Charles Barkley: the difference between Lebron and MJ

[orrzor]

Oh please, like no one has ever scored more than 40 against MJ. I am not sure how to look up such a stat but I bet someone has done it. And even the greatest defenders have bad nights time to time. I think Lebron was much better defensively this year anyway.

[CT34]

Barkley may be right about MJ not letting Paul score 41 in a deciding victory but I wonder if MJ could have held Lebron to as low a field goal percentage as Paul did in this series?

Well, if Pierce and the Celts could do it, I see no reason MJ and the Bulls couldn't.  I'm not taking a shot at Pierce in any way, but Michael was a much better defender than him, as was Pippen, and those Bulls teams played phenomenal team defense, especially once they signed Rodman.

I don't think Charles was taking a dig at Paul Pierce. I think he was taking a dig at Lebron.  Lebron is the one wearing 23 and he's the one who said Michael Jordan is this guy he looks up to.  So Charles was telling Lebron, if you want to be like Mike or better then Mike, you got to play better D. 

Charles was wrong MJ would not have spot Pierce because it would have been Pippen.  Pierce plays the small forward and Pippen was a small forward.  Pippen would have shut down Pierce.

[Roy Hobbs]

Barkley may be right about MJ not letting Paul score 41 in a deciding victory but I wonder if MJ could have held Lebron to as low a field goal percentage as Paul did in this series?

Well, if Pierce and the Celts could do it, I see no reason MJ and the Bulls couldn't.  I'm not taking a shot at Pierce in any way, but Michael was a much better defender than him, as was Pippen, and those Bulls teams played phenomenal team defense, especially once they signed Rodman.

I don't think Charles was taking a dig at Paul Pierce. I think he was taking a dig at Lebron.  Lebron is the one wearing 23 and he's the one who said Michael Jordan is this guy he looks up to.  So Charles was telling Lebron, if you want to be like Mike or better then Mike, you got to play better D. 

Charles was wrong MJ would not have spot Pierce because it would have been Pippen.  Pierce plays the small forward and Pippen was a small forward.  Pippen would have shut down Pierce.

I took it as a dig at both of them.

The implication was "This isn't Kobe Bryant you're letting score on you, it's Paul Pierce".  Of course, that's silly, when Paul gets hot he's as elite as they come as a scorer, but that's what Charles was suggesting.

[eddietours]

wow that tnt crew really sucks there so much a** the laker barkley oh the laker bench and OMG miller say l don't think the spurs can come back from this lost dude the where blow out by the hornets the two first game and what happen 

[Celtic]

I think the bigger difference is Jordan never would have been held to such low scoring numbers with such a poor field goal percentage, over the majority of the course of a series. MJ and Lebron are very different, have very different styles, and very different mentalities, at least to this point, Lebron is only 23.

[Bankshot]

wow that tnt crew really sucks there so much a** the laker barkley oh the laker bench and OMG miller say l don't think the spurs can come back from this lost dude the where blow out by the hornets the two first game and what happen 

Just like Lebron's dunk in game 6 signified the end of the Celtics' season and the Cavs would win game 7. LOL

[kgiessler]

hah...with no regard for human life!  What a classic line.  There was a collective "Huh?" across the basketball community.

I hope that when the Celtics and Pierce get a ring, in the postgame conference Pierce says something like "I'm just glad my career did end up championshipless like Charles Barkley or something"