Kobe Bryant's 17th season:
27.3 PPG
5.6 RPG
6.0 APG
1.4 SPG
57% TS
• 8 games of 40+ points
• 10 straight 30+ point games
• First team All-NBA
• 5th in MVP voting
• 3x Player of the Week
• 1x Player of the Month
This was before he tore his achilles. Still one of, if not the best player in the league in year 17 🐍
@MarzTalksSports Everyone can have their own opinion, but if all the best and smartest ppl in the game including players, coaches, GMs, announcers who have forgotten more about basketball than Nick Wright or any twitter user would know all rate kobe higher than you guys what does that say?.
@TheGOATSofball MJ did it in the 80s with higher pace and without the zone. Kobe did it in the slowest pace era while having to share the ball with shaq...
Lowry had 7 assists in the 2019 finals as the pure point guard. Kobe had 7 in the 09 finals. Kobe was always his teams best playmaker and levels above kawhi when it comes to creation.
Love Kawhi but Kobe had multiple finals runs as good in a much much tougher conference. Kawhi gets hyped for 1 run. He also shot 43% in the finals and praised while they talk down on kobes efficiency. And lowry lead the raptors in assists. Kobe always lead his team in assists.
Fred VanVleet reveals that Kawhi Leonard thinks his 2019 Championship put him ahead of Kobe Bryant
“It was a conversation being had and the sentiment of it was when we won the championship he was like ‘I’m better than Kobe.”
(h/t @NBA__Courtside)
kobe defending vince carter
- the swiftness & elevation of his second jump compared to vince (who gets to gather)
- and then immediately transitioning into a sprint to closeout
*1999-2002, he’s close to peak male athlete pliability relative to size
@getit4 The MJ who started his career in the high paced 80s with no zone. Rule changes made the game much harder which is why you saw games ending with 70 points in the mid 2000s.
Kobe's last 2 rings with Shaq vs. Kareem's last 2 rings with Magic. Kobe was way better.
But they bash Kobe all the time for having Shaq but never bash Kareem for having Magic? Keep that same energy... The hypocrisy is obvious.
@getit4 Early/mid 2000s was the slowest paced era and the zone was brought in 01 what are you talking about. 70s and 80s was so much easier is just about every metric. And the talent pool was way different.