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Magic or Jordan? Which had more impact on there own team?
In 1991 The Lakers were a 57-25 team. In 1992 ,in Magic's 1st year out ,they went 43-39 and slipped to the 8th seed. The Bulls 1st year without Jordan ,they finished 55-27 in 1994 and advanced to the Eastern conference finals. Had it not been for a horrible call on Pippen against Hubert Davis in Game 5,the Bulls would have been playing the Pacers in the ECF. Horace Grant averaged 15 points and 12 rebounds. Pippen averaged 23 points 6 assist ,and was a top 5 MVP candidate. BJ Armstrong was pitching in 14 points a game ,and you had Kukok ,Kerr and Ron Harper also. I think the Bulls proved that year ,that there talent was very underated.This does not mean that automatically Magic had more impact on his team ,but slipping from 57 wins to 43 ,is a big impact on a team.The fact that the Bulls were still capable of winning 55 games without MJ shows you that they had more talent then we originally thought.
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