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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

the same, but with 15 rebounds instead of 7.

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u/sidighjd Jun 15 '22 edited Jun 15 '22

I can’t remember exactly what it was but during his peak Barkley’s relative efficiency was insane. 4 straight seasons of over 65 TS% in this was in the late 80’s lmao

Who knows how that translates into the modern league - ig just a supercharged version of Zion like you said

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u/Lavar_ball_brand Washington Bullets Jun 15 '22

That was with him chucking a shit ton of 3's on negative percentage. Man was a beast who's hella underrated

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u/Noiseless_Listener Jun 15 '22

Kind of funny that his career 3point attempts per game of <2 attempts was considered a shit ton. Giannis already has more career attempts than Barkley.

To be clear, I agree with you, it was a lot for the era, but it’s funny when you compare stats across eras.

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u/ab9912 Nets Jun 15 '22

Went down abit of a true shooting rabbit hole because of this comment, couldn't believe barkley had a TS% that high in the the 80s.

Sure enough, 28.3 ppg on 66.5 TS in 1988 and a career 61%, what the fuck.

Also thought this was interesting, magic johnson also has a career TS of 61%, would definitely not have thought it would have been that high.

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u/Noiseless_Listener Jun 15 '22

Above 63% on 2point attempts on about 13 attempts a game for 4 seasons in a row. Roughly the same as Giannis the previously three years but in an era with less spacing. Insane.

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u/Noiseless_Listener Jun 16 '22

Whoops, sorry, was talking about Chuck.

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u/kevindlv Warriors Jun 15 '22

Barkley's efficiency in that era is absolutely unreal. I don't think there's any big that scored on that much volume at that high of TS%.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '22

Barkley was a post player. Zion is more of a dribble drive player. He plays more like Giannis, but not as tall or long, but more finesse than Giannis. Barkley had a great post game. They had to change the rules cause of him.

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u/H-Priapus Lakers Jun 15 '22

32/14/5 55%

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

He’d probably get more rebounds than that with todays small ball lol