3ba11
06-24-2024, 07:18 PM
2 teams were above .500 on the road in 1988 compared to half the league today (15 teams).
This accounts for the inflation of home performance vs road that was widespread in the 80's and 90's but is mostly phased out today.
GONE are the days of road trips with 8 games in 13 nights... Between the extra days off, private jets, friendly crowds and much more, the NBA has normalized the transition from home to road - they've made road trips a luxury vacation compared to the grueling camping trips that road games used to be.
Finally, the 5-game sample was to show that the home inflation was from bad record keeping instead of other reasons like the road being a much tougher experience in prior eras, or other factors - the 5-game sample is meant to say it's cheating and let's take Jordan's awards away..
But sorry, we now know that the reason Hakeem's stocks were nearly 100% higher in 1990 was because road games were like the Hunger Games, not bad record keeping
This accounts for the inflation of home performance vs road that was widespread in the 80's and 90's but is mostly phased out today.
GONE are the days of road trips with 8 games in 13 nights... Between the extra days off, private jets, friendly crowds and much more, the NBA has normalized the transition from home to road - they've made road trips a luxury vacation compared to the grueling camping trips that road games used to be.
Finally, the 5-game sample was to show that the home inflation was from bad record keeping instead of other reasons like the road being a much tougher experience in prior eras, or other factors - the 5-game sample is meant to say it's cheating and let's take Jordan's awards away..
But sorry, we now know that the reason Hakeem's stocks were nearly 100% higher in 1990 was because road games were like the Hunger Games, not bad record keeping