Would you say AI was better than prime T-Mac?

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KingJay said:
AI was better. TMac had more talent, but few players ever could dominate a game the way AI did. His heart gives him the edge. What he did in 2000-01 was legendary. He had like 6 or 7 games of ~45+ points in that playoff run :ohlawd:
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...but that efficiency :hhh:
 
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Draje said:
...but that efficiency :hhh:
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Meanwhile AI carried a bum af squad to the NBA Finals and was the only person to beat the Lakers in a playoff game that year, and TMac never even made it to the Conference Finals, did he? :francis:

All that extra efficiency really took TMac far in the playoffs, didn't it :sas2:
 
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KingJay said:
Meanwhile AI carried a bum af squad to the NBA Finals and was the only person to beat the Lakers in a playoff game that year, and TMac never even made it to the Conference Finals, did he? :francis:

All that extra efficiency really took TMac far in the playoffs, didn't it :sas2:
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T-Mac didn't play with a 6MoY, CoY, and DPoY, he didn't play on a defensive minded team where the offense was predicated on him shooting 25-30 times per game.

In getting to the Finals, the Eastern Conference Finals against the Bucks was rigged with the officials in the 76ers favor.
If crooked NBA playoff series were heavyweight boxers, then the 2002 Western finals (Lakers-Kings) was George Foreman and the 2001 Eastern finals (Bucks-Sixers) was Earnie Shavers. Translation: People remember only George, but Earnie was almost as memorable. To briefly recap, Philly's wins in Games 1 and 4 swung on a controversial lane violation and two egregious no-calls. The Sixers finished with advantages of 186-120 in free throws, 12-3 in technicals and 5-0 in flagrant fouls. Glenn Robinson, one of Milwaukee's top-two scorers, didn't even attempt a free throw until Game 5. Bucks coach George Karl and star Ray Allen were fined a combined $85,000 after the series for claiming the NBA rigged it. In that game, Milwaukee's best big man, Scott Williams, was charged with a flagrant foul but not thrown out, only to be suspended, improbably, for Game 7.

The defining game: When Philly stole a must-win Game 4 in Milwaukee despite an atrocious performance from Iverson (10-for-32 shooting), helped by a 2-to-1 free-throw advantage and a host of late calls. How one-sided was it? When an official called a harmless touch foul to send Sam Cassell to the line with two seconds left and the Bucks trailing by seven (maybe the all-time we-need-to-pad-the-free-throw-stats-so-they-don't-seem-so-lopsided-afterward call), the subsequent sarcastic standing ovation nearly morphed into the first-ever sarcastic riot. And this was Milwaukee, the most easygoing city in the country! Nobody remembers this. The real loser was Allen, who exploded for 190 points in the series, including a record nine threepointers in do-or-die Game 6. Nobody remembers this, either. Even I didn't remember it. Crap.
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-Bill Simmons

T-Mac always did his part and put up big time numbers averaging 30+ in those first round series, it not his fault that weak supporting cast and circumstances led to him losing.
 
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