Back when he starred for the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan was a part of a bunch of exciting individual showdowns.
There was Jordan vs. Dominique Wilkins, Jordan vs. Isiah Thomas, Jordan vs. Magic Johnson and Jordan vs. Clyde Drexler.
And there was also Jordan vs. Larry Bird, which turned into a popular video game in the late 1980s.
Everybody knows a thing or two about those battles, but what about Jordan vs. the great LaBradford Smith?
I know what you're thinking: LaBradford who?
Smith, the 19th overall pick in the 1991 NBA Draft, should never be brought up in the same conversation as Hall of Famers like Magic and Bird since he only averaged 6.7 points per game for his three-year career.
However, he can brag for the rest of his life that he once had quite a game against Prime Jordan in the early 1990s.
On March 19, 1993, Smith's lottery-bound Washington Bullets traveled to Chicago to take on the defending champion Bulls. Smith received his fourth straight start as he teamed with All-Star Michael Adams in the backcourt and was given the assignment of matching up with Jordan.
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Michael Jordan vs. LaBradford Smith: The Interesting Two-Game Rivalry of 1993
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