Where have all the scorers gone!?

i think its because of a depth of talent now, you have teams who have multiple guys who can consistently contribute thus ending the need for players to go out and be required to put up huge numbers
 
This article fascinated me.

I honestly think that it's because we simply do not have the talent we used to.

Think about it, let's look at the last 17 years.The following are player made all-star teams within 3-5 years of being drafted

1996 gave us Iverson, Bryant, Nash, Starbury, Ray, Camby, Shareef, Walker & J.O'neal
1997 gave us Duncan, Billups & McGrady
1998 gave us Jamison, Carter, Dirk & Pierce
1999 gave us Brand, Francis, Davis, Rip, Marion & Artest
2000 gave us nothing
2001 gave us Tyson Chandler, Pau and Joe Johnson
2002 gave us Amare, Yao & Caron
2003 gave us Melo, LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Kaman & David West
2004 gave us Dwight, Iggy & Deng
2005 gave us Bogut, DWill, CP3 & Granger

then since 2005 we have had 9 all-stars drafted.

Pre-2005 = average 4.1 all-stars per draft
post-2005 = average 1.2 all-stars per draft

See how much research you can get done at work ;)
 
Matty4292 said:
This article fascinated me.

I honestly think that it's because we simply do not have the talent we used to.

Think about it, let's look at the last 17 years.The following are player made all-star teams within 3-5 years of being drafted

1996 gave us Iverson, Bryant, Nash, Starbury, Ray, Camby, Shareef, Walker & J.O'neal
1997 gave us Duncan, Billups & McGrady
1998 gave us Jamison, Carter, Dirk & Pierce
1999 gave us Brand, Francis, Davis, Rip, Marion & Artest
2000 gave us nothing
2001 gave us Tyson Chandler, Pau and Joe Johnson
2002 gave us Amare, Yao & Caron
2003 gave us Melo, LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Kaman & David West
2004 gave us Dwight, Iggy & Deng
2005 gave us Bogut, DWill, CP3 & Granger

then since 2005 we have had 9 all-stars drafted.

Pre-2005 = average 4.1 all-stars per draft
post-2005 = average 1.2 all-stars per draft

See how much research you can get done at work ;)
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You say between 3-5 years though; so you can't average out all the other years as only 2006 & 2007 players would have had the full allotment of years yet haha

But wow, just looked at the 2000 draft & damn........ can't believe how BAD that draft was lmao
 
A_Iverson_I said:
You say between 3-5 years though; so you can't average out all the other years as only 2006 & 2007 players would have had the full allotment of years yet haha

But wow, just looked at the 2000 draft & damn........ can't believe how BAD that draft was lmao
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When Kenyon Martin is the headliner you know it;s terrible.

But how many other players since 06-07 are legitimate all-star contenders? Ty Lawson? James Harden? Gallinari?
 
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