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9x All Defensive 1st
imagine if mike won a 1st rd series without pippen
then there could be no 1-9 and he would finally be upgraded to consensus top 5 for once?
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NBA Legend
Re: imagine if mike won a 1st rd series without pippen
Booker just knocked LeTiny out of the top20
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9x All Defensive 1st
Re: imagine if mike won a 1st rd series without pippen
7631
keep up
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Good college starter
Re: imagine if mike won a 1st rd series without pippen
Imagine if Larry Hughes hadn't taught Lebron how to make it out of the lottery
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Re: imagine if mike won a 1st rd series without pippen
Originally Posted by theman93
Imagine if Larry Hughes hadn't taught Lebron how to make it out of the lottery
That's true - Lebron had 3 years to develop his team into a high seed before entering the 06' Playoffs, and this included acquiring a 22/6/5 all-defender (Hughes)
Lebron proceeded to reduce him to a spot-up shooter, so hughes was nothing, similar to other wings like Ingram or Jamison alongside LeCancer
Otoh, Jordan's scoring was partially assisted, thereby elevating teammate role, so guys like Pippen grew by leaps and bounds alongside him.
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9x All Defensive 1st
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Good college starter
Re: imagine if mike won a 1st rd series without pippen
Originally Posted by And1AllDay
rd 1 wins
mike w/o pip = zero
bran w/o hughes = 13
next
How come Lebron couldn't make it out of the lottery until Hughes came to town?
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Re: imagine if mike won a 1st rd series without pippen
Originally Posted by theman93
How come Lebron couldn't make it out of the lottery until Hughes came to town?
That's true.. Lebron got 3 years to develop the team into a high seed before entering the playoffs in 06'.. Part of this 3-year process was seeing the Cavs go from 0 all-stars in 04', to 2 all-stars in 05' (Lebron, Zydrunas), and then acquiring a 22/6/5 all-defender along with the future COY in 06' (and drafted Varajao).
This is a lot of development over 3 years.. Otoh, Jordan was thrown into the playoffs in Year 1 as eight seed...
But when Jordan had 3 healthy seasons to develop his team (88'), he made the 2nd round just like 06' Lebron.. However, Jordan was carrying an 8 ppg rookie in a conference that required a super-team to win it, while Lebron had a 2-time all-star center and 22/5/5 acquisition in a conference that 1 star teams routinely won.
Last edited by 3ba11; 07-09-2021 at 09:52 PM.
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9x All Defensive 1st
Re: imagine if mike won a 1st rd series without pippen
imagine it. close your eyes and think deep to imagine a world wheere mikey mouse is able to free himself of the first round shackles without pippen for once in his life
pause
still pause
now wake up becos thats not reality
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