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From: Sparkle
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Date: 6/30/2009 8:12:47 AM
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Is it just my league or are the top 10 players in the league for Points Per Game all outside based players?

Anyone in a league where there are more inside players on the charts? I couldn't find any yet.

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Date: 6/30/2009 8:57:19 AM
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That's the way it generally is in professional bball too. Most of the highest scorers are either shooting guards or small forwards and when you think about it, that's their main role really.

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Date: 7/1/2009 4:06:12 PM
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That, and with the invention of the 3pt shot, it really is hard for inside players to compete in scoring. However, one of my old leagues in Season 6 had the MVP as 23 per game scorer at the PF position. He had the scoring title as well, and second in rebounds.

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Date: 7/1/2009 8:01:23 PM
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In BB, its depend on the tactic and skills of the players.

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Date: 7/1/2009 9:07:38 PM
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In BB, its depend on the tactic and skills of the players.


Unlikely as the players with biggest salaries are the inside players whose managers usually employ an inside focus offensive. It just seems geared that the biggest scorers are from the SG/SF position regardless of what you run.



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Date: 7/1/2009 9:43:10 PM
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(http://www.nbauniverse.com/awards/nba_scoring_leader_year...)

Since the mid-1980's only 3 times has a player other than a SG lead the league in scoring, once by David Robinson and twice by Shaquille O'Neal. Oh, and two of those scoring titles came during Michael Jordan's first retirement...

In previous generations, the game was such that a 7-footer had a bigger advantage than today since the average player back then wasn't quite so big and strong as the modern player. Today, even Wilt Chamberlain I suspect would have a hard time piling up the points having to play against (all be it less talented) big men his size every game. Let's face it, Shaq has been able to be dominant largely because he is so, well, large, even compared to the other centers. That advantage helped him win those two scoring titles. But these days, it takes a big man tremendous size, like a Shaq, or a unique blend of size and quickness like a unique Daivd Robinson had. (Makes you appreciate Robinson a bit more putting his scoring title as a center into perpective, eh?)

Just thought I'd throw some hard facts into the mix.

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Date: 7/1/2009 11:08:43 PM
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Unlikely as the players with biggest salaries are the inside players

That's valid for both offensive and defensive skills.

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
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Date: 7/2/2009 12:43:22 AM
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Yeah, I do realize that it does mimic real life basketball, just an observation though. Rarely see any inside players in the top 10 scorers.

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Date: 7/2/2009 1:15:22 AM
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MVP countless times and nearly always top of the JBBL scoring charts..... (but again an exception...) THE PHENOM.. Mr. Kaneko!!

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Date: 7/2/2009 2:29:57 AM
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Haha, now there's an exception! However I noticed that the highest PPG in the JBBL is 20+ points, which is still achievable for an inside player. In the MBBA, the PPG leader is an outside player averaging 35 points per game. Hard to see an inside player churning out those sort of points.

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Date: 7/2/2009 2:51:14 AM
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my top 2 scorers are inside players and 1 of them is 2nd in my league in scoring