I hardly think scoring champ should ve the one with most points in general than most ppg. Its not Tatums fault for eg that he played more games than Embid. As in all time leading scorers we look at most points global, not most ppg. Thats the top scorer.
I‘m also on the total amount of points side, but it also would look weird, if
player A plays 65 games averages 35 ppg (2275 points) but then tores his ACL and is out -
vs. Player B, plays 82 games, averages 27.8 PPG (2276 points).
Neither player A nor Player B did something wrong for their cases, but every choice could be wrong. You always could argue both ways, the NBA knows this, and it’s totally understandable