did mike always have maximum defense attention becos he cant pass?

[QUOTE=3ba11;14634118][SIZE=3]Lebron was lottery with:[/SIZE]


[Indent][B]05' Zydrunas[/b].... 18/9 and 2.1 blk.. 19.5 PER.. 0.149 WS/48.. #12 team defense
[B]90' Pippen[/B]........ 16/7 and 1.2 blk.. 16.3 PER.. 0.087 WS/48... #19 team defense[/indent]


[SIZE=3]^^^ Whereas MJ nearly beat the champs in 1990 with less help on both sides of the ball[/SIZE]


[B]09' Mo Will[/b]...'.... 17.2 PER.. 2.3 BPM.. 0.165 WS/48.. 3.1 VORP.... #3 team defense
[B]89' Pippen[/B]........ 14.9 PER.. 0.4 BPM.. 0.080 WS/48.. 1.5 VORP.. #11 team defense

[B]09' Cavs[/B]'..... #3 defense... 18 on 38% from Mo... lost to #4 SRS Magic (2 all-stars)
[B]89' Bulls[/B].... #11 defense... 15 on 40% from Pip... defeat #1 SRS Cavs' (3 all-stars)*


* plus Ron Harper (20/5/5)






There's tons of examples of Lebron having a garbage team offense, yet you don't use that against him to say he wasn't a good playmaker.

Heck, you're talking about the Bulls' offense in 1997, which Lebron never matched in 20 years - so your logic says that Lebron's playmaking skills are garbage compared to Paxson, MJ or Pippen, who shared the playmaking duties (MJ led in assists for nearly every playoff run, including 3 title runs).

Ultimately, it's hard to claim that Lebron's playmaking is better when his offenses are much worse despite more offensive help.

So again, Lebron wasn't a better playmaker, hence Jordan's higher assists for the first 9 years of their playoff careers, along with higher team offenses, lower turnovers, and more winning..







Jordan's point guard stint in 89' was against the toughest part of their schedule where the teams during that stretch averaged 45 wins.. This explains the offensive drop-off along with the Bulls simply transitioning to a ball-dominant offense, which is inherently inferior to a more ball movement approach..

You don't seem to understand that the 90' Bulls had the #19 defense and [U]much[/U] less offensive help than Lebron ever had - so it was a worse cast than Lebron's worst lottery teams in 05', 19' or 22'... Again, the 90' Bulls had a much worse defense (19th), while Pippen had lower stats than Mo Williams or Zydrunas across the board (less offensive help).. 05' Hughes actually demolishes Pippen the most (before he arrived on the Cavs).. So Lebron's worst teams had better help on both sides of the ball than the 89' or 90' Bulls - aka don't tell me Lebron would've had a better team or offense because he had worse teams despite more help.






Ball-domination NEVER is

Btw, Jordan was actually thrown into the Playoffs as an 8 seed in Year 1, while Lebron got 3 years to develop his team into a veteran high seed before entering the 06' Playoffs.. The all-star duo of Lebron/Zydrunas added a 22/5/5 all-defender and the future COY to make the 06' Playoffs, which is a comparable cast to anything Jordan ever had

With minimal offensive help, MJ had the #1 offense of all-time in 91', 92', 96', and 97' based on the 115 ortg and the margin above league average.. Lebron couldn't do that with Pippen because he had better offensive help but yielded worse offenses.. So your thinking on this is distorted - MJ carried Pippen to those great offenses - Pippen's production wasn't elite or dominant[/QUOTE]

You're right about the last 25 games being against the toughest competition, so I concede to your point. Only about 5-6 of those games were against non-playoff contending teams.