What made MJ the GOAT...

May 7, 2024
12:47:53am

moabmax 3rd String

He is the most competitive SOB on the earth. So if he were playing in today's NBA he would have figured out a way to be a very good 3 point shooter. End of story. I honestly hate the guy, but he would have figured it out.

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If you don’t want to be compared to Jordan, then don’t do this

GRCoug

May 6, 10:22pm

Immediately thought of MJ in real time as well

ldssdl

May 6, 10:24pm

LOL at the salty Denver fan yelling, "You suck!"

benny1982

May 6, 10:26pm

Family trait

coug719

May 6, 10:31pm

Shooting the 3 ball well should help him avoid MJ comparisons

775coug

May 6, 10:32pm

That's just not true. If he played in today's game where people shoot the three

bulletproof

May 6, 10:50pm

His highest 2 seasons were when they moved the 3 pt line to 22" instead of

benny1982

May 6, 10:51pm

What I said still holds true. Take out the years you Are talking about and

bulletproof

May 6, 10:56pm

I just double checked. They moved it forward for 3 seasons.

benny1982

May 6, 10:58pm

Which were the two years he actually shot the 3. And he shot 36.5%.

bulletproof

May 6, 11:03pm

Still a pretty big assumption that he "would have been great" given

benny1982

May 6, 11:05pm

LeBron has improved his 3 point shooting as it became more important and he shot

CameronG

May 7, 12:03pm

No he didn’t. LeBron had a great three point shooting year this year. But before that, his three best three point

RealTaysomHill

May 7, 2:34pm

So why did it go back down under 30 after having shot it well and with volume?

775coug

May 6, 11:05pm

There was no volume. That's it. He didn't need to shoot it either. He scored

bulletproof

May 6, 11:10pm

This is a moronic thing to argue about. The 3 was not a big part of most games

Socrates Johnson

May 7, 6:09am

Sorry you didn't like the stats. Because that's all I said.

benny1982

May 7, 8:07am

What a ridiculous comment

775coug

May 6, 10:56pm

Sorry if it hurts your feelings to think that MJ, when he focused on shooting

bulletproof

May 6, 11:06pm

He never shot it well by todays standards when the line was where it is now

775coug

May 6, 11:17pm

This is MJ fans’ favorite argument. “If MJ played in today’s game, he would have been better at shooting 3s.”

RealTaysomHill

May 6, 11:24pm

Ya zero chance if he focused on it he could have been a good three point

bulletproof

May 6, 11:46pm

He was a good midrange jump shooter. Move the three point line up, he’s solid. Put it where it is now?

RealTaysomHill

May 7, 12:03am

Again, volume matters. Those two years were the only two years he actually shot

bulletproof

May 7, 12:21am

The two years he shot it well were the two years the line was moved up.

RealTaysomHill

May 7, 1:13am

What made MJ the GOAT...

moabmax

May 7, 12:47am

If MJ would have just “figured it out,” why did he only shoot 83% from the free throw line?

RealTaysomHill

May 7, 1:04am

What's LeBron's career FT percentage, Oh Great One?

CameronG

May 7, 12:08pm

Not really relevant, tbh, but that’s a great deflection

RealTaysomHill

May 7, 2:29pm

Oh so now you want to talk about things that are relevant? Good to know

CameronG

May 7, 2:39pm

I mean, I haven’t mentioned LeBron at all in this thread. Like I’ve explained several times, I don’t think FT% is the

RealTaysomHill

May 7, 3:28pm

You were the one that brought FT% into a debate about 3 point shooting and then

CameronG

May 7, 3:45pm

Im trying to bring a debate out of fantasy land. The fact is, MJ was a bad three point shooter.

RealTaysomHill

May 7, 3:51pm

Just how to figured out how to win in baseball, with the wizards,

775coug

May 7, 8:28am

It’s not a given but it’s pretty silly to think that he wouldn’t be able to do it at all

puntersarepeople

May 7, 6:15am

The problem is that the argument has become hypothetical

775coug

May 7, 8:32am

That’s fair

puntersarepeople

May 7, 11:58am

Was he good by the standards of the time? Do you know that?

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