Diophantos

I think Scottie and TMac are fairly close in ability as well, but TMac's 02-03 season was one of the greatest offensive seasons of all time. 32/7/6 with a TS% of 56 and a PER of over 30.

Scottie was a much better defender, and for their careers I'd likely take Scottie, but that season TMac was ridiculous.

The Magic won 42 games that year. Yes, the East was weak. Now look at this roster:
TMac (75 games) - 32/7/6, PER of 30, blah blah
Mike Miller - 49 games for the Magic, traded midseason, avged 16/6 on poor shooting
Drew Gooden - rookie, 19 games for the Magic, acquired midseason, avged 14/8
Gordon Giricek - 27 games for the Magic, acquired midseason, avged 14/5
Grant Hill - 29 games for the Magic, avged 15/7/4 in those games
Pat Garrity - 81 games, avged 11/4
Darrell Armstrong - 82 games, avged 9/4/4
Shawn Kemp - 79 games, avged 7/6 on terrible shooting

So besides TMac, the only significant players who played anywhere close to a full season for this team were Pat Garrity, Darrell Armstrong, and the artist formerly known as Shawn Kemp. The rest was a revolving door cast of injuries and trades. I'm sorry but teams just don't win 42 games with that sort of roster turnover. It just doesn't happen. TMac was ridiculous.

And I'm certainly not trying to discredit Scottie's 94 season. One of my favorite seasons of all time from one of my favorite players of all time. And I hear that Bulls team overcame a little roster turnover of its own to win 55 games (though with a better cast). I just think people don't appreciate how special TMac's 03 season really was.

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