"Saying that, he's not close to being a prospect."īaseball isn't easy, especially when you've been away from it for a decade while you pursue another sport. "He's actually swinging the bat a lot better," said a National League scout who saw him earlier this season in the South Atlantic League and then again this week after his promotion to the high-A Florida State League. The baseball talent is.well, at least Tebow seems to be improving. You have to be careful you don't get carried away just with the aura." This year, at age 31, Kobe averaged 27 pts (less than Jordan from age 32-40) and has shot for his career 45.5% from the field (less than Jordan from age 32-40)Įven if Jordan had ONLY played from age 32-40, he'd be the greatest single individual talent of all time."Tremendous charisma," an American League scout said after watching Tebow in the Florida State League this week. At an old age, Jordan shot 46.3% from the field. He scored 12,888 pts for an average of 27.2 points per game and won three NBA titles with three Finals MVPs, two regular season MVPs, and three scoring titles in only five full seasons. Regular season: 20.0 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 3.8 apg, and 1.5 spg.įrom age 32 to 40 Jordan played in 473 games. Wow, even at 40, MJ was a bad man, schooling little kids half his age. He became the oldest player ever to score 40 points in a game and average over 20 points per game-an amazing feat for a guy who was the only player on the Wizards that year to play in all 82 games, and he was 40! They went 37-45 again, but the next year with Jordan gone they were back at 25-57. The year before, the Wizards were 19-63, and in 2001-02 they finished 37-45, an 18-game improvement. Jordan came out of retirement again and amazingly led Washington in scoring at age 39. He retired again after second three-peat. Regular season plus playoffs: 103 games, 3,037 points, 29.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 3.5 apg, and 1.7 spg. ![]() The Bulls went 62-20 under Phil and beat the Jazz again 4-2. He was the oldest ever player to do any of that. Michael became a 10-time scoring champion, five-time MVP, and six-time Finals MVP in 1997-98. Regular season plus playoffs: 101 games, 3,910 minutes, 3,021 points, 29.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 4.4 apg, and 1.7 spg. Kobe averaged 7.6 points in this season as a rookie. Jordan led the league in scoring for the ninth time and beat NBA MVP Karl Malone in the Finals 4-2 under Phil, and he was named Finals MVP for the fifth time in 1996-97. He also averaged 6.3 rpg, 4.3 apg, and 2.1 spg. ![]() Regular season plus playoffs: 100 games played, 3,043 points, 30.4 ppg. He also led the league in scoring for a record eighth time and was named NBA MVP. Mike completed an amazing season in 1995-96 by leading the Bulls to an all-time record 72-10, 25 wins more than the previous season. He also averaged 6.7 rpg, 5 apg, 2.0 spg, and 1.0 bpg. Regular season plus playoffs: 27 games, 772 points, 28.6 pts per game, which is more than what he actually averaged as a rookie (28.2). They made the playoffs, barely, but lost in the second round to Orlando and Shaq. The Bulls were on the verge of missing the playoffs (34-31), but finished 13-4 with him in the lineup. MJ started the season with only 17 games left. What if Jordan's whole career started at age 32 and ended at age 40? He would have still been the greatest ever because he was so old, yet so good, and the leader of the team with an all-time NBA best 72-10 record and three straight titles. At 32 he wasn't playing either-until he came back. The next year he played for the Birmingham Barons, the White Sox affiliate, and led that league in stolen bases as a 31-year-old rookie. ![]() At the age of 30, Michael Jordan retired after winning three titles.
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