"it is fair to judge them against their peers and see the gap between them and the next best player of their era."
Or it shows there weren't very many good players in his era.... I mean, his career FG% was just over 40%, and compared to MJ, Moses, K. Malone, Stockton, Kareem, Rodman :-), etc. he had a very short career. What would his
PG stats have looked like if he played until he was 40?
Again, Jordan lead the NBA in scoring 4 or 5 times after
he turned 30, while leading so-so teams to championships. No one else in any era is even close in that regard. Again, West is the only other player to ever do it, and he only did it once.
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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
Notice that George usually averaged at least 7 or 8 ppg higher than the runner up in his league. That type of spread is why I feel he was the greatest. Could he (assuming you could get a time machine) in his prime compete with today's top centers. Probably not, but that wasn't my point. My point is that when you compare players of different eras, in order to have an apples to apples comparison, it is fair to judge them against their peers and see the gap between them and the next best player of their era.
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