Naturally they burnout earlier. Chamberlain often played the full 48 minutes without leaving the court. At a slower rate, it is possible that Jordan could have scored 100 points in a game. Greatness is the integral of EF over a career. Players like Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, and Robert Parish were fund to be the greatest for although they were less effective than Jordan, say, they had much longer careers.
Applied math takes the guessing out of data analysis.
There is only one correct answer to player rankings, etc. The world has clearly shown that this cannot be determined by the human eye. The solution is mathematical. Then, and only then, will we all agree on the final answers, and basketball operations will be more easily controlled, as the world will have a common understanding of the value of basketball effort. We all have a similar interpretation of other performances in racing, long jump, etc.