Yahoo Sports: “A closer look at MJ’s 1988 DPOY raises questions about its validity”

[Rekkapryde]

I think it's the opposite. Media is prisoner in the moment right now. Once he retires the media will look for someone else to compare MJ with (probably Luka). I remember when Peyton V Brady was the hot topic and ESPN and a lot of the media was pushing Peyton as GOAT. Once he retired all that talk faded. Unless you're a diehard Peyton fan, most people will argue between Brady and Montana as GOAT. Peyton is no longer part of the convo.

I don't think so. The media is lookin at the younger generation and who they fukk with more. It's gonna get real dumb.

 

[Bigblackted4]

Jordan shouldn’t have won it in 88 and all those guards winning it early on is suspect. But that still doesn’t change the fact that LeBron doesn’t have one

To me there's never a guard valuable enough for the award.

 

[ISO]

Jaren Jackson Jr on there and we KNOW his stats were faked, so do we question everyone else on this list as well??

This thread needs more attention

His stats weren’t fake you didn’t read the article.

Modern players really chasing ghosts out here.

at averaging 4 steals and 2 blocks at home while being a lockdown defender

Fake ass shyt

 

[ISO]

I think it's the opposite. Media is prisoner in the moment right now. Once he retires the media will look for someone else to compare MJ with (probably Luka). I remember when Peyton V Brady was the hot topic and ESPN and a lot of the media was pushing Peyton as GOAT. Once he retired all that talk faded. Unless you're a diehard Peyton fan, most people will argue between Brady and Montana as GOAT. Peyton is no longer part of the convo.

Before Bron it was Kobe. Once the media finds someone else it'll be a wrap for the Bron is GOAT convo.

Wemby will be the guy and he’ll probably legit put up insane stock numbers not made up shyts

 

[Copy Ninja]

Wemby will be the guy and he’ll probably legit put up insane stock numbers not made up shyts

He could be. But you already see how they talk about Luka. These dudes (media) basically made these Finals the Luka coronation the way they talked about him prior to the series. Celtics had other plans but if Luka had won the convo would have been unbearable. You can tell they are ready to pivot from Bron to Luka.

 

[BigTyme Records]

I Read most of article. Homie really did his homework lol

 

[CHICAGO]

Folks in here saying "they do this for every star", "they do this for Lebron", "this is apart of the game" are being disingenuous. The data shows that the disparity in steals and blocks in home games compared to road games for MJ's DPOY season was not just astronomical compared to his peers, but astronomical compared to every DPOY of the past 40+ years

1988 DPOY:
259 STL, 131 BLK
VS
1987:
236 STL, 125 BLK

1987: HOME/AWAY
132/104 STL
65/60 BLK

REMOVE THE 88 SEASON AND
87 IS STILL THE MOST "STOCKS"
BY A GUARD IN NBA HISTORY.



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[HandyWithTheSteel]

 

[Rekkapryde]

I know Nick Wright's LeGBT ass was gonna eat this up.

 

[JesusFOREVER]

His stats weren’t fake you didn’t read the article.

Modern players really chasing ghosts out here.

at averaging 4 steals and 2 blocks at home while being a lockdown defender

Fake ass shyt

I did, and "yeah we watched every home game the stats add up" isn't proof, is there a video of them doing this??

 

[GunRanger]

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Oh Wow, Offseason in the "Social Media" era have Journalists revisiting awards from 36 years ago, we 3 days into it. Podcasts and Twitter ruined sports.

Bill Simmnons "are we sure Steph is good? " type takes

 

[Uno]

The Bald cheese eyes man was created by the white man to sell sneakers. All hype.

 

[Trojan 24]

LeFags really think this changes anything? GOATs status was never based on stats. I can watch a 5 minute YouTube video of Jordan and be like yeah that's the GOAT

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

LeFags really think this changes anything? GOATs status was never based on stats. I can watch a 5 minute YouTube video of Jordan and be like yeah that's the GOAT

'LeFags' is corny white boy shyt, which makes sense from you but, you're right because I was literally looking for a specific Bulls/Knicks game where they were doing a full court trap on the Starks and fukking them up completely, and stumbled across this sick ass move