Nobody said Malone wasn’t the driving force. And I highly doubt every single assist of his went to Karl Malone. A good bit but it is very unlikely every single one went to Karl Malone. Karl Malone doesn’t have anything to do with the steal numbers either, that’s all personal effort on defense. And Chris Paul lost in the playoffs literally every year as well, and has always been known for choking/blowing series leads/being injured so that argument makes no sense. Even in this playoffs the suns have a better offensive net rating with Chris Paul off the floor. And I’m pretty sure John was the one that put the jazz up a point in game six of the 98 finals with some seconds left. Before JORDAN hit the shot to win it. So yes, if there wasn’t a Michael Jordan in the world, the jazz would probably be 2 time champions in the league and John Stockton would have 2 rings. I stand by my argument, if cp3 wins the chip we can talk, but if not John Stockton had the better career