re: How is Lebron at 38 still able to outperform MJ at 34.

"Punching someone not a foul"? The point is if today's player, back then as well, if he gets punched once, twice in the first quarter, he won't be driving in for a lay up in the rest of the game. What's also missing the point is any era's superstar would excel in either era. Superstars are superstars. It's the rest of the rosters who would not be having 50 point games. Today, 50 points in a game is no big deal anymore.