nah it's the opposite. It's always "rangz, nothing else matters" except of course when Bill Russel is mentioned and then all of the sudden that lazy argument goes right out the window.

Enlarge this gif if needed - pippen hacks Hubert so that Hubert's hand/wrist is knocked to the left and it sends the shot wayward as well:

HOF announcer Hubie Brown said it was a clear-cut hack right after it happened on live TV:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3FbvWSZQkY&t=01m28s


So you're just lying again to continue the fraudulent Lebron goat case - but you're caught red-handed this time because the video is clear.. it's sad - you're brainwashed or blind!!




Pippen was outplayed by Ewing in the 94' ECSF and averaged 3.0 on 20% in the 4th quarter of that series - that's why Phil instinctively went away from Pippen in crunch-time and it worked - great move by Phil to avoid Pippen in the clutch.. It's too bad he couldn't avoid Pippen for the rest of the 4th as well (3.0 on 20%).

And the point about the 89' ECF is that Jordan lost in 6 games because Pippen literally missed game 6 and basically missed Game 5 too... 10 points from Pippen in these games or the "migraine" game the following year would've allowed MJ to beat the Pistons in 89' and 90'... So the point is that Jordan didn't need anything to beat the Pistons and when he finally started winning from 91-98', he was basically getting these 10 points or total garbage from Pippen - this includes 19 on 42% for his Finals career, or 17 on 41% for the 96-98' Playoffs, or 16 on 40% in multiple critical 7-game series and Finals, or worst-ever shooting splits for the 93' run and 96-98' runs.

So Jordan never had a good cast - the 91' cast was exactly the same as the 89' cast except Pippen/BJ increased by 4 ppg each - neither contributed anymore in the clutch - it was still all MJ every game... That's why the PER, BPM, WS/48 and VORP figures and "gap analysis" performed earlier shows that Jordan had 6 carry-job rings similar to Dirk or Hakeem's one-off carry-jobs.




due to superior developed chemistry, not superior talent

Lebron's team had better supporting talent such as franchise players at 2nd and 3rd option, but Jordan's team would win more without him due to the developed chemistry just like Curry or Jokic's teams would also win more without them for the same reason...

But by no means is Pippen, Klay or Murray anywhere near a franchise player like AD, Wade or even Kyrie, and of course their 3rd options aren't franchise guys either like Bosh or Love were.. From 2011-2016, only Lebron's teams had 3 franchise players on 1 team (super-team), so they were the preseason favorite every year - Durant's only mistake was waiting 6 years to respond..





Do yourself a favor and re-watch the 4th quarter of the 98' ECF - Jordan is making every play down the stretch - Kukoc helps keep it close through 3 quarters, along with Jordan, but Jordan is the dominant player down the stretch of that game.. Pippen was MIA for the series of course - his 16 on 39% was transition or flow points, so never anything that requires game-planning like closing out on shooters/spacers, or potentially doubling or helping on an iso player.. Only MJ required gameplanning like this, and occasionally Kukoc and closing out on Kerr - that's it - but the main issue was how to double-team MJ, which hurts your defensive rebounding, according to Van Gundy (here).

The fact that MJ could turn Kukoc into a guy that could give him spurts of offense is a testament to his CAREER of elevating teammates and teammates playing near capacity (career highs) alongside him.. this contrasts with Lebron's skillset that imposes spot-up roles - there's a long list of guys that cratered alongside this toxic skillset.. :Literally the biggest loser of all-time when we look at bad losses (sweep losses, record losses, upset losses, chokes, lotteries and locked up in a loss - this is 17 of 21 seasons) plus worst-ever Finals record = biggest loser in NBA history.