Seeing this, an exasperated Barkley retorted, "If the game allowed me to defend like I did back then, let's see if you can still score!"
Hearing this, Jordan scoffed, "Defense like back then? Didn't I already win a championship in front of you with an average of '40+' points per series back then?"
In later years, despite many fans complaining that if placed in the era of small ball, Jordan might not still be Jordan.
But after this BIG league, Qin Yue can confirm...
If Jordan were born later, even if he only drilled two-pointers, he would likely still achieve astronomical numbers under the outstanding defensive standards of the later era.
Try to imagine, in a future NBA where there is no Hand-Check rule, players are allowed to perform stepping moves with the new catch rules, and the vertical jump rule further limits the help defense capabilities of interior players...
