HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — If he wanted to, Michael Jordan claims he could score 100 points in a game today, if we were playing that hypothetical game where Jordan in his prime played the game right now.
This isn’t some journeyman from yesteryear talking about what he could do in the current game, this is the G.O.A.T. himself, telling you and anyone else that wants to know that he could get 100!
In an interview with USA Today about the release of NBA 2K11, Jordan was asked what has changed about the game since his playing days and his response wasn’t anything radical:
It’s less physical and the rules have changed, obviously. Based on these rules, if I had to play with my style of play, I’m pretty sure I would have fouled out or I would have been at the free throw line pretty often and I could have scored 100 points.
What’s so crazy about a guy that did whatever he wanted on the basketball court saying that? Mostly it’s the fact that it’s happened just once, courtesy of Wilt Chamberlain, and even that (as Kelly Dwyer of Ball Don’t Lie points out in great detail) was a comical display of basketball theater at best.
MJ said things in the interview that were far more controversial (Kobe Bryant‘s a “top-10 guard” all-time stuck out .. I think it’s fair to say that Kobe is far more than just a “top-10 guard,” isn’t it?) and far more ridiculous than him scoring 100 points in a game.
Just using your own memory of the outlandish things MJ did at the height of his powers makes you want to believe him, doesn’t it? There were nights when he could have easily chased, I said chased, the 100-point milestone if he wasn’t so busy doing everything else (defending, passing, etc.) at the highest level.
It would take a maniacal, single-minded focus to even try to score 100 points in a game, be it 50 years ago or 50 years from now. And I’m not betting against someone, LeBron James or Kevin Durant maybe, accomplishing the feat at some point. As determined as Jordan was to win, though, I’m not sure even he could dial-up the selfishness it would take to score 100 points in the flow of a real game.
Too many things would have to fall into place for it happen. He’d have to have a crazy shooting night (from everywhere, behind the 3-point line and at the foul line especially), his teammates would have to feed him the ball incessantly and the opposing team couldn’t have a single player on its roster with a shred of pride if they’d let a guy even attempt to get 100.
(I’ll never forgive the Toronto Raptors for allowing Kobe to pop them for 81 points and not sending him home with a busted lip or something.)
Still, it’s hard for me to just dismiss the idea of Jordan doing whatever he sets out to do …
The way the game is played today in the NBA, Jordan could’ve scored 100 points on any given night if he is to play in his prime. you could throw in the best possible defenders on his way and do nothing against him. Plus, he has a myriad of moves that Kobe could only imagine doing, considering the fact that Kobe wants to emulate every facet of Jordan’s brand of play. I would not fault Kobe for doing so, because Jordan has the most efficient style of play the basketball world has ever seen. After all, why would everybody in the basketball world consider Jordan as the greatest all-time?
I think a more interesting question should be: can Kobe take on Jordan in a one-on-one game? Kobe said that he’ll do it in his sleep against LeBron. Many basketball experts think that Kobe is the one who’s kinda closest to His Airness’ legacy by winning 5 championships in his team, although Kobe won his first three playing in the shadows of Shaq in his prime.
Can somebody ask this question to either of them and get answers? Since you guys form NBA.com can make such hype? why not bring it up? If you won’t, then I’ll do it (in this forum, of course).
Kobe could do as many moves as MJ does, you can see since he learned from Hakeem the Dream he is always trying to improve so his skill set so I dont agree with you there. I think Jordan’s best skill is his competetiveness loool he’s still at the trash-talk if he’s calling Kobe a top 10 and not atleast a top 5 thats quite a statment he made.
Other then that yeah i think he could have got 100.
It would be far intresting to ask if could he emulate the scoring performance of the Larry Bird Celtics against The Kevin Garnett Celtics.
William are u high? iam saying jordan played against magic and bird and could not advance or win any championship when they where around. and didnt have talent around him???????pippen was like the second best player in the nba?? but he was on jordans team when jordan was scoring 30 a game pippen was scoring 20. and he had dennis rodman who led the nba in rebounds 7 times in a row???? so how is that not talent. lol jordan was my fav player i watched every game of his i know his go to moves but hes not better than kobe ….jordan dominated the nba in the 1990s but that talent does not campare to todays talent is all iam saying dwyane wade would be the second best guard in the 1990s if he where playing then. the game evolved more. better european players over all better talent. if he could score 100 why didnt he do it from 1984-1998 and 2002-2003? jordan is one of the best in history of the game but kobe has tooken the game to different hights 81 in a game? center can handle the ball now like nothing? best guards in jordan era where jordan,mitch richomnd,penny hardaway reggie miller thats it dwyane wade and durant as well as lebron are better than all those guys except jordan. he cant score 100 today!
WOW….Jordan is not better than Kobe??? Jordan Scored 63 against one of the best defensive teams in NBA History!!! In the playoffs in their gym…..That trumps Kobe’s 81 agains Mo Pete……And Kobe has never played against a physical basketball team like the Pistons or the Knicks where Jordan was still unstoppable…..Kobe does not take the beating that Jordan took…..Jordan would average 20 in freethrows alone…..Jordan did things alot quicker than Kobe does…..Jordan caught the ball and was able to see the weakness in the defense way faster than Kobe can…..and Jordan scored 63 and 69 WITHOUT the Triangle Offense……what is the most Kobe ever scored WITHOUT Phil Jackson……Let’s be realistic! I watched RAY ALLEN drastically limit Kobe Bryant offensively in game 7 of last years finals…..Who could limit Jordan? Yes with the illegal defense rules and the lack of physicality Jordan could do it today……ESPECIALLY agains the shooting guards in the league today……there are 2 that are relevant Wade and Kobe…….
Jordan didn’t copy anything from player before him..he moves like we never seen a guy moved before..his skills is too much that a rookie Jordan is better than a kobe or lebron in their primes..yeahhh!! here’s why.. kobe, lebron, wade, Tmac, carter, and to all other aspiring little jordanaires are well benefited to jordans game because they simply watch videos of him and try to immitate as many moves via replay a million times to add to their game..they dont need experiments or explorations. Simply because Jordan has proven beyond any expectation in his career with the skills he had..Kobe maybe the closest..true, but not the first 10years in his career..only up to now for the last 3years..its because jordans approach for the game that makes the difference..talent, athleticism, skills, others may have it…but the desire and the will to win is above and beyond anybody else..in todays game Jordan could score 100pnts..
Whats funny is this 100 point debate still gets back to is MJ > KB? and this debate is always laughable. There are number of you who are all about the career high and simply scoring. Do you know how absolutely insane it is to think just because KB scored 81 and MJ’s high is 69 that he is better than MJ? LOL As if this is the be all end all of the discussion. Guess what? MJ’s line on the 69 game was 69 18 6 and 4 steals. KBs line was 81 6 2 3 steals. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? You tell me WHO was really BALLIN? MJ!! Get your head straight. Scoring only 12 less points while grabbing ***12*** more rebounds and dishing 4 more assists and 1 more steal? PLEASE. The TOTAL points he ACTUALLY got for his TEAM was still MORE than KB’s. The 12 more rebounds and 4 more dimes scores more than KB’s line. MOST people are going to want to see MJ’s RIDICULOUS 18 rebounds and 6 assists to go along with it instead of only 6 more buckets made by KB. Sorry, you lose. AGAIN.
There are sooo many Kobe fans that need to brush up on MJ’s career achievements LOL. I will take just some of the main 1s to give concrete evidence as to why Kobe is no where NEAR MJ’s level. What is funny is that Kobe fans JUST look at the NUMBER of championships LOL. They think for some crazy reason that if Kobe ONLY simply matches his 6 rings that automatically makes him MJ’s equal or better LOL. Please. What else has Kobe done DURING his career, WHILE he has been winning 5 rings and possibly 1 or 2 more (although I doubt it)???
HMMMMMM..do you KB fans even know? NOPE. Because you are young fans of the game who have no memories of MJ, or memories are of him in Washington, and you dismiss him. You think because KB is the “here and now” that MJ didnt really exist as the GOAT. You think for some reason that over half of PROFESSIONAL analysts, writers, announcers, and players that think MJ is the GOAT have gotten it completely wrong. You think they just come up with this theory with baseless facts and have no knowledge of the game. Hey, guess what, they STUDY the game for a living. Theres a reason for that. Well, lets take a quick look at their careers by some TOP TIER achievements.
MVP’s
MJ = 5
KB = 1 LOL
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Finals MVP’s
MJ = 6
KB = 2
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Finals Record
MJ = 6-0
KB = 5-2
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Scoring Titles
MJ = 10 (including record tying ***7*** in a row, YES 7, WOW)
KB = 2 LOL
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Defensive Player of the Year Award
MJ = 1
KB = 0
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Steals Titles
MJ = 3
KB = 0
These don’t even begin to scratch the surface on the various number of records MJ holds. Merely a simple look at the BEST MOST RECOGNIZED achievements.
Even withOUT stats, MJ is safe. I mean, how is it any NORMAL person, even ones with NO basketball knowledge and looking at this comparison for the first time, wouldn’t look at those and say “hmm, yep that MJ guy definitely looks to be a MUCH better player than that KB”. LOL
For those that say stats don’t lie. Really?? Guys, we all know that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Sure, stats aren’t everything and dont account for certain circumstances in rare cases, and I’m a big believer on career achievements and acoomplishments, but why can’t you be real about it and say at the least that “stats tell ALOT”???. Because they do. Without question.
If you just look at their stats, you can easily see that MJ has KB beat in all major statistical categories. Offense and Defense both. His numbers are simply BETTER, and in some cases WAY better. Sorry, you lose these number debates also. AGAIN.
MJ KB
30.1 PPG 25.3
6.2 RPG 5.3
5.3 APG 4.7
2.4 SPG 1.5
.9 BPG .6
.50 FG% .46
.327 3PT% .340
2.73 TO’s 2.92
You can see the absolute domination by MJ across the board, except for the 3PT, which is a very slight edge for KB. So out of 100 3 point shots, KB will make 34 and Mj will make 33 LOL. Forgive me for not being wowed like some KB fans are that say OH NO KB is SO much better at 3′s and really hype it up. PLEASE LOL. MJ makes 4 more 2 pointers out of 100 than KB. If you want to get technical, that 3 PT would give KB 3 points, while MJ makes 8 points with his 4 more 2 pointers. The point is, these show that MJ performed better statistically in every game all the while COMMITTING LESS MISTAKES/TURNOVERS than KB.
Finally, there are other telling signs that along with my other points easily put the debate to rest. MJ OTHER than the Wizards years and possibly the first year or 2 or his career was ALWAYS considered by the MAJORITY to be the overall best basketball player in the league. There was NO question by MOST people. KB has MAYBE had that MAJORITY for arguably at the MOST 4 or 5 years of his career as the best overall player. With the rise of Lebron and D Wade over the past 5 seasons this has been in question. Even in KB’s last 2 title years, there has been the DEBATE and QUESTION if Lebron and Wade are not the better overall player. MJ’s status has NEVER been questioned to the DEGREE that KB’s has. EVER. E V E R
How can KB, if in constant rabid DEBATE and QUESTION regarding his status as the best player EVEN IN HIS OWN ERA, and STILL indeed tagged to BE IN HIS PRIME by competent professionals of the sport, be EVEN CONSIDEREDto take MJ’s CROWN as the GOAT??!! MJ DOMINATED his era in every possible way, while KB MOST decidedly, has not. Sorry KB fans, you lose. AGAIN.
I’ll give you a consolation prize though. I’ll set you up with a little checklist you can follow though that will allow you to see what KB’s gonna need at a MINIMUM to be TRULY and HONESTLY even worthy to be discussed in the same sentence as MJ. Check it out.
2-3 MORE TITLES as the MAIN MAN
4 more MVP’s
At least 5 more scoring titles (and he’ll still have 3 less than MJ)
1 Defensive Player of the Year
3 Steals Titles
Kobes 32 on the downside of his prime. Do you REALLY think he can achieve these things? Can you hear the RESOUNDING NO by everyone?
Oh by the way half the people have voted that MJ COULD INDEED score 100. I being 1 of them. Anybody who has watched MJ’s whole career would know that he could if he actually tried. Are you kidding me? LOL
So sorry KB fans, you just got OWNED
To Red Army……………….You just said the all the truth………….adding………Jordan vs best defense teams just to mention one(celtics 86 champions) and playoff game 63………Kobe vs though defenders(Battier, Ray Allen, Tony Allen, Posey, Raja Bell,) starts to cry………
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READ THIS Jordan is not better than kobe first of all jordan played with magic and bird for about 5 years or so than they retired. thats when jordan started dominating the NBA he could never get past the first round with pistons. and seriously the best gurds in the 1990s where?? no disrespect to theses guys but they where NIck anderson,mitch richond,drexler,reggie miller and grant hill????????? thats it. dwyane wade is better than all those guys. and not to mention so is melo and lebron james. you can not compare their talent to todays….kobe bryant,lebron james,dwyane wade,carmelo anthony,brandon roy,tyreke evans,kevin durant….and so on. back then they had like on two good point guards. John stockton and gary payton?????? thats it. now every team has good point guards. Steve nash,deron williams,tony parker,chris paul,tyreke evans,john wall, just to name a few. honestly what guard in the 90s is better than Manu Ginobli??????? OTHER THAN joRDAN AND DONT SAY MAGIC OR BIRD BECAUSE THEY DID NOT PLAY THROUGHT THE 90S THEY PLAYED IN THE 80S MOSTLY. THEIR WAS NOT EVEN SOMEONE BETTER THAN DIRK NOWITZKI. THE NBA IS A GLOBAL GAME NOW YOU ARE NOT JUST COMPETING WITH PLAYERS IN UNITED STATES BUT AROUND THE WORLD. ONLY EUROPEAN PLAYERS BACK IN THE DAY WHERE DELOUF SHRIMP,DIVAC AND DRAZEN PETROVIC. NOW LIKE 30 PERCENT OF THE NBA IS EUROPEAN. BASICALLY MY POINT IS JORDAN CAN NOT SCORE 100 IN TODAYS GAME IF ANYTHING HES AS GOOD AS KOBE OR LIL BETTER. WHEN KOBE GETS SIX RINGS..KOBES THE BEST. AND JORDAN WON ALL THOSE RINGS NOT BY HIMSELF BECAUSE HE HAD SCOTTIE PIPPEN WHO IF HE WAS ON A TEAM BY HIMSELF WHOULD BE THE SECOND BEST PLAER IN THE NBA. BUT HE LET JORDAN ME THE MAN ON THE BULLS AND PIPPEN TOOK THE BACK SEAT LIKE DWYANE WADE DID WHEN SHAQQ CAME TO THE HEAT. HE LET JORDAN BE BATMAN AND JORDAN ALSO HAD DENNIS RODMAN WHO I THINK LEAD THE NBA IN REBOUNDS 7 YEARS IN A ROWN MORE THAN DAVID ROBINSON??????????WOW! SO IF U HAVE JORDAN WHO WAS THE BEST AT THAT TIME AND SCOTTIE PIPPEN WAS THE SECOND BEST AND RODMAN BEST REBOUNDER IN THE NBA AGAINST JOHN STOCKTON AND KARL MALONE TWO GUYS????? JOHN STOCKTON AND MALONE WHERE REAALY GOOD BUT THEY COULD NOT BE MIAMI HEAT TODAY OR EVEN BOSTON WHO WOULD THEY PUT ON RAY ALLEN OR PAUL PIERCE OR EVEN SHAQ? AND THAT UTAH TEAM WITH MALONE AND STOCKTON WENT TO THE FINALS TWICE???????? BASICALLY THE POINT IS JORDAN COULD NOT SCORE 100 IN TODAYS GAME. 20-5-5 PLAYERS TO DO THAT AS ROOKIES OSCAR ROBERTSON,JORDAN,LEBRON JAMES AND WHO???? TYREKE EVANS SO 2 OF THE 4 PLAYERS PLAY IN THE NBA TODAY? WOW! THAT LIKE OSCAR AND JORDAN PLAYING IN THE SAME ERA??? AS IN JORDANS AND OSCARS ROOKIE YEARS I MEAN.. ADD DWYANE WADE CARMELO DURANT DERRICK ROSE STEVE NASH AND BRANDON ROY ALONG WITH JOHN WALL WHO HAS 1 YEAR OF COLLEGE EXPERIENCE AS IS DOMINATING GAMES. JORDAN CANT SCORE 100.
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HEARING THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS….JORDAN CANT SCORE 100. 20-5-5 ONLY PLAYERS DO THAT AS ROOKIES ARE OSCAR ROBERTSON,JORDA,LEBRON AND????????TYREKE EVANS 2 OF THE 4 PLAYERS PLAY IN TODAYS GAME? WOW!!!!!! THATS LIKE OSCAR AND JORDAN PLYAING TOGEATHER IN THEIR ROOKIE YEARS. ADD DWYANE WADE,KEVIN DURANT,CARMELO,BRANDON ROY JOHN WALL,STEVE NASH TO THAT AND THATS BETTER TALENT. BEST GUARDS IN 1990S WHERE JORDA,MITCH RICHMOND (HAD BAD TEAMS) DREXLER(WAS OLD WHEN JORDAN WAS IN PRIME) REGGIE MILLER(HAD SMALL MARKET TEAM) AND NICK ANDERSON WAS ONE ON THE BEST GURDS IN THE LEAGUE. SO TO SUM IT UP DWAYNE WADE IS BETTER THAN DREXLER,RICHMOND,MILLER,AND NICK ANDERSON HANDS DOWN. SO IS DURANT AND SO IS LEBRON AND MELO AS WELL. and dont say magic and bird because they retired when and they where not in the 90s. when jordan was taking over. IN 1998 JORDAN BEAT THE JAZZ WHO ONLY HAD MALONE AND STOCKTON????? JAZZ WAS SECOND BEST TEAM??? WITH TWO GUYS ONLY??? THAT JAZ TEAM WAS GOOD BUT THEY COULD NOT COMPETE WITH MIAMI HAT OR BOSTON CELTICS…WHO WOUL GUARD PEIRCE OR SHAQ OR RAY ALLEN OF SCREENS? TEAMS TODAY HAVE MORE TALENT AND IT IS MORE GLOBAL. HONESTLY WHO IS BETTER THAN GINOBLI? IN THE 1990S? ACCEPT JORDAN WHO REALLY? OR EVEN WHO IS BETTER THAN ARENAS? THEIR ARE JUST NORMAL PLAYERS TODAY WHO HAVE NOT BEEN TO A ALL STAR GAME AND ARE DOMINATING GAMES LIKE DERON WILLIAMS 1 TIME ALL STAR? JORDAN COULD NOT SCORE A HUNDRED TODAY WITH ALL THE COMPETION? SORRY TO TELL U IF ANYTHING HES GOOD AS KOBE OR THE SAME. WE GIVE TO MUCH CREDIT TO JORDAN WHICH IS COOL BUT WE GOT TO SPEAK THE TRUTH TO SEE WHIOS THE BEST IN THE GAME AND THATS KOBE.
Are you high? Jordan neer played and Magic or Bird and had very little talent around him, other than Scottie Pippen. Michael Jordan is in an entire different league than Kobe. Don’t make crap up, man.
Edited message because of failed spelling errors. Jason are you high? Jordan never played with Magic or Bird and had very little talent around him, other than Scottie Pippen. Michael Jordan is in an entire different league than Kobe. Don’t make crap up, man.
to Jason..
ok i agree Jordan can’t score a 100 points in todays game but common he is better than kobe hands down.. ok kobe has a better style than mike but mike is still better because:
1. in his 6 rings he was the main man its true that he had a great team but he was still the man on that team while kobe’s first 3 rings shaq was the man to prove my point shaq mvp 1st championship he was also finals mvp too,as of the moment kobe has 2 rings where he was the man.
2.Mr. Jordan was a champ when he was 36 he was still scoring 25 points plus he was still defending good. so if kobe is the champ at 36 then yes maybe hes better than mike..
3.Mike retired for about 18 months so how namy games did he missed? but if u see the all time scorers he still no 3 ,it doesnt matter if he scored 80 or 63 he still no 3 in that list.
4.Mr Jordan was a MVP and Defensive player at the same time, if kobe does that than yes he may be better than mike.
5.Mr Jordan had more than 1 mvp, how many does kobe have????
6.finals mvp? Mr Jordan more than 3 while kobe has 2
unless kobe has more mvp or finals mvp i think its obvious who is better
(i dont hate kobe i just love michael)
by the way the 90 had great player not just guards. (1992 dream team) yes bird and magic included, you had payton kemp,larry johnson, mourning,cris webber (yes he also played in the 90) you had shaq, penny, jason kidd and a lot more so i think the 90 players not so bad after all
you do realize that his 69 point game went into overtime dont you so you really cant compare the two kobe did his in regulation jordan got an extra 5 and if i recall the bulls lost the lakers won. you dont have a point with mvps sorry when jordan won his you simply had to be the best player in the league period today you have to be the best player on the best team different critera than when jordan played lets be honest kobe was by far the best player when nash won his back to backs and when dirk won his so there are 3 more mvps that kobe should have just off the top of my head that would give him four easily, in the 2000 finals kobe should have received the finals mvp but jordan was just given them because he was the more popular player. that would give kobe 3 finals mvps out of five and he is still going kobe has already been to 7 finals and counting with 5 rings and counting jordan only went to 6 kobe is a more consistent at making it to the finals and if you think about kobe has played in 14 seasons but he did not start his first two seasons so he is really only his 12 season 7 finals apperance with 5 titles and 2 mvps and like i said still counting jordan is done those numbers arent getting any better. so if youre going to leave off jordans two years with the wizards then leave off kobes first two years in the league and re do your numbers cause kobe didnt start those years and tell me what kobes numbers are, lets take into account how much more kobe plays through injury yes his shooting percentages are lower but kobe has also played the last two years with two broken fingers on his shooting hand yes i think that would make it a little difficult to shoot the ball you are not taking into account the percentage of shots they take im sure kobe has taken more long range shots because of the rule changes than jordan did because he saw so much one on one it was much easier for him to get to the rim than it is for players today forcing them to take more long range shots than jordan did while he played. if you take away the first 2 seasons for kobe his career scorign average goes up from your 25.3 to 27.3 and if you take away the short season of 99 it goes up to 27.9 or 28 that three points and closes your gap from five points to two not a very big gap anymore so your arguement has a lot of holes in it and i can keep going all day with more stats to show kobe is better and your little awards do mean anything because jordan got them because of his name not because he earned them. and kobe got snubbed because every one is scared of the truth that kobe at the end of his career will be better than jordan and already is now. Just so you know shaq last year said that kobe has been the best player in the league since 2000 that would be ten years of domination not four or five get your facts straight. Really jordan could score a 100 he couldnt even score 70 in an overtime game that 30 points off not even close kobe on the other hand scored 12 points more in regulation jordan couldnt come close cause he never did maybe on his new game he can achieve that. if you look at jordans highest scoring game in regulation not overtime it was 61 now he needs 39 more points and he is 20 shy of even catching kobe, kobe on the other hand against dallas in 2006 a team that went to the finals that years out scored the mavericks 62 to 61 by himself he out scored a team through three quarters no other man can claim that because wilt lost in his 100 point effort. Kobe score 62 in 33 min. and never set foot on the court in the 4th that to could have easily been another 80 or more points in that game giving him two in his career, again in 06 kobe scored 56 in 34 min against the grizzlies another game he never saw play in the 4th another game he could have scored 80 or more points if you recall kobe had 55 at the end of the third in his 81 point game so it looks like he was right on track. so thats three games kobe could have scored 80 or more points showing you that his 81 was not a fluk and that he could have done this two or three times in his career jordan on the other hand could not even break 70 with overtime. jordan doesnt come close when it comes to scoring kobe is on another level jordan can only dream to be or maybe match on his little new game good luck jordan maybe you should come out of retirement against the nets or something and prove it. So sorry jordan fan you just got owned.
These critics doesn’t learn from Michael does, silence them. He had a career wherein critics thinks that he is only capable of doing this and that. But Michael proved them wrong. Michael is one of a hell of a competitor, and once he said that, he is really going to do it. There is no doubt in my mind that he can score 100.
He can’t score 100. He never did when he played basketball and there is no way he could do it now.
William are u high? iam saying jordan played against magic and bird and could not advance or win any championship when they where around. and didnt have talent around him???????pippen was like the second best player in the nba?? but he was on jordans team when jordan was scoring 30 a game pippen was scoring 20. and he had dennis rodman who led the nba in rebounds 7 times in a row???? so how is that not talent. lol jordan was my fav player i watched every game of his i know his go to moves but hes not better than kobe ….jordan dominated the nba in the 1990s but that talent does not campare to todays talent is all iam saying dwyane wade would be the second best guard in the 1990s if he where playing then. the game evolved more. better european players over all better talent. if he could score 100 why didnt he do it from 1984-1998 and 2002-2003? jordan is one of the best in history of the game but kobe has tooken the game to different hights 81 in a game? center can handle the ball now like nothing? best guards in jordan era where jordan,mitch richomnd,penny hardaway reggie miller thats it dwyane wade and durant as well as lebron are better than all those guys except jordan. he cant score 100 today.
TO “TO WILLIAM” as a matter of fact, jordan played the lakers at 1991. get your facts right. PLUS, bird and magic retired in 1992, so jordan DID played them
There’s absolutely no reason to believe that Jordan could have scored 100 points today. Jordan’s fiercely competitive, and fishing for attention. This from a Jordan fan.
LOL YES WHEN THEY WERE OLD WHEN THEY WHERE LIKE 38 AND JORDAN WAS LIKE 27 LOL. MAGIC WAS OLD AND BIRD WAS OLD LOL HE HAD HIS CHANCE AGAINST BIRD AND MAGIC GOR 7 YEARS FROM 1984 TO 1992 LOL AND HE DID IT ONCE AND THAT WAS WHEN THEY WHERE OLD LOL. IAM NOT A JORDAN HATER HE WAS MY FAV PLAYER BUT IAM ALSO MATURE ENOUGH NOT TO JUST BACK HIM UP AND KOBE IS WAY BETTER THAN HIM. AFTER HE GETS THE 6TH RING. THE JORDAN COMMNET SAY LOT BOUT JORDAN THAN KOBE? WHY ISNT DR. J MAKING A COMMENT OR ANYONE ELSE? JORDAN HAS AN EGO BUT IS COOL THOUGH.
THERE IS NO..NO..N0 WAY MJ CAN SCORE 100 POINTS IN TODAYS GAME. I LOVE MJ AND I APPRECIATE WHAT HE BROUGHT TO THE GAME OF BASKETBALL…..BUT I CANT SEE HIM OR ANYONE ELS SCORING 100 POINTS. KOBE BRYANT IS THE BEST SCORER WE HAVE TODAY ,AND IF HE TRIED HE WOULD COME UP SHORT. BUT AN GREAT EFFORT BY KB24 WITH 81PTS AGAINST TORONTO. CLEARLY MJ AND KB IS THE BEST SCORERS OF ALL TIME. THERE COULD ONLY BE ONE TO SCORE 100PTS (WILT)
U NEED to really look at kobes career stats, hes like 4ppg under MJ. IF kobe scored 81 and hes not as good as MJ, what do u think MJ would of did against those same raptors. Im tired of everyone puttin kobe behind jordan HE’s NOT HIM, he was pippen for 3 of his rings DUH!
I’m pretty sure that MJ or Kobe could score 100 points if they set out to accomplish that. But in the team aspect of things I know they wouldn’t do it unless the team depended on them to score the majority of the points. Let me just throw this out there…MJ scored over 50pts in a game at 40 years old playing for the “Wizards”, so why couldnt “Chicago Bulls” MJ in his prime come close to 100 today?
I agree with you that today they do not play such a defense as it is played once, and the quality of basketball in the NBA was much better in the eighties and nineties, where i count players like Dominic, Dr.J, Bird, Magic, Michael and Scottie.This today’s basketball is a lot more marketing and show where I can only choose Kobe as remotely representative of the old school in some cases, but not at all.
READ THIS Jordan is not better than kobe first of all jordan played with magic and bird for about 5 years or so than they retired. thats when jordan started dominating the NBA he could never get past the first round with pistons. and seriously the best gurds in the 1990s where?? no disrespect to theses guys but they where NIck anderson,mitch richond,drexler,reggie miller and grant hill????????? thats it. dwyane wade is better than all those guys. and not to mention so is melo and lebron james. you can not compare their talent to todays….kobe bryant,lebron james,dwyane wade,carmelo anthony,brandon roy,tyreke evans,kevin durant….and so on. back then they had like on two good point guards. John stockton and gary payton?????? thats it. now every team has good point guards. Steve nash,deron williams,tony parker,chris paul,tyreke evans,john wall, just to name a few. honestly what guard in the 90s is better than Manu Ginobli??????? OTHER THAN joRDAN AND DONT SAY MAGIC OR BIRD BECAUSE THEY DID NOT PLAY THROUGHT THE 90S THEY PLAYED IN THE 80S MOSTLY. THEIR WAS NOT EVEN SOMEONE BETTER THAN DIRK NOWITZKI. THE NBA IS A GLOBAL GAME NOW YOU ARE NOT JUST COMPETING WITH PLAYERS IN UNITED STATES BUT AROUND THE WORLD. ONLY EUROPEAN PLAYERS BACK IN THE DAY WHERE DELOUF SHRIMP,DIVAC AND DRAZEN PETROVIC. NOW LIKE 30 PERCENT OF THE NBA IS EUROPEAN. BASICALLY MY POINT IS JORDAN CAN NOT SCORE 100 IN TODAYS GAME IF ANYTHING HES AS GOOD AS KOBE OR LIL BETTER. WHEN KOBE GETS SIX RINGS..KOBES THE BEST. PEOPLE JUST DONT WANT TO PUT JORDAN DOWN BECASUE OF WHA HE DID IN THE NBA BUT WE GOT TO SPEAK THE TRUTH THATS WHY WE PLAY THE GAME TO SEE WHOS THE BEST OF ALL TIME.
The game is way harder now than it ever was. The players are faster, stronger, quicker and better. If Kobe bryant cant score a hundred points in a game what makes anyone think jordan can? Kobe bryant is the better version of Jordan and more versatile. Jordan will forever be the best to ever step on the court because of his records and titles. But there are way to many amazing players now in the NBA for Jordan to think he can abuse them, even if he was in his prime.
Yeah the style of play may not be as physical but did you forget that during MJ’s prime, the zone defense was not allowed? MJ could do his “myriad of moves” simply because there’s only one losery guy guarding him in isolation, and most of the time it’s B. Russel (poor fella).
Kobe showcased a lot of fascinating moves playing over and around the zone defense of 2 or 3 people, even scoring 81 points! For me, MJ is still the greatest basketball player ever, but with all honesty.. i just can’t imagine him doing 100 points.
Remember, Kobe scored 81 against the Raptors… Big deal! Love Kobe, but Jordan will always be better. So what if Kobe Bryant gets his 6th ring? How many MVP awards does he have? Oh yeah…….
William are u high? iam saying jordan played against magic and bird and could not advance or win any championship when they where around. and didnt have talent around him???????pippen was like the second best player in the nba?? but he was on jordans team when jordan was scoring 30 a game pippen was scoring 20. and he had dennis rodman who led the nba in rebounds 7 times in a row???? so how is that not talent. lol jordan was my fav player i watched every game of his i know his go to moves but hes not better than kobe ….jordan dominated the nba in the 1990s but that talent does not campare to todays talent is all iam saying dwyane wade would be the second best guard in the 1990s if he where playing then. the game evolved more. better european players over all better talent. if he could score 100 why didnt he do it from 1984-1998 and 2002-2003? jordan is one of the best in history of the game but kobe has tooken the game to different hights 81 in a game? center can handle the ball now like nothing? best guards in jordan era where jordan,mitch richomnd,penny hardaway reggie miller thats it dwyane wade and durant as well as lebron are better than all those guys except jordan. he cant score 100 today.
lmao are you moron? who the heck was pippen before he met jordan? nobody. jordan made him what he was and there was no rodman on the first 3peat run. jordan never had dominant bigs and although rodman joined in later yrs, he was terrible at offence. why do you think he wasn’t a definite starter? don’t talk bs as if you know something.
Jordan did average 37ppg in one season and also had in a playoff year where he avaraged 43ppg … and thats while he was playing against tough defenses at that time. How close did Kobe, Lebron, Durant (and AI) came to that average. Sure Kobe had his 81, and 40pts strings a year after that, but what was his average throughout the year? Just Imagine that, or google them to see that these stats where true.
I have respect for Kobe’s 81 because he has to do that to win (but its against the raptors people, i hope you’d remember that), but still, its not like how wilt’s 100 was made where his teammates fouled the opponents to ensure possesion til the wilt reaches 100. But as for MJ, if he realllllyyy needs to score 100 pts, he can and he wouldve done it. Just remember that he scored his 63 pts against the celtics, one of the best defensive teams (unlike kobe’s raptors) because he was trying to win, and that was during the playoffs.
I just find it funny when people say who are the “other” SGs at that time. It really doesnt matter. Because the defense before is totally different. THE RULES TODAY ENCOURAGES A LOT OF ISOLATION PLAYS. That’s why Kobe, Lebron, Durant and any other talent can burn who’s guarding them, because it’s all one-on-one.
THE POINT WHY MJ SAID HE CAN SCORE 100 IS BECAUSE HOW MUCH THE RULES HAVE CHANGED, AND HOW ITS EASIER FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS ENORMOUS TALENT TO SCORE NOWADAYS. MJ CAN KILL ANY DEFENDER WHO WOULDVE COVERED HIM 1-ON-1, MORE THAN KOBE, LEBRON OR DURANT CAN. UNLIKE HIS TIME THAT ITS MORE OF TEAM DEFENSE (AND HOW PHYSICAL THE DEFENSE WAS) BEFORE, TODAY SCORING IS EASIER, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO’VE HAD GREAT TALENTS.
Let’s just look at things the other way. If Kobe, Lebron or Durant was playing against the Detroit Bad Boys, where Rodman was guarding you (he plays SF during that time), and everyone else are ready to pounce on you (and hurt you) after your first step… how much do you think these guys wouldve scored?
Jordan did score 63 in a playoff game against the celtics youre right but please name this great defender that was on that team that made jordans night so hard, cause i cant that team didnt have good defense im not sure what game you watched and you do realize that game went into overtime dont you he didnt do it in regulation so thats not a very good point. kobe did his in regulation. I will give you more proof that kobe is better, 2006 against dallas (who went to the finals that year) kobe out scored them 62 to 61 through three quarters and never saw the court again that night in fact he only played 33 mins. to score 62 points another game that he could have easily scored 80 or more points, thats against the team that went to the finals that year not the raptors to your point. jordans highest scoring game in regulation was just 61 kobe out did him in 3 quarters and out did him by 20 points in a game that he was able to finish so give credit where it is due kobe is a level above jordan when it comes to scoring the ball not the other way around like some many seem to think and yes jordan was able to average more points because he did play against lesser defense and kobe averaged 35 the year you are talking about.
YEAH AGAINTS SOME TEAMS TODAY BUT NOT ALL OFF THEM! YOU CANT STOP HIM ONE ON ONE, DOUBLE TEAM NO, AND HE WILL SCORTCH A ZONE DEFENSE SO THE ANSWER IS YES!!
bullllll…i saw all jordan’s games , he had absolutely zero defence on him the way kobe does in the nba. i dont think jordan can score 80 points on the court with no single person guarding him for 48 minute let alone score 100 points. even kobe said it, he wished he played back in jordan’s era..100 points would have been a piece of cake. i like jordan, but his arogance only got him 6 rings and kobe will get 7. am not even a kobe fan , but i know kobe is much better. if you think am lying go review the tapes. stop lving in a fantasy ..those who still live in fantasies are jobless today lol.
I dont understand how you think jordan has many moves kobe could only dream of. kobe is by far the better and more complete offensive player between the two, jordan only had mid to short range on his jumper kobe on the other hand can hit from anywhere from floor phil jackson said so himself. just about every analys agrees that kobe has the best footwork and fundementals that this game has ever seen. And as a defender yes jordan was very good but if you remember correctly he didnt get the task of playing the other teams best players that honor was given to pippen and that took a lot of pressure off jordan he was able to roam and play the passing lanes. Kobe on the other hand plays in a league where players are in the league strickly for their defense so yes it is much more difficult for him to be named dpoy not so in jordans era and up in til now kobe always had the task of stopping the other teams top scorer as well as lead his team on the offensive end which makes kobe a much better defender than people give him credit for. the gm survey ranked him number one on perimeter defender this year they see something you dont. Plus kobe has had games that jordan can only now look back and dream of doing kind of like his claim that he could score a 100 points in todays game thats easy to say when you dont have to lace them up and prove it, if jordan couldnt score a 100 when he played in a faster paced less defense league that he played in then he is crazy and reads to much of his own hype to think he could do it now when the game has slowed down and the players are bigger stronger faster and much quicker than they were in his day thats is why he had such an advantage hes was one of few players in his time built like players today that had that size strength with speed and quickness that most players in his era didnt posses. Todays game is full of great athletes that jordan is not taking in to account and lets be honest the game is not much less physical, watch the nba finals of 08 and 2010 and you will see this, the only difference from the past is now we have flagrant fouls.
Could he? Sure, easy if they feed him the same way that they fed Wilt when he did it, otherwise it would NOT happen. No player, team or coach would permit it. Wilt was a center (the best at the dime) who could literally stand underneath the basket to make his shots. As great a player as Jordan was, he could not reach the 100 pt level without collusion.
Kobe’s 81 point game came the closest, but fatigue sets in, that combined with the opponents determination to NOT allow the century mark against them, prevented it. As for players like Lebron, they do not yet have the shooting touch to put up 100 points.
YOU ARE TOTALLY WRONG LOL. HOW DID JORDAN MAKE PIPPPEN BETTER WELL HMMM…MAYBE JUST LIKE PIPPEN MAYBE MADE JORDAN LIL BETTER TEAMMATES MAKE EACH OTHER BETTER….LISTEN LOL HOW DIID JORDAN DO IT B HIMSELF WHEN HE WAS NOT WINNING ANYTHING UNTIL PIPPEN WENT TO THE BULLS IN 1987???????? AFTER WHEN MAGIC AND BIRD RETIRED THERE WAS NO ONE TO CHALLENGE HIM? HE DOMINATED THE LEAGUE BY HIMSELF????? AND AS FOR SAYING RODMAN WASNT THEIR FOR THE FIRST THREE PEAT YEAS TRUE BUT THEY HAD HORACE GRANT WAS REALLY GOOD IN THE 90S BUT….AND TO ANSWER BY SAYING HE DIDNT HAVE ANY BIGS OKAY SO????WHAT BIG WAS GOOD ANOTHER THAN SHAQ AND DAVID ROBINSON?????????? EARLY 90S ROBINSON HAD NO TIM DUNCAN??? SHAQ HAD NO KOBE??? THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME PEOPLE DONT WANT THE LEGEND TO GO DOWN SO THEY BACK HIM UP I UNDER STAND THAT BUT WE HAVE TO SPEAK THE TRUTH OR THEY ARE KOBE HATERS?? I THINK THIS COMMENT SAYS A LOT ABOUT JORDAN THAN KOBE??? JORDAN HAS AN EGO. KOBE HATERS LOL ARE FUNNY.
its funny i think he could do it just like ANY scorer that played in the nba…….. Now dont disrespect Kobe this is about MJ….Wilt did it when he played…. Kobe scored 81 MJ scored 69 i believe so again i think any person who can sore could score 100… MJ definitely took the shots…. i think MJ is no# 1 as a scorer and KB24 is 2nd…. well Wilt is no# 1…. MJ is 2nd.. &KB24 is 3rd…. just MY opinion
Why do you put kobe behind jordan as a scorer when you have kobe with 81 points in a game and jordan with 69, that doesnt make sense you realize that jordan did that with an overtime and kobe did it in regulation. Kobe actually scored his 81 points in 42 min. and it took jordan 50 to score 69 dont you think that, that shows kobe is by far the better offensive player, Kobe was able to score 12 more points in 8 fewer min. your logic makes no sense. Here are more stats to show you in 2006 against dallas who i remind you went to the finals that year, Kobe scored 62 points in 33 min. or three quarters and out scored the mavericks byhimself 62 to 61, and kobe didnt step foot on the court in the fourth another game that he could have possible score 80 or more points again so his 81 was not luck he was due for it. jordans highest scoring output in regulation was 61 one less point than what kobe did in 3 quarters jordan could only dream of scoring at a rate that kobe can he is by far the best to ever play
theres no way jordan never do it in the 90″s i dont think he can score 100 at this time
I think he CAN do it. But doesn’t mean he WOULD. MJ wouldn’t be that selfish to put his own goals over the team.I mean even when Kobe dished out 81 A) Lakers were losing so he took control and B) Kobe was getting defended by 2 guys at a time (albeit was Toronto D). So I think best chances for MJ are if he had a team that had another superstar on it… HEY WAIT doesn’t Lebron have that now?
Overall, I think seeing Kobe vs MJ would be the #1 match of all time. They both have great flow to their game and are extremely competitive. And if I think Kobe can score 100 (which he can if he F’d his team and went for it) just like Mike can (if he F’d his team over) and I think LEBRON WILL TRY TO (and F his team over).
could you stop hating on kobe please ?
Im sorry, but its not possible for anyone in todays game to score 100 points,ever, and it will never be done. Its just absurd when you think about it. 100 points form 1 player… are you serious?! LeBron, Kobe… maybe DWade could reach 80 again… but not 100.
This guy’s a joke! Why do writers always bring out these crazy topics? Haha c’mon it may not be as physical, but its more athletic, no doubt. Jordan didN’T have half as many people that could guard him as Kobe, Lebron K.D. and Wade have to put up with night in night out. Who did jordan have,? John Starks? haha!!!!!!! Ron Harper would always kill him, thats why the bulls got him. 100 points nope ain’t happening in this era of athletes Jordan wouldn’t even have been known as an amazing athlete (i didn’t say he wouldn’t havev been known as a great player) you guys make me laugh. Oh ya, by the way Sekou Smith, dud! your grammar and punctuation sucks big time. How in the world did you get a job as a writer? being as stupid as you are.
I can’t believe how ironic this is.
Hey idiot first of all go listen to people that actually know something about the game. YOU clearly have NO IDEA. MJ WOULD NOT yes you actually said would NOT be a great athlete in todays NBA LOL hahahahaha. In his prime he was capable of guarding guys that were 6’1 and quality guys to, Tim Hardaway in his prime, Damon Stoudamire, Avery Johnson, Kevin Johnson I can go on. He was 225 by his prime years mid 90′s and was way way quicker than Kobe or Lebron or KD have ever been. Ran the 40 in a 4.1 LOL oh and at the early point of his career had a 48 inch verticle LOL oh and by the way could still dunk from the Free Throw line in his 30′s LOL. Go watch him easily guard Kobe in 98 all star, Kobe scores points that day but his actual FG% vs MJ is below 40 % he was 35 yrs old and had the FLU lol. Oh and what about the 2003 MJ playing for the wizards as a 40 yr old averaging 20ppg for the season and having a 25 point first half vs TMAC when he was in his prime LOL. In essence you are a moron stop posting crap about which you have no clue. Oh I spose, Phil Jackson, MAGIC, WEST, BARKLEY, SHAQ, HORRY, HARPER LOL all call him the goat LOL oh and Nate Mcmillan has also said MJ could score 100 in todays weak ass league. Let me guess you know better than an NBA coach to who was a great player as well LOL. Oh and MJ had back to back 50 point games on RON HARPER in the 1988 playoffs you complete joker go learn sommit then come back
your the idiot yeah jordan seemed so fast cause he was always being guarded one on one agaisnt smaller slower guards of the time, ron harper thats the best defender that you can come up with thats horrible and you are making a horrible case for your self. and who cares about his two playoff games against harper he was not a even a good defender and let me remind you who won the title that year not jordan it was magic and the lakers so whats your point it didnt get him anywhere and what are you talking about mcmillan was not a great player a good player yes great no. What happened to jordan in that 2003 year when he played kobe oh yeah he dropped 55 on him good point he could average 20 points on the worst team in the nba wow thats great. Wow are you really using the 98 allstar game to measuer kobe to jordan kobe was 18 and still not even starting for his own team and jordan was in his 12 year and on his way to win his 5 title not a good comparison a kid trying to find his way and a man who was already established as the best player in the league. kobe lebron wade melo and kd would all average 40 points a game if they played against the players and defenders and the single coverage the way that jordan did when he played. Each one is a good to great defender and the league is full of good defenders that jordan didnt have to worry about mostly because the best defender in the league was on his team in pippen, You have ron artest , bruce bowen, shane battier, raja bell, ruben patterson, kobe , lebron, ai, iguodala, tony allen, thats just a few of the top of my head and each one is better than any defender that jordan saw while he ruled the nba.
I have a few words for the G.O.A.T. … please stop your ridiculous post career commentary, saying that kobe is in the top 10 of all time, and that you could score 100 points in today’s game…both comments are absurd. Kobe is definitely in the top 2 of all time, you’re just jealous that he’s close to passing you on the all time scoring list (which he will), and that your career is over and people are slowly forgetting about your legendary status. It’s the new age, new generations won’t know about you, nor care for that matter. Same thing with Kobe and Lebron, there time will slowly come to an end and a new era will emerge, it’s a well known cycle. Score a 100 points? You couldn’t get past 69 and I’m pretty sure you were trying back then…oh, and one more thing, there was no zone defense in during your career. Lastly, if I can recall, you WERE scoring at ease, you WERE unstoppable, you WEREN’t denied, and you could have EASILY scored those 100 points then. Do yourself a favor, close your mouth, move on with your life before people start losing respect….(this comes from one of your biggest fans)
you’re maybe a fan but not one of the biggest fans… no one can ever question the heart of a person espcially if he’s as determined and as competetive as MJ, same way that you don’t want anyone question or argue the things that you mentioned here. i would probably say the same things if I am the GOAT because from my perspective, I saw how the other players play or have played the game. Kobe is a great player and I dont think he will disagree to MJ knowing that he knows the feeling when he’s on his prime and yet still having problems defending the GOAT who is already past his prime. you can’t say that his legendary status will ever fade or will be forgotten because as loong as you see Kobe, you will see the GOAT. kobe copied all of MJ’s moves for him to be at least considered or be compared to the GOAT.
and man, i’m not a kobe hater but there’s only one GOAT… that;s Jordan and you/kobe Bryant knows it.
I didn’t think MJ was dissing Kobe when he said Kobe is in the top 10 all-time. I think if Mike went further into that comment and gave a specific number, he would say Kobe is number 2 or 3. IMO, Kobe is second only to Michael Jordan.
He did play for the wizards not to long ago. I know he wasn’t in is prime, but he was nowhere close to scoring 100.. Its easy to say i could of. He was the greatest, he should stick with that title and stop wishing..
yes, MJ can. What team play Ds like the Celtics, Lakers and specially Pistons today? Where is all the physical fouls, pusching, punching, etc etc during MJ’s time? We can see how MJ dominate plays; dunks, fastbreak, pull up, etc etc etc. MJ can approach from any side, any dunks, any moves….Yes MJ can score 100 today.
i doubt jordan can score a 100 point in any game. he couldnt even score 80 in all his career,its not like he was playing million years ago. he was playing in the 90;s kobe would score 100 points in that time
You’re an idiot. Kobe couldn’t score 100 in today’s game and it would’ve been even harder in the 90′s and especially the 80′s. The defense was allowed to be more physical.
I think MJ could have scored 100 points in a game. People seem to forget that he scored 63 points… in the playoffs… against the Celtics. No disrespect to Kobe, but if he could score 81 against the Raptors (Jalen Rose was on that team, by the way), then yes, MJ could score 100 points in today’s NBA.
There’s a reason that no one has ever scored 100 points since Wilt, the rules have changed to where you can’t score 100 points. Wilt himself was the cause of two rules in the league (goaltending and 3 second rule.) You also need to think back to that 100 point game by Wilt, near the end of the 4th quarter Wilt’s team would foul the other team immedeatly so Wilt could get the ball and score again, something coaches nowadays would never consider. To get the big 100, you would need some very key things first.
1. A dynamic scorer who could hit the three no problem.
2. A team who’s defense is so awful a bunch of chimps could defend better AND said team is tournover prone (possibly 40 a night?)
3. The scorer needs to have a giant ego and not a single good teammate around him.
4. The coach for the opposing team never wisens up and realizes he could just foul the scorer.
This would be nearly impossible to find such a team/ coach to play against. For arguments sake we’ll use Jordan as our scorer. If Jordan could scores two and a half points every minute, he would have enough to score 100. What I’m saying is either a three pointer every minute, or two field goals a minute. That, in this day and age, is impossible. With Wilt, it was one humongus guy versus a bunch of small men who couldn’t stop him. Now you got great defensive specialist and defensive thinking coaches, so how could an offensive power score so much? Don’t tell me that Jordan can score 100 points against Artest, Dwight, or LeBron. Even in his prime Jordan would have difficulty getting pass them. Sorry Jordan, but you have a better shot scoring 100 in the 60s then you do now.
Something else, we all have been talking about Jordan’s offense, but what about the D? Unless if he just let’s his guy get past him every time (which he won’t,) there’s no doubt in my mind he would get into foul trouble. Yes, MJ would get to the foul line more without the hand check rule, but don’t tell me he wasn’t doing the exact same thing. MJ would get many fouls because of this, and would wind up fouling out every night before scoring 30 points. You got to consider every aspect of the game before you can say for certain that MJ can score 100.
I think Jordan could do it. But would he? I doubt it. He wasn’t a selfish player, and his championship teams were pretty stacked too. If we’re talking a Jordan in this era that was ball-hogging like the selfish kobe from a few years back, I think he could do it. Fouls everywhere, 3 pt plays every time. Open lanes, less dedicated defense. Sure, he could do it. It’d probably take a decent mix of nice factors though.
i dont think he could do it.. b4 there is a special treatmen for every team stars.. dey not getting easy foul beacuse dey are stars of the game.. but the refs easily given der defenders a foul so dey get lots of free throws. now a days its diffirent… nba adopting some of the international rules… no special treatment 4 the stars.. so that they can easily adopt the international competition game… so mj, u r my idol b4 and i like u but please stop being so insecure to these games stars! u did ur part in the game of basketball already… let them shine now and enjoy the game of basketball
he probably could considering that he scored 69 points against cleveland and 63 against a great boston team in the playoffs. If kobe can drop 81 imagine what MJ could have done considering that MJ’s shooting percentage is alot better than Kobes and looking at the 1 on 1 defense of the league today and what they consider to be flagrant fouls which werent even hard fouls back in the day, its hard not to imagine the great man having a chance (if not a few) of getting to the 100 mark. thats if he didnt foul out the whole opposition lol
69 isn’t even close to 100.
These critics doesn’t learn from Michael does, silence them. He had a career wherein critics thinks that he is only capable of doing this and that. But Michael proved them wrong. Michael is one of a hell of a competitor, and once he said that, he is really going to do it. There is no doubt in my mind that he can score 100 especially in today’s game.
Ofcource he could score 100.The new rules makes the game a disgrace.Todays NBA forces players to have no imotions a stare at the official for not giving a foul is a tech.Apart from that the new rules make nba stars untouchable way to many fouls are given for free to superstars.90′s playoffs was a warzone the best nba era ever!I sometimes prefer to watch 90′s basketball in youtube over and over again than recent basketball games in tv.You think that it’s so hard for MJ to score 100 today with no rules in his prime??It’s just like he said he would go to the free throw line so often that he wouldn’t score 1 freethrow with his eyes open like with Mutombo but all of them!!!All in all i would like to kill the guy that made those rules for he has destroyed the game i love.
Michael may very well be the G.O.A.T. But he is one cocky son of a #$@% if he thinks he could score 100 points in a game. People talk about how much easier it is to score now that the NBA got rid of the handchecking rule, but throughout most of Jordan’s career teams scored more points per game than they do now! (Remember the old Nuggets?) Kobe’s 81 is the closest anyone is going to get to 100 for a very long time. Plus, Kobe’s 81 was kind of a fluke. The Raptors played like little girls in that game and Kobe couldn’t miss. The only reason Wilt scored 100 is because he was playing a team that would lose to most college teams today and there starting center was 6’6″. And c;mon Sekou! LeBron and KD aren’t ever gonna get 100. Give me a break.
i dont think he would be able to score the 100 points but he would be close to doing it. for example kobe attempted 48 shots en route to his 81 point game along with 20 free throws. kobe made more than half his shots in that game along with 18 of the free throws. he had 7 “3″ pointers in that game too, insane numbers. yeah kobe and jordan are the only ones capable to do so, but their ability would be about the same. jordan would reach that 80 point plateau mark but 90+ id actually have to see it.
they say he would abuse the no hand checking rule, but he would have hell of a time getting to the rim either because someone stronger than him is there, someone quicker and or maybe more athletic. besides i cant really say how jordans play would be in todays game, yeah he was old in washington, but for being the caliber player you are, he struggles pretty bad. shaq is as old and shaq still gets about a 15 and 9 a night for his ball club. as also we cant say how kobe would be able to play aginst the guys of yesterday.
jordan is the g.o.a.t to ever player, but lets be realistic here. jordan made 63 points against a celtics team when jordan didnt have a jumpshot really and was all flash. you put jordan in that situation a few years later and maybe a kobe in that situation, add another 20-30 points to that, just because there is no handchecking rule, everyone makes it sound like your not allowed to touch the defender.
plz when you compare OLD MJ to OLD SHAQ just remmber MJ droped 50 at age 38 and 43 at age 40, he was averging >24 ,6, ,5 before he got hurt at the 2002 season , and 20 points at age 40 while starting about 25 games on the bench . GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!
you look at Jordans big plays and how many of them would be fouls in todays game!? like all of them, can you imagine Jordans point totals if he got a chance to make those 3 point plays!?!?! Man that would be something to watch
On Most of those Jordan Dunks, he clears the defender with the left hand and dunks with the right.
I don’t think he could score 100points in today’s game. Yes with his style of play going to the basket he would get more fouls. But still, that wouldn’t get him to 100points. He would have to shoot 6+ 3s, and Jordan wasn’t good at 3s at all. His career avg at three pointers is 39% and only 3-4 seasons he was good from three point line, and even that, he didn’t shoot that many from 3s.
i don’t think he could have scored 100. simply because the defending team would double team on every possession and force him to pass the ball.
Of course not! Yes, he was great, yes, he won all those championships, but the game of basketball has improved a lot. I don’t think he could be an all star with his game today, of course if he was 28 again. Just look at today’s game: better jump shots, faster play style, ….. I think that today’s players are much better than those before. I mean I do respect them, but they just played different game before. Today’s guys train harder, play harder, even if the rules changed a little. And yeah: Kobe would have beaten any player in NBA history in a one on one game. That’s just his thing!
are you insane? players from jordans era were the greatest! if not for jordan, guys like barkley, malone, stockton, olajuwon, robinson, ewing, kevin johnson, wilkins, and half of the 50 greatest players were from his era could have won championships but did not cuz he was dominating!(with the exceptions of olajuwon and robinson cuz he retired) jordan may just be exagarating the part where he could score 100pts but i think he can average 40PPG if he would have played in this era.the era of handcheck fouls, tripping/unintentional hit foul, no touch policy when u shoot a jump shot foul, the 8second rule of bringing the ball up to your court(which made the game faster therefore more possession for each team) the illegal defense rule( before the only defense you can play is man to man, a defense that promotes others to get involve because when u decide to double jordan, you have no choice but to stick to jordan, otherwise u get called for illegal defense. when he gets doubled, jordan will swing the ball) oh yeah the superstar calls were not invented back in jordans era.(these are bail out calls from the refs you often see from kobes,lebrons, wade, pierce is just a shooter but he gets to the line thats where he gets most of his points etc. when they miss) when jordan ruled the nba, there was no internet yet he was recognized world wide!
kudos to that
dude u better shut the hell up. did i hear u say jordan wont even be an all star in todays game???????? what a wack job.. we are talking about the 90′s and 2000′s here not 1950′s if u would recall kobe was a rookie in 96 so he was still part of the 90. nothing has really changed in basketball u still have players in the 90′s still playing to this date. they may as dominant as before but they can still play and by the way Mr Jordan played in yr 2000 he was 40 yrs old and he still average 20 points a game….. if that is not an all star to u my friend then who is?
i don’t think he could score 100. simply because the defending team for double team on him on every possession forcing him to pass the ball
Of course e can.And there’s no doubt he is the best of all time.
for me it depend on what team he play for and what team he play against. so you expect his teamate to do nothing on the offence and he have to play against team like golden state where it no defence and fast scorer or else he have no chance and he have to get really hot like kobe did to score 81 against raptor.
im not saying he cant do it im saying there have to be alot of factore go into it .
I too will never forgive those Raptors
It’s a fun thing to wonder upon, but in this generation of basketball every player looked up to MJ. They all want to be like mike, studying his moves and abilities. MJ raised the the standard of basketball to another level, So i would say it might be difficult for him to do so because of the fact that the game has been elevated. If it’s easier to score in this modern era why arn’t the superstars the elite of the elite that are the student of Jordan, average 40ppg.
can someone say narcissim? damn no way he could score 100. it doesnt matter if the rules are different or what. MJ will be forever great but MJ cannot score 100 points in a single game. Kobe is a better scorer by far and the most he ever got was 81.
if kobe is a better scorer, how come he’s not leading in scoring? lol gtfo
i didnt mean right now stupid…. hes 32 ffs…. man the idiots on the internet
It depends who’s guarding him.
Im from Dominican Repablic and I think that Jordan is great player but he isnt get 100, is too hard for a player now get 100 point. Look NBA have players from whol world with special ability move, player now can shoot of 3-point line with 7’0
height can you belevie that…
It’s a tough one to judge… Maybe he could, maybe he couldn’t. But I’m sure with the following: If Jordan played in the NBA these days – in its current era, he undoubtedly would be the best. These players could practise harder, but I’d say the primer of the NBA was in its 90s. And, if Michael played today, he would erase every defender, taking into account Kobe, Lebron, Carmelo, etc… And to judge whether NBA is being characterised by harder, tougher plays is also very difficult. If you remember, for instance, the legendary Bulls – Knicks series in 1992 or 1993, you have to admit that the series being played in this modern era may not be that physical nor tough. So, please, have your word on this, if you like.
this site is nothing but 100% fact and comments from experts like Phil Jackson, Clyde Drexler, etc.
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I think michael jordan’s claim is way off and riduculous i grew up watching jordan arguably the best to EVER PLAY THE GAME but his claim not on target. HE says its less physical but theres more talent in the NBA then it was back in the 1990s when jordan started to win championships. HE won 6 CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH KNOW ONE TO CHALLENGE HIM HE PLAYED WITH MAGIC AND BIRD FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS OR SO THATS IT. MAGIC JOHNSON LEFT THE NBA, LARRY BIRD HAD left the NBA…SO HE WAS DOMINIATING THE GAME BY HIMSELF BEST GURDS AT THAT TIME WHERE JORDAN, MITCH RICHMOND, NICK ANDERSON,DREXLER AND LATER ON GRANT HILL THATS IT??????????? YOU CAN NOT COMPARE THEM TO THE TALENT TODAY NO DISRESPECT TH THOSE GUYS….KOBE,BRANDON ROY, DYWAYNE WADE, KEVIN DURANT LEBRON JAMES????????? AND DWYANE WADE IS WAY BETTER THAN RICHMOND AND PIPPEN AND DREXLER. AND JORDAN HAD ARGUABLY THE 2ND BEST PLAYER IN THE NBA AT THE TIME WHICH WAS PIPPEN ON HIS TEAM. BEST DEFENDER IN THE LEAGUE. SO FOR HIM TO SAY HE COULD SCORE 100??? AND KOBE HAS ALMOST AS MORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAN HE DOES……AND HES TOP 10 GUARD? IT IS RIDICULOUS…
no one to challenge??????? its not all about the guards, remember the 90 when there were great centers( robinson, ewing, mourning, even shaq) its a team sport so everybody has to stop him in a game. he did not also compete with guards he competed with players, 91 with magic, 92 with drexler, 93 with barley, 96 with kemp and payton and in 97 and 98 stockton and malone. it seems like you make the 90′s so much diff in the 2000′s and still basketball and any great player will be great you can put them in the 60′s 70′s 80′s 90′s or even in 2000′s if Bill Russell will play today he would still dominate like he did before, of course he has to gain more muscle and wear longer shorts but he can still adapt because he loves the sport. and that is how u measure a player with his heart not with the era he played..
It’s not matter can he score 100 points today or not, but I’m shore that he would be as same as always and that means THE BEST AS ALWAYS!!
i guarantee jordan could get 100 in todays nba..if kobe could get 81 theres no reason why jordan couldent get a 100…and i agree with jordan kobes a top 10 guard of all time…hes a good scorer and also a ballhog out of this world…but he cant do all the things that jordan could do jordan averaged over 30 pts per game 7 years ina row and that was back against some of the best defenses of all time in the most physical era of play ….sorry kobe nut huggers…hes nowhere close to what jordan was
look guys, Jordan could score 100 points easy in todays game. all the little girl fouls in the nba now of cousre he could.did yall see all the phantoms fouls for Kobe in the finals thats horrilbe stuff.jordan played in an era when u could play like a man.kobe cries now about fouls, theres no way he could play grown man basketball.very easy for the greatest of all time to score a hundred, oh but wait unlike stars of today jordan cared about winning so maybe not.
SORRY MJ BUT NO CIGAR.ITS SO MUCH HARDER IN TODAYS GAME.THE ZONE DEFENSES..NO DISRESPECT TO THE NBA GOD BUT COME ON MJ.WE’D JUST MAKE U GO LEFT WE ALL KNOW THAT WAS YOUR WEAK POINT.FOR YOU TO COME OUT AND SAY THAT IS UTTER NONSENSE.KOBES ON YOUR TAIL TO PASS YOUR LEGASY AND HE WILL DO SO.AND YOU COULDNT GUARD KOBE AT HIS PRIME.HE CAN GO LEFT,RIGHT DOESNT MATTTER..THIS COMING FROM A DIE HARD MJ FAN..SORRY MICHAEL BUT I HOPE YOU READ THIS
To hear michael jordan state that he could score 100 makes me sick. Yea I honestly think he could, but I honestly think Kobe, Lebron, Wade, Durant and so on could too if they went out to do it. But knowing he said that makes me believe that he thinks he’s above everyone else and has no respect for the players around him. Yea he is pretty much the best to play the game, but come on could you at least have some class. Also to make a comment about Kobe being top 10? come on michael even you know he’s better then that. Kobe isn’t better then Michael but he is right up there with him. Kobe may not be the most athletic guard in the nba, but he is one of the most versatile guard. And for the people that are going to be saying kobe sucks kobe this kobe that…. its only because your a kobe hater, and don’t go based on talent. Theres some players I hate out there, but at least i’m not afraid to put my ego away to and admit there good at what they do when the circumstances come up.
i agree with u tenki 100 percent the way all the players played today and give u a no defense all day and night pretty sure mj will score a 100 points in a game not ocne but more if he like but mj is not the type of kobe his not a ball hug person unlike jordan he gives it all assist,rebound,block,offense,deffense name it jordan will make it count that’s why jordan is the greatest player in the nba no one or no body could break jordan’s career or surpass his prime ang even to follow his steps or either match his airness no one coud pass to him in one on one game jordans era has all the good centers, power forwards,shooters,passers but no one could shot down jordan and the era of kobe,lebron,wade has a few great players that coud stop them and shot down them if they wehre in the era of jordans prime i dont think they could do what they do today bcause today has no motombo,ewing,olajuan,barkley,robinson,wilkins,drexler,marlje,miller,malone,stockton,hornisek,dumars,rodman,chamberlain,thomas,bird,wallton and all the good players in the prime of jordan no one could stop him and even he is injured he still manage to play great and even he is sick he still manage to play great i dont know if there is a plyer played wen he is sick in the nba today or injured but he played in great only jordan i know thats why no body could match him and surpass his airness….
I agree with MJ about scoring 100 points in today’s gave. The game is no where near being as physical as it was many years ago. It would be the longest game ever though because of all of the fouls.
I personally would like to make a few important comments. The first being that the two players who would be on top of Michael Jordan making sure he did not even come remotely close to scoring so many points, would be Ray Allen of the C’s and LeBron James of the Heat. LeBron could specifically guard another player, and still make sure Jordan wasn’t getting his. Ray Allen is an overall machine. He has ran around the court for a further distance than most NBA players have. If you watch some documentaries, and sport science videos, Ray Allen runs about 30-40 feet for every shot he takes.. compared to 15-20 that other players do. With this being said, Ray Allen would have a lot more energy, making it extremely difficult for MJ to get past him.
I get it, players can score big points… Wilt = 100.. Kobe = 81.. Jordan = 69… every other player 55 and under. But realistically 100 / 3 = 33.3 3 pointers that someone would have to score. There was big hype in the playoffs when Ray Allen hit 8.. so this is impossible to do. if you take 8 away from 100, you get 76 points left you would still have to score, from a combined 2 fg or free throw. An average amount of free throws in a big game for someone is 16-21.. if they had their best game and scored 100% on their free throws, that would still leave 76 – 21 = 55… meaning they would still have to go 27/27 on 2 point field goals, to make themselves have 100points. This is, impossible in todays day. It is virtually out of reach.
Players cannot be guarded the same way as they were before. It is MUCH harder to score that many points, players actually give harder fouls when trying to get into the paint. With shot blockers like Dwight, Shaq, Camby, you think someone would be able to get to the rim so easily? What about with chase down defenders like Shannon Brown, LBJ, or even Beasley, no chance. Think about rhythm of the game, when a player gets hot, a simple time-out usually stops that flow.
No one should hate on a player if they have a great game, they should be applauded, but realistically speaking, big game scorers are usually done against nobody defensive teams. (other than Jordan in the playoffs) Kobe 81 against Raptors.. that was merely a practice game. Lebron 55 against NYK? That was more of a media outlet for people to pay attention to NBA.
Last but not least. I don’t wanna hear this talk about Kobe greatest guard, or Kobe is unreal. No one ever mentions the years he did not win a championship. Or the years he wasn’t surrounded by mainstream big players. Los Angelos is a market place for NBA, where players can come in based on pay alone. Kobe has been in the league for 14 years this season. Has won an NBA championship 5 times. Most Valuable Player once, Most Valuable Player during playoffs twice. Are these really stats of someone who is amazing? What about the other 9 years, where Kobe did nothing for his squard, and lead them to winning nothing. When he cried and wanted out and then they got Gasol. When they lost Shaq they went from the championship to missing the playoffs. Get over the Kobe fever, good players win championships when surrounded by better players.
Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman
Kareem, West, Magic
KG, Allen, Pierce
Shaq, Kobe, Horry..Fisher
the list goes on and on…and on……..and on…………and on………..and on…………and on………………………..and on.
I THINK JORDANS CLAIM IS WAY OFF TARGET. I GREW UP WATCHING JORDAN ALL OF HIS GAMES. HES ARGUABLY THE BEST TO EVER PLAY THE GAME. BUT……..IT WAS PHYSICAL IN THE 1990S BUT THE COMPETION WAS NOT AS GOOD AS IT IS NOW. HE PLAYED WITH MAGIC AND BIRD FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS OR SO MAGIC RETIRED HAD AIDS BIRD RETIRED HAD HEALTH ISSUES SO HE WAS BY HIMSELF THROUGH OUT THE 1990S DOMINATING THE WHOLE ERA. NO DISRESPECT TO THE PLAYERS OF THE 1990S BUT THE BEST PLAYERS WERE JORDAN,NICK ANDERSON,GRANT HILL, REGGIE MILLER,MITCH RICHMOND, CLYDE DREXLER BUT HE WAS OLD WHEN JORDAN WAS IN HIS PRIME AND MITCH RICHMOND WAS ALWAYS ON BAD TEAMS. NO DISRESPECT TO THOSE OTHER GUYS BUT YOU CAN NOT COMPARE THOSE GUYS TO THE TALENT TODAY KOBE,LEBRON JAMES,DWYANE WADE, BRANDON ROY,KEVIN DURANT,TYREKE EVANS…..THERE ARE PLAYERS COMING INTO THE NBA WITH ONE YEAR OF COLLEGE AND DOMINATING GAMES LIKE JOHN WALL WHO HAD 20 POINTS AND 9 ASSIST HIS FIRST PREAESON GAME?????????? AND TYREKE EVANS THATS RIDICULOUS. AND THERE WHERE ONLY LIKE 2 OR 3 GOOD POINT GURDS AT THAT TIME……..JOHN STOCKTON AND GARY PAYTON???? NOW EVERY TEAM HAS A GOOD POINT GAURD…TONY PARKER,STEVE NASH,JOHN WALL,CHRIS PAUL DERON WILLIAMS AND EVER TYREK EVANS????? AND MANY MORE. JORDAN PLAYED THE JAZZ IN TWO FINALS BUT JOH STOCKTON AND KARL MALONE CAN NOT COMPETE WITH TEAMS LIKE BOSTON AND MIAMI. NO DISPRESPECT TO BOTH THOSE GUYS THOUGH THEY WERE THE BEST ATTHE TIME. WHEN YOUNGER KIDS THINK OF JORDAN WHO DIDNT HAVE A CHANCE TO WATCH HIM A WHOLE LOT.. IAMYOUNG BUTIN LATE TEENS BUT THEY THINK HE MADE LIKE ALMOST EVERY SHOT AND WAS SCORING 40 A GAME BUT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN…HE WAS JUST AS GOOD IF NOT A LIL BETTER THAT KOBE. THATS IT. THE RULES WOULD NOT EVEN LET HIM SCORE A HUNDRED AND I FORGOT HE HAD THE 2ND BEST WING PLAYER ON HIS TEAM THATS SCOTTIE PIPPEN………SO HE DID NOT HAVE TO GUARD HIM EVERY NIGHT.
players were old???? kid you just exposed yourself.
I think he exposed himself when he worte in all caps
HAHAA I AINT OLD I JUST STUDY THE GAME IAM 17 NOT LIKE U????? I GUESS UR A KOBE HATER BRO. CUZ JORDANS M FAV PLAYER….AND I LIKE BOTH PLAYERS BUT SINCE U DONT THE HISTORY OF THE GAME AND JUST GO OFF THE HYPE AND THE COMMERICALS U DONT KNOW NOTHING? AND WHATS WRONG WITH SPEAKING IN CAPS????? PEACE.
Of course he can and the first team that come to my mind is the Golden State Warriors, he can score like 150 points against them in only 3 quaters.
The chance of Jordan scoring 100 today is probably at 3%, that is if he actually tried . Kobe barely got doubled team on his way to 81 and he has a lot more range on his shot than Michael. Kobe could hit threes like free throws when he got going. Kobe also elevates much higher on his 3 pointers. I think there is no player in NBA history who could score 100 today, its just a nearly impossible task. Maybe Jordan could reach the 90s if he was guarded 1 on 1 the whole game and he got hot from beyond the arc. 100, no way, not even Kobe. I think it is pretty well established that although Kobe is not as great of a player as Michael Jordan overall, Kobe in his scoring prime was just as good if not better a pure scorer than MJ.
No way he would ever score 100 in a game. There ‘s far more talent in the league than there was couple of years ago.
More important…Double teaming was not allowed in Jordan’s prime. So he only needed to blow by his defender.
Kobe scored 81 points with a) a crappy team b) double teaming actions….far more impressive
The only thing I have to agree on is the stupid calls some stars get when they go to tha basket. However, Wade , Lebron and Melo receive them a lot more than Kobe.
And in the end, I ‘m sure Jordan got some as well in the past
Jordan was double teamed every game played you moron AND YOU GUESSED IT, YES double teaming was allowed when he played. How can people so arrogant and stupiud enough to post this crap when they have no clue. Infact amny teams tripled MJ when he was in the post and was rolling now go away and stop posting CRAP
jordan could never ever do tht. when he was playing he barly got half. and hes saying the leage is half as good now. no he could never do it
LOL you are stupid. Jordan’s career is 69. If thats not half, then apparently you dont know what half of 100 is. In fact thats almost three quarters of 100.
I’m a huge jordan fan.
that being said, each generation of a sport stands on the shoulders of the previous. (skill set, athleticism ect)
What jordan was to his era has been unparalleled, but i think if you time warped kobe back to jordan’s era he would be as, or more dominant as jordan was.
as far as jordan scoring 100 points in a game today…..not happening.
You can’t be mad at MJ for disrespecting Kobe. That guy made a career by steeling all his moves…
After watching this video, I would have to say that Jordan’s game is closer to Dwayne Wade’s game than Kobe’s game. You just don’t see Kobe dunk above people’s head like jordan and Wade.
it can’t be done… sorry mj u could never do it. not by todays rules nor by 80′s 90′s rules. I think Jordan is worried that his legacy might be damaged by kobe which is stupid… mj was a much better all around player who played the game in an much more difiicult and tougher era. he played against Legends like bird magic wilkins thomas drexler hakeem ewing kemp reggie-miller barkley malone stockton shaq robinson and many more. all of them in their prime. and he dominated ALL OF THEM. he is truly the greatest of all time. its stupid and so naive of michael that he feels threatened by kobe. Its just like Shaq who is also very sensitive about his legacy and feels threatened by dwight howard. kobe is no mj and howard is no shaq. All this makes me feel sorry about mj and shaq. its sad when u grow old and people start to forget you. younger guys will come along. u just have to admit that no matter how good u are your days will end sooner or later.
ok first of all people saying MJ cant score 100 today can gtfo. MJ scored 63 points against boston in the garden when they had bird and mchale and he didnt even have 3 point range at that point yet. boston had really tough defense. when MJ was 40 (or 39 i forget) he played by present NBA rules and still scored 50. in his prime he could score 100 no problem.
I agree
I believe MJ could but KOBE? Never mind. I hate kobe because he wanted to become like MJ but he cant. lol
If MJ could post 61 points on the best defensive team in the league, the future NBA champions that year, AND in the playoffs, he could definitely put up 100 points in a game. Heck, the guy could possibly average 50 points per game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAgNWA8M3TQ).
Yes, he’d probably be too selfless to actually try and score 100 points, but if he wanted to he definitely could.
It’s like Wilt. Wilt was the biggest guy in the NBA back then, he towered over everybody. He easily scored 100 points. MJ today would not have to worry about hand checks, and defenders can’t stay in the paint forever either. These rules would be a perfect fit for MJ’s game. He started out in the league as a slasher, and without hand checks he can use his ability to slash and draw fouls. On top of that, he can easily make space for himself for the jumpers. We’re talking about a guy who could score 20ppg at the age of 40. If he can average 20ppg at such an old age, I don’t doubt for a second that he could score 100 points in a single game at the age of 24/25 (the age in which he averaged 37ppg).
Very well said i agree
The game has evovled so much since MJ has played? Why do people think MJ’s era was so much harder than today’s? That isn’t true. People have gotten better defensively and offensively. MJ played in the easy era, people didn’t even know how to play ball. There are plently of players that can defend MJ in this era; kobe, lebron, wade etc. Mike would have been another man in the universe of superstars today. Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Michael were the players of their decade, but they are not the best of the best. The older generations hold in the media allows Jordan to stay on top, but its actually Kobe who showed us that he could score 63 in 3 quaters, it is kobe who scored 4 straight back to back 50 point games, and it is kobe who showed us that he scored 81 points in 48 mins. Jordan hit 69 with overtime, how embarassing. It’s time to realize the Jordan has been surpassed and forever will be second to Kobe bryant.
The “easy era”? Really? Didn’t know how to play ball? Oh right. You’re talking about the player that today’s superstars idolized growing up.
69 was embarrassing? That’s because he didn’t try and win the game on his own like Kobe did. Although Kobe basically had to, his teammates left him no choice. Plus they just kept on feeding him the ball. What else did Kobe do that night? 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and a block. MJ? 18 rebounds, 7 of them offensive, 6 assists, 4 steals and a block.
Maybe, just maybe you could argue that he may have been as good as MJ on offense, but it takes more than just scoring to be the best player. Kobe is a great defender, MJ was one of the best. He also shot a career average of almost 50% (0.497% to be exact). I really don’t believe you can compare previous and today’s players with stats anyway. But if you want you can still try.
Again, I don’t hate on Kobe. As I mentioned, he really is great and will be no doubt one of the greatest. But he won’t be the greatest, and he doesn’t surpass MJ. At least, not yet. And considering what MJ accomplished by Kobe’s age (considering he came into the league at an earlier age), I don’t think he will. MJ’s career total lasted 14 years. Kobe is at 14 years.
Forever 2nd to MJ? I don’t think so. Vice versa perhaps.
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!! you need some mental check. is kobe even a scoring leader? those players you mentioned can’t guard mj in his prime. in fact, if mj never played, those players wouldn’t exist. it’s funny how only ignorant kids believe the sport has evolved. if so then how come usa is having tougher time to win the medal? shouldn’t usa still dominate the olympic since these nba players have evolved so much lol?
Anyone who thinks MJ literally COULDN’T score a 100 pts in a game if it was his SOLE purpose to do so…..now or at any time in NBA history…..is crazy. Period.
Jordan can score 100 if he wants specially with how teams play their defense today and on how referees call foul. In a less physical game than before Jordan can get in the line more than before. I read a lot of Kobe and Jordan comparison, but does everybody thought that Kobe scored 81 points against TORONTO. I am not taking anything away from Kobe but TORONTO is not a championship caliber team and what do you expect on players guarding him (mismatch). Compare it to MJ 63 points against Celtics with a championship caliber team with the legendary Bird, AInge, Parish,Mckale and it was a playoff game. I guess everybody gets my point. Anyway Kobe will definitely go down in history as one of the greatest player, I won’t take that away from him.
T.O. here, and i fully agree with last comment to end off the piece,
I was watching my raps (embarrassing saying that these days) after Kobe hit 60+ i was wondering why no one decked him, take a one, two, three, month long suspension if you have to. The Raptors to this day lack any form on defensive intensity.
MJ would have definitely been able to score 100 in today’s NBA with the rules the way they are.
KOBE > MJ
If the tribe called quest could kick it
then im pretty Sure Jordan can drop 100 and maybe pull out 20+ boards
That’s very interesting to hear about Wilt’s record. Wilt did many amazing things, but this takes a little shine off his legend.
In today’s game… if a superstar is really going off, most opposing teams will try to stop him at all costs… denying him the ball, immediately double-teaming upon him receiving the ball, often triple teaming him. A vintage Jordan playing in today’s game would have to be incredibly selfish to overlook his teammate’s wide open looks and open lanes to the basket… to even try for 100 points.
The only reason Kobe did it was because he saw it as the only way the Laker’s could win.
That is a ridiculous claim, there was only one time it could be done and thats in the fifties. And even then there was only one person who ever did that
READ RHIS FOR THE TRUTH??????? KOBE IS BETTER THAT JORDAN WHEN HE GETs THE 6TH RING. TALENT IN THE 90S WAS NOT AS GOOD NOW THE NBA IS MORE GLOBAL AND TO TELL U THE TRUTH WHO IS BETTER THAT MANU GINOBLI IN THE 1990S WHAT GUARD EXCEPT JORDAN AND DONT SAY MAGIC OR BIRD BECAUSE THEY LEFT THE NBA JORDAN PLAYED WITH THEM FOR ABOUT 7 YEARS ONLY. when they did play against jordan he could not beat them until magic and bird got old. He never made it past the pistons in the playoffs and then when magic and bird left he was dominating the league by himself. if dwyane wade was playing in the 1990s he would be the second best player in the nba net to jordan. 20-5-5 ONLY PLAYERS TO AVERAGE THAT AS ROOKIES WHERE OSCAR ROBERTSON,MICHAEL JORDAN AND LEBRON JAMES WHO ELSE DID IT?????TYREKE EVANS SO 2 OF THE FOUR PLAYERS THAT DID IT ARE IN THE NAB TODAY?????????? WOW! THATS LIKE OSCAR AND JORDAN PLAYING TOGEATHER AS ROOKIES……. ADD JOHN WALL TO THAT AND BRANDON ROYA AND DURANT,CARMELO,LEBRON,DWYANE, AND THATS BETTER TALENT. THERE WAS NO ONE IN JORDANS ERA WHO WAS ANTHING CLOSE TO DIRK NOWITZKI. 7 FOOTER WHO COULD HANDLE THE BALL. JORDAN ALSO HAD DENNIS RODMAN WHO I THINK LEAD THE NBA IN REBOUNDS FOR 7 YEARS IN A ROW MORE THAT DAVID ROBINSON?????? HE WAS ON JORDANS TEAM ALONG WITH PIPPEN BEST DEFENDER IN THE LEAGUE AND COULD BE 2ND BEST PLAYER IN THE NBA IF HE WAS BY HIMSELF ON A TEAM. SO HE TOOK THETHE BACKSEAT TO JORDANS BULLS.
Getting as many rings as someone doesn’t make them better than the others players. It’s how you play that makes you better.
7 years is a pretty long time to be playing with people. Lebron is in his 7th year.
No 7 footer that could handle the ball? Magic Johnson, 6’10″ point guard.
Scottie, as big a fan as I am, played almost 2 years without Jordan. I don’t think he could’ve been considered the best player in the NBA during that time.
Rodman was a role player. If you want a Kobe comparison, he has Bynum and Gasol as his big men. Both of them can score in the post, Gasol has range. MJ had Longley, Wennington, Brian Williams, Jason Caffey, Robert Parish in his 40′s, besides Rodman. MJ had Kukoc, Kobe had Odom.
This is why you can’t compare. The game in the 90′s was different to the game now. The players were different, the styles were the different, the rules were different. The thing is, when Jordan came back to the Wizards, he still averaged 20ppg.
I’m not bashing on Kobe or any of the other players I mentioned. I am a basketball fan, and Kobe truly is great. But if we all (and we do) come to our own conclusions we should all also know that none of us can convince others who have done the same otherwise.
THE GAME IN THE 90S HAD WAY MORE COMP FOR MJ THAN KOBE FOR 2000S.LOOK AT HOW MANY HALL OF FAMERS THAT DID NOT WIN WHILE MJ WAS KING. ALOT OF PLAYERS SUFFERED BECAUSE OF MJ.KOBE HAS ALREADY LET FIVE OTHER PEOPLE HOLD UP THE FINALS MVP WHEN HE WAS ON THE COURT 3 FROM SHAQ WHO LED HIM AND 2 BILLUPS AND PEIRCE WHO ARE SURE FIRE HALL OF FAMERS BECAUSE OF THOSE TITLES.MJ YOU NEVER QUESTIONED WHO WAS THE BEST PLAYER ON THE COURT IN THE FINALS AND THAT MEANS SOMETHING AND FORGET A 100 REGULAR SEASON POINTS TELL KOBE TO AVERAGE 41 PTS 6 ASST 9 REB IN THE FINALS.
wow the web poll 100% for jordan scoring 100! amazing !
kobe will never touch jordan… its as simple as that… it doesnt matter how many championships kobe could win… he will never be on the level mj was on… period!
Kobe top 10 guard?
MJ score 100 in today’s era?
Is this some sorta MJ fantasy we are in?
Let the experts and players speak:
“The defensive rules, the hand checking, the ability to make contact on a guy in certain areas …. [have] all been taken away from the game. If Kobe could get 81, I think Michael could get 100 in today’s game.”- Scottie Pippen January 2006
Asked if he could defend Jordan under today’s interpretation of the rules, Dumars first laughed, “It would have been virtually impossible to defend Michael Jordan based on the way the game’s being called right now.”
Phil Jackson was asked how he thought Michael Jordan would perform today, Phil said: “Michael would average 45 with these rules.”
“You can’t even touch a guy now,” says Charlotte coach Larry Brown. “The college game is much more physical than our game. I always tease Michael [Jordan], if he played today, he’d average 50.”
Craig Hodges is the Lakers shooting coach, get a look at what he said:
Q: “If you could take one player in their prime, would you take Michael Jordan or Kobe?”
A: “M.J., all day. There’s no comparison. M.J. could score 100 points in this era. You can’t hand-check now. Imagine that trying to guard M.J. It would be crazy.”
Enough said……..
Yes.
I’m not a Kobe fan but cut down on the Kobe hate, the dude CAN score, and is the closest person to playing like Jordan. Lebron can score 100 points in today’s NBA because of his size, speed, and the fact he hasn’t even touched his prime yet.., and Durant isn’t selfish enough to score 100 points. Kobe is too hurt to do it now, plus he doesn’t need to.
jordan is argubaly one of the best ever. but his ass couldnt score 100. jordan needs to stop hatin and get over the fact that he isnt gonna be the best forever. as much as all yall wanna deny it. you know its true. kobe lebron durant wade. all could take jordan.
Jordan’s ego is out of control. Which is partially the media’s fault for annointing him the greatest ever, this is totally debatable. Russel one almost twice as many championships as Jordan, so doesn’t that make him the best. Wilt’s unbeleviable dominance in statistics (100pts, 50.4ppg for a season, 29rpg for a season, 48.5min per game for a season, the list goes on and on) must make him the best. Jordan needed overtime to score 69 points in a game, Kobe scored over 60 in in just 3qtrs against Dallas, plus his 81pt game. Jordan should just shut up and enjoy his retirement, while Kobe continues his career. When Kobe is done he will have eclipsed Jordan career wise, and that is something Jordan’s inflated ego cannot handle.
LET GO MIKE GREATEST PLAYER I VE SEEN SO FAR BUT GO LAY DOWN SLIM
good work sekou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
People are so smart. The competion now is more than back in the day give me a break. The talent now is not half of what it use to be. You must be young and couldnt watch back in the days. Someone said double teaming was not aloud in jordan days give me a break jordan always got doube teamed and still always scored. Jordan had help on his team he didnt ball hog, Jordan got 69 and pippen still got 30 know your facts.Jordan could get 100 easy the nba now is weak everytime you touch someone it is a foul. Kobe scored 81 ans went to the freethrow 30 times give me a break.Jordan is the greatest to ever play the game,Kobe dont even have nothin on dr j or Magic johnson, or Even Larry Bird. Jordan is the smartest person to play the game. All of you negative people go back and look at the stats, scoring titles, defensie titles. besides being the best offensive person he was one of the best defenders. has Kobe or Lebron done that i thought not.
let me just say that mj is the greatest of all time, no suprise hear.However, saying kobe is just a top 10 is ridiculous on jordan’s behalf.Phil jackson who has coached jordan throughout his best days and also kobe’s said(youtube)that kobe is the most skilled individual player ever…including mj..Now jordan has better stats for sure but saying he can get 100 points is nothing but speculation and very unlikely in my opinion..He was bitter about kobe scoring 81 against the rartors so i think he needs to let people know that because kobe broke his scoring record he has to say i can do better than you,which he never did of course.I see coments on hear like if he didn’t pass the ball as much or if he got fouled more often etc..Jordan averaged 6 assists a game but on big games where he scored big numbers his assists went down..i mean lebron who scored 55 points with 10 assists and 9 boards can put up numbers like that then maybe he could do it to if he eally tried.Kobe has so many haters out there it’s crazy.Even if you don’t like his personality you can’t deny what an amazing talent the man has.Sure he copied a lot of jordans move but he also added may extras also..Basically what im saying is if jordan said he could do 81 points with a triple double people would believe it..If you listen to most the commentators now a days they will say the game is so much more evolved than what it use to be.It’s clear to see overtime that players are bigger,stronger,better training methods,better coaching,more ways to develope on’s game.I love jordan but this statement is only showing what kind of an ego the man has!!
You doubt MJ can do it, but you think LeBron might because he did 55/10/9 once..
MJ eats LeBron for breakfast. 52/7/11, 41/11/10, 53/8/14, 40/11/7, 40/12/10, 47/13/11. in a single year.
http://www.michaeljordansworld.com/gamebygame/gamelog19881989.htm
Mike could score 100 with ease in today’s game
No matter what era some1 plays in, they aren’t going to score 100 points in a game. If there was absolutely no help defense then guys like Kobe or MJ could but there is help defense! There might not be hand checking now but hand checking is not that big of a deal and players now days are more athletic, strong and talented. MJ seemed so good back then because he was so athletic but there really weren’t very many athletic people back then.
jordan could score 100 easily if he met the raptors defence
lol.. Kobe made 7 three’s in that game and most of his shots and points were from jumpshots… In Jordan’s 63 and 69 point performances his shots were mostly layups or inside shots… The raptors defense was crappy for the current league but in reality they were the average-good defense back in the 90′s lol! Besides Kobe scored 62 in 3 quarters vs a good defensive team(mavericks) without playing in the 4th quarter.
If Jordan wanted to, he could score 100 points in todays game. I think one of the only way he could though is if it was on a random night against a team similar to the Toronto team that Kobe went to work on and his teammates would have to constantly pass him the ball..every play!! Come’on guys this is the same man that dropped 69 on the Boston Celtics in the playoffs in like his 3rd year in the league (correct me if I’m wrong here) and you dont think he can score 31 more points…in his prime, in todays game where if someone was to breath on you the wrong way, its considered a foul!?!? YEA RITE lol.. Jordan would have 50 points from the ft line alone lol..he would have the whole opposing team in foul trouble. I’m trying my hardest not to be bias (Jordan fan) and I’m not saying he would do it easily; but I find it hard to believe, with his competitiveness, that he wouldn’t score 100!
i think jordan is juss is mad to b honest jordan will nt touch lebron or kobe back den u can only play 1on1 defense no u have guys go 2 dat all star juss for defense da players now are stronger ,faster n bigger lebron will make jordan look stupid lebron jumps from da free throw line in games da players is way better no i think kobe can beat jordan anyday bcuz kobe is playin against players dat have da potential to b da G.O.A.T dey learned from jordan n dey improved on it for example kobe combined da moves of hakeem olajuwon n jordan so dat makes him better i think dat ppl juss look at jordan legacy dats y he is still da greatest of all time n i also think e is jealous of kobe n lebron cuz in his mind he kno dey mastered his game n made it better n he knos dey can beat him cuz he was playin defense against weak players lebron run him over if he trys 2 gaurd him i think dere is no 1 greatest player of all time dere is always someone dat can beat yu n hell no he aint scorin no 100 point maybe in his dream he can
The question is could the stars in today’s game put the monster numbers in the era of the 80′s and 90′s when hand checking was allowed and the game was way,way,way more physical
I say these next words with all due respect… MJ…come on bro. You trippin. You cant be serious. “Today’s NBA”…let me tell you if your era of the game had the athletes that it has today…you may not have ever reached the status that you have. Everyone says if the rules of today were there yesterday then it would be different but if the players of today were there yesterday then it would be different. How good of a defender do you think guys would be today if they could actually hand check. Lebron James is 6’8″ 260lbs and moves like a jungle cat. I cant imagine trying to go around that guy if he can lean on you all night. Guys like Ron Artest and Shane Battier are big athletic defenders. Not Thunder Dan. Your talking about scoring a hundred points on Raja Bell…He clothes lined Kobe for droppin 20. Reguardless of everything your the greatest by most peoples standards but you got to give the new generation some respect after all you made it this way. You revolutionized the game. Now the game has caught you. Soon guys like Lebron and Melo and Durant will make the game evolve again. And so on and so on.
i think he is disrepectin da players in todays game becuz dey are all suckin up 2 him
Ok… time put an end to this… Jordan, if he was to play in his prime in todays game and to do what Kobe or Wilt had done to score what they did… no doubt about. With the amount of overtimes that have been played over the last 5 years and considering the number of players who have scored at least 25 (Phoenix Suns Dragic scored 23!) in a quarter to be on track for the 100 milestone, it doesn’t seem to far out of reach. Of cause fatigue and cramping sets in and your shots start to fall short but did we all forget the FLU game where Jordan did what he had to do to win. Fatigue or not he is the only guy who could come close and push through that barrier. Combine that with the number of overtime games we have, the quickness of todays game (Rondos remarkable playoff game last year – this by a guard who everybody scoffed at when he was signed for close to what tony parker was being payed and everybody thought he wasnt even in the same league as), the number of foul shots (thats how kobe gets his points), the lack of defence (kobe vs raptors), its not hard to imagine if the stars align as they always did when Jordan played that he could achieve the goal if he wanted in todays game.
no way in hell would he ever score 100 in a game. he wouldnt even top kobes 81. the game is more competitve now then it was back then and with better players. he needs to get over himself. hes just tryin to find a way to get the spot light on himself cause hes a me me me kind of person. i find it hard to believe that the league has gotten worse. give me a break. i really just think hes jealous of the players now days. he needs to take his head out of his ass and put his foot in his mouth. YOUR A HAS BEEN JORDAN.
in today’s game jordon wouldn’t be able to score no 100 points. jordan had his time when he was the greatest now kobe is the greatest. its more tougher now in the nba to score that much. there is a lot of other good offensive players kobe, wade, james, anthony, durant ect. jordan would maybe have to stick some of those other scorers too….more work. in jordan’s time there werent that much scorers or athletic players as now if u really look at it. pretty much every team now has atleast one or two good scorers, offensive players. in jordan time…hmm let me think…..i can’t think of any other teams that had any players that athletic as jordan year after year. so there wasnt much of a competition as it is now if u really think of it. there wasnt no really good match up for jordan. jordan was the greatest of his time and one of my best players too, but now its kobe. And talking about moves!!! i dont know about jordan having more offensive shots than kobe. if u really watch kobe he is not super fast as like james or iverson(other great). he just take u with him and have his way. james and jordan would just run past da slower defender…easy baskset, dunk. kobe just take his time go for his shot fake, fade, post up..what ever. kobe’s a way better shooter than all of em… i dont remeber seeing jordan post up or really use his left hand. kobe a gaurd and will post u up like a big man. there are forwards in the game now and ain’t got no post game (james lol). i guest they list him as forward because of his height. so after kobe decides to hang up his jersey then james, wade, durant, rose those guys will be up there next in line.
you never saw MJ post up?…..my god, please stop, this is so stupid…how many times do you saw MJ?…i’m not talking about youtube videos.
If you’ve actually seen even 1 game where MJ scored about his average, you’d see the variety and efficiency of his offensive game. He didn’t just run. He did whatever he had to to beat his man. Taller? Go fast. Quicker? Back em down. C’mon, if you’re going to post a long statement, at least really know your facts. Never post up? Even if he was called AIR Jordan I will still always remember his post up fadeaways. That for me is vintage MJ. Left hand? Please. Even youtube videos wouls show him using his left hand. Not for jumpers though. There’s no point.
It’s funny. All this time I thought I hated Kobe, but it’s because of fanboys that I hate Kobe. Although I don’t like him, I know basketball enough to know that Kobe definitely will go down as 1 of the greatest ever, and I don’t hate him for that.
he may have posted up a few times and use his left hand of course. i’m pretty sure if anyone makes it to the nba they better be able to use both hands lol. his first option is always right right right. you dont know basketball or played so u dont see the things a ball player would…he doesnt have post moves, left hand, or jumper like kobe.
On the poll on nba.coms homepage where it askes about micheal jordan scoring a 100 in his prime in todays nba. this was my first time voting and i voted no and looked at the results and it said 8100 yes’s and no no’s. for a 100 percent of the votes yes. but mine was a no. so to me it sounds like it is a rigged pole or there is an error with it. try voting no and i bet it will say no one voted no yet just 8 thousand something yes’s. whats the deal man?
TENKI your an idiot. the moves back then were retarded compared to the moves today. jordans best move was a cross over. LOOK OUT. maybe you should watch some laker games and see kobes moves. if you think jordan can show kobe a thing or two you should stop watching basketball. stop hating on kobe. everyone talks about what jordan has done and what kobe hasnt. maybe you should see what kobe has done and jordan hasnt. kobe is the best scorer and you haters are just ignorant to admit it.
JASON you are kidding right??
Glen Rice, Tim Hardaway, Penny Hardaway, Mokile Blaylock,Steve Smith,Shawn Kemp,Joe Dumars, Regie Miller, Larry Johnson, Alan Houston, Gary Payton,Chris Mullin………..
Today players are nothing compare with 90s players
Take this scenario Jordan and the Bulls vs the 2005 -2008 Phoenix Suns. Run and Gun and no D played by the Suns. Jordan torched teams in the NBA greatest years of defensive players. Absolutley I believe this could happen. Im not a Jordan fan but I grew up watching late 80′s and 90′s basketball and it was far more competitive back then. There is no defense played today and If you try to play hard D you get techs called, fines, suspensions etc. It would only take one game against a team that likes to run for this to happen. Golden State perhaps? No reason to think he could not do it. Yes kobe came up short, but thats bc as great as KB is, Jordan was still better.
You Guys are all retarded if you believe Jordan Can score a 100points in todays NBA. Jordan could not even score a 100 if he was playing a college team. Kobe Bryant is the pinnacle of the NBA and will always be the best ever to play this game!
It’s my opinion that the 100 point Wilt Chamberlin shouldn’t even be considered. Everyone forgets the 3 second rule wasn’t instituted at the time. He just sat in the lane, towered over everyone, was thrown the ball and dropped it in the basket. No skill or talent required.
I don’t know about 100 for MJ. But I’m confident that he could AT LEAST match Kobe’s 81.
He could’ve scored 100 if the played aginst the 2009-2010 Nets..
all they said is true,,,that kobe bryant is just a copy cat of michael jordan and not the original…michael jordan ,as we all know is the best player ever to play the game of basketball..
MJ, without a doubt, could score 100. But only IF he didn’t pass. Wilt did it because nobody was tall or strong enough to hold him. MJ is grace & power combined into one. Kobe has grace. LeBron has power. MJ has both. I’m a LeBron fan, but 1 on 1, LeBron would die against MJ; same with Kobe. There’s just no way to hold MJ. If he got past much stronger & fierce competition with ease in the 90′s, he would trample anyone today, since the rules have changed & the game is much less physical. MJ is the greatest player basketball player ever, hands down.
Point in case: MJ would absolutely destroy the NBA today if he were in his prime now.
Jordan makes a good case and he wouldn’t say it if he didnt. But he is playing himself making those comments…he should have said that he would have had a much better chance in today’s NBA.
kobe scored 81 against the prideful tough and gritty toronto team but what was his second highest total like 63? 18 less!!
if anyone could have repeated wilts performance i think it would be shaq granted a lot of things would have to happen such as the opposing team would need that toronto grit and he would need to get hot from the line and the focus of shaqs team would be to get him the ball any way possible, well shaq was well on his way but david stern popped his little head out and put the 3 second rule into effect because everyone started crying. So nobody will score 100 in a game as long as D stern is the overseer.
NBA poll rigged!!!!
For this question posted today.
Me and my several friends voted no and the results still show 0 votes for yes. How rigged, Tally up the truth not make public polls bias!
0 votes for “NO” ***
Jordan and Kobe are honestly the best players to ever play the game,but Jordan is going a bit out of his mind by saying he can score 100 points in today’s NBA game,if he were to score 100,he would of did when he was in chicago because when Jordan played there were good players,but now the the league has evolved and there are way more premiere players than there was when he played in chicago and like jason commented previously before..the league has expanded and has become more world wide and the talent level has risen since Jordan’ days..this why it is even harder to win championships now a days because the competition and the player skills have become way better than the past..Jordan is starting to sound like one of those haters that cant accept that as society evolves or rap or sports, players become better and the level of competition becomes harder.Ya there was a hand check rule back then,but there was a no zone rule also..which means that that they always had to play man to man,so there is more isolation..which as, in today’s game,you can play a zone,and if a team can play it good like most nba teams do;it is difficult to penetrate and create offence,unless if you jack up 3 pointers all day..and we all know Jordan was not as good as a 3 point shooter as kobe.
Plus kobe could have had 100 against dallas, when he scored 62 points in 3 quarters,like what is Jordan’s point..he would of had a better shot of scoring 100 points in his era than now..and it is harder to win championships now than it was when he was playing.
Real talk,Jordan and Kobe are my favourite players of all time,but dont be ridiculous by saying the leagues has down graded..Like wtf would Larry bird be able to offensively or defensively against Lebron James.Jordan..stop being a hater by saying Kobe is a top ten player,By the time he ends his career,he will be pass you…and in my opinion,his championships today mean more than yours in the past..you and kobe are tied right now or you are a bit over him,but it will be viewed differently when kobe retires..Oh ya don’t forget when kobe had to give you the business when he was 19,in the regular season games and the allstar game
seems like you are the one who can’t accept the truth homeboy
yes.. mj can easily do 100 today. the reason why they’re changing the games is because they’re loosing talent like mj/bird/wilt/dominique etc. i think in today’s game, it’s not only mj who can score 100 at will (bird, miller, could’ve too). i love mj though!
I think people take these comments a little too literal. By the context he said it, it seems he could have score a whole lot more points. Which in fact change the question, if you agree with MJ could have score more in todays NBA. And I bet most people will agree with that fact.
Many people go with 90pts vs 100 is not 100pts like he said, so he is a fraud.
Now saying in an eventful game vs the Nets with a red hot MJ which for some reason want to play the 48 minutes, I think he would have score more than 70. Will he score 100 pts, yes maybe, if the team agree to give him the ball on every play and gets a lot of 3pts fouls.
I hate to see kids talking about legends.Have some respect please.The real basketball was back then in the 80`s and 90`s.You think the glamour and Bentley`s around Dwade Kobe and LBJ mean something more than the athletes back then?No.And you think LBJ is out of this world with his sick dunks?check some MJ .Dr.J or Dominique ,hell ,even LNance dunks and we`ll talk after about LBJ`s “sick” dunks.And Kobe the best basketball player?sure ,he is a very good player but will never be close to MJ ,not even close to Pip ,so no offense `00 generation but learn some basketball history first ,play the game second and get yourself better education please you make me sick posting all over the internet about how great Kobe or LBJ are.You don`t even know the basics about this game but you find yourselves here talking smack and trash about MJ or the `90 generation.Pathetic children with almost no brain.I can`t believe how a basketball player that went in court for being accused of raping a woman is now a role model.Makes me puke!Out !
i dont know wht everybody says that Kobe is better scorec than Mike? Why? they have alomst the sane 3pt %adn in all other shooting areas jordan is way better. Modern times brings modern skills, but that doesnt mean that rafer Alsotn is the best NBA player. You can compare statistics, but if you were wathcing mike back then you would knew that he could do everything. Because of his great spirit and mental strenght he is by far the best player in history, and honestly comparing him to Kobe is blasphemy
YEAH COULD DO,AND BY DOING THAT (HE COULD AND SHOULD BE THE ALL – TIME LEADING SCORER IN NBA HISTORY LIKE SHOULD BE)! – JEFF FROM PHILADELPHIA!
hahaha.. MJ holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). for your info..
I think Jordan was just throwing out a number when he said 100 points, but the point is the same. MJ being ridiculous, and just like any other great who`s body just can`t do it anymore, he`s coming out with his “in my day things were so much harder“ talk just like dad always says. Cheap shots, that`s all it they are. I don`t remember magic taking cheap shots at jordan when he suddenly had to leave the league cause of AIDS. Magic actually supported Jordan all the way and in HIS interview with somebody asking him about the new kid on the block, he said “there`s Jordan, and then there`s everyone else“.
Kobe as a top 10 player is just ridiculous. There`s a reason everyone always compares the two, and ok, it`s cool if you want to say that MJ`s got kobe, but who else are you going to put above him? Kobe`s a top 3 gaurd Mr. Jordan, not a top 10 and DEFINATELY better than anyone you played against in your prime.
Maybe the officials have gotten a bit more strict, but I don`t really agree with saying that the players have gotten softer. Players get better, it`s only natural. Give me Kobe, Lebron, Wade, Durant, and Howard. Who on earth in Jordans time is gonna compete with those guys? Maybe if Kobe were in Jordan`s time he would have dropped 100 already…
I Believe jordan could do it easily. And if he was in todays game he still would be the best. Jordan is kobe’s idol, he tries to immatate jordan in every way. period. he changed his numer to 24, why? to be of a comparison to MJ. I even think Allen iverson could score 100 points in todays game at his prime if he ever took as many shots. only AI attitude cost him, but you gotta respect him what he did, he basically did it alone, without much help. Kobe had alot of help from shaq and even with his team now.
I would like to comment to Nick who posted earlier. Atleast in Jordans time the players in the league actually played defence unlike todays league. Also one thing that i like about Jordans era is that players played the game for the love of basketball they didnt play for the money like they do today. They didnt leave a team because they wanted to make more money. Its all about money now all the players have lost their love for the game. And as for people thinking kobe is better than Jordan the are wrong. Lebron James cant even accomplish what Jordan did and that is not losing when it matters the most in the finals.
The only way a player can score 100 is if he or she is capable of dominating down low in the paint. Quick baskets from put-backs and layups scored without extensive dribbling allowed wilt to accomplish the feat.
The Bull’s offense ran through Jordan but he never was able to even come close. Regardless of era, a guard will not score 100 points.
all you young guys think your era is better but it’s not. hockey players were tougher, football players were better and basketball players were better. jordan had a 41 inch v. watch jordan vs domoniq and ask if any one today can jump with them. wilt was better than shaq, gretzky is better than crosby, and jordan is better than anybody. you young guys generation sucks, sports, music, dress etc…!
MJ can score 100 if he wanted to. When did Kobe score 81? The first year when the no hand check rule was implemented. There were like 6 players who averaged over 30 that year. And Wade won a title that year because it was a foul when somebody even breathed on him. The refs were still figuring out that rule then and tended to call a lot of fouls. The following year the refs tapered off on those fouls and scoring went down a bit.
STEVE NASH HAS MORE MVPs THAN KOBE. MJ also only played with serviceable big men not a Pau Gasol or Shaq. Kobe will always be 2nd best.
Jordan could score 100 if he was selfish enough. But it’s a team game at the end of the day. In regards to the Kobe vs Jordan debate, I think it’s mainly young kids (who haven’t seen both Jordan and Kobe playing in their primes) that are arguing that Kobe etc are better than Jordan.
No way……..Jordan would not be able to get close. He would get at most 70, and that is being optimistic. Dont get me wrong Jordan could be able to average over 30 a game if he wanted but to get up to 100 is just crazy. Sure the hand check rule would give him more freedom and while in his prime he would be better now than back then. Although looking back at his highlights and games it is clear that Jordan would have been called on offensive fouls frequently, many times he would use his free hand to create space between him and his defenders. Just this alone shows us jordan would not make 100. Also now a days the athleticism is way higher than back then. Jordan would be defended by faster and stronger players than back then (Players just train harder and are better equipped in todays game). This fact makes it harder to earn every bucket, and inversely Jordan would be forced to expound more energy on defence which will obviously affect his offense. One more thing to leave you with, the other team will not be oblivious if Jordan is truly unstoppable; they will double team or even go into zone to get the ball out of his hands, and this will be at the point where Jordan is around 50.
LMAO. You can’t compare Kobe’s ppg with Jordan. Kobe wasn’t even a starter for the first 2 years so how can u quantify Jordan’s 4.4 ppg advantage. Jordan couldn’t score 100 points in a game because it would take too many possessions to do. 36 of Kobe’s 81 points were 3-pointers. No way in the hell Jordan would have hit 12 3-points in a game. Maybe 3. That would still leave 26 more points JUST to match 12 3-pointers. You are looking at alot of made 2-pointers and trips to the line. The defense would just make Jordan a pull-up shooter by clogging the middle. The argument is “Jordan in his prime” but Jordan didn’t even have his best jumper when he was in his prime.
jordan didn’t have his best jumper in his prime? sounds like you didn’t even see him in his prime. 2k11 kid? lmao
Jason, you sound very young, and very foolish. Why do you try to convince people when you can’t even write properly?
first of all michael jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time and if he didn’t retire 2 times from 1993 to 1995 to play baseball and 1998 to 2001 thats 5 years he missed he probably could of had 9 or 10 championship title rings under him if he played that many years extra, also jordan and kobe comparision isn’t even close, jordans is in another level than kobe, jordan never lost in the finals he’s the king in the finals and he puts his game up another notch, but as of kobe he lost 2 times in the finals 04 pistons and 08 celtics and got lucky last year and from 2000 to 2002 laker titles he wasn’t the leader shaq was, but as of the question if jordan can score 100 points in the nba today ofcourse he can probaby not against a good team but a garbage team he can if he is in his prime, if kobe can score 81 points against the raptors why can jordan not score 100 points against them right. also i think if jordan was playing in the nba today in his prime he could average 50 points per game in season cause the nba is weak now they calling fouls in every possession touch fouls the game isn’t physical as it was in the 90′s and jordan will get all the calls for him cause he the g.o.a.t. And also no player in the nba today and past can guard jordan cause he’s just to skilled for them and no player in the nba today can 100 points not lebron, durant, wade, melo, kobe none of them only if michael jordan was still playing in his prime he can do it
Well he did retire so there is no way to tell people dont count if’s and yeah what if magic and bird and isiah didnt play then maybe he would have won a championship in the 80′s too but they did and he couldnt beat them he had to wait for them to get old and retire, then he played against lesser talents and won in a watered down nba. if if if if if.
also… the reason they took hand checking out of the game and shorting the half court rule to 8 sec, was because when jordan left the game the nba became too slow and not enough scoring. so to days players are not better if ya have to change the rule to get them to score.
Are all of you haters serious? I mean come on now, with foul system that is going on in today’s league, it’s practically easy to score a bucket. And for the jackass that said Jordan’s not better than Kobe, you need to leave drugs alone although your right he isn’t, but neither is Kobe better than Jordan. I swear no one have any lives when someone say something that you personally don’t approve. All I’m saying is Jordan was, is, and forever will be the man revolutionized the game of basketballl, oh and fact: Jordan was undefeated when he reached the finals, how about Kobe?
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Score 100? Probably not. Think about it, some teams struggle to score 100 these days. Opposition players are to clued on to team D. Also im hearing the same question ” who was guarding mike back then ” ok lets look at it. Maybe the guards were not that great but think of the big guys mike had to finish on when he got to the rim, for example: Ewing, The Admiral, The Dream, Mark Eaton, Manute Bol, Kareem ( albeit early in his career ). Today????? Dwight and thats about it, and noboby say josh smith because he is just a weak side help shot blocker. Im gona leave on that note and see what yous guys think of my comments? Peace
First of all, the question is crazy. Jordan was able to do what he wanted when he won those 6 rings. He lived at the line. He didn’t score 100 because he wasn’t capable. The question should be, Could Kobe have scored 100 when he had 62 in 3 qts, I don’t think so but he would have scored 90. Kobe is the best scorer ever hands down.
mj could NOT score 100 today. look at it this way, the only way anybodys geting to 100 today is by shooting some serious % outside the arc. mj’s career 3 point shooting % is 29. YES 29%!! AND that is when the 3 point line was only 22 feet!!!! there is no way
Kobe vs Jordan Comparision i’m gonna show you a list of things and you can decide and i’ll answer them my own way
1. Who’s better in pressure situation kobe or Jordan
Jordan is better in pressure cause he never lost in the finals kobe did
2. Who more clutch kobe or Jordan
Jordan is more clutch than kobe especially in the playoffs
3.who has better post moves kobe or jordan
jordan has way better post moves kobe just copied him but jordan looks better cause he’s in the air longer and jumpers higher
4.who’s more athletic wirh better dunks kobe or jordan
jordan is more athletic than kobe and way more better than dunks than him
5.who’s a better shooter jordan or kobe
midrange jordan is better, but 3 point line kobe has a slight edge cause he shoots more and jordan never use to shoot that many 3 pointers but in a clutch situation jordan is better at the 3 point line
oh oops, my apologies to the following, Dikembe, Tree rollins, Zo, Shawn Bradley and Theo ratliff. Try finishing over those guys. Now im out, seeya
No he wouldnt he is great but he wouldnt be able 2 do it nowadays……to many quick nd athletic people….Kobe works on his game everyday so why hasnt he been put in 2 da G.O.A.T yet i mean we kno mj was gud but could he shut down rondo idk id like 2 see him try though….. MJ said Kobe is 1 of da greats so we’ll wait nd see
Jordan has gone crazy he reads his own hype way to much. Thats easy to say when you are to old and are no longer in the league and dont have to prove that you can score 100 points in a game. What has this man been smoking and all you jordan fans are just as crazy to think that he actually can. This man is funny you can’t name five all time great defensive guards from the 90′s era and those that were good defenders were point guard and would not have been matched up with jordan, payton, stockton, not many other good defenders and these are small and undersized to play jordan, Good defenders into days era when they allow zone defense which makes it easier for a team to get the ball out of a great scores hands quickly, jordan played in an era with out zone and received one on one matchups all day and was only doubled very seldom after he received the ball. kobe and great scores today can be doubled and even tripled teamed before the ball is even in their hands much harder to ball against. The defenders are much bigger and faster today and the game is not much less physical than when jordan played kobe takes a beating every night. you have players who are strictly defenders Bruce Bowen, Ron Artest, Kobe, Wade, Iguodala, Tayshuan Prince, Thabo Sefolosha, Rajon Rondo, Tony Allen, Trevor Ariza, Shane Battier, Raja Bell. All these defenders would have been somewhere on the t first second or third all defensive team in the jordan era and are better bigger faster and stronger defenders than anything jordan had to play with. And if his will to win was so great and he could do whatever he wanted on a basketball court then why didnt he do it. You jordan fans are so funny what makes you think he could do it he played with no zone defense so he saw nothing but one on one most nights, had very average defenders and the game was played at a quicker pace when jordan played so what makes him think that he could score a 100 points against bettter individual defenders as well as team defense, with the zone being allowed which forces long jump shots something jordan was not great at mid to short was jordans range even phil said so and i would take his word. His highest scoring game in regulation was 61 points and the most he put up was 69 in overtime so you people think that he could have scored 39 more points because they dont allow hand checking you are crazy. Kobe out did him in 33 minutes he droped 62 points and out scored tha mavericks by himself jordan cant even out score kobe in a whole game to kobes 3 quarters minus three minutes. Kobe has done this twice he dropped 61 against the grizzlies in 37 minutes just 3 quarters plus 1 min it took jordan a full game plus overtime and he even could break the 70 mark what makes you think he could drop 30 more points in todays game. And image the marks kobe could have had if he had played the fourth quarter in those two game we could be talking about two or three 80 point games, something jordan could only dream of jordan has a long way to go if he ever wanted to score at a kobe bryant rate kobe is by far a better player than jordan and jordan would never come close to 100 today just like he didnt when he played.
Big smooth Jordan never had to go up against teams like the 04 pistons or 08 celtics. Oh, yes he did in the playoffs and ecf and they lost. so, that means if he played for Portland he would have lost some titles. blazers,old lakers, suns, seattle and utah. not that impressive. Kobe team just beat a team with three future hof’s.
At any given point, I think he can if he is selfish. But it will be difficult for him to score 100 on todays league because there is no illegal defense. At the time he won 6 titles, there was an illegal defense so defenders could not cheat. Today, you can cheat, you can play zone, you can immediately double someone even as high as the three point line without leaving him. Jordan is GOAT, there is no doubt about it, but he is a GOAT not just scoring but he is a GOAT because of what he brings on the table. He is a good defender, a decent passer and he is a team player. There is no one as clutch as MJ. My point is, MJ is GOAT, but scoring 100 will never happen because he is not selfish. Kobe, AI, Tmac may have done such scoring feats in three quarters or less, but those players at that time were so selfish (Kobe when he was young is one of the most selfish player I have ever seen).
Some of ya’ll really don’t know the game of basketball. Even though I was a big MJ i don’t think he or nor kobe could score a 100 the game as changed that’s for sure. However for mentioning that there were very few players of valuable skills in the 90′s is absolutely INSULTING.whether it was early to mid 90′s i can name you a list of players that are comparable if not even better than players int he league today.OHH WAIT AND i know a lot of you will be putting at excluding big names like Magic, bird, malone, stockon. that’s fine we will go with other players.
Kevin johnson, shawn kemp( extremly athletic and aggressive), nick van excel, sam cassel,iverson, penny and tim hardaway, mark price( can shoot better than you deron williams,chris paul , rajon rondon type of players, not only that he with a lot of similar skill sets), kenny anderson, stephone marbury, mark jackson(which if you know basketball at the time was soooooo damn effiecient and such a great point guard),charles barkley anyway???Vlade Divac, toni kukoc, bruce bowen,ray allen( a beast before a beast now). etc… the list goes on
some of these players you might now admire as the lebron , roy, or carmelo of the games but they sure were up there , which could not be found during this time these players are effiecient key word effiecient most of there nba career. i’m not going to say more jsut think what you say you
Big smooth Jordan and Kobe would x each other out. Cause just like kobe couldn’t guard jordan, jordan couldn’t guard kobe. jordan has never went up against players the caliber of wade,durant, melo or james. get real man.
MJ still the best of all time. . . period=)
if jordan is sorrounded by talents like pippen and rodman,why is it that when he retires for two years bulls didnt when the championship.and remember jordan defeated lakers in their first championship.remember those days that kobe and shaq are all together with supporting cast already.did they win the championship?they could not even get to conference championships,then kobe need help again thats how phil jackson ended up as a lakers.then shaq go to miami what happened to the lakers?not making the playoffs right?ask again for support .
People seem to have forgotten that MJ broke the half-century mark when he played for the wizards. In other words, he was an old man with none of that godly athleticism of his prime and bum knees, but so much basketball savy that a modern defense couldn’t hope to stop him.
Also remember, he did this the very year that zone defense became legal in the NBA. So everyone who thinks zone defense or any defense would be a problem for Jordan really has no basis for their argument.
in playing basketball the aim is to win not to score 100points and thats what michael does.Yes he can score because he is an amazing player i mean perfect….no one can compare michael because he lead hes team to be a teamwork team not like the other players only one is handling the ball dats why they can score a 100pts.
Michael, your huge ego is speaking again. You don’t like Kobe because you feel he is a threat. You don’t like him because he is as good or better than you ever was. The Kobe haters will always be with us like bad weather. You have never scored 81 points as Kobe has and that has eaten away at you. MJ, the only thing I give you credit for is your huge ego surpassed only by Donald Trump. Grown up MJ and go away. You had, I mean absolutely had to buy a team to stay in the TV lights and have a forum. Only the blind and ignorant will still follow your every word. Many are just tired of you. When you did not even want to acknowledge Kobe as being in the top 10 at the guard position, it told every one with half a brain working that you where absolutely jealous of him. You just don’t want to give him credit. Then the panel of past and current players, writers, announcers, GM, called Kobe the best player in the game today, you got mad and had a tantrum. Yes, I fond out about that. Hate MJ, is what the Kobe haters have and you are also infected with that.
micheal jordan sucks
I don’t think that it is possible to score a legit, solid 100 point game, concerning personal best stats. During Wilt’s run, it was comical. He had been assisted by his team to the point where they just fouled in order to stop the clock and allow Wilt to continue having enough time to make it all possible. It’s more of a joke than an actual incredible feat of some sorts.
Kobe Bryant’s 81 was a terrific display of offense from the outside, as well as the inside. Kobe was in the zone when he had his run, and he basically had no real help against father time. You didn’t see the Lakers intentionally fouling the other team just to allow Kobe to have more time to score, they were trying to win the game.
For Jordan to be able to do this, legit: he would have to basically have a better shooting percentage than Kobe, and shoot a little more shots than Kobe. He’d have to basically have a near-perfect run. Could he do it in today’s game? No. No one can. It is because you’d not only have to have a terrific shooting percentage, but you’d also have to have the physical conditioning to be able to remain vigilant throughout the whole game.
His 69 point game was against the Cavs, which were just a rather weak team. They were the people he basically “whooped” them the whole season. Jordan took “37″ shots, which is far less than Kobe’s number, and Jordan did in fact have to play Overtime in his game. Kobe didn’t get to Overtime, he did it in the regular minutes.
Jordan had several rebounds, too. Which meant he would put up misses and continue getting the ball back to himself that way, Kobe didn’t have that chance, and had to wait his next possession to do that sort of stuff.
Jordan had 50 minutes to get his points, which isn’t the same as Kobe, who had only about 42 minutes. Considering the rate he was going, if he had the 8 more minutes, he could have gotten up in the ninety-point range, so to speak.
So, I honestly do not think that Jordan could score it in a legit game, even if he says.
If Kobe had the extra 8 minutes to do it, then I think he could have reached the 90 point game, maybe even scored the 20 points he needed to beat the record that Wilt set.
Sure, the rules are different, however, the talent is much different now than it was before. The defenses are stronger, faster and they’re much better coached than they were before. The Cavs were a -5 games below .500 that time, and had a better record than the Raptors. But, the players in this age are much faster and such.
Honestly, I don’t even see it possible for Jordan to do it in this day and age. He’d be more prone to fouling out than to score that many points in one game, without an overtime.
no one in the history of the NBA will ever score 100 again. Wilt was able to do it back in the day when the avg center was 6’5, he was 7’0 something. Im a huge MJ fan but its impossible.
we are talking about “HIS PRIME” here. michael only scored 60+ career high long time ago where rules are much different and harder than today. so with today’s rules, it will be much easier for him to get =>100pts. great players like kobe can score 81 but this Michael Jordan is THE BEST OF ALL TIME THEN THATS IT!
MJ is just bitter..not even the great wilt chamberlain could score 100 points in this era of players..just accept the fact that he is part of what “HAS” been..it’s leBron and Kobe’s era now..he should focus on how he could make his mediocre team be consistent contenders and get the RIGHT PLAYERS instead of a bunch of disappointments..
Kobe is still a choke artist with a lot of talent around him. Does anyone remember 2005-2007 Lakers? Does anyone remember Kobe getting scared and passing the rock at the end of every series that they lost against the Suns? Jordan would never allow that to happen to his team. If Jordan was on that 2005-2007 Lakers team instead of Kobe, the Lakers would have won that playoff series easily. Kobe is still a choke artist on a good team. He should feel blessed that Jordan put him in the 10 ten guards all-time. Kobe has only one advantage over Jordan, Kobe is a better 3-point shooter. Jordan is the best of all time stil. Shaq is the most dominant big man. And Drexler was the second best guard in the 1990′s. You Kobe lovers need to get his _ick out your mouth, throw the crack pipe away, and get a job.
Career made shots:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
15,837 shots
Karl Malone 13,528 shots
Wilt Chamberlain 12,681 shots
Michael Jordan 12,192 shots
Shaquille O’Neal 11,140 shots
Elvin Hayes 10,976 shots
Hakeem Olajuwon 10,749 shots
Alex English 10,659 shots
John Havlicek 10,513 shots
Kobe Bryant 8,770 shots
If MJ was playing today, at a certain period in his career he would be able to score a hundred points. Back in the day the rules were different and that made scoring more difficult. The hand checks, there was no defensive 3 sec rule……..
with that kind of rule in check and tailor made defence to stop MJ, he still got 50, 60 a night at times, even during playoffs, they had Jordan stoppers and big men like Moses malone, Ewing, Olajuwon, Robinson, Alonso, patrolling the paint all night. If Mj didnt have to play alot of defence and handle the ball alot hed have more time to concentrate on scoring. And if he did play today, Pippen wont be there, so itll be a whole diff game plann. If he were to play in this day and age, at one time in his career hed score 100 points, maybe in a playoff game, who knows…..
I believe MJ could get 100 no problem if you ever seen him play its like where did that come from there is no doubt that on anygiven night mj would just do it he is the best and is still the best ! Kobe is great lebron is great wade is great but not as good as jordan or pippen they did what they had to do to WIN !! they worked harder faster quicker smarter !
Blax had great statement Everyone is about looking good now look at me look at my bling bling the players now dont have that fire in there eyes like jordan and pippen
I would still take jordan anyday on my team along with the dreamteam these were the most dominate players ever now there really isnt a dominate !?!?!?
Just go and watch him on youtube watch his eyes his seriousness the determination , & domination and it was pure come on it was awsome Jordan still can play non of these younger players have the drive determination or domination like jordan or pippen magic bird stockton malone these were players who worked hard most of the players collect the paycheck sit in the stands eating popcorn hotdogs and the beer !! Jordan rules
IM TIRED OF EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT IF THIS AND IF THAT….(FACTS) 1. JORDAN WILL NEVER SCORE 100 PTS. 2. JORDAN HIGH WAS 69PTS. 3. KOBE, I DONT THINK WILL EVER SCORE 100PTS. 4. KOBE’S HIGH 81PTS. 5. WILT SCORED 100PTS. 6. WILT’S RECORD STILL STANDS. 7. IF U SAY THAT JORDAN CAN SCORE 100PTS IN TODAYS GAME….KEEP IN MIND THAT HIS CAREER HIGH WAS 69PTS IN HIS ERA, THEN ITS O.K FOR ME TO SAY THAT DAVID ROBINSON CAN DO IT TO, HE SCORED 71PTS IN A GAME. OOOH YEAH THAT WAS IN THE SAME ERA OF MJ. I THINK THE ARGUMENT SHOULD BE “CAN KOBE DO IT” HE STILL HAS TIME TO TRY. ITS OVER FOR MJ, HE HAD HIS CHANCE.
Career missed shots:
John Havlicek 13,417 shots
Elvin Hayes 13,296 shots
Karl Malone 12,682 shots
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
12,470 shots
Michael Jordan 12,345 shots
Dominique Wilkins 11,626 shots
Elgin Baylor 11,478 shots
Allen Iverson 11,418 shots
Wilt Chamberlain 10,816 shots
Kobe Bryant 10,501 shots *********
Alex English 10,377 shots
Hal Greer 10,307 shots
Bob Cousy 10,300 shots
Hakeem Olajuwon 10,242 shots
Oscar Robertson 10,112 shots
Jerry West 10,016 shots
OK KOBE IS A GREAT PLAYER TOP 5 ALL TIME, BUT PLEASE STOP SAYING HE IS A BETTER SCORER THAN JORDAN. JORDAN IS SAYING THAT HE COULD SCORE 100 POOINTS, WITH THIS NEW NBA RULES , OK PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE NO TEAM WILL LET HIM DO THAT , AND PROBABLY HE WILL HAD TO TAKE ALL THE SHOOTS OF HIS TEAMS. BUT LIKE HE SAYS IN HIS HOF INDUCTEE THERES NO OTHER MJ.
KObe is a ball hog and not an all around player. thats all he is. just watch the all star game 2003 the east would hav won if it wasnt for the new players you said whos better!
all of you guys are not basketball affecionados..yeah mj can score 100points easily today if his in his prime..if youll look back in his rookie season mj burned bird and his celtics with 63pts..and jordan took off magic’s crown yeah pippen was there..but look at also the rooster of the lakers at that time…they did not get past the pistons 3 consecutive seasons but compare the rooster of the pistons to the bulls at that time?pistons had joe dumars, isiah thomas, laimber, dennis rodman,.while the bulls only got mj..celtics got bird, ainge, parish, mchale, walton,the late johnson while the bulls got only mj..when pipen and coach phil arrived to chicago thats the time the bulls soar high and didnt look back..it give jordan the needed help which larry bird,magic johnson,isiah thomas got from their team..and when bird retired jordan defeated the pistons 4-0 in the playoffs with rodman thomas dumars laimbeir on the pistons line up..and dispatch the lakers easily with magic, worthy, divac, byron scott on the lakers rooster..when magic retired there is still hakeem olajawon, charles barkley, alonzo mourning, shaquille oneal, patrick ewing, motumbo, david robinson, karl malone robert horry, gary payton, grant hill, miller reggie, in their prime and in 96 season kobe bryant, AI, Duncan, still jordan dominated the game..in his return to the at the age of 40 still he scored 40pts with carter, kobe, duncan,t-mac, kg, AI,shaq in the game..still he averaged 20pts a game..so its easy to sum it all up given jordan to play in his prime today he will score a hundred points easily…its simple its because of the physicality of the game before that makes the difference….
Many of you people here don’t understand the question.
COULD JORDAN SCORE 100 TODAY?
If MJ in his prime today, and he only wants to score, yes he can do it probably 10 times in a season.
I M FROM COSTA RICA AND THE ONLY THING I COULD SAY IS THAT JORDAN MAKE EVERY, EVERY ONE PLAYER AROUND HE A BETTER PLAYER. OK BIG EXAMPLE PIPPEN HE WAS BOO IN THE 87 DRAFT, AND HE BECOME WELL WE ALL KNOW
I NEVER LISTEN MJ COMPLAINING OR DEMANDING A TRADE LIKE KOBE A COUPLE OF YERAS AFTER SHAQ DEPARTURE.
DONT GET ME WRONG I COULD SAY KOBE IS THE CLOSETS TO MJ BUT DONT SAY HE IS BETTER, STATS DOESNT LIES. THE ONLY STATS THAT KOBE HAD BETTER THAN MJ ITS PROBABLY 3 POINT %
THE FIRST 3 RINGS KOBE WAS THE SIDEKICK. OK THIS LAST 3 HE WAS THE GUY OK. WELL I DONT KNOW THE LAST ONE BUT AT LEAST HE GOOD THE MVP FINALS. BOTTON LINE
MJ ES EL NUMERO 1 ,
Stop bringing Kobe in the discussion because they are not on the same level. MJ is the highest of all. Kobe scored 81 on a garbage team, MJ scored 63 against the NBA best team back in the 80′s and he did it in playoffs. He can score 100 on garbage team on any given night if he wants.
Dr. J was an All-Star in his prime and could out score MJ and the rest of the NBA in todays game! Julius Erving could easily score over a hundred points with all the free throws that are award to todays All-Star players like LeBron and Kobe!
This is just an opinion or thoughts that everyone can argue of.. to those who said that jordan can’t score 100 today because guards now are better from those in 90′s and 80′s, that would definitely guard jordan, like artest, wade,melo,kobe,james, durant etc.., maybe u should think a million times on how they will defend jordan.. You missed to discuss the rules that have changed today.. handchecks foul are not allowed back then until today.. when these guards of today, when guarding jordan at the post doing his moves on how to penetrate or to do his fade away jumpers, these guards of today will go nuts because everytime when the ball is in the hands of jordan, it is almost a sure basket. When the penetrating skills of jordan in the 80′s and his shooting touch from 90′s, the unstoppable FADE AWAY JUMPERS, jordan’s talent and skills are far better from today’s players plus his heart and competitiveness. Jordan just said if you don’t read at the top of the post was “based of these rules today, he could have score 100 or just fouled out or getting on the line often.” that’s it. enough said. jordan has the chance to score 100.
Yes, the athleticism, strength, speed and power are more with the players today, but the intensity, defense, passion and competitiveness are more high in Jordan era..
I LOVE Jordan but Kobe would get much closer to scoring 100 in the 90′s than Jordan would today!
Nothing everybody say is gonna make kobe better or jordan worse.NBA is as good as a match of WWE or WWF now.You kids need to be reborn again in great old era.The old era were real shooter and better defense, because guys of this era see some flashy move, everything is like more entertaiment.If many new era fans are commenting here is because they are bunch of little kids trying to protect their hero.They are right.Little kids should try to protect their selfish hero kobe was.Kobe has the luck to never player against the detroit piston of jordan era.But he got some luck in 2004.Don’t forget Phil jackson.
yeah MJ can score 100. only if he was playing in a special 120 minute game! lol
kobe is not a score leader cuz he dont need to….he dont need to shoot every basket. in tight situations thats when he really take over and close out. anyone on the lakers can score so he dont shoot as much…i dont see no one calling wade a hog…he should be called hogolistics lol. i mean james do pass but they both are more hoggish than kobe…if u really watched them play. i wanna see how they will workout together for a full season. it can be great or a big disaster…and to make it worst if they dont win a ring i mean like they beter win like today like this season. they score leaders but they not that far ahead of kobe who is on a better team and still scores a lot. wade james had to score a lot to try and win…they had no help…but how far off is kobe in scoring and on a great team. kobe isn’t really always a first option, its how ever the match up is thats how they role til phil says or if its tight n kobe need to step up….so yea. and ok yea jordan had more dunks and hang time which do help but thats not shots, baskets. i play with a lot of ballers that jump out da gym….after i leave da gym i’m sure i won more games and had more points. ya’ll geting kills mixed with atheltics? u dont have to be the fastest or strongest or jump highest to score or get off ur shots buddy…cuz i cant dunk fo tihs n i stay hitting jumpers and finding a laying lol. in this time james would be the best dunker and a few years before would have been vince so. kobe stats may not be that high either..steals, rebounds, assist..the whole laker squad can do that. james had to do it all or else what..who would of done it, cleveland sucked without james..yea james made his team better but they had no other players really so he sure needed to try help make them better give them a lil confidence. but james play kinda hurt them in the end….come playoffs hey lets put 4 guys on james james. four other players open and cant make a shot lmfao. james not that far off frm kobe in skills..but hey lets see his resume…, fwd, no post game relaly, jumper umm not that great. in a half court game hmm good solid team d will work. in da open court he would run pass u and dunk..o look no rings. if kobe was on a different team would he have been that good who knows maybe not but is it his fault he end up on a great team and became great and is the greatest. same to say if jordan would have been as great without pippen… i really really doubt it. if there was any offensive threat pippen would be the one to handle maybe 98 percent of the times. kobe james wade go up against scoreres pretty much every game.. now lets count their rings LOL. kobe offense better than jordan individually basketballically lol kobe would be the best player. go watch ur nba highlights and read stats where they are shooting way more ball than kobe . leave the real bball to the real bball players folks. if u just watch bball on tv there is more to it than whta u see on tv. not that it means u dont know much about bball but..well who cares. and lot of teams back then already lost games before the game started..oh man we play da bulls lets count this one as a loss..was scared of mj and had him have his way. now all players workout and train the same way to compete. in offseason times in the 80s 90s they werent working like jordan was so he was way ahead of em physically and mentally. most of them were older and trying to heal and recover frm injury and surgery anyway. or home chilling getting fat doing nothing off season…yea. not now pretty much all players do offseason work.
kobe wanna be like mj i think not. yea maybe when he was younger or in h.s he’d maybe say yea i wanna be like mike i wanna do a dunk like mike. i’m sure when mike was younger he said he wanted to be like someone in the nba….all players did that i think lol. . but now in the nba kobe is trying to be kobe and trying to be better than every player he will have to go up against..not thinking oh i wanna be like mike come on where they do that at lol. i mean if you play bball there are moves that u see that works that you will use…thats natural. kobe have created lot of his owe moves also.
All I can do is laugh at this what if crap. What if Jordan was called for that push off against Utah.?Would they have won? Who knows. And for the idiot talking about Kobe 81. How could u hate on some one who scored 81 points. Toronto had better competition on that team than the 86 Celtics. Larry Bird would get torched by Carmelo and LeBron in today’s game. Who on their team could even hold a candle to Jordan. Kevin McChale, Danny Ainge, or Dennis Johnson. I think not!!!!!!!!! They won beacuse they had a better team. Jordan has never faced a team in the Finals that could compare to the 04 Pistons. If competition was so fierce in the 90′s, why did the bulls win basically 6 rings in a row? Kobe scored 62 in 3 qts against the team who should have been the eventual champs. Miami had no business winning that title. They won to spite Kobe. Wade shot 96 ft’s. Now the league has put Wade,Bosh and James on 1 team to defeat Kobe and the Lakers., Now I have a real what if question. What if Magic, Bird and Olajuwon got on 1 team in their prime and played against the bulls in the 90′s? Would they have won all of those ring? I ask that question because that’s what Miami just did.
No MJ could not score 100 point in a game. I love MJ but he has a big mouth and he likes to make controverse remember when lebron signed with the Heat MJ said that when he was a player did not want to play with the Larry Bird…,, Why does he have to say that….. By the way In this interview MJ admited something the game has changed and sorry for you who dont like him but Kobe Bryant is the best player in the NBA even if you like it or not and I dont know if you guys check but Kobe already brook almost all the records of MJ and is about 3 season away to beat is record of the player with the most points in all is career. Now the real question is not if MJ is better than Kobe the question is can you really compare does two because of the evolution of the game??????
The simple fact that Jordan is entertaining this shows that Kobe is a threat. Forget all the rings, it’s a team game. Jordan didn’t win those rings by himself just like Kobe didn’t. Skill for skill Kobe is better and 1 one 1 MJ would lose.
Shaq would have obliterated chamberlain in his prime.
back in the 90′s basketball was a team game……Jordan did not get 81 points and all, but he sure did had a great influence on the game..It has never been about the rings to be good…..Kobe can get 20 rings to even use for his toes but he is just a guy with 20 rings and the world will hail him for that….but he still won’t be greater than Jordan…Can Jordan put in a hundred points in his prime in today’s NBA? YEAH, if i read the article well, he made mention of rules and things about the game being changed, the fouls and all…….we all know Jordan as the guy that knows where and how to disable a defense…..The Dude was just a forward in a guard position……..
MJ: 1st in career points average overall, 7 straight scoring titles (tied with Wilt Chamberlain)–10 overall(record holder). . 3 steals titles. 6 finals Mvps, 5 reg. season Mvps, 3 all-star mvps. Jordan charted in almost every category. True G.O.A.T. A complete player.
He can score 100, but he’s not that selfish.
MJ?
oh yeah MJ… nothing else but his airness… 4EVER guys so sorry but lebron nor dwayne sucks…it’s kobe next to him…
MJ can score 100 so as KOBE they are different personalities but same basketball talent level…
The game in the Jordan era was fun. Now the player wanna get together to make it boring. Before you can believe in any team and they could make it even the kings went so close.
he cant , hes a guard , hes role is to pass the ball in many times of the games .. kobe didnt do that , lebron does that , pierce does that , kobe is the only player who woudnt admit mj is better than him !! maybe jordan could do that , 100 points
If there were any two players that could score 100 in game, it would have to be Kobe AND MJ. These 2 guys are the biggest “chuckers” ever in the NBA. Check out this list– http://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/fga_game.html You can see that their names dominate the list among having the highest shot attempts in a game throughout their careers. While both would score 100, MJ would get the upper nod on FG% because Jordan attacks the basket more than Kobe does. Having said that, Kobe’s 81 is very impressive because most of his points was done from the perimeter, while MJ’s game was closer to and in the paint. People don’t realize how different Kobe and MJ are in terms of where they are deadly from, Kobe’s more deadly from outside while MJ was more deadly in the post and attacking the rim. There’s no denying how they are similar — they both dominate the ball and take a lot of shots. MJ just had a better career FG% because of where he dominated, closer to the rim, than Kobe.
Wow Sekou, you really hate Kobe Bryant. You never have anything positive to say about him unless you have absolutely no choice.
“I’ll never forgive the Toronto Raptors for allowing Kobe to pop them for 81 points and not sending him home with a busted lip or something.” Just shows your hate and unsportsmenship for the game.
I understand you need to write to make a living but come on, this is ridiculous.
mj is a legend, he was the best and he will be the best for ever
Anybody who thinks Kobe Bryant has faced better competition in his career than Michael Jordan did in his is a child, plain and simple. I’m 34 and grew up watching the NBA in the 80s and 90s, and from about 1988 to 1993 (coinciding with the Bad Boy Pistons and Pat Riley Knicks) Jordan basically had the kitchen sink thrown at him defensively and he still averaged 30+ points per game.
Michael Jordan at age 25, 26 would average over 40 ppg in today’s softer, perimeter-oriented, no hand-checking, Euro-style NBA. Players today are *not* better than the ones in the late 80s and 90s, when Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone, Dennis Rodman, etc. all started extensive workout regimens that kept their bodies in peak condition. All you kids who keep touting Kobe as better than MJ – I know more about professional basketball than you. In fact I could probably do a few segments on NBA TV if they offered me a job.
Kobe Bryant has already missed more 3-pointers than Jordan even attempted during his whole career. Kobe has also never shot above 46 percent for any season of his career, while Jordan did it most of his career. Now, I think Kobe is definitely the second best two-guard of all time (slightly ahead of Jerry West)…but he’ll never, ever surpass Jordan. That isn’t sentimentality talking, that’s the cold, hard objective truth. A lot of Jordan’s game highlights are on YouTube now, you Kobe kids need to start watching them instead of Jersey Shore or whatever.
Top Ten Guards of the NBA, all-time:
1. Michael Jordan – who else? Kobe can only dream of him being here.
2. John Stockton – who do you think can break the almost-16,000 dishes he made? In a single team!
3. Bob Cousy – Bill Russel’s co-cornerstone of the Celtic Dynasty.
4. Jerry West – the most familiar icon in the history of basketball.
5. Wes Unseld – he was the OTHER one who received ROY and MVP honors at the same year. Beat that.
6. Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier – Black Jesus was the miracle why NY became champs without Willis Reed.
7. Kobe Bryant – you still have a few years to work your way up this list!
8. Jason Kidd – the next best thing to Oscar Robertson.
9. Reggie Miller – 6’8 and 185 pounds of lean and mean scoring machine.
10. George Gervin – only ‘Melo scored as much in a quarter.
Now, if any of you guys disagree because some of the persons in this list doesn’t have a ring, think again. Don’t tell me M’benga and Powell of the Lakers are much better than these guys. They should’ve made it here otherwise.
Amen on that list AMENNNNNNNNNNN THANK YOU TENKI
I’m a kobe hater that rapist he not even close to m.j jordan said he’s prolly top 10 greatest players and thats true he aint in the top 5 period. i’ll list 10 players from the past and present who are better than kobe
1. Ofcourse MJ
2. Majic
3. Bird
4. Wilt
5. Russell
6. Pippen
7. Malone
8. Baylor
9. Shaq
10. kobe or lebron here
Sure!! why not? , if he scores 63 against the celtics ( bird , d.johnson , parich , ainge , mclean etc.) what you think he do against teams like new orleans , 76 ers , bucks , suns etc , etc , etc …. if noone remember he kill the league against the best defenders in the history of the nba .. gary payton , dikembe mutombo , hakem olajuwon( leader in block shoots in the history of the nba) , david robinson , patrick ewing , penny hardaway , alonzo mourning , magic johnson , karem abdul jabbar , c. barkley , john stockton ( leader in steals in the history of the nba) , maurice cheeks , shaq etc…. and they are better in his times than the all – stars of today nba
Some of the comments here are stupid. Jordan said he can score 100 today in his prime, It’s only a hypothetical. Obviously he’s too old to score 100 today but if its in his prime then it is possible because we all know how lame the rules today.
AND RAVEN PLEASE DONT BE IGNORANT PLEASE DONT DO IT
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His career high was 69 points, and it took him an extra overtime period to do it. Jordan can shoot off his mouth all that he wants in his attempt to remain relevant and launch his new line of shoes, but, talk is cheap, and so is this shoulda, coulda, woulda crapola.
Too bad that Jordan is just such an egomaniac that he wasn’t able to be gracious during his All-Star induction, and continues to be delusional now that he has apparently annointed himself as some sort of seer dabbling in the netherworld of alternate realities.
The fact remains that he could not do it then, and he could not do it now.
Michael, in case it has escaped your notice, you have retired, and this sort of excursion into hot air only hurts the considerable legacy that you did legitimately leave behind you, but this sort of wistful reassessment of your true abilities will collocate you even in the minds of your numerous supporters, as a laughingstock, more and more similar to the buffoon that is still in the League, Shaquille O’Neal.
the today’s defends is definitely stronger than MJ’s time…
think that if kobe playing at Mj’s time…i think he can even score more than 81 pts.
more ppl will be fouled out by him due to his favourite fake moves
come on man, dont complicate things. JORDAN ONLY SAID THAT HE COULD SCORE 100 THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE RULES TODAY. FOULS AND VIOLATIONS ARE EASILY CALLED TODAY. UNLIKE IN THE 80S AND 90S THE REFEREES,EVEN IN THE SEASON, LET THE PLAYERS PLAY AND TRY TO BLOW THE WHISTLE IS SOMETHING WRONG IS TOO MUCH. JORDAN IS ONE OF THE CRAFTIEST PLAYER EVER PLAYED THIS GAME.. HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE RULES AND NOT ABOUT THE PLAYERS…HES NOT INSULTING EVERY PLAYER EVEN KOBE BRYANT. HE RANGED HIM AT THE TOP 10 GUARD, AND THATS NOT INSULT.. IT WOULD BE IF JORDAN GAVE BRYANT THE SPECIFIC STANDING HE HAS ON THIS TOP 10. EVEN SO, HE IS NEXT TO JORDAN.
so guys please dont complicate what JORDAN HAVE SAID. HES TALKING ABOUT RULES TODAY, NOT ABOUT PLAYERS.. HES THE GREATEST, HE TALKS, BUT WITH SENSE..
JORDAN CAN NEVER SCORE A HUNDRED. DUNKING IS HIS SIGNATURE MOVE. KOBE IS A BETTER 3 POINT SHOOTER AND IT’S HIS TALENT!!! JORDAN SCORING A HUNDRED WILL ONLY BE IN HIS DREAMS.
It’s the story of Kobe’s life and career. Kobe scores 81 resulting in a win, people say he’s selfish. If LeBron or MJ scored 100 in a game, and their team still loses, they would still get applauded for the effort and praised for the accomplishment. It’s just the way it is with Kobe. Kobe wouldn’t dare say anything like what Jordan said about scoring 100. I bet LeBron would get away with saying things like that because he “passes the ball.”
To Jason
hey dude! ur saying that, considering the guards of today, michael wont be as dominating as he was back in the days. ur crazy for even considering this. Look, when michael went back to the league with the Wizards, he was able to score 53 points and guess what? he was 38 years old at that time playing against players who are a lot younger. He even took Paul Pierce to school when they played against each other for the last time back in 2003 when MJ turned 40. Paul Pierce was lot younger than him. AND!! He set another record for being the only 40-year player to score 40 points or more in a game and he did it twice back in 2003! So, if he could score 53 points at the age of 38, imagine if he played in that game being younger or in his late 20′s when he was at his prime. He would’ve easily cracked 60 points!
Mladenov(Bulgaria) scored 154p in a game and that is the world record.
Michael you should stop being cocky , i still remember the look on your face when kobe got 81 . seriously stop being cocky for god sake .
I was wondering
GOOD ,IS JORDAN .,STAR BASKET
I´M PRETTY SURE HE COULD.
Hmmm, I dont think he can. Before MJ fans start houding on me, please hear me out. A portion of MJ’s points came from fast breaks. These fast breaks came form defense. With the new foul, MJ’s team would have gotten less steals. Thus, Jordan would have less points. Although its true during MJ’s offense, he would destroyed the opponent team easily with the new rules. So I supposed it works both ways, so i doubt he could reach 100. Furthermore, there a lot of factors to consider, like his teammates and his opponents.
To all you people saying how the NBA now is faster, better and stronger. This is due to improved and more intense training methods, 10 years more advanced than when Jordan played. If Jordan played now in his prime, he would have access to these training methods and so would be up there with the best talent of today. Imagine Jordan’s athleticism in his prime, It was unbelievable, and that was with (now) out dated training methods. If he played to day he would be literally ashtonishing. I believe Jordan could CHASE 100, as the article says, and maybe in a pre-season game or exhibition game he might do it. But i believe his drive to win is much more powerful that his drive to earn individual achievements. That is what separates him from Kobe today. Along with the fact today’s NBA is a lot less physical than in the 90′s.
People saying that he ‘was surrounded by talent that surpressed him’ look at all the people who HE surpressed. the so called ‘stolen generation’. Those star players who, in today’s game, would have been at the top of the league, winning championships: Stockton, Barkley, Malone, Miller, all 1st rate players who didn’t win any rings because they played in the Jordan era.
As for Kobe equaling Jordan’s 6 championships, lets not forget that he played in Shaq’s shadow, again from the article, for three of those where as Jordan LEAD his team to two three-peats. Yes he had Pippen. Yes he had Rodman. But who delivered in the time of need? Who did the team look to as a leader, and to take the game winning shots? Jordan, Who wasn’t present the year the Bulls lost the Finals? Jordan. Who has a 33.4 playoff ppg average? Jordan. These facts alone should prove jordan to be the greatest of all time. Not counting his drive and determination to win at any cost, proved, in considerable style, in game 5 of the 1997 NBA finals against the Utah Jazz. Jordan scored 38 while feeling light headed and sick. He played 44 minutes. I don’t believe Kobe would suffer that much for his team.
Personally, I agree with Ben because of the way the game has evolved. Prior to Jordan era, there was no one in the league like Dr. J, like George Gervin, like Pete Maravich. Can you imagine these players getting blocked on a chase-down by LeBron? I do, because nowadays, you really have to stuff the ball inside the hoop, or specialize in three-point shooting to keep up with the best of the rest. Now, there are these ‘athletic players’ like Durant, Iguodala, Wade, Bryant, and so forth and so on. Like Jordan, whose single-digit output in a game is overshadowed by the numerous times he redeemed the Bulls when they need it most.
Kobe had his night with Sefalosha a night to remember because he was the one who REALLY stopped him. Why was this thing brought up? Simply because Jordan is the MOST UNLIKELY player to falter that way. Can somebody make these guys who think Kobe is greater than Jordan realize that it’s the other way around? That way, they might remember why the NBA had Jordan’s number retired THROUGHOUT the league.
Jordan wouldn’t be able to score 100 today for a couple reasons.
1) The best defender of Jordan back then was the 6’3″ Joe Dumars. Now he would have to try and score against the 6’7″ Ron Artest, the 6’6″ Kobe Bryant, the 6’8″ LeBron James, the 6’8″ Carmelo Anthony, the 6’9″ Tayshaun Prince, and even the 6’4″ Dwyane Wade. My point is that the average height of SG’s back then was 6’3″ and the average height of SG’s now is 6’6″. And also, the defense of players individually now is way better, even though they don’t always show it. Against Jordan, everyone would be putting 110% effort into defense. If Kobe tried as hard as he could on defense every night, then he would be DPOY. Every team in the NBA has a 6’6″+ shooting guard/small forward that is decent enough to guard Jordan better than most teams in the ’90s.
2) Teams would just double team him and play zone the entire game, so he would never have an open shot. There would be the possibility of him scoring 40 and Scottie Pippen scoring 40 in the same game, but he wouldn’t be able to get to 100, or even 85.
3) He isn’t very good at 3′s. The only seasons where he was a good 3-point shooter were the years with the shorter line. Now, with the longer line, he wouldn’t be able to make more than 2 or 3 3-pointers in a game unless he shot a bunch.
4) Players now are much more athletic. Jordan and Dominque Wilkins were considered the best athletes back then, but if they played now, their athleticism wouldn’t be anything special. Dunking from the free throw line now isn’t a big deal and won’t get you a good score in the dunk contest, but back then it was something amazing.
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Ummm,Jordan when he was *40*,he can still avg around 20 ppg while against prime magic T Mac prime 76er AI Pierce,Wolve KG prime Kobe prime Shaq semi prime TD,,also when he at the age of 38 he can score around 50 points in a game ,I remembered that,the defence and rules back in the 90s is wayy harder than the defence and rules today,back in the 90s the defence players is much more stronger than the players we have today….back in the days,there are prime Mutombo,prime Admiral(David Robinson),prime magic Shaq,prime Zo,prime Dream,prime Malone prime TD etc,but today?We have….Yao…Howard…Pau…KD lebron bosh wade that set.I think Jordan CAN score 100 points at his prime skill level today with his old bulls team and his partner Rodman Pippen against teams like New Jersey Nets….Kings Raptors.And Jordan in his prime status energy accuracy is much better than what kobe have when kobe scored 81,in Michaels ROOKIE year,he leads team in scoring assist rebound and steal,regular season & playoff combined games with 12 or more assists Jordan have 32 and kobe have only around 10,regular season & playoff with less than 3 assists Kobe have around 260 and jordan have 180,recorded in game with 30+ shot attempts,air Jordan with 72-57 558% Kobe with 46-61 368%….regular season game with under 50% shooting…Jordan 489 Kobe 623…season with atleast 200 steals…Jordan 6 Kobe 0….Michael averaged 35 PPG when he won the defensive player of the year!Guards rarely receive defensive player of the year,just think about the levels of passion energy to lead in the league too in scoring in the 80s-00s….Kobe’s career skill level is not even close compared to what Jordan have,IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING,just look what did T mac did,13 points in 35 seconds,if prime Jordan can do at what is he is at his best with a top team and teammates Jordan can do it!
The NBA today isn’t as physical as college or even international basketball. That’s why we can’t just throw together “Dream Teams” anymore (there’s only one true one anyway) and send them to the Olympics.
The NBA of the late 80s and early 90s was truly brutal defensively, and Kobe never experienced that. The recent teams who played defense *close* to that era were the ’04 Pistons and ’08 Celtics…both of which beat Kobe’s Lakers in the Finals.
Anybody who says that the NBA is tougher today doesn’t know anything about the history of basketball.
Jordan was better than Kobe, and many of Kobe’s moves are emulated from MJ. If Kobe could drop 81, MJ could do 100, no doubt!!!!
MJ, you used to be the best player in the game. I watched everyone of your games I could. You were what got me hooked on basketball, the skill, the amazing defense, the heart..
Then, as we all do, you started to get old, & as a young man (teenager), I started scouting new talent.
I started hearing about this kid in high school named kobe. You know the rest, MJ.. You KNOW !!
So why do you have to do this MJ?? Why do you want to deny to yourself how GREAT kobe is.
The game is NOT easier now. That is a joke. I’d love to see the old bulls team in the finals with kobe & artest shutting it down.
MJ, you really should not talk about what you could do. Cause you DIDNT do it. You cant do it. You wont do it.
Stop denying GREATNESS. Kobe is set on being the best player ever & he is no where near stopping.
some of the jordan lover comments in here are rediculous. shows you how smart the people really are in here. no way in hell is he scoring 100. KOBE > JORDAN
B you arent very smart. stop talking.
James S you should stop talking to. if you dont think the nba is physical you might be watching wnba basketball not the nba.
Btw the celtics last were supposedly better at defense than the 08 celtics so dont say kobe never beat a good defense.
LOL! Wow! It’s amazing to see how many people doubt Jordan all over the internet. Most of those are people and children of people who lived in cities that hated The Chicago Bulls. The majority of Jordan’s career was built on proving the critics wrong, which he did. They said he couldn’t win a NBA Championship, he did! They said he couldn’t win back to back titles, he did! When he retired, they said he couldn’t comeback and compete on the same level as before, he did multiple times. It’s hilarious to see how many ppl don’t think that a 28-year-old Jordan could have score 100 in today rules (placing him at the age Kobe scoring 81pts). MJ didn’t even mention Kobe and idol worshiping Kobe fans are tearing their underwear apart in rage that MJ would even imply he could score more than their beloved Kobe Bryant did. The most saddest and miserable thing about Kobe fans is that Kobe looks up to Jordan and said that he is the greatest to ever play the game. Do your research!
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I’m a big Kobe fan and even Kobe and I know it’s extremely possible, especially when you doubt the man… Kobe set out go on a scoring spree against the Raptors and his poor Lakers team kept feeding him the ball. You don’t think if Jordan set out to score 100 and was repetitiously passed the ball he wouldn’t have done it? Delusional!
If Jordan could go to the “fountain of youth” right now to get back 19 years, to score 100, you best believe I would be $100 million richer right now because I would bet against all his doubters! You’re telling me that Jordan couldn’t have been an estimated 12/16 from the field? You don’t think MJ could have attempted 20 shoots from the field and in the paint each quarter, making 13 or 14? Or even less than that with him going to the line? Kobe had 26 in the first half against the raptors and scored 55 in the second. You don’t think Jordan couldn’t have done that today? Come on kids, Dec. 29, 2001 when the 38-year-old MJ scored an astonishing 51 points against the Hornets. In only 38 minutes, Jordan set two records; the oldest player to ever score 50, and for most points in one quarter against the Hornets. Jordan became the only player over 40 to ever score 40+ points in a game against N.J. on Feb. 21, 2003. These doubters are hilarious! If he did all of that old and banged up with most of the new rules, what do you think he would do at 28-years-old today? I see ppl on the internet staying he has old grumpy man syndrome. Keep hating on MJ, calling him “old and grumpy”, because one day you’re up in age, young ppl will falsely call you “old and grumpy” at 47-year-old! At 47, your mind is still fully in tact. It’s not likes he’s 67 saying this. Scary thought isn’t it to think one day you will be called a grumpy old man? Age creeps up on all of us very fast!
BTW, I’m 28! The same age Kobe scored 81 pts against the raptors… The same age Micheal Jordan won his first Championship… The same age D-wade founded his championship competing team in Miami. Call me old if you want but it seems like 28 is the prime age for historic events in the NBA!
I don´t think Jordan could have scored 100, not even in his prime. His best scoring performence were 69 points, 31 less!
So, sorry MJ, you´re the best, but I don´t believe you, simply because you´ve never proven otherwise!
And comparing kobe to his gamelevel is dificult. Given his success and individual accomplishments a comparison seems rediculous. collegechamp, 2 olympic goldmedals, 6 finals-mvps, 5 mvps, 10 scoring-titles, best defensive player ( the list goes on and on) against no college at all, 1 olympic goldmedal, 2 finals mvps, 1 mvp, 2 scoring titles, no defensive player of the year…
In terms of talent its getting tougher! Jordan was stronger and had bigger hands, Kobe has a better mid-range-jumper, similar athletic abilities and the same will to win games and championchips. But MJ´s fieldgoal-percentage alone says a lot about his game, over 50 % in his prime. For a guard, that´s pretty impressive!! Kobe never got there and probably never will!
So, I still think, an MJ in his prime would beat Kobe any time in an one-on-one game!! But he´d never score 100.
Kobe also never will, by the way!
First, most of the comments listed here are by folks who are not old enough to remember how great the players of the 60s were. If you are familiar with that era, you would realize that defenses were given much more leeway than they were given during the Jordan era. Robertson, West, Bing, Frazier and Monroe had to face a much more physical defenders back then. The physicality of Jerry Sloan far exceeds anything seen in the 80s to today. So if Jordan could score 100 today (which he could not), following his logic, so could the players of that era. I firmly agree with Raven’s post here. With Kobe now acquiring 5 rings, Mr. Jordan has become very uncomfortable since, Kobe has securing his five against far tougher competition. It’s a bit like Larry Holmes vs Ali. Sure Larry was a great champion, no doubt about it, but he fought in an era of much weaker competition than did Ali. He never had to stand toe to toe with Frazier, Liston, and Foreman. The same with Jordan. During his era there was a dearth of competition at the shooting guard position. If you follow the argument that Clyde Drexler was the number two guard, well you have a problem. He was not able to pull up and hit the jumper off the dribble much like Magic Johnson. The great jump shooters ala Jerry West, Robertson, Andrew Toney were not in evidence during his reign. The only player that had the moxie to challenge him was John Starks and maybe Dumars and he was bigger than both of them. Jordan has cast himself as this immovable number one, and now he knows that position is in jeopardy. So, I can score 100, sure, but you didn’t, However Kobe scored 81. Anyone can speculate, but the facts are the facts. If Kobe reaches 6 rings or beyond, it is no longer a question of who is better because, Kobe did his work against tougher competition. And if he gets 6 against the revamped Heat, then Jordan becomes a “top ten”. Kobe is taking the right track. .keep quiet and let the rings and the stats do the talking.
More Importantly Sekou, can you please start spell checking your posts before you submit them, so they are actually readable? The red line in Word is not ever going to figure out “There we nights” …
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I said YES
THIS IS THE PU_SSY ERA where if you smile, you deserve a technical foul! and we are talking about the guy with 10 scoring tittles
I think he can, but if the conditions are perfect
He needs to play in a crap team and being a ballhog (like Kobe, no matter if he miss 20 shots first in the first half, he is going to score the 30Pts in the game or more)
Assuming we throw Jordan in today’s game, without the admiration and accolades (that way Jordan won’t get special treatment)– Jordan’s game was tailored to attack physical defenses and in today’s game, with touch fouls being called and fouls being called from grazing a player–I think today’s defenses would use these new rules to put Jordan in foul trouble with charging fouls, hooking around players, or pushing off players to get a shot off. Jordan would have to “tone down” the physicality of his game. In fact, we got a glimpse of how Jordan’s game would be today if he became strictly a perimeter player (less physical), when he was with the Wizards. His FG% dropped to 41% and then climbed to 44% (more like Kobe’s FG% range, actually less) before he called it quits. What made Jordan better than Kobe and the best ever was Jordan’s unique ability to break through the barrier of what a shooting guard usually did. Although labeled “shooting guard” by position, Jordan’s physicality coupled with the old rules allowing for more physical play enabled Jordan to bully his way to the rim, something only a center or big forward did at the time. There is really no other shooting guard ever or since who was as physical as Jordan. Before Jordan, every player was a specialist based on their respective positions. I would say this, BOTH JORDAN AND KOBE ARE CAPABLE OF SCORING 100 THEIR OWN WAY. If both players were only allowed to score 100 in or around the paint, Jordan would win hands down. If both players were only allowed to score 100 from the perimeter, Kobe would win. That’s the only way you could make the comparison between them. I think only Jordan AND Kobe would be the only 2 shooting guards that could ever accomplish it in a game. How they do it will be different, and both ways would be just as impressive.
James S. is right, end of discussion. All you others, consider yourselves wrong and strictly fanboys.
I see all Kobe fanboys crying, but the truth is: swallow it up, MJ still has more bball knowledge in his pinky than Kobe will ever have.
KB has an attitude problem, and his lack of humbleness will never make him more than a “top 10 guard”.
Truth bites!
people keep saying kobe emulated jordan. Okay, jordan emulated Dr.J. But he took it to another level.
James s. you mean late 80′s Jordan was losing to those teams. He just played them in the ecf.
well yea, slong as people pass to him.
To the dude that said something about sefalosha. If Sefalosha played d like that on jordan he would foul out. It’s that simple.
Every shooting guard jordan went up against in the finals was doo doo excpot clyde drexler.
Man there’s about three or four dunks in that video up there alone that would’ve been and-1′s by todays rules, lol.
I think Nick, who posted his comment earlier, is an eight-year-old fan of Kobe. I have some suggestions to make: do you collect basketball cards? Try looking for someone who is willing to trade his ordinary Jordan rookie card in mint condition who wants your ordinary rookie card of Kobe Bryant in the same condition. Unless you’re a die hard Kobe fan, you won’t do it, right? Now ask your daddy if he has a Jordan DVD out there, you will enjoy quality time watching the greatest player ever to play basketball with the best daddy and the best Kobe fan in you.
It’s crazy how people say West is a better player than kobe. He said, kobe is better than him. who was the idiot that said stockton was a better guard .Please leave those garbage comments to yourself. It’s amazing how people say Kobe will never shoot 50%fg pct but u can say jordan would score 100 in todays game. The fact is kobe scored 81 and 62(in 34 minutes) and jordan high was 69. Kobe is still playing. He actually has a chance to shoot 50% fg pct. Larry Bird and any of those other clowns on boston team checking jordan is like dirk checking kobe. he would get torched.
I realized MVP was overrated when nash won back2back. He has 1 more mvp than kobe does that make him better. Barkley won MVP in 93, but Jordan would rip charles apart. MVP means nothing. Jordan vs Kobe 1 on 1. Kobe wins easily.
PMB stop talking kobe hater. you obviously dont know anything about kobe. start watching some games then make a comment about him. bad attitude? lack of humbleness man stop watching only highlights on espn. kobe has as much talent as jordan ever had. sounds like you need to go fap to your michael jordan posters you hater. TRUTH HURTS.
your calling us kobe fanboys yet your sitting here trying to defend mj and say he could score 100 points in a game. this article is stupid cause he’ll never do it and he never did do it. KOBE HATERS KOBE HATERS
@Raven:
It’s either you’re in love with Kobe, or you are on drugs. Comparatively speaking, Kobe is a pathetic defender against Jordan. I can’t remember Kobe playing defense against somebody bigger than him except LeBron, who is relatively his own size. Jordan CAN guard Barkley, even at the post whereas Kobe WILL get owned by either of them.How about blocking a strong center like Ewing going for a dunk? What’s the most spectacular block that Kobe had in his career? Have you seen Kobe block somebody bigger than him above the rim? Jordan did it countless numbers of times before, and if he is in his prime today, he’ll OWN Kobe easily. In fact, Kobe might win a game of one-on-one against Jordan after MJ gets fed up with schooling him. Why? Because Kobe only COPIED every aspect and facet of Jordan’s game. Heck, Kobe isn’t even a strong finisher like MJ. How many three-point plays have you seen Jordan finish? And to think that the fouls Jordan received while taking the ball to the hoop are called as flagrant fouls nowadays. Kobe? He’s a very lame finisher. He keeps complaining to the refs whenever he’s been contested with his lay-ups. Jordan? He’ll say, ‘Come Fly with Me’ without missing a beat. And when did Kobe win the Defensive Player of The Year? When will he win it? By guarding Rondo all season long?
OK then, since Kobe doesn’t have a chance against Jordan one-on-one, let’s talk about the team aspect of the game. Your Lakers with Kobe in his prime against the 72-10 Bulls. Don’t tell me Jordan isn’t in his prime this season because otherwise, they wouldn’t have made this historic benchmark in the NBA. Is Kobe in his prime when he played with Shaq? Nope, because Kobe was under Shaq’s wing. Did Jordan play under Pippen’s apprenticeship? Never. In short, Kobe’s prime would be when Shaq left LA. What happened then? Take a look back at Jordan’s career, when he made a comebaack with Horace grant playing for Orlando. They lost the series, but what happened the next three seasons? It was the Golden Age of the Bulls! Back to the topic now: 72-10 Bulls would own LA with Kobe in his prime.
My advice to you is: stay off the drugs, do some research, don’t be prejudiced with you idols, and cut your love story with Kobe short. Enough said.
why do your articles always have kobe-bashing and lebron love thrown in. every time I read some obnoxious comment about kobe or lebron I always scroll up to see you wrote it.
also, im an impartial fan but to someone in this generation kobe can definitely be in the top-10 guard discussion, it’s crazy to say otherwise..take it from a man who knows (GOAT).
and lebron could never, ever score 100 points, theres nothing to indicate he could accomplish that
Every shooting guard jordan went up against in the finals was doo doo excpot clyde drexler. These critics doesn’t learn from Michael does, silence them
KWAME BROWN
SCALABRINE
2 GUYS WHO CULD SCORE 100 PTS
I never bashed Kobe. It so happened that there have been a comparison of Kobe against Jordan, which is very irrelevant in the first place. Anyway, I am debating with these people who are overwhelmed by Kobe’s achievements that they tend to overlook the goat. Worse they even made a comparison that shouldn’t have happened because Jordan is ENTIRELY on a league of his own. It’s as if they have seen these two players play against each other for a long time that they already know the results.
Kobe scored 81 points, the second-most in the history of the game, but this fact should never be based with the conclusion that Kobe is better than Jordan. As you know, when Bryant came into the league, he was COMPARATIVELY of little significance when it comes to making an impact in the league aside from the fact that he made the draft playing at Lower Merion. Do these fans know about Kobe when he was in high school? How about Jordan? When MJ came into the league, he was drafted 3rd overall behind Hakeem and Sam Bowie, and yet won the ROY honors. When MJ was playing for the Tar Heels, his name is synonymous with winning championships. You can ask Patrick Ewing about that. Now where do these Kobe fans put the name of their love here?
Michael Jordan is the epitome of success in the basketball world, from the beginning to the end of his career in Chicago. He brought titles in his team prior to the NBA, which Kobe never did. Jordan made an immediate impact in the league when he came in, which Kobe never did. Jordan led his team in his six championships with the Bulls, which Kobe never did because he played with Shaq in his so-and-so rings. Jordan never lost a championship series along with two All-Stars (Pippen and Rodman). Kobe cannot lead his team despite having 3 other All-Stars (Shaq, Payton, Malone) against a relatively mediocre team in Detroit (DET wins series, 4-1? Not even close). Jordan revolutionized the game with his innovative style of play, which Kobe EMULATED with decent success. Kobe is the reason why Phil Jackson now has two blemishes in his title bids, which Jordan NEVER did. Jordan won a Defensive Title, which Kobe never did.
Guys, here’s a situation: Game 7, opposition leads by one point. Three seconds remaining. MJ and Bryant is playing for the SAME TEAM. Their team’s possession, ball is inbounded at the half court line. Who takes the last shot? The Great Closer of recent times, or the Greatest Closer of All-Time?
Kobe will or has to take the shot…if jordan gets the ball hes gonna be hit with an offensive foul the way he pushes his defender to get a clear shot….so again KOBE has to take the shot….MR. clutch wont let you down…
@ James S.
I have never seen physical plays in the 80′s that survived today. The ’04 Pistons and the ’08 Celtics were not that physical. Do you picture Bryant picking up a fight with Aguirre? Nope, because he is not man enough. I’d reckon that Kobe will shed his tears to Bill Laimbeer and Dennis Rodman about the physical aspect of the game if he played in that era. Jordan never backed down from a fight against the Bad Boys. In fact, he brought the fight to them. Kobe can’t even hold his ground when ‘Melo posts him up.
I agree with everything that you said. I know Kobe is a great player, but his fans don’t know where Bryant’s excellence comes to a standstill when they COMPARE him to Jordan. Why do I put His Airness in high regard? Because it’s the right thing to do. Being ideal and being right about the facts are two entirely different things.
@ Nick:
You are the most idiotic person who left a comment here. You’re telling me Kobe is greater than Jordan simply because of Kobe’s emulation on Jordan’s game, which Bryant NEVER perfected because HE CAN’T be as effective as Jordan. Come on Kobe lover, you are blinded by Kobe’s cute moves. You’re stating that being fancy is way better than being efficient. Let me prove to you otherwise.
Do you know Tim Duncan? In my personal opinion, he is the most annoying superstar in the NBA because his moves are very basic, very fundamental. This guy won four championships with the Spurs and was voted All-NBA First Team an unprecedented 13 times. Although he’s annoying, I like his style of play because he is a consistent player. Compare his game to your favorite power forward in this era and I would choose him over your pick because of the fact that he is efficient with his moves. No trash talking, no finger-waving at the face of the opponent, no butt-tapping at the opponent’s coach. A plain and simple winner.
I don’t know what kind of noise you are bringing in this forum, but I’m sick and tired of you lame comments. Your ignorance of the game is incomprehensible that it doesn’t make sense arguing with you. I am trying to make you a true basketball fan, not an idiotic patron who doesn’t know the history of the game. Don’t get me wrong, I do not despise Kobe. It’s just that people who are ignorant enough like you think that Kobe outshines Jordan in every aspect of his game won’t realize these important facts until you let someone do so. I’ll tell you what: the only thing that Kobe has that is something greater that Jordan’s is his jersey number. It’s so nostalgic it makes me vomit whenever you and somebody else like you brings up the topic. You can’t win this argument. You can’t change the facts that justifies Jordan’s mastery of the game.
MJ can definitely score a 100 points if he is not a team player.. while Kobe “mr no pass” scored a 80 plus point because is a one man team. correct me if im wrong, that every great players had his own nickname depending on his ability to play given by individual. but does anyone gave Kobe a nickname? “the black mumba” he made his own nickname. “what a loser”
Considering the fact that Mr. Jordan said it, it means he targets it, and if he thought of doing 100 points in a game in his era, he would have done it (Well, he didn’t, because Mr. Jordan is not a selfish player but a team player, with a high Points-Rebounds-Assist average per game, take note, all of it at a same game).
Given he has scored 69 and 63 points to the fiercest defense era of NBA, with all those hacking and mini-wrestling happening around the court. The rules today are much foul-called, less physical play. When someone say that NBA today is more talented, well guess what, they fulfilled that with very tough and physical defense (note the average PPG allowed on the 90′s than these days), I mean, although points is still the determining point of a win, games are won by defense during that era, unlike today that almost all teams are offense-oriented.
Double teaming IS allowed during his time.
Talking about the zone, well, you don’t need to shoot 3′s just to break it, you just need efficient perimeter shooting, which MJ does (If MJ can shoot fadeaway jumpers from which he lands around 3-4 ft farther from his takeoff, at man-to-man D, then he can shoot a lot more easier at zone).
The point that MJ stressed here is that, defense in his era is a lot more tougher compared to the present play, and in today’s kind of defense, he can (potentially) score 100 in at least a game. Well, better watch footages/ videos of games played in the 90′s to be educated. ^_^V
Lets stop kidding ourselves folks. While Micheal Jordan is truly the most accomplished statisitical player the nba has ever witness, there are multiple atheletes in the nba who would have and could have dominated in any era, including the 90′s as well. Kobe , Lebron, D Wade, Kevin Durant, Melo Anthony, Stoudamire to name a few. These players have multiple defensive assignment everynight, based on the game plan formulated to specifically challenge them. What top tier defender ha s Jordan ever torched, John Starks cba, Craig Ehlo, cba, 63 against Boston, oh that was in 3 overtimes against the Celtics who had no one to disrupt Jordans flow, still far from one hundred so who did he actually face if you ask me? Every big in the league has at least a 40 inch vertical so it’s simply harder with the addition of versatility and length to get your shot off. Wade, James, Kobe, and even second tier defenders like Artest, Barnes, Bell, and others can cover anyone, thats a far cry from Ainge, Isiah, and Dumars. If kobe Can’t do it with a unlimited offensive array of distance and post moves, then trust me Michael Jordan with the old man jibberish should just be quiet and be thankful that he got in and out and doesn’t have to face these present guys on a given night. Pippen the greatest defender of all time was chopped up by a young Kobe bryant, so what would passing lane Jordan do. Besides, the range of shoots whether freethrows or threes it would take to accomplish this feet, just wouldn’t be made, due to Jordans suspect perimeter shooting out of a zone, that allows him to be double with fewer illegal defenses being called. P.s Lets apply logic to our answers folks, cause anything else is outlandish.
Man Man Man, the rules have changed! Jordan had to deal with a far more physical brand of defense, hand checkin was still goin on then, remember. The offensive players of today have become babies, being used to having fouls called for them with just the slightest of body contact. Not to mention that in todays NBA Jordan would be headed to the Free throw line 20 times a game. if the rules that r today were around when Mike wasa in his prime, he would have averaged more like 42 in his best years. Hit a hundred? who can say? He definetely would have goten much closer that 69 or whatever his game high was!
No way he’ll score 100 lol, different era and slightly different rules yes but theres a crapload of talent in the nba now compared to before. someone said it right, better euro players, freak of nature athletes, more 7footers to clog the paint, you name em.. theres alot of more better players now than before. its harder to win games now let alone championships. yes mj better than kobe but no way 100pts, hes just dreaming and hyping up the upcoming videogame lolz
MICHAEL JORDAN
# 6× NBA Champion (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
# 5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1988, 1991–1992, 1996, 1998)
# 14× NBA All-Star (1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002–2003)
# 6× NBA Finals MVP (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
# NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988)
# 10× All-NBA First Team (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
# All-NBA Second Team (1985)
# 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1988–1993, 1996–1998)
# NBA Rookie of the Year (1985)
# NBA All-Rookie First Team (1985)
# 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
# 2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner (1987–1988)
# 2× Gold Medal Winner in the Olympics (1984, 1992)
# NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
KOBE BRYANT
# 5× NBA Champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010)
# 2× NBA Finals MVP (2009–2010)
# NBA Most Valuable Player (2008)
# 12× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2010)
# 2× NBA scoring champion (2006–2007)
# 8× All-NBA First Team (2002–2004, 2006–2010)
# 2× All-NBA Second Team (2000–2001)
# 2× All-NBA Third Team (1999, 2005)
# 8× All-Defensive First Team (2000, 2003–2004, 2006–2010)
# 2× All-Defensive Second Team (2001–2002)
# NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1997)
# 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009)
# NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner (1997)
see the difference? MJ is better than KB
today basketball is less physical than magic, bird and jordan year…
if kobe can 81points in 90′s… i’ll go for KB better than MJ…
KB score 81 against toronto?? c’mon… mj score 60+ against boston…
that’s all folks
HEY DUDE!!! YOU HAVE SOMETHING FORGOT…WHERE IS THE 11 x SCORING TITTLE????!!! AND I’M DESAGRRE WHAT TYPED ON IT!..
Big Smooth everyone one makes mistakes and there is always two sides to every story but you have to have an open mind and heart to believe that. Only Kobe and that young lady knows the truth because nothing was ever really proven in court for you to call him out your his name and we can agree to disagree on this but look at it from a non judgmental view. MJ and Kobe are both great but MJ came back and played with the Washington Wizard and never score 100 points. If you have major talent like it’s been stated in all the postings, he would have displayed it then with 100 points. Kobe has never said he was better than Michael, he is always respectful towards MJ and like that fact people see’s him in good company. What I love about Kobe he is his own man and he does not allow any comments to change who he is. In the end of his career he would have achieved great things and have the #1 jersey sold all over the world. One other thing Shaq; should not have received MVP all those years they played together, 1 year it belonged to Kobe. Can we be real up in here, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok people lets put an end to this. I dont understand why people believe that Jordan in his prime can not score a 100 pt in today NBA, when he had multiples 40 pt games while playing with the wizards. He was 40 YEARS OLD and still averaged 20 pt per game over a two season with a very bad wizards team. So what you telling me is that if MJ was 10 or 15 years younger he wouldn t be able to score a hundred!!!!!!!!! Oh lets not forget this, kobe 81 pt came against a very bad defensive team (raptors) and there are teams who are even worst defensively than the raotors ( though not a lot). My point is if a 40 years old MJ can score 40 pt while playing on a bad team in today nba, why wouldnt a 20, 26, 30 years old MJ be able to score a 100 against a bad defensive team like the raptors for example loooool
I love how everyone is misinterpreting Jordans comment and the whole question in whole. I thought guards consisted of PG and SG’s… If you ask me, Jordan gave Kobe a hell of a compliment. That means he’s top 10 (Could be 2-10) in the midst of all those players dating back since the game started.
I’m pretty sure if they asked Jordan who are the top 10 shooting guards the answer would have been different. Looks like you guys forgot that Jordan came back at damned near 40 years old and dropped 50 points against “Todays Competition”.
If you look back at all of those championships that LA won, Kobe only had one good championship series, and that was against Orlando. Shaq was clearly the main factor in the first 3, Kobe was nowhere to be seen the first time they lost to Boston, and had maybe 2 solid games in the rematch. I think Gasol got ripped off for finals MVP.
Jordan was always the dominant player in every series, lead in stats and never shot at such poor FG% as Kobe has in just about every championship series, before u bash me, go look at his stats, I did a championship stat comparison a while ago and Jordan topped Kobe in just about every stat except blocks by like .2 or something.
So to stick back to the topic, if Kobe who shoots at a lower FG% than Jordan (even before the finger injury) and can drop 81 against a non defensive team, I think if Jordan had a breakout night, he can too with all the rule changes. You kids need to watch full games of Jordan, not just highlights. Kobe is a bit overrated, this is coming from a Laker fan 19 years and counting. I love Kobe, but Jordan was just more dominant. Shaq was honestly my favorite laker during their 3 peat, which is why he always won finals MVP. Go figure.
jordan scoring 100 just another examples of a one time great trying to keep the label of best ever which he is not he is in the top five i give him that much
one more he could score 100 wilt will score 200
You people cant even add Durant and Lebron in this mix. They are forwards! not shooting guards. And in the 90′s the game had less rules. It was tougher. The Pistons in the day make the Celtics defense look like the Phoenix Suns. And Boston is my favorite team. There are too many rules for defenders these days. Its easier to score. Jordan stated, If he played in today’s game, that he would foul out. But on offense he would get to the line easier.
Why is EVERYBODY talking about other players?? Y’all are forgetting Kobe has had the best surrounding team in the league. Whose help was WAY better then Jordan’s, but regardless who is this topic about? Kobe can’t touch Mike inside the three point line. TOO inconsistent in the clutch. He had a good year of clutch shots, but has been way to inconsistent in the previous to this year and probably hit his peak last year. I swear one second everybody’s saying Lebron has past Kobe and now Kobe is as good Mike. I’m sick of it. Have y’all heard of handchecking? Which was purposely made to let guards get to the hole easier. Nobody could stop Jordan getting to the hole then, and DEFINITELY wouldn’t now. Jordan didn’t try to demolish a garbage defense when he didn’t have to. He brought his A game when his opponents made it tough. Kobe does the exact opposite. Just because Jordan said Kobe’s gonna be the top 10 guards of all time doesn’t mean a thing because never has he called himself the greatest. He also said there’s no way to tell because he never played against the previous generation. Regardless of accomplishment JORDAN IS THE GOAT. Kobe and all the other players in the league modeled their game off of his. When Dallas met Miami in the finals in 06 even Dirk said he watched a lot of Jordan tapes to improve his game. Kobe just doesn’t have the competitive nature Jordan had he never tries to outshine Lebron, and if he does try then he’s not getting the job done. Drop the comparisons. Jordan would score 50 off of freethrows alone. So i hope no one out there is doubting Jordan’s ability to drop 50.
and stop acting like the 90s had no talent. This league has no bigs. The bigs now days are trash. The best big in the league is Pau, and whose team is he on? A big getting a triple double in the playoffs? Are you kidding me?
Why is EVERYBODY talking about other players?? Y’all are forgetting Kobe has had the best surrounding team in the league. Whose help was WAY better then Jordan’s, but regardless who is this topic about? Kobe can’t touch Mike inside the three point line. TOO inconsistent in the clutch. He had a good year of clutch shots last year, but has been way to inconsistent prior to this year and probably hit his peak of clutch performances last year, due to him airballing a gamewinner in the finals. I swear one second everybody’s saying Lebron is better than Kobe, and now Kobe is as good Mike. I’m sick of it. Have y’all heard of handchecking? Which was purposely abolished to let guards get to the hole easier. Nobody could stop Jordan getting to the hole then, and DEFINITELY wouldn’t now. Jordan didn’t try to demolish a garbage defense when he didn’t have to. He brought his A+ every night and his A++ game when his opponents made it tough. Kobe does the exact opposite. Just because Jordan said Kobe’s gonna be the top 10 guards of all time doesn’t mean a thing because never has he called himself the greatest. Everytime he’s asked about it he says there’s no way to tell because he never played against the previous generations. Regardless of accomplishments JORDAN IS THE GOAT. Kobe doesn’t dominate consistently. The media throws out 3 tough shots Kobe’s made and all of the sudden he dominated the game, but when you go check out the game log Kobe ends up being 4-15. Because of the way Jordan dominated, Kobe and all the other players in the league modeled their game off of Jordan’s. When Dallas met Miami in the finals in 06 even Dirk said he watched a lot of Jordan tapes to improve his game. Kobe just doesn’t have the competitive nature Jordan had he never tries to outshine Lebron (being the media established number 2), and if he does try then he’s not getting the job done. Drop the comparisons. Today, Jordan would score 50 off of freethrows alone. So I hope no one out there is doubting Jordan’s ability to drop 50.
and stop acting like the 90s had no talent. This league has no bigs. The bigs now days are trash. The best big in the league is Pau, and whose team is he on? A big getting a triple double in the playoffs? Are you kidding me?
MJ can do anything he wants and he is the bomb and could easily score 100 points! Kobe may be good but there is no way that he could beat MJ.
all u jordan and james posers…….HOP OFF KOBES DIK
Jordan Was the best player like how many years ago. But as the saying goes “as time progresses the game changes” and thats what happened! If you were to place a younger MJ in OUR TIME rite now, not the older days where ALL OF YOU OLDER GUYS SAY MJ IS THE BEST. Cuz this is a NEW ERA and the dudes nowadays dont let up! Like common back then those guys use to wear short shorts! I’m pretty shure the only reaso MJ played well is bcuzz he was prob use to the TIGHT ass shorts LOL. But if MJ was in the leauge RITE NOW! it would b like this #3 would b Lebron James, #2 Micheal Jordan than #1 Kobe Bryant. Say all you want but I KNOW UR TRIPPIN!
This topic is laughable and a waste of time. MJ is acting like a small child, as usual. The dude’s been labeled the best ever, and that’s STILL not good enough for him. Jordan didn’t even get close to 81, let alone 100 points. Kobe had another game in which he dropped 62 and didn’t even play the 4th quarter. Consider that game a potential 70-80 point game.
Considering Kobe hit a ton of outside shots the night he dropped 81, I don’t see what the “hand check” rule has to do with anything. Unless we’re assuming Jordan would have scored all his 100 points in the paint, then this is a stupid argument.
Derek Fisher > then 1992 Bulls
Mj could do it with no problem.I want people to think about one thing.IF WE JORDAN NEVER PLAYED AND WE NEVER SEEN HIM PLAY AND HE CAME OUT THE SAME MJ,SAME SKILL SET AND SAME DRIVE TO BE THE BEST HE WOULD DOMINATE . NO BODY WOULD HAVE JORDANS GAME {KOBE BRYANT} BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN DONE. KOBE WOULD BE MAYBE HIS IDOL SO HE CLAIMS MAGIC JOHNSON AND THE HERE COME MICHAEL DOING WHAT HE DONE TO BIRD,MAGIC ,AND ZEKE .AND ONE MORE THING AS FAR AS KOBE AND MIKE GOES,KOBE PLAYS LIKE 95-98 MICHAEL JORDAN AND THATS GOOD ENOUGH BUT HE OR ANYBODY ELSE WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE AS GOOD AS 87-93 MICHAEL JORDAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS,THE RINGS,THE MVP SWEEPS 2XS WITH THE REGULAR ALLSTAR AND FINALS.AND IF YOU DO CHECK AND SEE IN 87 WHERE HE AVERAGED ALMOST 23 PPG IN 25 MINUTES OF PLAY IS FAR PAST CRAZY.AND HE IS THE LAST TO COME CLOSE TO AVG A TRIPLE DOUBLE WITH 30PTS 8REB 8ASS 3STLS I HAVE SO MANY REASONS WHY HE COULD HAVE DONE IT WITH EASE.IF YOU WANNA DEBATE ON WHY HE COULD HAVE DONE IT OR WHY KOBE IS GREAT BUT NOT NEAR MICHAEL JORDAN PLEASE TALK.
IF MJ couldn’t score 100
im pretty sure he’ll hit 81 pts 6 times in his prime
First of all, MJ speaks as if the league in his prime was that much better than it is today. In MJ’s prime, outside of the Utah Jazz, can anyone here name one legitimate championship contender that would be a perennial contender in today’s league? Let’s extrapolate a bit further here; who exactly did MJ contend with in the Eastern Conference while he was winning all those titles? I am talking about teams with 58-60+ wins and multiple all stars. Please don’t mention the Bad Boy Pistons, because they were definitely on their last legs, and most notably, MJ did NOT beat them in their prime.
The Celtics were toast in the early 90′s with Bird and his bad back. There were no legit perennial contenders in the east back then to consistently challenge the Bulls. Jordan had free reign on the league in most of his title years (especially in the first 3-peat). By 96-98 his 2nd 3-peat), he had an All-Star team that steamrolled to a 72 win season. To put things in perspective, the Cleveland Cavaliers were constantly a top-3 team in the East in the early 90′s. Name one player from that team that you will consider an ALL-Star today? That’s if you remember anyone outside of Craig Ehlo. On the other hand, Kobe has consistently played tougher opposition in a more stacked Western conference than MJ ever had to face in his entire career. San-Antonio, Phoenix, Dallas, Denver, Utah, Houston, Sacramento (2000-2002). Each of these teams had at least 2-3All stars. The only time MJ faced the type of competition that Kobe has basically faced every year, he was routinely bounced from the playoffs.
MJ can talk all he wants, but his ego does not serve him well here. Kobe is a better scorer than MJ ever was. It is certainly debatable who the better player is today. I will argue MJ is more accomplished as a player, but as a pure scorer, MJ takes a backseat to Kobe in my book. To put things into perspective, Kobe scored MJ’s career high minus 7 points in 35 minutes. MJ needed 5 quarters (almost an hour) to do it. This is not even a debate. MJ will not score 100, or even 75 for that matter in today’s league. How do I know? Because he did not do it while he was playing. It is as simple as that. Frankly, it is absurdly harder to take over a game from the perimeter with all of the floating zones, Box-1, weak side man-zones that these perimeter players today face night in night out. The 2008 Celtics are rated as the toughest defense in NBA history in terms of Opponents PPG, yet even they had a tough time keeping Kobe under wraps.
Jordan could not.
wow Jordan is not a God. Neither is Kobe. I don’t for a second deny that Jordan is better than Kobe. But who is to say that Jordan is the GOAT to the extent that mentioning Bird, Larry, Robinson, Chamberlain, West, or any other great is so ridiculous as to bring out the most diluted Jordan fans. We live in the era of sportscenter, where every game since the 1990′s has been readily available on highlight reels and television. we all got to watch bulls games on wgn growing up. we all got to see Jordan dominate. Yeah he’s pretty F’in good, and definetely the best I’ve seen. but i don’t doubt for a second that the moves he had were inspired, or maybe even emulated from the players that came from him. Jordan has now been made into a diety in which the most hardcore Jordan fans will come rushing to his rescue when anybody from this generation gets compared to him. Jordan himself has such an unblievable ego that is just coming out now that he has retired. His ability to draw inspiration from completed fabricated stories and his uncanny ability to talk massive amounts of crap show that he himself also buys into the thought that he thinks he is the GOAT. he hall of fame speach was a disaster and a testament to his massive ego. Yes he is great, but the media would have a field day if his personality was apparent during his career. His mention of Kobe in the top 10 guards of all time is a slight on Kobe. He obviously feels threatened and likely insulted that Kobe is mentioned in the same discussion as him. Kobe might not be the second best guard, or third depending on your evaluation but he is definitely in the top 5. Kobe has had amazing teams surrounding him but so have the Bulls. The Bulls dynasty was the perfect blend of all the right puzzle pieces. The always had competent big men who dit the dirty work, they rebounded and protected the paint well enough. He had the greatest rebounder of our generation in Dennis Rodman. A one ballot hall of famer in Scottie Pippe. A shut down defender in Ron Harper, and sharp shooting 3 point shooters (Pax, and Kerr in respective dynasties) who shot 50% from the three point line. The Lakers had great teams in both championship runs as well, but to suggest that his teams were vastly superior to the Bull’s dynasty is incredibly skewed to make me thing that all the Jordan fan’s care about is preserving Jordan’s history. Those titles belong as much to the Chicago frontoffice, Phil Jackson, and the city as they do to Jordan. Lets remember none of those Laker titles would have happened without Kobe playing an integral part of. Lets remember how Shaw did in Orlando with the poor man’s Kobe in Penny Hardaway. Don’t discount that Shaw got a championship with DWade playing his mind out either. In sum I do think Jordan is the greatest I’ve ever seen, I do not deny that those older students to the game might pick Jerry West, Magic, Bird or Robinson as the GOAT either. STATs and accomplishments are not everything. I don;t doubt that if Kobe won 10 titles, the Jordan fans will still be the Jordan fans and find another way to discount Kobe’s success. Kobe contributed significantly to saving the NBA in the post Jordan era, he sells out every stadium he goes to, and his jersey sale is still number one in Europe. He is the most polarized figure in sports today, but do not discount his impact on the NBA. Top 5 guard of all time. Jordan you are still the best in my book, but stop hating.
I LOVE HOW ALL YOU KB FANS ARE SO DEFENSIVE OF YOUR MAN! CAN I JUST BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO ONE THING?
NO ONE DID WHAT “MJ” COULD DO BEFORE HIM! KB IN HIS “SERIAL KILLER, COPY CAT STATE” MIMICKED EVERYTHING MJ DID! EVEN THE WAY HE SPOKE!
KB IS GREAT, BUT HE IS NO “MJ” AND WILL NEVER BE & IS NEVER MEANT TO BE! IT’S UNFORTUNATE THAT KB FEELS HE ISN’T ENOUGH OF A PERSON THAT HE FEELS HE HAS TO LOSE HIS OWN CHARACTER TO BE THE BEST!
MENTALLY & EMOTIONALLY IT ISN’T VERY HEALTHY! I JUST HOPE THAT KB CAN FIND HIMSELF WHEN THE AIR HAS GONE FROM THE BALL & HIS CAREER IS OVER, CAUSE IF HE ISN’T MUCH OF A MAN WITH WINNING, HE WON’T BE MUCH WITHOUT IT!
THAT SAID, I RECALL A COMPLIMENT DAVID STERN GAVE “MJ” ONCE; “YOU ARE TRULY THE STANDARD BY WHICH NBA EXCELLENCE IS MEASURED”! IT MUST BE TRUE FOR KB TO COPY!
They are different era of players, can’t really compare. But you would expect players are getting better and better because later generations could learn from earlier generations. Also, during M.J.’s time, almost or perhaps all of his moves were original and there weren’t “any” role model for M.J.
I honestly think in todays game Michael Jordan in his prime could easily score 100 points in a game especially if he got into one of his zones where everything was going in and I also believe he could possibly average close to 50 pts a game and thats with average talented players on his team or even with better players such as Scottie and Dennis or Horace and B.J. Armstong which he almost did in the late 80′s,early 90′s and mid to late 90′s in the prime of the NBA when it was 10 times harder to score then it is today when the game was 10 times more physical and hand-checking was everwhere and taken advantage off people where holding on to Jordan fouling the hell out of him knocking him to the ground and this man was still scoring over 30 points a game. You throw alot of the players today who never experienced any of that physical play and alot of them would have their careers shortened by constant injuries. Don’t get me wrong I luv the NBA today as well as from the past 20 years and have seen the changing of todays all-around protype Penny/Grant HIll/Jerry Stackhouse/A.I./RAY ALLEN/KOBE/Vince Carter/Arenas/DWADE/LeBron James/MELO type player compared to the past where all you had to have was one good skill to be in the NBA whether it just be scoring or defending or just being 7 feet tall which is still being utilized in the NBA only todays 7 footers can shoot 3′s like a shooting guard.3
Do I think Kobe is better than Michael Jordan NO WAY!!!! Kobe Bryant is definetly the closest player I could compare to MJ form the past 20 years and there have been alot of great scoring guards/combo guards that have come and gone and that are playing today, but none even come close to matching MJ’s game,intensity,charisma,mentality,defensive prowess,or killer instinct, etc!!!!. If u ask any of these players who they idolized and patterened their game after they all would say Michael Jordan. Nobody got me more hype to watch a basketball game other than Michael Jordan!!! The only other players that got me hyped up to watch a game was SHAQ during his Orlando years when that team was dominant probably the best staring five ever for that team in 1995, Grant Hill in his early Piston years, Vince Carter who in my opinion is stil the best dunker ive ever seen(and have played against him as well personally cus I live in Daytona Beach and our HS teams were rivals), and LeBron James who has lived up to the hype since HS and has still alot of hype left in him.
Michael Jordan is the greatest all-around basketball player that could do anything on a basketball court that I have had the priviledge to watch play ever hands down!!!! He could score or dunk on just about any and everybody hes played against, hes got the triple-doubles and the only one in an A.S. game all you Magic Johnson/Oscar Robertson/Jason Kidd fans, All NBA Defensive 1st teams and All NBA(1988 defensive player of the year) 1st teams almost every year hes played, tied for the most scoring titles with MR. Chamberlin nobodys gonna match that EVER, the championships, the MVP’s the Olympic and ALL-STAR games, the Movies, the endorsements, the shoes, the Hall of Fame and now also the first NBA player to own his own NBA team (Charlotte Bobcats) sorry Magic(part-owner)!!!
First of all…NO ONE is scoring 100 points. MJ saying he would score a hundred is like when Wilt said if he “knew” someone would of been able to break his all time scoring record, he would of put the record “way out of sight”. There is no real way to prove either one of them. I think MJ scoring 50 at age 40 is just as impressive. Secondly, defensive rules are more lax now, but TEAM defense is better. You can zone now, plus teams have schemes to actually get the ball out of the hands of the people who can beat you. You are not going to find to many situations like Jordan over Bryan Russell in the finals anymore. There are few “give the guy the ball at the top of the key in final seconds and get out of the way” offense because defenses don’t allow for it. The talent level is better nowadays and there is more talent at the 1, 2, and 3. Big Man talent is down from previous years. (I should preface this by saying I am a die hard Lakers fan.( Of the current crop of players in the league, I have no clue who’s the best player. I do know NONE of them would score 100 points and neither would his airness. Also, of the current NBA talent there is no player that resembles Michael Jordan as much in almost every aspect than Kobe Bryant. That must be why they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
100 point or not… mj a 3041 points a season and only 2 player can do it, i think mj might forgot about his 3041 points, kobe not in the list.
7 consecutive score tittle 2 player can do it ,and record 10 score tittle ,kobe not in the list.
hey! mj 69pt,18rb double double shoot 37 shot, kobe 81pt,6rb, shoot 46 shot.
i can count mj his record of 90 nba record, wilt 88 nba record, kobe not even 20 nba record, of there 15 nba season.
not only offent but defent, mj a record share with 3 player with 3 steal tittle, kobe none.
mj record 8 steal 1half play only 28 min. mj 10 steal 2nd best, nba record of 11 steal, what if he play another 20 more min.
most block by guard, kobe none.
top 10 alltime guard for kobe yes!
top 10 alltime greatest kobe might finnish at top 5, but…..
1.jordan
2.kareem
3,wilt
4,russell
5.magic. maybe 5 for kobe if he can get 4 more ring at a leadership and win 2 more mvp.., but he is now 32……
6.oscar
7.bird
8.ducan
9.kobe
10.shaq
MJ scored 100…sure he could!…100% sure!
MJ is without a doubt the greatest player of all time. Kobe is up there, and the #2 greatest shooting guard. They played in different times. Today is a much more competitive game. MJ would dominant the game, even more so than Kobe but could not score the 100. This is a pretty stupid argument. No one can honestly believe Kobe is equal to or greater than MJ if they have any sense of history. Jordan is the most dominant, inspiring and legendary sports figure EVER
If Jordan had had a team that kobe had as a rookie he could of won more rings Jordan was leading his team and the NBA league in scoring too and would of won more championships.If u notice most championships are won with centers and a guard too.See Jordan is a few whos done it without a center or power foward and no one knew who pippen was till Jordan got him better now you hear people say he couldnt do it without pippen like wade,lebron,bosh,kobe etc.Jordan gets his team better he doesnt need good players or a dream team even though he was on the real dream team to win or win tittles.Unlike kobe,wade,lebron who needs a team and good player to win championships.Please if Jordan had a team like that or close too that and then you add the rules and regulations back in those days they have now he would of won more than Bill Russell not taking anything away from Russell he is going to be the only one with 11 tittles under his belt.But when its all set and done till the end of time Jordan will and always and forever be the best of all time and the best of all time to hold a basketball in hand and to play the sport of basketball of all time and thats that.
For those that look at player efficiency stat you will clearly see Jordan efficiency was at levels Kobe will never get close to. Kobe did great by scoring 81 but thats against poor defense. I mean look at Jordan 63 against Boston he scored over 3 and 4 defender (I am talking of an elite defensive team) and very early in his career. Lets compare Kobe 35ppg season to MJ 35ppg season, look at MJ rebounding, his assist, his steals, the field goal percentage. Kobe is now near such greatness. Compare MJ level of play in the finals to Kobe, KB is nowhere near. Jordan lead the bulls to 72 wins at what 33/ 34 years old. Jordan even average 20 or more at age 40. Jordan is like 2 or 3 steps ahead of Kobe.
A 100 yeah. Middle age crisis here I come lol. For you all Kobe, Lebron and Wade would be as good in that era as now, it has nothing to do with rules. Just Jordan is an Icon everyone loves so much ,that its hard to admit that there could be someone better. Its like trying to top Jesus at being god.
On the question can Jordan score 100 today? I don’t thinks so, he was perfect in skill, clutch, ball IQ and talent. He score against opposition which much hasn’t seen but the guy of today would allow it. He would get double team, triple team and he would be forced to past the ball. Don’t let the numbers fool you taking about kobe 81, Jordan was a better scorer. Have you guy considered the brutal play of the pistons and the knicks. The Celtics defense in game 7 of this past season NBA finals on Kobe was an example of what Jordan faced many times and really struggle, Jordan would have rip that to pieces. Look at the highlight from the 63 point game against the Celtics in Birds time.
Why put those old knees through the agony. MJ was all that in his time but could you see him at his age trying to get off with the current players? No you can’t. The only way possible is with EA Sports.
WOW!!!! Watching that top 10 dunks from MJ made me remember. He had HOPS!!!!!!!! I mean Kobe’s got HOPS but MJ had HOPSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! Plus pair that with some sticky mits? Made for some spectular highlight reel. Woooweee.
jordan is dreaming of scoring 100, do all of you think that the way the game played right now is far more different than his era some say it is more physical before than today what are you watching porn movies!watch the games today it is more physical a lot of player slap the ball from your hand, there’s a lot of defensive players now than the jordan era, honestly i don’t know anybody from jordan era that can defend kobe. today there is shane, bowen who recent retire, tony allen ray allen paul pierce, kevin garnet, aaron affalo, ron artest, raja, kirilenko, etc… do all of you think jordan can score a lot from this players… watch games jordan played and how physical they are, they allow him to shoot around without a hand in his face…kobe;s moves is far more better than mike…every team has a defensive player who can defend or assign to guard a best player… a don’t even recognize a player in jordan era that defend well…
Jordan can’t score 100 points in today’s NBA basketball game. He was a phenomenal player who changed the game of basketball forever and therefore could be considered the best player to ever play, but to think he could score 100 points in a game today even against the Nets is crazy.. well maybe the nets.. lol. just kidding. but if you put how good he was and how much better he was than every other player while in his prime of his era, and you gave him that advantage over today’s players, that would be insane to see someone THAT good. THAT player, could easily score 100 points.
look people. jordan was the man during his time and now kobe is the new boss. if kobe in his prime now played back then with jordan he would of scored damn near 500 a game lol. jordan in his prime playing now wouldnt score no 100. but if u say if kobe was playing in jordan’s time maybe he wouldnt of been that great because the game then was different. and if jordan was playing now during kobe’s time it would of been different because the game has changed a lot and he would of had to compete with the other scorers and dunkers and really had to guard some of there guys where back then there wasnt much guys like that year after year after year,,,,and mostly pip would guard them anyway so jordan roamed free. kobe is a way better scorer than anyone in the league. if u talking about stats..yea maybe not a top of everything but there are other players out there that rack up a lot of stats besides scoring to compare with jordan now. this comment is about being able to SCORE 100…MEANING OFFENSE and about the winning which makes em great if ur winning, on a great team, and can score. jordan’s offense is no where like kobe’s, kobe has no weakness. u cant let up on him cuz he’ll shoot, u cant play him left cuz his left as good as his right and there are lot of players like that now too. u cant put small on him cuz he’ll post u up easily left right anyway he can go. jordan really didnt have that during his time. also jordan did have more opportunities to hit big shots too, he was shooting pretty much all the balls anyway and no one else was really offensive on the team to score like that besides pippen. but no one called him selfish…yea he did pass sometimes. when kobe first came when he was young hell yea he jacked up a lot of shots but he made most of em…i mean most 19 20yr olds usually hog the ball and plus he fresh out of hs schooling up these chumps. but if he making the shots why cry about it. kobe way unselfish than how jordan was. anyone on the lakers can score so kobe dont really need to score big every night to win. also now wade and james those guys shoot a lot more than kobe but no one seems to be says anything about them being selfish thats funny. so to who ever said if the game is tied kobe against jordan or even if they played on the same team..well kobe would be the guy that many would want to give the ball too now… offense—– he has no limits…. but jordan play in his prime now would be kinda suspect cuz there is a zone they play now and more help D, left not as strong, and jordan not a good jump shooter…so u tell me. lol u know what the opposite teams scouting reports says…guard num 3 he is quick u can let him shoot though, num 55 he misses layups, the big guy 57 push him a lil and he’ll miss, kobe!!! good luck lol. if u know basketball and watched those games jordan went right like 90 percent of the times and to dunk…wasnt a really good shooter like kobe is. and yea there were more bigs back then but come on those guys weren’t that mobile and most of em were old and intimidated by jordan so he easily had his way before the games even started lol. there are bigs now too but the game has changed so much that the big guys are handling the ball. but jordan wouldnt be able to go dunk on these guys now…lol come on really? back then who was really dunking and blocking shots…the big men were old and hurt had bad legs…the other guards werent of mj’s caliber so he out played everyone. now in the league there are many guys with similar abilities and athletics so jordan would of had it tough. kobe doesnt really rack up stats all the the time cause he is on a really good team so the others do their part so no need for him really unless if phil notice something and be like hey kobe u get all the boards and lock down this guy..oh i think he did that in boston when prev games rondo was killing and getting all the boards then phil, kobe put a stop to that. kobe played his gahme got what 20 boards and just played off rondo and that chump wouldnt take no jumpers cuz he cant lol. and there were a few years they cheated kobe out of mvp but now he doesnt even care about that he wants to be able to win more rings and work together with the team what ever will work for them to win games. and for kobe to score 50 60 80 on a great team that anyone can score thats really impressive. kobe is no where selfish, arrogant cocky or tries to follow jordan..r u serioius their game play is nothing alike. so i dont see how they say kobe wanna be like jordan. but sure when ur younger and u watch nba u say u wanna be like one of the best who is in the nba..every baller does that…sure jordan wanted to be like or better than someone before him..thats just how it is. kobe is way past that now…so he wouldnt say oh i wanna be like jordan…he wants to be better than jordan and everyone else thats why he is so great of an offenseive player. now kobe doesnt even shoot much he just take the shots he gets or shots that he really need to shoot or if u let up he take what u gives him..his game is more like a pippen now. lakers are such a good team he doesnt need to shoot everything..the lakers dont even need a jordan so kobe be taking it easy. he does more of passing and being vocal making sure they do things right on the floor now but when he wants to or if he gets that feeling he can easily turn it up a few notches. jordan would be more selfish than kobe. i’ve seen many times instead of passing to 3 other open guys for a lay up he would go dunk and show off, one of the most biggest show offs. kobe just scores and go back down the court..so i dont see where arrogant or cocky comes in. only time he would talk if the deffender starts talking crap then he starts to light em up n talk back. so my conclusion if u talking about overall stats lets go look up all the nba players and post their stats lol. i’m sure there are lots of playres that gets tripple doubles, double doubles night after night but we dont hear about that much now do we cuz they not closers or winners like kobe and the lakers. this topic is about scoring points…. and the person being able to score those points with their offensive skills…kobe, iverson, james, jordan ect those guys would be the top guys. kobe being the best cuz if u compare em 1 on 1 with their offensive skill kobe would bite their heads off.
well says, Kobe the best ever!
Just got a few questions for you all… When Kobe scored 81 points, how many assists, steals, & rebounds did he made during that game? My best guess here is not a lot right??? Why is that??? Thats because the other 4 players were just feeding him the ball and let him to the scoring. He was not defending or anything. The nest night when Lebron was playing against the Knicks, he scored 50 points with a good assist, rebounds, steals that goes with the 50 points. Now, this is a good stat coming from Lebron. If you’re scoring 81 points against the Raptors that night, that could only mean one thing. The Raptors have no defense and dont have the guts to keep fouling him… The other comments were right. If you score 81 points against any team. I’ll make sure you get a fat lip or a sore body after the game. All of the guards guarding you will have to foul out. Its crazy not to foul you and not foul out if you’re doing this kind of damage. Now, do you think he’d score 81 pints against — Lets say, Utah or San Antonio or even Dallas? I dont think so. You can only score 81 points if the team your playing has bad defense.
Mind you that MY scores 69 points against the Celtics. THe team where Bird, Mchale, and Dennis Johnson. Lets see if you can score that much on those guys.
Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery, my friends. lay off the angry words. And, yes MJ will score 100 in his prime for a least a game, Come on! He scores 50 pnts when he is 40 and i dont think kobe can do that when he turns 40.
sigh** i’m a kobe fan also but woth all my respect..jordan is still the best and there’s no way could kobe beat him.. jordan has a talent while kobe has a skills…u know the difference? if u have brains u would know.. kobe is great but jordan is the greatest..
Jordan is a moron. Time for him to shut up. His days are over. Anyone can say they could score 100 points…but he never did it.
he could if he wants..his instinct is to win the game, u should know that if ur saying that jordan is a moron..so r u? hahahah
KOBE IS THE BEST RIGHT NOW,BUT HE STILL HAS TO GET BY MANY OTHER GREATS,HE SHOULDNT HAVE EVEN GOT FINALS MVP PAU GASOL SHOULD HAVE,NUFF SAID HES NO MJ
I’m tired of all this crep about jordan scored 50 when he was 40. Really, who was actually playing serious defense on jordan. everybody was to busy kissing his butt. But when he ran up on Kobe he got obliterated. kobe showed his weak butt no mercy. It’s amazing how u say he scored 50 at 40 but when kobe dropped 42 in a half on them he was 40. Kobe could have scored 100 in that game. lmao
Jordan in his prime against last season’s Golden State Warriors where the pace is faster and the defense non-existent would score 100. Pippen would have to be injured and the box score would be Bulls-Warriors 162-140 in regulation time. Jordan would say they tried to play a fast paced game but I can play faster. The fact that Jordan has a FG% stats of a Center like 54% in his prime makes it possible.
ray slay 19
What did pau do in game 5 when kobe dropped 19 in 3rd qt vs boston. Kobe had more better games than Pau that’s why he won.
Jordan game 6 vs seattle 96 finals. 5-19fg 11-12ft 22 pts 9rb 7ast 2stls 5 to
Pippen game 6 vs seattle 96 finals 7-17 0-0 ft 17 pts 8rb 5ast 4stls 3 to
Kobe game 7 vs boston 10 finals 6-24fg 15 rb 2ast 1st 4 to
Gasol game 7 vs boston 10 finals 6-16fg 7-13 ft 18 rb 2blk 1to
Looks to me Kobe and Jordan had similar games and Gasol and Pippen had similar games for their position. 4 stls for pippen is big in a finals game. but some how Gasol deserved MVp but Pippen did. Stop knut hugging. That Boston team is much tougher than the supersonics.
Kobe shot 11-15 ft in game 7
still don’t see were jordan won finals games by himself. The games he hit 40 plus in and pippen didn’t do anything they lost the games. Proving the point that he didn’t win without pippen. Pippen came up a game short of winning without jordan. I think a 21 year old name kobe stopped that. Youtube game 7 vs portland wcf 2000
The NBA of the mid to late 80s had the best overall talent, skill, and athleticism in the history of the league, and it wasn’t watered down by expansion yet. A lot of players were athletic freaks and did things in basketball shoes that feel like cardboard today – Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Clyde Drexler, James Worthy, Charles Barkley (yes, Sir Charles was the most athletic 6’4″ power forward ever), Karl Malone, Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippen, and a teenage Shawn Kemp among others. Out of the players I just mentioned, do you know how many are *more* athletic than Kobe Bryant right now? ALL of them.
In fact Kobe Bryant today is LESS athletic right now – because of age and wear and tear and surgeries – than Michael Jordan at age 34, 35 during his last season with the Bulls. When you watch YouTube clips of Jordan from ’97-’98 when he had a slew of 40 point games and still dominated offensively (without Scottie Pippen for half the season to relieve defensive pressure, mind you), he could still explode and dunk ON people. Ask Greg Ostertag and Rik Smits – centers he dunked on viciously that season. He also stole the ball from a younger Kendall Gill and went all the way for a jam and a foul against the young, up-and-coming New Jersey Nets to win a first round playoff game. Then in the closing game to sweep the Nets, he shot nearly 73 percent (on the very same turnaround, fadeaway jumpers Kobe emulates today) and scored an efficient 38 points. He averaged 32.4 ppg in the ’98 playoffs.
Game 3 against the Nets in ’98 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A94jQMuO2k
MJ’s point total for every game in ’97-’98 – http://www.michaeljordansworld.com/gamebygame/gamelog19971998.htm
In contrast, Kobe at age 31 struggled mightily against a young, up-and-coming Oklahoma City Thunder team in this year’s playoffs. And while Kevin Durant is clearly not as skilled as Kobe overall right now, Kobe’s days of leading the league in scoring are clearly over. Kobe Bryant will never, ever lead the league in scoring for the remaining years of his career (although he could still win a few MVP awards since Lebron and Dwayne Wade will cancel each other out on the Heat).
I’ll tell you what – forget about Jordan. You put Kobe of today against 6’9″ Larry Bird in 1986, and Bird drops 40 on the little Black Mamba like it’s nothin. There’s no way Kobe could guard Bird, he can’t even guard Kevin Durant or Lebron James right now.
Michael Jordan from age 32-35 would average 33+ ppg in today’s NBA, with all of the defensive rule changes. And from age 23-30, his prime years, he’d average over 40 easily.
But don’t cry into your Happy Meals, young Laker fans – Kobe is still one of the top 10 guards all time. And he’s still the second greatest Laker – after Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the greatest point guard of all time.
My top 5, all-time –
1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Larry Bird
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5. Bill Russell
(6th would be Wilt Chamberlain…the only reason I don’t rank him higher is because he didn’t quite have the killer instinct to win championships the others had)
By the way, the 2010 USA Women’s National Team plays better defense that no-heart 2006 Toronto Raptors JV team that let Kobe score 81 points. Jordan absolutely would’ve lit them up for 100 if he tried. Someone should ask Jalen Rose what he thinks since he had to guard both the latter 3-peat Jordan and the prime Kobe Bryant.
kobe is better than jordan ever was..you dont need stats to show this..just watch
they didn’t let him score nothing. he scored because of his ability. Jalen Rose got lit up by both of them. Ask Mark Jackson who’s better. I think he said kobe.
James S.
Be for real Kobe would dog Larry Bird slow a** out any day of the week.
James s.
How many rings did MJ win in the mid to late 80′s. Do everyone a favor and shut the f up.
James s.
Why did LeBron and Wade get on the same team. Since their so damn good.
Jordan played Toronto in their expansion years and lost a couple times. They had no heart and no one on that team could stop him. He didn’t score 81.
james s.
Jalen Rose was on that team that kobe scored 81 on.
It’s a shame Kobe scored 81 points and all u jordan knut huggers are trying to discredit it. He did it and mj didn’t. Bottom line!!!!!!!!!!!
kobe 62 in 34 minutes. didn’t even play fourth qtr. That could have easily been a 90-100 point game. He did it against Dallas. The team that got cheated out of the finals.
The 1995-96 Toronto Raptors was made up of primarily NBA veterans and journeymen (picked up from various teams during the 1995 expansion draft…the Bulls gave up BJ Armstrong to the Raptors, who then traded his rights to Golden State) – and the Rookie of the Year that season, Damon Stoudamire. They lost a lot of games, but that wasn’t because they didn’t have heart. It was because *that franchise had never existed before* and were thrown together.
The 1995-96 Bulls barely lost only once to Toronto (109-108, on March 24, 1996), and that was because Stoudamire went crazy for 30 points and Scottie Pippen was battling plantar fasciitis. Jordan actually hit a shot to win the game, but the refs said it was slightly after the buzzer and didn’t count. Jordan shot 14 for 22 and scored 36, despite that shot not counting. I remember watching that game on WGN.
The Bulls only lost to one team twice that year, the Indiana Pacers. I actually attended one of the Bulls’ 10 losses, a December game at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. (I also attended the game when Jordan unretired the first time, on March 19, 1995 against the Pacers).
Raven, I don’t know how old you are but I do know for a fact that I know more about the history of the NBA than you do. In fact I know more about NBA basketball than anybody I know (though I do NOT know more than the analysts/coaches on ESPN, TNT, or NBA TV). I’m 34 and have a photographic memory, and I’ve been watching and studying NBA games and film since before you were born.
Kobe Bryant is a great, great player. One of the best shooting guards of all time, no question.
But he isn’t even close to being better than Michael Jordan overall. Anybody over the age of 30 who actually watched Jordan play in his prime will agree with me, including old school Laker fans who watched Magic Johnson.
Case closed.
Before the foot and back problems plagued him, Larry Bird was the most unstoppable scoring small forward in the history of the NBA. Think of Dirk Nowitski’s shooting ability with Magic Johnson’s court vision. Yes, Bird wouldn’t be able to stop Kobe from scoring, but I assure you, Larry Bird would drop 40 on Kobe without a sweat. He was that good. In 1998 Bird dueled with Dominique Wilkins, who was bigger and *far* more athletic than Kobe ever was, and won Game 7 against the Hawks by scoring 20 in the 4th quarter on sheer will and determination.
Kobe Bryant is the best player of his generation (although Lebron and Kevin Durant are still so young), but Kobe is NOT better than Larry Bird was. Or Magic Johnson. Or Michael Jordan.
It’s all on tape kiddo, why don’t you stop watching Pokemon for a change and take the time to watch the legends play in their prime.
Kobe would have hit 81 against that team too. Damon Stoudemire. Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He would have lit them up. Stop hatin because he hit 81, I don’t give a damn who it was against. They were an NBA team. I give Jordan the nod because he did a lot for the game. But saying Kobe isn’t close is ridiculous. This dude didn’t have his own team for the first 8 years of his career and is 12th all time scoring and will be no.6 at the end of the season barring injury.
Kobe scored a lot of points in the ’05-’06 season because he just wanted to put numbers up – he simply didn’t know how to *lead* a team to a championship as the primarily player. He tried so hard to be “The Man” without Shaq that he forgot how to play like a winner. Even when Michael was young and scoring a ton his only goal was to win a championship – but the 1980s NBA was far more brutal and tougher than today’s soft-as-pudding NBA, and Jordan didn’t have the teammates yet (he had to wait for Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant to mature).
A Jordan-led team would’ve NEVER given up a 3-1 series lead against Phoenix in the playoffs. Put Michael Jordan at age 26 or 27 in place of Kobe in that series, and the Lakers win that series. Also, Kobe clearly tanked it and exerted NO effort in Game 7 against the Suns as they were being blown out, and that to me is unforgiveable.
Scoring 81 or 62 against soft defensive teams in the regular season is meaningless. Jordan could’ve scored 60, 70 anytime he wanted to, but he was more interested in *winning* and sat out a lot of 4th quarters during the Bulls title years because the Bulls blew out a lot of teams in 3 quarters.
Kobe Bryant has only scored 50 in the playoffs ONCE – against the Steve Nash no-defense run-and-gun Suns in 2007 (The Lakers lost that first round series and Kobe pouted and whined like a baby, asking to be traded).
Michael Jordan scored 50 or more EIGHT times in the playoffs, including some of the toughest teams of the era – the ’86 Celtics and the ’93 Knicks.
When the Bulls kept losing to the thuggish “Bad Boy” Pistons from 1988 to 1990, did Jordan ever ask to be traded? No. He kept trying to get better, develop his teammates, and win.
Kobe only learned how to do that in 2007 after he played that summer for Coach K on Team USA. That made Kobe a better player, since he never went to college.
And that, really, is why Jordan will always be better – Jordan was a better winner and had a more developed floor game because of his time under Dean Smith at North Carolina. Kobe never had that foundation.
Jordan’s first major experience in the national spotlight, as a 19-year-old freshman, was hitting the game-winner in the ’82 NCAA title game against Georgetown.
Kobe’s first major experience on national television, as an 18-year-old rookie, was jacking up airballs in the closing minutes of a playoff elimination game against the Jazz in 1997.
Opposite sides of the spectrum, yet both men evolved to have similar games. But Kobe Bryant wouldn’t be the player he is today if Jordan didn’t exist. Michael Jordan game him a template to model his game after, and Kobe has copied nearly everything about Jordan’s game – the tongue wagging, the turnaround fadeaways, the towels draped over his shoulders and knees when sitting on the bench…but NOT that intangible level of greatness that Jordan had.
Jordan was the fiercest competitor ever in the NBA, along with Bill Russell. And he was also a superior athlete – even at age 35 – compared to Kobe Bryant.
In the Bird/Wilkins post I meant 1988, not 1998. Typo.
I’m better than Kobe, please close this thread
it’s hard to lead a team to aring with smush parker, kwame brown and chris mihm in your starting line up. Please don’t say jordan would have. What was jordan doing when he averaged 37.
He scored 50 in game 6 vs phoenix. What more could he have done. Hit his other players shots to. If Jordan played for that team they would have lost too.
Jordan needed college, Kobe didn’t. Ok he was jacking up airballs but he wasn’t scared to take those shots. He was a big part of a championship team at 212. Had a number of marquee games during their first title.
Dominique hit 47 against Boston. That’s what I mean by u hating. Kobe in his prime and bird in his prime, Bird would score on Kobe because of size. There is no way slow a** larry bird wouldv’e have stopped kobe from scoring. Kobe would have scored at ease. He would have just isolated him and went to the hole. Dude I know u like the 80′s 90′s era but get real.
Me debating these kids on the whole MJ vs Kobe thing is like Jordan going up against LaBradford Smith in the second game of a 1993 home and home between the Bulls and Bullets.
(None of these young Kobe fans will even get the reference, but oh well.)
i mean 21
Dominique better than Kobe now. Dude go to sleep.
You have to be crazy to think a Jordan could do this. Jordan was great no doubt about it, but facing todays Zone defenses no way plus the guys of today are much stronger and athletic. Yes there was The General, Dom. Wilkins, Spud Webb, Magic, Bird, Barkley, and many more but the majority of the pasts players couldn’t hang with todays ability in players.
When jordan play a team like the 08 celtics get at me. When kobe and the boys beat miami(if they make it) I’m sur u will try to compare a finals team like miami that jordan played. sg’s jordan went up against in the finals. lakers (don’t know),portland(drexler),phoenix(marjle lmao),seattle(hersey hawkins), utah(jeff hornacek)rolling on the floor laughing.
No, Dominique wasn’t a better player than Kobe, he was just an athletic beast in the Vince Carter/Lebron James category.
Kobe scored 50 in 2007 when the Lakers lost to the Suns in 5 games. I’m talking about the 2006 playoffs when Kobe quit on his team in Game 7. Jordan would’ve never, ever let that happen without scoring 50 or 60. The Lakers would’ve won that series with Jordan instead of Kobe because Jordan at that age had a more well-rounded game, was way more athletic, and was a better defender…not to mention a stronger will to win against all odds.
Jordan in the *postseason* is head and shoulders above Kobe and everybody else…Jordan was best when the lights shined brightest. Kobe was his best against cupcakes, and not in the playoffs. If Derek Fisher doesn’t go crazy at the end of Game 3 and Kendrick Perkins doesn’t tear up his knee in Game 6, Kobe would’ve had *three* Finals series losses. Plus Kobe played terrible in Game 7. Jordan’s worst game in the Finals was in a blowout in ’96 and the Bulls beat the Sonics (one of the best teams to never win a title) easily. The Celtics were only a few points away from beating the Celtics because Kobe happened to have one of the worst shooting performances in the *biggest* game of his career.
Kobe’s offensive brilliance is as regular season player who put up gaudy numbers against lesser defenses in meaningless games.
Jordan was the most clutch, most dominant player in NBA playoff history.
In fact Lebron James’ explosion against the Pistons in Game 5 of the ’07 Eastern Conference Finals is WAY more impressive than ANYTHING Kobe has EVER done in the playoffs. So is Dwayne Wade’s superhuman performance carrying his whole team against the Mavs in ’06 Finals. That’s the true test of a winner – doing it in the playoffs. Kobe is a subpar playoff performer compared to Jordan, Bird, Magic, Wade, etc.
Oh, and here’s the LaBradford Smith game, for all the kids who didn’t know –
You kids don’t know because you didn’t watch the NBA during the 80s and 90s. I’ve watched the NBA since 1984, up until today. The NBA back then was way tougher and players could get away with anything.
Kobe Bryant would’ve *never* made it past the Bad Boy Pistons or Pat Riley Knicks – Bill Laimbeer or Charles Oakley would’ve wacked Kobe’s broken finger and bashed him until he cried. The East back then was so much more physical than anything the NBA has to offer today. You kids were still sucking on your thumbs watching Power Rangers while I got to watch the greatest era in NBA history – the golden age.
The players today are athletic, but not tougher or meaner. The NBA today is too nice and Disney and everyone has dinner together and is all buddy buddy. The only real rivalry with true animosity right now is Lakers-Celtics. This is also a point guard dominated league now, where back then every position was tough. There are no true centers in the league today, except for Shaq. Even Yao Ming is a jumpshooter.
Kids today just don’t know anything. Kobe himself said MJ is the greatest of all time and that he shouldn’t be compared to him. Because Kobe watched all the same games I did, he knows what I know – Jordan was the best.
Byron scott was the starting sg. He scored a whopping 18 points over 4 games 4.5ppg avg. Jordan was facing some fierce competitors in the finals. Whew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not gonna say much, but when Kobe was more efficient before the hand injuries he was even a better score then Jordan. The same that you dropped 81 just weeks before he dropped 63 on Dallas in 3 quarters what was the amount of the whole Dallas team through 3 quarters. He also scored 50+ points in in 3 quarters a few times. The Kobe playing know might have the most talent and moves, but people are forgetting about kobe when he was more athletic, injury free and efficient. The Kobe now is not the best Kobe and he is still the best in the game today. I am not saying Kobe is better then Jordan but he is no bum and talent wise is and was on par with Jordan. But there is no doubt that Jordan had the best basketball career ever and i don’t think anyone will ever have a better NBA career then the “G.O.A.T.
And know Jordan in his prime could not have scored a 100 points playing today. Not him nor Wilt or even Kobe in his prime just a few years back. People need to stop going to extremes about their favorite player. When Jordan played he was my favorite player by fare and his is still tied with Kobe as my all-time favorite basketball players.
that’s all i’m saying m22 I think dallas had 61
jeff hornacek averaged about 11 a game and jordan still had to push off to win. I guess he didn’t push either.
Also, Jordan didn’t just go up against shooting guards – he routinely faced 2 or 3 defenders up until he was 35, in every game. Teams altered their whole game plan just to stop him. The only coach who insisted on using single coverage on Jordan was Lenny Wilkins with the Cavs and Hawks…and coincidentally, Jordan eliminated those teams from the playoffs every single time.
The real difference between Jordan and Kobe, if you made them the same age – Jordan could guard Kobe 1 on 1 and hold his numbers down, while Kobe would need help to guard Jordan.
Jordan had higher elevation and separation on his jumper than Kobe does, and Jordan had a quicker first step, a higher vertical, larger hands, and better body control to finish at the rim.
Kobe would be shooting long jumpers all day, and Jordan would be posting him up and driving to the hole and dunking. Kobe wouldn’t be able to get any open 3-pointers against Jordan either. He’s extremely skilled but doesn’t have the athleticism or quickness to deal with Jordan in his prime. Shooting percentages just don’t lie – Jordan was a more efficient, lethal scorer. And Jordan happens to be the defensive guard in NBA history.
*best defensive guard.
kobe scored 50 in 2006 buddy. 2007 they got beat in 5 games. Wade shot 96 ft’s. I don’t care what u think jordan would’ve done. He would have lost with kwame,smush and mihm.
Jordan’s 69 point against the Celtics came in double overtime lets not forget that. It might been only 12 points less than Kobe’s 81 but it was in double overtime when MJ just started going off and lighting up the Celtics.
u saying what kobe would have had these losses. he had a bad game but he had 15 rebounds too. If jordan had been called for that offensive foul there would have been a game 7. Who knows what would have happened . He missed 20 shots in that game. he just shot 20 ft’s Why didn’yt he check kobe in that game he hit 55 vs them.
Pippen would have been guarding Kobe. He guarded all the other teams best player. MJ roamed just like kobe. They would ex each other out. Why didn’t he stop isiah when they were losing to the pistons. Since his defense is so damn good. U dreaming dude. All he would have done was try to hurt kobe like he said.
kobe scored 81 in regulation.
you guys are nutts im better then kobe ,way better then lebron,i would beat both of those guys two on one and if my bulls team where in this season miami wouldnt be the talk of the nba im the best in the game and yes i can score 100 points on any given night if i was in my prime. i never said my shooting percentage would be sky high but yes i would score 100 points in todays game
NO hand check means MORE Field goals and more open shot opportunities means more chance to hit THREES!!!!!!
I am a DIE-HARD Laker fan and I ALWAYS love this discussion, so I will just throw out points that Jordan fans “seem” to forget:
MJ is a better ATHLETE than KB but, KB is the better basketball player.
1. KB is a better shooter (record for 3 pointers in a game, look at FG% in 81 point game… key component to basketball is shooting) MJ is the better athlete in the fact he attacks the basket to make up for his shooting ability. That fadeaway jumper is nice BUT, it helps when a shorter guy is on you and “afraid” to breathe on you for fear of a whistle.
2. MJ had Scottie (when MJ played baseball, the Bulls “dropped” from 55 to 53 games and made it to Eastern Conference Finals… Pippen led Bulls in every MAJOR statisticl category… since 1980, the 1994 Houston Rockets is the ONLY team to win a championship with ONE star and they defeated a one star Knicks squad)
3. MJ was CATERED by the refs (name 1 game MJ fouled out or where he was in SERIOUS foul trouble… KB has been in foul trouble as a reigning season AND Finals MVP during critical PLAYOFF games)
4. MJ is LOVED where KB is DISLIKED (MJ never really had to deal with people WISHING he would lose)
5. When MJ beat Lakers, Celtics, & Pistons in different playoffs series (ALL three were well over the hill by 1991.)
6. Go to your local gym, play in a rec league and score 81 (I’ll give you 3 games to do it.)
7. How many times did MJ get “hammered” after 1991? He didn’t face any injuries, players putting him on his a$$, etc. When he played in the “tough” days of the NBA, he didn’t go far in those playoffs.
8. The 63 point playoff game came in an OT loss where the Bulls were swept. Granted, the Bulls had drug riddled team but, the point is, he didn’t win.
9. PLEASE stop making it seem MJ won 6 rings alone! During the 1st three-peat, he had GREAT shooters in B.J. Armstrong, Craig Hodges (3 times STRAIGHT 3 point champ), and John Paxson. In the post he had Horace Grant (underrated – got a ring with LA in 2000), Bill Cartwright (former Rookie of the Year), and solid contributor Stacey King.
10. During the 2nd three-peat, he had great shooters AND defenders. Scottie guarded the opponents best 1,2, or 3. Jordan roamed or guarded the second best 1 or 2 (where he was almost always bigger than) and Rodman (former PISTON Defensive Player of the Year, 2 time champ, rebounding, etc.) guarding the opponents best 4 or 5. They had three of the best defensive players in the game during that stretch. They also had the “Michael Jordan of Europe” in Toni Kukoc (this was the name the NBA announcers used as the European influence obtained more attention). They ALSO had Ron Harper who was a VERY good offensive AND defensive NBA guard until he blew out his knee. His shooters were: Steve Kerr, Kukoc, and Jud Buchler but, with defense like that, you won’t need to score a lot of points.
11. Please look at the Lakers 2004 – 2005 and 2005-2006 rosters and name THREE guys you would SERIOUSLY keep as a GM (Yes, that is including KB.) to start place with MJ to win a championship. Even as a Wizard player, MJ (who DRAFTED Kwame Brown) wouldn’t have played two games with that kid let alone two seasons.
12. BOTH were very DIFFICULT teammates. There is a reason the Magic lifted Horace Grant on their shoulders when they beat the Bulls in the playoffs. Ask Steve Kerr about the black eye Jordan gave him in practice because MJ was mad Phil wasn’t giving him the calls. “MJ would fiercely tease teammates (He called Will Purdue Will “Vanderbilt” because there is NO WAY a person with his basketball skills could have the last name of a basketball school from the Big Ten) and his boss (He called Jerry Reinsford “Crumbs” and ridiculed for riding the team bus.) This info can be found in biographies of Jordan. (Hey, I watch AND read about NBA.)
13. BOTH players are LUCKY to play when they did. Some comments give MJ the nod because “he played during an era when the NBA was better.” Well, he has ZERO rings during that era (REREAD #5 if necessary). During that era, MJ, athletic like Dr. J, would have needed some SERIOUS help. Kobe would have been able to shoot during that time but his body would have broken down A LOT faster with the bangin’ and hard fouls. Plus, dominant SHOOTING guards were not the norm during that era.
Now, look at BASKETBALL skills as a GM that has to draft either one:
a. dribbling ability (KB)
b. shooting ability (KB)
c. footwork (MJ)
d. drive (Push)
e. Basketball Background *(Push: MJ – 3 yrs at UNC, KB – son of NBA Champ)
f. Leadership (edge MJ) (MJ – didn’t LEAD at UNC, he won WITH James Worthy and Sam Perkins, & went on to to have INDIVIDUAL honors the next two years. KB – TOO YOUNG)
g. defense: (MJ) (played college ball)
h. leaping (MJ)
OOPS! The initial question was: could Jordan score 100 today?
Like someone stated, he would have to have A LOT of factors in his favor.
1. Basketball wise: he would have to have an incredible SHOOTING night. HIS drives to the basket would take up too much time.
2. He would HAVE to get MORE of his “normal” phantom foul calls (probably NOT a problem for him in ANY arena. If he could push off AND “carry” the ball at the top of the key IN Utah DURING the Finals, he can get away with ANYTHING.)
BOTTOM LINE: MJ would NOT be able to do it. He has NEVER shown a FLUID scoring ouput of great magnitude. Look at some of his great scoring games. A LOT of points come from the foul line. Only in the NBA Finals against Portland did his points come with some “fluidity.” Even with 81 (and 62 in 3 quarters against Dallas the SAME season), Kobe was “fluid.” He looked “on fire.” Look at any “great” scoring output and those guys literally seem “on fire.” (Ex: Reggie miller’s 25 point playoff quarter, Isiah Thomas’ 25 point Finals quarter, Bird’s playoff battle with Dominique, Chuck Person v. Bird in 1992, etc.) Those guys seemed like they were shooting in an empty gym.
You know what i think? Chill. These young viewers/fans today see a KB that plays like MJ, shoots like MJ, clutch plays like MJ. But they never really see MJ play day in and day out. So to them, WOW this KB is the best, he is my idol, i gonna protect him and say he is the best no matter what. Well if you think about it, is kinda sad, cause we are fortunate enough to see the REAL MJ and will never see it again. I tell you, KB fans, if you can let go your pride and ego and spent a little of your time to research on MJ and watch a FULL match of him in a bulls shirt or best , a full season of NBA of him winning a championship. I guarantee you will be amazed, a man who plays ten times better than KB can ever be. And you will immediately know why, in the 90s, everyone is crazy about MJ. I end with this, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and i credit KB to make fans to see a little glimpse of MJ in him.
Well Said! I never liked History in school, but these kids need to pay attention to the History of Ball before they make dumb comments. Mj is the Greatest to Ever Play!
In short, Yes. Michael is probably the only guy to ever do a one-handed crossover. And Iverson thought HE was good…
kobe is way better offensive player
jordan was da man during his time but in his prime now it wouldnt be that easy.
one person said jordan has talent and kobe has skills thats why jordan is better lol. anyone can have talent u need skills to be the best. talent alone dont get u anywhere. there is a lot of talented and athletic players but they cant make shots and win games lol.
on person said back in jordan time the players were more athletic and had more moves. lol are u retarted. those guys were pretty much robots back then. there were a few guys that did nasty dunks but it wasnt much of em. the big men never dribbled all they did is get a rebound then put it back up or do a basic dunk. now in kobe’s times bigmen are dribbling, throwing alley oops for guards, doing nasty dunks, crossovers, guarding guards…so how can that be. those big men jordan dunked on were old slow injured and let jordan have his way most of the time. mostof those players lost the games before it even started. oh we play the bulls lets count this out as a loss tonight fellas lol
other said 1 on 1 jordan would win lolol. all kobe needed to do is play him to his weaker side which is left, allow him to shoot more jumpers. kobe has a little height over him so there wouldnt be much of any posting up. jordan guarding kobe he coudlnt do that. kobe go either way equally and jumper is way better…other teams game scouting goes like this..num34 he cant shoot, 45 bump him a lil and he’ll miss. kobe…..good luck lol. u cant give him nothing or try count anything out. he is deadly in all areas when he need to. there are other guys james, wade, anthony ect that would give jordan some go or even beat him. players offense now is more advanced that jordan’s days and they wouldnt allow him to bully his way around. jordan and kobe usually comes up because of rings and winning. but there are other players as good offensively and rack up a lot of stats too but they not winning rings like kobe so u dont hear about them and their stats.
it had a few years they cheated kobe out of mvp. but now kobe doesnt even worry about mvp or scoring titles and all that. all he wants to do is win games. his game is more of a pippen like now. the lakers are so good he dont need to rack up 40 50 every night or get 10 20 assist rebounds cause the other players can do that. and for kobe to score 60 80 and playing with a good team thats really impressive cuz anyone on the lakers can score. so now dont need to shoot much. only time he really shoot if the game is close or like really open or frm bad D n he see’s a easy shot. he just play and go with the flow of the game now. kobe, jordan, iverson, james all those guys are good scorers and can rack up stats too but their individual offensive skills and ability ain’t like kobe’s. and if u watch bball they all of weaknesses but kobe’s way less than theirs. kobe’s 3, min range, post is better than all of em and he can do it frm anywhere on the court. all those other guys u cant say that. we got fowards that cant even post up or use a lefthand naturally like kobe.
Most big men today are perimeter-oriented and rather soft, compared to old school traditional big men. There are no enforcers today. Bill Cartwright would’ve broken Pau Gasol’s face – literally. And Kobe would’ve never, ever beaten the Pat Riley Knicks, he would’ve been beaten to a pulp.
This is a response to that Tristan guy, who A) never watched Jordan play LIVE in his prime with the Bulls, and B) is too young to know anything about the history and evolution of the NBA. I watched Jordan play for his ENTIRE career, from 1984 to 2004. That’s 19 years of my life I spent watching games live on TV, on tape, and live in person. I’ve also watched Kobe Bryant play for his ENTIRE career, from 1996 until now. That’s 14 years. I know more about the NBA and its history than anybody outside of actual coaches, players, and analysts on TV. I’m obsessed with pro basketball and have studied it for most of my life.
Tristan – “kobe is way better offensive player
jordan was da man during his time but in his prime now it wouldnt be that easy.”
Uh, no. You’re dead wrong. Jordan’s career scoring average is 30.1 ppg, the greatest scoring average of all time. Kobe’s career average is 25.3 and his days of averaging 30+ ppg and leading the league in scoring are over. Jordan has 10 scoring titles, Kobe has a measly 2.
Jordan career averages – 30.1 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 5.3 apg, 2.3 spg, 0.8 bpg, 49.7 FG percent, 83.5 FT percent
Bryant career averages – 25.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 4.7 apg, 1.5 spg, 0.6 bpg, 45.5 FG percent, 83.8 FT percent
Jordan is better in almost every major category, and in FT percentage they are virtually tied. When it comes to 3 point shooting, Bryant is a 34% career shooter, while Jordan is at 32.7%. That’s only a 1.3% difference.
Also, Kobe Bryant has already MISSED more 3-pointers in his career than Jordan even ATTEMPTED. Jordan attempted 1,778 threes and made 581. Kobe has attempted 3,829 and made 1,303 – meaning he MISSED 2,526 3-point attempts.
Why attempt so many threes? It’s already a low-percentage shot, very rarely do players shoot it as well as Steve Kerr, BJ Armstrong, and Mike Miller. Shooting so many threes lowers your overall field goal percentage and HURTS the team. Jordan was always interested in WINNING first, and that’s why he attempted fewer threes. Why shoot 3s at 34% when you can shoot 2-point field goals at 50-54%, which is what Jordan did for most of his career with the Bulls.
Michael Jordan was simply a more consistent, more reliable shooter than Kobe Bryant. And Jordan was the BEST midrange jumpshooter in the history of the NBA, facing all of the defenders he did.
“on person said back in jordan time the players were more athletic and had more moves. lol are u retarted. those guys were pretty much robots back then. there were a few guys that did nasty dunks but it wasnt much of em. the big men never dribbled all they did is get a rebound then put it back up or do a basic dunk.”
The NBA of the late 80′s and 90s were JUST as athletic as the players now, it’s just that the skill sets are different. Players today are more dribble-oriented while players back then relied on cuts and passing more.
“now in kobe’s times bigmen are dribbling, throwing alley oops for guards, doing nasty dunks, crossovers, guarding guards…so how can that be. those big men jordan dunked on were old slow injured and let jordan have his way most of the time. mostof those players lost the games before it even started. oh we play the bulls lets count this out as a loss tonight fellas lol”
You never watched the Bulls live, in the 80s and 90s. I watched almost every televised game, either live or on tape.
Also, there aren’t very many true, reliable *post up* players in the league anymore – you have Shaq, Dwight Howard, and Tim Duncan, and that’s pretty much it. In the 80s and 90s you had Kevin McHale, Moses Malone, Kareer Abdul-Jabbar, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajowon, Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, and Shaq. Defense in the paint was WAY better overall in that era…now they can’t check you on the perimeter and anybody can just waltz to the basket.
Big men today face up on the high post more and shoot jumpers like Pau Gasol or Dirk Nowitzki. It’s a more European style of ball now.
“other said 1 on 1 jordan would win lolol. all kobe needed to do is play him to his weaker side which is left, allow him to shoot more jumpers.”
Uh, no. Jordan was JUST as good going to his left, especially on the left baseline. Jordan had NO weak hand, he was EQUALLY strong from either side of the court…ESPECIALLY in the post. You’ve obviously never seen Jordan play an entire game or an entire season in his prime.
“kobe has a little height over him so there wouldnt be much of any posting up. jordan guarding kobe he coudlnt do that.”
They’re both 6’6″.
“kobe go either way equally and jumper is way better…other teams game scouting goes like this..num34 he cant shoot, 45 bump him a lil and he’ll miss. kobe…..good luck lol. u cant give him nothing or try count anything out. he is deadly in all areas when he need to. there are other guys james, wade, anthony ect that would give jordan some go or even beat him. players offense now is more advanced that jordan’s days and they wouldnt allow him to bully his way around. jordan and kobe usually comes up because of rings and winning. but there are other players as good offensively and rack up a lot of stats too but they not winning rings like kobe so u dont hear about them and their stats.”
Jordan was a stronger, more agile, much more aggressive 1-on-1 defender than Kobe. Jordan was also a great weak side and team defender, and along with Pippen formed the best defensive duo in the history of the NBA.
Kobe is an overrated defender. I’ve seen plenty of players light him up. And he has no chance of stopping players like Lebron, D-Wade, and Kevin Durant. The only player Jordan would’ve had problems with is Lebron because of his size and strength.
“his game is more of a pippen like now. the lakers are so good he dont need to rack up 40 50 every night or get 10 20 assist rebounds cause the other players can do that. and for kobe to score 60 80 and playing with a good team thats really impressive cuz anyone on the lakers can score. so now dont need to shoot much. only time he really shoot if the game is close or like really open or frm bad D n he see’s a easy shot. he just play and go with the flow of the game now. kobe, jordan, iverson, james all those guys are good scorers and can rack up stats too but their individual offensive skills and ability ain’t like kobe’s. and if u watch bball they all of weaknesses but kobe’s way less than theirs. kobe’s 3, min range, post is better than all of em and he can do it frm anywhere on the court. all those other guys u cant say that. we got fowards that cant even post up or use a lefthand naturally like kobe.”
I loved Scottie Pippen, and he’s my favorite player along with Jordan…but Jordan was still better as a scorer, leader, and clutch player. And Kobe does NOT rebound or get assists like Pippen could. Kobe does NOT have the floor game or defensive presence Scottie had. Kobe is a much better shooter and scorer than Scottie ever was, but he didn’t do those other things better.
Michael Jordan was the best player ever in the NBA. In today’s game, Kobe Bryant comes the closest, but he’ll never be better than MJ. Jordan’s legacy as the greatest is secure, and there’s nothing Kobe can do to change that. Kobe himself knows this.
In my previous post I meant 1984-2003. Typo.
Also, in response to the kid who said this –
“BOTTOM LINE: MJ would NOT be able to do it. He has NEVER shown a FLUID scoring ouput of great magnitude. Look at some of his great scoring games. A LOT of points come from the foul line. Only in the NBA Finals against Portland did his points come with some “fluidity.” ”
No fluidity? Are you effin kidding me? That has got to be one of the most ignorant, stupid, asinine things I’ve ever read in my entire life, and that proves you never really watched Jordan play. I’ve seen Jordan do things NOBODY has ever done with a basketball, as far as blending skill with athleticism. I’ve seen dribble through and float and score on 4 or 5 defenders (New Jersey Nets in ’91). Go back to the sandbox kid.
Jordan is the greatest SHOOTING guard, ever. Kobe is second, Jerry West is a very, very close third.
@ James S. -
Kid? I guess you make an ASSumption because I point out a few facts. Obviously, you are stuck on MJ. Like most MJ/Bulls “fans”, you have secretly hated the NBA since Jordan retired. You didn’t become a “fan” until 1991 when he finally became a champion. Jordan is the “safe” answer. How can Jordan be the “best” when other players have scored more (Kareem), won more (half the retired Celtics), and played better competition (Magic, Bird). I never said KB was better than Jordan. I said “basketball” wise (shooting and dribbling), Kobe was better and athletic wise, Jordan was better.
Again, where is the “fluiditiy” of his scoring? Where has MJ shown he was a “shooting machine?” I gave you the Portland game. Again, get off MJ and answer the question. You support your statement with ONE move against the Nets (in ’91?). Heck, Allen Iverson has scored MOST of his points playing 1 on 5. Are you kidding me? Obviously, you don’t ANALYZE basketball. Look at the skills evaluated in playing basketball: shooting and dribbling. (Go to your local library and read a fundamental basketball book.) Now, who does that better. “Jordan is the better athlete but, Kobe is the better basketball player.” – Phil Jackson.
Now, back to the INITIAL question: could MJ score 100 in a 4 quarter game? NO. David Robinson scored 71 against the Clippers and they were TRYING to make him win the scoring title over Shaq. Go back to your video game world and have MJ average 95 per game on the “easy” setting.
to who ever responded to my posted. i’ve watched many of the bulls games, jordan was my favorite and the best back then yes yes yes no doubt. ok jordan averaged 30ppg playing against who…..who was guarding jordan, what other great offensive players jordan had to guard year after year after year, who elese was scoring 30 40 points….no one..the competition for jordan year after year after year was wack and one on one no zone, compare to now where kobe scores 2 ppg playing against other great offensive players and zone d and double team and having to guard many of em. how many other players are scorers and good defenders that guards kobe and for him to have to guard as well compare to jordan??????? exaacccttllyyy no oneeeeee. how many wade, iverson, james, pierce, dirk, ect players with their offense and defensive skills did jordan compete with year after year and had to guard year after year??? lol. i play basketball as well and if i play how i do now back then i’m sure i’d b damn good offensively. but if i was to play now it wouldnt b that great for me against the players now. if ur just watching games u need to know more about bball than just wat u see on tv buddy. so jordan winning scoring title wasnt that hard was it lol. when jordan scored 30 or what ever average.., what was the other best players(guards )that year scoring average? go look up da stats for that and lets see. i can be sure none of em was scoring nothing close to jordan meaning there wasnt much other guards that shot like that year after year after year while he was the top scorer. if ur talking about overal stats yea maybe jordan is better but thats compare to then where it was much easier. this is about scoring 100 meaning offense and kobe is a better offenseive player. i play bball and i’d be happier to guard mj in his prime now than having to guard kobe. im a pretty good offensive player too. kobe would score more easier on me than jordan would. jordan offense has weaknesses but it didnt matter back then much cause they all had their tails up da shoot before the game even started. that wouldnt happen now. offense and defense confidense are better now. jordan left and shooting was weak. but hey if u playing against lot of other older and slower scarey players it dont matter what direction to go to get ur shots easy lol. kobe doesnt have to rack up on every stat when the other great lakers does their part…kobe doesnt need to score 40 a night now to win a game but he can if needed if no one else is scoring thats the difference.
jordan attempted fewer threes..who wouldnt while he had easy dunks against robots, slow players, old players what ever u wanna call em. that wouldnt happen now so he would need to be a good shooter too to ge 100 which he wasnt. and he wouldnt be left alone and playing against bombs to get easy shots like back then. but then again if u compare to the other players who had no d back then yea s lol.
jordan wasnt strong on his left at all. yea baseline left lolol. thats the oldest trick in da book..baseline u damn near out of bound. so hmm if u hit da ball out left hand where would it go hmmmm. u never give a player baseline or through the middle that’ll break down a d so easy. but one on one ur teammates just clear it out and the weak defender just get walked pass. so now u going baseline or middle then others scramblling to help then oh look easy pass
. how often do u see baseline or straight up the middle for a shot now in this time hardley never. big men back then didnt have no skills so all they could do is sit under da basket. u cant sit under da basket now and expect to get a easy dunk…get that ball slapped back in ur face lol u better learn how to go outside and more around a lil, hit a jumper every now and then if u wanna be useful. and dont say the defense was more better back then because they made hard fouls and pushed and all that bs. remember this basketball not football. having to hack and hurt a player to stop em thats not deffense..thats not basketball. hell yea kobe gets torched up too night after night year after year..have u watched nba lately lol…i think pretty much all the players score now and good at it. jordan’s time hmmmmm lets see… i can maybe think of a handful.
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Tristan, you don’t know anything. You never saw Jordan play in his prime. The players in the 80s and 90s were *nasty* and aggressive and a LOT tougher and meaner than they are today. You just don’t know. How old are you, 20? 22? You never watched any of those players, while I’ve been watching basketball since before you were born. You know NOTHING about the game compared to what I know, you can’t even type well.
Kobe Bryant never faced the 80s Detroit Pistons or the 90s New York Knicks. He would’ve gotten KILLED. David Stern literally changed the rules of the NBA because of those teams. Do you know who David Stern is? He’s the commissioner.
Also, Charles Barkley and Karl Malone at age 25, 26 would average 35 ppg and 20 rebounds against today’s players. There are no true big men anymore, other than Dwight Howard, Shaq, and Tim Duncan. The NBA today is SOFTER than college. Duke and Butler were more physical in the NCAA Final than the NBA.
You are correct but, MJ benefited from these rule changes. He was one of those guys getting HAMMERED by the Pistons. Once he started winning, you could barely come within two feet of him. SMH
I saw Robert Parish PUNCH Bill Laimbeer in the face in Boston Garden during a game once. Straight CLOCKED him. And none of the refs even called a foul. One of the craziest things I’ve ever seen. Players back then who were involved in intense rivalries tried to kill each other. The only true rivalry today is Celtics-Lakers. All these other matchups, frankly, are for sissies.
Best team rivalries in my lifetime which were all out wars –
1. Celtics-Lakers, 1980s
2. Bulls-Pistons, late 1980s
3. Pacers-Knicks, 1990s
4. Bulls-Knicks, 1990s
5. Celtics-Pistons, 1980s
Big men from the late 80s and 90s were much more skilled in the paint and were superior scorers, defenders, and rebounders than they are today. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (perhaps the most skilled center of all time) in his late 30s would average 30+ ppg against today’s “centers” and would foul them all out. Kevin McHale would DESTROY Pau Gasol. And Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, and David Robinson would make Dwight Howard look SILLY. But you never saw any of them play in their prime or know anything about them.
To say they were all “robots” or old with no skills proves you’re just some kid watching Pokemon all day who doesn’t know anything about the history of NBA basketball. You have not refuted a *single* thing I’ve stated in any of my posts.
Michael Jordan is the ONLY player in NBA history with NO true weaknesses. None. He’s simply better than Kobe Bryant both offensively and defensively – better scoring average, better passer, better rebounder, more steals, more blocked shots, less turnovers – and more MVPs. And this was during the toughest defensive era in NBA history – the late 80s and 90s. Jordan was clearly the superior athlete as well. Even Tim Grover, who trained Jordan and trains Kobe and Dwayne Wade now, says that Jordan is the best player of all time, hands down.
There’s *nothing* Kobe has done that Jordan couldn’t surpass if he were the same generation. Nothing. Make Jordan 25, 26 today and the NBA would be in serious, serious trouble. Even Lebron wouldn’t be able to stop Jordan’s quickness and ferociousness at that age. Jordan would seriously average 40+ ppg with today’s soft, sissy, WNBA rules.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Kevin McHale, Hakeem Olajuwon(was a beast), Patrick Ewing (bad knees). ok ok ok they all had some post game..dats it lol. remember one on one u have to take da ball out frm the top and make ur way to the basket which they would all hve to do to get shots…hmmm handles..ohhh no handles none of em..well they can settle for a jumper wait wait ohhh noooo…hmmm none of em had no jumper or mid range besides hakeem n maybe patrick. so having to guard someone like gasol who can hit dat lil jumper and have a lil handle…i think him and howard would just run through those guys like a prostitute lol or even foward kevin garnet..just use and abuse. shaq now in his last days would give those guys a go.
ur silly to say the competition was better back then lol. because they were tougher and abused each other that doesnt mean they have skills. basketball is not about hacking and fighting thats not basketball. i think thats rugby lol.. back then in jordan time yea it seemed like he had no weaknesses cuase it was so easier back then for him. i’m still waiting to see the stats of other guards during mj time since the competition was so great. when jordan was scoring 100 per game every year by himself how much was the other guards scoring and racking up stats besides him, u know like the competition? none?…..if there was such good competition i wanna see who else was up there competing with mj year after year after year for anything. lmaolmaolmao. jordan scoring 30..the next top guard what 15..lololol sounds easy to me.
while in kobe’s time the guards are way tougher to guard and they all get buckets. so kobe and the others would be having to compete and guard those guys..while mj really didnt have to. some lil weak guard that doesnt do much….that sounds like resting on defense to me. so hell yea he can cheat and go get the steals and rebounds..his man he is guarding aint no offenseive threat lol. and if u played bball u would see certain weaknesses in mj compare to players now. if u play bball and someone who is guarding u isnt really a shooter now time for their offense what happends…nothing. so u sit and chill and cheat while u get back on offense and take advantage of that…no pressure having to worry much about him going to score a bucket at the other end lol. but u know so much about bball so u should know that. kobe is an all around better baller than mj and amongst other great players and great teams year after year after year. its way harder to win now than it was back then…the comp is way harder. the defense and zone play makes it harder score. jordan one on one with other weak offensive and defensive guards was like a kid in a candy store. they cant do that now with kobe, wade, iverson, james. thats not even legal lol. thats like against da rules. u never set up ur players to be in a one on one situation now.
lol mj and james….. james is pretty damn good offensive an defensive if u ask me. he is one of the best one on one defenders too. in the open court he takes up so much space. he doesnt run that fool jumps down the court lol…aint no one in the nba faster than james in the open court lol. he is not that effective in a half court setting cause he dripples kinda high so easier to steal and his post is weak for a foward. so he usually passes real easy on a double. unlike kobe and wade who knows how to split two deffenders like nothing. mj would have it pretty damn rough for 48 mins if james is guarding him and him having to guard that fast mofo. he gets the ball out of bound and he is gone. the whole team still aint made it past the three point line on the other end…thats what they have to do if they gon try win. cuz half court double team him and wade…the big guys kinda weak so other teams with big men will have their way down there.
Tristan you rambled on in so many posts because you’re a 15 year old KB homer. Everything out of your mouth completely proves you know nothing about the game of basketball. You would be best served to sit down and take notes from everyone that actually has a clue. OWNED
Whatever. It’s clear to anyone with a brain I dominated this debate with all of the evidence and stats I presented. You are mentally incapable of comprehending these basic facts –
1. Elite NBA players in the late 80s and 90s were just as naturally athletic as they are now. They could run and jump just like players today. It’s all on video. That’s when weight-training started to become popular, and players like Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, David Robinson, and especially Karl Malone took full advantage. I started weight-training in high school because I wanted to be strong like those players back then (and I did get much stronger). The only player today who is MORE athletic than anybody back then is Lebron James…but Jordan was still more skilled and *clutch* than he is.
2. The defensive rules today – no hand-checking or bumping on the perimeter – make it *easier* for offensive players to get to the basket and/or get fouled. That is an indisputable fact. You know what indisputable means? It means it cannot be questioned. Lebron and Wade and Kobe have a MUCH easier time getting to the basket today than they would have 20 years ago.
3. The late 80s and early 90s coincided with the most brutal defensive era in NBA history – especially with the Pistons and Knicks, teams Jordan faced multiple times every year. The play got real dirty in the playoffs, and David Stern decided to clean it up and increase scoring by making the rules EASIER for offensive players.
Anyway, basketball is NOT a 1-on-1 game, it’s 5-on-5. Kareem had the most unstoppable shot in NBA history – the sky hook. NO player today could stop it – not Dwight Howard, not Kevin Garnett, not Tim Duncan, nobody. Wilt Chamberlain couldn’t even stop it. And before he broke his wrist in ’98, Patrick Ewing was the BEST midrange jumpshooting center in NBA history. That is a fact. McHale in the 80s and Olajuwon in the 90s had the best post moves and fakes I’ve ever seen. But you never saw any of them play.
Michael Jordan is also the greatest post-up guard in NBA history. It was MUCH harder for him to score in the post because there were so many more dominant big men in his era.
Tristan, you’ve proven that A) you’re 15 years old, and B) you know nothing about basketball. Plus your can barely type coherently. Maybe you should pay more attention in English class instead of watching And1 mixtapes.
I just beat you down like Jordan would beat down Kobe today. Shame shame kid. You don’t mess with the greatest. And when it comes to NBA debates, I cannot be beaten.
23 > 24
Like I said before, it is obvious you are a “everything Michael Jordan” person.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- as many rings
- more points
- more rebounds
- more blocks
- more ASSISTS
- more All-Star games
feel free to look up the rest of his stats.
33 > 23
i’m still waiting to see the other players stats, da other top players during jordan’s time since the competition was so deep. i wana see who else was averaging 30 40 points when jordan won scoring titles and all that lol. if u think jordan is better than kobe during his time you dont know basketball. you just watch on tv and think u know what u talking about lol. da competition was so wack u watching two other teams playing and they talking about jordan and the bulls. u forgot u was actually watching another team play lol. cuz it was jordan and the bulls and no one else lol. competition and athletics was better back in jordan time…u gotta be on that stuff. almost all the teams in the nba now are pretty much evenly matched compare to jordan’s time the overall teams were wack.
and this other idiot james s. talking about typing and spelling like anyone on here writing a book or a report. i’m sure that idiot dont even have a job, havent finished school, dont have house, car, or a wife lol. who cares what u type on here and how u say it. oh lets go through this post and do a spell check looking bwoi. loser lil grow some lol
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