Weird thing about NBA points

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rocketeli

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There's this weird thing I've noticed lately about NBA career point records. Lately, places like ESPN list regular season and play off points separately. Fine, but aren't they all points that the player scored in their career? Case in point, JJ Redick Redick scored 12,028 points in regular season games and 1196 points in play off games for a total of 13,224 points. If you look at basketball reference dot com that should put him around 225 or so in the list of players by points but he is nowhere to be found--that last player they list at #250 is Dell Curry with 12,670. Shouldn't every point count whether scored in a playoff game or a regular season game?
 
Yes and no. I certainly see your point but for record-keeping I believe the reason for seperation is largely because-

All players at least have access to play in 82 regular season games.
But not every player has a team that plays in the playoffs.
 
Typically, post-season (playoff) statistics are kept separate in pro leagues. That's why Mickey Mantle is listed with 536 home runs, instead of 554 (he has the record for most World Series HRs at 18.)

I do believe the NCAA counts tournament stats for their career/season lists.
 
There's also the fact that the NBA has expanded playoff series lengths over the years, with all 4 rounds now being best-of-seven (there used to be best-of-five and, even longer ago, best-of-three for the earlier rounds), and the addition of the play-in games. This affords the later generations more opportunities for scoring points. And that's not even getting into the minutiae of Player A playing in more 6-game and 7-game series over his playoff career vs. Player B playing in more sweeps, even if they played in roughly the same amount of playoff series.
 
Well in College ball, a 20 win season was a big deal in the 60's and 70's. And at that time into the 70's freshmen were not eligible. Then the game totals exploded until today wins well into the 40's are possible. Also five and six year careers. What has this done to stats?
 
DU82 said:
Five year careers screwing up all-time lists? I don't know, ask RJ Davis about it.

Then again, the all-time leading scorer in Men's basketball played only three years, and I don't think made the tournament.
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Of course Maravich still attempted more shots than anyone by almost 200. Caleb Love is 11th on the all-time shots list and is 800 behind…
 
DU82 said:
Five year careers screwing up all-time lists? I don't know, ask RJ Davis about it.

Then again, the all-time leading scorer in Men's basketball played only three years, and I don't think made the tournament.
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A lot of these guys wouldn't be on any lists if they had a 3 year varsity career
 
rocketeli said:
There's this weird thing I've noticed lately about NBA career point records. Lately, places like ESPN list regular season and play off points separately. Fine, but aren't they all points that the player scored in their career? Case in point, JJ Redick Redick scored 12,028 points in regular season games and 1196 points in play off games for a total of 13,224 points. If you look at basketball reference dot com that should put him around 225 or so in the list of players by points but he is nowhere to be found--that last player they list at #250 is Dell Curry with 12,670. Shouldn't every point count whether scored in a playoff game or a regular season game?
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You are looking at Basketball Reference’s regular season list. Redick does not make the top 250 because, as you note, he scored 12,028 regular season points, well short of #250 Dell Curry’s 12,670 regular season points.

BBREF also has a list of combined regular & postseason points. Redick does not appear on that list, either, because his 13,224 points scored in the regular season and playoffs falls short of #250, Willis Reed, who scored 13,541 points in the regular season and playoffs combined.
 
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