It is impossible to normalize these stats. But the fact that Michael Jordan was the "Bill Gates + Steve Jobs combined" of his era is difficult to ignore. You can argue that Kobe is a better player as LBJ in the same era and that Wilt and Russell were comparable, but to argue that anyone in the late 80s-mid 90s era was better than MJ is pure ignorance - and that's an era that included Bird, Magic, Hakeem, Shaq, young Kobe, Barkley, Malone and others. Jordan KILLED the '92 team in practice in a way that LBJ did not during his Olympic days. No one could guard him. Reggie Miller - one of the five best people in the world at his craft - talked about MJ in a reverential tone that was amazing...while they were playing against each other and at their peak! Think about that for a second. That's like Matisse saying that no matter how hard he tried, he would never be half the artist of Picasso. A staggering admission...
And this is coming from a diehard Celtics fan. As Bobby Knight once said, Michael Jordan is better at basketball than anyone doing anything that we will ever see in our lifetime.
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