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Just giving myself a thread to post stuff that I find interesting, even if none of you find it interesting.
 
#2
#2
Year-by-year, the top producers by position:

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#5
#5
That 1990 line has some big names:
PG - Magic Johnson
SG - Michael Jordon
SF - Dennis Rodman
PF - Charles Barkley
C - David Robinson
 
#7
#7
The one glaring guy that is missing is Shaq. He was top 5 (probably top 3) at his position for 15 years, but never #1. Kinda crazy.

Also, keep in mind this is per minute. Shawn Bradley could only play 24 minutes per game, so he wasn't "MVP" of centers, per se.
 
#8
#8
And AK47 was the man. Dude could get you a 5x5 (though rarely). I remember some analyst saying he had been the only guy to do it in like a decade, and he had done it like 3 or 4 times.
 
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#10
Would you have taken those guys over shaq?

At their primes, probably Jabar and possibly Dream.

Shaq is the only all-time great NBA player I can think of that got his status not through being a great player, but just by being a mammoth human being.
 
#11
#11
I meant the guys winning it during shaq's prime. But those would be the two possibles for me, as well.
 
#12
#12
Then I'll stick with my answer, as much of Kareem's offensive game wasn't in the same spot of the floor as the Shaqtus. I think Hakeem was the better basketball player but Shaq would win the post on both ends just because of his size.
 
#14
#14
Yeah. Also, as for the guys winning it during the three-peat and such, yeah no way. I easily take Shaq. I think the per-minute thing is to explain here.
 
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#18
I am incredibly enthused by advanced stats. But I have learned that they are not law. At all.
 
#20
#20
This is total, rather than per minute. No Foster, Childress, or Bradley. Shaq is on there 3 times. All is right with the world.

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