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For Russell, on his first two championship teams and his last one, it is evident that he wasn't even the second best player on the team. That's not a swipe though. He was first a very young player on a team loaded with Hall of Famers and a veteran past his prime. There were no Finals MVPs awarded then, but it's likely he could have won six. However, there remains the earlier fact that he had by far the most Hall-of-Fame help of any of the players.

In terms of help, Jordan received significantly less than any of the other three. Statistically speaking, there can be no argument. Jordan is not only clearly ahead in terms of absolute value. He is also clearly ahead in relative value. However, there will be those who argue that numbers don't tell the whole story. Now, first, I will say that I agree with that. It has been my observation though that generally when people make that argument, they deny the part of the story that the numbers do tell.

Numbers don't tell the whole story, but they do tell a pretty good chunk of it. As to the part that the numbers don't tell, Jordan wins there as well. He's the only one of them who never lost in a finals. He is the only one who won the finals MVP every time. He's the only one who never played a game seven. He has won two series on a game-winning assist and he's won one series with a game-winning shot.

He had the flu game. He had the shrug. He had the cry. He had not one, but two point finals games. He had eight point games. His "worst" game in the finals was "only" 22 points with four boards and four assists. When John Hollinger did his best finals performances, Jordan had four of the top 10 slots and five of the top The narrative part of the story is not lost on Michael Jordan. No, the story is not lost there. Nor is it stuck in only the finals.

His game itself is what separates him from mere mortals, or even the "demigods," such as Kobe Bryant and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The most amazing thing about Jordan is that his best help was not Scottie Pippen. It's not to take anything away from Pippen, but it's what Pippen wasn't that makes Jordan extraordinary, and that's a big man. When you look at every other great team, there's always been a ball handler and distributor on the outside, and a scorer, a big man, on the inside.

Jordan was unique in that he served as both. He was the primary ball handler and passer on the team, and he was the primary scorer in the paint. Former Pistons guard Joe Dumars once said that 95 percent of the Bulls' plays are intended for Michael Jordan, and the other five percent end up in his hands anyway.

No other player in NBA history has won multiple championships the way that Jordan did. One could argue that LeBron James has been the same kind of player, but he hasn't won championships.

Kobe could score in the paint, but he never won without a great scoring big man. Kareem had Oscar Robertson, and then Magic Johnson. Michael Jordan had Horace Grant, who had one season where he scored That's the only time in his career where he had a big man score more than 15 points in the playoffs. That's not taking anything away from Pippen. It also says something about him that he was able to be the complement to Jordan, but Jordan was as unique as anyone has ever been in that regard.

Now the last thing you might bring up is that Russell's defense was the primary reason the Celtics won and that has to be taken into account. Well, the same is true of the Bulls. They were one of the elite defensive teams in their era, and Jordan was a big part of the reason why. Since then, Kobe Bryant has tied that record. Yes, Russell played great defense, but he is not the only player on his team who did, nor is he the only player on this list who did.

The reason that Jordan's rings count for more is that he did more than any of the others' in terms of both constant value and relative value, in both the postseason as a whole and in the finals specifically, and in both the stats and the narrative, Jordan is without question, the greatest postseason player of all time, and the greatest player of all time.

Enjoy our content? EliasSports pic. Rodman completed his illustrious NBA career with an average of 7. The latest episodes of Michael Jordan's The Last Dance shed light on how the Bulls star studied his opponents to perfect his defensive play. Jordan referred to him as one of the smartest players he has played with, as he could understand defensive strategy with all the rotations.

Rodman holds the league record for games with plus rebounds in NBA history. No other player has more than Had to rewind and pause. More Nylon Calculus ». View all NBA Sites. More Atlantic News ». More FS Atlantic News ».

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