There’s currently 6 players averaging over 30 ppg. What does it even mean at this point?
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The Amerikkkan Idol
The Amerikkkan Nightmare
I tried telling y'all 
The NBA has purposely made scoring easier over time.
Just like the NFL
The NBA has purposely made scoring easier over time.
Just like the NFL
VegetasHairline
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Shoutout to Corey Brewer dropping 50 as well!Tony Delk and Tracy Murray scored 50, but a 2 time all star in Randle doing it is a sign that the league is dead.
Bryan Danielson
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Right….. young niccas so impressed with the legend of MJ dropping 32 ppg.
But don’t remember some opposing teams back then the leading scorer was averaging like 21 ppg
There wasn’t as much offensive explosive talent on pretty much every team like there is now
HandyWithTheSteel
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More fake ducktales from MJ stans to prop up his trash era.
The illegal defense rule meant that players weren’t allowed to leave their man even if they wanted. If your man stood at the 3-pt line than you had to be there too, even if he couldn’t shoot.
MJ had more space than any player today. Players nowadays are just more athletic.
The Amerikkkan Idol
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Tony Delk and Tracy Murray scored 50, but a 2 time all star in Randle doing it is a sign that the league is dead.
Compare something happening once a month with something happening once a week, brehs.Shoutout to Corey Brewer dropping 50 as well!
Again, y'all comparing ANOMALIES with something happening regularly.
More athletic thanMore fake ducktales from MJ stans to prop up his trash era.
The illegal defense rule meant that players weren’t allowed to leave their man even if they wanted. If your man stood at the 3-pt line than you had to be there too, even if he couldn’t shoot.
MJ had more space than any player today. Players nowadays are just more athletic.
Jordan was as quick as Westbrook & had a higher vertical than Zach Lavine & the handsize of Kawhii Leonard.
But yes, people are "more athletic" today.
Like I posted above, the NBA has changed the rules to make it easier to score. END OF STORY.
All you young nikkaz who weren't even watching the NBA in the '90s & especially not the '80s just go on YouTube for a few clips or Wikipedia to post out of context.
More athletic than
Jordan was as quick as Westbrook & had a higher vertical than Zach Lavine & the handsize of Kawhii Leonard.
But yes, people are "more athletic" today.
Talking about Michael Jordan as if he was a typical 80s/90s player.
You mean by bringing the 3pt line in closer to make it easier to shoot?
You mean by instituting an illegal defense rule so that defenders couldn't hedge towards scorers or double off-ball?
You mean by allowing offensive players to take as long as they want to back a player down into the basket?
You mean by sending the average team to the line 30 times a game?
Oh, wait, those were all pro-offense rules that were allowed in the 1980s or 1990s but which don't exist today.
Sorry, but the average player today is more athletic, a better ball-handler, more well-rounded, and a better shooter than the average player in the 1980s or 1990s. You watch the game night in and night out and the shot-making ability across a roster is FAR better. Someone like Malik Monk is out there making shots that few starting guards in the 1980s would even attempt, and he's not even starting for his team.
because defense is HALF of the fukking game! You remember the All Star game after Kobe passed? Why was that game praised so much afterwards? Bc both teams were going at it on the defensive end. At the end of the day it's usually the best defensive team that's in the finals or wins the finals
40 is the new 30
The six guys OP is talking about who are averaging 30+ are Embiid, Doncic, Lillard, Shai, Giannis, and Tatum. All six of those players have incredible, almost unprecdented skill sets for their size. Which one of them wouldn't be able to average 30ppg in previous eras?
Heck, Steph Curry is the greatest shooter in NBA history and he's not averaging 30ppg in this supposedly "easy to score" season. Kyrie Irving has the "greatest bag ever" and yet isn't averaging 30ppg. Donovan Mitchell, Ja Morant, Kawhi Leonard, Lebron James, are all incredible offensive talents yet none of them is at 30ppg.
Just look at the NBA scoring leaders and try to see how far down the list you have to go before you find someone who doesn't have a generational skill set. This era is fukking loaded. Every single one of those players could get buckets in previous eras. Can you say the same about the high scorers of the 80s and 90s?
Kelly Tripucka isn't putting up 26.5ppg in this era as a 6'6" forward posting guys up all day.
Michael Adams ain't averaging 26ppg as a 5'10" guard with no hops and a broke-ass jumper.
Jeff Ruland wouldn't be a 20+ppg offensive force as a barely mobile truck driver with no game outside 6 feet.
Moses Malone ain't gonna have a 31ppg season or 3 MVP years in this era with his limited offensive skill set.
Tom Chambers isn't a 27ppg scorer with no athleticism or 3pt shot.
Kiki Vandeweghe ain't getting anywhere near 30ppg again as a shorter, less accurate Dirk with less range.
Adrian Dantley isn't a 30ppg scorer year after year as a short Carmelo with no 3pt.
And lets not even talk about how a certain shooting guard with a broke jumper and no left ain't gonna be a 27ppg scorer, or a 6'6" forward with the worst 3pt numbers in NBA history isn't gonna put up 28ppg.
Heck, Steph Curry is the greatest shooter in NBA history and he's not averaging 30ppg in this supposedly "easy to score" season. Kyrie Irving has the "greatest bag ever" and yet isn't averaging 30ppg. Donovan Mitchell, Ja Morant, Kawhi Leonard, Lebron James, are all incredible offensive talents yet none of them is at 30ppg.
Just look at the NBA scoring leaders and try to see how far down the list you have to go before you find someone who doesn't have a generational skill set. This era is fukking loaded. Every single one of those players could get buckets in previous eras. Can you say the same about the high scorers of the 80s and 90s?
Kelly Tripucka isn't putting up 26.5ppg in this era as a 6'6" forward posting guys up all day.
Michael Adams ain't averaging 26ppg as a 5'10" guard with no hops and a broke-ass jumper.
Jeff Ruland wouldn't be a 20+ppg offensive force as a barely mobile truck driver with no game outside 6 feet.
Moses Malone ain't gonna have a 31ppg season or 3 MVP years in this era with his limited offensive skill set.
Tom Chambers isn't a 27ppg scorer with no athleticism or 3pt shot.
Kiki Vandeweghe ain't getting anywhere near 30ppg again as a shorter, less accurate Dirk with less range.
Adrian Dantley isn't a 30ppg scorer year after year as a short Carmelo with no 3pt.
And lets not even talk about how a certain shooting guard with a broke jumper and no left ain't gonna be a 27ppg scorer, or a 6'6" forward with the worst 3pt numbers in NBA history isn't gonna put up 28ppg.
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