re: My nostalgia for Larry Bird- Magic Johnson era NBA basketball has reached absurd levels

Sure, you took it to mean emotion and a feelings preference, what I actually meant is stats and highlights. You have a misunderstanding of what stats are, they only tell you what happened they don’t tell you why and how something happened. Thats the difference I’m referring to, you judge the game by its surface. A perfect example is the 2014 finals where if you look at Lebrons numbers you’d think he dominated but if you watch the games you saw him get dominated.

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I think Embiid is a better low post, back to the basket scorer specifically.

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Well that's a terrible take, but not surprising given that you've littered this thread with pages of dimwitted idiocy.

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Rockets

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Olajuwon would be even better in today's game.Probably the most athletic big man ever. Would probably be the best defender in the league.



Imagine what he could do wit no one hanging on to him inside. He averaged 32.8 points a game in the Finals with Shaq holding on to him every time he drove.

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A perfect example is the 2014 finals where if you look at Lebrons numbers you’d think he dominated but if you watch the games you saw him get dominated.

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1. How did he get dominated.

2. Who the frick uses 2014 Lebron finals stats to debate Lebron’s greatness?

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I mean just look at the FT%.

That has nothing to do with system, pace, refs, etc.

Of the top 10 years of FT%, 7 came since 2015. The outliers are 09, 74, and 89

Since the 70s, the 10 worst years of FT% (from worst to least worst):

99, 94, 95, 98, 97, 83, 96, 82, 01, and 00

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Since nobody replied, we'll follow up with eFG%

Here is the list, in order, of the top-10 eFG% years of all time:

1. 24
2. 23
3. 21
4. 22
5. 20
6. 19
7. 18
8. 17
9. 16
10. 14

Here is a list, in order, of the worst eFG% teams after the 70s (from worst to least worst)

1. 99
2. 04
3. 01
4. 03
5. 02
6. 98
7. 00
8. 05
9. 94
10. 80

followed up immediately by: 91, 92, 12, 83, 87, 81, 88, 89, 90, 06

Are we detecting a pattern yet?

How about TS%?

Here is the list, in order, of the top-10 eFG% years of all time:

23
24
21
22
20
19
18
17
09
10

Here is a list, in order, of the worst eFG% teams after the 70s (from worst to least worst)

99
04
01
03
02
00
98
12
94
05

This is where you see the progeny of 90s thug/coward ball almost killing the NBA, post-Jordan.

Because it’s not about objectively viewing the game it’s about him validating what he likes because it’s all he’s experienced. It would be like you or me constantly attacking Bill Russell or Wilt Chamberlin just because we didn’t witness them in real time. It’s absurd.

ZING!!!!!!!

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Because defense is absolute shite.

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How does this impact FT%?

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The top 10 FG% seasons in order are

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Also, I see 0 teams from the 90s on there. You may want to check where they land on your FG% gotcha attempt

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Some might find it odd that you’d choose a deliberately biased statistics

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FT%, eFG%,and TS% are not "deliberately biased statistics"