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Good stuff. BUT. The Joe Johnson comparison is off. Joe Johnson had proven that he was a high caliber player, but he didn't prove that he could be the man and worth the amount of money he signed for. Iggy has proven that he is just a good player. John Salmons would be a better comparison to Iggy because unlike both of those guys Joe Johnson can play without the ball the ENTIRE game and score 40+ points.
Johnson put up 17/5/4 with Nash on a team conducive to inflating stats and now he's putting up 22/4/5 on a crappy team.
Andre put up 12/5/3 with Iverson on a mediocre team and now he's putting up 19/6/4.5 on a crappy team.
Their stats are nearly identical now and aside from scoring 5 more ppg playing on the Suns, playing with Nash as opposed to Iverson, and playing with 3 years experience as opposed to 2, they were pretty similar then. I am failing to see how you're putting Johnson at a higher pedestal than Andre to where Johnson is a #3 and Andre a #4.