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What? The shot clock has been reduced, and it is normal to see a player shoot 10 3s per game. If anything he game is built more for scoring now, so your logic is flawed and completely backwards.

Just because the shot clock was longer doesn't mean teams drained it as a stategy to grind out half-court games at a slow pace of play.

This is LSU's 88-89 schedule.

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The overwhelming majority of those games were played in the 80's, 90', 100's. In fact, LSU scored in 100's in ELEVEN games that season. Now if a team scores in the 80's we act like it is a tremendous offensive output. The shot clock may have existed in 1988-89. But LSU didn't care. That team averaged 72 shots per game. Opponents averaged 70. Total, that is about 25 MORE shots per game than what we see now. For reference, THIS LSU team is averaging 58 shots per game...even with a reduced shot clock.

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That roster included Blanton, Sims, and Singleton along with a young Hammink

They were solid, but mostly role players. Blanton was the only other real scoring option for that team.

The point I'm trying to make is that Thomas probably won't get the volume of shots that Jackson got to set the record. Jackson averaged 23 shots per game. Thomas is averaging 17. While FAR and AWAY the most shots any single player has averaged on a Wade team, it's still well below Jackson's average. So, my point remains. If Thomas played under the same conditions Jackson played: 23 shots per game for a coach that was just fine playing games in the 100's, he could average 30+ points. The fact is that is unlikely to happen. Thus, while he very well could be a better scorer than Jackson, it is unlikely he'll exceed his number simply because they played in two different eras.