Kobe struggles with Eastern conference defenses

[moe94]

I actually take away his first 2 years too. Its called "applying context". Nobody gives him shit for 97-99 anyway. Dude was 18&19 y/o, dont mind taking anything away, especially as bench player.

Dude, none of that matters. You cannot cherrypick shit, especially 2011.

[ArbitraryWater]

Dude, none of that matters. You cannot cherrypick shit, especially 2011.

Okayyy now that doesnt matter anymore

Answer then: 2011 a result off a complete choke job/failure OR superior western defense shutting him down?

[Black and White]

Okayyy now that doesnt matter anymore

Answer then: 2011 a result off a complete choke job/failure OR superior western defense shutting him down?

He choked dude, straight up

[moe94]

Are you serious? Your logic doesn't matter. You're laughing like you're not being a complete stan right now.

What does choke even mean? What does it matter what happened if LeBron had a shit series, regardless? He could have seriously been alone and shooting by himself in that series and it would make no damn difference to the end result. He had a shit Finals and it's counted towards his legacy. You can't simply overlook it because it suits your agenda.

[Dave3]

Actually, if you look at his playoffs records against the east vs west, you'd see a huge difference.

Not sure if that means he's bad finals performers or struggles against eastern teams.

Or maybe because if the plays an Eastern team in the playoffs, it's always the best and toughest Eastern team, while if he plays a Western team in the playoffs, it can be any team 1-8.

[ArbitraryWater]

He choked dude, straight up

EXACTLY. What I said if you actually would read my previous posts

Moe still voiding the question

[Deuce Bigalow]

You need to add context to the raw Numbers. I did. You don't seem to understand much of that...

2011 was a complete choke job/failure, it had nothing to do with some superior western defense shutting him down You dont believe that, do you?

2012: 29 Points, 10 Rebounds, 7 Assists on 47%
2013: 25 Points, 11 Rebounds, 7 Assists on 45%

Where's the 40% STRUGGLES?

Yeah because those defenses were as good as the ones Kobe faced...

The 07 Spurs were a similar type of elite defense that Kobe usually faced in the Finals. Lebron averaged 22 ppg on 35.6% with 5.75 t/o vs them. So there are no 40% struggles, more like 35% struggles.

[Round Mound]

Kobe's 2008 Playoff Run is (almost) 1991-1993 Jordan like
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=327202

1st Round: 4-0 vs Nuggets 34 ppg/ 5 reb/ 6 ast on 50%
2nd Round: 4-2 vs Jazz 33 ppg/ 7 reb/ 7 ast on 49%
WCF: 4-1 vs Spurs 29 ppg/ 6 reb/ 4 ast on 53%
Finals 2-4 vs Celtics: 26 ppg on [COLOR="Red"]40.5%[/COLOR].