1980 Kareem vs 1996 MJ

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Who’s better

1996 MJ
6
43%
1980 Kareem
8
57%
 
Total votes: 14
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Re: 1980 Kareem vs 1996 MJ 

Post#21 » by VanWest82 » Thu Mar 17, 2022 7:49 am

70sFan wrote:
VanWest82 wrote:I don’t see how this is all that close. With the usual caveats that NBA advanced stats are mostly crap, MJ’s BPM/VORP of 10 along with 20 WS in 96 is clearly ahead of Kareem’s BPM/VORP of 7 and 14 WS.

If they are crap, why do you use it?

Because the gap is significant enough to accommodate the error.
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Re: 1980 Kareem vs 1996 MJ 

Post#22 » by 70sFan » Thu Mar 17, 2022 8:41 am

VanWest82 wrote:
70sFan wrote:
VanWest82 wrote:I don’t see how this is all that close. With the usual caveats that NBA advanced stats are mostly crap, MJ’s BPM/VORP of 10 along with 20 WS in 96 is clearly ahead of Kareem’s BPM/VORP of 7 and 14 WS.

If they are crap, why do you use it?

Because the gap is significant enough to accommodate the error.

So what exactly is measured by WS? How big is the error of BPM?
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