Have Draymond go back and look at what the Pistons did to Jordan Dan Patrick vehemently disagrees with Draymond Green s comments on physicality in the 80s and 90s NBA
Have Draymond go back and look at what the Pistons did to Jordan - Dan Patrick vehemently disagrees with Draymond Green s comments on physicality in the 80s and 90s NBA Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Approve Reject & ban Delete Logout
The Jordan Rules.
Click to watch the full Unforgettable Moments presented by @BudweiserUSAThe Bad Boys enlisted a code of rules when battling the Bulls.The Jordan Rules.Click to watch the full Unforgettable Moments presented by @BudweiserUSA , who would later become Jordan’s teammate, said in "" documentary that they tried to "physically hurt" the Chicago Bulls icon. Patrick gave an example of how rough and tumble the NBA used to be: “There were enforcers, but there were guys who were going to hit you. Kevin McHale was not an enforcer, ask Kurt Rambis. He (McHale) lassoed him, threw him to the ground. He didn’t get tossed!" Patrick added: "Was it always knockdown, drag-out, physical guys getting thrown out of games? No, it wasn’t, but it was far more physical than what you have now. You protect the stars now. Back then? They didn’t.”
Have Draymond go back and look at what the Pistons did to Jordan - Dan Patrick vehemently disagrees with Draymond Green s comments on physicality in the 80s and 90s NBA
Draymond Green has been taking flak for his comments on the NBA's physicality in the '80s and '90s. [Photo: NBA.com] got into a verbal spat with legend Cedric Maxwell after the won Game 2 of the . Green took a shot at Maxwell, who said that the Warriors forward would have been knocked out in the '80s and '90s for his antics. The bruising former Defensive Player of the Year winner also labeled the physicality of the '80s and '90s as only limited to only a few players. He named enforcers Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn, who did a lot of punishment as two of the few tough and physical players. On his , Dan Patrick explained that the physicality of the '80s and '90s wasn’t solely the niche of the enforcers: “Yes, they hit you. The star players got hit. Just ask Jordan. The best player in the game got hit. That don’t happen now. You can’t do that to anybody now. "Have Draymond go back and look at what the Pistons did to Jordan. The Jordan Rules! They wrote a damn book about it. If Mike played now? You wouldn’t touch Michael! They wouldn’t let you touch him, absolutely not.” , the emerging face of the NBA at that time, was infamously targeted by the “Bad Boys” through relentless physicality. As it happened to Jordan, the rest of the league was certainly involved in more bruising encounters. The Bad Boys enlisted a code of rules when battling the .The Jordan Rules.
Click to watch the full Unforgettable Moments presented by @BudweiserUSAThe Bad Boys enlisted a code of rules when battling the Bulls.The Jordan Rules.Click to watch the full Unforgettable Moments presented by @BudweiserUSA , who would later become Jordan’s teammate, said in "" documentary that they tried to "physically hurt" the Chicago Bulls icon. Patrick gave an example of how rough and tumble the NBA used to be: “There were enforcers, but there were guys who were going to hit you. Kevin McHale was not an enforcer, ask Kurt Rambis. He (McHale) lassoed him, threw him to the ground. He didn’t get tossed!" Patrick added: "Was it always knockdown, drag-out, physical guys getting thrown out of games? No, it wasn’t, but it was far more physical than what you have now. You protect the stars now. Back then? They didn’t.”