SCOTTIE PIPPEN ON LEBRON: "I DONT THINK HE'S SURPASSED KOBE AT ALL. HE'S MORE LIKE ME THAN LIKE MJ"

[IllmaticDelta]

LMAO U TRIED TO DISCREDIT MOST THE QUOTES THAT WAS IN 2015-2016 .. WHEN LEBRON WAS CLEARLY IN HIS PRIME, MAYBE EVEN PAST IT. FALL BACK, THE 3RD TITLE DOESNT CHANGE THE ARGUMENT. ITLL TAKE 5 TO SWAY THAT OPINION VS KOBE.

2015-2016 is before he won his 3 title and 3 finals mvp the man who drafted kobe even knows better

 

[Sccit]

2015-2016 is before he won his 3 title and 3 finals mvp the man who drafted kobe even knows better

JOHN WOODEN SAID KOBE THE GOAT

JOHN WOODEN >>>> JERRY WEST

AND AGAIN, THE TITLES DONT CHANGE ANYTHING IN THIS ARGUMENT UNTIL LEBRON GETS AT LEAST 5

 

[Bilz]

HOW WOULD U KNOW WHAT KINDA CONNECTIONS I MADE? SMH .. U TRYNA DEFEND YOURSELF JUS KEEPS GETTIN MORE CRINGE WORTHY. GIVE UP BRODIE.

IF U PUT YOUR LIFE ON THIS FORUM THE WAY I DO, U WOULDA BEEN RAN OFF HERE LONG AGO, AND U KNOW THAT. NOT HARD TO TELL.

You're so fukking insecure

 

[Sccit]

They Didn't. Here's a recap:

"I don't think he should be compared to either of those players.
They play different positions.
Kobe and Michael are both 2 Guards.
They're Both scorers.
They're mostly like a Kyrie.
They're looking to score the basketball when it hits their hands.
They're not looking to make plays for anybody on the floor.
They're not looking to to be a facilitators
That's the role Lebron plays and he's a great passer."

Who should he be compared to:

"I Think he should be compared to Magic.
I think he plays a lot more like Magic. A lot more like myself.

He's A LOT more dominant than me and MAGIC."


Bron Haters...

HE SAID HE HASNT PASSED MAGIC EITHER

 

[Rollo Goodlove]

finding ways to keep kobe alive is actually making it look like he been gone for a decade...

this obsession is having an adverse effect.

Y'all trying to shovel him into the ground
Wtf you think is going to happen dum dum?

 

[Sccit]

You're so fukking insecure

SAYS THE GUY WHO HIDES HIMSELF BEHIND A COMPUTER SCREEN



THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF MIKE DANTONI TELLIN SOME1 THAT THEYRE TERRIBLE AT COACHING DEFENSE

 

[IllmaticDelta]

JOHN WOODEN SAID KOBE THE GOAT

JOHN WOODEN >>>> JERRY WEST

AND AGAIN, THE TITLES DONT CHANGE ANYTHING IN THIS ARGUMENT UNTIL LEBRON GETS AT LEAST 5

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lebron could could never win a title again and still finish 7-10 spots higher all time than kobe












he already did the impossible

he's on that mount rushmore of nba legends





it' pretty much the general concensus lebron is a top 2-5 player ever

it's pretty much a universal fact

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With Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant announcing his retirement from basketball at the end of the 2015-16 season, attention now turns to Bryant's legacy.

Just five months remain in Kobe's career, so this seems like a good time to ask about where he ranks among the all-time greats. In particular, is he one of the 10 best to play the game?

A close reading of the facts suggests the answer is no. As remarkable as his career has been, Bryant's résumé can't quite compare to that of the league's inner-circle Hall of Famers.

Win shares: Kobe ranks No. 15

Win shares, found at Basketball Reference, are our most complete historic NBA metric. They give us a way to compare players across NBA eras.

Although full box-score stats did not become available until 1977-78, when the league started tracking player turnovers, Basketball Reference estimates turnovers and other stats that were not recorded at the time (including steals and blocks before 1973-74) to come up with approximations for player value throughout league history.

Bryant is currently 15th among NBA players in career win shares (172.5), with an outside chance of surpassing Reggie Miller (174.4) by the end of the season, if he improves his level of play. Because he has started so poorly, Bryant has actually lost 0.6 win shares from his career total so far this season.

Expected championships added: Kobe ranks No. 20

As Miller's high ranking suggests, the problem with using win shares as a historic measuring stick is they tend to reward longevity over quality of play. To better reflect the impact players had on their teams, I've developed a model that relates their win shares each season to a typical team's chances of winning a championship.

This model shows value is exponential rather than linear. For instance, a season with 15 win shares (such as Bryant's 2005-06 campaign) is nearly three times as valuable as one with 10 win shares (such as his 2010-11).

A preliminary version of this model shows Bryant 20th all time in expected championships added (ECA), just behind Larry Bird and ahead of the late Moses Malone.

Why Kobe doesn't rate as well by advanced stats

Bryant comes out slightly worse by this method because of his lack of truly elite statistical seasons. Bryant's best season in terms of win shares, 2005-06, ranks 102nd in NBA history behind, for example, Stephen Curry's 2014-15 campaign.

That's fairly consistent with what other advanced metrics indicate. Bryant's 2005-06 performance did rank 56th all-time in PER, but his best season by my wins above replacement player statistic (2002-03, with 20.4 WAR) ranks 72nd, dating back to 1977-78.

ESPN's real plus-minus (RPM) is even harsher. Because of the need for detailed play-by-play data, RPM is available only since 2000-01, but in that span, Bryant's best rating (plus-6.3 points per 100 possessions in 2007-08) ranks 80th in that span.

These all-in-one metrics are universally picking up that by the standards of all-time great scorers, Bryant was relatively inefficient. Bryant's best season in terms of true shooting percentage (.580 in 2006-07) would rank seventh in Michael Jordan's career, seventh in LeBron James' and behind five of Kevin Durant's seven full seasons.

Since Bryant wasn't an exceptional rebounder or distributor and has never rated especially well statistically as a defender, he would need to be better than his peers as a scorer to provide more value than they did. That was only the case in Bryant's very best seasons.

The verdict

Naturally, the arguments in favor of Bryant's greatness are likely to revolve around the five championships the Lakers won during his career. While it's a bad idea to credit team success to one individual, it is true that Bryant's postseason performance is a point in his favor.

He ranks eighth in career playoff win shares. Factoring in playoff value surely lifts Bryant's all-time rank from 20th, but it's harder to make the case that he should jump all the way into the top 10.

It's not just advanced statistics that are down on Bryant's best seasons. He won only one MVP award, which puts him behind the 12 players (including former Lakers teammate Steve Nash) who won the league's highest honor multiple times.

Although there's a case to be made that Bryant should have won in 2005-06, when he set an NBA record for usage rate and carried a limited Lakers team to the playoffs, Bryant benefited from something of a "lifetime achievement" factor in 2007-08, when he beat Kevin Garnett and Chris Paul for the award.

In terms of the share of MVP votes accumulated over the course of his career, Bryant ranks 11th.

Considering all those factors, I'd ultimately rank Bryant somewhere around the 15th-best player in NBA history. You might move him a few spots in either direction, depending how you value playoff performance versus regular-season success, peak value versus longevity and the league's quality of play over time.

But when it comes to cracking the 10 best NBA players ever, Bryant didn't quite accomplish enough in a career that now has a finish line in sight.

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LeBron James passes Michael Jordan as most valuable player in NBA history

Also arguably the most clutch player in NBA history. And yes, that list includes Michael Jordan.

James is now 4-2 all-time in Game 7s, including 2-0 in those must-win games during the NBA Finals. His game score from Sunday night — a metric created by John Hollinger to give a rough measure of a player’s productivity for a single game – was 23.1, the fifth-highest for a Game 7. He also has the third-highest game score for a Game 7 (32.5 in 2013). His performances in Games 5 and 6 — both elimination games for Cleveland — earned him game scores of 39.2 and 42.5, respectively, two of the top three performances ever recorded in the NBA Finals.

There have now been 13 games in which a player has recorded at least 20 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds — James has five. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are the only two players to have more than one. Charles Barkley, Tim Duncan, Jason Kidd and James Worthy have the others. Jordan has none.

James has also moved past Jordan in postseason value over replacement, a box score estimate of the points per 100 possessions that a player contributed above a replacement-level player. In other words, James, despite not winning as many championships as Jordan, is the most valuable playoff player of all time. It’s also worth noting that Jordan’s teammate, Scottie Pippen, appears on this all-time great list at No. 5. You have to scan to No. 12, Dwyane Wade, to find the best overall playoff performance by one of James’s teammates.

When you factor in regular season performance, James can now be considered the most valuable NBA player of all time.

LeBron James passes Michael Jordan as most valuable player in NBA history

 

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repost just for you


lebron could could never win a title again and still finish 7-10 spots higher all time than kobe












he already did the impossible

he's on that mount rushmore of nba legends





it' pretty much the general concensus lebron is a top 2-5 player ever

it's pretty much a universal fact

Reggie Miller Kicks Larry Bird Out of His All-Time Top-5 for LeBron (top 5 that doesn't include Kobe)



kobe 10 by cbs----lebron 2

CBS Sports' 50 greatest NBA players of all time: Where do LeBron, Curry rank?

Kobe 12 by sports illustrated------Lebron 4 (before his 3rd title)

SI's 50 greatest players in NBA history

Kobe 12 by espn-------Lebron 3 (after his 3rd title)

All-Time #NBArank: Where does Kobe belong?

Kobe 12 by fox sports-----lebron # 2 (after his 3rd title)

Ranking the 25 greatest players in NBA history


Why Kobe Bryant is not a top-10 all-time player

Pelton: Kobe not a top-10 player of all time





Offical Espn Insider Thread



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LeBron James passes Michael Jordan as most valuable player in NBA history



LeBron James passes Michael Jordan as most valuable player in NBA history

AND RIGHT ON CUE, HERE COMES THE DESPERATION STAT GEEK POSTS WE WAS JUS TALKIN BOUT

 

[IllmaticDelta]

AND RIGHT ON CUE, HERE COMES THE DESPERATION STAT GEEK POSTS WE WAS JUS TALKIN BOUT

 

[duncanthetall]

This nikkas autistic ramblings give me migraines

 

[G-Zeus]

Y'all trying to shovel him into the ground
Wtf you think is going to happen dum dum?

Do like jordan fans... use kobe feats and highlights

 

[Pressure]

HE SAID HE HASNT PASSED MAGIC EITHER

He didn't say that. He said he didn't want to SAY that because he feels Magic's game created Lebron's game, but he already admitted Lebron is a more dominant version of Magic, meaning he's better as a basketball player.

It's essentially the same argument people use against Kobe. Kobe's game came from MJs so old heads weren't willing to give him as much shine because he game is a byproduct of another great players game. That said, no one has ever said that "Kobe is a more dominant version of MJ."

 

[Bilz]

SAYS THE GUY WHO HIDES HIMSELF BEHIND A COMPUTER SCREEN



THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF MIKE DANTONI TELLIN SOME1 THAT THEYRE TERRIBLE AT COACHING DEFENSE

No it's more like D'Antoni being criticized for his defense and then he goes on an angry tirade where he talks about his religion and demands that other men send him pictures.

What the fukk is wrong with you?

 

[Sccit]

He didn't say that. He said he didn't want to SAY that because he feels Magic's game created Lebron's game, but he already admitted Lebron is a more dominant version of Magic, meaning he's better as a basketball player.

It's essentially the same argument people use against Kobe. Kobe's game came from MJs so old heads weren't willing to give him as much shine because he game is a byproduct of another great players game. That said, no one has ever said that "Kobe is a more dominant version of MJ."

HE SAID "I WOULDNT SAY LEBRON PASSED MAGIC", STRAIGHT UP...AND HE WAS EVEN MORE DEFINITIVE WHEN HE SAID HE DIDN'T PASS KOBE LOL.

DOMINANT DOESNT MEAN SHIIT...SHAQ WAS MORE DOMINANT THAN KAREEM, BUT KAREEM STILL REGARDED AS BETTER. IT'S THE SAME ARGUMENT OF FINESSE VS. POWER.

 

[Sccit]

BECAUSE LEBRON DUCKED KOBE IN 2008-2010, WHEN THEY WERE BOTH IN THEIR PRIMES AND KOBE MADE THREE STRAIGHT TRIPS TO THE FINALS.