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Jordan question (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by LamarWest3@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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In the 1987-88 season Jordan averaged 35PPG while only attempting 0.6 3 pointers per game and only hitting 13% of them. These are the kind of numbers you could expect from a bigman (or Ben Simmons), not from a guard

Question is, how did he manage to score that many points pretty much only from 2 pointers, did teams not adjust to prevent him from driving like they do against Giannis? Young Jordan based on his numbers seemed to not be a threat from outside at all, how was so prolific while at the same time so one-dimensional? I must be missing something

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[–] ZandrickEllison@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think most younger fans remember Jordan (or highlights of Jordan) from the 90s when he had become more of a mid range guy. In the 80s he was just blowing by people with his athleticism like a better Dwade.

[–] porncollecter69@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I wish there was film that doesn’t look like Japanese porn of his early dominance. That’s why last dance was so good for me, they had quality footage.

[–] Overall-Palpitation6@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Jordan also had the mid-range game in the '80s too (pretty much the bread and butter of most top wing and guard scorers in the '70s and '80s), he just leaned on it more heavily in the '90s as his athleticism lessened by his early 30s and the time of the 2nd comeback.