These 8 charts were so unbelievable that they changed the way I see the NBA.

@guten tag know what your talking about I was like wait a minute but even with it not starting at zero it is still mind blowing

You plagerized in college didn't you?

You don’t say

Literally

@L Kz it’s my favorite one liner 😭

"Vince Carter, a man who has played in the NBA for 236 years" 🤣🤣🤣.. Classic!!

He played 22,,,LeBron is close

Lol its in 08:20

About as historic as a real raptor dinosaur.

@Felix Riddle is he wrong tho

Lmaooooo i hadda search on the comments to see if i listened correctly

Patrick McCaw: 33 playoff games, 3 rings. Absolute legend

It took a hall of famer to take Patrick McCaw down (literally) lol

@Baloon fridge yes it is

@Jason Hardin 0:0 is not 1:1.. Go learn math

🤣🤣🤣

Important to remember that Jordan had a Long Contract that only paid 2.5 Million for his first 8 years. So, it is more than normal that he should get overpaid to compensate for the many years he dominated while many players that were much less valuable were getting paid more than him, which was a total aberration.

@JKTProductionzIncNCo They screwed themselves in that regard. Mahomes is gonna have the same problem. Just don't sign long contracts, its only beneficial for the team.

True. Both Barkley, & Jordan got screwed in that regard.

Honestly Russells mvp year I remember going on IG and seeing a triple double every night and i didnt even realize i was witnessing history

@WHEEZE when has he choked in the playoffs lmao?

@Syncroh 23 Look at his playoff stats and tell me that isnt losing with half assed ball hogging style.

@Roberto De Marzi He wins most of the time when he puts up a triple double when he doesn’t his team wins half the time. So you’re just a hater.

​@Roberto De Marzi he has a 70% wr when he gets a triple double (80% in 2016-17 btw) how is that losing style?

@Michael 24 what if’s don’t count tho, by what if logic I can say for certain if DRose didn’t get injured he’d be the best PG in the NBA and have multiple rings aswell

The charts were misleading though, as you rarely started the y-axis at 0, making the differences seem much larger relative to the others than they actually were. For example in the Team wins since 2015, the Warriors look more than double as high as the rest, while they're closer to 33% higher than the second highest.

I mean if you just imagine the zero the top guys are still way higher in the charts. 😂

@Noah Leach you mad?

@Eezo The Chezo also just saying ‘well i care’ doesnt automatically make that person a narcissit or an arrogant guy, that guy never said anything ab not considering other ppls ideas

Look at Jordan's other 13 years playing he was underpaid his whole career so it was pay day the last 2 years on the bulls

@Nemanja P thats why he provides the context every time he pulls of a new graph. You have trouble thinking in general I presume?

Jordan made his money through his Nike partnership though. I'm pretty sure he was more interested in winning than his salary.

Jacob Wiley Pippen didn’t make MJ good, MJ was already great.

and yet, he's probably the richest person to ever have been in the NBA...

Wilt Chamberlain said that 10% of the other players salaries for all the teams in the NBA should be donated as a tithe to Michael Jordan. That was the measure of Wilt Chamberlain's regard for MJ.

I really enjoyed this, thank you! I remember when Dwight howard was with the magic he was unstoppable. I would love to see more Jordan charts like his playoff scoring (similar to lebrons chart).

These are pretty amazing to look at. Yes it shows how great LeBron is and how dominant the warriors were but what it really shows is those extremely solid players like Dwight Howard Russell Westbrook Andre Drummond that don't get enough recognition for what they do.

The most shocking statistic on a chart here, is the fact that Vince Carter is still active.

@Raymond Tan Yeah! Gigi has played for 31 years in Serie A. One more crazy dude was Jaromir Jagr who played in NHL for 28 years he is still active in top league in Czech republic, he started in NHL at 1990. Those two guys are incredible. Shows you are not even close to done at elite sports in 35. And have 10 more years after 30. Zlatan Ibrahimovich is 40 years old and still the best player in AC Milan. Then the oldest of the old. Chris Chelios he stopped playing NHL at age of 48 in Atlanta Thrashers. He was 45 when he played 69 games for Detroit Red Wings. I do not remember , but i think Igor Larionov was 41 when he stopped playing in NHL. It is a myth you are not good enough for top leagues after 35. All of the above are good examples. The super athleetes just under 40 is MANY, but here is two relevant to this video. Michael Jordan 38 years old. Lebron James 37 years old and still active.

Vince has played more years than any other player, but he has NOT played more games. He is up to #3 though, behind Robert Parrish and Kareem (both of whom did play ALMOST as many years, but with far more playoffs success).

Good for him.

@évacuation d'urgence damn, vince carter is ancient, 300 years in the NBA and he's still playing, LMAO

He played nba 4 decades : 1990's, 2000's, 2010's and 2020's

This video is seriously lacking a chart for Stockton's insane assist record; it'd fit right in here.

and steals...

I hope every NBA fan would watch this--and appreciate Dwight Howard's greatness.

@miraflor del rio no fucking shot he would be in the goat debate lmao

@Dichang Feng No Olajuwon? Casual

@miraflor del rio Kobe said he didn't appreciate Shaq until he played with Dwight. He should've stayed in Orlando

@miraflor del rio Yet SharQ find Kobe is his best Teammate. SharQ dominate the rim but not Dwight.

If the back injury didn't happen Dwight would have been in the conversation of: Greatest Lakers Center of All-Time Kobe's Greatest Team mate Most DPOY's Greatest Defensive Player Ever Greatest Center of All-Time (Possibly)The G.O.A.T debate

That Russ chart hits different now that we actually see him play nightly. Imagine how many turnovers, stolen rebounds from teammates, and pointless passes back to Russ to farm assists that is. Glad he finally exposed how worthless the triple double is when you average 5 turnovers a game

Watch his latest video lol, he states that a Russell Westbrook triple double far outweighs a Russell Westbrook low turnover game.

This is why I was thrilled the Sixers got Dwight. Joel needed a mentor who has been through the scrutiny before and boy did it pay off

Make a chart for people who played the most seasons in the NBA Jimmy: "And above all his peers, Vince Carter leads the pack with 236 seasons in the NBA"

@Socal Zaps Nah, that was Jerry West I think. 8-P

Vince was standing there holding a soccer ball when Naismith put up the fuckin peach basket

Sadly as of the 25th of June 2020 Vince is now retired however he is also the only player in NBA history to have played in 4 different decades

He has only played 21

😂😂😂😂

Man it’d be interesting to see charts on careers of Tim Duncan, Spurs trio, and Kevin Garnet. Long term impact

Great charts and fun to go through. One I would suggest for a future video would be wins (playoff and regular season) by teams over their best 5 year stretch. Bulls in the 90’s, recent Warriors, Russell’s Celtics, etc. Another non-NBA chart that might be cool is career points in hockey. At one point Gretzky had so many assists that he would have been the all time points leader without counting a single one of his record goals, not sure if true still but damn. Also receiving yard and receptions in football, think Rice blows everyone away still.

9:58 Chart is not fair to the Russell-era Celtics - for the same reason you talked about in an earlier part of the video. The playoffs didn't have as many rounds - so they didn't NEED to win quite as many games for a season to win the championship. It's also NOTEABLE that the Warriors LOST the championship in what was their otherwise "best season" - an amazing trick for a team that was "so dominant" and invalidates this entire point.

Would love to see some charts on the historic spurs run. Wins, years in playoffs, etc.

20 straight seasons in playoffs - same as Tim Duncan''s time in the NBA. Coincidence? Not entirely.

Scottie Pippen: I'm so underpaid, man! MJ: (while depositing $33m) i wish i could help you bro

Bad timing for Pip. Great great player. If he knew how important Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and his own teammate Michael Jordan were to the popularity of the game, he likely would have signed less years to make bank on another contract. But for a poor Arkansas kid trying to provide for his family... He turned out just fine.

@Iceberg Mays ㅔㅂ

MJ is probably the most underpaid Athlete in Sports history in regards to his impact vs base salary.

I mean...Pipp never even got 1 MVP, let alone FMVP, Scoring Title, DPOY, etc.

@Ratel.H Badger It was completely Pippen's fault. Heck even the owner or the GM told him at the time of the contract that this would be bad for him as the NBA is having better prospects in the future, do not lock yourself in but the guy took a safety contract for a long time and was hugely underpaid. But it was completely Pippen's decision. He made a stupid move.

Who else wants a chart of how crazy all of jxmy’s charts are

I would start the baseline right below the next craziest chart.

2019 video: There's no denying Russell's greatness. 2020 season: hold my Corona

there's significant denying russesl's greatness now ngl. LeGM need to stop signing dudes who were gonna do great where they were.

quick tip: It looks dishonest when you don't start your graphs with 0, it makes smaller gaps look way bigger when its a difference between 50 and 80 for example

every once in a while us jxmy fans decide to rewatch this it's just tradition

Yep I do it a lot

I agree it's that good ngl

Dwight Howard gave you what's called empty calorie stats. He played good against trash. When he was with the Lakers they should have been dominant but he shrunk in key situations. That's what separates the greats from the goods...

Honestly the effort put into these videos is amazing. Favorite youtuber 100%.

Back in the day the 1st round was best 3 of 5. The nest round was the conference Finals best of 7. So Bill Russel played far fewer playoff games for that reason.

@Action Jackson You are right I forgot the Celtics always finished 1st so they never played in the semifinals! So correct again that Russel's accomplishments weren't so difficult as the video presents.

@Action Jackson Going back to 1955 (at least) there were semi-finals in both conferences; then conference finals (best of 7) and then NBA Finals best of 7. Just look it up.

@deepcosmiclove Not his first 8 championships. It was only 2 rounds. It was the last three that was 3 rounds.

@Action Jackson We both got it wrong. The divisional semifinals was 2 of 3. Then came the divisional finals best of 7. Then the NBA finals best of 7.

Actually, it was only 2 rounds. The 2nd round WAS the Finals. Best of 5, then best of 7. Easy peazy road to victory.

I want to see a chart with correlation of players in the NBA that grew up in warm weather areas/cities etc

“Vince Carter, a man that has been in the NBA for 236 years” — Jimmy 2019

@alien #42 how the hell did it confuse u? Is what he said confusing to ?

The dude is actually a Basketball god

Thought it was a diss

guy is a freakin ancient yet only 88 playoff games smh

evansusmc it was a joke...

Bron has been on super teams for so long that he has been to the playoffs the most. I actually love how many golden state players have been to the playoffs so many times shows there is no need to change your whole team if you have impactful players

Michael Jordan's salary is more than a whole teams salary. Michael Jordan is just too OP. Too damn valuable

I'd like to see where Scottie Pippen and Isaiah Thomas fall on those charts.

As a lifetime Magic fan, I know have come full circle and are again rooting for DH12 to win a championship this year. Hes a legit 1st ballot hall of famer

can we just take a moment and appreciate the flawless transitions between stats🔥

He’s so incredible you have to see it to believe it. me: oh lemme guess he’s gonna get up a char... HERES A CHART TO SHOW HOW INSANE THIS DUDE IS

"I like charts. Charts are good" this is my new favourite quote.

So glad to see this about Howard. I've always like him and now I know what I can use to blast someone disrespecting him with some nonsense.

Great video. I appreciate the time you poured into this. I enjoyed every second. Ty.

The problem I have with having these charts as visual representations is that most have shortened Y-axes. They graphically suggest players performance numbers twice as high as the next one, but when you look at the numbers they "only" performed 20-30% better. Not taking away anything from the players as they are clearly outstanding performers compared to the rest of them, but the graphics are misleading, even when accompanied by clear and concise explanations.

@brokerbevo I was thinking that for some of them also

Exactly

@TheGoodChap Sure, I mean, well, both. The reason there are like a dozen of who've been going "waaaiiiit a minute, where's the zero?" is because that's a trick that politicians and ad agencies use all the time. Once it's been pointed out to you a few times, you can't unsee it, so some governor running against another governor puts out an ad talking about how "taxes have skyrocketed!" and you look at the graph and it's put the 'zero' an infinitesimally tiny amount below the previous rate so it makes an increase of half a percent look like a 10-fold increase. It's one of the ways people lie with statistics. Can it be used benignly? Is it benign here? Sure. Of course. But... just don't.

It's a graph though so you can visually see in the margins that that's what's happening, in that case it's done to make it more clear where the differences are. I don't think it's meant to be deceiving

I think he made it so we realise how insane those stats are compared to others

“By the far the largest chunk of money in sports history at the time” Michael Schumacher: hold my $56 million

"at the time" - Shumacher was many years later.

@tilghman5237 Not of a contract

@Nostalgic Gaming ahh shit you right

@tilghman5237 maybe you didn't read the "at the time" part.

Floyd Mayweather made 80 mil a year for like 3 straight years

very good and simple explanation, thank you. one point I'd like to raise is; when you are trying to show the scatter of a data in yhe y-axis, it is more honest (but less sensational) to begin the y-axis from 0.

Great work man! I learned a lot with this video. 🔥

Lebron James: has 40 trip dubs Russ: *Not one, not two, not three, not four*

@Michael Terrell *Not 17 not 18 not 19*

2 lol 2rings with that team we were bamboozled

@iacpkdf *not* *14* *not* *15* *not* *16*

*not ten, not eleven, not twelve, not 13*

Not 8 OR 9

Quote of the year. “I like charts... charts are good.” Jxmy -2019

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*Jon Bois has entered the chat*

Christopher Santori damn u beat me to it

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The Bill Russel graph was cool (they’re all cool, good stuff 👍) but it’s comparing apples to oranges. If a perfect playoff run in his day was only 7 games..as opposed to 16..you have to adjust to account for that. No it wouldn’t be perfect, but it would be better (and truer) to adjust it according to the new and over twice as long playoff schedule.

I'd prefer to adjust it to straight "rings vs years played" - where Bill is still easily the leader and his ONLY close competition were all teammates. 11 rings, 12 Finals, in 13 years - nobody since has been even CLOSE.

The gap between Steph and everybody else for games with 10 or more 3s is as extreme as any of these 8 charts. He has 22 (and counting), and the next most is Clay, with 5.

6:47 Add Sam Jones, Tom Heinsolm, KC Jones to the chart and Bill looks less impressive - but note that they weren't leaders for their team, they were Bill Teammates. John Havlicek is a special case, as 2 of his rings he WAS the team leader (and possibly 3 or 4). But factor in the shorter playoffs in Russell (and Wilt's) era, and the numbers look less impressive (which you did point out). On the other hand, 11 rings in 13 years *IS* the highest percentage ever for ANY player - and a more fair comparison.

Your videos are so good. Much appreciated content! Keep it up :)

Vince Carter a man who has played in the nba for 236 years...

Are you so high

lazycouchchip E then what time stamp do you want?

@Ala Potato i never said anything about the raptors

lazycouchchip E ok. he never mentioned vince carter playing for the raptors. if you want the "vince who played for 23730282 years" or something timestamp -> 8:20

@Ala Potato what don't you get?

As a Celtics fan i gotta go with the BILL RUSSELL chart, that is an ABSOLUTELY INSANE feat that will NEVER EVER be done again, NOT EVEN BY LEBRON!!!!!

Jimmy I thought for sure you'd mention this since it directly applies to what you said about Bill Russell. In addition to having only 10 teams in the NBA when Russell played there were fewer playoff rounds and the top teams (like the Celtics) often got first round byes. Whereas Jordan and Magic had to win 15 playoff games to win a title (and often play upwards of 20 games or more), Russell played between 10 and 14 games to win each of his first eight championships.  That is probably the most direct attribution to why Bill Russel is such an outlier here...

11 championships in 13 years is more of an outlier, if you exclude Bill teammates. Bill has the highest winning percentage for a CAREER by a wide margin, except for a few teammates like Sam Jones. People brag about MJ being 6 of 6 in the Finals - but how many Finals did he MISS? Bill missed *ONE* in his entire career as the unquestioned leader of his Celtics.

Great stuff. I was privileged to watch Dwight Howard accomplish those doubles. I didn't realize till now how significant that record was.

@Brice Fleckenstein that's double doubles, not 20-20 games. Dwight leads that statistic actually, but for double doubles he does not. He is the nba all-time leader in 20-20 games, with apparently 51 according to the research I did, and jimmy got 52 so either one of the stats is still the all time record.

Record? What record? That's not even the SINGLE SEASON record!

Gotta give you major props Jimmy.... if there were a chart for 'best YouTube basketball analysis videos' you would look a lot like Dwight... Cheers and keep 'em coming!

Dang, I didn’t realize Vince carter had been around for 236 years.

Same

Yeah very odd

@tc Joe man,I can still remember it like it was yesterday-in 1865 Vince Carter led both Bulls and Wizards to a victory against allied forces of Spurs and Virginia Squires in a Winner Takes All match,putting an end to Civil War.

I remember blocking carters shots the day we walked our dinosaurs to the park

20/20 games? Dwight Howard is great but go back in time a bit. Chamberlain averaged 30.1 points and 22.9 rebounds over 1045 games. His average night was a 20/20 before it was a stat they kept. 500+ perhaps? Someone went back and figured he had 263 20/20 games between 1959 and 1962. Legend.

“And way up here is Merle Wayne Thomas of Tallahassee, Florida. It took an astounding 915 charts to change the way Merle Wayne looked at the NBA!”

Wilt Chamberlain had the most 30-30 games (at least 30 points and rebounds) in the history of NBA at 124. Wouldn't that include 20-20 games?

Jordans contract in 1997 would be worth 53.7M today

The Bill Russell one is the most deceiving as back then the legue had less teams an less playoff games more importantly shorter playoff series

The only skewed stat is the Bill Russell chart. It took him less playoff games to get 11 rings because the playoffs consisted of less games to get those rings. Still impressive, but a little less when that's considered.

The LeBron ones are pretty accurate, even though I'm not a fan, I can see why he has the numbers

I dont like basketball, but I love graphs so here I am and now I appreciate these players and what they do for sure

I loved that part about Dwight Howard. That dude just never recovered from that back injury, or was never able to adjust his game while still delivering 13 and 13 a game. But in his prime, he was one of the top 5 players in the league. Hands down. We all lament the injuries to future hall-of-famers like Penny, Grant Hill, or Yao. And even borderline All-NBA guys like Brandon Roy or Gilbert Arenas. But the fact that his injury is not considered as one of the great tragedies in basketball is beyond me.

@Eugene Hofmann 8

@LazyCrazyGuy Perfectly said. His big ass should be muscling jokers in the paint but NOPE! Not Mr Softy!!

Its cuz people dont like Dwight Howard, but yes indeed, that back injury was tragic, watching him before and after was like night and day

orso94 he shoulda just caught lobs all game like giannis maybe 1 3 but also Dwight was the beginning of the pg era NBA players nobody really looks to be rivals anymore except maybe russ or jimmy lol seems like most of the beef nowadays is between teamates weird

Dude. That was awesome. Best NBA video I've seen in a long time! PLEASE DO A VIDEO WITH CHARTS SUPPORTING YOUR OPINION FOR MOST UNDERRATED PLAYER OF ALL TIME OR WITHIN CERTAIN ERAS. Great video, Bro!

Westbrook needs to thank Steven Adams. Adams knew what Russ was looking for every game, not a win, but a DDD. Adams was a great teammate, he gave up rebounds and knew when to try and get open for easy deuces to get Russ his DDD.

Westbrook was getting those boards no matter hes built different he go hard all the time

Lebron James played more game seven in the playoffs too. I don’t think he swept any team either. That stat could be taken out of context. That’s why people count rings

Honestly Bill Russells rings have to be taken with a grain of salt. He was a beast no doubt but at that time basketball was mostly a part time job for most players. He played against plumbers and school teachers. There were a couple really great players but the league was small and the # of teams was small.

Bill Russell played in a era where you only played 2/3 rounds in the playoffs vs 4 rounds. You should have done it as a winning percentage for those championship runs

@Till Görlach By that logic, how can you compare Wilt to Russell, since Wilt caused so may rule changes while both of them were playing (though Bill appears to have had some input into causing the Offensive Goaltending rule). The whole question of "GOAT" is of course a debate - contrary to what Jordan fanboys and fangirls think, he is NOT the GOAT in the minds of everyone - nor is Bill, or Wilt, etc, and there are about 10 people that have strong support for being the GOAT. Not as clear cut as Gretsky in hockey (though even with HIS dominance, there are a few that hold out for players like Howe and Hull).

@Brice Fleckenstein that was only to show how senseless it is to compare eras to another :) rules changes , physical and training is getting much better and so on ... but to keep it back to bball russel is a top player of all time , but not the goat ;)

@Till Görlach I figured you weren't North American - and I'm aware it's generally called "Futball" or "Football" or some translation of that outside of North America. But we're talking about BASKETBALL in this video, so I have a right to my bias when talking about it. 8-)

@Brice Fleckenstein sry im from germany we dont seperate in europe football to soccer , we call it american football, my fault ^^ was just to give u picture

@Till Görlach Never heard of franz beckenbauer, and I don't remember pele playing football, just soccer.

The James Harden & Dwight Howard Charts really blew me away the most.

3:56 Jimmy: Only four players managed to get in the double digits. Payton: Am I a joke to you?

The fact that lebron has 3 full regular seasons of just playcoffs games is insane

I want to see Wilt Chamberlain on the Triple Double chart.

No Trap Sax? No Problem. These Charts are simply *remarkable.*

I remember wen u used to b on wolrdstar.

He's a vampire

Hi again see you on almost every basketball video

Then it would be too much like chart party

Again..... Rlly

Top of the charts bro 👊 The Jordan salary was the one I enjoyed the most 👍

On your 20 - 20 chart featuring Dwight Howard you say that his feat is more than ridiculous, just think about what Wilt Chamberlain did. he averaged over 30 pts AND 22 rebs for his whole 16 year career. Unfortunately, the NBA has never published a career total of how many games Wilt topped 20 points and 20 rebounds, but it has been estimated at more than 500. In a four-year period between 1959-62, someone once calculated that he reached the 20-20 mark 263 times, including 70 in 1961-62, the season he averaged 50.4 points and 25.7 rebounds. Yes, that was the same season he scored 100 points in a game for the Philadelphia Warriors. PUT THAT ON A CHART.

And to be picky, it was actually 26 - 20, as his LOWEST scoring games were 26, 28, 30, and 31 (all against Russell) that season but he missed on rebounds a few times (as low as 15). Even AFTER pace adjustment, Wilt would still have had more 20-20 games THAT SEASON than Howard has in his career.

The most unbreakable record in the NBA. Bill Russell - rebounds in Finals games. Wilt is #2 - at *almost* HALF (abet in half as many series). Lebron is the only current player on the list - at about ONE THIRD (in 4'th place behind Elgin Baylor, but will probably pass for *3d* this year).

Russell Westbrook is like when I played 2k12 and just had a 99 overall SG and chocked like every finals till I retired at the age of 25 out of frustration.

“Vince carter, A man who’s been in the league for 236 years...” 😂😂

Lol

Me tho

TheRealColin was wondering bout that too. Lol

8:19 I can’t believe Vince Carter has already been around for 236 years. Feels like only yesterday he was a rookie.

8:19 he said that Vince carter was in the nba for 236 years😂

@NUTTY The only "Chart" You need of Vince Carter is the olympic dunk though. The only dunk so nasty his opponent literally decided to retire afterwards. Poor man never played another minute in the NBA after it.

He is old ash 😂

Great work. The Russel chart is silly to include, not incredible. When Russel played, there 9-10 teams, and you could win a championship by winning two playoff series (8 games).

Would love a video like this for hockey. To be able to visualize Wayne Gretzkys records like this would be cool

yea no doubt eh?

Those 20 20 games by Dwight Howard are ridiculous and the playoff points by lebron unmatched. This whole video had me thinking "Momma there goes that man"

Seriously read that the first time with Jackson's voice!!!

Bill Russell for sure! But what was the playoff schedule like back then? Seems like I must have been different

This is awesome. Dwights chart blew me away the most.

The playoff game/ championship stat is obviously skewed. They played best of 5 series. If you inflate for era, while still dominant Russell's stat is still "technically" beatable

I love the way he transitions to different stats/charts

"I like charts. Charts are good." -JxmyHighroller 2019

I like the idea of this video but manipulating the axis to not start at zero is deceptive... Plus most of the x axis are meaningless except the Bill Russell case.

@redwall1521 good to see someone knows stats. His first scale was ridiculously misleading

Sonam Luffy LMFAOOO

It reminds of of my boy Jon Bois, lol, their love of charts.

Yeah charts...

Bulls made 30mill in one season off of Jordan jerseys alone. So that makes perfect sense

Some context that helps the first chart is scotties pay. He got paid 2 million that year. It was well documented that he screwed up his contract. This is no ones problem but his but it’s still also reality that they couldn’t have built that team and mj couldn’t have been paid that much without Scottie screwing that up.

I think that triple double thing would be impressive if I knew what it was

7:41 he won them “impossibly” because the playoffs were only best of 5 series until sometime in the 2000s

It actually takes 15 games for a perfect playoff run 3 in the best of 5 and 4 in each series after

Jimmy I know you dont do hockey but some of these charts would look insane if you did wayne gretzky

May 10th, 2021, Russel Westbrook now has 181 triple doubles, which ties him with NBA all time triple double leader Oscar Robertson

I believe the Howard hate started around the NBA All-star weekend of 2008. When he wore a Superman cape during the Slam dunk contest. Shaq didn't appreciate this & insecurities started to arise. Believing he was the better player & he was the best center Orlando ever had & the Better Superman.

Me trying to figure out what's on the X-axis of all of these graphs:

@felixu95 holy fuck im glad i looked into the subthread of this comment

@M if u love soccer the u dont say soccer

The unending March of time that leads to our inevitable deaths

Hahaha true

the xAxis is partying

Another way to think of the Jordan pay. Despite that HUGE amount of pay, the organization for the Chicago bulls raked in record profits that year with ads, tv contracts, and merchandising. So was he worth it? Hell yeah they would say as they roll around in the piles of money they made. And of course well all know how well MJ did. He has been brilliant in business and in marketing himself, so he became a Billionaire in 2010 and is one of the richest people in the US today with ownership of the Charlotte Hornets to boot. Heck in the final game he played with the Wizards the opposing players intentionally fouled him in the ending minutes so he could sink free throw shots for the crowd and then go back to the bench to cheers. That is love and respect from the NBA fans, no matter the team they rooted for. Hence he was worth every penny not only to the Bulls but to the NBA as a whole. Of course what these charts prove is the NBA and the popularity has been built based on the unique skills and amazing ability of a few select people. Individuals with talents rare and unique and above those of even the great players. Think about how the NBA would be without many of the names mentioned here .. it is their ability to shine brighter than the rest that brings in the fans.

The first and original chart with LeBron's playoffs is still undisputed #1

coming back to this as the Lakers eye a 2nd ring is refreshing