Riddle me this!

[Section 101]

When you ask who is the NBA all time scoring leader? The answer is LBJ at 43,338 points.

But when you ask who is this years scoring leader? The answer is Luka at 33.5 points per game.

Why is the season leader per game and not total points?

Lets ask AI!

Since the NBA switched from awarding the scoring title based on total points to points per game (PPG) in the 1969–70 season, there have been 14 instances where the official scoring champion did not lead the league in total points scored.

Season	Scoring Champ	Total Points Leader
2021–22	Joel Embiid	Trae Young
2017–18	James Harden	LeBron James
2015–16	Stephen Curry	James Harden
2014–15	Russell Westbrook	James Harden
2012–13	Carmelo Anthony	Kevin Durant
2007–08	LeBron James	Kobe Bryant
2003–04	Tracy McGrady	Kevin Garnett
2002–03	Tracy McGrady	Kobe Bryant
2001–02	Allen Iverson	Paul Pierce
2000–01	Allen Iverson	Jerry Stackhouse
1998–99	Allen Iverson	Shaquille O'Neal
1985–86	Dominique Wilkins	Alex English
1984–85	Bernard King	Michael Jordan
1969–70	Jerry West	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Oh, I thought this was going to be something more like "Why do we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?"

 

[ESP47]

Stackhouse definitely isn't a name I expected to see there.

 

[Warhawk]

Oh, I thought this was going to be something more like "Why do we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?"

How come we have fingertips and not toe tips but we can tiptoe but not tip finger?

 

[Warhawk]

When you ask who is the NBA all time scoring leader? The answer is LBJ at 43,338 points.

But when you ask who is this years scoring leader? The answer is Luka at 33.5 points per game.

Why is the season leader per game and not total points?

Lets ask AI!

Since the NBA switched from awarding the scoring title based on total points to points per game (PPG) in the 1969–70 season, there have been 14 instances where the official scoring champion did not lead the league in total points scored.

Season	Scoring Champ	Total Points Leader
2021–22	Joel Embiid	Trae Young
2017–18	James Harden	LeBron James
2015–16	Stephen Curry	James Harden
2014–15	Russell Westbrook	James Harden
2012–13	Carmelo Anthony	Kevin Durant
2007–08	LeBron James	Kobe Bryant
2003–04	Tracy McGrady	Kevin Garnett
2002–03	Tracy McGrady	Kobe Bryant
2001–02	Allen Iverson	Paul Pierce
2000–01	Allen Iverson	Jerry Stackhouse
1998–99	Allen Iverson	Shaquille O'Neal
1985–86	Dominique Wilkins	Alex English
1984–85	Bernard King	Michael Jordan
1969–70	Jerry West	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm a bit confused by your question setup with LBJ being all time leading scorer but Luka being this year's scoring leader. What does one have to do with the other? Did I miss something?

 

[ESP47]

I'm a bit confused by your question setup with LBJ being all time leading scorer but Luka being this year's scoring leader. What does one have to do with the other? Did I miss something?

He's showing that all time uses total points while year to year uses per game for some reason.

 

[Warhawk]

He's showing that all time uses total points while year to year uses per game for some reason.

You mean as opposed to year to year also using total points and not PPG? Gotcha. Thanks. I didn't quite get that from the initial question setup. It was mentioned, but then the "why" question asked after didn't match the tabular results and I was just lost on where the post was really trying to go.

 

[Section 101]

He's showing that all time uses total points while year to year uses per game for some reason.

All time per game leaders

MJ 30.12
Wilt 30.07
Luka 29.22
Embiid 27.65
Baylor 27.36
Durant 27.14
West 27.03
LJB 26.78

 

[hrdboild]

How come we have fingertips and not toe tips but we can tiptoe but not tip finger?

I'll have to bookmark this comment so I can come back and 'Like' it later.

 

[kingsboi]

speaking of likes, why has this forum gone back to the circa 2002 era of allowing no videos or likes?

 

[Spike]

speaking of likes, why has this forum gone back to the circa 2002 era of allowing no videos or likes?

Your guess is as good as mine.

 

[kingsboi]

Your guess is as good as mine.

conserving bandwidth?

 

[kingdivac]

Oh, I thought this was going to be something more like "Why do we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?"

What does "parkway" really mean anyway? word is sorta oxymoronic....

 

[kingdivac]

When you ask who is the NBA all time scoring leader? The answer is LBJ at 43,338 points.

But when you ask who is this years scoring leader? The answer is Luka at 33.5 points per game.

Why is the season leader per game and not total points?

Lets ask AI!

Since the NBA switched from awarding the scoring title based on total points to points per game (PPG) in the 1969–70 season, there have been 14 instances where the official scoring champion did not lead the league in total points scored.

Season	Scoring Champ	Total Points Leader
2021–22	Joel Embiid	Trae Young
2017–18	James Harden	LeBron James
2015–16	Stephen Curry	James Harden
2014–15	Russell Westbrook	James Harden
2012–13	Carmelo Anthony	Kevin Durant
2007–08	LeBron James	Kobe Bryant
2003–04	Tracy McGrady	Kevin Garnett
2002–03	Tracy McGrady	Kobe Bryant
2001–02	Allen Iverson	Paul Pierce
2000–01	Allen Iverson	Jerry Stackhouse
1998–99	Allen Iverson	Shaquille O'Neal
1985–86	Dominique Wilkins	Alex English
1984–85	Bernard King	Michael Jordan
1969–70	Jerry West	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

.......,Batman! The full quote that is......

 

[kingdivac]

How come we have fingertips and not toe tips but we can tiptoe but not tip finger?

Because we normally don't stand on our fingertips, and we touch things with our fingers. They each have double meanings.

 

[kingdivac]

speaking of likes, why has this forum gone back to the circa 2002 era of allowing no videos or likes?

"A server error has occured. Please try again later"........apparently "like" is too human a response.

 

[kingsboi]

"A server error has occured. Please try again later"........apparently "like" is too human a response.

and this is happening after the site got a recent botox injection