Is current Kevin Durant better than Kobe ever was?

[Haks]

No ///stupid thread

[The Choken One]

I'm just going to take a stab and say OP hasn't been watching the NBA too long. Especially after watching Durant turn into an inefficient chucked without Westbrook, I'm positive prime Kobe > Durant so far.

You'd be a dipshit to disagree with me.

[Jameerthefear]

lol. you'd get slapped in the face if you asked this question in real life.

[Jameerthefear]

Kobe's not the defender you guys think he is.

http://asubstituteforwar.wordpress.c...er-imaginable/

http://slumz.boxden.com/f16/kobe-mos...-ever-1954995/

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/view...=344&t=1111498

http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=931273

What kind of shit sources are those? A wordpress article? RealGm? Are you kidding me?

[tikay0]

What kind of shit sources are those? A wordpress article? RealGm? Are you kidding me?

It's common knowledge bro. Kobe's been the beneficiary of so many non deserving NBA all defensive awards, it's not even funny.

[Fudge]

KD still defensive liability, unlike kobe who used to play some defense.

still as an offensive threat, Durant is on his way to surpass prime kobe for sure.

The guy can easily average 30+ ppg, if he's playing alone without westbrook.

What an idiot.

[sportjames23]

Short answer: no

Long answer: no

[Cali Syndicate]

RG is a good poster, said no one. Ever.

[Boogey]

Come on people smh

[aj1987]

If Durant got to play with Shaq.......NVM

in one ear and out the other with you guys.

Kobe won 2 without Shaq.

[tikay0]

Kobe won 2 without Shaq.

And wtf is that supposed to mean? That team was stacked as well.

P.s. Kobe didn't do shit in the Finals against Boston.

[secund2nun]

Easily, but Kobe is massively overrated and the media propaganda has brainwashed a lot of people which is why you will get blasted for this thread, but you speak the truth.

Durant is much better now than Kobe has ever been at any point in his career.

[secund2nun]

And wtf is that supposed to mean? That team was stacked as well.

P.s. Kobe didn't do shit in the Finals against Boston.

And to be honest his 2009 finals wasn't that impressive either (though clearly better than his 2010 finals performance). I was more impressived with Gasol's performance in the 2009 finals than Kobe's especially considering that he was going up against Dwight Howard and of course Gasol easily had a better finals performance in 2010 than Kobe.

Kobe is a myth. Prime Kobe could not even win a playoff series in the 3 seasons he had where he did not have the best front court in the NBA. Enough said.

[tikay0]

And to be honest his 2009 finals wasn't that impressive either (though clearly better than his 2010 finals performance). I was more impressived with Gasol's performance in the 2009 finals than Kobe's especially considering that he was going up against Dwight Howard and of course Gasol easily had a better finals performance in 2010 than Kobe.

Kobe is a myth. Prime Kobe could not even win a playoff series in the 3 seasons he had where he did not have the best front court in the NBA. Enough said.

He was a beast against the Magic, but he was terribly inefficient against the Celtics.

[secund2nun]

He was a beast against the Magic, but he was terribly inefficient against the Celtics.

Beast he was not. This is a part of the marketing myth of Kobe.

His 2009 finals stats vs Orlando:

32.4 PPG on 27 shots per game, 43% fg, 7.4 apg, 5.6 rpg.

A 43% fg is not impressive and neither is taking 27 shots to score 32 points.

I'll take Gasol's 2009 stat line vs Orlando over Kobe's any day:

18.6 ppg on 60% fg on 12 shots per game, 9.2 rpg, 2.2 apg and he was in the paint going up against Dwight Howard while Orlando had weaklings on perimeter defense like Hedo and Rashard.

There is a reason prime Kobe could not even with a playoff series before the Gasol trade and the Bynum development.

Big men win games and titles, aside from MJ, Lebron, Magic and Bird.