Biggest statpadders in league history?

Who are the biggest statpadders in league history?

IMO its:

Wilt - self explanatory, dude would play entire games just to run up the score.

Jordan- in his early days was a notorious stat padder, who constantly checked his stats during games. Here is proof

[I]LA Times, April 11, 1989:

Since switching to point guard for the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan has become statistic conscious. He has started checking with statisticians to see how close he is to a triple-double. He had a string of seven consecutive triple-doubles broken Friday night.

"The guys at the scorer's desk let me know what I need," Jordan said.

So, too, do the Bulls' assistant coaches.

"They keep reminding me when I get back to the huddle," Jordan said. "They say, 'You need three more of this. You need four more of that.'[/I]


Kevin Love- Dude gets 25 and 12 with no impact. Heck sometimes he gives up on defense just to get the rebound


James Harden- Dude's freethrow gifts significantly increases his ppg (similar to Durant). Sometimes he will flop just to get an extra 2 points

Honourable mention to Ricky Davis: [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDtGHHnA9ms"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDtGHHnA9ms[/URL]

LeBron

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LeBron James, easily.

1. Jordan
2. LeBald
3. Wilt

LeBron has admitted to not shooting last second shots in order to protect his fg%

"Those shots almost never go in, I'm not gonna waste my time and make my numbers look worse for a meaningless shot" James 2009

Bruce Bowen.

Dennis rodman would steal rebounds from teammates to retain his RPG average high.

[QUOTE=IncarceratedBob]LeBron has admitted to not shooting last second shots in order to protect his fg%

[B]"Those shots almost never go in, I'm not gonna waste my time and make my numbers look worse for a meaningless shot[/B]" James 2009[/QUOTE]

:roll:

Lebron James by a MILE

Kendrick Perkins
Roy Hibbert

How the hell do u think those guys put up those incredible 0/0s?!

Wilt is indisputably number 1

[QUOTE=IncarceratedBob]LeBron has admitted to not shooting last second shots in order to protect his fg%

"Those shots almost never go in, I'm not gonna waste my time and make my numbers look worse for a meaningless shot" James 2009[/QUOTE]
Link to that quote?

Jordan, Bron, Wilt, almost every single high scorer has statpadded at some point or time

Can't say about league history, since I've only been watching since '94. But Ricky Davis immediately came to mind.

This thread was made for LeBron and Wilt.

Boozer and Stuckey.

smh at anyone saying bran, dude would be averaging 35 if he truly statpadded, heck even the haters here were saying he didnt shoot enough, or wasnt involved enough in the finals

Jordan, Wilt, and Bran.

[QUOTE=dubeta]smh at anyone saying bran, dude would be averaging 35 if he truly statpadded, heck [B]even the haters here were saying he didnt shoot enough, or wasnt involved enough in the finals[/B][/QUOTE]

:lol true. They call him a stat padder but then complain that he does not shoot nearly enough--the easiest way to stat pad is to jack up 25-30 FGA every game since scoring is the most valued stat by far.

[QUOTE=dubeta]smh at anyone saying bran, dude would be averaging 35 if he truly statpadded, heck even the haters here were saying he didnt shoot enough, or wasnt involved enough in the finals[/QUOTE]
I bet you that he'd rather have a 20/10/10 game than a 30/8/7 game.

Tim Duncan.

[QUOTE=Roundball_Rock]:lol true. They call him a stat padder but then complain that he does not shoot nearly enough--the easiest way to stat pad is to jack up 25-30 FGA every game since scoring is the most valued stat by far.[/QUOTE]

Lebron loves fg%, not ppg.

[QUOTE=Mass Debator]I bet you that he'd rather have a 20/10/10 game than a 30/8/7 game.[/QUOTE]

Agreed. LeBron does statpad, but just doesn't put scoring that high on his list. Like most superstars, he definitely knows what stats he has (or is supposed to have) in every given moment. I still remember that 50-point TD game of him, when he was stripped from it one day later, when the NBA took away 1 rebound. Regardless of this, when he got somewhat close to the TD and knew he only had a few rebounds remaining, he started going at all the loose balls he could, fighting for the boards like Rodman.
And, yes, he does seem uninvolved in certain games, especially in the Finals, but, otoh, there's also a reason the phrase "Miami Cavaliers" was coined.

Kobe, despite not being the TD threat that Bron is, also statpadded in similar ways, passing a lot lots of times he needed a few assists to get the TD.

Didn't MJ constantly go over to the scorer's table to check his stats during finals games?

[QUOTE=Magic 32][B]Lebron loves fg%[/B], not ppg.[/QUOTE]
If true, why has he taken over 3300 3pta in his career?

What stats? Percentage of winning in the finals? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

lebron fan here. lebron tried to stat pad, but he ended up 2/5 anyway.

Examples if LeBron stat padding : - Instead of leaking out for fastbreak, he swoops in to steal rebs from his big
- refusal to take buzzer deeper than 25 feet to protect his individual efficiency
- hogging when game is out of reach
- hogging against the bench unit of the opposing team
-passing over and over and over to get the assist for a triple double
- compromising fast-break opportunities just to intercept a rebound that his teammate was already in a position to grab.

I lost count of all the times I've seen LeBron fly in to steal an easy board that his big could've gotten. It got so bad in Cleveland that guys like Varejo and Big Z would simply clear out for James to get the rebound. Also it annoys me when guys play their FG%....Who gives a shit, as the best player there are certain shots you have to take.. James is the king of deferring especially when he see's a few of his shots not go down. No matter how many shots you miss as the best player you dont pass up on makeable looks at the rim, or opportunities to score for the sake of saving you efficiency. Nobody gives a shit about efficiency, we dont want the best player on our team playing like a coward because he's afraid he'll miss another shot and lower his FG%. What good is efficiency in a losing effort?..... Efficiency is not worth your best player taking his foot off the gas and not leaving it all on the floor....efficiency only matters if you've taken the shots you should be taking as the best player. It doesnt mean a thing if you passed up good looks or played tentatively and deferred a lot.

No mentions of Melo?

my dad doesn't even watch much ball or get caught up in the stats but we were watching the finals and he said some shit like "man, that lebron guy likes to stand around on defense but as soon as there is a steal he is outrunning everyone down the court to get an easy basket"

[QUOTE=russwest0]my dad doesn't even watch much ball or get caught up in the stats but we were watching the finals and he said some shit like "man, that lebron guy likes to stand around on defense but as soon as there is a steal he is outrunning everyone down the court to get an easy basket"[/QUOTE]

:lol
:roll:

Germany :lol

[QUOTE=Inferno]Germany :lol[/QUOTE]

wrong thread.

[QUOTE=Ne 1]Examples if LeBron stat padding : - Instead of leaking out for fastbreak, he swoops in to steal rebs from his big
- refusal to take buzzer deeper than 25 feet to protect his individual efficiency
- hogging when game is out of reach
- hogging against the bench unit of the opposing team
-passing over and over and over to get the assist for a triple double
- compromising fast-break opportunities just to intercept a rebound that his teammate was already in a position to grab.

I lost count of all the times I've seen LeBron fly in to steal an easy board that his big could've gotten. It got so bad in Cleveland that guys like Varejo and Big Z would simply clear out for James to get the rebound. Also it annoys me when guys play their FG%....Who gives a shit, as the best player there are certain shots you have to take.. James is the king of deferring especially when he see's a few of his shots not go down. No matter how many shots you miss as the best player you dont pass up on makeable looks at the rim, or opportunities to score for the sake of saving you efficiency. Nobody gives a shit about efficiency, we dont want the best player on our team playing like a coward because he's afraid he'll miss another shot and lower his FG%. What good is efficiency in a losing effort?..... Efficiency is not worth your best player taking his foot off the gas and not leaving it all on the floor....efficiency only matters if you've taken the shots you should be taking as the best player. It doesnt mean a thing if you passed up good looks or played tentatively and deferred a lot.[/QUOTE]
"Just for fun, let

[QUOTE=zoom17]wrong thread.[/QUOTE]

the germany vs brazil game is like the spurs (germany) beating down the heat (brazil)

[QUOTE=zoom17]wrong thread.[/QUOTE]

I was making a joke about Germany statpadding with them being up 5-0 :confusedshrug:

Kevin Durant:

“It depends on what I’m shooting from the field. First quarter if I’m 4-for-4, I let it go. Third quarter if I’m like 10-for-16, or 10-for-17, I might let it go. But if I’m like 8-for-19, I’m going to go ahead and dribble one more second and let that buzzer go off and then throw it up there. So it depends on how the game’s going.”

[QUOTE=Hey Yo]Kevin Durant:

I shouldve added Kobe to my list tbh, his prime years were spent getting 40+ points in consectutive games, and many 50+ point games, just to get bounced out the 1st round. Dude only cared about chucking every night, just to pad his scoring stats. He would aim for 50 every night no matter the outcome or fg%

Isnt it funny that Kobe's greatest accomplishments are meaningless regular season stuff? (81 points, consectutive 50 point games?) Dude is a certified stat padder.

Can average 35 a season but shoots 40% in the finals :facepalm

[QUOTE=riseagainst][B]I'm a lebron fan [/B]btw. stat padding is contagious. Learned from the King .... of stat padding.[/QUOTE]
How many times you going to type that?

Everyone knows you smoke Kobe's schlong.