Step 3: How far is Larry Bird from Michael Jordan, using the Euclidean distance based on career averages for season games, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, and points.

Step 4: Look at that work from step 3: is this a "good" metric? Does it seem unreasonably weighted to one stat or another? How could it be improved?

Step 5: Decide how you could improve this metric to make a "fairer" comparison.

Larry Bird:

Career Averages Career Games Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Points Season 897 10.0 6.3 1.7 0.8 24.3 Playoffs 164 10.3 6.5 1.8 0.9 23.8 Career Totals Career Games Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Points Season 897 8,974 5,695 1,556 755 21,791 Playoffs 164 1,683 1,062. 296 145 3,897

Michael Jordan:

Career Averages Career Games Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Points Season. 1,072 6.2 5.3 2.3 0.8 30.1 Playoffs 179 6.4 5.7 2.1 0.9 33.4 Career Totals Career Games Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Points Season 1,072 6,672 5,633 2,514 893 32,292 Playoffs 179 1,152 1,022 376 158 5,987