Former Chicago Bulls shooting guard Craig Hodges informed DJ Vlad of Vlad television soon after ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docuseries came out in 2020 that NBA icon Michael Jordan idea Clyde Drexler was simply as great as him.

However, Jordan didn’t believe Drexler understood how to play the video game.

“Not every great athlete is marketable,” Hodges stated. “I remember having a conversation one time. It was like four of us, MJ included. And the conversations came up about Clyde Drexler. And MJ said this: ‘Clyde Drexler is just as good as me. He just don’t know how to play the game.’ And we ain’t talking about basketball.”

Hodges raised Jordan’s remarks about Drexler while going over Jordan’s marketability with DJ Vlad. Jordan and Drexler might have had comparable skill on the court, however Drexler didn’t understand how to utilize it to his benefit to end up being a worldwide icon like Jordan. 

Jordan and the Bulls took on versus Drexler and the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1992 NBA Finals. The series was offered to NBA fans as the fight in between Jordan and Drexler, the 2 leading shooting guards in the league.

During the 1991-92 season, Jordan balanced 30.1 points, 6.4 rebounds, 6.1 helps, 2.3 takes and 0.9 blocks. He won his 3rd MVP.

Meanwhile, Drexler installed 25.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, 6.7 helps, 1.8 takes and 0.9 blocks per video game.

Even though Jordan won MVP, Drexler was simply as dominant as a scorer and balanced more rebounds and helps.

During “The Last Dance” docuseries, Jordan confessed he was upset when experts compared Drexler to him. MJ was so mad Drexler was being compared to him that he assaulted the Blazers secure the whole 1992 Finals. 

“Clyde was a threat,” Jordan stated in The Last Dance doc. “I’m not saying he wasn’t a threat. But me being compared to him, I took offense to that. Based on the way I was playing at that time, it wasn’t even close. So I attacked him every night.”

Jordan opened the 1992 Finals by striking 6 3-pointers in the very first half and scoring 39 points in Game 1. The Bulls beat the Blazers in 6 video games to catch their 2nd straight champion.

Jordan balanced 35.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.5 helps, 1.7 takes and 0.3 blocks and won Finals MVP for the 2nd successive season.

Drexler installed 24.8 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.3 helps, 1.3 takes and 1.0 blocks per video game versus the Bulls in the 1992 Finals. However, he just shot 40.7% from the field.

Meanwhile, Jordan shot 52.6% general. 

Jordan and Drexler were colleagues on the 1992 United States Men’s Olympic basketball group. It should have been uncomfortable for Drexler to have fun with the guy who had actually torched him a couple of months prior.

Jordan was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009. He completed his NBA profession with averages of 30.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.3 helps, 2.3 takes and 0.8 blocks in 1,072 video games with the Bulls and Washington Wizards.

MJ won 5 MVPs, one DPOY, 6 champions, 6 Finals MVPs and 10 scoring titles. 

Drexler didn’t win 6 rings, 6 Finals MVPs, 5 regular-season MVPs and 10 scoring titles like Jordan. However, he had a wonderful profession and made the Hall of Fame in 2004.

Drexler won his only champion in 1995 as a member of the Houston Rockets. He completed his NBA profession with averages of 20.4 points, 6.1 rebounds, 5.6 helps, 2.0 takes and 0.7 blocks in 1,086 video games with the Blazers and Rockets.