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1992 Pippen..... 21.0 and 7.0 apg... 55.5 ts
1994 Pippen..... 22.0 and 5.6 apg... 54.4 ts
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Originally Posted by Carnivore
Maybe there's a reason nobody was able to put up big offensive numbers while playing with Jordan, and maybe that reason had something to do with how Jordan played.
1994 confirmed that Pippen's peak capability was 22 ppg, which was the same as the 19-21 ppg with greater assists and better efficiency that he averaged alongside MJ... In contrast to teammates playing to capacity alongside the expert jumpshooting skill of MJ, Kobe and Curry, dozens of Lebron or Luka's teammates were cratered by their high-scoring ball-domination and subsequent imposition of spot-up roles..
So the historical record shows that there was nothing wrong with Jordan's game because teammates grew by leaps and bounds alongside him (goat teammate development) and teammates played to capacity (goat chemistry).. The goat chemistry was due to Jordan's goat scoring diversity that fit with every teammate or system.
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Originally Posted by Carnivore
When JR Smith puts up 18 ppg on 66% TS, its because he was playing with Lebron, and had he been playing with Jordan instead, he never puts up those numbers.
JR Smith averaged those exact stats except better true shooting alongside Melo in the 08' Playoffs against Kobe (2nd goat).
Secondly, Jordan developed pippen
into an 18 ppg player, while Lebron was
handed an 18 ppg player - JR Smith averaged 18/5/3 as 6MOY in New York before joining Lebron and had the aforementioned 18 on 69 ts alongside Melo..
Everyone knows that JR Smith is one of the most talented "what if's" in NBA history, aka what if his head was screwed on right.. Lebron was always gifted great talents but never developed players, which contrasts with Jordan's record of goat teammate development - all the best players that 80's Jordan played with grew astronomically, such as Pippen, BJ, Horace, Oakley and Woolridge, whereas no one grew into meaningful producers on Lebron's watch because his skillset of high-scoring ball-domination imposes spot-up roles (decreases his teammates' assists and increases their assisted rate).