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^^^ if Mo's spacing was replaced by Pippen's bricks.
Pippen told Rachel Nichols that he can't provide the spacing that certain players need and compared himself to a bad Westbrick fit:
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmBbmIE_Kxc&t=114s[/url]
So Pippen could never provide the spacing to open up Lebron's stiff-arm game and win 66 games.. Therefore, Mo was a better teammate for Lebron than Pippen would be... Carry on.
Did MJ ever lead a cast that bad to 66 wins?
[QUOTE=1987_Lakers;15021867]Did MJ ever lead a cast that bad to 66 wins?[/QUOTE]
Jordan 3-peated with less scoring help and worse defenses
You've just been lied to
The 1st three-peat Bulls never had a top 3 defense, or 3rd scoring options, or 3rd player with all-star resume
Lebron needed the East all-star center just to make the 06' Playoffs, and a 22/6/5 1st team defender, and then they added 2 more all-stars in 09' and 10'... Jamison is a better scorer than Pippen, and the Cavs had better defenses
[QUOTE=3ba11;15021868]Jordan 3-peated with less scoring help and worse defenses
You've just been lied to
[B]The 1st three-peat Bulls never had a top 3 defense[/B], or 3rd scoring options, or 3rd player with all-star resume[/QUOTE]
They were the #2 defense in '95 without MJ, or Horace.
Shows you how dominant a defender Pippen was.
[QUOTE=1987_Lakers;15021867]Did MJ ever lead a cast that bad to 66 wins?[/QUOTE]
Did you read the thread title? Lebron had an all-star teammate, and he already had the East all-star center and the #3 defense.. Then they added another all-star in 2010 that was a better scorer than Pippen (while still having better defenses)
[QUOTE=1987_Lakers;15021870]They were the #2 defense in '95 without MJ, or Horace.
Shows you how dominant a defender Pippen was.[/QUOTE]
Jamison was a better scorer than Pippen, so the Cavs had a better scorer than Pippen at 3rd option, and better team defense, aka better help on both sides of the ball
[QUOTE=3ba11;15021872]Jamison was a better scorer than Pippen, so the Cavs had a better scorer than Pippen at 3rd option, and better team defense, aka better help on both sides of the ball[/QUOTE]
:oldlol:
Anyways, Jamison wasn't on the '09 Cavs.
Grant and Armstrong became All-stars once MJ retired. Pippen finished top 3 in MVP voting in '94.
Most of the Cavs players became bums after LeBron left Cleveland.
[QUOTE=1987_Lakers;15021867]Did MJ ever lead a cast that bad to 66 wins?[/QUOTE]
Also, Lebron won 45 games in 2008 and was locked up in the playoffs, so he needed Mo's spacing to open up his game to MVP-level and add 21 wins
Mo and AD turned around fledgling teams into the league favorite.. That's the historical record