The god of basketball! Michael Jordan, the first person in NBA history, how great his career has been, we don't need to repeat it. But Jordan, who has accumulated a lot of honors in his career, also has regrets!
In the 1995-1996 season, Jordan won the NBA Championship, the NBA Finals MVP, the regular season MVP, the All-Star Game AMBP, the All-Star Starter, the NBA League Scoring Champion, the NBA All-Team First Team, and the NBA All-Defensive Team First Team! It can be said that Jordan at that time, almost in the same year, won all the top individual awards in the NBA, except for DPOY (Best Defensive Player).
Some fans may say that it is not easy for outside players to get the best defensive player, and it is normal not to get it, but on the contrary, Jordan of that year could really take DPOY!
Let's analyze it, is jordan really a regret to miss the best defensive player that year? Without a doubt, the biggest regret in history, we all know that Jordan is the god of basketball, in the vast history of the NBA, he is the greatest player, no one, his career can almost be described as perfect.
In addition to some regrets about DPOY that year, his career is impeccable, so let's review the situation of that year.
In the 95-96 season, the NBA finally awarded the best defensive player to Gary Payton, and Payton that season could average 2.9 steals and 0.2 blocks per game, jordan averaged 2.2 steals and 0.5 blocks per game that season.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with giving Payton, every year's awards, worthy of not only one person, but the final winner is only one person, what are we lamenting today? It is a pity that the DPOY of that year, Payton deserved it, but to Jordan, it is also deserved.
Read on.
We look at the data, never look at the surface, the NBA has high-level data to prove the real role of players on the court! In that season, Payton's defensive contribution was 5.6, which is a very high level, especially when placed on the defender players, which is even more rare.
But, pay attention but!
The statistic was inferior to Jordan, whose defensive contribution reached his career-high that season. That's right, you read that right, Jordan's defensive contribution that year even surpassed his season of winning the best defensive player, reaching a terrifying 6.2, which was the second in the league that year! It is also the highest value for a guard in NBA history.
At that time, Jordan, in terms of defensive contribution value, was crushing the existence of Olajuwon.
Why do you have to feel sorry for Jordan, everyone should understand it by now, right?
We must admit that Jordan's historical position does not need to move forward, in the vast history of the NBA, he is already the best player in the NBA. As I said earlier, we feel sorry for him, not that he didn't surpass anyone because of it, but simply feel that not reaching a Grand Slam that season is a pity for Jordan himself, after all, the NBA can get involved in these awards in the same year, and no one but God can approach.
So then again, why didn't the league give Jordan DPOY that year? The only reason is aesthetic fatigue, at that time, Jordan, has won all the top honors that players can get in the NBA, even if it is the best defensive player that guard players do not often take, Jordan has also won.
So at that time, no matter what kind of performance Jordan gave, in the eyes of the league, in the eyes of the public, there was nothing worth showing off, according to their ideas, he should be at this level, you give this performance, get this data is normal, there is nothing to surprise us.
You're Jordan, you should be such a player.
It is precisely because of this aesthetic fatigue that Jordan missed the DPOY of the year, I don't know what you think?