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Obviously it was sarcasm. The most important factor being overlooked in this argument is the game itself. It is played completely different today than in was when Jordan played.
When the greats of Jordan's era all retired the NBA started to struggle. The public lost interest and the players coming into the league weren't as polished. So the NBA had to figure out a way to market the new crop of players and keep the tag of the best basketball league in the world. So they changed the rules and once that happened we started to see the running game take off. Then scoring increased and the NBA marketed its players as more athletic, quicker, better, blah blah blah.. You get the point.
This is why I don't think you can compare eras. The game is completely different, from the way its played, to the rules, to the players. Could the elite of this era have competed with Jordan and company, probably. But we'll never know what the greats of Jordan's era would have done in today's game.
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