1990 Hakeem

HOME....... 233 blocks... 103 steals... 131 assists
ROAD........ 143 blocks..... 71 steals... 102 assists




Haberstroh is basically saying that all stats in the 80's and 90's were blatantly cheated and inflated league-wide by record-keepers because it's been shown that Hakeem had the same kind of inflation in 1990, or Alvin Robertson in 1986.

But I'm realizing that these examples of massive inflation are one-offs - Jordan achieved nearly the same blocks and steals in 87' but with little or no inflation, so 88' is a one-off of massive inflation for him, while 86' is a one-off for Robertson, and 90' is a one-off for Hakeem - these one-offs could be due to personal issues that affected their home/road performance... Otherwise, their other years have the standard "normal" inflation that occurred back then due to tougher road environments and the subsequent horrible road records of teams compared to today's teams.. Only 2 teams had .500 records on the road in 1988, while half the league does today (15 teams).

carry on but I really think I solved it - the "normal' inflation of home stats n previous eras was due to the tougher road environments and significantly worse road records that teams had back then, while the abnormal one-offs of massive home inflation like 90' Hakeem, 88' Jordan, or 86' Robertson are likely due to personal issues that affected home and road play.

About the other players that year ?

good work fallguy