The decline of Kobe Bryant

I think Kobe will decline rather quickly the next two years. He has some many games right now in his legs that this is not a shame though. I think in two years Kobe will a 20ppg 5 assists 5 rebounds at roughly 43 percent from the field.
In fact Jordan is the only shooting guard above 32 years who was still very effective and the best man at his position. I don't think Kobe can have the same level as Jordan from 32-35. Kobe has played a lot more games then Jordan had in his age, and Kobe was never on the athletic level of Jordan in the first place. Kobe at age 34 will be at best look like Jordan did at 38. Right now Kobe isn't even as good anymore as Jordan was at age 35.
This has nothing to do with Kobe bashing, its simply a fact.

he was playing in the post earlier in the season and he was doing fine. part of the reason he was shooting around 50% was because he wasn't taking stupid, off balanced 3 point shots. i think kobe's last couple months have more to do with his finger than anything else. he's still crafty enough with the ball to get by defenders, the problem is that his ball handling skills have noticably worsened since he broke his finger.

[QUOTE=indiefan24]read it again[/QUOTE]

Yeah you point out areas with him not being/will be as good as Jordan in the latter stage of his career.

Bryant isa aging and naturally declining...I mean why is that news to anyone? Isn't this a fact of life or what?:wtf:

[QUOTE=DukeDelonte13]well if it makes you kobe fans feel better, apparently Lebron at the age of 24 is already in decline according to some posters here.. :oldlol:[/QUOTE]

athletic decline and decline is different. lebron's obviously lost some explosion on his two footed leaps.

[QUOTE=LA_Showtime]athletic decline and decline is different. lebron's obviously lost some explosion on his two footed leaps.[/QUOTE]
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Why do you keep insisting when you don't have a single shred of evidence of this assertion? :wtf:

Bryant is still a top five player. Probably top two, but I think it's legitimate to argue Wade or Durant. I may not agree, but you can argue it. He's obviously exiting his prime, but he probably has two to three seasons left at this level. With all the talent he has around him in LA, Kobe will contend for several years to come.

He will continue to play, play well with his team, but he won't be getting any better especially since he's out now for his fingers

I'm afraid that this finger injury thing will not go away, especially with the Fiba world championships coming up, and thats after a deep playoffs run. He should've went for surgery last year when this whole finger thing started, but he felt like he was tough and could handle it, i even remember posting that Kobe should never use his finger as an excuse for shooting horribly,since he had a chance to fix it but he passed on it.

[QUOTE=DukeDelonte13]well if it makes you kobe fans feel better, apparently Lebron at the age of 24 is already in decline according to some posters here.. :oldlol:[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=DukeDelonte13]:hammerhead:

Why do you keep insisting when you don't have a single shred of evidence of this assertion? :wtf:[/QUOTE]

look at some earlier videos. lebron's two footed leaping skills aren't the same. hell, in general he's not as explosive as he used to be. he's still effective though because A) he's a freak athlete who is still plenty athletic and B) he's 6'9 260 and players bounce off him.

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Kobe has never been a good 3 point shooter. This year he is shooting only 1.5% worse than his career average. I don't see the significance to this given his injury problems.

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[QUOTE=tontoz]Kobe has never been a good 3 point shooter. This year he is shooting only 1.5% worse than his career average. I don't see the significance to this given his injury problems.

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Well Kobe has always been a volume shooter, shooting % has never been a true decider with Kobe.

[QUOTE=tontoz]Kobe has never been a good 3 point shooter. This year he is shooting only 1.5% worse than his career average. I don't see the significance to this given his injury problems.

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you're dumb for posting