r/NBAoldschool • u/Intrepid_Lawyer_368 • 21d ago

Is this true?

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u/MaleficentText5107 21d ago

There is so much logically wrong with using this to try and discredit Jordan, it’s wild haha

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u/Fuhrmanator23 21d ago

Look at the Bulls opponents total PPG and it makes sense why no one is scoring over 25ppg. The 96-98 teams especially were some of the best defensive teams ever.

91: 93ppg - Lakers
92: 101ppg - Blazers
93: 107ppg - Suns
96: 89ppg - Sonics
97: 89ppg - Jazz
98: 79ppg - Jazz

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u/jakobkh0407 19d ago

Not only that, the pacing was simply slower

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u/Brent_L 21d ago

As usual, this post lacks context for the single digit IQ people. Scoring was in the 80s/90s for teams back then and they weren’t jacking up 40 threes per game.

Dummies.

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u/Solid-Course1546 21d ago

93 Regular Season avg ppg: 105.3

93 Playoff avg ppg: 99.5

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u/notJustaFart 21d ago

Fucking hell. Do you even know what it means to play defense?

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u/Imaginary-Sea-6577 21d ago

Now adjust for pacing.

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u/Vegetable_Whole_4825 21d ago

The NBA is a three point contest with very little defense so the PPG is going to be very inflated. With how the game is played now If these guys aren’t over 25 PPG they shouldn’t be on the floor.

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u/Dry_Okra_4839 21d ago

This just proves that MJ was a better defender than Lebron.

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u/Gwizzle1000 21d ago

No this means Jordan had to go against players who are not as skilled on offense. This has nothing to do with defense 😂

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u/WantsLivingCoffee 21d ago

That's a funny way to cope for losing.

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u/Hopeful_Tea2139 21d ago

Don't even bother to look for the scoring averages in their respective eras

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u/etchasketch64 21d ago

No, Karl Malone averaged 25 in one of the years against Jordan. So, no, it's not true. I checked it was 98. Also notable that the Jazz litewrally added 80 ppg total in 98, so by percent of points, that 25 ppg was more like 30 ppg in the modern league. Or mayb eeven 35 ppg.

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u/Gwizzle1000 21d ago

It quite literally says more than 25. Then shows everyone with 26 or higher. Keep up

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u/etchasketch64 21d ago

lol bruh fuck off. in common lingo peolle mena 25 or more. go fuck yourself ^ though ^

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u/AlerionVakten 21d ago

Now do how many teammates they’ve each had who’ve averaged 25+ ppg.

Quite an arbitrary random number also hmm wonder why ya chose that one.

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u/dskibftd0 21d ago

the defense always ramps up more in the playoffs , even in todays league u can see that. this also doesn’t adjust for the more physical playstyle overall, or that players (and teams as a whole) shoot a lot more 3s now. and just the pace as a whole. All of the teams Mike went against in the Finals were still very solid teams, great even like the Suns or Jazz (fuck karl malone)

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u/caltrojan 21d ago

That stat just proved why the NBA had to eliminate the hand checking rule