jordan’s era but the players in Jordan’s era were bigger and stronger. The defense was so tough during that time that you had to earn those points in the paint. Jordan was dunking on centers like Ewing, Mourning, young athletic Shaq, David Robertson, and Karl Malone. Jordan was posterizing all of them. Today’s ideal center is someone like Wemby. Imagine Jordan driving to the lane with today’s defense. Another thing is when Jordan was playing, there was no debate on who the GOAT was. Everyone today is trying to get in that debate where Jordan is cemented.
The competition is so "better" today that I can't watch it. Is boring. Poor defending, lack of intensity of play, and violations of the rules. Gazillions of steps.
You're crazy. Jordan got hammered all the time and still scored. I've watched the NBA over 50 years and know that MJ is the Goat to this day. No question.
Have to disagree with you. The game was by far more skilled than today. Athleticism is higher today, no doubt, but only because back then you could double a player because there was no 3 second call and you could hip check a guy. You change the rules to what they were back then quite a few stars would be out of the nba. But then players were far more skilled. It’s not close. And again players are more athletic today overall. The rules have changed things. Like in football, qbs today wouldn’t last a season if the rules were switched back overnight. Rules are built to ordinary offensive players look great
Love the optimism of people who think the arc of history bends toward bigger, faster, stronger, BETTER. But sometimes things just degrade and decay. See: the last 20 yrs of NBA. This video is largely Jordan going chest-to-chest with some of the baddest rim protecters the game has ever seen. It’s the kind of thing Lebron never really had to deal with. It’s the kind of challenge Lebron notoriously shies away from. The first clip is against 7’4” monster shot blocker Mark Eaton, who had probably got Jordan half a dozen times before. But the man kept going at him. That’s the point.
Defensively, players are objectively worse overall today and they're also worse at playing 5 man basketball today. Everything is 2 man pick and roll or iso.
And that's no hyperbole. Cats at the playgrounds or rec centers are terrible defensively. Back in 80s and 90s there was a lot more duress defensively. You had to work to get buckets. Now I'm in my mid-50s and I can get buckets easier than back then. These youngsters play defense with zero tenacity.
The players are more skilled today? Really? Everybody is more skilled because you can't touch them. What would be a flagrant now may not have gotten a whistle in when Mike played. You can't even hand-check anymore. Players now shoot J's with the closest defender 15 feet away. If the defender didn't fall, that was a tech for not playing defense. The game has gotten so soft that I don't even watch it anymore. Players are taking games off. For what? Lebron gets a hangnail, he ain't playing. Jodan scored at least 40 points in 9 straight games with a broken big toe. They had to cut the top of his sneaker so he could bend his foot. Let's not forget the flu game, which was really food poisoning. Hell, I got my nose broke in a game when I was 15, and after my nose stopped bleeding, I finished the game. And that was in the street. Today's players are soft! Look at tapes of Mike vs. the Bad Boy Pistons and tell me Lebron would willingly take that beating. More than half the guys in the league right now couldn't have played back then. The game has changed, and not for the better in my book
MJ would dominate the NBA today. His combo of skill, fundamentals, and athleticism would still overwhelm the best defenders. MJ would have more space and live at the free throw line. Peak Mike would avg 42-46 today
People like to say Jordan didn't play against tough opponents. They don't understand that MJ had tough competition especially in the eastern conference. Jordan was just that much better. It's the same with Bird and Magic. They faced competition but they were so much better and they made good players look bad.
The truth. I remember Isiah Thomas, before he clocked that envy, said that MJ made NBA All-Stars look like high-schoolers. This trophy participation generation will never understand. I saw that black cat ball in person a few times and to this day I still haven't seen anyone like him. If there was someone in the league today bringing half of MJ's ruckus I would renew my NBA League Pass ASAP.
There is a misconception about basketball that today's players are better mostly because of the excess dribbling, we had that And 1 street ball crap but that wasn't NBA ball until it got on tv & became popular... Only real upgrade is the 3 ball being so prevalent but with a loss of the post up game
The narrative "Players are more skilled now" was debunked numerous times already. It's not that the players are that more skilled, it's that the rules now allow players to be more flashy, thus looking more skilled.
It is not difficult to find detailed MJ vs Lebron comparison on youtube. There is nothing that supports Lebron's goat case except longevity (total stats belong to longevity, for actual comparison, you need to apply per game stats). And longevity can not be only criteria....For those Lebron fans, who are too sensitive, I would not recommend watching it. It will deeply hurt your feelings :)
Nah the players today are far more comfortable and get into a rhythm. This is because the refs don’t allow for a more physical game. And MJ wasn’t ahead of his time either. Some of the things he did were done by players before him…they just weren’t as complete as him. Larry Bird, Dr. Jay, Magic, and others. Some of the fancy things you see now, weren’t invented today.
Today’s game is no handchecking. Anybody has ever played basketball knows if I can put my hand on you I can kinda know which way you’re going now the game you can’t touch them.. back then there was no rule, no conversation about flopping. You played like you played in the schoolyard. The no handchecking rule was designed so players can score more points.
Michael Jordan was not ahead of his time. Michael Jordan is timeless. No one has reached his level and if the NBA continues to churn out 3-point chuckers, no one ever will.
I say this all the time, different rules for different generations make it a different game. If mike played today he'd have a better 3 point shot but he looked at the 3 like being defeated. His goal was to dunk as much as possible and theres no one he didnt dunk on. His game developed and then he was about getting to certain spots on the floor and then getting to work. But theres no one as tenacious as jordan and that was in an era where you could get in the lanes instead of allowing free access. And when you got fouled it was normally a hard foul. Almost never a technical ever called. And almost no kind of padding where today those pads change the way the game is played for sure. Mj would have been fouled 15 times every game in todays league and averaged high thirties or early forties. His highlights look almost the same as his normal game minus a few of the better dunks.
Jordan was already considered the GOAT when he retired after the first 3-peat. The second one was just cherry on top. MJ got 10 scoring titles which is a record and 9 first team all-defense which is also a record. He accomplished that in only 11 full seasons with the Bulls. Lebron got 1 scoring title and he's a lousy, unreliable defender who chokes under pressure with an abysmal 20 percent in clutch situations lmao. There is no universe in which an overrated, opportunistic, roided-up stat-padding crybaby is anywhere close to MJ. Or Kobe for that matter...
Actually your wrong , they were just as fast just as strong then lol it wasn't the 50s or 60s young man .... He would literally average 40 today..It's the rule changes that make it way easier now ..No true big men now he did this on big men
Players Being more skilled in todays game with Less defense doesn’t make the make the competition better …… it only means Jordan would average even MORE …… especially with no hand checking …….
The only player with skills today is Irving and his lay ups remind me of MJ but to say that the players are better today ..... Before the rules favored defensive play and were more physical and permissive on contacts There was hand-checking which forced players to play with their backs to the basket to protect their ball Today with spacing, almost non-existent defense players can dribble facing their opponent and knitting with the ball, Before the game was focused in the paint, attacking the rim or taking a shot was much less easy and the three-point shot was an option, not a triviality, on the other hand I recognize that today's players are more skillful at shooting .
Everyone has their goat and that's ok. The problem is that Lebron fans, and Lebron fans only, like to tear down and talk shit about players that came before him to make the case for him being the goat. No other fans of any other player or players themselves have disrespected former players the way that's it's happening today. To be a fan of the game means u have to respect players of the past and what they've done to pave the way for this new generation. I respect that you have Lebron as your goat but can still show respect and love towards Jordan and other greats
the competition is way much worse now, the rules are even easier , the dribbling rules, the step that you took and plus the offensif fouls, you coulds be cold for fouls , plus the hand check on defense. Man europeans couldn't compete really!!
Let me tell you something youngster, he not only was better than everyone back then, but he's better than anyone now. Don't get me started on players today being more skilled because they are soft. Surely you've heard of magic, Bird, nique, mailman, olajawon, Kemp Shaq,, Duncan, Robinson, just to name a few. MJ won chips and dominated all of them
Definitely not more skilled. No one has a post game, no one has the mid range. Imagine the skill it takes to beat the hand checking then dunk on 7 foot centers with no defensive 3 seconds and no flagrant fouls.
Skills are not talent. You are born with talent, it's up to you to work on your skills. I saw some LBJ high school games. His game has not grown. He has skill deficits. My opinion.
LeBron James can't hold this man's jock strap. MJ is the most impactful player ever in the sense of once he steps onto the court and returns from the bench, he instantly takes over any game you see him play. We can't say that about LeBron to be a constant steady kicker of all the asses he ever saw every night he decided to play or not (load management) while Michael Jordan missed only 18 games in his time with the Bulls after the year his knee was injured. He literally wanted to beat even the sorry teams on the schedule just as bad as his known ranked adversaries in his division. You can't say that about LeBron neither!
Younger fans love down playing the "skills" of players from the past. The weird thing is you really only ever see it from NBA fans and NBA players. NFL fans/players rarely do it. NHL, MLB, Soccer, Boxing etc. almost never do this its an basketball thing. When fans say "skills" do you mean being able to do more things? Like a Swiss Army knife? Well then you'll know that a Swiss Army knife can do a lot of things, but it ain't that good any any one thing. Let's bring up "skill" again, who in the NBA has better post moves than Hakeem? Who in the NBA has better post moves than MJ? The answer, maybe Jokic comes close to measuring up. Who in the NBA today has better handles than Iverson... IF they couldn't carry the ball and travel? I would say very few. I think the "SKILL" that a lot of modern NBA fans are talking about is only one skill... that's being able to shoot the 3 pointer. That is the barometer for "skilled" these days. Someone who can shoot 3s. Almost no one in the NBA today has any mid-range game, why is that? Is that not a skill that is dead and gone from today NBA? What did they replace it with, the 3 pointer? That's where the "more skilled" argument comes from. Cause today they see players who used to not shoot 3s... but on the flip side, we see players today who should be making a living shooting middies and serving post up moves not doing that. Y'all have neglected two major parts of the game of basketball to hard focus on another part of the game. I DO think that today's player's posses more "skills" than most of the past players, but that doesn't mean they are better. It's a different game, so the focus has changed. It's different now, that's all.
This generation think that today's game is better. What a load of shit. No defense, the traveling is shocking ,players taking 3,4 steps, double dribbling & you cant forget the flopping what a joke. No wonder people have gone off watching the NBA
MJ would Cook these boys today Facts all these free lanes oh my god killa Lebum is a bum that bum didn’t do any of this always need help with Sooper teams facts
How is the competition better when 99% of plays would be called for travel in 80s/90s? Do you realise that a slasher averaged 37 points in an era of rim protectors without shooting 3s, while being the best defensive guard in the League?
MJ would be waaay better in todays give-me-space, no touch, traveling-ok, no hand checking, everything is a foul league.. he did all he did while taking hits, shoulders, rib shots, and full on tackles..and he dunked on true 7ft bigs whose only job was to knock him out of the air...imagine if you couldn't touch him and had to give him space 🙄 middies for days and he'd dunk on EVERYONE..MJ (and Bird) would have todays league in tears on the bench from trash talk alone 😆
If he played today he'd average 50 easy . Because he's be shooting threes. And I'm pretty sure embid a long with jocic and all the centers of today would get dunked on easy
If you want to know who the GOAT is...check out Ume talking shit to Lebron and calling him a bitch. Lebron does nothing, tells him he should not use that word. WTH? No coach would EVER say anything to Jordan or even LOOK at him. They know what would happen.
not trying to be unkind, but to say the competition is better today is so untrue, it's hard to even know where to start. Today's NBA is the weakest it's been since the 1970's and the 80's/90's was the NBA's Golden Era in terms of talent. It's not even close. I've been an NBA fan since the mid 1970's and coached youth basketball for years. I am Michael Jordan’s age and have seen all of the greats from the 1970’s to today. 2 of my 3 sons played competitive basketball through high school here in North Carolina. My middle son even attended camps with Stephon Curry that his dad, Dell Curry, sponsored here in the Charlotte area. My personal top 3 are: 1. Michael Jordan, 2. Larry Bird, 3. Magic Johnson. After the top 3, it’s more debatable to me. I’ve seen everyone over the last 45+ years. IMO, these players had the best BALANCE of FG%, FT%, clutch play, great offense, great defense, makes teammates better, great team play, shares the ball, passing ability, finishing, coachable, high basketball IQ, finds a way to win, has all areas of the basic fundamentals down pat, seeks high % shots FIRST, knows where teammates are on the court at all times, able to score while being fouled, played against tougher competition, played against great defenses. No one today has ALL of these attributes. These 3 are the only players ever to not have any holes in their games at all. Not even Lebron can match this. Larry #1 in basketball IQ, then Jordan. Winning in the clutch, Bird and Jordan are a tie. Best top to bottom defender, Sydney Moncref. Lebron flops, gives up on defense (a huge negative), and has choked in too many key games. He couldn’t even get the Lakers to the playoffs in 2022, which was one of the weakest NBA seasons ever. All of these negatives are glaring and bring down his value. To me, only Michael, Larry, and Magic had ALL of these attributes and are (by far) the most clutch and best players of all time. Consistently winning the close games is what separates icon players from everyone else. No players after my top 3 come close to doing it at the level they did. Though today's players have a lot of talent, most players lack most of these attributes and no one has all of them. Defense and team play are almost nonexistent today compared to the 80’s/90’s. Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson (by far) are the most clutch players of all time, did it against the best defenses of all time, and did it during the most talent rich era of all time (80’s/90’s). Jordan had 2 threepeats and 6 championships in 8 years, again, during the Golden Era. There is more athleticism today overall, but the overall talent level was much better then, trust me. I will take fundamentals/teamwork over athleticism any day. That will be what wins the most games. Today’s game is extremely sloppy and there’s very little defense. I’ve seen every era from the 1970’s until today. There were incredible athletes as well then too. Dr. J, Isaha Thomas, Dominique Wilkins, and Sydney Moncteif to name a few. Because of the addiction to three pointers, lack of teamwork, and lack of defense the game of basketball is not nearly as exciting and interesting. It seems that many young people who do not understand the fundamental attributes of the game and haven’t seen players pre -2000 play night in and night out are the ones who claim that Lebron is the best. Older people who have seen decades of the best players and can see Lebron's weaknesses. This past season proved why Lebron is not only not the GOAT, he’s not even top 5. Still, not a bad video overall.
The game isnt more skilled today stop it. People who say this have no idea what they are talking about. The game is more free today then its ever been, the league has soften the rules to make offense more easier for the players while also being more lenient with the players. Its gotten so bad the nba has to encourage guys to play games with all this load managment bs.
The game is more “skilled”, but that doesn’t mean players today are better basketball players. It just depends on what rules you play under. You don’t need “enforcers” in today’s game, so those guys have been replaced with shooters. If you could still get hammered and elbowed in the paint and hand check on defense, this era would be different.
@@dustincowart6767no,game is not more skilled,the game is just being played with a different skill set. Players today don't have some of the skills of past era(mid range,post game,2-3 dribble pull up) due to the way game is played
@@dustincowart6767 name the more skills these new players have
The game today is easier, today generation rely on flopping, I mean acting😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 soft as hell!
The game is weak today. 90s Pistons D would make these dudes cry. The gather rule is hot garbage, too.
Bruh, there is no one in the league today that's more skilled than Jordan. Come on bruh. Seriously dude. He's ahead of THIS time.
I love watching young, dumb dudes say shit like this.
FACTS!!
@@punkem733 true
Michael is better than all of these guys in today’s NBA. It’s not even close.
Jordan IS WAAAAAAAY BETTER THAN Lebron, 'by far'!
Chucking up 30 threes a game doesn’t make it more skilled
Makes it boring imo.
the competition isn't better. they just play less D. skilled at what? Giannis has no skill, Luka has no athleticism. most of these "skilled" players" play no defense and have no heart....talking that skilled shit...MJ would avg 45..what skill is stopping that?
Todas esas reglas lo que han dañado el juego y su espíritu de competencia. Después de KOBY YA NO HAY JUGADORES QUE TÚ PUEDA SEGUIR KOBY FUE EL ÚLTIMO JUGADOR QUE JUGABA COMO JORDAN Y ERA MUY COMPETITIVO.
Agreed, 100%. This guy has not watched many older guys. He is a rookie
@@antonioarias8920 I don't read Spanish
It's definitely hard to have MJ as your GOAT if he was before your time. But imagine if LeBron won 3 consecutive NBA championships... retired and played football, then came back and won 3 consecutive NBA championships. That's pretty much what Jordan did when he retired and played baseball. And during his 2nd 3-peat, Jordan played all 82 games and he played every single playoff game in that 3 year span. It was insane. Every single game he played with an intensity that we've only seen from Kobe, but MJ was way more athletic.
No one was mad when when he first retired, and many schools paused their classes so kids could watch the announcement. People were crying in the streets... and it was like Superman died. It's hard to explain how impactful Jordan was -- there's nothing today that comes close. And I'm not even from the US. My cousins in the states said it was a national event. Even LeBron says he cried when Jordan retired.
Today, there's a lot of debating, but by the time Jordan won his 2nd championship, he was pretty much considered the undisputed GOAT in most people's eyes. From the start using the eye test, everyone knew Jordan was the GOAT, they were just waiting for him to win a few rings. And it's his gameplay that captured the globe. It's what made Nike great, and his shoes became great because of his gameplay, not the other way around - trust me.
And the reason why the game looks slower back then is because the rules were very different, and yes less focus on the 3ball. But take your favorite player from today and take away the gather step, the zero step, no euro steps allowed, add hand-checking, flagrant fouls were just normal fouls, you had to dribble on top of the ball. Most plays today would be called for traveling or carrying. It's very very different. Adding the old rules would limit everything that they're doing today on the court right now.
Thanks again for the reaction, and sorry for this longwinded comment. If you want a better highlight MJ mixtape that often gets a lot of views, you should check out his ultimate Bulls mixtape or his Voyager Rare mixtape (you'll see the type of fouls MJ had to endure)
Ultimate: ua-cam.com/video/SUo8skGvl-Q/v-deo.html
Voyager Rare: ua-cam.com/video/8M7yBjtx_Ic/v-deo.html
You’re wrong young man, check your facts. Look up the top 100 NBA players than see the era. Some bad boys played during his era.
Jordan would dominate today's league too. The game was tougher back then and the players were just as good as today. In fact, Jordan's competition in the finals had better season records.
Check out The Jordan Vs LeBron comparison
The main thing is competition was so much more back then, now you can't even hand check. The way they call fouls now Jordan would average over 40 with 20+ free throws every game.
If he wasn’t the greatest, trust me, his shoes wouldn’t have been selling
Mike will be the goat in 500 years just facts there will never be another michael jordan
The "logic" of the younger generation: "I know almost nothing but I'm correct and always right because i think so"...ridiculous...
Conclusion of the video:
"Lebron is the Goat because I just want him to be. But MJ is a close second cuz I didn't grow up watching him"
Mike Better then everybody wake up kid
People shoot more 3s today. That doesn’t make the game more skilled. Where’s the post game today? Where’s the midrange game? Where’s the defense? 3s doesn’t make you more skilled when you lack all these other categories
Competition better today? 🤣🤣🤣 I deleted message after realizing you don't know what you're even looking at.
Not only because of statistics, NOT only because of leadership, Jordan did everything he did in 11 seasons with the bulls, 2 seasons injured and the 2 seasons with the Wizzard were only to help the team and even then they couldn't stop him at 40 years old, not to mention that 2 Retired years that if it didn't happen easily, he would win 8 titles in a row, Lebron only accumulates numbers and even then he can't even overshadow him, you are right about something, you DON'T see him play, we have seen them all.
there is NO fact that today's competition is better and players are more skilled
if you not from that time you damn sure don't know if the competition was better today compared to then
After “All his research”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
These dudes don't even watch today's NBA. I don't blame them, today's NBA is awful and very boring. They just get their highlights and regurgitate what the media tells them.
BS. The comp is not better. It's easier to score today because of the rules and less physicality. Ok nobody has head a 3000 point season since Mike. He would average 50 today. Check out. Jordan "one of the best defenders ever"
Mj es el mejor jugador del mundo, hasta en Chile lo sabemos...
No one in today’s league has the arsenal and skill set MJ had 25 years ago!
and they play defense, they let them carry and travel all over the court...MJ avg 45. easy
MJ era best era. People speak of LeBron longevity that’s because he plays in an era where he doesn’t get beat down like they did MJ. They created the JORDAN RULES to knock MJ every time he goes to the rim.MJ GOAT
I respect Nimo for standing by his favourite player. Of course, there's no way in Hell LeBron is anywhere near Michael Jordan's level. But there's still the respect factor.
Everybody much more skilled today? You’re on drugs!,
Jordan better than all them new players you talking about too... A killa is a killa no matter what era... You've just witnessed the 🐐, sorry you missed it in the flesh- highlights does Jordan no justice, this was every game
And on top of Jordan's scoring ability he was a nine time All Defense First Team selection. He was an assassin on both sides of the ball.
Despite sitting here with my eyes popping out of my head watching shit I have never seen anyone do before, Lebron is still the GOAT because of reasons that have nothing to do with basketball at all. Riiiiiiiight....
You can tell this guy has watched every jordan highlight before. And acts like it’s something new for him. 😂 Jordan GOAT.
I do agree that today’s players are more skilled than in Jordan’s era but the players in Jordan’s era were bigger and stronger. The defense was so tough during that time that you had to earn those points in the paint. Jordan was dunking on centers like Ewing, Mourning, young athletic Shaq, David Robertson, and Karl Malone. Jordan was posterizing all of them. Today’s ideal center is someone like Wemby. Imagine Jordan driving to the lane with today’s defense. Another thing is when Jordan was playing, there was no debate on who the GOAT was. Everyone today is trying to get in that debate where Jordan is cemented.
Todays nba generation are a bunch of cry babies. This whole "we done with the 90s" bs. You all wouldn't survive 5 minutes in the 90s.
The competition is so "better" today that I can't watch it. Is boring. Poor defending, lack of intensity of play, and violations of the rules. Gazillions of steps.
Mj .great player in NBA at all time and fame..thats my idol
There was never a debate. MJ is the G.O.A.T. By far, everyone else is fighting for second place.
He says there better today then. He's Dunkin on the greatest players of all time
He is still better than players today!
You're crazy. Jordan got hammered all the time and still scored. I've watched the NBA over 50 years and know that MJ is the Goat to this day. No question.
Have to disagree with you. The game was by far more skilled than today. Athleticism is higher today, no doubt, but only because back then you could double a player because there was no 3 second call and you could hip check a guy. You change the rules to what they were back then quite a few stars would be out of the nba. But then players were far more skilled. It’s not close. And again players are more athletic today overall. The rules have changed things. Like in football, qbs today wouldn’t last a season if the rules were switched back overnight. Rules are built to ordinary offensive players look great
Jordan never needed to sell his product. He was everything people told you he was.
Love the optimism of people who think the arc of history bends toward bigger, faster, stronger, BETTER. But sometimes things just degrade and decay. See: the last 20 yrs of NBA.
This video is largely Jordan going chest-to-chest with some of the baddest rim protecters the game has ever seen. It’s the kind of thing Lebron never really had to deal with. It’s the kind of challenge Lebron notoriously shies away from.
The first clip is against 7’4” monster shot blocker Mark Eaton, who had probably got Jordan half a dozen times before. But the man kept going at him. That’s the point.
Defensively, players are objectively worse overall today and they're also worse at playing 5 man basketball today. Everything is 2 man pick and roll or iso.
And that's no hyperbole. Cats at the playgrounds or rec centers are terrible defensively. Back in 80s and 90s there was a lot more duress defensively. You had to work to get buckets. Now I'm in my mid-50s and I can get buckets easier than back then. These youngsters play defense with zero tenacity.
That the move of the rial goat artistic and spectacular mj 23
The players are more skilled today? Really? Everybody is more skilled because you can't touch them. What would be a flagrant now may not have gotten a whistle in when Mike played. You can't even hand-check anymore. Players now shoot J's with the closest defender 15 feet away. If the defender didn't fall, that was a tech for not playing defense. The game has gotten so soft that I don't even watch it anymore. Players are taking games off. For what? Lebron gets a hangnail, he ain't playing. Jodan scored at least 40 points in 9 straight games with a broken big toe. They had to cut the top of his sneaker so he could bend his foot. Let's not forget the flu game, which was really food poisoning. Hell, I got my nose broke in a game when I was 15, and after my nose stopped bleeding, I finished the game. And that was in the street. Today's players are soft! Look at tapes of Mike vs. the Bad Boy Pistons and tell me Lebron would willingly take that beating. More than half the guys in the league right now couldn't have played back then.
The game has changed, and not for the better in my book
That wasn't a push off back in the day. Today's NBA defense isn't shit now That's if they even play defense.
But they dont see the so many push off Labron . Ahaha,so funny cant fix stupid.
MJ would dominate the NBA today. His combo of skill, fundamentals, and athleticism would still overwhelm the best defenders. MJ would have more space and live at the free throw line. Peak Mike would avg 42-46 today
People like to say Jordan didn't play against tough opponents. They don't understand that MJ had tough competition especially in the eastern conference. Jordan was just that much better. It's the same with Bird and Magic. They faced competition but they were so much better and they made good players look bad.
The truth. I remember Isiah Thomas, before he clocked that envy, said that MJ made NBA All-Stars look like high-schoolers. This trophy participation generation will never understand. I saw that black cat ball in person a few times and to this day I still haven't seen anyone like him. If there was someone in the league today bringing half of MJ's ruckus I would renew my NBA League Pass ASAP.
There is a misconception about basketball that today's players are better mostly because of the excess dribbling, we had that And 1 street ball crap but that wasn't NBA ball until it got on tv & became popular... Only real upgrade is the 3 ball being so prevalent but with a loss of the post up game
The narrative "Players are more skilled now" was debunked numerous times already. It's not that the players are that more skilled, it's that the rules now allow players to be more flashy, thus looking more skilled.
Y’all have to stop discrediting the era when y don’t know more than 10 players in it.
It is not difficult to find detailed MJ vs Lebron comparison on youtube. There is nothing that supports Lebron's goat case except longevity (total stats belong to longevity, for actual comparison, you need to apply per game stats). And longevity can not be only criteria....For those Lebron fans, who are too sensitive, I would not recommend watching it. It will deeply hurt your feelings :)
Nah the players today are far more comfortable and get into a rhythm. This is because the refs don’t allow for a more physical game. And MJ wasn’t ahead of his time either. Some of the things he did were done by players before him…they just weren’t as complete as him. Larry Bird, Dr. Jay, Magic, and others. Some of the fancy things you see now, weren’t invented today.
Today’s game is no handchecking. Anybody has ever played basketball knows if I can put my hand on you I can kinda know which way you’re going now the game you can’t touch them.. back then there was no rule, no conversation about flopping. You played like you played in the schoolyard. The no handchecking rule was designed so players can score more points.
Michael Jordan was not ahead of his time. Michael Jordan is timeless. No one has reached his level and if the NBA continues to churn out 3-point chuckers, no one ever will.
I say this all the time, different rules for different generations make it a different game. If mike played today he'd have a better 3 point shot but he looked at the 3 like being defeated. His goal was to dunk as much as possible and theres no one he didnt dunk on. His game developed and then he was about getting to certain spots on the floor and then getting to work. But theres no one as tenacious as jordan and that was in an era where you could get in the lanes instead of allowing free access. And when you got fouled it was normally a hard foul. Almost never a technical ever called. And almost no kind of padding where today those pads change the way the game is played for sure. Mj would have been fouled 15 times every game in todays league and averaged high thirties or early forties. His highlights look almost the same as his normal game minus a few of the better dunks.
Today's players are actually lessed skilled. They are bigger and stronger but not more skilled.
Jordan was already considered the GOAT when he retired after the first 3-peat. The second one was just cherry on top.
MJ got 10 scoring titles which is a record and 9 first team all-defense which is also a record. He accomplished that in only 11 full seasons with the Bulls. Lebron got 1 scoring title and he's a lousy, unreliable defender who chokes under pressure with an abysmal 20 percent in clutch situations lmao. There is no universe in which an overrated, opportunistic, roided-up stat-padding crybaby is anywhere close to MJ. Or Kobe for that matter...
Actually your wrong , they were just as fast just as strong then lol it wasn't the 50s or 60s young man .... He would literally average 40 today..It's the rule changes that make it way easier now ..No true big men now he did this on big men
Players Being more skilled in todays game with Less defense doesn’t make the make the competition better …… it only means Jordan would average even MORE …… especially with no hand checking …….
michael jordan is the goat
The only player with skills today is Irving and his lay ups remind me of MJ but to say that the players are better today ..... Before the rules favored defensive play and were more physical and permissive on contacts There was hand-checking which forced players to play with their backs to the basket to protect their ball Today with spacing, almost non-existent defense players can dribble facing their opponent and knitting with the ball, Before the game was focused in the paint, attacking the rim or taking a shot was much less easy and the three-point shot was an option, not a triviality, on the other hand I recognize that today's players are more skillful at shooting .
Everyone has their goat and that's ok. The problem is that Lebron fans, and Lebron fans only, like to tear down and talk shit about players that came before him to make the case for him being the goat. No other fans of any other player or players themselves have disrespected former players the way that's it's happening today. To be a fan of the game means u have to respect players of the past and what they've done to pave the way for this new generation. I respect that you have Lebron as your goat but can still show respect and love towards Jordan and other greats
The game isn’t more skilled they opened the floor took away hard fouls and let the players today carry and travel so how is it more skilled💯👊🏾
WHY do people always watch Jordan fanmade mixtapes instead of the Jordans official mixtape created by the NBA? I can never understand.
the competition is way much worse now, the rules are even easier , the dribbling rules, the step that you took and plus the offensif fouls, you coulds be cold for fouls , plus the hand check on defense.
Man europeans couldn't compete really!!
The guys today doesn't even come close. You've gotta be kidding me
If Jordan played in today's game he'll average 40.......
Let me tell you something youngster, he not only was better than everyone back then, but he's better than anyone now. Don't get me started on players today being more skilled because they are soft. Surely you've heard of magic, Bird, nique, mailman, olajawon, Kemp Shaq,, Duncan, Robinson, just to name a few. MJ won chips and dominated all of them
Competition is at an all time low today, dudes make too much $$$ to care
Definitely not more skilled. No one has a post game, no one has the mid range. Imagine the skill it takes to beat the hand checking then dunk on 7 foot centers with no defensive 3 seconds and no flagrant fouls.
Yes players are faster more athletic. But they are not more skilled. When it comes to fundamentals this era is way behind the old school
Six finals, six rings......
Skills are not talent. You are born with talent, it's up to you to work on your skills. I saw some LBJ high school games. His game has not grown. He has skill deficits. My opinion.
LeBron James can't hold this man's jock strap. MJ is the most impactful player ever in the sense of once he steps onto the court and returns from the bench, he instantly takes over any game you see him play. We can't say that about LeBron to be a constant steady kicker of all the asses he ever saw every night he decided to play or not (load management) while Michael Jordan missed only 18 games in his time with the Bulls after the year his knee was injured. He literally wanted to beat even the sorry teams on the schedule just as bad as his known ranked adversaries in his division. You can't say that about LeBron neither!
Younger fans love down playing the "skills" of players from the past. The weird thing is you really only ever see it from NBA fans and NBA players. NFL fans/players rarely do it. NHL, MLB, Soccer, Boxing etc. almost never do this its an basketball thing.
When fans say "skills" do you mean being able to do more things? Like a Swiss Army knife? Well then you'll know that a Swiss Army knife can do a lot of things, but it ain't that good any any one thing. Let's bring up "skill" again, who in the NBA has better post moves than Hakeem? Who in the NBA has better post moves than MJ? The answer, maybe Jokic comes close to measuring up. Who in the NBA today has better handles than Iverson... IF they couldn't carry the ball and travel? I would say very few.
I think the "SKILL" that a lot of modern NBA fans are talking about is only one skill... that's being able to shoot the 3 pointer. That is the barometer for "skilled" these days. Someone who can shoot 3s. Almost no one in the NBA today has any mid-range game, why is that? Is that not a skill that is dead and gone from today NBA? What did they replace it with, the 3 pointer? That's where the "more skilled" argument comes from. Cause today they see players who used to not shoot 3s... but on the flip side, we see players today who should be making a living shooting middies and serving post up moves not doing that. Y'all have neglected two major parts of the game of basketball to hard focus on another part of the game.
I DO think that today's player's posses more "skills" than most of the past players, but that doesn't mean they are better. It's a different game, so the focus has changed. It's different now, that's all.
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guy in the video: IF u say Lebron is the G.O.A.T., after that video, then YOU have NOT DONE ANY RESEARCH!
Wrong mixtape bro nba mixtape
Head of his time? Bruh, who is playing like that now
Defense was better back then. The game got EASIER to score.
Defense it’s terrible today
This generation think that today's game is better. What a load of shit. No defense, the traveling is shocking ,players taking 3,4 steps, double dribbling & you cant forget the flopping what a joke. No wonder people have gone off watching the NBA
Dog how long u been watching basketball no way in hell LeBron the goat
A Lebron fan complaining about a push off 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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The game hasn't improved, and neither have the players. Question everything.
Competition is definitely not better now. And the only thing these players are more skilled at is 3pt.
If James Harden can average 36 come on now Jordan would probably average around 45
MJ would Cook these boys today Facts all these free lanes oh my god killa Lebum is a bum that bum didn’t do any of this always need help with Sooper teams facts
How is the competition better when 99% of plays would be called for travel in 80s/90s? Do you realise that a slasher averaged 37 points in an era of rim protectors without shooting 3s, while being the best defensive guard in the League?
Sorry the 90s was the Golden era and it will never be like that again
Huge Lebron fan but Jordan was better 💯
No way the league today is more skilled. Delusion is real with you Lebalco fans
MJ would be waaay better in todays give-me-space, no touch, traveling-ok, no hand checking, everything is a foul league.. he did all he did while taking hits, shoulders, rib shots, and full on tackles..and he dunked on true 7ft bigs whose only job was to knock him out of the air...imagine if you couldn't touch him and had to give him space 🙄 middies for days and he'd dunk on EVERYONE..MJ (and Bird) would have todays league in tears on the bench from trash talk alone 😆
If he played today he'd average 50 easy . Because he's be shooting threes. And I'm pretty sure embid a long with jocic and all the centers of today would get dunked on easy
8:14 at least you're honest
If you want to know who the GOAT is...check out Ume talking shit to Lebron and calling him a bitch. Lebron does nothing, tells him he should not use that word. WTH? No coach would EVER say anything to Jordan or even LOOK at him. They know what would happen.
theres another video you should really watch , its about some of hes more outrages and unbelievable personal records
not trying to be unkind, but to say the competition is better today is so untrue, it's hard to even know where to start. Today's NBA is the weakest it's been since the 1970's and the 80's/90's was the NBA's Golden Era in terms of talent. It's not even close. I've been an NBA fan since the mid 1970's and coached youth basketball for years. I am Michael Jordan’s age and have seen all of the greats from the 1970’s to today. 2 of my 3 sons played competitive basketball through high school here in North Carolina. My middle son even attended camps with Stephon Curry that his dad, Dell Curry, sponsored here in the Charlotte area. My personal top 3 are: 1. Michael Jordan, 2. Larry Bird, 3. Magic Johnson. After the top 3, it’s more debatable to me. I’ve seen everyone over the last 45+ years. IMO, these players had the best BALANCE of FG%, FT%, clutch play, great offense, great defense, makes teammates better, great team play, shares the ball, passing ability, finishing, coachable, high basketball IQ, finds a way to win, has all areas of the basic fundamentals down pat, seeks high % shots FIRST, knows where teammates are on the court at all times, able to score while being fouled, played against tougher competition, played against great defenses. No one today has ALL of these attributes. These 3 are the only players ever to not have any holes in their games at all. Not even Lebron can match this. Larry #1 in basketball IQ, then Jordan. Winning in the clutch, Bird and Jordan are a tie. Best top to bottom defender, Sydney Moncref. Lebron flops, gives up on defense (a huge negative), and has choked in too many key games. He couldn’t even get the Lakers to the playoffs in 2022, which was one of the weakest NBA seasons ever. All of these negatives are glaring and bring down his value. To me, only Michael, Larry, and Magic had ALL of these attributes and are (by far) the most clutch and best players of all time. Consistently winning the close games is what separates icon players from everyone else. No players after my top 3 come close to doing it at the level they did. Though today's players have a lot of talent, most players lack most of these attributes and no one has all of them. Defense and team play are almost nonexistent today compared to the 80’s/90’s. Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson (by far) are the most clutch players of all time, did it against the best defenses of all time, and did it during the most talent rich era of all time (80’s/90’s). Jordan had 2 threepeats and 6 championships in 8 years, again, during the Golden Era. There is more athleticism today overall, but the overall talent level was much better then, trust me. I will take fundamentals/teamwork over athleticism any day. That will be what wins the most games. Today’s game is extremely sloppy and there’s very little defense. I’ve seen every era from the 1970’s until today. There were incredible athletes as well then too. Dr. J, Isaha Thomas, Dominique Wilkins, and Sydney Moncteif to name a few. Because of the addiction to three pointers, lack of teamwork, and lack of defense the game of basketball is not nearly as exciting and interesting. It seems that many young people who do not understand the fundamental attributes of the game and haven’t seen players pre -2000 play night in and night out are the ones who claim that Lebron is the best. Older people who have seen decades of the best players and can see Lebron's weaknesses. This past season proved why Lebron is not only not the GOAT, he’s not even top 5. Still, not a bad video overall.