I’ve recently gone down the rabbit hole of Jordan shit tonight and this combo of stats blew my mind.
He’s never been a point guard for an extended time. I know he played point guard at the end of a season and racked up 10 triple doubles out of 11 games. Out of his decently lengthy career he’s barely done it but… he still put up 11+ assists a game in a finals and only 2 other players in history have done this. Both point guards their whole careers(Cousey and Magic).
Then 2 finals later he sets the finals ppg record at 41 points.
Both of these have not been broken since those years 30-32 years ago.
Bonus: he set the playoff scoring total record in the playoffs in the year between those. That hasn’t been broken either
He won all 3 years to support the awesomeness even further
Dafuq was this dude on???
It’s baffling that there are still people who refuse to admit he’s GOAT
I personally have lebron as the better nba career, (8 consecutive finals appearances, 10 total), all time scoring title, and having won a ring with three teams, beating the most winning team of all time in a reverse sweep. But who can top going 6-0 in the finals in 2 threepeats? That’s absurd, but more concentrated within a career standpoint. Jordan had some playoff troubles in his early career (first finals appearance after 7 years) that lebron didn’t struggle with so much (first finals in year 4). But I agree that Jordan’s peak is the unrivaled goat basketball player