Why is Kobe consider one of the best scorers ever with only 2 scoring titles?

[Nevaeh]

Scoring titles are misleading

Iverson won a scoring title averaging 26.8 PPG in '99
Shaq won a scoring title averaging 29.7 PPG in '00
T-Mac won a scoring title averaging 28.0 PPG in '04
Durant won a scoring title averaging 27.7 in '11

Kobe averaged 30.0 PPG in '03 but did not get the scoring title

Well, who won it, and what did they average?

[Pointguard]

Scoring titles are misleading

Iverson won a scoring title averaging 26.8 PPG in '99
Shaq won a scoring title averaging 29.7 PPG in '00
T-Mac won a scoring title averaging 28.0 PPG in '04
Durant won a scoring title averaging 27.7 in '11

Kobe averaged 30.0 PPG in '03 but did not get the scoring title

Yeah, things fluctuate. Some years the refs call things tighter. But the better scorers are usually at the top.

[PP34Deuce]

Kobe from 22-27 could drop 45 points in his sleep. I remember when he scored 62 in 3 quarters against dallas, the 8 straight 40 plus games, didn't he also have 2-3 straight games of 50 plus points. 81 point game....which was surreal when ESPN showed live he was at like 70 points..

The guy was draining fadeaways on MJ in 98... lol

[Deuce Bigalow]

Well, who won it, and what did they average?

T-Mac 32.1

[OldSchoolBBall]

Kobes been the best scorer in the league since 2000, he's just mostly played on teams with balanced scoring.

Kobe was not a better scorer than Shaq from '00-'02, and arguably not better than Tmac in '02 and '03.

[eliteballer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ0RFja2znY&t=3m22s

Who knows more, MJ's old coach or you?

[OldSchoolBBall]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ0RFja2znY&t=3m22s

Who knows more, MJ's old coach or you?

I could give a shit less what anyone says. Anyone would rather have a guy averaging 28-30 ppg on 57-58% FG and drawing tons of fouls than a guy averaging 26-31 ppg on 43-46% FG (what Kobe would have averaged from '00-'02 on his own team) and drawing fewer fouls.

[monkeypox]

You bury your head in a box score long enough you can see what you want to see.

[catquickspider]

he has been on contenders for most of his career

I don't think winning scoring titles has been his focus even though he ballhogs a lot

[PTB Fan]

OP is a hater.

[Derivative]

bump

[NumberSix]

Because when he gets hot, he's unstoppable.

The problem is, Kobe's version "getting hot" consists of scoring 40 points on mediocre FG% and 18 FTA (half of which are phantom calls)