Just three more points and Lillard passes Sidney Wicks for #10 on the Blazer all-time scoring list. 1. Drexler - 18,040 2. LMA - 12,562 3. Porter - 11,330 4. Cliff Robinson - 10,405 5. Jerome Kersey - 10,067 6. Jim Paxson - 10,003 7. Geoff Petrie - 9,732 8. Mychal Thompson - 9,215 9. Rasheed Wallace - 9,119 10. Sidney Wicks - 8,882 11. Lillard - 8,880 Gramps...
C'mon 'dog. Don't be unreasonable. You can't expect him to have a career night every night. I figure if he can average 75% career night effectiveness every night, that gives him a 44.2 ppg average. 82 * 44.2 = 3,624 which should be sufficient to have him pass LaMarcus next year as well. Gramps...
Same reason why pre-season totals don't count. They go based on regular season #'s for totals, because it evens the playing field. Everyone has a chance to play 82 games in the regular season, not everyone gets the same opportunity to play the same # of playoff games. On a related note, I don't think it would make much of a difference in the grand total #'s of the all time scoring leaders. Kareem would be at 44149 and Malone would be at 41686. No one else would be above 40K.
Dame has 2,024 points in 75 games this year. If we're conservative and say he plays in 75 games next year and averages 'only' 25 ppg, that would give him 1,875. * 8,880 + 1,875 = 10,755 at the end of next year. He should own the #4 spot at that time. * 10,775 + 1,875 = 12,630 at the end of 2 more seasons. He'd take over the #2 spot at that time. * It would then take him another 3 seasons (5 seasons from now) at 25 ppg to catch Drexler at #1. I'm looking forward to watching him climb the ladder.
After the math I'm not worried anymore. If he stays with us 9 more seasons (this contract plus another five-year), he only needs to average 1,017 a year to beat Clyde.
Agreed. Health will play a big part of that. We've got Dame signed for another 4 years. So far he's played in 82, 82, 82, 75, and 75(+) in his first 5 seasons. He's on a good pace so far ...
Also that second contract. I'm sure he'll sign for another five, but I expect his production will be reduced. Of course, by then he will be on his Victory Lap tour after three-peating.
What if LMA decides to come back to Portland after his contract with the Spurs is up? He said he wanted to be the greatest Blazer ever.
