3ba11
06-21-2024, 05:55 PM
Only the GOAT could win with a sidekick that wasn't capable of 30-pt playoff games... :confusedshrug:
Among notable 90's sidekicks, Pippen had the worst efficiency, passing, clutch and also the lowest peak capability (couldn't get 30), which is why Shaq famously said that Pippen wasn't on scouting reports - teams didn't have to double his weak scoring capability or close out on his historically-low efficiency and bricklaying - so he wasn't on scouting reports except that he afforded opposing coaches the rare luxury of sagging off and packing the paint for MJ's drives.
Ultimately, only MJ was forced to defeat maximum defensive attention (carry scoring load) for every series, title run or Finals of his career.. Anyone that won with Pippen would need to average over 30 in the playoffs against packed paints and 10 more than their sidekick in every series - only MJ could do that.
It's remarkable because the only guys that Pippen outscored were guards that were underperforming against MJ (Dumars, Starks, Price, Harper, Stockton, Porter, Hornacek, Steve Smith, etc), while getting destroyed by his own matchup and opposing SF's such as Johnny Newman, Aguirre, Nance, X-Man, Dominique, Larry Johnson, Schrempf, Juwan Howard, Glen Rice and many more.
Among notable 90's sidekicks, Pippen had the worst efficiency, passing, clutch and also the lowest peak capability (couldn't get 30), which is why Shaq famously said that Pippen wasn't on scouting reports - teams didn't have to double his weak scoring capability or close out on his historically-low efficiency and bricklaying - so he wasn't on scouting reports except that he afforded opposing coaches the rare luxury of sagging off and packing the paint for MJ's drives.
Ultimately, only MJ was forced to defeat maximum defensive attention (carry scoring load) for every series, title run or Finals of his career.. Anyone that won with Pippen would need to average over 30 in the playoffs against packed paints and 10 more than their sidekick in every series - only MJ could do that.
It's remarkable because the only guys that Pippen outscored were guards that were underperforming against MJ (Dumars, Starks, Price, Harper, Stockton, Porter, Hornacek, Steve Smith, etc), while getting destroyed by his own matchup and opposing SF's such as Johnny Newman, Aguirre, Nance, X-Man, Dominique, Larry Johnson, Schrempf, Juwan Howard, Glen Rice and many more.