Re: Rank these past NBA Teams
Ok, let's move on from Pax and Kerr--when in Rome I guess.
Calling Harper a joke on offense is a bit much IMO. I definitely agree that he took too many 3pt attempts that he just flat couldn't make while in Chicago but you have to realize what was going on in Chi that made it LOOK like he was much worse than he was. His numbers may look bad while in Chi but that is surface stuff--the year before he got to Chi he avg'ed 20 ppg just as he had avg'ed 18-22 every year before that. He was also taking 1300 shots compared to his 400 in Chi, of course he is going to only avg. 6 points a game or whatever in Chi. His role isn't to score, that is what MJ, Pippen and Kukoc are there for. His FG% didn't drop either, he was a mid four hundreds guy most every year. His production numbers went down b/c of his role not b/c he "was a joke on offense."
Harper went from 17.8 to 6.4 FGA in his first year in Chi.
MJ avg'ed 23.9
Pippen avg'ed 16.7
Kukoc avg'ed 11.9
There's 52 shots right there, only about 20-25 more to go around and we have only covered 3 players. Only so many shots to go around on a team.
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