Official Michael Jordan 'The Last Dance' Doc Thread (NO SPOILERS)

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I think jerry west and phil had already agreed 2 him coaching the lakers i think phil wanted a year off before
 
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nieman said:
I didn't look it up. I went off memory. Clyde was considered on MJs level, and Reggie never was. That's the truth. Clyde didn't go left and dribbled with his head down, and still was a better player than Reggie. Reggie was barely a 20ppg scorer, and didn't do anything else. Clyde gave you scoring, rebounding, passing, and a little defense. The Pacers were built to model the Knicks (jump shooting C, scoring from the SG, and bruisers at the 3 & 4). Reggie was consistent, but he was never considered n MJ level, as Glide was. And the Pacers were never legitimate ccontenders until Jalen Rose was on that team. He's a Richmond/RIP type player.
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And it was overrating Clyde to put him on Jordan's level. That was a joke of a comparison, misses all of the nuance and skill of Jordan's game.

You need to look at Reggie's playoff games. He averaged well over 20ppg in a 109 game sample size. No "barely". And he did so with far better shooting consistency than Drexler. If you think he did nothing else, you probably don't understand his game and how the Pacers functioned around the threat of his shooting. I can show you some examples of Reggie getting teammates open buckets that aren't recorded on the stat sheet, if you want. Including the wide open corner three that effectively won a game 7 in '00 because two guys went to Miller. Also some iso work from him to close that game against the Bucks.

Memory is faulty and it always helps to back it up with some facts. Not just stats, film. Plenty of that on Miller. He looks a lot better than what you probably remember if you do look at some old film.

The Pacers made the Eastern Conference Finals and pushed the Knicks to 7 in 1994. Rose was not on the team. The Pacers made the Eastern Conference Finals and pushed the Magic to 7 in 1995. Rose was also not on the team. I don't know how good you think he was.

You can say he was a Richmond/Rip type but you need to back it up with something other than memory. I'm not seeing the comparison in terms of career value or peak performance, including the postseason.
 
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