Better for their own era: 2020 davis vs 1983 moses malone

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Better for their own era: 2020 davis vs 1983 moses malone 

Post#1 » by falcolombardi » Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:06 pm

Who was more impactful relative to their league?
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Re: Better for their own era: 2020 davis vs 1983 moses malone 

Post#2 » by No-more-rings » Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:18 pm

Moses Malone peaked higher, I don’t much care for the “for their era” caveat.
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Re: Better for their own era: 2020 davis vs 1983 moses malone 

Post#3 » by tsherkin » Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:25 pm

No-more-rings wrote:Moses Malone peaked higher, I don’t much care for the “for their era” caveat.


But that is the specific conceit of the thread...
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Post#4 » by No-more-rings » Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:29 pm

tsherkin wrote:
No-more-rings wrote:Moses Malone peaked higher, I don’t much care for the “for their era” caveat.


But that is the specific conceit of the thread...

I see that, but I just don’t know how we’re supposed to seperate “relative to era” from just raw impact.
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Re: Better for their own era: 2020 davis vs 1983 moses malone 

Post#5 » by falcolombardi » Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:32 pm

No-more-rings wrote:
tsherkin wrote:
No-more-rings wrote:Moses Malone peaked higher, I don’t much care for the “for their era” caveat.


But that is the specific conceit of the thread...

I see that, but I just don’t know how we’re supposed to seperate “relative to era” from just raw impact.


Is a way to separare the discussion from becoming about how portable moses is in the modern game
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Re: Better for their own era: 2020 davis vs 1983 moses malone 

Post#6 » by homecourtloss » Thu Aug 11, 2022 3:26 am

Playoffs AD was incredible, but overall, Moses was much more impactful in the regular season and the difference is quite stark. Have to go Moses here.
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Post#7 » by JordansBulls » Thu Aug 11, 2022 3:54 am

Moses won league and finals mvp in front of fans and swept the Lakers who won the title 2 of the last 3 years.
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Post#8 » by 70sFan » Thu Aug 11, 2022 6:08 am

Moses and quite clearly so.

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