And this is a very well articulated testimonial in support of that shot - a shot that I think benefits from the legend of the man. It doesn't wholly owe to the legend of the man, it just benefits from it somewhat.
It's a little like the Miracle on Ice: if you don't win that game, yes, you go home. But they neither won the medal anymore than that shot won the title.
I'm going to sum it up this way: Jordan was a heck of a player, and so was Jabbar.
(So too was Chamberlain, Russell, Magic, Erving, West, Bird, and, yes, even LeBron!)