MJ was first player to lead NBA in scoring AND win championship

[dunksby]

3ball is the prototypical ESPN raised stan.

[sdot_thadon]

Poor 3ball, making lie threads now. Don't worry we all know who Mj is and haven't forgotten about him 3ball.

About the topic though, the reason it wasn't done often is because it's not really pure basketball. Mj was seen as the exception to the rule. Not the standard, that's where the perspective has gotten so skewed over the years.

[ArbitraryWater]

So Joe Fulks did it in the 2nd year the NBA existed in.................... /thread

[Kblaze8855]

How do so many people make these topics without even checking to see if they are true? I swear we have three topics a week on how something has never been done when it turns out it's been done 16 times.

[ClipperRevival]

Whether another non-center did it in 1947 is irrelevant. The point is, it's almost impossible for a wing player to lead the league in scoring AND win a championship. This just goes to show once again how much of an offensive burden MJ really had to carry. A burden that was probably the heaviest in the history of the game for an alpha dog that wasn't a center.

[TiagoSimoes]

Whether another non-center did it in 1947 is irrelevant. The point is, it's almost impossible for a wing player to lead the league in scoring AND win a championship. This just goes to show once again how much of an offensive burden MJ really had to carry. A burden that was probably the heaviest in the history of the game for an alpha dog that wasn't a center.

3ball forgot to change names?

[DonDadda59]

Does one even include Joe Fulks? Look at this bullsh*t:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkxC...=FredCervantez

Dat ball movement. Hero ball slayed.

[kshutts1]

How do so many people make these topics without even checking to see if they are true? I swear we have three topics a week on how something has never been done when it turns out it's been done 16 times.

so ban him.

Was it not you that threatened him with a ban if he didn't keep all his MJ BS in one thread?

[3ball]

How do so many people make these topics without even checking to see if they are true? I swear we have three topics a week on how something has never been done when it turns out it's been done 16 times.

Other than MJ, the league's scoring leader has won a championship only 4 times, all by centers (Mikan twice.. KAJ once.. Shaq once).

But MJ is the only non-center to ever do it and he's done it 6 times, more than the aforementioned centers combined.

So the thread is quite valid - essentially, it's NEARLY impossible to win a championship if you're the league's leading scorer, and it's VIRTUALLY impossible if you aren't a center, unless you're MJ..
.

[SugarHill]

Other than MJ, the league's scoring leader has won a championship only 4 times, all by centers (Mikan twice.. KAJ once.. Shaq once).

But MJ is the only non-center to ever do it and he's done it 6 times, more than the aforementioned centers combined.

So the thread is quite valid - essentially, it's NEARLY impossible to win a championship if you're the league's leading scorer, and it's VIRTUALLY impossible if you aren't a center, unless you're MJ..
.

How is it valid if the entire OP is wrong?

[CavaliersFTW]

Shockingly, since the NBA's inception in 1947, no one did it until 1991.

Joe Fulks, KAJ, and Mikan also did it.

[3ball]

How is it valid if the entire OP is wrong?

It's not wrong, just misstated... MJ is the first and only non-center to ever do it, and he did it more times (6), than the 3 centers that did it combined (4).

The fact that no other non-center has ever done it, and the fact that MJ did it a whopping SIX TIMES, proves he had the greatest scoring burden in the history of the game, and also the least empty stats ever (leading the league in scoring AND winning championship = FULL stats, not empty).

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

It's not wrong, just misstated... MJ is the first and only non-center to ever do it, and he did it more times (6), than the 3 centers that did it combined (4).

The fact that no other non-center has ever done it, and the fact that MJ did it a whopping SIX TIMES, proves he had the greatest scoring burden in the history of the game, and also the least empty stats ever too (leading league in scoring AND winning championship = FULL stats, not empty).

But you never misstated. You claimed he was the ONLY player in history to do so before Shaq.

After being corrected by other posters (MJ was actually 1 of 16 players to do so), you frantically switched your position.

Your OP was wrong. Now take your lumps.

[CavaliersFTW]

It's not wrong, just misstated... MJ is the first and only non-center to ever do it, and he did it more times (6), than the 3 centers that did it combined (4).

The fact that no other non-center has ever done it, and the fact that MJ did it a whopping SIX TIMES, proves he had the greatest scoring burden in the history of the game, and also the least empty stats ever (leading the league in scoring AND winning championship = FULL stats, not empty).

Joe Fulks is not a center.

[3ball]

some misinformation itt