why do ppl keep saying kobe is a better scorer than jordan? last time i checked jordan has the highes ppg average in the regular season and the playoffs. He has more scoring titles, higher single season ppg.
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why do ppl keep saying kobe is a better scorer than jordan? last time i checked jordan has the highes ppg average in the regular season and the playoffs. He has more scoring titles, higher single season ppg.
[QUOTE=Da_Realist]In the regular season. Kobe's "style" works perfectly in the regular season. Not so much in the playoffs. The most explosive regular season scorer couldn't manage more than 50 points even once in 198 playoff games. And only scored 50 once. A dude that scored 81 points in a game...and 65 through 3 quarters in another isn't capable of topping 50 in the playoffs. Why is that?
MJ, a much less explosive scorer as has been proven on ISH, did this 6 times.[/QUOTE]
Yea and all those games came in the first round or when his team wasn't winning shit. Kobe routinely rapes the first couple rounds (as was the case this year) but all I ever hear is how he can't perform in the finals.
There's a whole lot of thought going into what he said, don't think it should nor did i think it would get this much attention but anyway. As another poster said it's MJ, who cares what he says because he earned the right to say it... At the same time that doesn't necessarily make it non disrespectful.
Anyway with that said i'm thinking it was said more to stir things up and keep himself in the news then it was a stab at kobe, but that's just my opinion:cheers:
Poorly written article.
[QUOTE=tpols]Yea and all those games came in the first round or when his team wasn't winning shit. Kobe routinely rapes the first couple rounds (as was the case this year) but all I ever hear is how he can't perform in the finals.[/QUOTE]
55 points in the 93' Finals.
54 points in the 93' ECF.
Both of these do not match your posts qualifiers.
[QUOTE=tpols]Yea and all those games came in the first round or when his team wasn't winning shit. Kobe routinely rapes the first couple rounds (as was the case this year) but all I ever hear is how he can't perform in the finals.[/QUOTE]
1986 First Round -- 63 vs Celtics (lost game, lost series)
1988 First Round -- 55 vs Cavaliers (won game, won series)
1992 First Round -- 56 vs Heat (won game, won series)
1993 Conference Semis -- 54 vs Knicks (won game, won series)
1993 NBA Finals -- 55 vs Suns (won game, won series)
1997 First Round -- 55 vs Bullets (won game, won series)
Not only did they win 5 of six of those games, they won 5 of 6 of those series. And the last 4 occurred during championship runs. :facepalm
Kobe's played in 198 playoff games and never once scored more than 50, regardless of the playoff round or whether he was on a championship squad or not. Why hasn't the most explosive regular season scorer topped 50 in the playoffs?
LMAO at this article....maybe the author should try learning to read...he said although he is not finished with his career, he has to be a top 10 guard right now....wow what a bash on Kobe....Jordan also does not call himself the GOAT...he always states because he never got to play against Baylor, West, Russell....kobestans are comical
[QUOTE=tpols]Yea and all those games came in the first round or when his team wasn't winning shit. Kobe routinely rapes the first couple rounds (as was the case this year) but all I ever hear is how he can't perform in the finals.[/QUOTE]
MORON!!!!:roll:
[QUOTE=Da_Realist]1986 First Round -- 63 vs Celtics (lost game, lost series)
1988 First Round -- 55 vs Cavaliers (won game, won series)
1992 First Round -- 56 vs Heat (won game, won series)
1993 Conference Semis -- 54 vs Knicks (won game, won series)
1993 NBA Finals -- 55 vs Suns (won game, won series)
1997 First Round -- 55 vs Bullets (won game, won series)
Not only did they win 5 of six of those games, they won 5 of 6 of those series. And the last 4 occurred during championship runs. :facepalm
Kobe's played in 198 playoff games and never once scored more than 50, regardless of the playoff round or whether he was on a championship squad or not. Why hasn't the most explosive regular season scorer topped 50 in the playoffs?[/QUOTE]
Kobe played with shaq for most of his playoff games so it's not really surprising he wasn't able to get as many shot attempts off with the most dominant offensive center ever on his team. When he was in his peak/prime he only played like ten playoff games and put up insane stats in them regardless of if he missed your benchmark by a couple points. If kobe never had had shaq he would've won less rings but he would've had ten times the opportunities to have scored 50, 60, and/or 70+ in the playoffs.
[QUOTE=tpols]Kobe played with shaq for most of his playoff games so it's not really surprising he wasn't able to get as many shot attempts off with the most dominant offensive center ever on his team. When he was in his peak/prime he only played like ten playoff games and put up insane stats in them regardless of if he missed your benchmark by a couple points. If kobe never had had shaq he would've won less rings but he would've had ten times the opportunities to have scored 50, 60, and/or 70+ in the playoffs.[/QUOTE]
And if Jordan chose to score as many points as possible against the worst teams in the league during the regular season he would have had many opportunities to score 81 or more. :confusedshrug:
[QUOTE=tpols]What do you mean? Jordan never had a deadly 3 ball to the extent kobe has one. Kobe can go lights out with double digit 3 pointers in a game and that greatly helps in amassing a huge point total. Think about it. It's 50% more points with way less effort than driving or working out of the post. It's pretty much the reason kobe has had bigger scoring explosions than jordan.[/QUOTE]
Yeah Kobe can just go on tears that Jordan never could.....Jordan 8(9 if you want to round off) 30 point seasons, Kobe 2.....yeah I see what your getting at with this great 3 pointer (Jordan .327/Kobe .340) yup real huge...playoffs (Jordan .332/ Kobe .337)
[QUOTE=tpols]Kobe played with shaq for most of his playoff games so it's not really surprising he wasn't able to get as many shot attempts off with the most dominant offensive center ever on his team. When he was in his peak/prime he only played like ten playoff games and put up insane stats in them regardless of if he missed your benchmark by a couple points. If kobe never had had shaq he would've won less rings but he would've had ten times the opportunities to have scored 50, 60, and/or 70+ in the playoffs.[/QUOTE]
Now we have the shaq excuse.
[QUOTE=Calabis]Yeah Kobe can just go on tears that Jordan never could.....Jordan 8(9 if you want to round off) 30 point seasons, Kobe 2.....yeah I see what your getting at with this great 3 pointer (Jordan .327/Kobe .340) yup real huge...playoffs (Jordan .332/ Kobe .337)[/QUOTE]
Owned again. This is getting laughable.
Kobe is the best of all time.
[QUOTE=Da_Realist]And if Jordan chose to score as many points as possible against the worst teams in the league during the regular season he would have had many opportunities to score 81 or more. :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]
How quick these young morons forget, how many times he sat out on special nights "the shrug" sat out the last 6 1/2 minutes of the first half, took only four shots in second half....if that was Kobe he would have asked to stay in and keep chucking...:eek:
Let me know when Kobe avg's 40 in the finals