Though he has not played an NBA game in over two decades, Michael Jordan’s name is brought up on a nearly daily basis in basketball discussions as the so called GOAT debate continues to rage on.
LeSychophants and other detractors work overtime to chip away Jordan’s legacy, which is the gold standard of basketball greatness. These disingenuous actors do this by not only questioning Jordan’s abilities as a basketball player but also the overall talent of the era in which he played.
However the true fans of basketball ave taken up the mantle of preserving and protecting theistory of the game and the legends of bygone eras who helped bulld the it. It is these warriors at the wall who pushback against and deunk the false narratives romulgated by the the media arm of the Klutch Sports and others in the retinue of LBeBron James.
Michael Jordan was asked how he thought he would fare if he played in the current era and here was what the basketball legend had to say, per nba historian Jacobtheclipper
“I’m sure I would make my adjustments, and I would play with the same passion as I always did… I think the talent has changed, the versatility of the players has changed, but you still have to shoot, defend, make three-pointers, hit free throws, play as a team; those things transcend generations! It would be completely different; I’d be playing against LeBron James, against Anthony Davis! Not against Magic Johnson or Larry Bird! Would I have been as successful as I was in my ERA? We’ll never know, I’ll leave that for you to speculate, but my passion for the game of basketball would have been the same. “
His response is classy, which is diametrically opposed to the players of the day whoever missed an opportunity to disparage every player who came before them.
Mr. Jordan does not have to speculate how he would perform in the current era, there have been many other great players who have done that for him.
Here are a few:
Ron Artest says Jordan would average 50 in today’s NBA:
Ron Artest on How Many Points Michael Jordan Would Average Today #nba
Allen Iverson says Jordan would average 40 in today’s NBA
Several other former NBA greats discuss the prodigious they believe Michael Jordan would put up in the current NBA.
For his career, Michael Jordan has the highest per-game average at 30.1 points per game. The 10-time scoring champion, the most in NBA history, also has 8 seasons of averaging more than 30 points per game, which is a league record. He has the highest scoring average in NBA Playoff history at 33.4 points per game. In addition to helping lead the Chicago Bulls to a pair of three-peats in the 1990s, Michael Jordan was also a 14-time NBA All-Star, 11-time All-NBA performer, 9-time All-Defensive team selection, 1988 Defensive Player of the Year, 5-time regular season MVP and 6-time NBA Finals MVP.
