Finals Olympic stats for 92' MJ vs 24' Lebron

[3ba11]

This is one of the only stains on Jordans career.

He played so far below the standard in the Olympics. While most everyone was enjoying a massive bump in offensive efficiency, Jordan seen a big decline from their NBA numbers.

Jordan had to fit in.. He knew that his team would barely win games if he dominated the ball so that he could get down-hill and high efficiency..

Jordan let the offense run through teammates and let them initiate possessions, but then bailed them out if needed - these are tougher shots that must be done quickly, which requires the best "bag".. Jordan was also the set-up guy (2nd on team in assists) and personally generated "defense-to-offense" buckets with 4 steals per game.

btw, 1 steal and 4 turnovers per 24 minutes (bron) is much worse than 4 steals and 45% shooting... everyone forgets that shooting efficiency falls under the umbrella of per possession efficiency.. Jordan's was always elite and Lebron's inferior.

[RRR3]

Jordan had to fit in.. He knew that his team would barely win games if he dominated the ball so that he could get down-hill and high efficiency..

Jordan let the offense run through teammates and let them initiate possessions, but then bailed them out if needed - these are tougher shots that must be done quickly, which requires the best "bag".. Jordan was also the set-up guy (2nd on team in assists) and personally generated "defense-to-offense" buckets with 4 steals per game.

btw, 1 steal and 4 turnovers per 24 minutes (bron) is much worse than 4 steals and 45% shooting... everyone forgets that shooting efficiency falls under the umbrella of per possession efficiency.. Jordan's was always elite and Lebron's inferior.

This doesn't make any sense because he was taking the most shots at the worst efficiency, the absolute definition of being a bad teammate.

[3ba11]

This doesn't make any sense because he was taking the most shots at the worst efficiency, the absolute definition of being a bad teammate.

part of the reason that the 92' Dream Team or the 90's Bulls looked like they had such great chemistry is because they still looked great in the tough possessions by having a seamless closer like MJ to make even the very toughest possessions look mostly good.

that's the role that he played on every team and people don't realize that you can control games more by CLOSING the most possessions possible as opposed to initiating the most possessions (and then letting TEAMMATES bail you out).. So people just look at the game opposite of reality.. It's all about closing - this is true in life generally... So again (refer to previous post).

[RRR3]

Nice excuses for MJ hogging all the shots despite being the worst player

[3ba11]

Nice excuses

Nice excuses for MJ hogging all the shots despite being the worst player

It's bball 101... The goal is certainly an easy score if possible, but the reality is that tough possessions make up a big part of the total possessions, even for a team like the 16' Warriors... But when you have a guy like 96' MJ or 16' Curry, there's no such thing as a tough possession.

[RRR3]

Most possessions were tough for MJ in the 92 Olympics, because he simply couldn't make a shot despite playing against tv repairmen and baggage claim attendants

[SATAN]

https://www.basketball-reference.com...erto-rico.html

[3ba11]

Most possessions were tough for MJ in the 92 Olympics, because he simply couldn't make a shot despite playing against tv repairmen and baggage claim attendants

45% isn't bad and this should make you re-think how important shooting efficiency is in certain situations, and compared to actual possessions lost like turnovers..

Lebron is the one that barely won by averaging 4 times the turnovers that Jordan did, while Jordan's 45% still achieved massive blowout - so maybe massive turnovers mean more than 45% shooting...

And Jeff Van Gundy famously said that Jordan's attraction of double-teams reduces a team's defensive rebounding capability - which makes obvious sense - so Jordan's misses yield offensive rebounds and 2nd possessions that drained defenses, thereby leaving them less capacity for offense.. Jordan's offensive onslaught reduced opponents, thereby lowering his own team's defensive requirements.. It's called winning the attrition battle - the best defense is a good offense - a tenet of all competition.

Otoh, lebron's turnovers kill his own team's momentum and lose entire possessions.. night and day from Jordan's onslaught winning the attrition battle.. Jordan was such a great scorer that his misses were infact good.

[StrongLurk]

OP doesn't believe anything he's posting, he just has a compulsion to post. That's all.

[tpols]

4 steals per game is actually crazy work in such short minutes. 2 steals per game across 40+ mpg is considered elite. MJ doubled that in almost half the time.

It reminds me of Kobe setting the defensive tone in the 2008 Olympics. It's incredibly honorable to be the best offensive player yet lead by example by playing the best defense on the team.

[StrongLurk]

4 steals per game is actually crazy work in such short minutes. 2 steals per game across 40+ mpg is considered elite. MJ doubled that in almost half the time.

It reminds me of Kobe setting the defensive tone in the 2008 Olympics. It's incredibly honorable to be the best offensive player yet lead by example by playing the best defense on the team.

Kobe himself - https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/120...akewalks-over/

[8Ball]

Most possessions were tough for MJ in the 92 Olympics, because he simply couldn't make a shot despite playing against tv repairmen and baggage claim attendants

Jordan had the most FGA in the olympics at 14 attempts per game and got outplayed by Barkley that had 10 shot attempts per game.



Jordan doing what he only knows how to do, chucking up shots meanwhile averaging 4 rbs and 2 assists. This is against dog shit competition too and he chucked his way to 45% FG.

[gengiskhan]

Jordan had the most FGA in the olympics at 14 attempts per game and got outplayed by Barkley that had 10 shot attempts per game.



Jordan doing what he only knows how to do, chucking up shots meanwhile averaging 4 rbs and 2 assists. This is against dog shit competition too and he chucked his way to 45% FG.

1992 OLYMPICS STEALS LEADER!

Take that baldie

[PistonsFan#21]

So we're comparing peak 28 years old Jordan against weak competition to to 40 years old Lebron against some of the best International competition of all time?

[gengiskhan]

So we're comparing peak prime Jordan against weak competition to to 40 years old Lebron against some of the best International competition of all time?

LeExcuses never end.

Its either the "age" or "lack of PEDs" or "not much help" or "competition is too strong"

But its never like MJ never played as "amateur"

Its only LeFraud needs to be protected, cuddled.