HEY VIEWER: Click pause on the diagrams (ALMOST EVERY DIAGRAM IS EXACTLY RELATIVE TO THE P
HEY VIEWER: Click pause on the diagrams (ALMOST EVERY DIAGRAM IS EXACTLY RELATIVE TO THE PLAY, ONE IS A GENERALIZATION.)
Biggest difference: Jordan's era looked to use physical play as a defensive strategy. LeBron's era needs to avoid physical play because in this era it's a foul.
I took random plays on my computer and matched up the similar attacks from similar areas so we can see the difference in resistance between the two eras.
All you need to do is look at the way that coaches like Phil Jackson spread out the floor with their offense in a lot of sets just to pull the bigs way outside of the paint, he gets Farmar or Kobe easy penetration because the outside defender can't contain anything anymore. If it wasn't for things like the 3 second rule and the handchecking rule, teams would be forced to use more team passing. Allow handchecking, get rid of that stupid defensive 3 second rule, teams would use more passing and the fg% in the league would go back up because less players would be forcing shots. It would also force the shotjackers to completely alter their style.
Back in the day you were lucky to see your favorite player show off on a breakaway, the game was more hard nosed than that at the time. Also keep in mind that with no contact rules, it does not matter if you double or triple a player in today's game, the great players should be able to back out, slip out, split, slip through, or shake the double. I mean hell, if the offensive player draws contact he's gonna draw a foul anyways. It's not like the old days where you actually had to fight through traps and double teams.
Defenders from this era = always on the side or coming from the side, rarely in front, too many look to avoid contact in fear of a foul. Weak. It's like playing a video game on easy mode.
Notice how you see plays happening in the half court set that only happened in the open court on a fast break in Jordan's days because the defense was too good to give up that type of penetration in Jordan's era. If Jordan played now his highlight reel would be like LeBron's, full of dunks, one problem though, LeBron doesn't have near as good of a jumper as Jordan, add Jordan's jumper to LeBron's game, what do you got?
So believe me, if I can figure out how players are taking advantages of the rules changes, coaches in the NBA have also found ways to CAPITALIZE on these rules. Further proof that these rules allow for easier scoring when coaches spread the floor to attack the weak new era painted area. Sure there are plays where you see good defense in the NBA today, it's rare to see a defense that can shut down players from getting to the rim. Infact, even the Boston Celtics and Pistons can't shut down the lane. They are pretty good at limiting it, but nothing like the elite defenses of the physical contact era.
Players in Jordan's era were like track athletes, most of them were so fast. The dunk contests in the 80's and 90's are a testiment to the athletes in the game at the time. Forget the creativity of the dunks, look at the athleticism. Old era teams were also better at getting back on transition defense. Creating all-time rankings takes research and film study. Highlight videos show you Michael Jordan scoring, but not what he had to do to get open in most cases, or the plays he was stopped. Never scout with highlight videos, use raw film. The only way to seal of penetration today is to get directly in the path of the ball handler with both feet planted, outside of the circle in the paint, to get credit for drawing a charge. Now keep in mind that the offensive player already has the advantage of decision defenders have no choice but to react, it puts him at a 1/4 a second disadvantage anyways. Jordan's era utilized handchecking, which is similar to what offensive linemen & defensive backs use in the NFL to detain receivers and pass rushers. In the NFL, allow a pass rusher to penetrate the pocket, it's a sack. A defensive back lets the receiver penetrate the secondary & catch the ball, first down or TD. In the NBA, allow players to penetrate the paint, it makes it easier for them to score. At the very least physical resistance should be offered to make it a level playing field. This is not allowed in today's game. Of course in any era, under any rules, there are defensive breakdowns, coaches who use bad coaching schemes, among other factors that can contribute to non-contested shots. There are those players who are able to shake defenders in such a fashion that it doesn't matter if you double, or triple them, they are gonna get loose. Tex Winter and Joe Dumars opinions of today's defenses:
http://hoopshype.com/articles/defense_lazenby.htm
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Michael Jordan faced the most traps & double/triple teams in NBA history, MJ also DEFEATED
Michael Jordan faced the most traps & double/triple teams in NBA history, MJ also DEFEATED the most traps, double teams, and triple teams in NBA history. Unlike other players presented with a double team, Jordan shows his ultimate team IQ by giving up the ball and re-establishing himself for a better shot. Jordan could score over anyone and any type of defense. As long as Jordan had his dribble, you virtually almost could not ever trap him. He was too fast. Jordan would either make a move to defeat the trap, or get the ball out of there to an open teammate swiftly. Jordan's decisionmaking can be seen in this video like no other video. Zones allow defenders to play an area, rather than stick to a man. I don't know about you, but I prefer playing against a zone because it is so much easier to find space in a zone if you are good at working without the ball. When you are facing man to man it requires that you run your defender into screens, and it requires more effort to create space. This was especially true in the Michael Jordan era where perimeter contact was allowed. The Jordan era featured man to man with rotating traps and weakside help which is very hard to defeat as an individual player. The NBA created the defensive 3 second rule & it opened up the lane like never before, you see layups now in the half court set more often than ever before. You would think these guys were getting layups in transition they get to the hoop so easy sometimes. I remember watching the dunk contest in Jordan's era and it was so exciting because players rarely got dunks in the half court set so it was nice to see them show their stuff at the dunk contest. Usually you were lucky to see your favorite player show off on a breakaway, the game was more hard nosed than that at the time. Also keep in mind that with no contact rules, it does not matter if you double or triple a player in today's game, the great players should be able to back out, slip out, split, slip through, or shake the double. I mean hell, if the offensive player draws contact he's gonna draw a foul anyways. It's not like the old days where you actually had to fight through traps and double teams. Players in Jordan's era were like track athletes, most of them were so fast. The dunk contests in the 80's and 90's are a testiment to the athletes in the game at the time. Forget the creativity of the dunks, look at the athleticism. Old era teams were also better at getting back on transition defense. Creating all-time rankings takes research and film study. Highlight videos show you Michael Jordan scoring, but not what he had to do to get open in most cases, or the plays he was stopped. Never scout with highlight videos, use raw film. The only way to seal off penetration today is to get directly in the path of the ball handler with both feet planted, outside of the circle in the paint, to get credit for drawing a charge. Now keep in mind that the offensive player already has the advantage of decision; defenders have no choice but to react, it puts the defender at a 1/4 a second disadvantage anyways. Jordan's era utilized handchecking, which is similar to what offensive linemen & defensive backs use in the NFL to detain receivers and pass rushers. In the NFL, allow a pass rusher to penetrate the pocket, it's a sack. A defensive back lets the receiver penetrate the secondary & catch the ball, first down or TD. In the NBA, allow players to penetrate the paint, it makes it easier for them to score. At the very least physical resistance should be offered to make it a level playing field. This is not allowed in today's game. Of course in any era, under any rules, there are defensive breakdowns, coaches who use bad coaching schemes, among other factors that can contribute to non-contested shots. There are those players who are able to shake defenders in such a fashion that it doesn't matter if you double, or triple them, they are gonna get loose. Tex Winter and Joe Dumars opinions of today's defenses:
http://hoopshype.com/articles/defense_lazenby.htm
-Bruce Blitz
Featured in this video:
Scenes from Jordan scoring 55 points/other on the 90's Knicks.
Scenes from Jordan scoring 69 points on the Cavs.
Scenes from Jordan dropping a routine 30+ and 40+ on the Hornets.
Jordan vs an 80's Sixers team playing with subs. (still doubled)
Jordan vs an 80's Blazers team playing with subs. (still doubled)
A scene from Jordan scoring 61 on the Pistons
I did not use many games folks. Keep that in mind.
I enjoyed watching MJ play Jim Jackson, Rolando Blackman, Clyde Drexler, Gerald Wilkins, Nick Anderson, Kendall Gill, Reggie Miller, Michael Cooper, Glen Rice, Mitch Richmond, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Calbert Cheaney, and many more. Joe Dumars was one of the better defenders in that era, that doesn't mean they were all Dwyane Wade's height. Thanks for watching and reading.
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Michael Jordan Game Michael Jordan Huge One Handed Dunk + The Foul Vs New Jersey Nets
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Michael Jordan Game Michael Jordan Huge One Handed Dunk + The Foul Vs New Jersey Nets
jordan with the jack hammer AND1 jam. good stuff
one hander Round Behind The Back Board Windmill Dunk Slam all star game 08 NBA Basketball crazy insane sick wow big in game slam throwdown sick insane hard loud massive huge dunk high rim power poster facial AND One 1 superman all star windmill behind board back posterizes poster houston ming lakers L.A sick wicked nasty all star game 08 t-mac jam slam rim free throw line 360 between the legs rocker ray kevin garnett allen kobe bryant lebron james college NCAA Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 23 best ever circus shot no look and 1 foul chamionships mvp season regular playoffs clutch mami heat buzer beater game winner winning wizards AND 1 dunk jam slam over on two people
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This is one of my favorite performances from MJ. This was MJ portraying his complete maste
This is one of my favorite performances from MJ. This was MJ portraying his complete mastery of the game.
35 year old MJ had his Bulls up 2-0 against the young and athletic NJ Nets. With his year-long shooting hand injury, MJ was shooting a 'poor by his standards' 44% in those two games (although he was averaging 35.5ppg). With NJ facing a sweep, they were determined to play hard, scrappy and desperately. But MJ lived for these moments and elevating his game during these times was his trademark. Facing a 'closing' situation, MJ chose to lock into his Yoda mode - yet again.
It wasn't the fact that MJ shot 73% on 16-22 here to finish the series on 53% shooting overall that grabbed me. It was that he displayed yet more poker cards hidden up his sleeve that further separated him as the greatest there ever will be: style, control and mental intimidation. With his jumper on guided-missile control, MJ knew that he could have dropped 40-50 in the first half alone. But he picked his spots and toyed with the game. The mere threat of him anywhere near the ball provided him with the mental dominance that made the Nets scramble with nervous energy. Meanwhile, MJ looked like he was barely sweating during a scrimmage game. In contrast to the scurrying Nets, it appeared as if he was playing in slow-motion with everything coming too easy for him. Calm and cool, he didn't even need to shift gears and attack the rim. The finesse jumper was on, the ability to take over the game was on and his legend took over.
But MJ's mental mastery of the game was what dominated this game. He chose only to shoot 22 shots and only enough to provide the knockout punch. Sometimes, the threat of scoring 50-60 on 75% shooting is even more powerful than actually doing it. Like a master surgeon who only needs one cut to get it right, that was all that was needed. This was truly a masterpiece from MJ's mature, perfected game.
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I had forgotten about this game until I stumbled upon it. This was MJ's last game against
I had forgotten about this game until I stumbled upon it. This was MJ's last game against Clyde, Hakeem and Barkley (aside from MJ and Hakeem meeting during the 2002 season). The veteran gathering brought out some interest in Mike and on top of that, Barkley strongly suggested that he was going to win his last game against him.
Well we know what usually happens after someone talks like that.
MJ had answers for all three HOFers in this one. Each bucket by any of them was answered immediately by MJ. MJ decided to enter his zone and from then on, the game was reduced to watching his mastery. While the Rockets kept it close until around the 4th quarter, MJ calmly picked his spots and used his incredible basketball IQ to thwart the challenge.
What you see here is MJ's perfection of the game. Sure he still could rely on his athleticism but his knowledge of the game was so high that he only needed to use little tricks to get his shots. His game was so polished and refined that even at age 35, he could dominate on call. Watching all the legends in this game was pure basketball. And watching MJ pull out another masterpiece when the world was watching was even purer.
(I credit JXN for having this game up earlier to remind me).
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From unreleased indoor Hard Rain Show
22 April 1976
Clearwater, Florida
Bobby and Bob
From unreleased indoor Hard Rain Show
22 April 1976
Clearwater, Florida
Bobby and Bobby...
"Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble,
Ancient footprints are everywhere.
You can almost think that you're seein' double
On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs.
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room,
Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece.
She promised that she'd be right there with me
When I paint my masterpiece.
Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum,
Dodging lions and wastin' time.
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see 'em,
Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb.
Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory,
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese.
Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece.
Sailin' 'round the world in a dirty gondola.
Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!
I left Rome and landed in Brussels,
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried.
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles,
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside.
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police.
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece"
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