06-07 Kobe Bryant vs 13-14 Kevin Durant

[1987_Lakers]

Kobe: 31.6 PPG | 5.7 RPG | 5.4 APG | 1.4 SPG | 46 FG% | 87 FT% | 34 3P% | 41 MPG

Durant: 32 PPG | 7.4 RPG | 5.5 APG | 1.3 SPG | 50 FG% | 87 FT% | 39 3P% | 38.5 MPG

[riseagainst]

Durant and its not even close.

[Doctor Rivers]

Kobe and it's even close.

[Keno]

kobe stans: "kobe got 0.1 more steal per game so obviously kobe"

[Doctor Rivers]

Keno: "uh durh durh lebron durh"

fixed

[IncarceratedBob]

Kobe was dominant but not efficient

Durant was efficient but not dominant

[inclinerator]

kobe brian

[Keno]

fixed

kobe talking gibberish now? what else is new.

[ArbitraryWater]

OP answered his own question

[navy]

Durant and it really isnt close.

[blablabla]

Durant had 2 50+ point games this season Kobe had 10(including 2 60+ games and 4 50+ games in a row)
that's maybe worth mentioning

[atljonesbro]

It's so easily Durant I question you watch basketball if you think Kobe was better

[moe94]

Numbers say Durant. What does your heart say?

[TheReal Kendall]

KD

[KirbyPls]

Numbers say Durant. What does your heart say?

:lol

[Trollsmasher]

05-06 Kobe

[Genaro]

Kobe played better defense. I go with #24

[navy]

Durant had 2 50+ point games this season Kobe had 10(including 2 60+ games and 4 50+ games in a row)
that's maybe worth mentioning
Why is his ppg so low? (Lower than Durants):wtf:

[inclinerator]

Numbers say Durant. What does your heart say?
kobe

[riseagainst]

Why is his ppg so low? (Lower than Durants):wtf:

inconsistent chucker. Is this what you were looking for?

[Milbuck]

So we're just gonna ignore the fact that peak Kobe was a substantially better defender. Got it.

[BlackVVaves]

This has to go down as one of the most unintentionally funny threads on ISH ever :roll:

KD has better numbers across virtually the entire board, in less minutes played :roll:

[Cold soul]

Kobe and it's even close.

[HoopsFanNumero1]

Durant. Easily. In fact, Durant's current season is better than any of Kobe's.

[BlackVVaves]

Kobe played better defense. I go with #24

Kobe 06-07 defensive win shares: 2.2
KD 13-14 defensive win shares: 4.4

inb4 someone posts Kobe's RAPM and it's -5 :lol

[navy]

So we're just gonna ignore the fact that peak Kobe was a substantially better defender. Got it.

Durant has been pretty decent on defense this year and I dont see any reason that Kobe's substantially better defense actually affected games substantially more than Durant. Durant was just better this year. :confusedshrug:

[HoopsFanNumero1]

It's sad that the myth of Kobe being a good defender post-Shaq is still being spread around.

[navy]

inconsistent chucker. Is this what you were looking for?
Yes and no. I want a non trolling answer with numbers. :confusedshrug:

[navy]

It's sad that the myth of Kobe being a good defender post-Shaq is still being spread around.

He is a good defender. But let's be honest. Guard defense isnt as important as post defense.

[Genaro]

Kobe 06-07 defensive win shares: 2.2
KD 13-14 defensive win shares: 4.4

inb4 someone posts Kobe's RAPM and it's -5 :lol
:facepalm
You don't rate defense through stats. You just don't. :no:

[Heavincent]

It's sad that the myth of Kobe being a good defender post-Shaq is still being spread around.

Kobe from 08 to 10 was still one of the best perimeter defenders in the league.

[BlackVVaves]

It's sad that the myth of Kobe being a good defender post-Shaq is still being spread around.

Okay okay okay, he had years of being an above average defender like 2007-2008, and 2008-2009. Let's not start spewing that Kobe hate now, stick to facts.

This particular year though, 06-07, was one of Kobe's worse defensive seasons. Half of that was because he carried so much of the offense, he just took off plays on the other end to save energy. And the other half is, because he just displayed bad defensive tendencies in that year (and the previous year).

.....still. KD has never been as elite a defender as Kobe from 1999-2001.

[BlackVVaves]

Kobe from 08 to 10 was still one of the best perimeter defenders in the league.

No he wasn't, not in 2010 at least. He had great moments of defensive prowess, like locking up Westbrook in the playoffs, but he wasn't consistently hounding players up like Tony Allen, Iggy, Wade, Bron.

Soooo....do you just have a loose definition of "best"? Or.......?

[Heavincent]

No he wasn't, not in 2010 at least. He had great moments of defensive prowess, like locking up Westbrook in the playoffs, but he wasn't consistently hounding players up like Tony Allen, Iggy, Wade, Bron.

Soooo....do you just have a loose definition of "best"? Or.......?

One of the 5 best. Iggy, Sefolosha, and Allen were definitely better. Lebron though? Nah.

[BlackVVaves]

One of the 5 best. Iggy, Sefolosha, and Allen were definitely better. Lebron though? Nah.

Kobe was a better defender than LeBron in 2010?

Okay. Where's your empirical evidence? Facts only, none of that subjective "I watched Kobe trust me he was better" shit :oldlol:

[KirbyPls]

Kobe was a better defender than LeBron in 2010?

Okay. Where's your empirical evidence? Facts only, none of that subjective "I watched Kobe trust me he was better" shit :oldlol:

The problem is that you're seeking empirical evidence from Kobe apostles.

[T_L_P]

:facepalm
You don't rate defense through stats. You just don't. :no:

"Kobe