Has any other player spread out his "peak" throughout his career like Kobe Bryant?

[QUOTE=LamarOdom]Kobe >>>>>> Pac

Kobe is even a better rapist.[/QUOTE]
Pac wasn't a rapist and neither is Kobe FOH.

[QUOTE=tikay0]I've been very impressed with him this year. No matter what you wanna say about the guy, he IS 34 years old, going on 17 years in the NBA. He has the longevity of most MLB players. That's a crazy feat in it of itself. Putting up impressive numbers to boot.[/QUOTE]
Very.

The numbers at times can be hollow, game impact has dwindled since 2010 because he doesn't have that extra gear to single handedly win games on his lonesome anymore ...

As evident by him playing well this year, yet their record sucks. But what he is doing at his age is nothing short of amazing.

Since I started watching the game in 1990, the only other player that has shown to have such longevity in terms of elite-ness was MJ. What MJ did as a 39 and 40 year old was nothing short of amazing given context, and same goes for Be here.

17 years deep, tons of mileage. Knee and finger injuries galore, and still murking people with his skill set.

[QUOTE=Money 23]Very.

The numbers at time can be in game impact hollow because he doesn't have that extra gear to single handedly win games on his lonesome anymore ...

As evident by him playing well, yet their record sucks. But what he is doing at his age is nothing short of amazing.

Since I started watching the game in 1990, the only other player that has shown to have such longevity in terms of elite-ness was MJ. What MJ did as a 39 and 40 year old was nothing short of amazing given context, and same goes for [B]Be[/B] here.

17 years deep, tons of mileage. Knee and finger injuries galore, and still murking people with his skill set.[/QUOTE]
Thought I was the only one who called him that :lol

[QUOTE=RRR3]Thought I was the only one who called him that :lol[/QUOTE]
You are ... I swagger jacked you.

I liked it. Good contribution.

[QUOTE=Money 23]You are ... I swagger jacked you.

I liked it. Good contribution.[/QUOTE]
:cheers: :rockon:

MJ was pretty much in his prime throughout his career, even in his wizards days he averaged 20+ppg.

I cant say that I hate Kobe, because Im not hating any man I dont know, and its a very strong word, but Im one of those who liked to exaggerate every mistake he made, every bad performance in important matches, his bad finals performing, chucking etc.

But when a player is playing in his 34th year of life on a very high level like Kobe, after fcking 17 seasons, and leads so called best big man in this league who is in his absolute physical peak, you just have to give this man some props and appreciate his love for this sport.

I've always wondered how much of his decline after 09 was his natural downward trend and how much was due to nagging injuries. He seems to finally be past all the finger/wrist issues he had and is handling the ball better. He's also moving really well out there compared to 2011 and parts of 2010. He keeps referring to those years as him "playing on one leg," which, while an exaggeration, holds some truth simply based on the difference in his mobility.

It's still really early though, hopefully he doesn't wear down after a full season.

I see four arcs to Kobe Bryant's career.

From 1997 to 2000, Bryant was "[B]Showboat[/B]" where he went for style points over the fundamental - and broke through with that lob to Shaq in the West Conference Finals, game 7.

From 2000 till 2004, Bryant was the ultimate [B]sidekick[/B], peaked in 2003 with 30 ppg.

From 2004 till 2009, Bryant was the ultimate [B]gunner[/B], peaked in 2006 with that 81 point game.

From 2009 till now, Bryant morphed into some elder [B]statesman[/B] of the exterior, and is about to hit his cagey veteran peak.

[QUOTE=Gotterdammerung]I see four arcs to Kobe Bryant's career.

From 1997 to 2000, Bryant was "[B]Showboat[/B]" where he went for style points over the fundamental - and broke through with that lob to Shaq in the West Conference Finals, game 7.

From 2000 till 2004, Bryant was the ultimate [B]sidekick[/B], peaked in 2003 with 30 ppg.

From 2004 till 2009, Bryant was the ultimate [B]gunner[/B], peaked in 2006 with that 81 point game.

From 2009 till now, Bryant morphed into some elder [B]statesman[/B] of the exterior, and is about to hit his cagey veteran peak.[/QUOTE]
Would you call that an objective analysis? One would think you are talking about Jerry Stackhouse there

[QUOTE=Basketbolero]Would you call that an objective analysis? One would think you are talking about Jerry Stackhouse there[/QUOTE]
:biggums: Stackhouse? WTF. He was always a gunner.

I see nobody else breaking down Kobe Bryant's career, and refuting the myth that his peak has spread out throughout his career. :confusedshrug:

Let the season play out. Kobe shot 43 percent last season and will probably end up shooting around 44-46 percent this season.

[QUOTE=secund2nun]Let the season play out. Kobe shot 43 percent last season and will probably end up shooting around 44-46 percent this season.[/QUOTE]

Yes, because adding quality teammates including an ELITE assister and finally having an injury free season clearly points that way...:facepalm

[QUOTE=secund2nun]Let the season play out. Kobe shot 43 percent last season and will probably end up shooting around 44-46 percent this season.[/QUOTE]

You know you're GREAT when the only thing people can use to hate on you is FG% :lol

[QUOTE=Mr. Jabbar]Yes, because adding quality teammates including an ELITE assister and finally having an injury free season clearly points that way...:facepalm[/QUOTE]

That does help. But his career high is 46.9% fg and that includes his entire prime and the seasons with prime Shaq in the middle taking up all the attention (Prime Shaq> Dwight, Nash, Gasol combined)...and now that he is no longer in his prime I am skeptical that he will break his career record fg% of 46.9. Now he could break 47%, but I think it will be below 46%.

If he couldn't break 47% in his prime with Shaq, then I am skeptical of him breaking it past his prime even with Howard and Nash.

Lin :roll: :roll:

lol I wouldnt be surprised if Kobe was juicing it a little. In baseball we question it when a player has a bounce back year like this. Why not basketball?

[QUOTE=HorryIsMyMVP]lol I wouldnt be surprised if Kobe was juicing it a little. In baseball we question it when a player has a bounce back year like this. Why not basketball?[/QUOTE]
Its not like he running people or out jumping people. He is just making shots and playing smart.