Taking shots like this will generally make you less efficient but….

[HoopsNY]

Good post.

Sure but as you said, it depends how we look at it.

There is correlation between MJ shooting less and the team winning and that makes sense. We can see that even while MJ was around his peak from 1988-1993, as the Bulls got better, his shot attempts generally went down. This happens to most great teams. They rely less on one star as they become better. In 1993 the Bulls were worse than in previous title seasons as their depth in particular got compromised and MJ went up in volume again.

Well said.

[Axe]

Good post.

Sure but as you said, it depends how we look at it.

There is correlation between MJ shooting less and the team winning and that makes sense. We can see that even while MJ was around his peak from 1988-1993, as the Bulls got better, his shot attempts generally went down. This happens to most great teams. They rely less on one star as they become better. In 1993 the Bulls were worse than in previous title seasons as their depth in particular got compromised and MJ went up in volume again.

[GimmeThat]

so the first shot taken is a Lebron shot, and the second shot taken is a Kobe/Jordan shot