Only 13 players in NBA history have ever averaged at least 24 points and 11 rebounds in a season, while also shooting at least 52% from the field... they are:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (7x)
Charles Barkley (4x)
Walt Bellamy
Wilt Chamberlain (6x)
Patrick Ewing
Artis Gilmore
Bob Lanier (2x)
Karl Malone (5x)
Moses Malone (2x)
Bob McAdoo (2x)
Shaquille O'Neal (8x)
Hakeem Olajuwon (2x)
David Robinson (2x)
Only one of those players (Gilmore) is not a current or future member of the Hall of Fame.
My point? Chris Bosh (24.5 pts, 11.4 reb, 52.5 fg%) is having a once-in-a-generation type season.
The last non-Shaq (i.e. non-freak-of-nature) season like this was Olajuwon's 93-94 campaign, which is generally regarded as one of the best seasons ever by a post player.
That's all I'm saying.
1 comments:
Hi, Chris.
Further to your point ...
What's completely ludicrous is that some individuals still persist in suggesting that CB4 should somehow not be considered as a legitimate "maximum contract" Big Man, in the NBA landscape ... because he happens to play the game a different way, at a different position, than Kobe Bryant, D-Wade and LeBron James.
As you've correctly identified, CB4 is simply having an outstanding year ... as the next step in his development, as a still youngish player, in the early stages of his overall career.
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