steefP2 wrote:BostonCouchGM wrote:zoyathedestroya wrote:Got my confirmation.
Teammates scoring 25+ ppg on 60+% TS% same season in NBA history:
• Bird and McHale (1987)
• KD and Curry (2017)
• KD and Curry (2018)
• KD and Curry (2019)
After 22 games, Tatum averaging 31.6 ppg on 63.5% TS and Brown averaging 26.1 ppg on 60.5% TS.
If it were that easy, more pairings would've done it.
you can't compare today's era to other eras since it's geared towards offense, players are allowed to use illegal screens, travel, carry and push off plus there's the lack of defense and the three ball. There's a reason only one duo had ever done it until 2017 and then now we're on our 4th since.
There's currently 14 players scoring 25 ppg.
In Bird and MJs era there were very few 25 ppg let alone teammates
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TS% is kinda garbage tbh.
There's currently like 57 players with a 60 TS%. Back when Bird and Mchale both did it there were only 20
that's why you look at ts% above league average, not just raw ts. League average ts atm is .574, which iirc is the highest ever. So jaylen is currently at +4 and jayson at +5 above league average efficiency.
The Rich Mokeski’s of the Bird era have been replaced with Embiids, Giannises, Lukas and Jokics. Bird and McHlae would still be elite today but the league never had as many superstar talents from all over the world like they do today.
