Today I am honored to cover one of the best defensive strategies of the NBA ever created. The Jordan Rule. I actually didn't know this existed until my mentor told me about this one. So credit for this article goes to my mentor.
Before I really get into detail about The Jordan Rule. I'm going to give you a summary of why it was made. As we know Jordan was a legend. He can score from anywhere on the court. But in the beginning Jordan was a weak person. The Detroit Piston's noticed that weakness and exploited it. I remember one of the players that played for the Detroit Pistons at that time said this: "Any time Michael came to the hole all I have to do is knock him on his butt."
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So the Jordan rule was made and utilized by the Piston's to limit Jordan's offense on the court. The strategy was to pressure Jordan and play him physically and to switch up on defense to throw Jordan off balance. They would double team Jordan as soon as he touched the ball so he can give it up. And whenever Jordan was near the basket. The mindset they was supposed to have was to "put that man in the hospital if he comes near the basketball rim." This defensive strategy is still used today. The only thing to me about The Jordan Rule is it is used very different or weaker then it was back then. Now it is used towards the end of the game when a team is down instead of lightly put in the game and increased dramatically during the second half. The teams who did do it the right way was what people called second half team's. The teams that would "turn up during the second half."
I'm sorry guys I got a little off topic. The way Jordan defended against this rule is to hit the gym. That's all he had to do to increase his strength. Hit the gym. Actually Kobe tried to get Shaq to hit the gym like Michael did. But Shaq just shrugged it off because he was already big. Now Shaq says "He wished he listened to Kobe. He would probably be one of the best players in the world."
