Michael Jordan 'warned' all basketball players about dangerous tactic that is 'ruining the NBA'

Michael Jordan issued a warning to basketball players about a dangerous tactic which many feel is ruining the game.

The six-time NBA champion is widely considered to be the greatest player of all-time and has an incredible legacy after his exploits on the court.

Jordan is a five-time MVP and a scoring champion on ten occasions but wasn't exactly remembered for his three pointers - which has become the most common form of offense in recent years.

The three-point line was introduced back in the 1979/80 season and it is Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry holds the record for the most three-points made with 3,856 out of 9,077 attempted (42.5%).

Jordan, meanwhile scored 581 out of an attempted 1,778 three-pointers - therefore giving him a career average of 32.7 percent. But he didn't need to be hitting three-pointers galore because of how good he was at the rim and in other areas of his game.

Plenty of fans these days feel as though the constant attempts to try and match Curry in shooting from the three-point line is having a negative impact on the game.

But Jordan was ahead of the curve as back in 1992, he was asked about hitting six threes in the first half of game one of the NBA Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Michael Jordan scored 581 three-pointers in his career. Image: Getty

He played down that facet of his game, claiming that it isn't an area he was looking to improve due to not wanting to become one-dimensional.

"My 3-point shooting is something that I don't want to excel at because it takes away from all phases of my game," Jordan said.

"My game is a fake drive to the hole, penetrate, dish off, dunk, whatever. When you have that mentality, as I found out in the first game of making 3s, you don't go to the hole as much.

"You go to the 3-point line and you start sitting there waiting for someone to find you.

"That's not my mentality. I don't want to create that because it takes away my other parts of my game."

Reacting to the video on YouTube, plenty of fans believe Jordan was bang on the money.

One commented: "Waiting at the 3pt line seems like the whole league's mentality right now!"

A second agreed: "He just described today’s NBA."

A third weighed in: "Him saying this really put pressure on how today's game is played. Being all around on the court makes you stand out as a star."

A final user stated: "And this is the exact reason the NBA is lost. MJ was a pure player. The best."