Kidd K
04-17-2016, 03:35 PM
We all know today's league has carebear rules when it comes to fouls, but as a lot of posters on here like to claim, MJ allegedly got a lot of FTAs and ref help. So are wing stars today getting less FTAs per FGA than even the legendary Michael Jordan did throughout his career?
Nope.
Jordan had a lower FTA:FGA ratio than nearly all of the top scoring wing stars do today, and that's despite getting fouled much harder with no calls while the players today shoot more threes which = less contact on shots while Jordan was often attacking the basket and getting contested at the rim, making the disparity actually even wider than the stats appear.
Jordan: 0.3575
Kobe: 0.3821 (7% more)
LeBron: 0.4225 (18% more)
Durant: 0.4262 (18% more)
Westbrook: 0.3929 (10% more)
Harden: 0.5412 (51% more)
Carmello: 0.3795 (6% more)
Pierce: 0.4416 (24% more)
Wade: 0.4501(29% more)
Even DeMar DeRozan: 0.4054 (13.4% more)
He got less ref help than nearly any wing star does today despite being the clear draw for the NBA for like a decade. Jordan got fouled harder and more frequently yet still got less FTAs than any wing star today.
The ones that shoot more threes and long range jumpers are lesser than others (like Kobe), but still notably higher than the decade-long face of the NBA. Those that attack the basket roughly as much as MJ did, as you can see, get 20-30% more FTAs than MJ did (with Harden being the anomaly with over 50% more).
Nope.
Jordan had a lower FTA:FGA ratio than nearly all of the top scoring wing stars do today, and that's despite getting fouled much harder with no calls while the players today shoot more threes which = less contact on shots while Jordan was often attacking the basket and getting contested at the rim, making the disparity actually even wider than the stats appear.
Jordan: 0.3575
Kobe: 0.3821 (7% more)
LeBron: 0.4225 (18% more)
Durant: 0.4262 (18% more)
Westbrook: 0.3929 (10% more)
Harden: 0.5412 (51% more)
Carmello: 0.3795 (6% more)
Pierce: 0.4416 (24% more)
Wade: 0.4501(29% more)
Even DeMar DeRozan: 0.4054 (13.4% more)
He got less ref help than nearly any wing star does today despite being the clear draw for the NBA for like a decade. Jordan got fouled harder and more frequently yet still got less FTAs than any wing star today.
The ones that shoot more threes and long range jumpers are lesser than others (like Kobe), but still notably higher than the decade-long face of the NBA. Those that attack the basket roughly as much as MJ did, as you can see, get 20-30% more FTAs than MJ did (with Harden being the anomaly with over 50% more).