I mean...it's not going to be good - but it's a little hard to sustain that level of suck for the entire season. I would imagine he gets it up to 38%.
Depends on if he keeps chucking up 3s. He's shooting them almost as often as Steph Curry, despite being a very poor 3-point shooter most of his career. I'm going with 35%
32-35%. Sorry, just doesn't have it anymore. Only long jumpers and 3 points left. Would be hard pressed to get above 35%. He needs to retire before he tarnishes his legacy any further
I don't know about you but if someone paid me 20+mill a year to jack up long twos and 3 pointers, I'd stay in the league as long as I can.
Nope. The Lakers competed with themselves, and paid 12-15m/yr more than anybody would. But the reality is, Kobe wants to compete. He could've just fabricated a comeback to get his money, and not train his ass off to get back. But he didn't. You have to respect that. He's not in it just for the money. Never was. But like I said. He just doesn't have it anymore. Can't create the same separation anymore. Doesn't have that first stop off an iso. And to be honest, he was never a shooter, and hasn't got that to rely on.
The previous year at 39 years old he was averaging crazy numbers that only T-Mac was averaging that year. I'll copy and paste the info here from the injury video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgrUd9jUJLc "This injury was the turning point for the Wizards 01/02 season. Right after Jordan's injury, the Wizards went 1-9 in their next 10 games and fell out of the playoff picture, and Jordan only started 7 more games for the rest of the season. Jordan started this game 7/10 FG, but shot 5/20 after his injury In the 46 games prior to Jordan's injury, the Wizards were 26-20 (26-21 overall with 1 game he missed) and Jordan was averaging - 25.1 ppg 6.2 rpg 5.3 apg 1.5 spg 0.5 bpg on 42%. T-Mac was the only player to average at least 25-6-5 for the 2001/02 season. No player has averaged 25-6-5 at age 38, but Jordan was on his way to doing that before the injury In the games after his injury Jordan averaged - 15.7 ppg 3.8 rpg 4.8 apg 1.2 spg 0.3 bpg on 39% While playing only 28.4 mpg. The Wizards were 26-20 (0.565 win%) with Jordan before his injury The Wizards were 11-25 (0.306 win%) with Jordan after injury and in the games he missed Jordan also had a huge defensive impact. Up to this game, the Wizards allowed 92.2 ppg which would have been tied for 6th-best in the league with the Pistons. This was a Wizards team that was 2nd worst in ppg allowed the year before. After Jordan's injury, the Wizards allowed 96.8 ppg in the remaining 35 games (would be ranked 19th in the league) and fell to 11th in ppg allowed for the overall season. And Jordan did all this despite missing Rip Hamilton for about a month before the knee collision happened. Prior to that injury, the Wizards were 15-1 in the last 16 games that both Jordan and Rip played together and won 13 in a row when both of them played. The Wizards only won 19 games the previous year, but with Jordan they were on pace for 45 wins prior to the injury, even with the absence of Hamilton for that one-month stretch. Had they both stayed healthy throughout the season, they very well could have cracked 50 wins even after starting the season 2-9. and Jordan was not even fully healthy to begin the season in the first place. Before the season started, Jordan was already dealing with - having to skip 3 days of practice before the season opener in MSG because of fluid buildup in his knee - recovering from 2 broken ribs (against Artest) and back spasms - tendinitis in his knee and wrist - and during the season Jordan had fluid drained from his knee multiple times So even before his knee injury, he was already in a hobbled state Even in a hobbled state, he was turning a 19-win team into a playoff contender, and with a healthy Rip and Jordan for the whole season, it could have been a potential Eastern Conference contender There are only two instances in NBA history a sub-20 win team got a winning record the very next year 2004 Nuggets - who drafted Carmelo - and added Andre Miller 2009 Heat - with Wade coming back from injury - along with adding Jermaine O'Neal - and drafting Michael Beasley. The 2002 Wizards didn't add any major pieces to the Wizards besides Jordan. - they added Tyron Lue who played 20 mins a game off the bench - rookie Brendan Haywood who played 20 mins a game off the bench - and Kwame Brown was drafted but played only 14 mins a game off the bench So this would have been the only time that a sub-20 win team became a winning team within one season, after only adding 1 new starter." Highlights of 38-40 year old Michael Jordan. Beautiful and fluid movement at such an age is incredible. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SAHEL2wLwZA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rBGyh-CmePk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Wow ceasar, great details and nice data in your post. MJ really was one of a kind even at such a late age.
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The level of intelligence Jordan played with, the feel for the game he had...Kobe is not in the same universe. Kobe has a one track mind...to shoot as much as possible as quickly as possible.
