re: Lebron would absolutely roast these nerds

Lebron averaged 27 ppg as a 19 year old and 31 ppg as a 20 year old.

You are misremembering.

Air Jordan would ever-so-lightly drag his GOAT nuts across the bridge of LeFake's nose as he posterized him night after night taking off from the foul line.

Yeah, I crammed all that into one sentence, much like Mike cramming 60 points down the throat of today's soft, load management NBA.

Today's players couldn't dream of managing MJ's load.

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No doubt, it’s Larry Bird…

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Poor mans Jokic.

In all seriousness, Jokic is what Bird would look like in the modern NBA, though I think Jokic is more talented.

MJ never lost in a finals

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The argument of NBA defenses being tougher back in the day is wild

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I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. When were you born? Did you actually watch the game prior to 2010? Did you see Hack-A-Shaq? I’m not even going to go back to the 90s or 80s. The physicalness of guys like Rodman and Barkley and Ewing.

I swear some of yall say this shite just to get a rise out of people and every once in a while the hook is just too shiny.

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I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. When were you born? Did you actually watch the game prior to 2010? Did you see Hack-A-Shaq? I’m not even going to go back to the 90s or 80s. The physicalness of guys like Rodman and Barkley and Ewing.

I swear some of yall say this shite just to get a rise out of people and every once in a while the hook is just too shiny

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Fouling isnt good defense. It's by definition bad defense.

Yes you had more players committing hard, dirty fouls. But you are remembering highlights, it isnt like they were doing it every single game or 15 times per night. Teams get a 100+ possessions in a game, taking a hard foul on one of them doesnt stop you from scoring the other 99+ trips down the court.

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[LeBron] was an embarrassment to the league

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Typically, yes.

He's clearly a phenomenal, generational talent, but he paradoxically has the power to tune casual eyeballs away from his league. That alone takes a legendary level of will that I doubt will ever be matched.

MJ was a must-see event; LeBron is a "nah I would but I got better things to do" event. In the end, that's what will seal MJ as basketball's GOAT.

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What is this defense? Only 1 guy can be on MJ’s side of the court?

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Correct. No different than it is today. YOu do realize that the current nba doesn't allow you to play help side defense either unless you are going double. It's called illegal defense dumbass. You can't just sit in the lane and not defend your guy. It's been this way for decades.

Current Rule:
A defensive three-second violation is a basketball rules infraction in the National Basketball Association (NBA), which was added prior to the 2001–2002 season in conjunction with the removal of previous illegal defense rules prohibiting zone defenses.[1] It is assessed when a member of the defending team spends more than three seconds in the free throw lane (also called the key, the 16-foot lane, or "the paint") while not actively guarding an opponent. To be considered actively guarding an opponent, a defender must be within arm's length of an opponent and must be in a guarding position. A violation will not be called if an offensive player is in the act of shooting, if the offensive team loses control of the ball, if it is imminent that the defender's position will become legal, or if the defender is guarding a player who has possession of the ball.[2]

The team committing a defensive three-second violation is assessed a team technical foul. The offense receives one free throw and retains possession of the ball.[2]

The NBA also made zone defenses legal prior to the 2001–2002 season.[3] The introduction of zone defenses faced resistance from players, including Michael Jordan. If teams were able to play zone defenses, he said, he never would have had the career he did.[4] Other great players, such as Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, and Tracy McGrady have also confirmed that zone defenses made scoring more difficult compared to the 1990s NBA. [5] The defensive three-second violation rule made it a little more difficult for teams to play zone, since such defenses usually position a player in the middle of the key to stop penetration, but teams adapted by teaching bigs to quickly exit and re-enter the paint, and by running schemes that legally reset the three-second timer.[6] Scoring has increased substantially since the introduction of zone defense.[7]

The WNBA adopted its own defensive three-second rule in 2013.[8]

The rule is not used in the FIBA ruleset.