Lebrons a pretty good player, but its pointless comparing him to Jordan

[theaussieguy]

In this era the spacing of the floor has greatly opened up, a change which was purposefully brought about as a marketing ploy to allow any half decent player to get his own in a weak post Jordan era. Hes a good player but the reality is Jordan would be 9/9 in this era at least averaging 50/6/6 in the finals for the most part.

[HurricaneKid]

In this era the spacing of the floor has greatly opened up, a change which was purposefully brought about as a marketing ploy to allow any half decent player to get his own in a weak post Jordan era. Hes a good player but the reality is Jordan would be 9/9 in this era at least averaging 50/6/6 in the finals for the most part.

Spacing is a marketing ploy?

Congrats on the dumbest OP ever.

Spacing is directly caused by shooting. Now go crawl back into your hole.

[red1]

agreed. with todays spacing jordan would put up 50+ every game

*insert multiple gifs*

[plowking]

Bron is every bit as good as Jordan. Something you just have to deal with OP.

So was Shaq.

[andgar923]

In this era the spacing of the floor has greatly opened up, a change which was purposefully brought about as a marketing ploy to allow any half decent player to get his own in a weak post Jordan era. Hes a good player but the reality is Jordan would be 9/9 in this era at least averaging 50/6/6 in the finals for the most part.

Correction:

Lebrons a 'great' player, but its pointless comparing him to Jordan.


And comparable in some aspects, but vastly inferior in others. Top 10 hands down.

[3ball]

Shaq's prime is clearly a step below MJ's


Comparing MJ's Peak to Shaq's Peak (91-93' vs. 00'-02')


Shaq gets twice as many rebounds, but MJ gets twice as many assists and less turnovers.. So there's no need to list RPG or APG... Same for steals and blocks - Shaq gets twice as many blocks but MJ gets 4 times as many steals.

Also, Shaq has higher FG%, but MJ's has much higher FT% - so we'll just use TS% and ORtg for efficiency.. Here are the relevant stats:


REGULAR SEASON

MJ..... 31.4 PPG, 58.2% TS, 122 ORtg, 0.288 WS/48, 3 All-Defense 1st Team, 2 MVP
Shaq.. 28.6 PPG, 58.0% TS, 115 ORtg, 0.264 WS/48, 2 All-Defense 2nd Team, 1 MVP


PLAYOFFS

MJ..... 33.7 PPG, 57.2% TS, 120 ORtg, 0.267 WS/48
Shaq.. 29.9 PPG, 56.2% TS, 113 ORtg, 0.238 WS/48


FINALS

MJ..... 36.3 PPG, 52.6% FG, 84.3% FT.. faced #5, #3, #9 defenses.. beat Magic-Drexler-Barkley
Shaq.. 35.9 PPG, 59.5% FG, 50.6% FT.. faced #13, #5, #1 defenses.. beat Miller-Iverson-Kidd