Also way more teams make the playoffs now, take this year the Lakers would have been out without the ridiculous playoffs.
You lose all credibility as a poster, unfortunately, when you make a claim that LBJ is better at everything else other than scoring...
Yes, MJ is a much better defensive player, better in the clutch, better leader, better winner. LBJ is a better rebounder going by numbers, but, he’s 3 inches taller than MJ was & MJ also played in the era of the big man. MJ averaged 6.2 rebounds per game as a SG, while LBJ, at 6-9, has averaged 7.5 over his career, so far. An argument can be made that MJ is actually the better rebounder, factoring in size & the positions each guy played.
Scottie Pippen had way more playoff success without Jordan than Jordan did without Pippen. In 5 seasons without Pippen, Jordan just had 1 playoff win. Pippen had 20 playoff wins without Jordan. I’m not saying that Pippen is better than Jordan but to act like Pippen was trash without Jordan is comical. I think Jordan is definitely one of the greatest to ever play but I think it’s debatable on who the G.O.A.T is.
Single handedly? Those Lakers & Celtics teams had a lot more around Magic & Bird than the Bulls had around MJ. Especially, the Lakers. Kareem was the best player on that 80 team & possibly the best player in the NBA at the time. The Bulls had been terrible for a while when they drafted MJ & he didn’t get much help at all in his first 3 seasons. Nothing that would compare to Kareem, Norm Nixon, Jamaal Wilkes, Spencer Haywood, Tiny Archibald, Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, Cornbread Maxwell. Take a look at those Bulls’ rosters from 85-87. They were dreadful. But, this is the closest I’ll ever come to saying anything negative about Bird or Magic. They would both be in my all-time starting 5.
Wait a second...so you are telling me that LBJ, the face of the NBA for 15 years, the golden calf of the NBA, the most marketed NBA player in the world for the past 15 years, could never win defensive player of the year because he wasn't popular enough? That's the logic you are going with?
You addressed nothing from my previous post. Absolutely nothing. Jordan has the stats and accolades in his favor, not LBJ. I am using a legitimate statistical analysis. Jordan is statistically the better scorer and defender. LBJ is statistically better at distributing and rebounding.
Your argument makes no sense. Of course Jordan needed another high caliber player to win titles. Just like LBJ needed Wade, Bosh, Irving, Love, and AD. Just like basically every other superstar in NBA history. That does nothing to distinguish who is the better overall player between Jordan and LBJ. I don't even know what you are arguing anymore lol.
Bulls lost in the Conference Semifinals to the Knicks that year. The Eastern Conference was really watered down that year as only four players from the east made the All-NBA team compared to nine players the previous year.
"Powerhouse GROUP of players"?
The Bulls lost to the Celtics, who were in the midst of their dominance....I mean he lost to Bird, McHale, etc....That Celtics team was 67-15. Starting 5 for that series?
Wilt and Michael average the same (30.1) points per game for their careers.
I've always wondered if MJ regrets coming outta retirement the second time to play a couple years with the Wizards...he would have had the highest scoring avg all to himself if he hadn't come out of retirement.
