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42. Durant is as unstoppable as MJ on offfense

The most unstoppable players on offense ever were MJ and Durant, obviously Kareem and Wilt before them were unstoppable for different reasons too.

Now if you gave the Bulls a year or two to get accustomed to the modern game, who knows, but basketball has advanced in skill level more in the last 20 years than any other sport. The skill and speed players play with today is just a totally different level than teams from the 90s.

And the 3 pointers are just a statistically more efficient shot than the mid range jumpers Jordan lived on. The Bulls made 6.3 three pointers a game that season, which was really high for back then. The Warriors make double that per game and in big games that number goes up.

If Jordan were coming up in today's game he'd force himself to become a good 3 point shooter or he wouldn't be the best player in the NBA.

But back to the skill level, it's off the charts now, and everyone who sees the floor regularly has all the skills. Guys like Joel Embid can handle the ball at 7-0, 285 lbs, and can shoot better than Jordan. Jordan basically pioneered elite shot making, the skill of making tough shots when guarded, his highlights are amazing! But if you watch today's game, every NBA game has shot making in it that rivals the very best Michael Jordan career highlights. The amazing double clutch reverses Jordan made are now just a regular occurrence in any NBA game today. The double clutch 12 foot jumpers that Jordan was the first player to make consistently are now not even highlights, they're just shots any regular guy makes in the NBA.

And here's where I'll say something controversial, today's game is more physical overall. They allow more contact today. Now they don't allow the cheap shots they did in the 90s, the dirty plays today get you ejected right away. But overall there is more contact and physicality today. Watch full games from the 90s on Youtube, the defense was good, but not as much physical contact regularly allowed as there is today.