How many perimeter players can score 27 points on 57% fg?

[3ball]

Agreed... better comp all the way around.

Here's Jordan's version of Hibbert and George.. people just forget..









Here's what happens when you put bigger defenders on MJ, whether it be Richard Dumas or Dennis Rodman... imagine what he'd do to Boris Diaw or Kawhi Leonard... and there's that congested paint again..










Btw, I doubt lebron can maintain 51% like Wilt did while averaging FORTY shots per game (lebron's scared to take half that)... and of course he'd have to shoot all two's with THIS type of paint congestion..

[navy]

Also, defensive 3 seconds was added in the 2004-2005 season.. this is a fact.

You dont know the definition of a fact. It was added in 1966-67, called more in 04-05.
http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_history.html

[3ball]

You dont know the definition of a fact. It was added in 1966-67, called more in 04-05.
http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_history.html

touchee.

but the actual language from your link reads as follows:

"New rules were introduced to curtail hand-checking, clarify blocking fouls and call defensive three seconds to open up the game."

So you kind of added the "more" part - it reads just call it period.

But there's some confusion on the rule as well, because under the 2001 rule changes from your link, it says this:

"A new defensive three-second rule will prohibit a defensive player from remaining in the lane for more than three consecutive seconds without closely guarding an offensive player."
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[Odinn]

LeBron averaged these stats while playing PF. So let's compare him a short-sized PF, shall we?

Barkley averaged 28.3 ppg on .587 fg.

I'm not even talking about MJ going for 35 on nearly 54%.

/thread

[navy]

LeBron averaged these stats while playing PF. So let's compare him a short-sized PF, shall we?

Barkley averaged 28.3 ppg on .587 fg.

I'm not even talking about MJ going for 35 on nearly 54%.

/thread

How does that end the thread. LOL, add them to the list.

[3ball]

How does that ended the thread. LOL, add them to the list.

except out of all of them on the "list", lebron's overall stat line is the worst.

[Odinn]

How does that ended the thread. LOL, add them to the list.

I was directly against the OP. TBH, I haven't gone through all the pages.

[navy]

touchee.

but the actual language from your link reads as follows:

"New rules were introduced to curtail hand-checking, clarify blocking fouls and call defensive three seconds to open up the game."

So you kind of added the "more" part - it reads just call it period.

But there's some confusion on the rule as well, because under the 2001 rule changes from your link, it says this:

"A new defensive three-second rule will prohibit a defensive player from remaining in the lane for more than three consecutive seconds without closely guarding an offensive player."
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The rule was initially apart of the zone defense rule and then they made it's own rule.

[3ball]

Interestingly on those rule changes, the 2004-2005 rule changes actually state that the calling of defensive 3 seconds and curtailing of hand-checking were to "open up the game"...

"New rules were introduced to curtail hand-checking, clarify blocking fouls and call defensive three seconds to open up the game.

Since Lebron's stats came in this era with the aforementioned softer rules, his stats mean less anyway, as does any perimeter player from this era.

[Hoopz2332]

LeBron averaged these stats while playing PF. So let's compare him a short-sized PF, shall we?

Barkley averaged 28.3 ppg on .587 fg.

I'm not even talking about MJ going for 35 on nearly 54%.

/thread

Lebron didn't play like a PF. He still played as a perimeter players.Im guessing you're going to start saying melo is PF because he often plays that position but his entire attack is perimiter based