On March 26, Beijing time, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James surpassed Carl Malone last week to become the second highest scoring player in NBA history, and at present, James is only behind Abdul-Jabbar. However, the US media has counted a statistic, that is, if Jordan can play the same long career as James, then maybe Jordan can become the first person in NBA history to score.
According to statistics, Michael Jordan has played 1072 games in his career and scored 32292 points. That would bring his career average of 30.12 points per game.
If he and James (1,364 games to be exact) play the same number of games, his career average would be 41,026 points, slightly 3,000 points less than Jabbar, who has played nearly 500 more games than Jordan.
Apparently, jordan has played fewer appearances in the NBA's top five score list than any other player. Dan actually retired from the NBA twice, once in 1993 and once in 1998. If Jordan hadn't left the field twice and played until 2003, perhaps he would have become the biggest scorer in history.
Of course, there is another way to say that Jordan's suspensions in 1993 and 1998 allowed him to recover his body and when he returned to the field, he was able to play at a high level. If he had played until 2003, his body might not be able to withstand this load, and over time, his score would have dropped significantly.
However, in the eyes of the US media, the second conjecture is not so reliable, after all, returning to the game also requires a lot of courage and the feeling of the game, which is not a moment and a half to adapt to the intensity of the NBA.
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