MJ was 3 yrs older than LeBron when drafted.

I'm actually a huge MJ fan and this was part shitpost/part actual data to show MJ is the goat. Alt title option was "Haters will say I'm a hater"

Malone has nearly 37000 points, and is #3 on your graph. A somewhat significant omission. And Kobe is 4th.

The zoomed out version that I didn't post shows Elgin on pretty much the same trajectory, but he only played 11 games total in his last two seasons. And yeah, obviously there would be some attenuation in a true model but these are very basic projections. I made this for Reddit, not a publication lol.

Also, I just drew the line at top 5 avg ppg scorers of all time for the purpose of projections. Karl Malone is 11 on that last, Kobe 12

I just realized Red Notice and The Gray Man are two different things.

be mindful of your habits because they can ruin you

This graph is not very readable, I’m sorry

Gambling problem? Is that a joke?

i really enjoyed it tbh, its probably the one of that list i enjoyed the most.

There should be a similar disclaimer at the top of nearly every political map or chart. Doesn't mean it's useless, it means that the world is a complex and multi-faceted place and disclaimers are a good way of reminding people of that.

Don't listen to the haters. I grew up in MJ's Chicago, and I think it's hilarious whether he was pressured to retire over his gambling or not. This is high quality shitposting

But the Irishman is not an Art House movie XD Thats a Gangstermovie :S

Would prefer this anytime over Wokevengers

Haha cmon, some data source should be checked before visualizing.

how is Karl Malone missing?

Elgin Baylor is obviously a problem, a flat line suddenly accelerates to a higher slope in projections, that's wrong. In fact, several lines have projections with higher slopes than their actual scoring, indicating the projections are wrong. In fact, there should be an attenuation on scoring as the projection goes forward.

Kareem was really a special case, because even has his physical skills diminished, he was still an unstoppable scorer because he could always post up and hit that sky hook. Lebron is a special case because he has not physically diminished.

PS (yeah, it's totally gambling)

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Is there a better source for the same concept? (Real question not snippy)

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Didn’t notice hours. Kinda an odd metric for movie watching

Ha, yes. I didn't attempt to build any atrophy in here, just simple projections.

No, I mean that art-house snobs like to circle-jerk themselves with movies that require 3 re-watches and intimate knowledge of the history of an entire genre of cinema to understand, while the rest of the planet just wants something that will make them laugh/cheer/gush for two hours before they get back to their real lives.

;P

If these guys only knew they could have played for 24 seasons without any decline in skill, they might never have retired.

Solid lines are actual career stats, dotted lines are projections using historical career stats. Horizontal line was Kareem's record

I know The Irishman, I'm a big Scorsese guy

No idea about Red Notice though

I'll watch anything with 2010's Sexiest Man Alive Ryan Reynolds in it.

And also with the walking HGH advertisement? Come on, no brainer. Easy way to burn a couple hours going "yeah that was all right."