2530837, You mean Jorn being the only perimeter player to be a 90s scoring champ?
Posted by FILF, Fri Apr-08-16 07:47 PM
Post players BENEFITED from the illegal defense rule b/c you couldn't double them BEFORE they caught the ball. At times, Shaq basically would seal his defender then catch & finish before the help defense arrived or they would arrive too late then hack him.
That's why you had David Robinson/Shaq leading the league in scoring when Jorn retired.
Nowadays, they would just double him BEFORE the catch & let Devan George fire away. In Miami, he was basically a point center which was why he had a MVP type season despite scoring below his career average of 24.
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