12-10-2019, 02:44 PM
(12-10-2019, 01:40 PM)J0n Wrote:(12-06-2019, 07:17 PM)Hypermav Wrote: https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-steve...-all-time/Are we living in a world where the famed Irish center Shaquille O'Neal doesn't exist?
Irish Center Shaquille O'Neal stats at 20 years old:
23.4ppg/13.9rpg/1.9apg/0.7spg/3.5bpg/3.8TOV/4PF on 56%/0/59% from the field. His true shooting percentage was .584% and had 10.4 win shares. His box plus minus was 3.7
Luka on the other hand is currently at:
30.0ppg/9.8rpg/9.2apg/1.3spg/0.1bpg/4.6TOV/2.4 PF with a 47.6%/32%/81% line. Luka currently has a staggering .615% true shooting percentage. Has 4.7 winshares (this number goes up the more as the season continues. For comparison Luka ended his rookie year with 4.9 winshares.) And currently has the highest BPM of all time with 13.2.
Its tough to compare 2 players who play totally different positions and furthermore play nothing alike. Stats wise Luka fills the stat sheet more (but again Shaq was never asked to assist and they played in totally different areas), and every single advanced metric favors him. His advance stats are so much an outlier that they surpass Shaq's at age 21, and Lebrons, and Jordans. The season is still young. This only really matters if Luka sustains it, but right now statistically Luka is having the best season ever for a 20 year old.
14x All-Star, 12x all-NBA, 1x MVP, 1x Finals MVP, 1 NBA Championship: Dirk Nowitzki, the man, the myth, the legend.