“It’s different then it was,” McGrady told USA TODAY Sports’ Alex Kennedy. “Then, when I came in ’97, you had men in the league. There’s a lot of boys in this league now. And that’s what I’ve been trying to tell guys when they’ve been asking me questions about LeBron and Jordan. I’m like, ‘Come on man, y’all can’t be serious.’ This man MJ was playing against grown men out there. There’s a lot of boys in the league right now. That seems to be the difference.” [/b]http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/06/dennis-rodman-michael-jordan-lebron-james/
You have to laugh at a society where grown men get paid to run up and down a hardwood floor bouncing a big orange ball that they have to throw through an orange ring and get paid millions to do it. Their contribution to society in the end is the same as Vince Goodrums
More people need to put the whole hero worshipping sports star thing into perspective. If every sports star in the planet disappeared the world wouldn't change one bit.
Lebron wouldn't be shooting the ball around Rodman, for fear of having his shot blocked into the stands. He would be doing assists like a mofo.All games now are 4th quarter games.
You are dillusional! I love Dr.J. he is my favorite NBA player of all time, but not for one minute would I say that he was better than Lebron! Rodman would have a snowballs chance in hell of stopping Lebron! Rodman is a drunken drugging cross dressing moron who had physical gift!
Rodman's cross dressing, and drugs have nothing to do with this. Rodman gave Shaq fits and was a rebounding king...He gave zero fucks, protected the ball, threw elbows, etc. which is why he would have given Lebron hell. Rodman was athletic, not a slow poke, played like a monster, something you don't see nowadays.
Rodman should have won the finals MVP in the Bulls last year. he was dominant but they still gave it to Jordan but Rodman was averaging something like 20 rebounds per.
I always get the feeling too many people either forget how good Rodman was due to his all-round wierdness over-shadowing memories of his playing days or are too young to have seen him play.Guy was a defensive demon. I modelled my game (though in no way my life) on his.
Wrong, the world would probably change for the better, less gambling degenerates, people actually doing stuff with their lives than spending all day Sunday indoors watching sports. More work would be achieved. Without sports this world might be a better place.Sports are the original Reality shows for brainless entertainment and most of the time it's scripted as so.
He averaged 8.3 rebounds a game against Utah in the '98 Finals. He also gave up 25 PPG to Malone so his defense was especially remarkable (although that's not a bad result against Karl). Rodman was a great player, maybe the most unique the league has ever seen, but he wasn't especially good in that series.Meanwhile Jordan was averaging 34 PPG (at 35 years old!) and pretty much single-handedly winning games since Pippen was crippled.
My favorite era of b-ball. I sometimes watch youtube clips over and over of those games. Clyde, Malone, Barkley vs Jordan
Remember his outlet passing as well. Dude would grab a board and Pippen, Jordan, Thomas..... would break and he would bomb 3/4 court passes perfectly.
Growing up in the '90s with Jordan and the Bulls spoiled the NBA for me. I still love watching it but it's not the same anymore.
We were lucky to have seen it! I remember going to the old chicago stadium and watching Jordan get introduced right through the end of the game scoring 38. There is nothing like it. I go to a lot of games in different cities and I have yet to feel anything close to that.