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Metta World Peace/Ron Artest says MJ was harder to guard than LeBron and Kobe
Sccit:
--- Quote from: M Dogg™ on June 06, 2013, 10:29:52 PM ---Michael was the greatest player I've ever seen. I only saw Kareem as an aging legend, I never saw Russell or Wilt, but I saw Jordan. And Jordan was the best ever, you can't deny it.
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yes u can....rodman says magic is the best ever. different players, different opinions. the whole GOAT thing is over-glorified by the media. all the top-tier players were the greatest at what they did, u cant objectively say one is greater than the other. at the end of the day, the safest way to put it; mj=kareem=wilt=russell=hakeem=bird=magic=kobe=robertson=shaq.....thats my 10 top-tier players of all time, and they're all the best at what they do. the only thing that can separate them is rings, and in the case, russell is the GOAT...everything else is a matter of opinion. to me, once ur in the top-tier, ur as good as possible. thats all there really is to it.
Mietek23:
--- Quote from: NIKCC on June 06, 2013, 10:14:57 PM ---
--- Quote from: Mietek23 on June 06, 2013, 04:38:15 AM --- Plus, he played against Wizards Jordan, not prime Jordan 8)
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thats how u know it's bullshit....cuz even kobe prior to his prime was shitting on wizards MJ:
http://www.youtube.com/v/X4CEBTkINN8
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I already knew you will come out with a statement like that :) But you forgot to mention that is was Jerry Stackhouse, who guarded Kobe in this game most of the time - not Jordan. And even tho MJ was past his prime in Wizards years, he still schooled most of young guys, dropping 30 and 40 points on their asses.
Sccit:
^but you understand that artest is typically known for being on crack, right? i mean, u cant really believe that a 40+ year old MJ was harder to guard than kobe in his prime, can you?? LOL
Mietek23:
--- Quote from: NIKCC on June 07, 2013, 01:25:45 AM ---^but you understand that artest is typically known for being on crack, right? i mean, u cant really believe that a 40+ year old MJ was harder to guard than kobe in his prime, can you?? LOL
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That's why this statement is so interesting, specially coming from his mouth - but I bet that, if he would say Kobe past his prime was harder to guard than Lebron now @ his tip-top shame, you'll be quoting left and right him like a muthafucka, without any "crack comments", right :)?
Sccit:
but you do realize he's wrong, though, right?
lets take a look:
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Player G W L GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Michael Jordan 5 3 2 3 36.8 8.6 21.2 .406 0.6 1.6 .375 4.6 6.6 .697 0.0 6.0 6.0 2.6 1.8 0.8 3.4 2.8 22.4
Metta World Peace 5 2 3 5 30.4 3.8 12.6 .302 0.4 3.4 .118 4.8 6.0 .800 1.6 1.2 2.8 1.4 2.6 1.0 2.2 5.0 12.8
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Player G W L GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Kobe Bryant 20 15 5 20 40.1 9.7 20.1 .481 1.5 3.6 .408 6.9 8.4 .815 1.1 4.6 5.7 6.1 2.0 0.6 3.6 2.6 27.6
Metta World Peace 20 5 15 19 36.7 5.8 15.4 .375 1.2 4.6 .261 4.0 5.0 .798 1.4 3.6 5.0 2.9 2.7 0.9 2.7 3.5 16.7
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look at the FG% (as well as how many fgs were taken), 3pt% (as well as how many 3's were taken), AST to TO's and PPG. and let the record show artest grew up playing vs kobe vs him being a bit younger seeing an old man jordan. so not only did artest get schooled more by kobe than he did by wizards jordan, he was also a better defender/player overall when he went up against kobe all those years in comparison to when he played jordan. kobe beat down the best artest there ever was. jordan never saw DPOY ron (that was the following year after mj retired). /end thread
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