[Brian Swartz]

I had the opportunity to play one-on-one with David Thompson once. This was in the mid-90s, and he was 40 years old at the time; I was 17 and at a basketball camp. The more hilarious part was trying to defend him, a completely hopeless exercise even though he wasn't trying that hard. I can see a decent athlete scoring on Jordan, once, if they got lucky. Most people though? Zero shot whatsoever. And if the shoe was on the other foot, forget it. Getting dunked on at about the moment I even realized Thompson was by me is my biggest memory. The sheer quickness ... and of course prime Jordan would be even faster ... and speed of the first step of players like that can only be appreciated up close.