NBA ***2024 NBA Thread - Let The Games Begin***

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“The first week Jordan played for the Bulls, scorer Bob Rosenberg looked up to find him studying the scorebook every time he reported to the table to re-enter the game. It didn’t take long to figure out why. By knowing everybody’s point and rebound totals, Jordan knew how the newspaper stories the next day would begin. Then he took the floor and made sure they always began the same way: ‘Michael Jordan …’”

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Oh but there’s more. Lmao

The Rosenberg and Jordan dynamic was written about in the press, and reportedly at one point drew scrutiny from the league office. According to a 1989 report from the San Francisco Examiner, Rosenberg would flash hand signals to inform Jordan how close he was to a triple-double. The league reportedly stepped in and told Rosenberg to cut it out.

Rosenberg admitted to signaling to help Jordan chase stats during Chicago’s 1988 All-Star Game, a game in which Jordan scored a game-high 40 points, just shy of matching Chamberlain’s then-record of 42. As the site’s official scorekeeper, Rosenberg worked the game and remembered a postgame exchange he had with Jordan. In 2013, Rosenberg shared the following anecdote with the Chicago Tribune:

“Why didn’t you tell me I was two points short of Chamberlain?” Rosenberg recalled Jordan asking him.

“I said, ‘Look, every time you went by, I kept putting up two fingers. You didn’t understand that?’”
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Always had this stat padder number 2 in my all time rankings but this is definitely dropping him. Haven’t exactly decided where yet. Wait until they expose him for steroid use next. Somehow he was bald by the age of 25. Lmao
 
Lmao at the All-Star game. They were better in the GOAT era as well.

135-114 is a regular score for today's zero defense era.

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Revolver said:
Oh but there’s more. Lmao



Always had this stat padder number 2 in my all time rankings but this is definitely dropping him. Haven’t exactly decided where yet. Wait until they expose him for steroid use next. Somehow he was bald by the age of 25. Lmao
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He's dropped out of my top 10. I can't take basketball before 2000 seriously anymore. It's not even the same league.

Jordan might be slightly ahead of Trenton Hassell in my all time rankings.
 


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I remember reading about how ridiculous home cooking stat padding was back in the 90’s. Although the article I read was just about John Stockton assists and how score keepers would actually get pissed at all the assists Stockton was gifted that they said fuck it and would make it a point to gift their own players assists to prove a point since the league didn’t seem to care
 
Sweater of AV said:
Yeah, Jordan was really concerned with everyone's points and rebounds totals. Lmfao.



Is LeCan still at one scoring title or has the league given him another?

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Generally speaking, winning the scoring title means you aren't winning the SHIP. The fact that MJ won the scoring title all 6 times he won the Championship is actually insane. Its more times than all other players in history combined.
 
MusterX said:
Generally speaking, winning the scoring title means you aren't winning the SHIP. The fact that MJ won the scoring title all 6 times he won the Championship is actually insane. Its more times than all other players in history combined.
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It's unbelievable. On top of that, in the six seasons he won both the chip and scoring title he missed six total games and played all 82 games four times. In the 10 seasons he won the scoring title he missed seven total games.

And people are complaining that some steals and blocks were thrown his way at home. Meanwhile, you've got this league-wide fraudulence going on now and cans will never say a word:

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It's unbelievable. On top of that, in the six seasons he won both the chip and scoring title he missed six total games and played all 82 games four times. In the 10 seasons he won the scoring title he missed seven total games.

And people are complaining that some steals and blocks were thrown his way at home. Meanwhile, you've got this league-wide fraudulence going on now and cans will never say a word:

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For sure, agree on all points. I'm glad to see my Mavs are somewhere middle of the pack on that graph at +64, but holy shit that 1,017 for the Lakers is WILD not because its so high but because the gap between them and 2nd is three times more. Lakers fans claim, nothing to see here, because the Lakers are "driving to the rim" more but holy shit, 3X is crazy out of alignment.
 
MusterX said:
For sure, agree on all points. I'm glad to see my Mavs are somewhere middle of the pack on that graph at +64, but holy shit that 1,017 for the Lakers is WILD not because its so high but because the gap between them and 2nd is three times more. Lakers fans claim, nothing to see here, because the Lakers are "driving to the rim" more but holy shit, 3X is crazy out of alignment.
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Want to know what's funny about the drives argument? Lakers were 27th in the league in drives per game this season and 23rd in the league last year. Lol.

It's almost impossible to take LeBron's career seriously.
 
The mental gymnastics itt are on another level. This is probably how people felt when they found out the earth wasn’t flat. Lmao
 
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