Monday, November 16, 2009

1992 NBA

1. Michael Jordan: 1992 MVP, Finals MVP, 1st team All-NBA, and All-Defense. Was a member of the original “Dream Team”.


Averaged 30 points, to lead the league, and added six rebounds and assists per game. Also had 2.3 steals and shot 52% from the field.


In the Playoffs he upped his average to 34.5 points per game. In game 7 of the eastern conference semifinals against New York, Jordan poured in 42 points to clinch the series.


In Game 1 of the NBA Finals Jordan had a vintage performance with Finals records of 35 points and six three pointers in the first half. He finished with 39 points and 11 assists.

His game 1 performance propelled the Bulls to their second straight NBA title in six games over the Blazers.


Chicago won 67 games in the regular season and took the Central Division.


Everyone wanted to “Be Like Mike”.



2. Clyde Drexler: Finished 2nd in the MVP voting and was All-NBA, and a member of the “Dream Team”. Was fourth in the NBA with a 25 points per game average.He averaged 6.6 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game.


In the playoffs he averaged 26 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in 21 games.


In game 5 of the 2nd round of the playoffs, Drexler put up 34 points and eight rebounds and assists to close out the Suns. He led the Blazers to a 2-0 lead in West Finals over the Jazz with a 36 point and 12 assist performance.


Portland lost to Chicago in six games in the NBA Finals, after winning the Pacific division with 57 wins.




3. Karl Malone: Was All-NBA, a “Dream Teamer”, and 4th in the MVP. Was 2nd in the league with 28 points per game, and 1st in the NBA with 673 free throws made. Malone also put up 11 rebounds per game, and 52.6% shooting.

He averaged 29-11 in 16 playoff games including 37-11 in a game 5 clincher in round two over Seattle. He did his part in Game 3 of the West Finals with 39 points and 17 rebounds effort in a win.


The Jazz lost to Portland in six games in the West Final after taking 55 in the regular season and a Midwest division title.

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  1. AnonymousNovember 16, 2009 at 4:32 PM

    I don't disagree with your selections at all, but where are the Dream Team stats? If you're judging on everything they did that year, doesn't their Olympic performance have to be part of it? Maybe it is and it's unsaid, since obviously Jordan was great in the Olympics.

    Otherwise, really solid picks there. At first I was thinking Barkley, but I think we'll see him in 1993 :)

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  2. UnknownNovember 21, 2009 at 12:09 AM

    yea this year Olympic stats are irrelavent to me in 1992 because the US soooo much better. they may matter in future years (96,2000,08). yea Barkely had a rough last year in Philly.

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