Yahoo Sports: “A closer look at MJ’s 1988 DPOY raises questions about its validity”

[JasoRockStar]

Scottie Pippen said the same in his book too:

“Michael was better at getting people to do whatever he wanted,” Pippen wrote. “I saw it over and over, from the first training camp in 1987 to the last victory rally in 1998. Here’s how it worked: Say I deflected the ball and tapped it over to him. I should get credit with the steal, right? Nope. More often than not, the steal went into his column on the stat sheet, and I could do nothing about it.

“One night, a scorekeeper came into the locker room after the game to hand the stat sheets to Phil Jackson and the coaching staff. The sheet breaks down the points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocked shots, turnovers, and so on for everyone who played the game. I couldn’t believe the look the guy gave Michael: ‘See MJ, we take care of you.’ No wonder in the nine full seasons we played together, he averaged more steals than me in every year except two.”

Everybody called him a hater and discredited what he said, but now I see he mightve had a point.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

I can smell the Klutch bullshyt

Klutch built a time machine to go back and tell the scorekeeper to inflate MJ’s home stats?

LeOppenheimer out here playing with the laws of physics.

 

[Street Knowledge]

Hakeem should’ve won 88-90

 

[JasoRockStar]

This is Mossad level "this was a Hamas homebase" connect the dots at all costs type of shyt. The dedication to discredit anything Jordan did to prop up a certain player is both insane and admirable

He posting articles and direct quotes. And outside of the claims of paying the scorekeeper, a lot of the stuff he said is corroborate by the journalist.

What have you brought to the table? What's your rebuttal to prove em wrong?

 

[Tflasha]

Bron stans in dissaray over a yahoo article

 

[god shamgod]

Take the home boosted stats away & jordan still led the league in blocks for a guard by double for any guard & was 4th in the nba in steals from just road stat keepers

This same long winded article said bill Russell & wilts 40 rebound games in their careers were all at home so if you’re questioning the goat then we’re questioning everyone’s stats. Foh wit this corny shyt

 

[Red Money]

Scottie Pippen said the same in his book too:



Everybody called him a hater and discredited what he said, but now I see he mightve had a point.

If a corner tips the ball and the safety catches it....safety still gets interception credit without issue because your head is on a swivel to catch it and it's a skill. Tip drip is practiced in football and other players don't complain.

Maybe NBA needs to track and promote deflections like the NFL.

 

[inndaskKy]

Holy sh*t!!

BREAKING: a closer look at LeBron's all time points total in the NBA by shot type reveals he is just Kedrick Brown with a Arthur dvd box set and compromising pictures of Nike executives and Adam Silver.

Breakdown of groundbreaking methodology following soon.

 

[Yayo Toure]

What's funny about the scorekeeping.... y'all don't think LeBron benefits from that too? My gambling brehs, bet LeBron rebounds and assists for any home game, as long as the line isn't crazy(like 9.5 boards or assists) you'll cash 95% of the time. The stat padding + home cooking is almost undefeated.

 

[Remote]

I'm not even at the halfway point and I know for a fact that most people are not going to read this article.

I will say that I'm intrigued because I've come across Tom Haberstroh content in the past and found him interesting.

The early takeaways of the article seem to be:

1. Michael Jordan was obsessed with public perception. Something a lot of players are accused of today.

2. He actively sought to pad his stats. Something a lot of players are accused of today.

3. Scorekeepers across the NBA have a long history of manipulating things to help the home team. The early example on the article references the Grizzlies and Sharif Abdur-Rahim.

I'll finish this article later.
I bet the comments here will be a shyt show.

 

[Diondon]

Klutch built a time machine to go back and tell the scorekeeper to inflate MJ’s home stats?

LeOppenheimer out here playing with the laws of physics.

Did MJ really win 6 titles?
Hidden footage was discovered of backstage transactions including expensive gifts given to embattled referee Tim Donaghy
Stay tuned, more to come.

 

[OaklandCertified]

Bron still don't have 1 though. But he has an In-season Tournament ring

 

[Inertia Creeps]

"He was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year, as he averaged 1.6 blocks per game (bpg) (this is RIDICULOUS for a guard ), a league-high 3.1 steals per game (spg), and led the Bulls defense to the fewest points per game allowed in the league. The Bulls finished 50–32, with the #3 Def Rtg of 105.5."

Looks pretty valid to me. Unless you think it was actually esteemed names such as *checks notes* Granville Waiters and... Sedale Threatt who were leading the team defensively. I don't wanna hear no shyt from capping, hating ass Scottie Trippen neither bout how it was "his team" and he was the best defensive player getting credit "stolen from him" when he was a rookie barely averaging 20 mpg coming off the bench literally every game that season. And this article is completely bunk besides these points: LeBron hasn't dedicated more than ~5 minutes of real effort per game on defense since Obama was in office. He's been "chasing" MJ's DPOY about as ferverently as his biggest groupie Fat Elephant cac has been pursuing a low calorie diet over the past 10-20 years. Don't wanna hear shyt about "the scorekeepers cooked his books"' neither when we JUST had a DPOY a year ago allegedly getting make-a-wish blocks added to his statlines every game, who has since been exposed as a fraud after his star guard spent most the season injured/suspended and unable to carry his ass.

 

[god shamgod]

Despite the early exit in the playoffs, Jordan took home the defensive hardware he craved, bolstered by the eye-popping stats and the attention they stoked. All told, Jordan ranked first in steals and eighth in blocks at home in 1987-88, but his standing in the league plummeted on the road, falling to fourth in steals and tied for 21st in blocks in front of non-Chicago statisticians. Whether an adjustment to his totals would have changed the results of the ballot, we may never know.

Biased trash ass article btw, just look how its worded

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

No other sports goes out of its way to shyt on its past than NBA media and fans. How can y’all root for this shyt show?