Ca$hville_Da_Gawd
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Kobe only got his own team at age 27 during the tail end of his prime. He never got to dominate the ball early in his career the way MJ did. As a result, I think this stretch in both their careers (from ages 27-33) is the best objective comparison STATISTICALLY when it comes to comparing Kobe with MJ. Any other point is simply unfair to Kobe Bryant because before 2005 he never had the freedom to dominate the way MJ did his entire career.
Michael Jordan (1990-97) Regular Season (421 games)
Kobe Bryant (2005-12) Regular Season (600 games)
30.7 PPG
28.8 PPG
6.3 RPG
5.5 RPG
5.1 APG
5.0 APG
57.5 TS%
55.9 TS%
Michael Jordan (1990-97) Post-Season (105 games)
Kobe Bryant (2005-12) Post-Season (96 games)
32.5 PPG
29.1 PPG
6.4 RPG
5.4 RPG
5.6 APG
5.2 APG
56.1 TS%
56.4 TS%
Basically what you have is Kobe putting up 29/5/5 on 56% shooting in the regular season vs. Mike putting up 30/6/5 on 58% shooting. The numbers are basically identical with Mike shooting slightly better. However, in the post-season, although Mike's scoring 3 more PPG, he doing it on slightly worse efficiency. He gets one more board a game with assists being basically identical.
I think looking at these stats shows that MJ is NOT CLEARLY better than Kobe when it comes simply to looking at stats. You can make a good argument Jordan is better but its not clear cut as it seems when you simply look at career averages.
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