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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.

Unlikely as the players with biggest salaries are the inside players

That's valid for both offensive and defensive skills.

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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MVP countless times and nearly always top of the JBBL scoring charts..... (but again an exception...) THE PHENOM.. Mr. Kaneko!!

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.

my top 2 scorers are inside players and 1 of them is 2nd in my league in scoring

I dare say if I played Zadok every game at C with Look Inside tactic he might stand a chance of being up there...

I think this gives you another reason why the big men dont score as often.

For training they i imagine are shuffled to PF and SF and if preserved for best GS may often start only 1 game and be back up in another.

Bottom line is I reckon the guys setting the records aren't the best players anyway.

I guess PL's are the best way to really judge not regular seasonal stats.