more impressive season (defense only): 88 jordan vs 09 lebron

[falcolombardi]

it has been a while since we have had a holy war thread, aka a jordan vs lebron thread so why not?

some quick numbers

88 jordan bulls

#3 ranked defense out of 23

-2.5 defensive rating

4th of 23 in efg% allowed, 17 of 23 in turnovers forced, 1st in the league in defensive rebounding, 8 of 23 in free throws allowed

2009 cavs

#3 ranked defense out of 30

-5.5 defensive rating

2th of 30 in efg%, 10th in turnovers, 9th in defensive rebounding, 11th in free throws allowed

we dont have (official/full) plus minus data for jordan so if someone has even a sample of plus/minus metrics for jordan that season it would be really useful

in lebron case we have some defensive impact metrics

defensive rapm : 2.8 (second best among perimeter players that season, after ron artest)

On court: 100.6 D rating (-7.7 relative to league average)
Off court: 108.8 D rating (+0.5 rel to LA)
Difference: -8.2

boxscore wise

jordan per 100: 3.9 steals, 2.0 blocks, 4.7 defensive boards

lebron per 100: 2.4 steals, 1.6 blocks, 9.0 defensive boards