Post by eric on Jan 5, 2020 15:21:07 GMT
One of my favorite NBA stats is players to record 30+ PER and .300+ WS/48 for a full season. Here's the list:
1964 Wilt Chamberlain
1988 Michael Jordan
1991 Michael Jordan
2009 LeBron James
2013 LeBron James
2016 Stephen Curry
It's pretty common for a player to threaten the mark early in the season and fade down the stretch, for example in 2018 James Harden kept it up through February.
And this year he's doing it again, currently at 32.4 PER and .311 WS/48. He did manage 30+ PER last year but has never hit .300 WS/48.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is also above both benchmarks and also had 30+ PER last year and also has never hit .300 WS/48, but he posted .292 WS/48 last year, so he would seem more likely to pull it off.
It would seem that's about as close as someone can get without getting there, but incredibly we have already seen 29.9 PER AND .299 WS/48 in NBA history where the respective other benchmark was satisfied: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar set the single season WS/48 record of .340 in 1972 but only managed 29.94 PER, and LeBron James coupled a 31.1 PER with .2987 WS/48 in 2010.
1964 Wilt Chamberlain
1988 Michael Jordan
1991 Michael Jordan
2009 LeBron James
2013 LeBron James
2016 Stephen Curry
It's pretty common for a player to threaten the mark early in the season and fade down the stretch, for example in 2018 James Harden kept it up through February.
And this year he's doing it again, currently at 32.4 PER and .311 WS/48. He did manage 30+ PER last year but has never hit .300 WS/48.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is also above both benchmarks and also had 30+ PER last year and also has never hit .300 WS/48, but he posted .292 WS/48 last year, so he would seem more likely to pull it off.
It would seem that's about as close as someone can get without getting there, but incredibly we have already seen 29.9 PER AND .299 WS/48 in NBA history where the respective other benchmark was satisfied: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar set the single season WS/48 record of .340 in 1972 but only managed 29.94 PER, and LeBron James coupled a 31.1 PER with .2987 WS/48 in 2010.
