It's no shame being compared to McDyess. He was a baller prior to his injury. That said, I'd say peak Bosh was a bit better because he was more consistent.
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It's no shame being compared to McDyess. He was a baller prior to his injury. That said, I'd say peak Bosh was a bit better because he was more consistent.
[QUOTE=RRR3;14945182]I think it’s hilarious this dude is having a meltdown over McDyess being compared to Bosh but expects us to believe it’s reasonable to say Bosh>Pippen.[/QUOTE]
The pre-injury McDyess is a great example - that's Pippen's caliber and actually McDyess was a better talent but simply didn't have the winning spotlight of playing with Jordan, or the perfect no-pressure role in a system with good coaching - McDyess was All-NBA without the winning spotlight of titles and perfect situation for development that Pippen needed.
Jordan + any McDyess/Pippen/Nance-level talent or even less will win [I]every year[/I] in a 2-star vs 2-star format, and they will still find rings in the 80's super-team era too... MJ/Pippen probably win 2-3 rings in the 80's against those super-teams, and obviously Jordan wins every year in a 2-star vs 2-star format (parity)..
Basically, if you give MJ a similar cast to everyone else, he wins every year, and he still wins a few in eras where his lone all-star teammate is outmatched by 3 or 4 from the opponent.
As a new poster I’m trying to gather the cliff notes for this thread.
It seems like posters would like to conflate Scottie Pippen, Chris Bosh, and Antonio McDyess.
Interesting how Lebron only was able to win with a McDyess type player as a third option. Both MJ and Kobe were able to win with a McDyess type as their second.