James Harden vs Michael Jordan pt.3: Death of the Bigman

[@jemirtoussaint3440]

Please don’t leave us again. I need this at least once a month

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

MJ shot 54% FG against ZONE DEFENSE in college lol.

[@jemirtoussaint7360]

@@NothingElseMattersJM college?? 🤣

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@jemirtoussaint7360 Hell yea 😉.53.4%,53.5% and 55.1% FG during his 3 college years. One of those year they added a 3pt line and he shot 44.7%. In college, it’s like 90% zone and 10% man to man.

[@jsgr5382]

@@NothingElseMattersJM in college lol? Wow cool story 😎

[@TheGrindcorps]

I know, if he did this consistently he could be top NBA KZbinr.

[@macewbee]

Thanks for posting this especially with the zone defense part it's been years.

[@TheRiggedBA]

Thanks. Zone can't be mentioned enough. It's such a huge difference that few acknowledge.

[@HomoErectus311]

@@TheRiggedBA Translation: You didn’t like the stats Shaq posted in the 2002 and 2004 Finals against zone defenses so they don’t count LOL. 30.9 ppg, 11.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 61.3% FG, 1.6 blocks. Too easy for him lol.

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@HomoErectus311 ["I’ll give you credit 👍 for TRYING to analyze the game but these are just as fallacious as some of the old head arguments."] It would seem that way to you because you're making the same argument as them. Your argument is basically that any player scoring more than zero points means zones don't work. The same argument the "Jordan would average 50" crowd makes. Which is obviously a strawman argument, since no one said zone would render players completely scoreless. Just that zone makes scoring harder by reducing your scoring options. Which is undeniable. ["2. In the 2002 Finals, Shaq averaged 36 and 12 on a 63% TS and against the pistons “zone defense”"] You mean the Nets. And it helps to actually watch the games instead of just reading stat sheets out of context. The Nets weren't even using zone. Like the video says at 7:00, it took years for zone to catch on. The Nets guarded Shaq man-to-man like they were used to doing because zone was still new. And Shaq absolutely demolished them because of it. However, in the 4th quarter of Game 3, the Nets had nothing else to lose and finally thought to try zone on Shaq for the first time out of sheer desperation. And the second they did, Shaq instantly got erased from the offense for the rest of the game. Kobe ended up having to save the Lakers because Shaq couldn't even touch the fucking ball: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3rWmGeLl9OcbdE The Nets' zone was bad and it looked like they didn't even practice it. And it still made Shaq disappear the little time they used it. ["and defensive player of the year Ben Wallace in 2004 finals , he averaged 26 and 10 on a 61% TS."] You mean the 2004 Finals where the Pistons used the "Kobe Rules" defense, designed to let Shaq go 1-on-1 while they specifically zoned KOBE? Go check out Kobe's stats that series and then get back to me about how zone doesn't work. But then again, Kobe averaged more than zero points that series, so you probably *would* say he proved zone doesn't work... ["3. You don’t have to be a great outside shooter against “zones”. Dwyane Wade shot 28% from 3 for his career."] You mean the Dwyane Wade who's only been a top 3 scorer one season in his entire career? Which uncoincidently was also his best outside shooting season of his first stint with Miami? ["Deroxan having the best season of his in 2021-22 is a career 28% 3pt shooter"] You mean the DeRozan who's highest scoring season ever was only 27 points? WTF is your next argument going to be, that zone doesn't work because Ben Simmons averaged 17 once? Let me clear up your confusion so you can stop strawmanning for more bad examples. I didn't say you have to be a great outside shooter to be a good player. I said zone limits your drives and post-ups. So unless you shoot a hundred times a game, you're not going to average big numbers over a season against zone without an outside shot.

[@dynamic6645]

@@HomoErectus311 Tyson how many burner accounts you have ? 🌝🌝🌝

[@TTFMjock]

@@TheRiggedBA It essentially made Michael Jordan into Sidney Moncreif during his college career. You think Dean Smith wagged his finger and stopped Jordan from scoring? Or that Jordan decided not to score in college? Zone is highly detrimental to his skill set.

[@ak740_]

Crazy. I was actually scrolling through my subscriptions last night and was thinking about how it should be time for your yearly KZbin video lol

[@MistahUnknown]

@AK740 I'd have to say the same.

[@TheRiggedBA]

The funny part is, that's what I was thinking too. 😄

[@Vuirotto]

illuminati confirmed

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@MistahUnknown 😈I guess Harden getting nerfed in the 21-22 season has you guys sounding as delusional as the old heads who think MJ would average 50 in todays era. You can whine and cry but statistically, MJ was better offensively and defensively than Harden. Points per 75, peak volume/efficiency, defensive rating, PER, assist to turnover ratio all favor MJ 😉

[@MistahUnknown]

@@NothingElseMattersJM Me? You might be replying to the wrong person. I never cried nor whined about anything pertaining to James Harden. I'm not a James Harden fan. I'm a fan of Luka Doncic, Stephen Curry, and Kyrie Irving. I don't lose any sleep over athletes when they perform poorly. James Harden can easily go back to being a scoring champion if he were to go back to being the primary scoring option, much like his years in Houston. He's averaging 16 shot attempts per game in this season. He can easily go back to averaging 30+ if he were to go back to averaging an additional 6 to 8 shot attempts every game. He's a former scoring champion who was traded to a team which consisted of another scoring champion. He's playing second/third fiddle to his star teammates. "The James Harden rule" isn't going to stop him for long. You might've missed the point of this video. These video have nothing to do with a chunk of the "statistical categories" you mentioned. The "James Harden vs Michael Jordan" series wasn't about comparing the overall greatness of each across statistical categories. Please re-watch the video.

[@8CSKN8]

So basically this reinforces the point that you cannot compare players across different eras. The game has evolved so much

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

Devolved. Get it right dumb@ss

[@drechillin2154]

With the eye test the game is easier

[@onlywiigame.]

You can because there’s players that play similar in every era so you have an idea how good that player would be, for example micheal Jordan would be demar derozan now probably since they both shoot mid range shots and can drive

[@jackjax7921]

@@drechillin2154 Not really. Lmao 90s didnt have defense.

[@jsgr5382]

You're a national treasure You're videos should b the most viewed basketball videos on KZbin by far. We'd live in a sane world if this were the case lol

[@nonamewillbegiven1217]

Says no one. Troll

[@jsgr5382]

@@nonamewillbegiven1217 I'm not trolling. You are lol. Writing to me on every message of mine lol. Grow up kid

[@nonamewillbegiven1217]

@@jsgr5382 Shutup troll

[@vicshephard9231]

​@@jsgr5382 he follows me around like that too. He has a different type spirit.

[@willcarlton3906]

I learn more about basketball on your videos than anywhere else. No stupid ads or sponsors or like buttons just pure knowledge thanks bro never stop posting 👍

[@inquisitive.lurker]

I learned more about basketball from this dude 12 years ago than anyone on television, including former players who have the biggest bias ever

[@alekhine80]

great video as always...please upload more often and greetings from greece....

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

Troll

[@MistahUnknown]

Pat Riley has recently said: “LeBron is in a class of his own. He is absolutely unique. He is Michael, he is Magic, he is Kobe, he’s Jerry West, he’s Bill Russell. You take all of these great, great players, and put them in a blender and mix them up, LeBron’s got something from all of them in him.” Would you say that the above quote is the equivalent of saying that "LeBron is the greatest player of all time"?

[@TheRiggedBA]

Well, given that Pat Riley has directly called LeBron the greatest player of all time and/or the best player he's ever seen multiple times, I would assume Riley was just elaborating on what he's already said.

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

Troll

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

@@TheRiggedBA delusional

[@LucrativeLessonsWithLandy]

riley is a two faced goof who hypes up whoever the current guy is on his roster. he was saying similar stuff about wade in 2006-2009. riley is an ungrateful goof who never appreciated dwade. he switches up fast.

[@RaaYzR]

please stay active my guy it's so refreshing seeing someone else know the truth about these egotistical morons that get paid to diminish current stars to prop themselves up

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

Spoken by a m/oron

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

Of course the content creator is a egotistical m/oron

[@hermonymusofsparta]

The GOAT is back.

[@nonamewillbegiven1217]

🐑

[@nniao]

Omg Omg a new video. Please stay active!!

[@notray4802]

The NBA as a product has been getting better. The skill level is insane. Being the biggest guy on the court only works now if you have a polished game to go along with it like Embiid. Shaq knows this which is why he is so insecure all the time about modern big men. Nobody from the 90s who didn't have a jumper or big men who couldn't guard a pick and roll effectively like shaq would have been as dominant today.

[@TheRiggedBA]

Anything Shaq can't do, he hates on.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

A subpar Finals series for LA Shaq is 26 and 11 on 63% FG against defensive player of the year Ben Wallace lol. His 74.5% 2pt at the rim is more efficient than a wide open 48% Curry 3pt. People lie; analytics don’t; physics don’t. The average center today is giving up 3 inches, a shorter wingspan and 75 lbs minimum compared to Shaq 🎳.

[@tylertravis2081]

@@NothingElseMattersJM well hes closer to the rim no shit tf are u trying to do here currys shots are more impressive also he is a guard shaqs a center get your stupid logic out of here

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

No it hasnt you i\diot

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

The skill level is meh and modern big men are inferior to Shaq. I\diot

[@MistahUnknown]

Content to top off the year!

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

🐑

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

@@dynamic6645 troll

[@dynamic6645]

Michael Jordan can only average 50 ppg in this era by playing NBA2K18 with all slides at 100.

[@FrankWarrensLawyer]

The nba is worse than ever. They'd rig it all the same as they did then. They did it for lebum

[@juanchohitdalotto]

ur the goat. been watching you since you released the untouchable videos and I was in what, 3rd-4th grade? you had my 9-10 year old self arguing with the older kids the next day😂

[@TheRiggedBA]

Hah. Well if those videos helped even just one child against the Jordanist cult, then they were worth it.

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

At least you admit you a kid. No wonder you dont know anything

[@tylertravis2081]

@@nonamewillbegiven2826 dude he doin more then most goods he trying to learn stfu gtfoh with that

[@scriptur3s435]

Damn bro I haven’t seen you since last year but better late than ever

[@ThanosDidTheRightThing]

Can you make a video on zone defenses forcing Harden into 2 shot attempts in the 2nd half of an elimination game and 0 pts ? 💀

[@xbefri23]

Do you have any thought about this season's officiating? Harden was struggling in part because he wasn't getting as many calls.

[@TheRiggedBA]

I think the initiative against foul baiting has been great. I don't think there's anything I've enjoyed more this season than watching James Harden lose the ball trying to tangle himself up into innocent defenders for a whistle that never comes. I've never understood why Harden got so many calls in the first place. People always said Harden was just "taking advantage of the rules", but that's BS. Harden was actually BREAKING the rules. Kicking defenders, hooking them with your arm, etc. are offensive fouls. What Harden took advantage of was the referees giving him bogus calls for some strange reason. At least until this year.

[@TheWokeSportsFan]

@@TheRiggedBA I'm a big fan of the channell and your viewpoint. The league is rigged for sure. But your take on Harden is surprising. He didn't kick his legs out, on stepbacks from that distance your legs go forward do yo your momentum naturally. Him extending the ball and defenders swiiping at it isn't him breaking the rules. That's him being smart and defenders taking the bait. I can agree with the hooking thing but with that, if he is a lefty and you're stopping him from using that hand and if he goes left for the shot how is that not a foul. I feel there are a few overexaggerated hooks and I get that is not it. But watching Damm near every Harden game. His "foul baiting" is over blown. When these European players do it. They are called crafty and high IQ. But if Harden do it. It's foul baiting. U know also. Kobe and MJ avg more free throws in they high scoring seasons. Harden is smart and drawing fouls is a craft especially when the league isn't rigging games for you like the "chosen stars". Look at Jimmy Butler, Trae Young, Luka etc. Even after the rule change, he was clearly getting fouled but people said this is obvious yall are letting him be fouled now. They went back and lessened it bc it was clear they were just letting him be hacked. He is now back avg his normal amount just without the overexaggerated hooks. Respect though bro. I just disagree about your Harden take. U know damn well the league has stopped him from blowing up to the level of the other stars like how they rigged game 7 of 2018 WCF agaisnt him. U should do a video on that and Scott Foster. That series and the 2019 WCSF vs the Warriors. Harden could easily have 4 MVPs (3 at least and a chip) but he not one of they " Golden Boyz or Chosen Ones" like Steph, Giannis, Lebron etc.

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@TheWokeSportsFan There's nothing natural about the way Harden jackknifes his legs out into his defenders on his jumpers. He aims his legs in whatever direction the defender happens to be and it's the most visibly unnatural landing motion you can make. But the point you're making is exactly why I'm puzzled by it. Because like you said, Harden isn't a golden boy or one of the chosen players. The league apparently doesn't want his teams to win and he doesn't get this stuff in the playoffs. That's why it's strange that he gets all these nonsense calls like he's a favored player when he's not. It's a puzzling inconsistency.

[@TheWokeSportsFan]

@@TheRiggedBA you must only watch a few clips bc Harden doesn't do that often. I am from Houston and watch every game. What you're saying is not true man. If you step back and a defender is close, u have to jump higher. Meaning your legs will come forward due to momentum. Harden doest spread his legs to make guys catch him like Steph does. He gets calls in the RS bc it's legit fouls. Many have full games and slowed them down. He gets fouled often bc he is always top 5 in drives each year and very strong and shifty. The NBA only likes certain archetypes for dark skin stars. Athletic, freakish size, or mean and aggressive. Harden is non of em. Harden plays like a athletic European player. He plays like they did in the 90s and they hate it. It's weird

[@stevencoardvenice]

@@TheWokeSportsFan Harden is trash in the playoffs. He's a frontrunner

[@nazifahmed7693]

@TheRiggedBA, what are your thoughts on these KZbinrs: Thinking Basketball, Mike Korzemba, JxmyHighroller

[@TheRiggedBA]

Thinking Basketball is good. Mike Korzemba and JxmyHighroller both steal my content, so I look at them sideways. Korzemba's videos are OK sometimes, I guess. But I've never cared for JxmyHighroller's videos.

[@jdmrchem5]

@@TheRiggedBA I haven't checked JxmyHighroller for a while since the NBA was not fun to watch while I despise the Golden State Warriors for having folks spew anything with politics. What content did he steal specifically? And btw, thanks for your content and that one all-nighter moment back in late 2012 that got me involved in busting Michael Jordan myths while watching your videos. The game has evolved a lot and it's amazing to see how the zone defense triggers older generation players like Shaq and Jordan, and how the offense dramatically shifted to fight the zone defense.

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@jdmrchem5 JxmyHighroller removed his video(s) where he took my stuff a long time ago, but if I remember correctly he ripped a lot from two of my videos: -"re: Inside The NBA |The Crew Discuss Hand-Checking" -"(request vid)NBA Defenses - Changing the Game" And put it in his own. Some of the Jordanites in his audience were unhappy about it, though, and I wonder if that's why Jxmy took his video down.

[@stevencoardvenice]

Fans are alleging that they're riggin it for Draymond. Blatant no calls

[@TheRiggedBA]

Fans are right.

[@georgebrooks566]

Please post more consistently bro. I need to know your thoughts on what’s happening with the Lakers, specifically Lebron. It seems that the league doesnt want him to win anymore. Am I wrong in saying this?

[@TheRiggedBA]

Well I've long thought that the league would only allow LeBron to get 4 rings and then stop after that.

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

@@TheRiggedBA great to see you still uploading. Do you think Lebron still the best player in the nba despite his team still struggling?

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795 I don't think LeBron's the best right at this very moment because he's limited in what he can do and for how long. The problem is that I can't tell whether it's age or just conditioning. I don't think LeBron is 100%. He's moving different and his body looked kind of out of shape(by LeBron standards). But he appears to be getting better physically with each game, so I assume a lot of it is conditioning. So he might actually still be the best again or close very soon.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@TheRiggedBA If not LeBron, who looks like the best player to you right now? Kevin Durant looks like a good pick, from what I’ve seen so far this year.

[@marcusg1021]

@@TheRiggedBA he's definitely not allowed to get mvp, that topic been dead. No matter what he does.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

Were stats generally much easier to pile up in the past? Like do you think Chris Paul would average more assists playing in the 80’s / 90’s, KD get more rebounds, Kawhi get more steals, etc. ?

[@TheRiggedBA]

I think so. A simple pick and roll could get you an assist seemingly 99% of the time back then.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

60’s/70’s ? Absolutely since there were way more possessions. 80’s/90’s? About the same with slight increases/ decreases to certain stats depending on the decade, system, and surrounding players. Steals and blocks would be the most likely stats to increase. Less spacing means it’s easier to help on drives , get deflections and Jump in passing lanes since the court is more congested. With blocks same thing applies. More mid range shots and posts ups are easier to block than 3’s. Players get the same amount of shots at the rim though. On the contrary, rebounding might be harder for guards since big men are closer to the paint. Teams averaged more turnovers in those eras. Efficiency was generally worse too.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@TheRiggedBA Actually pick and rolls were run less in the 90’s. They were still effective but with less spacing, you’re relying more on your roll man as opposed today you usually have your roll man + 3 other shooters to kick out to as consistent options. Assist % is an estimate of the percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while he was on the floor. Chris Paul is just behind Stockton all time at #2 in assist#. You had the extreme high assist guys like Magic and Stockton get 10+ assists a game balanced with guys like Shawn Kemp who averaged an extremely low 2 assists a game. Stats were easier to come by in the 80’s than the 90’s just like stats were easier to come by in the 2010’s than the 2000’s.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@NothingElseMattersJM I wasn’t asking you. But thanks nonetheless.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@heroinvrxther5826 Just doing my job educating the uneducated 😉

[@VEEZY55]

MISSED YOU FAM

[@UncleT4life]

Watching game 6 of heat Celtics now and they put up a game 7 ad in the first quarter 😳

[@onlywiigame.]

You need to do a video on magnets, it’s pretty clear the nba is using basket manipulation, they even admitted to having missle technology in the ball

[@dynamic6645]

I noticed that when I saw Kawhi's game winner vs the Sixers in game 7

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

Delusional trolls

[@BlickTBH]

Lol the nba is rigged but not THAT rigged. Do you know how hard it would be to dribble a basketball that has a magnet inside? 😂

[@nonamewillbegiven1217]

@Bread And Circuses no they havent loon

[@amirhosseinziyaee8464]

Great video per usual But when will we get to see some more?

[@TheRiggedBA]

I have more planned, but I've recently learned my lesson to not say when. 😄

[@amirhosseinziyaee8464]

@@TheRiggedBA can't wait to see them and thank you for your great videos 🙏

[@JustinW06]

@@TheRiggedBA if you could could you reupload the 2011 Miami heat video? I never saw that one.

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@JustinW06KZbin won't allow it, but I uploaded it to the Patreon page: patreon.com/TheRiggedBA

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

@@amirhosseinziyaee8464 🐑 🐑 🐑

[@ThanosDidTheRightThing]

One final question… How did Jimmy Butler coming into the playoffs with a 23%3pt end up outplaying James Harden for an entire playoff series ? 💀 I’m assuming it’s the magnetic rims and rigged refs.

[@BasketballHighway19]

It has nothing to do with harden being out of shape or his game being extremely predictable, it's the magnetic rims clearly.

[@JackFri27]

Can you make a video about how much MJ benefitted from illegal defense rule. My friend doesn’t understand how often MJ would just thrash single coverage due to the triangle compared to players today that have to deal with soft/hard hedges, zone, shading, etc

[@TheRiggedBA]

Have you seen this one?: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j37ClnakibOnZ7M

[@drechillin2154]

They cater way more to offense today defense is nothing but switching now a days

[@JackFri27]

@@drechillin2154 can’t argue with a fool so I’ll just recommend you watch a game with KD/Bron/Tatum and watch where the defenders are. Then go watch a random regular season MJ game and look where the defenders are.

[@drechillin2154]

@@JackFri27 watched Celtics which is my favorite team and all I saw was players jacking up open 3s , traveling , and palming the ball. It was all catered to the offense like I said. The score is high for a reason now a days because defense is barely allowed.

[@JackFri27]

@@drechillin2154 ah, so you don't watch. Just had to make sure. Get that hate our your heart

[@darrelljohnson3648]

From what you’ve seen of Wilt (if anything), do you think he could dominate the 90’s? Or be a star in today’s NBA? Jordan once said that Wilt was “just another Shaq.”, and Shaq himself said “Hell yeah, I’m better than Wilt. I’d bust Wilt’s ass.”

[@ryanr20091]

wilt was much stronger than shaq could bench close to 600lbs most lifters never reach that deadlift close to 700 so he had insane core strength for a basketball player strongest by far that ever lived . he was an anomaly thats why he was able to average 50ppg. there is no way in hell shaq or mj could come close to what wilt was as a scorer

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@ryanr20091 I don’t believe Wilt could bench press 600. The world record max bench in the early / mid 60’s was only 565 pounds. I’m pretty sure his max bench would have gotten officially measured if it was really even remotely close to the world record at the time.

[@autistic-man-]

If he was allowed to get away the kinds of offensive fouls Shaq was allowed to get away with, he would be better. Because he would be the best defensive player to ever live+ simultaneously the best offensive low post player

[@dynamic6645]

Wilt would be better in the 90's, Shaq was able to bully people in the low post, in the 60's, the rules did not allow that

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@dynamic6645 If you’re comparing Walt Bellamy, Willis Reed, Zelmo Beaty, Artis Gilmore, Bill Russell, Kareem to Shaq, Hakeem, Ewing, David Robinson, Mutombo, Zo Mourning, etc. who faced better players?

[@ThanosDidTheRightThing]

Mrslash blade , uʍop ǝpᴉsdn, heroinvrxther, where you guys at ? 💀It’s like all the alt accounts go missing at that same time 💀.

[@dynamic6645]

@@ThanosDidTheRightThing Tyson Fury/Troll/Mileage/Isaac Newton/Benjamin Franklin/Diego Velazquez where are these ? 💀💀💀💀 LOL

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@dynamic6645 Don’t forget Jason Terry, Khan, Brian Scalabrine, and Deontay Wilder. This clown is projecting his propensity to hate on this channel within multiple different personas, onto us.

[@ThanosDidTheRightThing]

@@heroinvrxther5826 It was only a matter of time before you logged into that account 💀. Fell for the bait hook , line and sinker. Harden vs MJ part 3? 💀

[@MistahUnknown]

@Christopher Columbus ["Mrslash blade , uʍop ǝpᴉsdn, heroinvrxther, where you guys at ? 💀It’s like all the alt accounts go missing at that same time"] I'm one of the alt accounts too!

[@Solanegore]

GREAT VIDEO SIR

[@dynamic6645]

Galaxy lost 2 of his channels 😳

[@Solanegore]

@@dynamic6645 I HEARD HE DID.....THATS CRAZY....

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@dynamic6645 It says his channel was terminated for "nudity or sexual content"? WTF?

[@dynamic6645]

@@TheRiggedBA Yeah because a Jordan fan was putting sexual content in Galaxy's livestream, but now he got his accounts back thankfully

[@jamyateam3187]

Thank you for the 06 finals clips I be telling fools wade went off because Dallas was triple teaming shaq off ball he couldn’t dominate because they literally wasn’t allowing it at the time it was proven shaq can beat u so they let wade go off shaq deserves more credit for that ring

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

It actually goes against his argument 🤭. He’s saying zone defense keeps players out of the paint and forced them into long jumpers which is why Shaq didn’t dominate yet he also has to acknowledge or pretend like Dwayne Wade a non outside threat didn’t dominate the same zone defense lol.

[@LucrativeLessonsWithLandy]

shaq was terrible in that series. wade is simply the best ever and he proved it from 2006-2011. if the guy that made this video actually said that, he’s a retard.

[@TheNarutodbzss19]

Did you see suns mavs game 7 today? The suns just looked like they completely laid down kinda like how the warriors let Memphis win in game 5 by a large margin.

[@TheRiggedBA]

Not yet. But I'll probably watch some of it later just to see how the hell that score happened.

[@ThanosDidTheRightThing]

@@TheRiggedBA Remember when 40 year old Wizards MJ outscored prime Tmac? 💀

[@dynamic6645]

@@ThanosDidTheRightThing the same Jordan that had a field goal percentage of 40 and missed the playoffs ? I guess that's what happens when you face actual defense lol

[@ThanosDidTheRightThing]

@@dynamic6645 ACTUALLY MJ shot 43.1% FG in Washington not 40% FG 💀. Sorry but liking your comments on sock accounts isn’t going to make something true lol.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@dynamic6645 23 year old Tmac joined a 41-41 Magic team and they went 43-39 and when he got there. 38 year old MJ joined a 19-63 wizards team and they went 37-45 when he got there. There are levels to this 😇. I think you made up that 40% stat because bball reference has MJ at 43% FG in Washington. Real defense? MJ shot better than Tmac from mid range in Washington LMAO. He was old though so he couldn’t get to the rim or free throws line anymore. A lot of contested mid range 2pts for MJ during those years.

[@nader91]

i appreciate this channel. you make me see things from a completely new and different perspective and put things into context.

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

Baaaah baaaaah baaaaaah

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

Puts nothing in context

[@ralframirez700]

@@nonamewillbegiven2826 Insults without giving anything constructive. How logical. How mature.

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

@@ralframirez700 you deserve nothing but insults prick

[@ralframirez700]

@@nonamewillbegiven2826 Well, your insults dont matter so dont bother. If you have nothing of substance to say after this one, then dont say shit.

[@tylerwunderlich9594]

Shaq averaged 13.7 PPG in the 2006 finals, even less than Antoine Walker. Not a single game where he scored more than 20 points and had 2 games where he scored less than 10 points. He would probably struggle to average over 25 PPG in his prime in today’s NBA.

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

Yeah yeah now talk about the Magic and Lakers Shaq. Not the one in his mid 30s and injury prone

[@UncleT4life]

guessing warriors vs heat in the finals with steph finally capturing finals mvp

[@zReNAgAdE504]

the greatest of all time... 🎄🎄🎄⛄⛄🥂 🥂

[@darrelljohnson3648]

Is the early 2000s tougher to score in than the current league? For perspective, how many points would 2003 Kobe average if he were playing today?

[@vicshephard9231]

I believe Shaq would eat. He would have to switch his style a little. Today he'd be a much bigger Giannis. Anyone that saw early '90s Shaq knows what I'm talking about.

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

I/diot

[@TheAndyk123]

Giannis and Orlando Shaq are very comparable players. When he went to LAL he got super heavy because they needed a post anchor more than a driver. He put on 40 lbs his first year in LA and by the time he left he had put on another 50 lbs on top of that. Lakers Shaq could have never played the game the way Giannis does just because of how heavy he got.

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

@@TheAndyk123 you're a dimwit

[@jonnoibeckford2490]

You use 2006 like that was Shaq prime.

[@myron1735]

NBA fans lack critical thinking. Every FB posts has comments that are so generic its unbearable

[@TheAndyk123]

Every NBA fan claims they hate Skip Bayless but you go look at any NBA discussion and it's just filled with thousands of mindless drones repeating all his talking points as if it's genius analysis.

[@Irichan08]

@@TheAndyk123 so true. "He's a killer", "He's got no clutch gene". I really hate hearing that crap.

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

@@TheAndyk123 blame espn and other media outlets for brainwashing them

[@TheBronzeBomber38]

@@Irichan08 Well statistically Jordan is much better in the clutch. There’s no denying that.

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

How do you think dennnis Rodman would do against Lebron?

[@TheRiggedBA]

The closest Rodman-era player to LeBron I can think of(only in terms of type, not talent) is Rodney Rogers. Rogers was a big, tweener forward who had some athleticism and could shoot from outside. I tend to use Rogers as a gauge of how Rodman would do against LeBron. Rodman didn't seem to be able to guard Rogers because of Rodney's unusual blend of attributes. LeBron has those same attributes x 1,000. He's too big, strong, fast and high-flying all at the same time for Dennis to handle.

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

@@TheRiggedBA I figure

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@TheRiggedBA Damn you don’t watch basketball lol. The closest to Dennis Rodman is Draymond lol

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795 If the Bulls played Lebron, it would be Scottie as the primary defender and MJ as the 2nd defense. Scottie on defense is basically a bigger, taller and long iggy

[@MrSlashblade]

@@NothingElseMattersJM neither Iggy nor Draymond really effected LeBron, in terms of playoffs lebrons most monstrous seasons was against these defenders so it’s a poor litmus test to begin with. And slashers from the perimeter of any size, and embarrassing of any speed, punished the bulls defense. While Giannis is on his way to replacing LeBron as the best slasher in the history of the league, the title still goes to LeBron. And Scottie and Jordan wouldn’t have any answer to him, doesn’t help that there’s no imposing center on the bulls front court. And no not even Rodman could do much when LeBron goes downhill

[@luissyquia]

I 1000% agree zone defenses and allowing defenders to roam makes todays defenses better than pre-zone defense rules. (It also makes the game more entertaining and interesting in my view) However, Jordan is basically a beefed up version of Demar derozan or Dwayne wade, so I can totally see MJ dominating the league scoring wise. Heck even in your 06 Finals example, wade avg 36ppg in that series… I think you had a previous video mentioning the refs rigged it for him so the league would likely still rig it for MJ as well I’m also on the camp that MJ’s 3 would improve if he grew up in todays league given his work ethic and psycho competitive mentality

[@TTFMjock]

Meh. If MJ could shoot threes, he'd have shot them in his career for the same reasons you mention. Jordan's primary skill was his quickness and his legs, not so much his shooting accuracy. His FG% was always inflated by his constantly being bailed out by the refs, but even besides that, his bread and butter game was taking it to the rim and drawing fouls. MJ's mid-post game was deadly, but not because of his shot-making; rather, his athleticism and verticality made him a mismatch against any 2-guard in the league at the time. Recall that in the 90s, you had tons of 6-2, 6-3 Dee Brown types at off guard. MJ feasted on them, but he could also outjump even the Drexler-type big guards. In his prime he'd routinely jump 3 feet in the air, creating a ton of space on his opponent, and shoot an unobstructed shot. It's what makes him a scorer, rather than a pure shooter. Many players at the time were better spot up shooters--Reggie, Mark Price, Hubert Davis, Ray Allen, Steve Kerr, Jon Paxon, Peja, Anderson, and many others. I'd argue Jordan's hands were too big for an optimal spot-up shooter. Teams like the Knicks and Pistons (and the Shaq/Horace Grant Magic) who could intimidate Jordan at the rim and force Jordan to the outside consistently had a lot of success against him. The fawning documentaries and Oldhead Stans gloss over all Jordan's games (particularly against the Knicks) where he scored 23 points on 30% shooting, and was constantly bailed out by the refs. In his later years, as this channel documented, MJ lived off the refs, who, had they been credited, would have been in the top 10 in the league in assists with all of their gifts to MJ. The Superteam argument against Lebron (though off topic) is so stupid that I just want to get it off my chest here. MJ didn't have to go to a Superteam *because he owned the league and the league built Superteams FOR HIM in Chicago* ESPECIALLY in the 2nd 3-peat when the Myth was at risk of dying after Shaq beat him. Do you think the Spurs just decided to trade the Bulls fucking Dennis Rodman, a HoF forward, for 3rd String Center Bill Wennington because they thought it a good idea? Sure, Rodman had worn out his welcome in San Antonio, but you honestly think they could not have done better than *Bill Fucking Wennington*? Do you think it's a coincidence that the Spurs land Tim Duncan one year later? Tony Kucuc was a borderline All Star as a 3rd option. Ron Harper was a former perennial All Star as a Fourth Scoring option. And Rodman was worth 3 extra possessions per game over the next best option, which is HUGE.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@TTFMjock The 1993 Knicks were a historically great defensive team so they would make anyone struggle. That’s just one series though. MJ routinely dominated the Knicks. The refs conspiracy is interesting since Karl Malone and Shaq got more free throws than MJ. Did the refs make MJ shoot 83% from the line ? Did refs make him an elite mid range shooter ? Did the refs improve his 3 ball from 20.2% in the 80’s to 35.9% in the 90’s. The reason MJ has a high fg% is because he’s an all time great slasher, a great shooter from 10-20ft and he takes low volume 3’s at 33%. Fouls normally don’t count as shot attempts so refs calling fouls wouldn’t boost his ft%. Shaq did beat MJ and was a top 3 player in the 90’s but the context is that he beat a rusty MJ. MJ played 17 games And shot 41% that season. The following season he played 82 games and shot 50%.

[@LucrativeLessonsWithLandy]

dwyane wade is a beefed up version of michael jordan. you sound stupid. wade outweighs jordan by 25-30 pounds, peak for peak.

[@darrelljohnson3648]

Question. You think Bron could play in the Bulls’ triangle offense and win all those titles in the 90’s, like MJ did? Could he co-exist with Pippen and Rodman somehow?

[@nbastalgiacritic1751]

biggest misconception about lebron is hes unwilling to play in another system. lebron in miami was a system player who only took efficient shots most of the time. hes adapted to the three point shooting of todays league. he can play in any system just like alot of the other nba players. on mjs bulls, having lebron pippen kerr rodman and jud would break the 90s nba. his outside shooting would be top of the league; his driving would be intimidating; his passing would be magic escque and his athleticism would be dominique level. crazy

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@nbastalgiacritic1751 I’m sorry but 34.6% 3pt shooting(Lebron’s career) would be below league average in the 90’s. Lebron would still dominate of course but it’s going to be a big adjustment from Wade averaging 22 ppg on 51% FG to Scottie averaging 20 on 46% FG during the 2nd 3 peat. You might think oh that’s not a big scoring difference between 22 and 20 ppg but that’s with Chris Bosh pitching in 17 ppg vs Rodman’s 5 ppg. It would be Lebron’s best defensive supporting cast ever though. Taking 23 shots a game is not easy and in the Bulls offense, you have to take 23 shots a game or you lose important playoff game.I’m not sure why you mentioned Steve Kerr when the old Ray Allen Lebron played with was better than the best Steve Kerr. Lebron LOVES pick and roll drive and kick basketball. You can do that on Jazz with guys like Byron Russel, Jeff Hornaceck and Stockton who shot 37-40% from 3pt. You can do that on the Sonics with Sam Perkins as a stretch big alongside Schremp/Hawkins as shooters. You can’t do that on the bulls with Harper shooting 29% from 3, Scottie shooting 33% from 3 and Rodman/Longley taking no 3’s.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@NothingElseMattersJM The league average 3PT% in the 90’s is inflated because the NBA temporarily shortened the 3 point line a couple of feet in to help players make threes. If you put LeBron in that era during that period, coupled with the fact that there was zero on-ball pressure on the perimeter because off the dribble 3 point shots were scarce, he’d shoot 38% or so from 3 if he played back then.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@heroinvrxther5826 You have the 90’s confused with the 80’s. In the 80’s, teams were taking less than 4 a game below 30% and only a few players were guarded out there. In the 90’s, teams were taking 10+ a game and defenders were actually focusing on and contesting shooters. Sure there were plenty of times just like in the 2000’s where guys like Stockton and Nash would pass up open 3’s to dump the ball into the post or run the pick and roll but players were no longer afraid to take them. If Mj played today, he would adjust to league averages and take more 3’s. If Lebron played in the 80/90’s, he’d adjust to league averages and take less 3’s. You don’t get better at 3pt shooting taking less 3’s. Sure Lebron’s %’s would improve during the few shortened line seasons but that long2/corner 3 distance actually helps someone like MJ more than Lebron.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@NothingElseMattersJM So if you pluck LeBron and put him in the 80s and 90s, since everyone else couldn’t shoot, his 3 point shooting ability would somehow diminish, even though he’d be playing in an era where the 3PT line was guarded far less and perimeter defense in general was worse. Makes sense. *sarcasm*

[@thenomad6532]

Most young people had jordan posters and collectibles in their rooms back then. He was literally thought of as a basketball god. Lebron and Kobe not being considered better than jordan is due to things outside their control.

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

They have with Kobe and Lebron too you i/diot

[@standardofexcellence]

I learn something from this channel everytime. The bigs still know where there bread is buttered and can't criticize the league for the 3 ball dynamic so they can't acknowledge defense changes

[@marcusg1021]

Incredible vid as always. I bet the truth of this channel pisses off the masses of delusional basketball fans.

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

Delusional troll

[@hermonymusofsparta]

Do you have a prediction for the Celtics/Warriors finals?

[@TheRiggedBA]

Yes, I do.

[@hermonymusofsparta]

@@TheRiggedBA The Celtics had a lot of TOs tonight but the NBA clearly wanted the Warriors to win

[@TheRiggedBA]

​@@hermonymusofsparta Oh, whoops. Sorry for that earlier response. I was confusing your question with something else. I had the Warriors winning the championship. But yeah, the referees weren't fucking around in Game 2. Boston jumped ahead early, so it was like the refs were forced to get bold with the fix to kill that run and get GS the lead. They weren't going to let Boston interfere with their orders.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@TheRiggedBA I was flabbergasted when you said yeah, you have a prediction but didn’t elaborate what it was. 😅

[@hermonymusofsparta]

@@TheRiggedBA Your prediction came true!

[@WVUcigars]

Please give more Jordan wouldn’t average 45 today like every idiot my age says he can

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

He’d average 150 ppg if you were defending him lol.

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

But you are an i/diot

[@heroinvrxther5826]

Is it easier to score in the NBA than it is to score during the Olympics / in Eurpe?

[@TheRiggedBA]

I would assume it's harder in the NBA if only because the players are better, but I haven't watched any of the Olympic games so I don't really know.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

Olympic defenses are what MJ went against in college. Complete unrestricted zones with no defensive 3 second handicapping the defense + legal handchecking. The way defense is supposed to be.

[@dynamic6645]

@@NothingElseMattersJM and he shot the worst percentage on the team. Thanks for playing 😎😎😎

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@dynamic6645 54.5% FG in his first Olympics. 45.1% FG in his 2nd Olympics. Didn’t have the worst % in either of those runs . Check the stats 😘

[@dynamic6645]

@@NothingElseMattersJM the second olympic he had the worst percentage on the team 😘

[@emmanuelmoses7249]

I love this channel, but your videos are depressing because it reminds me how ignorant and misinformed NBA fans are.

[@TheRiggedBA]

The most depressing part is that NBA media purposely keeps it's fans that way.

[@emmanuelmoses7249]

@Wakanda DQ Official Yessir, big fan 😂

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@emmanuelmoses7249 This take did not age well lol.

[@emmanuelmoses7249]

@@NothingElseMattersJM How so

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@emmanuelmoses7249 That Harden playoff performance 🥶

[@UncleT4life]

didn't expect lebron to miss the playoffs altogether guess he really is done, will be interesting to see if he sets the scoring record next year

[@TheRiggedBA]

Yes. It would be a pretty big deal if he does.

[@jackjax7921]

@@TheRiggedBA lmao they lowkey dont celebrate how insane that is.

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@jackjax7921 The media doesn't, but it seemed to give LeBron a good boost among fans and other players.

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

Need you to make a video of how these old heads exaggerate jordan skills😂😂. Meta world peace is delusional

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

Not sure if you know but meta world peace said jordan would average 50 in todays game which is flat out stupid. Even when jordan admits that he would be finished if zone defense were into play in his era but fans still think he would do much better lol

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795 I'm working on something related to that. I've really grown tired of this mythical superJordan that somehow gets re-imagined as a better and better basketball player every year since he retired.

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

@@TheRiggedBA can’t wait man I love ur channel. It’s great that your not the only basketball fans that’s brainwashed into these jordanite propaganda

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795 IF zone defenses would finish MJ, how did a 38-40 year old double the record a 19 win Wizards team ? Lol you can simultaneously disagree with Ron Artest saying he would average 50 while also not deluding to the opposite extreme into thinking he would be a scrub. Btw, MJ shot 54% FG against college zone defenses. There isn’t a rules change that’s going to stop him from dropping 30, 6, and 5 on your favorite players.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@TheRiggedBA Have you seen the video of Ron Artest where he claimed that prime Jordan would score 50 on him many times, since he supposedly gave Artest in his defensive prime 40 in his Wizards years? _“Nobody ever scored 50 on me…I think Jordan woulda gave me 50 a couple times. The reason I say that, 'cause even in my prime he had 40 against us, when he was old - he was old. I was an amazing defender and Jordan had 40, so I'm like what the hell is going on." - Ron Artest_ kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5aZinich6eDmZY The only problem with this is that Jordan never scored more than 28 points against him in a game.

[@justannbafan3646]

Who are the top 3 best defenders that you’ve ever seen, segmented by position?

[@CastroJr92]

I've been saying this for a long time MJ in this era at best averages Jame Harden numbers. More versatile/athletic defenders, zone defense, and we're in a golden age for guards so he'd be facing a great PG/SG every other night.

[@houdinip1643]

Stop it. MJ would destroy today soft NBA. Luka doncic puts up about 25 a game if I'm not mistaken. This NBA has been soft af since about 2013.

[@CastroJr92]

@@houdinip1643 This is the opinion of someone trapped in a prison of nostalgia. In what way has the NBA become "soft"

[@guilhermevieira6010]

@@CastroJr92 based on the stupid fouls that are called while in the 80s and 90s people like rick mahorn, charles oakley... could beat the crap out of everybody.

[@dynamic6645]

@@guilhermevieira6010 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHq0koCYorWjr9k

[@dynamic6645]

@@guilhermevieira6010 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5W6ZnmPn8t6ldU

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

Who would win in a 5v5 nba game 2017 warriors or the 96 bulls?

[@TheRiggedBA]

The Warriors would beat them by a score of 2017 points to 96.

[@ThanosDidTheRightThing]

@@TheRiggedBA Asking yourself questions again ? Lol

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

@@TheRiggedBA agreed

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

2017 Warriors started Zaza Pachulia…….. people forget this lol.

[@ezekwu]

@@TheRiggedBA facts, and they would win the series 3-0 and wouldn't play a 4th game because of poor sportsmanship...

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

“ZONE DEFENSES will force MJ into outside shots where he struggles”. 🙃 96-2003 regular season MJ: 44.4% FG 10-16 ft; 45.3% FG16ft-3pt. 30.1% of his shots came from 10-16 feet compared to 35.4% of his shots from 16ft-3pt. 96-98 regular season MJ: 45.6% FG 10-16 ft: 49% FG 16ft-3pt 1992 Playoff MJ: 41.6% FG 10-16 ft;51.2% FG 16ft-3pt 😳This idea that MJ would just now be taking long jumpers let alone struggle on them is 100% a narrative. How about the 3 ball ? Yea 80’s MJ’s was well below league average at 20% since he didn’t take any. 90’s MJ was above league average at 35.9%. Facts>narratives.

[@tayluc777]

MJ is better than everyone today, I agree he was the cash cow, but a lot of these guys lack fundamentals and have low basketball IQs. MJ knew how to play in a system, he played PG and had like 7 straight triple doubles. If he has shooters like LeBron he would dominate.

[@dynamic6645]

@@tayluc777 and if LeBron had 2 of the greatest perimeter defenders of all time (one of them also being arguably the best rebounder ever) he would dominate too, especially in a watered down era of 6 expansion teams without zones and handchecking

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@dynamic6645 Lebron had the 3rd best shooting guard of all time and a 13 time all star in Chris Bosh and couldn’t beat Dirk and a sixth man lol.

[@dynamic6645]

@@NothingElseMattersJM LeBron defeated a 73-9 team during a 3-1 comeback without an all star lol

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@dynamic6645 That’s as meaningless as me saying MJ beat a 62 win Jazz team without an all star his roster.

[@hermonymusofsparta]

Do you think Durant struggling against the Nets this series is Celtics D or Durant intentionally playing poor?

[@TheRiggedBA]

The Celtics are playing exceptional D, but something is going on with Durant as well as the exceptional D. He looks mentally unfocused. He's basically just giving them the ball. I don't think the league is ordering him to do it, but he's not his normal self for whatever reason.

[@TheNarutodbzss19]

They also think Jordan would have faired so much better. The guy who got all the calls and was defended by midgets.

[@TheNarutodbzss19]

I also noticed how physical the celtica were allowed to play on defense against KD compared to the other end when tatum and brown get calls. I suspect that won't happen with Milwaukee

[@TheRiggedBA]

​ @TheNarutodbzss19 They are so annoying. Some people are once again using that BS claim that it's "90s defense" Durant is facing and that it shows how much harder scoring was in Jordan's era. Every time someone is allowed to get away with some fouls they call it "90s defense", when the same things were fouls in the 90s also. And for Jordan in particular, the referees would foul out the entire Celtics line-up by the 2nd quarter if they dared touch MJ like that. Plus the Celtics' defensive scheme wouldn't even be legal in the 90s because they're crowding Durant with zone defenders. There's little "90s" about this defense except that it's as good as people like to lie about 90s defense being.

[@hermonymusofsparta]

@@TheRiggedBA Thank you for your response I appreciate it!

[@darrelljohnson3648]

What scoring numbers would prime Kobe put up if he played today?

[@TheRiggedBA]

Probably about the same. Maybe just on better efficiency because the game is a little faster paced leading to some easier transition buckets.

[@UncleT4life]

what did you think of nick wright's list of the top 50 players over the last 50 years?

[@TheRiggedBA]

I'm not a fan of big lists like this just on general principle because there's no meaningful criteria that anyone would take the time to apply to such a large number of players. So the rankings will always be contradictory and/or wonky. Nick's list is certainly that. At the end of the day, I think the ultimate criterion for ranking players is who would you pick to start your team with if you had the choice. LeBron is the best player I've seen since I've been watching basketball. If I was starting a team and had my choice of anyone who's ever played, my pick would be LeBron. So I agree with Nick's #1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was before my time, but by appearances he does seem to arguably be the GOAT, so I'm cool with Nick's #2 also. Other than that, I thought a lot of Nick's list was kind of crazy. But it's something to talk about, which is it's job I guess.

[@Jason09_]

Hey i enjoy your content , im not sure how much you’re paying attention to the NBA this season but i can’t understand the script this year , it feels like its the Suns championship to lose but the Nets are the most interesting team with kyrie situation and whenever Ben Simmons plays, then again the Warriors are really good and Lakers will be in the play in , what do you think ?

[@TheRiggedBA]

I'm guessing the Warriors. I don't think the league would mind the Suns winning, but I don't see any particular storyline or incentive in it. The NBA's not going to allow LeBron to get another ring, and I would imagine that they don't want Kyrie to win now because of what he represents at the moment.

[@nonamewillbegiven8838]

I/diots

[@Jason09_]

@@TheRiggedBA Wow you were right again , looking back this entire season was all about Steph Curry and solidifying his greatness. Breaking the 3pt record at MSG , his splash brother returns , Curry gets hurt before playoffs, he wins first finals mvp.

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@Jason09_ Yeah, it's where everything seemed to point. Steph is getting older, so it only made sense to have Curry win and get the most out of his popularity at least one more time in a season where all the other big names are in bad situations. It was virtually seamless.

[@박윤식-g8o]

@@TheRiggedBA Damn man. You are like a prophet bro. How much do you make on sports betting by reading those scripts ?

[@heroinvrxther5826]

If you’ve been watching the Finals, I got two questions. What do you think of the officiating? And have you watched enough to rank the following players? (Jordan Poole, Klay, Draymond, Andrew Wiggins)

[@TheRiggedBA]

I thought the officials did a good job of keeping the Celtics off the Warriors' ass. I expected the referees to help the Warriors if needed, but I didn't expect the Warriors to actually need it as much they did. I haven't watched the Warriors enough to rank them all other than to say that, at this moment, I think Jordan Poole is the best of them.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@TheRiggedBA I honestly thought they would win a fair series. I was watching the Celtics towards the end of the season and nearly all their playoff games. That defense is historically great. Of course, Miami and Milwaukee weren’t at full strength but still it was impressive.

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@heroinvrxther5826 I didn't realize how much Golden State's core 3 had diminished until this series. Klay hasn't returned to form and I didn't fully understand how much Draymond had fallen off. I mean he was never a scoring machine, but he's actual trash on offense now. He looks like he's never shot a basketball before. They were fortunate they were the chosen this year.

[@BlickTBH]

@@TheRiggedBA the nba is MOST DEFINITELY rigged and the evidence is right in our face but some of that you say and ways that you think it’s rigged are just stupid and delusional. Applying simple logic is enough to debunk some no excuse me most of your dumb ass theories. I mean this comment in the most respectful way possible; you should respectfully stop spreading misinformation

[@Martin-tr4sj]

@@heroinvrxther5826 There goes DUMBER from DUMB & DUMBER. You can have a historically great defense but if you’re offensive isn’t up to par, you won’t win the championship. This is why the 1993 Knicks couldn’t defeat the 1993 Bulls. This is why the Celtics just lost to the Warriors as the guy who led them in shit attempts Jason Tatum shot a historically bad 31% 2pt this Finals.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

I guess you’re no longer of the opinion of Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Shaq, etc. dominating today since while they’re still not the dominant class…big men have gotten much better since the mid 2010s (Embiid, Nikola Jokic, KAT, Demarcus Cousins, AD).

[@TheRiggedBA]

I was just thinking about this, actually. Zone made perimeter players evolve, but for years it made bigs devolve. Their traditional skills could no longer be used, so bigs just sort of atrophied for awhile. So I've always felt 90s centers were better than post-zone centers because 90s centers at least still had their skills intact, even if they wouldn't work as well today. For a long time, there was no comparison. But when I look at Embiid and Jokic, I can't say that anymore. Things have definitely changed.

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

What a dumb thing to say

[@heroinvrxther5826]

As a big Reggie Miller fan, do you believe he was a better player than Klay Thompson? Asking cause he made the top 75 and Klay didn’t. I think they’re comparable but Reggie’s playoff numbers and efficiency indicate for me he’s a little bit better.

[@Howdidhenotseeme]

Klay's defense and ability to get hotter than anyone makes him better

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@Howdidhenotseeme Good point. I didn’t even consider that bit for some strange reason.

[@TheBronzeBomber38]

@@Howdidhenotseeme Reggie was actually more efficient than Klay

[@Howdidhenotseeme]

@@TheBronzeBomber38 Thats not true. Reggie Efg% 54.4%, Klay Efg% 55%. Basically the same

[@TheBronzeBomber38]

@@Howdidhenotseeme Except Klay is at career 57.5% TS and peaked at 59.8% TS. Reggie is at 61.4% TS and peaked at 65% TS. Higher volume and higher efficiency= better scorer. You might not like free throws but they’re a part of the game.

[@playforkeeps3536]

These videos are pretty damning has anybody reached out to you from jordan brand , nike or the NBA to get you to take them down

[@TheRiggedBA]

There are some things that go on with this channel that I don't go into detail about because there could be legal issues. But I will just say that a certain basketball league who shall remain nameless has made it known that they are aware of my videos.

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

Cuckoo cuckoo

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@TheRiggedBA You mean copyright infringement? Lol

[@darrelljohnson3648]

How you feel about Steph? If you’ve watched 80s ball, you think he can fuck with Magic? Is he better?

[@TheRiggedBA]

I haven't watched much Magic Johnson. Steph is a game-changer when he's healthy and his shot is on. But Steph's body is too fragile and his rhythm inevitably gets broken by injuries. Things can throw him off his game a lot of times. So for me, it's mostly about reliability with Steph. When he's grooving, he's so atomic that he breaks the game. But his problem is maintaining that groove.

[@nbatruth4533]

If you adjust every season to the 2022 pace, only two players would average 38+ PPG: Michael Jordan in 1987 and Kobe in 2006. So how exactly is it harder to score more points now than in the 80s and 90s?

[@dynamic6645]

Because since 2002 zones have been allowed, zones make penetration harder and force you to shoot long jumpers wich Jordan was not really great at. He would be dominant but he ain't averaging 40 ppg

[@nbatruth4533]

@@dynamic6645 But the pace today is higher than it was in Jordan and Kobe’s era which makes it easier to put up stats.

[@hermonymusofsparta]

@@nbatruth4533 You are just ignoring the zone argument like it doesn't matter as if pace is the most important factor. And as if your math means it would actually happen

[@dynamic6645]

@@NothingElseMattersJM I'm not going to read a bunch of copying pasting texts and statistics without context, video does not lie, and it shows that zones were absolutely illegal in the 90's.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@hermonymusofsparta Must be a coincidence that the season Wilt averaged 50 pts and 25 rebounds was the fastest paced season in NBA history. Must be a coincidence that it’s the season for a player with the most minutes in nba history…

[@TTFMjock]

Embid and Jokic have reached top 5 in scoring. They adjusted. Embid by stretching out when needed and Jokic by becoming one of the greatest passers at any position.

[@BlickTBH]

Jokic stretches the floor too…

[@Van_ax]

Is Kevin Durant the best scorer a better scorer than Kareem? And how good is Kevin Durant at scoring relative to other alltime greats

[@TheRiggedBA]

I haven't seen enough of Kareem to give him that detailed a ranking. My opinion of Durant as a scorer has gone down some in the last couple of years since he seems to have confirmed my suspicion that (at least part of)the real reason he doesn't score more is because he doesn't have the stamina. But I still think Durant is among the best and if not the best perimeter scorer. He doesn't have the sheer relentlessness of Jordan or Kobe, but he's more efficient and tougher to contest. So Durant is arguably a better scorer than them.

[@justannbafan3646]

@@TheRiggedBA Do you think he’s a better overall player than Kobe Bryant? Or just a better scorer? Or hell, neither…?

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@justannbafan3646 Durant has more of an advantage, but they're kind of even to me because of Durant's mentality. It would depend on what kind of players they had around them, but If I had to pick one in a vacuum, I guess I would uncomfortably go with Durant.

[@TheRiggedBA]

That is, as an overall player, though I think Durant's mentality detracts from him.

[@justannbafan3646]

@@TheRiggedBA Okay, that makes sense. I been building up a case for Kevin Durant over Kobe in my head for a while, but it’s been a challenge for me with all that’s going on with him recently.

[@NewEarthSon]

@4:45 Mark... Until Joel Embiid reached number 1 in the 2021-2022 Season.... It took 20 years! It took a Generation for a center to crack top 3 in scoring and to this video credit Embiid has an outside game of shooting the 3/ taking jump shots instead of playing down low in the post which media pundits criticize him for. In actuality they should criticize him for not being a better passer. Jokic scores less, can take his game out side, can dribble but most importantly can pass thus does not have to rely on jump shots because points are points and he can mix in some post up play to keep his offensive attack unpredictable to defenses. Any way the point is The "Centers" that are considered "great" today are either in the Mold of Embiid,Jokic,Gobert. outside game or a defensive star that can do pick and roll like Gobert. Not the old school post play. So yes this video is correct, shaq would be less than he was. shaq did not get old, zone defense got implemented. But leave it to the fan boys to say he got "old"

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

No Shaq LITERALLY got old. That’s why when the rules changed in 2001-02, he averaged his normal 27 ppg for two consecutive seasons. His first dip in scoring came in 2003-04 but that was due to the additions of Malone and Payton where both Shaq and Kobe dipped 6 ppg. Then we have Miami Shaq who was averaging 7 less minutes per game than he was in LA or Orlando aka less time on the floor to put up the same stats. The most dominant paint presence since Shaq is Giannis Antetokounmpo who is currently averaging 32.7 ppg this year.

[@darrelljohnson3648]

There’s been talk on Twitter about Klay Thompson being better than Ray Allen and Reggie Miller. What do you think about the comparison and their games?

[@BlickTBH]

Why do you care what he thinks? Also you in your head should know that Ray Allen is WAYYY better than both Reggie and klay.

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

Respect ray. Ray Allen in the bucks uniform was better than klay and Reggie. And it’s not me trying to be nostalgic either

[@MrSlashblade]

@@BlickTBH no he isn’t, I think he’s better then Reggie and not better then klay. Ray Allen career isn’t that great. He missed the playoffs a lot of times as the number 1. He barely did enough to get out the first round, even when he got to the ECF he played very well but you can argue that’s Big Dog team, not Ray’s.

[@BlickTBH]

@@MrSlashblade just to clarify, ray is better than klay in terms of skill and raw talent or abilities.

[@BlickTBH]

@@MrSlashblade i wasn’t comparing accolades

[@setuk5460]

Kobe would be the guy to score 45 a game now. Wild conclusion. Video was superb up until the end.

[@TheRiggedBA]

What's wrong with the end?

[@ThanosDidTheRightThing]

Can you make a video on Dwyane Wade having more success against zone defenses in the playoffs with the lack of an outside shot compared to someone like Harden ? 💀

[@MistahUnknown]

@Christopher Columbus Define "success"… considering that D-Wade never lead ANY squad to 50+ wins as the clear-cut leader/captain without any of the "NBA's Top 75 Anniversary Greatest Players of All-Time" team members playing alongside him.

[@Martin-tr4sj]

As void as the ppg argument is, scoring during MJ’s era (1984-2003) was 101.9 ppg. Scoring during Lebron’s era (2003-2022) is 102.1 ppg. The lowest scoring era of all time is the 1940’s at 73.8 ppg. The highest scoring era is the 1960’s at 115 ppg. This goes to show how meaningless the semi zones+ illegal defensive 3 2001-02 rules are compared to the shot clock, 3pt line, paint widening, and a multitude of other rules changes and points of emphasis.

[@stevencoardvenice]

I dont understand why you say zone defense is "better" defense. Its just different rules. Old rules required good individual defense in the post. On the ball

[@TheRiggedBA]

It's better defense because zone is considerably harder to score against. The purpose of defense is to prevent scores, so the defense that is harder to score against is better than the defense that is easier to score against.

[@stevencoardvenice]

@@TheRiggedBA Who can forget poor tod mccollough getting abused by Shaquille in the 2002 finals lol. That was the last year of no-zone. Sabonis did ok though.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@TheRiggedBA Scoring went up. Cool Emotion but not backed by facts.

[@ziadeissa3_]

What is your top 10 all time?

[@TheRiggedBA]

I don't really have one. I don't think you can really rate players unless you've actually seen them play, and there's whole generations of all-time players I never saw.

[@ziadeissa3_]

Out of the players you've seen how would you rank them in order

[@macewbee]

@@TheRiggedBA same here

[@TheRiggedBA]

I honestly never give it much thought outside of my top 3 or 5. And I can't really put them in order because the eras are so different and it changes their value. But my 10 best would be something like: Lebron Kobe Bryant Durant Kevin Garnett Dwyane Wade Shaq Jordan Olajuwon Charles Barkley Patrick Ewing And I'm sure I'm forgetting some people.

[@champion909]

@@TheRiggedBA Tim Duncan?

[@justannbafan3646]

New documentary on Tim Donaghy’s betting scandal. Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul. Your thoughts?

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

Giannis Antetokounmpo in 23 games thus far against modern zone defenses: 32.7 ppg on 61.4% FG. 0.7 3’s a game at a 17% clip.

[@nbastalgiacritic1751]

I don’t entirely agree with this. Shaq was somewhat stoppable pre Zone. If you watched Dennis Rodman and the bulls vs Shaq, double teams could really slow down Shaq.

[@TheRiggedBA]

That was baby Shaq. Even baby Shaq required a double team, but Shaq's body hadn't fully matured into the monster he would become yet. No one is literally unstoppable, but Lakers Shaq is about as close as you can get.

[@nbastalgiacritic1751]

@@TheRiggedBA ur right. I think u should watch today’s nba tho. I don’t know if I agree with your claim of it being rigged, but for me its the most entertaining it’s ever been since skill is a lot higher.

[@stevencoardvenice]

@@nbastalgiacritic1751 it's a different skill set. Post play is a skill, and requires athleticism. Watch charles Barkley. Personally I prefer a well rounded game with intense post play and interior defense

[@nonamewillbegiven8228]

@@nbastalgiacritic1751 no its not you delusional kid

[@nonamewillbegiven8228]

@@TheRiggedBA dumn@ss

[@jackjax7921]

LeBron is the most underrated scorer. You should do a video about that. He has better field goal percentage than most scorers.

[@TheRiggedBA]

I think a lot of times people intentionally underrate LeBron's scoring to keep him even with other players in their mind. So they'll say Kobe or Jordan was a scorer and LeBron is a facilitator. That way you make it seem like their contributions are more evenly matched. Because if you admit that LeBron is both a facilitator AND elite scorer, it's much harder to argue that other players can match or exceed him.

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

@@TheRiggedBA nailed it

[@HomoErectus311]

@@TheRiggedBA Lebron’s most definitely an elite scorer but he’s more in the Karl Malone echelon of scorers than the KD’s or MJ’s …. Just one scoring title in 19 seasons? 🤔 Were the rules rigged against him or ?

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@HomoErectus311 That's due to mentality rather than scoring ability. Aside from being a scoring champion, LeBron has come within fractions of a point of the scoring title numerous times and is so again right now currently at 37 years old. In terms of pure scoring ability, LeBron could have lead the league in scoring whenever he wanted. He chooses not to play that way. Jordan on the other hand actively padded his scoring stats and openly admitted to playing for the scoring title every year. Different scoring goals and mentalities. LeBron doesn't have the range of scoring skills KD or Jordan has, but he is more efficient and more naturally gifted. So you can make an argument either way, in my opinion.

[@HomoErectus311]

@@TheRiggedBA That’s very interesting that you claimed MJ purposely padded his scoring stats. Just for logical consistency , you should have no problems making that claim about Lebron this year is “padding his scoring stats” leading the Lakers to a 31-41 record which is a worst record than any MJ season.

[@myron1735]

You think the warriors threw game 4 away? The subs were on a hot streak bringing the warriors back into the game until Kerr brought the starters out and momentum fell.

[@TheRiggedBA]

I didn't see it. Adam Silver would have to make this go to a 7th game for me to watch another one in this series.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@TheRiggedBA Is Luka the best player in basketball right now? Have you watched enough to say?

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@heroinvrxther5826 The best in the league? I've watched very little of him, but I haven't seen anything to put him in that conversation. He's definitely a savage, though.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@TheRiggedBA Who’s your pick?

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@heroinvrxther5826 I would say Giannis is probably the best at the moment from what I've seen.

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

Did you hear what Tracy mcgrady said about how giannis would perform horribly in a non shooting era because he can’t “shoot”? lmao. I swear these old heads are just the biggest hater in this gen. what do you think of it when he said that?

[@zeekbey6425]

Just like how they say that the best shooters today would be relegated to specialists, because they would be “benched for shooting 3s”. The reason the 3 pointer was viewed as a bad shot was because most of the players couldn’t shoot.

[@TheRiggedBA]

So I tracked down the interview from Shaq's podcast, and I think the reports on it are misrepresenting McGrady a bit. McGrady was actually pushing back against Shaq saying that modern players including Giannis couldn't survive in their era. McGrady basically said that was going too far, and insisted multiple times that Giannis could play in their era. All McGrady really said was that it would be hard for Giannis to be as great because Giannis lives off paint scoring, and the paint was more closed off back then. I actually thought Shaq's comments were a bigger deal. He was borderline disrespectful to Giannis. Which was surprising to me since Giannis is the one modern player Shaq usually doesn't hate on.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@TheRiggedBA That’s what I was thinking. I was talking about it with someone on Instagram. Well, I didn’t know what Shaq said but clearing up the context of McGrady’s comments.

[@heroinvrxther5826]

@@TheRiggedBA Do you think that it was harder to score in the early 00’s compared to the recent years? Since teams hadn’t been built yet to really adapt to zone?

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@heroinvrxther5826 In some ways, yeah. When the change to allow zone first happened, rosters were still built like the 80s and 90s. You didn't have "stretch 4s" and all that stuff because you didn't need them before since the illegal defense rules let you create space any time you wanted. So in those first few years after the rule change, a lot of teams didn't have the personnel to space the floor. If you were a superstar on a team with limited shooting, you'd just have free bodies piled up to stop you.

[@thomas-zh5ei]

Both players proven that zone really isn't their thing. The only FMVP Shaq won since zone was the first year 2002 where teams were really just starting to figure out how to use it, and they actually couldn't have won the series against the Kings if it weren't for the refs. MJ had the lowest field goal percentage when playing in the Olympics. Both would still be pretty good players in today's game, but Lebron probably wouldn't be the only one better than them

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

🧾1992 Team USA shot 57.6% FG throughout the Olympics so no those defenses were absolutely atrocious lol. Jordan was one of the few players who had an off shooting series showcased by his 21% 3pt on a closer 3pt line and the 68% FT which are far below his normal numbers. His 2pt% was actually a solid 50% so if you do the math and if he had a normal efficiency series from downtown(33%), and free throw shooting series ( 83% ) he would be at 53% FG and his overall efficiency would be much higher. These types of stretches happen in the regular season but the average casual wouldn’t notice them over the course of an 82 game season. For example in 1997-98, MJ had a 12 game stretch where he shot 45% FG and 13% from 3 on 23.7 ppg, 6.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists. Steph Curry had a 6 game sample size this year where he shot 34% FG and 26% 3pt on 18.2 ppg. Completely different than the 6 game size he had in the Finals. Small sample sizes can result in large fluctuations and extreme data sets. Shaq was objectively the best player in the 2002 Finals. He was objectively the best player in 2004 Finals but of course you don’t win finals mvps if your team loses. Wade was clearly best player in the 2006 Finals. In Shaq’s defense, he was an excellent double/triple team presence opening the paint up for his shooting guard. Shaq isn’t Jason Tatum so he knows when to defer to a better teammate instead of chucking shot after shot rotfl.

[@thomas-zh5ei]

Would agree that players can underperform from time to time, especially when zone defense is allowed, the opposing team would have so much more options to stop you. Just applying MJ fan's standard on modern players to MJ which is that you cannot underperform no matter the situations. I'm not going to be like 90s fans acting like players in their era never underperformed and other eras are trash. I would agree players who didn't play in MJ's era can underperform as well, players like Magic, Kareem, Kobe, T-mac, Lebron really underperformed from time to time, because they're human beings, you will have some bad days. As for Shaq, I would say he was probably the best player in the NBA since 2000 to 2005, his dominance is unreal and he is the real reason why NBA brought back zone defense to make things harder for star players and in the first year of the rule change, the Kings immediately found the answer which is team work and pretty much showed that unless the Lakers had the refs they weren't able to beat the Kings, and since then Shaq never won an FMVP. And also in Shaq's defense, no other player can beat zone defense by himself, the point isn't how bad MJ or Shaq is, the point is how much harder it is for star players to perform well or single handedly change the game without the protection of illegal defense.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@thomas-zh5ei I don’t know what MJ would average today but I don’t see this uncrackable defense that make stars consistently struggle that you’re seeing. Wall off the paint and you’re leaving shooters unattended. Run players off the line and you’re opening up more driving lanes. Get in a 2-3 and you’re susceptible to outside shooting on the wings and open areas in the high post. Triple team MJ and you’re leaving other NBA players open. Whatever defensive scheme you run , he can be part of the same defensive scheme while he’s on defense. Lebron isn’t the only player that would be better than MJ and Shaq in todays game ? Lebron is a legend so it’s possible but I thought the claim for zones was that they stop isos, it’s hard to get space, they clog the paint and muck your driving lanes. How does this matchup up with Lebron’s drive heavy ball dominant play style? Lebron had been pretty successful throughout his career not being a great shooter from any particular area and relying on his size, driving and playmaking to get him 4 championships.

[@thomas-zh5ei]

You're absolutely correct, more driving lanes are opened up, but definitely not for the best players, the reason those lanes are opened up is because the defense is focused on the best players like Kobe, MJ, Lebron, James Harden, therefore other players are getting better looks. Especially after the Golden State found the answer, offense became a lot easier and a little bit more boring to watch, when we watch today's game we feel like the defense is weak but actually the reason is teams have found ways to create easier looks, but again, for the "team" not for the "best player". And for Lebron's part, relying on his size, driving and playmaking to get him 4 championships? He's probably a little bit more than that. He is playing chess, scheming, planning out what to do. The scary part about Lebron isn't just his driving, it's also his vision and the way he reads situations, shooting threes and when he decides to drive, you do not know which step (sometimes how many steps lol) he is going to take. Clogging the paint probably wouldn't be a great strategy playing against Lebron's team as Lebron's team isn't at their best when he scores 40+ points, it's best when he sets up the entire team on fire and make them catch a rhythm

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@thomas-zh5ei Shaq in Orlando: 27.2 ppg. Shaq in LA: 27.0 ppg. I thought 2000’s defenses were better ?

[@IroNoob69]

I thought I was the only one that had the views on th nba that you have. I knew Jordans career was how it is because of how the NBA and the marketing team wanted it to be, it's all about money, Michael Jordan was the best thing that happened to the NBA

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

Yeah you're not the only delusional troll on KZbin

[@doctoranderson2009]

Facts

[@nonamewillbegiven2826]

Non facts

[@Heatlifer77]

To assume MJ wouldn't adapt and become a better shooter is ridiculous but other than that, great job

[@dynamic6645]

He would have to face way more complex defenses and would have to guard actual talents like Steph Bron KD Giannis Kyrie Harden Wade Kawhi AD

[@TheAndyk123]

People assume real NBA athletes are RPG characters where you they can just spend experience points and up their attributes, but it doesn't always work like that. MJ was a below average 3 point shooter his entire career (except for the years where they brought the 3 pt line in for him). The 3 point shot was always available to him but he never really got any better at it. Maybe being a 30% three point shooter was his ceiling? We'll never know, but that's what the reality was. Giannis is one of the hardest working players ever in the NBA. He was an abysmal 3 point shooter and has spent YEARS getting coaching on his shot and working at it and he's up to the point where he's like, not completely awful but still well below league average at the 3 ball. It's really hard to acquire skills that you don't have.

[@Howdidhenotseeme]

@@dynamic6645 Much different than guarding Kevin Johnson haha

[@MrSlashblade]

If you don’t have the shooters touch for the first 18-21 years of your life against weaker competition, why are you automatically going to get it in 3 years vs professionals?

[@lamontwhite2414]

@@MrSlashblade Jordan was a bad mid range shooter and he became a elite one in the nba so 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

Slashing guards/forwards and inside big men really struggle against zone defenses….. 2005-06 Iverson: 33, 7, 2, 2 45% FG, 32% 3pt , 81% FT 11FTA 👩‍💻2015-16 Regular Season Lebron: 25, 7,7 52% FG, 31% 3pt , 73% FT 👨‍💻2006 Finals Wade: 35, 8,4,3, 1 47% FG, 16 FTA 👩‍💻2002-2004 Finals Shaq: 31, 11, 61% FG, 14 FTA 🧑‍💻2007 Finals Tony Parker: 24,5,3, 57% FG 👩‍💻2016-2019 Regular Season Westbrook : 27, 11, 11 43% FG, 31% 3pt , 76% FT 2020 Finals Butler :26, 8 10, 55% FG, 31% 3pt, 89% FT. 2021 Finals Giannis: 35, 13, 5, 1, 2 62% FG, 20% 3pt, 66% FT 📊People lie; numbers don’t

[@dynamic6645]

I would agree that people do lie, but the video tape does not lol. Sorry Franky boy, but it's harder to score in this era 🌝🌝🌝

[@hermonymusofsparta]

People lie in their presentation of numbers by ignoring context and leaving things out.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@hermonymusofsparta Prove me wrong or provide better context then lol.

[@hermonymusofsparta]

@@NothingElseMattersJM Just because zone was legal doesn't mean all those teams played it and it also doesn't mean it wasn't difficult.

[@MistahUnknown]

@@NothingElseMattersJM Did you take someone's claim of "x, y, and z players struggle against zone defenses" and then went out looking for small arbitrarily selected windows of stats within your cherrypicked players' entire careers of the zone era...showing numbers that favored the narrative that YOU want to be factual...?

[@macewbee]

Nice

[@IroNoob69]

you gotta post more, do some more rigged series videos

[@TheRiggedBA]

It would be hard to do good, current rigging videos today since I don't really watch the RiggedBA that much anymore. But I might do some of older series.

[@IroNoob69]

@@TheRiggedBA you could do this last playoffs, a lot of the playoffs just didn't feel right, it didn't seem real. Also I believe this last playoffs there were 2 commentators talking about the schedule and it seemed as if they knew the outcome after slipping up and saying the 76rs already lost before they even played game 7 against the hawks

[@cedricl.vercher8423]

You have a real good show. SPEAK your views, F*CK having to read all your points you attempt to make.

[@stateboy0522]

Big men are on the rise again I believe due most teams not knowing what to do with one now. Embiid, Giannis, Jokic, etc are mis matches for a lot of small ball teams. But they definitely are different from big men from the past. In that they're better shooters and facilitators

[@TheRiggedBA]

Yeah, bigs that play facing the rim can excel like any other player.

[@ThanosDidTheRightThing]

@@TheRiggedBA Well 📊according to synergy data, Embiid and Jokic are #1 and # 2 in post up possessions per game. Giannis is #8. In terms of post up frequency, Embiid #2, Ayton is #6, and Jokic is #8. All of those guys are better shooters and more skilled than Shaq but obviously Shaq doesn’t have to match their skill because he’s the most athletic and has 60-100 lbs on them depending on who you’re talking about. Emotions don’t override stats lol.

[@MrSlashblade]

@@ThanosDidTheRightThing your such an clown, they take 4 and 3 shots from the post a game respectively. Embiid takes more 3s then he posts up, you’re a joke

[@ThanosDidTheRightThing]

This MJ vs Harden video is aging like milk 💀

[@user-rm1ey7cs8d]

Ur not wrong it's rigged but its about gematria

[@calvinthomas1007]

Good video, but please understand that zone defense is nothing new for players in the past that went to college and play with FIBA rules, hell some high school and AAU coaches ran zone ,also the NBA early days allowed zone too this isn't new at all...

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

⚰️ 🔨 “In general, zone is consistently used between 2% and 4% of the time in the NBA. An average team has roughly 100 possessions per game”- Synergy Sports #MythDebunked According to Synergy, offenses have been more efficient against zone (0.99 points per possession) than against man-to-man (0.96). #MythDebunked 2001-02 NBA season: PPG and true shooting% increased despite the pace declining #MythDebunked 🤓

[@dynamic6645]

I don't see any evidence refuting this video here, all I see are stats and quotes without context.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@dynamic6645 Are the numbers out of context because they disagree with your narrative ? LOL

[@dynamic6645]

@@NothingElseMattersJM TheRiggedBA's videos showing Jordan getting so many handchecking and illegal defense calls in this *"physical era"* show otherwise LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@dynamic6645]

@@NothingElseMattersJM Allen Iverson can score 40 pts agsinst these supposed *"physical defenses"* yet LeBron won't score 50 in an anti-zone, anti-handchecking, shortened 3 point line era with 6 expansion teams watering down the league ? LOL

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@dynamic6645 Of course Lebron can score 50 in the 90’s….. He just won’t average 50 lol. Iverson dominated in the 2000’s as much as he did in the 90’s lol. Form a better argument

[@BlickTBH]

“Seeing centers as the top scorers in the league is unknown” So I guess Jokic, Embiid and Antetekoumpo don’t exist

[@TheRiggedBA]

Antetokounmpo isn't a center and Jokic has never been a top scorer. Embiid only became one after this video was made. And the video specifically foreshadows Embiid as a top scorer and why he might be able to do it.

[@Martin-tr4sj]

@@TheRiggedBA Per 100 possessions, Jokic scored 39.7 this year and 37.7 last year which would be higher than any Kareem or Moses season per 100 possessions.

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@Martin-tr4sj Jokic was 6th in the league in scoring. Not even top 5.

[@Martin-tr4sj]

@@TheRiggedBA True but per 100 still better than most of the 30 ppg seasons in the 70’s and 60’s.

[@BlickTBH]

@@TheRiggedBA being top 6 in scoring is still a “top scorer”

[@warreno.bryant4406]

Stern his team change that low rating 94 95 early 1999 after the goat retired did it effect the game well look no further malice in palace spur reign borrowin but real basketball

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

Jesus man how’s is Lebron doing this at 37 yr old? ik he’s with a pretty bad team but putting up 56 points against an elite team year 19 with no breaks just make me think there isn’t a “GOAT DEBATE”.

[@TheRiggedBA]

Well the debate has long been a farce as far as LeBron vs Jordan is concerned. LeBron is markedly better. He can do things you'd need Jordan + 2 or 3 other guys to do. I would say the media artificially promoting Jordan is the only reason the debate even survives. Everyone is entitled to their opinion as to who the GOAT is, but, honestly? The only 3 players I can even seriously entertain someone putting over LeBron without rolling my eyes at them are Wilt, Kareem, and peak Shaq. And only because them being bigs makes the comparison more complicated and I never saw Wilt play to judge. But I can't even take comparisons between any other perimeter players and LeBron seriously anymore at this point.

[@justannbafan3646]

@@TheRiggedBA You don’t think Giannis could possibly be or become a better player than LeBron?

[@TheRiggedBA]

@@justannbafan3646 If Giannis could shoot at all, I think he'd probably be better than anyone. But so far, he hasn't developed that skill.

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

@@TheRiggedBA facts I’m sure you can make a case for them cause they were dominant and didn’t need rules to benefited them

[@thetruthaboutthemostoverra2795]

@@TheRiggedBA this man Lebron is unstoppable man I really don’t know what to say for this dude too bad his team is so bad rn even if he put up these number his knees will be sore the next game he play it’s a shame this season will be a waste for him

[@traguy2625]

I wouldn't say you can't build great offense around big man and have them get there number Like dwight went in 09 to finals Zion was a monster 27 ppg on like 61/62% from field Both cannot shoot and literally dunk

[@TheBronzeBomber38]

The two excuses you’ll get from the trolls in the comment section is that the rules weren’t really implemented those years year and that any season below MJ’s 37 ppg season is proof that the news rules are harder to score against lol.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

What do you think about the 1987 illegal offense rule ? 😉 -Prohibits teams from placing three or more players above the top of the key, away from the ball. -A violation results in a loss of possession. Do you think this rules change stopped MJ from averaging 30+ on 50% FG ? 😉

[@MrSlashblade]

You couldn’t stack on top of the key, you can still stack on one side of the court. Barely did anything.

[@NothingElseMattersJM]

@@MrSlashblade Of course it barely did anything. It’s Michael Jeffery Jordan. You can’t stop him lol. Went from averaging 37 on 56% TS and 48 % efg to 35 on 60%TS and 54% efg. MJ wasn’t even shooting 3’s yet 😂. He was just getting started. People talk about the rules that were created to stop other players. They literally limited offenses because MJ was that good lol 😂

[@MrSlashblade]

@@NothingElseMattersJM except the actual foundation of the rule was you couldn’t stack to a small quarter of the court. He can still have half of the court to himself. Wilkins saw his numbers uneffected, English saw a slight decrease that was more to his age (34) then the rule, Agguire had the exact numbers, Drexler wasn’t effected, Dantley wasn’t effected. The offensive rule doesn’t have much bearings when iso scorers aren’t effected. It didn’t change the dynamic of the game, it didnt even lead to team play, it was just more of you can still have one on one bouts, but instead of having 4 guys in one corner you can only have 2. You can still have someone in the corner, and someone on Jordan’s strong side but still a distance from Michael so he doesn’t get in his way. The rule was pretty much useless since he still had these mini 1v1 throughout the majority of his career,

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@@MrSlashblade That’s virtually every iso ever 😂. A mini 1 on 1 until the defense commits to a hard double or they can shade which can obstructs a driving lane but won’t stop the player from getting a shot off. Chicago Tribune: “They`ve used zone traps; they`ve put two, three and sometimes four defenders on him; they`ve matched him against 7-footers and the best defensive players in the league. Officially it`s Section 32 Paragraph 15, but around the league it`s getting to be known as ''the Michael Jordan rule”. MJ is just like 🥱…. The full unrestricted zones without a defensive 3 second couldn’t stop me in college with handchecking and you think offensively catered nba defenses are going to stop me? 🥱

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@@NothingElseMattersJM no every iso is not that especially today given zone can definitely have men shading even if someone is going 1 v 1, and while yes defenses were able to get away with shading, that doesn’t mean that they were zoning every other play. It was usually strict man to man, just because you can find evidence doesn’t mean the rule wasn’t enforced. Also why would I care about the Chicago tribune? This is the equivalent of me bringing up facts from LebrontheBesttoEverDoIt newspaper.