Pippen continued, "The fact that he doesn't know how to deal with people is one thing. His dominance on the court is nowhere near Jordan's, either."
Pippen's comment was truly shocking.
After all, people had already recognized Wang Yi's dominance. Even Jordan had repeatedly praised him in public, saying Wang Yi was far more dominant than he himself had been.
Now Pippen was saying this, and it naturally angered a lot of people.
Unconcerned, Pippen went on, clearly chasing views:
"Forget everything else. Just look at the stats from these Finals. Wang Yi is averaging a mere 25 points per game. Jordan, even at the advanced age of 36, averaged 33 points in the Finals. And Jordan played in an era that encouraged physical play."
"Back then, scoring even one point in the Finals was a life-or-death struggle. Now we're in an era of inflated stats that encourages offense. Wang Yi is averaging eight points fewer than Jordan. That's a huge gap."
Pi Er was just hating for the sake of hating.
Yes, Wang Yi was averaging only 25 points, but that wasn't because he couldn't score more. He simply preferred to beat opponents with his tactics and coaching philosophy rather than rely on his individual ability.
And Pi Er was looking only at points, ignoring all the other stats.
In addition to averaging 25 points, Wang Yi was putting up 13.7 rebounds and 10.8 assists per game.
A triple-double average in the Finals.
How many players could average a triple-double in the Finals?
Even Jordan had never done it.
On top of that, over these two Finals games, Wang Yi had also averaged 9.7 blocks and 6.9 steals.
Put it this way: he was nearly averaging a quadruple-double in the Finals.
He'd put up those numbers and led his