who had more ways to score. Kobe or curry

[HunterSThompson]

this is for warriorfan

[GrayGoat]

Curry’s shooting slump is essentially Kobe’s career average

[HunterSThompson]

Curry’s shooting slump is essentially Kobe’s career average

no it isn't. and being a better open shooter isn't "more ways to score"

its one way actually lol

[Phoenix]

Curry.

[HunterSThompson]

kobes ways to score

- dunk over guys with right or left off 1 or 2 feet
- ally oops dunk over guys with right or left
- reverse hanging layup with right or left
- floater with right or left
- hook with right or left
- finger roll with right or left
- draw fouls with pump fakes, attacking and many other ways
- post up fade
- pull up over anyone
- three pointer over anyone from anywhere with either hand
- reverse pivot shot
- pass to self off backboard
- shoot over backboard
- not looking at net facing backwards layup and 1s


like literally if you can think it.. kobe does it


Currys go to package

- floater
- mid range pull up
- three

[1987_Lakers]

Curry’s shooting slump is essentially Kobe’s career average

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[HunterSThompson]

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https://youtu.be/CvMeiKSD43E

[zeerghit]

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https://youtu.be/CvMeiKSD43E

literally nobody cares..

[1987_Lakers]

Curry’s shooting slump is essentially Kobe’s career average

Not only that, just because you have more ways to score doesn't make you a better scorer. Kobe was like the Brett Favre of the NBA at times, taking the most retarded shots, for all his shooting, driving inside, post moves etc he sure was inefficient at times. Someone like a peak Shaq who just used his dominance to score proved to be the more valuable scorer.

[warriorfan]

You got your ass whooped out of the other thread and now not only changed goal posts but made an entire new thread to do it in.

Not interested.

[HunterSThompson]

literally nobody cares..

then what are you doing in.....MY......thread

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[HunterSThompson]

You got your ass whooped out of the other thread and now not only changed goal posts but made an entire new thread to do it in.

Not interested.

you literally didn't say anything except "no" as a reply to my 2 posts lmao..


would be like Einstein drawing a picture of d*ckbutt on a chalkboard and calling it the theory of relativity

https://i.ibb.co/7NX59DJ/Screenshot-20220202-134508-Gallery.jpg

[zeerghit]

then what are you doing in.....MY......thread

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laughing at you

[hold this L]

Curry’s shooting slump is essentially Kobe’s career average

Holy shit this is even worse than that. Steph's awful 58.6% TS this season is better than any season in Kobe's entire career.

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[HunterSThompson]

Holy shit this is even worse than that. Steph's awful 58.6% TS this season is better than any season in Kobe's entire career.

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/WigglyBrokenBabirusa-max-1mb.gif

kobe shot 45% for his career. curry shoots 47% (and kobe basically never shot wide open while it's the only way curry can get a shot off )

this year curry is shooting 42% and over the last 17 games 38%

curry this year is basically rookie kobe and over the last 17 games hes post Achilles rupture kobe


if it wasn't for his 3 point shot he literally wouldn't be in the nba. he's a trash bag with dog turds in it hanging on a fence in a hot day next to a mail box.. nobody wants to look at it but we have to every other day cause we have to get the mail sometimes. same as we have to watch national tv sometimes. if they would just stop putting his games on TV it wouldn't be so bad.

[bizil]

Steph FOR SURE is the more efficient scorer. But Mamba HANDS DOWN had the more complete scoring skillset. Not saying Steph doesn't have a very complete scoring skillset. BUT Kobe gave you the better overall diet of the midrange game, postup game, three ball, slashing with a great layup package. And had the impeccable footwork and craftiness. PLUS he was a freak athlete who could dominate over the top of a defense with the sick dunks.

His FG% was good for a perimeter player. NOT GREAT like an MJ, Bron, Bird, etc at the SG or SF. BUT Kobe took many more tougher shots. When Kobe was in his honey hole areas and open, he was money. But we are talking two of the MOST SKILLED offensive players ever. Among PG's, I think Kyrie and Steph are the top two MOST SKILLED offensive players. At the SG, I think Kobe is the most SKILLED player ever. NOT THE BEST or GOAT cause MJ is.

[HunterSThompson]

imagine 4 people voting for curry when he can literally only do 3 things on a basketball court. Shaq had more total skills lol


https://youtu.be/2I5q-IEh7Kg

[Phoenix]

Going with Curry on this one.

[John_Connor]

Going with Curry on this one.

you already voted in hunters thread retard

[bison]

is there anyone in nba history that had more ways to score than lord godbe bryant? even the GOAT didn't have as many moves as lordbe

[LeCola]

Curry.

Easy question...

[1987_Lakers]

Going with Curry on this one.

Same

[GrayGoat]

Kobe had more ways to shoot not score. that were not effective. Look at his stats

[Phoenix]

you already voted in hunters thread retard

Hi Hunter.

[tpols]

Having more ways to score isn't necessarily better. Shaq had way less ways to score than say... Lou Williams. Dunk / hook shot vs million different 3s, midrange and slashing forays... yet Shaq was more effective in his limited bread and butters. Not to say curry is better and I think kobes game would translate across eras better, but its a silly argument to act like more diverse always automatically equals better.

[Axe]

Holy shit this is even worse than that. Steph's awful 58.6% TS this season is better than any season in Kobe's entire career.

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/WigglyBrokenBabirusa-max-1mb.gif
Yet kobe at least had a finals mvp :ohwell:

[RRR3]

kobe shot 45% for his career. curry shoots 47% (and kobe basically never shot wide open while it's the only way curry can get a shot off )

this year curry is shooting 42% and over the last 17 games 38%

curry this year is basically rookie kobe and over the last 17 games hes post Achilles rupture kobe


if it wasn't for his 3 point shot he literally wouldn't be in the nba. he's a trash bag with dog turds in it hanging on a fence in a hot day next to a mail box.. nobody wants to look at it but we have to every other day cause we have to get the mail sometimes. same as we have to watch national tv sometimes. if they would just stop putting his games on TV it wouldn't be so bad.
Using FG% in 2022, you have the basketball analysis of a caveman.

[John_Connor]

Having more ways to score isn't necessarily better. Shaq had way less ways to score than say... Lou Williams. Dunk / hook shot vs million different 3s, midrange and slashing forays... yet Shaq was more effective in his limited bread and butters. Not to say curry is better and I think kobes game would translate across eras better, but its a silly argument to act like more diverse always automatically equals better.

you're comparing a guard to a center. these are 2 scoring guards. and shaq never really had many big clamoring games and that's the reason this whole discussion started because in another thread warriorfan said the reason curry gas more 20 plint quarters but not anywhere close to the amount of 40/50/60 point games is because curry was on pace for them a bunch and simply decided not to go for them and instead chose to sit... so I said no its more than likely due to curry being limited offensively and only being streaky from 3... and that usually doesn't last fir a whole game. you need a multitude if weapons in order to score 50 and 60 consistently.

shaq only scored 60 once. I don't even know if he has another 50+ game tbh. a guy like shaq can't just call his own number every time up the floor and do the same drop step hook 30 or 40 times. the defense will see it coming and adjust or double. with curry it's easy to just step up on him and force him to pass or play off screens instead. but with kobe there is literally no adjustment or type of defense that can stop him when he's on fire. he will still get the shot off that he wants and it he's in the zone he's gonna drop 50 or 60 whether you like it or not. with curry he can only at most have one quarter like that

[ShawkFactory]

you're comparing a guard to a center. these are 2 scoring guards. and shaq never really had many big clamoring games and that's the reason this whole discussion started because in another thread warriorfan said the reason curry gas more 20 plint quarters but not anywhere close to the amount of 40/50/60 point games is because curry was on pace for them a bunch and simply decided not to go for them and instead chose to sit... so I said no its more than likely due to curry being limited offensively and only being streaky from 3... and that usually doesn't last fir a whole game. you need a multitude if weapons in order to score 50 and 60 consistently.

shaq only scored 60 once. I don't even know if he has another 50+ game tbh. a guy like shaq can't just call his own number every time up the floor and do the same drop step hook 30 or 40 times. the defense will see it coming and adjust or double. with curry it's easy to just step up on him and force him to pass or play off screens instead. but with kobe there is literally no adjustment or type of defense that can stop him when he's on fire. he will still get the shot off that he wants and it he's in the zone he's gonna drop 50 or 60 whether you like it or not. with curry he can only at most have one quarter like that

Ok...Shaq didn't have as many ways to score as Kevin McHale. Or Elton Brand.

[Gohan]

Im with you op im taking kobe and currys my fave player. Kobe is the sickest player ive seen. Iverson too :)

[ImKobe]

Whoever voted for Steph in this poll is missing the point of the thread. Kobe could go to the post and he'd also kill you from the mid-range and he could get the 3 whether it was him shooting them off the dribble or off the catch, he did all of that in the triangle. Steph's game is more one-dimensional in a sense that he's trying to get open from 3 and it's mostly off-ball/ball-movement stuff in the Kerr era, he's nowhere near as versatile as Kobe when it comes to having an all-around scoring skillset which is why Kobe's RS numbers translated better to the POs than Curry's.

[highwhey]

Kobe was a superior scorer than Curry, and on defense....oof, Kobe was elite...Curry? LOL what defense?

[La Frescobaldi]

kobes ways to score

- dunk over guys with right or left off 1 or 2 feet
- ally oops dunk over guys with right or left
- reverse hanging layup with right or left
- floater with right or left
- hook with right or left
- finger roll with right or left
- draw fouls with pump fakes, attacking and many other ways
- post up fade
- pull up over anyone
- three pointer over anyone from anywhere with either hand
- reverse pivot shot
- pass to self off backboard
- shoot over backboard
- not looking at net facing backwards layup and 1s


like literally if you can think it.. kobe does it


Currys go to package

- floater
- mid range pull up
- three

You forgot Kobe’s entire fadeaway arsenal not just the post fade but up to and including the full sprint to dead stop and going up and literally backwards with a half spin to shoot from sideways with feet still perfectly balanced.

And just mentioning the post fade also fails to account for that entire post game some of which he got from Hakeem dream shake and from David Robinson & Timi Dunkin and some from countless hours of watching film on guys like Oscar Robertson & Hal Greer and Magic which he then drilled countless more hours and which destroyed entire leagues of defenders.

And you forgot all those teardrop moves, at least a half dozen varieties used anywhere around the hoop clear to 18 feet out.

[La Frescobaldi]

Ok...Shaq didn't have as many ways to score as Kevin McHale. Or Elton Brand.

Yes he did. Ok McHale maybe, but Shaq could get extremely inventive

[hiphopanonymous]

Kobe has as many shots as just about any player - Curry has a good sized bag himself but some of it is because you can what used to be a travel in today's NBA and even then I still don't think it's the same depth as Kobe's

[highwhey]

Kobe has as many shots as just about any player - Curry has a good sized bag himself but some of it is because you can what used to be a travel in today's NBA and even then I still don't think it's the same depth as Kobe's

it's really not. he's a great shooter that gets a lot of his shots in thanks to switching and screens. Kobe was more brute than that, he demanded to face the opponent's toughest defender(s) and still made shots over them. he never shied away from contact nor was he bothered by it, if anything, it just made him more lethal. curry on the other hand...any slight contact and he's thrown off.

Kobe was wayyyy more skilled on offense and still managed to play better offensively while locking down opponents on defense. Curry doesn't play defense.

[SpaceJam]

3>2

[hiphopanonymous]

3>2
81 > 62

[SpaceJam]

471 > 328

[ClipperRevival]

Kobe easily.

He might've been a ball hogger at times but he was a bad man skill wise.

[Axe]

Kobe was a superior scorer than Curry, and on defense....oof, Kobe was elite...Curry? LOL what defense?
Most of all, he never blew a 3-1 lead in the finals. Aside from not being harassed by a player like matthew delladova and fvv rt.