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#2 Only guard to record 2500+ points over 5 consecutive regular seasons
What often gets lost in the discussion about greatness is the degree of difficulty a player has to overcome in order to achieve what he has. Aficionados waste a lot of time today debating whether LeBron James has surpassed Michael Jordan yet, but most new-age fans neglect to mention how it was way tougher back in the day for a player to score in the paint in comparison to contemporary players, who have the advantage of playing with a defensive 3-second rule that stops teams playing zone defenses efficiently.
Similarly, they gloss over the fact that Jordan was a below-average player by size in the league during his time, and still dominated it in a manner that no one ever has since.
For example, he is the only guard to total 2500+ points in 5 straight seasons, doing so in a spell from 1986-1991 and barely missing out by double digit points in 1991-92 before another year of 2500+ points in 1992-93.
How do you guard a player like that?
