Re: Percentage of team points scored at 38 yrs old - 24.7% for MJ vs. 21.8% for Lebro
[QUOTE=sdot_thadon;14853129]Actually, nah. Mj had the no.1 pick in the draft that he reverse pippened aka ruined, he had Rip Hamilton who was traded in hindsight, for maybe being too good. He had Stackhouse who was a near 30ppg scorer just a couple years previously. He had Larry "the allstar" Hughes or did he only become that with the Lebron rub? It wasn't his team, he just wasn't able to do what he used to, it happens. 2 years later with a lot of the same guys they were in the postseason. Their best 2 guys got a lot younger.[/QUOTE]
We're talking about 38-year MJ - Stackhouse and Hughes didn't arrive until the 2003 season when MJ was 40, so your post is wrong.
The Wizards won 18 games before MJ arrived in 2001 (38 with him in 2002) and don't compare to these stacked Lakers.. Lebron would never take on the challenge of carrying a bad team to the playoffs and opts to stack the deck since 2011.
Btw, it should be noted that Rip missed a ton of time in 2002 but when Rip and Jordan both played, the Wizards were 15-1 in the last 16 games that both of them played before the injury happened in game #46.. Considering that the Wizards were on a 45-win pace at the All-star break with Rip missing time, they would easily crack 50 wins if both Jordan and Hamilton stayed healthy throughout the season.. Hamilton was Jordan's "pippen" but they simply didn't play together that many games due to injury to both guys.
Re: Percentage of team points scored at 38 yrs old - 24.7% for MJ vs. 21.8% for Lebro
[QUOTE=ShawkFactory;14853131]:lol[/QUOTE]
D-Lo is averaging 18/3/7 on great shooting splits and 1.9 turnovers in 33 MPG
[I]that's far better than anything Jordan had in 2002 and D-Lo is the Lakers [U]third[/U]-best player.[/I]
Meanwhile, guys like Rui, Reaves, Wood, Prince, Reddish and Vincent are deluxe players compared to the bums that Jordan had after Rip (who barely played any games with MJ in 2002 - Rip and MJ's injuries didn't overlap - but they were still 15-1 when they played together before Jordan's injury in game #46)
Re: Percentage of team points scored at 38 yrs old - 24.7% for MJ vs. 21.8% for Lebro
Jordan had Larry “better than Pippen” Hughes on his team.
Bums??