xer0 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:18 pm
Era adjusted stats are biased bullshit stats used to prop up the current thing and shit on the past thing, because it's sooo courageous and popular to do.
What are you talking about?
This is almost the exact opposite of the truth.
Era-adjustment is needed so that more modern players don't get artificial boosts for things they have no control over like science/tech/analytics, or older players don't get penalized for not having 50 years of ballers to learn from, etc...
You can't equalize everything, but you can do loads better than nothing. "How well did he perform compared to his peers?" is pretty much the standard question most people use to evaluate sports greatness, while curving to some degree based on the depth and talent of the league at the time. That's why Larry Bird is considered a great shooter, despite hitting percentages and total 3s/game that would be somewhat unimpressive today (his playoff 3s definitely would be considered modest). Because he was so far ahead of his peers (see 3pt+) in terms of distance shooting.
It's no different than considering Newton a great scientist/math guy even though virtually every practicing physicist or mathematician knows more science/math than him in absolute terms.