The stat inflation is also a result of increased usage of the top players

In 2013, Lebron’s had a usage% of 30.2, which was the 5th highest in the league.

That same usage would tie for the 17th highest usage in the current season.

Ricky even tried to get a triple double by shooting at the wrong basket

What metric wasn’t tracked until 1997? You can see a player’s usage percentage going back way further than 1997

That’s my tank commander

And Jordan was a very good free throw shooter (career 83.5%) too

Rasheed Wallace - Hawks

Here is the boxscore for the only game he played for them

https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200402180NJN.html

This explains why Lou left the bubble to go Magic City

Draymond hasn’t hit more than 30% of his 3s since 2016 (which was also the only year he shot than 33% from deep)

So yeah, it is possible.

When comparing two players and one has finished top 5 in MVP voting 4 years in a row, and the other player has never received a single MVP vote the player with the more MVP votes (i.e Dwight) is better