by cerebus23 on Sun Feb 17, 2013 5:21 pm
yea overall after his comeback he lost about a foot off his verticle in general, granted on occasion he could still get his head around the rim area on occasion, but overall his verticle and his speed dropped, hence why he developed that mid range post game for his comeback, that and could conserve energy posting up vs trying to break defenders down or cut to the rim or fight through screens constantly.
if we assume prime jordan is 99 and that is around the 91 championship, than 2001 would be a 70 or 80. about the same rule of thumb for his quickness,or explosiveness going right/left, really wish these games had a stat for that, but his post game and that fadeaway was more perfected and more technical post comeback than before. really his mid range game would have probably been better also barring injuries and playing several key stretches with torn ligaments in his shooting hand, dislocated fingers, and the like that lowered his percentages, heck he would have retired at a 50% shooter if he had not played the wizards years.
each retirement he lost a step or foot off his respective traits. this was after his second one so a 99 dunk is virtually impossible at 40.
really remarkable what he did shooting from the field and his efficiency at when compared to most superstars since. even considering now that mid range game is considered a dying art and players are encouraged to get to the hole by shoestringing defenders on the peremeter, so you would assume most players are getting more layups and dunks and their overall percentages should be higher on average. pretty amazing.
oh that not counting missed shots on fouls against your shooting percentage anymore.