In the 1987-88 season Jordan averaged 35PPG while only attempting 0.6 3 pointers per game and only hitting 13% of them. These are the kind of numbers you could expect from a bigman (or Ben Simmons), not from a guard
Question is, how did he manage to score that many points pretty much only from 2 pointers, did teams not adjust to prevent him from driving like they do against Giannis? Young Jordan based on his numbers seemed to not be a threat from outside at all, how was so prolific while at the same time so one-dimensional? I must be missing something
He scored a lot of transition buckets, a lot of 2 point fadeaways and pull up jumpers, and a lot of drives where he finished near the basket with contorted body positions that I wouldn’t really classify as layups.
Here’s his 9th game of his career where he put up 45 points.
https://youtu.be/F1O4zXgJYJU?si=cVlvL6bDA2DEpJTO