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Would Michael Jordan dominate the AFL?
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The reason I started this thread was to figure out why AFL clubs havent used a Jordan prototype and more importantly, havent tapped in to the Afro American market. After all, we have had a Brazilian, Irish, Croatian etc play our game yet the best athletes in the world by concentration are the African Americans. So the thread is not pointless.
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You do realise that Jordan is the same size as Franklin dont you? He might look small on the basketball court but playing against 7 footers will do that. Hall is nothing but a dweeb compared to some of the centres going around in the NBA.
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rohan smith just said judds handball in the vic-dt game was like michael jordan
Then just ask that in the first place!
I'd say its a money/travel thing, every half decent African American athlete, would be making enough money in thier chosen sport in America, to proberley stay put, than risk a move across to the other side of the world, just to have a 'crack' at a reletively global unknown sport such as AFL!
I can't see why Jordan couldn't have succeeded as an AFL player. As has been mentioned, he has the height, leap and speed to be a KPP. Some say he would lack the endurance, but Kobe Bryant (Jordan's heir) covers approx.
4km a game and he plays a few games a week. I'm not sure how much ground the average KPP covers, but with training, I am sure Jordan could match it. Most importantly, he has the hunger and desire to win that all champions have; I have never seen another athlete in my time who was so driven and so competitive.
Some people are suggesting that Jordan's "failure" in Baseball means that he would not succeed at footy. This is nonsense. Football and Basketball have a lot more in common than Basketball and Baseball. Baseball hardly requires great athleticism and is primarily a power game. Anyway, AAA Baseball is hardly failing - it is professional baseball after all.
4km a game and he plays a few games a week. I'm not sure how much ground the average KPP covers, but with training, I am sure Jordan could match it. Most importantly, he has the hunger and desire to win that all champions have; I have never seen another athlete in my time who was so driven and so competitive.
Some people are suggesting that Jordan's "failure" in Baseball means that he would not succeed at footy. This is nonsense. Football and Basketball have a lot more in common than Basketball and Baseball. Baseball hardly requires great athleticism and is primarily a power game. Anyway, AAA Baseball is hardly failing - it is professional baseball after all.
Look those are fair points you make. I guess i let my view that basketball is one of the most god awful tedious games going around influence my opinion.
NBA is a contact sport. Just because tackling and bumping are not allowed doesn't mean there is not a lot of contact.
Stupid comment!
Yeah, Jordan would never have come up against big guys...
Hall 194, 102.
Karl Malone 206, 116
He's actually a bit bigger than Franklin.
DarwinRoo
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Yes because Jordan was the guy who absolutely cacked himself when he was playing against the Pistons and Knicks in the late 80's and early 90's.
If Jordan isnt scared of guys bigger than him do you really think he would shit himself if Hall looked at him. I dont think so. Jordan would kill Hall.
Yes because Jordan was the guy who absolutely cacked himself when he was playing against the Pistons and Knicks in the late 80's and early 90's.
If Jordan isnt scared of guys bigger than him do you really think he would shit himself if Hall looked at him. I dont think so. Jordan would kill Hall.
In basketball!
Typical ignorance. Have you watched a group of guys >200cm, >100kg go for a rebound?
DarwinRoo
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In a fight.
Typical ignorance. Have you watched a group of guys >200cm, >100kg go for a rebound?
I am 192 , 100ish, and played a bit of basketball myself!
Then you should know that there is a lot of contact in basketball.
Different contact, in basketball, you make contact, yet at the same time, you do your best to avoid it, so you dont get fouled, in footy, you smash everyone you can!..
I've played against plenty of basketballers like that too!Different contact, in basketball, you make contact, yet at the same time, you do your best to avoid it, so you dont get fouled, in footy, you smash everyone you can!..
I'm not gonna bite, just start a thread already!
Smyth94
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Yeah but can Jordan throw a punch? Hall would take out guys A LOT bigger than he was simply because he knows how to fight. I think you under estimate how much damage Hall could cause to a non experienced fighter.
NBA is a non contact sport, don't try to big note the game - by its definition its a non contact sport.
Stupid comment!
Yeah, Jordan would never have come up against big guys...
Hall 194, 102.
Karl Malone 206, 116
The bigger they are the harder they fall - Hall is an experienced fighter - can Malone throw a punch?
Yes because Jordan was the guy who absolutely cacked himself when he was playing against the Pistons and Knicks in the late 80's and early 90's.
If Jordan isnt scared of guys bigger than him do you really think he would shit himself if Hall looked at him. I dont think so. Jordan would kill Hall.
Jordan isn't scared of the big guys because he knows that they can't touch him. In AFL its a little different, I would be scared if I saw Jono Brown charging at me
Typical ignorance. Have you watched a group of guys >200cm, >100kg go for a rebound?
Yeah I have, and apart from the incidental contact what the hell is so damaging about a rebound? I'd rather mix it up in the key than have a knee to the back of my head from a screamer
DarwinRoo
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Yeah but can Jordan throw a punch? Hall would take out guys A LOT bigger than he was simply because he knows how to fight. I think you under estimate how much damage Hall could cause to a non experienced fighter.
NBA is a non contact sport, don't try to big note the game - by its definition its a non contact sport.
The bigger they are the harder they fall - Hall is an experienced fighter - can Malone throw a punch?
Jordan isn't scared of the big guys because he knows that they can't touch him. In AFL its a little different, I would be scared if I saw Jono Brown charging at me
Yeah I have, and apart from the incidental contact what the hell is so damaging about a rebound? I'd rather mix it up in the key than have a knee to the back of my head from a screamer
You know you could just admit that you dont have a clue about Michael Jordan and the NBA.
Smyth94
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I think you should admit that you are a basketball fanboy who has had way too many closed door wank sessions with Mr. Jordan
Next thing your telling me is that he would've KO'd Ali in a boxing match
How can you imply that the contact in NBA is on par with that of the AFL?
rancidpants13
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I think you should admit that you are a basketball fanboy who has had way too many closed door wank sessions with Mr. Jordan
Next thing your telling me is that he would've KO'd Ali in a boxing match
How can you imply that the contact in NBA is on par with that of the AFL?
goddamn, there's a mature, adult response
rancidpants13
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i don't really think anyone is comparing the contact in the NBA with contact in AFL or any footy
but i think it's been said a few times in this thread that the OP was referring to jordan had he taken up aussie rules as an 18YO...obviously if he had, he'd have become accustomed to the different type of physical contact
i'd imagine jordan played a fair bit of street ball from his early teen years, and i'd reckon the contact in those sorta games is somewhat different to that of the NBA
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