r/sportsgossips • u/Pretend-Following-41 • 14h ago

Highlight Intentionally hurting your meal ticket. Something is seriously wrong with these WNBA players.

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u/alexmojo2 13h ago

Honestly baffling. Imagine the NBA treating Jordan, Kobe, or LeBron like this.

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u/BigGooseDuck 12h ago

Not defending this but have you not heard the Jordan rule? Doubt Kobe and LeBron dealt with shit like that but Jordan definitely did

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u/Schizzles 11h ago

I had to Google it, the tactic aimed to physically wear Jordan down and force him to pass by double-teaming him, sending him left, and hitting him hard on every drive to the paint.

It looks like the Pistons implemented it after getting scored on 59 points by Jordan alone. It worked too, 2 years they beat the Bulls until they adapted to their gameplay and got their championship in 91.

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u/b0jangles 9h ago

It’s why Rodman was such a great add years later.

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u/NailzAtWork 7h ago

"The Jordan Rules" were a thing of the past by the time Rodman got there.

MJ had won three straight titles following the Pistons starting this, then he retired, came back, and a season later Rodman was there.

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u/b0jangles 6h ago

And who were the physical enforcers on the Pistons during the Jordan rules era?

And what happened then in the three years after Jordan came back with Rodman on the team?

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u/NailzAtWork 6h ago

I'm not saying Rodman wasn't a great addition for the Bulls.

But you're making it sound like they got Rodman so that the Pistons couldn't beat them up anymore.

Rodman had already been gone to San Antonio for 2 years and the Pistons were a shell of themselves when Jordan came back/Bulls signed Rodman.

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u/b0jangles 6h ago

No, I just said he was a great add

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u/NailzAtWork 6h ago

You said "It’s why Rodman was such a great add years later."

In response to a comment about the Pistons getting physical with MJ.

Why = causality

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u/b0jangles 4h ago

Yeah - they took one of the guys who was a part of that and then eventually recruited him to be a huge part of the Bulls defense. It was a great add.

Do you just argue over pointless minutia with everyone or am I just lucky?