Comments on: Biggest Differences Between a Player’s Best & Second-Best Seasons

By: P Middy

P Middy — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:16:07 +0000

Great call, RADM. I also remember Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf doubling his rebounds and assists from 91-92 to 92-93. I believe that was the same year he came out publicly about his OCD.

By: Robert August de Meijer

Robert August de Meijer — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:13:24 +0000

This thread reminds me of the 1991 Michael Adams seasons, where he went from 18 ppg and 6 apg to 26ppg and 10 apg. His PER also jumped from 17-ish to an impressive 22.3. But for some reason, his Win Shares stayed roughly the same. I didn't watch the Nuggets that season and I bet his lack of (defensive) Win Shares has something to do with his teammates, but whenever I think of a player that had one season that stuck out, it's Michael Adams.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:17:25 +0000

Barros's 1995 season was less of a fluke and more of an issue of playing time. If you look at his numbers per 36 min that season they are just slightly above his career averages, which is to be expected of someone hitting his prime season. The major difference that year was the fact that he played 40.5 MPG that season as opposed to a career average of 22.9 MPG, or 21.0 MPG not including that season.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:21:45 +0000

I'd be interested to see how many of these 1st and 2nd greatest seasons were in contract years.