LeBron James Vs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: A Statistical Comparison

#6 Shooting Percentages

Kareem and LeBron have more or less the same shooting percentages in the postseason and the regular season i.e ONLY IF the 3-point percentage is not taken into consideration. Kareem played in an age where the big men were confined to the paint and the playmakers either fed them the ball or took long-range jumpers themselves. Big men in that era were not expected to be roaming about in the 3-point land fishing for triples, rather fight their position in the post for a solid pivot.

Players like the great Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell and many more paved the way for more offensive big centers to step up and make drive-in lanes for themselves & shoot the ball from territories priorly unknown. The modern-day NBA does not witness size as an excuse to restrict the player within the paint which helps players like Cousins, Anthony Davis, LeBron James and others to swing for all they can.