How Michael Jordan CREATED Victor Wembanyama 

Jack Sikma

@@BureaucraticEquation0-cx9su Nah, Jack Sikma. Nelson's protege Coach Del Harris saw Sikma making threes in practice, which was at a time when the Bucks had just introduced three point drills. So he unleashed Sikma in games a decade before Dirk. Bill Laimbeer also started shooting threes around that time. Then a bunch of bigs started shooting threes regularly, like Sam Perkins.

@@BureaucraticEquation0-cx9su furthermore, KG, and Duncan had range. Long twos were once considered part of a "stretch" game. It's likely they could have extended their range out to three as well, with practice. They had the touch.

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a terrible person tho

@@vedantgupta2145 why? For gambling that was LEGAL?

Now if you really dig up stuff about MJ's personal life..... He's not a great person at all but I separate that with what he was as a basketball player and he was absolutely truly worthy of being called the Goat and the best part is he never even claimed he was. I'm sure he thinks so in his head but he kept it to himself and I respect that.

for me g.o.a.t is an idol, its something you strive to become in that sport and someone with a terrible personality cant be a goat which is why i like guys like giannis alot@@imfinishedgrinding638

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Spoiler alert: with his p3n15

What’s your story in the NBA?

The center position started dying long before you started watching. When Jamal Magloire was selected to the All-Star team in '04, everyone knew something was wrong with the center position. All the great scoring centers were disappearing, with Shaq as the last man standing. Power forwards had taken on the mantle of the "big man" by that point, as they still used post scoring, but they were good face-up players as well (Dirk, KG, Duncan). The center position became mostly defense-only. Much of this transition away from post offense was caused by rule changes. On defense, big and slow-footed shot blockers were still very useful, since the league's skills hadn't caught up to the new rules yet. But Coach D'Antoni and the Suns showed that quick and athletic face-up power forwards (Amare) could be moved to center, and it would open up space for slashing, passing, and dunks. The Lakers were the last championship team to rely heavily on post offense from bigs, with a traditional center (Bynum) and a traditional face-up power forward who could also post-up (Gasol). 2014 wasn't when the decline started, but rather when it all but ended, as the Warriors introduced the dreaded "death lineup", with no real center at all. Teams still rolled out their traditional centers for a few minutes to start games or against big lineups here and there (Bogut), but the Warriors dynasty was really the nail in the coffin. That was when guys like Brook Lopez and Marc Gasol started shooting threes to keep themselves relevant. The young guys in college and overseas also saw the direction of things, so 7-footers started practicing more skills, and the art of post offense was partially lost from the league altogether. But a few of these younger guys patterned their games off these adapted styles that Gasol and Lopez employed, and they took it to another level. Now the center position is back, even posting up some, but post-ups are still a much weaker version of what once was.

He didn't dominate against the bigs of the 80's.... he couldn't beat the lakers or the celtics in the playoffs.

Mj could score on bigs all the time. Phil jackson said mj and oscar are the 2 greatest guard post scorers he ever seen. But this guy is wrong, mj wasnt the 1st to show you can win without a dominant big man, it was the pistons in the late 80s.

@@MovieGuy666 Don't bring your shit here if you din't know what you are talking about. He could't beat the LAKERS...? Get outa here

​@@MovieGuy666people forgot that they first started changing/tweaking rules to make it easier for Jordan to win against the Pistons, but once he retired they realized that they need a "new Jordan" for ratings

​@lazarperic4525 Lol, ya the flagrant foul rule really switched up the league. Your excuse for Jordan dominating is hilarious. The guy finally had some quality players and the rest is history. He took a nobody franchise and turned into a dynasty.

Glad you liked it!

@@AMHoops The warriors got a 7 foot KD shooting threes bro...

@@81giorikas 6′ 10″

That takes guts kid. We needs guts, youre hired.

Can i like it too?

how does this affects Lebron's Legacy⁉️

@@Esteban-R2Nigga really went there

And it's for that very reason I cannot like your comment. We don't need to get that kind ime of narcissistic behavior started in these comments.

I think thats not he plan for a reason, allow them to use their skills over mass. You see the next OKC game? Chets size is so good without mass.

The problem with putting more weight is their legs and knees would have trouble supporting it which would result in more injuries in the long-term.

It did indeed start in the 80s but conventional wisdom was still "Centers and big men rule the game". Kareem in his old age was still very effective. Parish and Mikhail was terrifying, Moses Malone was a rebounding machine and even helped Hakeem on his game before his start in the NBA and his very brief stint with Ralph showing much potential before the latter got riddled with injuries. Portland literally drafted Bowie over Jordan because of it which to this day they still regret.

Even the quotes in TLD when MJ was a rookie about, “well he’s only 6’6”, so how much difference can he really make” and “is he big enough to carry a team”. Basketball is still a big a man’s game, but if you have the skill you don’t need to be quite as big anymore.

the celtics and lakers of the 80's wouldn't have won without those centers.

Wemby is way overhyped.

@@christianpaul-cp6746wow extremely hot take. haven't heard that one

wemby scored on chet. chet scored on collins.

@@christianpaul-cp6746kinda true

@@lordkaiser1404 chet only played 16 min in a meaningless preseason game. You're better than Skip Bayless, man. When they play full games during the season, then we can start comparisons.

the big difference with the goat center: They made the rules harder for Wilt and ever since there hasn't been a SINGLE rule change that benefited the big man so now we just learn the little man skills too and still beat them, because they can't take away size 🖕

I think it was more about TV numbers. Jordan was electric but by the late 90s, the NBA was not doing well in ratings in non- MJ/Shaq games. The NBA actually tried to bring back defense heavily. I think the idea was to go back to 80s style. This video leaves out a lot of facts: Major change to physicality was in 1991 with foul rule changes like implementing Flagrants and calling more fouls on contact. (Jordan shot A LOT of Free throws lol) First hand check change was in 1995 and was made to encourage more perimeter scoring. Jordans numbers reflect this 2002 rule changes was NBA going all in on defense and trying to recreate old era defensive battles. It backfired and ratings tanked because nobody wanted to watch games that were 70-74 final scores and sub 40% shooting After THAT era of terrible ratings and "boring" champs like Spurs and Pistons, the league forced the changes to make game flashier. Tbh we might not have an NBA if they kept on same track from 2002-2005, it wasn't fun to watch 95% of the time.

The first hand check change came in 1995, when Jordan was retired. Which proves my point. All these changes to make the game easier for perimeter players, came when Mike was away from the game. Including the time they brought forward the three point line. This was in the 1994/95 season if I'm not mistaken. This was to encourage more perimeter scoring, and it worked. @@Michael-vn2jj

@@Michael-vn2jj ratings have nothing to do with the skill level of players.

What youngsters don't realise is that David Stern softened the NBA because of MJ's constant crying.

Dirk just took Wilts fadeaway and ran with it.

Name a defender in euro league better than jrue,Gianni’s, jjj, embiid,ad and etc??? The defense is euro league is so bad that a 14 year old Luka was dominating it and won mvp. And the guy that just won mvp last year is not even a 6th man for the kings(a team that didn’t make it out the first round)😂 euro league is awesome but not comparable in terms of skill besides shooting and flopping lol

@@justinholland6132 I know the nba has the best players but I prefer the way they play basketball there oldschool intensity , hard fought , more defense etc and I like the rules of the euroleague more than nba rules , nba doesn't feel like a sport it feels like wwe basketball, and there always a prodigy player, it's like saying the premier league sucks because a 22year old halaand just on his first season smashed the premier league goal record, some players are special so much so luka came to the nba and his dominance and scoring even got higher so much so he admits its harder to score in euroleague than nba also said he prefers to watch euroleague then boring regular season games that look like friendly matches , it's my preference I personally prefer it , nba it's like a circus , but no doubt the best players will always be in the nba , but the nba could be way better than it is right now ... that's just how I feel ,

Nice, what club you play for

Nah game is better today Enough with the antiquated 90s

I reckon the NBA would be worth so much less if that was still the case, just being big is so boring.

If the Bigs are shooting like guards and handling the ball, then it will take a Michael Jordan tier like guard to wrestle back the crown from the big man. Just like it did the first time.

I mean, u gotta look at jamal murray or austin reaves. U mainly need to not be a negative on defense and have playmaking to add versatility to ur game whilst not being a 3pt brick factory. Dillon brooks aint small but he’s a good defender + an acceptable 3pt catch and shoot player. If u mean what’s gonna happen with shot chucking volume scorers who dont really defend or assist or do anything other than score, we’ve already seen whats happening with those type of players with Cam Thomas on the nets. Bro is a pure fucking bucket and yet he doesnt get 40 minutes a game when he can clearly be a 23+ ppg scorer on decent efficiency.

Steph shoots so well because he has a small wingspan. Less movement, so better muscle memory The future of the game is one shorter PG and four 7’ players who can move like a prime Westbrook

Plz we started the trend of threes so the league still runs through us 😂

warriors are lucky both boston and milwaukee are in the east.. they just need to get healthy, get past the nuggets, clippers (if healthy) and lakers (if healthy too).. and oh, there's phoenix too..

"And ppl are hyping him up like a top five player rn" He is though.

@@bgrim2008 he hasn’t played it