I just realized today that Melo never averaged 30 ppg

[k0kakw0rld]

One of the best scorers the game i've ever seen


Discuss.

[3ball]

The amazing thing is that he couldn't even average 30 ppg in an era where the highest number of guys EVER averaged 30 ppg.

There were about TEN 30 point scorers in the 2000's.. But somehow, Melo wasn't one of them..

So there's no way he would've averaged 30 ppg in the 90's either, since there were only TWO 30 point scorers in the 90's.

Of course, the 90's didn't have spacing - defenders were bunched up and in closer proximity - without spacing, help defenders were simply CLOSER than today's game..

In addition to no spacing, there was legal hand-checking and paint-camping.. A triple-whammy.

[RRR3]

The amazing thing is that he couldn't even average 30 ppg in an era where the highest number of guys EVER averaged 30 ppg.

There were about TEN 30 point scorers in the 2000's.. But somehow, Melo wasn't one of them..

So there's no way he would've averaged 30 ppg in the 90's either, since there were only TWO 30 point scorers in the 90's.

Of course, the 90's didn't have spacing - defenders were bunched up and in closer proximity - without spacing, help defenders were simply CLOSER than today's game..

In addition to no spacing, there was legal hand-checking and paint-camping.. A triple-whammy.

Wtf is this bullshit


30 PPG scorers in the 2000s:

T-Mac
Kobe
LeBron
Wade
Iverson


30 PPG scorers in the 1960s:

Wilt
Walt Bellamy
Rick Barry
Baylor
Pettit
Big O
Jack Twyman
Jerry West




More lies from 3ball

[ShaqTwizzle]

He got close enough.

28.9-ppg in 2007 --- (4th year player)
28.2-ppg in 2010
28.7-ppg in 2013 --- (28.8 in 13 game playoff run)

He also averaged 30.7-ppg in the 2010 playoffs albeit over only 6 games.
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@3ball : Jordan didn't even come close to averaging 25-ppg in the early 00's despite chucking for all he was worth.
Couldn't handle that hand-checking + zone era.

[Straight_Ballin]

Wtf is this bullshit


30 PPG scorers in the 2000s:

T-Mac
Kobe
LeBron
Wade
Iverson


30 PPG scorers in the 1960s:

Wilt
Bellamy
Rick Barry
Baylor
Pettit
Robertson
Jack Twyman
Jerry West




More lies from 3ball

3ball said 90's....not 60's

[RRR3]

He said the 2000's had the most 30 point scorers. I proved him wrong

[miggyme1]

ill take longevity over ONE 30 ppg season any day. oh and efficiency. its no good to average 30ppg on 40% shooting...thats abysmal

[3ball]

He said the 2000's had the most 30 point scorers. I proved him wrong

You missed a bunch because your research skills are apparently piss poor.

Here's a list of 30 ppg scorers in the 2000's:


Durant 2010
Wade 2009
Lebron 2008
Kobe 2007
Kobe 2006
Iverson 2005
McGrady 2003
Iverson 2002
Iverson 2001
Shaq 2000


That's 7 different players, compared to only 2 players in the 90's... The 60's had 8 players.. So today's era equates with the 60's regarding ease of dropping 30.

[RRR3]

You missed a bunch because your research skills are apparently piss poor.

Here's a list of 30 ppg scorers in the 2000's:


Durant 2010
Wade 2009
Lebron 2008
Kobe 2007
Kobe 2006
Iverson 2005
McGrady 2003
Iverson 2002
Iverson 2001
Shaq 2000


That's 7 different players, compared to only 2 players in the 90's... The 60's had 8 players.. So today's era equates with the 60's regarding ease of dropping 30.

Not the 2000's, you idiot. How you gonna list 2000 AND 2010

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...t=&order_by=ws



There's the list. Shaq doesn't count. He wasn't quite at 30 PPG.

[3ball]

Not the 2000's, you idiot. How you gonna list 2000 AND 2010

There's the list. Shaq doesn't count. He wasn't quite at 30 PPG.

A decade is 10 years... So either 2000 or 2010 counts.

Regardless, it was way easier to score 30 ppg in the 2000's, just about as easy as the 60's...

Whereas much harder in the 90's, obviously.

[RRR3]

A decade is 10 years... So either 2000 or 2010 counts.

Regardless, it was way easier to score 30 ppg in the 2000's, just about as easy as the 60's...

Whereas much harder in the 90's, obviously.

First of all,


no shit a decade is ten years. But two thousand and TEN is NOT part of the TWO THOUSANDS, it's part of the TWO THOUSAND TENS. You included bot in a attempt to bolster tour argument, while also giving Shaq a 30 PPG season he never had unless you round up.


Also, maybe there just weren't as many good scorers in the 90s...

[plowking]

A decade is 10 years... So either 2000 or 2010 counts.

Regardless, it was way easier to score 30 ppg in the 2000's, just about as easy as the 60's...

Whereas much harder in the 90's, obviously.

Lack of skilled competitors.

What an arbitrary cut off as well.

The facts are as is:
-There were more efficient wing scorers during MJ's time than now.
-This is mainly due to more lax basketball, and poorer defenses.

Jordan played during a time when Dale Ellis was putting up 28ppg on 50% shooting. Am I supposed to look at Jordan's 32ppg on 52% as far and away better, and compare it directly to today's scorers?

Curry this season is as impressive as any Jordan season in the 80's offensively.

[RRR3]

It was apparently "easy" to score 30 PPG in the 80s, doe.


George Gervin
World B. Free
Adrian Dantley
Bernard King
Dominique Wilkins
Michael Jordan



HEY LOOK ANOTHER DECADE WITH MORE 30 PPG SCORERS THAN THE 2000S

[RRR3]

In fact, the 70's ALSO had more 30+ PPG scorers than the 2000s did.


Jerry West
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Tiny Archibald
Bob McAdoo
Rick Barry
Pete Maravich


And this is with guys like Dr. J spending a lot of the decade in the ABA.






3ball just making up shit as usual

[plowking]

Damn, Jordan didn't get a single 30ppg season in the 2000's.