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I AGREE fully with (Gary) Payton. I'm gonna say another thing too and go even further and SAY that John Stockton, in his prime, was a BETTER offensive force than Michael Jordan was in his prime. BLASPHEMY#%$#^&*( Nope, just the truth. And I'm gonna prove it! Now all off you are gonna say: "Pfff! Jordan in his best year averaged 37.1 ppg while Stockton in his best year averaged 17.2 ppg. OWNED!!!" No Contest. The G.O.A.T Wins by a landslide etc. NOT TRUE! In fact, FAAR from it. If you want to to calculate the full offensive contribution of a players you must also take into the account their assists*, their efficiency** and their arsenal of offensive tools*** a defender has to deal with. * Assists First let's calculate the average net worth of an assist in that era, which is above 2 pts and not exactly 2 points because you also have to take into the account the three point plays. In NBA, at that time, the ratio of field goals to 3 points made was around 13:1, so that puts the average worth of an assist at around 2.07 points. In today's times the ratio is closer to 10:1. Here I'm gonna list the best personal years of both players in the NBA: In '87 Jordan had 37.1 ppg and 4.6 ast (in 40 minutes) with 0.182 3pt% = 37.1 + 4.6*2.07 = 46,62 total combined points from goals and assists per game In '90 Stockton had 17.2 ppg and 14.5 ast (in 37.4 minutes!) with 0.416 3pt% = 17.2 + 14.5*2.07 = 47,21 total combined points from goals and assists per game So as you can clearly see, Stockton's offensive OUTPUT is straight up better than Jordan's just by BRUTE points/assists combined. * * Efficiency: It is widely known that Stockton was by far the most efficient PASSER, by FAR, out of all the point guards, not even Magic being able to match his best years with his. In fact, the only reason Stockton is #2 at efficiency per career behind Magic is because Magic retired early because of his HIV while Stockton grew old and his last years hurt his stats. Stockton IS the #1 & #1 in most assists Ever and in most Steals Ever by light years ahead of anyone else. Related to efficiency, the Jordan comparison and the combined points&assists per game above, I can also say that Jordan played more minutes than Stockton as I pointed out (40 min vs 37.4min). As a matter of fact, per 36 min Jordan has only 41,88 pts vs 45,58 of Stockton's * * * Offensive arsenal Although Jordan was extremely good at driving to the rim and a good free throw shooter, he was limited in everything else: Jordan's 3PT% in '87 was 0,182 while Stockton's 3PT% '90 was 0.416%.
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