Re: LBJ: Triple-Double in his Debut!!! How can you have a greatest top 50 players without comparing todays player with the players of the old age?????Tracy McGrady and Kevin Garnett would whoop a bunch of "current" top 50 greatest. If they updated that list this year or in 5 years, LeBron, Dwyane Wade, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and probably Tracy McGrady, Dirk Nowitzki, Allen Iverson would have to make the list.
Re: LBJ: Triple-Double in his Debut!!! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chang @ Apr 26 2006, 01:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How can you have a greatest top 50 players without comparing todays player with the players of the old age?????Tracy McGrady and Kevin Garnett would whoop a bunch of "current" top 50 greatest. If they updated that list this year or in 5 years, LeBron, Dwyane Wade, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and probably Tracy McGrady, Dirk Nowitzki, Allen Iverson would have to make the list.</div>You compare what those players were doing then above the average player, as opposed to what a player is doing now. The average score now is probably 20 points higher than 30 years ago, average that over a season and scoring the same amount now as 30 years ago isn't comparable.
Re: LBJ: Triple-Double in his Debut!!! The only reason points occur more is because of the 24 second shot clock and the 3 pt stripe.But also, factor in the fact that the game is more physical and athleticism is at an all-time high... playing the game back then was "easier" than currently.
