Kevin Durant is better then Kobe ever was true or false?

[ISO]

LMAO @ LEBRON BEING UNSTOPPABLE IF HE WAS DOUBLE AND TRIPLED ON THE PERIMETER ALA PRIME KOBE

He would hit the open man and you don’t play up on LeBron because of his first step and strength

Best way to guard LeBron is rotating zone to cut off passing lanes, physicality at the rim to force misses, throwing multiple defenders at him, and bait him into taking jumpers, also limiting his transition opportunities and keeping your TO’s low.

Kobe is a different player. You force him into bad shots over outstretched arms, you can zone him and throw double/triple teams at him he is more willing to shoot over those and take low % shots.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

2000 finals vs Pacers:
6 for 13
1 for 3
14 for 27
4 for 20
8 for 27

2001 finals vs Sixers:
7 for 22
11 for 23
13 for 30
6 for 13
7 for 18

2002 finals vs Nets:
6 for 16
9 for 15
14 for 23
7 for 16

2004 finals vs Pistons:
10 for 27
14 for 27
4 for 13
8 for 25
7 for 21

2008 finals vs Celtics:
9 for 26
11 for 23
12 for 20
6 for 19
8 for 21
7 for 22

2009 finals vs Magic:
16 for 34
10 for 22
11 for 25
11 for 31
10 for 23

2010 finals vs Celtics:
10 for 22
8 for 20
10 for 29
10 for 22
13 for 27
9 for 19
6 for 24

He has twice as many Finals games shooting 33% or under (10) than shooting 50% or over (5).


Someone needs to add the name of Kobe's primary defender to each of those series too, because if I remember correctly, it ain't like he had Gary Payton or Kawhi guarding him most of those years.

 

[Versa]

Kobe kicked his 1st Ballot Hall of Fame teammate off the team, to prove his could win titles without him.

Durant joined a 1st ballot hall of famer because he felt he couldn't win titles without him.

Kobe's heart alone, is better than any basketball attribute possessed by Durant.

And yet no GM in their right mind would take Kobe over KD when starting a franchise

 

[Alpha Male]

Talent:

Kobe > Durant

IQ:

Durant > Kobe

Toughness

Kobe > Durant



Going with Kobe

 

[Sccit]

He would hit the open man and you don’t play up on LeBron because of his first step and strength

Best way to guard LeBron is rotating zone to cut off passing lanes, physicality at the rim to force misses, throwing multiple defenders at him, and bait him into taking jumpers, also limiting his transition opportunities and keeping your TO’s low.

Kobe is a different player. You force him into bad shots over outstretched arms, you can zone him and throw double/triple teams at him he is more willing to shoot over those and take low % shots.

THIS IS WHY LEBRON ISNT NEARLY AS MUCH OF A THREAT TO SCORE AS KOBE

HE TAKES WHATS GIVEN .. SO WHEN DEFENSES KEY IN DURING CRUCIAL
MOMENTS, LEBRON JUST PASSES, BECAUSE HE DOESNT HAVE THE OFFENSIVE ARSENAL TO CREATE SOMETHING ALA KOBE

 

[Bilz]

Yea because Kobe wasn’t the third highest playoff scorer untill lebron surpasses him last year, or that 2001,2002,2009,2010 finals didn’t happen

Also, not many players have scored in the finals like they do in the regular season. A regular season is 82 games, the finals is 4-7 games

Kobe was a great scorer and he played a ton of playoff games...but LeBron, who is a playoff choker and useless beyond 3 feet according to our coli analysts, has significantly more playoff points than Kobe despite fewer games played. How can this be reconciled? How can the player heralded as the ultimate killer, the player who can beat you by himself, the player who elevates to zones greater than MJ, how does he not have an extensive collection of playoff feats? He has close to 3 full NBA seasons worth of playoff games. This isn't some small sample size that can be brushed off.

 

[Bilz]

LMAO @ LEBRON BEING UNSTOPPABLE IF HE WAS DOUBLE AND TRIPLED ON THE PERIMETER ALA PRIME KOBE

So you think its an effective strategy on LeBron that coaches just haven't thought of yet?

 

[Sccit]

So you think its an effective strategy on LeBron that coaches just haven't thought of yet?

THE CURRENT STRATEGY IS ALREADY EFFECTIVE, HENCE 3/8 WIT 2 WINS BEIN HELLA LUCKY.. LET BRON PAD HIS STATS BUT CONTROL THE TEMPO OF THE GAME. PERIOD.

 

[Remote]

He has twice as many Finals games shooting 33% or under (10) than shooting 50% or over (5).


Someone needs to add the name of Kobe's primary defender to each of those series too, because if I remember correctly, it ain't like he had Gary Payton or Kawhi guarding him most of those years.

I’ll try to post the other SG’s later.
I should note that the total of all those finals games was shooting 333 for 808 (.412%)

 

[Guile]

i know that if the warriors go out in the first or 2nd round his lecgacy will never recover

 

[Jordan>>LeFrozen]

Kobe was a great scorer and he played a ton of playoff games...but LeBron, who is a playoff choker and useless beyond 3 feet according to our coli analysts, has significantly more playoff points than Kobe despite fewer games played. How can this be reconciled? How can the player heralded as the ultimate killer, the player who can beat you by himself, the player who elevates to zones greater than MJ, how does he not have an extensive collection of playoff feats? He has close to 3 full NBA seasons worth of playoff games. This isn't some small sample size that can be brushed off.

He also has more points than Jordan and Kareem too, and stop deflecting. I quoted you specifically about Kobe. And Kobe does have many playoffs collections of scoring, problem is y’all will just run to the grand excuse “but but but Shaq”

 

[Bilz]

THE CURRENT STRATEGY IS ALREADY EFFECTIVE, HENCE 3/8 WIT 2 WINS BEIN HELLA LUCKY.. LET BRON PAD HIS STATS BUT CONTROL THE TEMPO OF THE GAME. PERIOD.

You're very stupid.

 

[Remote]

He also has more points than Jordan and Kareem too, and stop deflecting. I quoted you specifically about Kobe. And Kobe does have many playoffs collections of scoring, problem is y’all will just run to the grand excuse “but but but Shaq”

Bruh I literally posted the exact shooting numbers of every Kobe finals game.

They are highly underwhelming to say the least.

 

[Bilz]

He also has more points than Jordan and Kareem too, and stop deflecting. I quoted you specifically about Kobe. And Kobe does have many playoffs collections of scoring, problem is y’all will just run to the grand excuse “but but but Shaq”

He has more than Jordan and Kareem only because of the changes in the playoff structure.

He has more than Kobe because he's better.

 

[Reid2Achieve]

Kobe was a great scorer and he played a ton of playoff games...but LeBron, who is a playoff choker and useless beyond 3 feet according to our coli analysts, has significantly more playoff points than Kobe despite fewer games played. How can this be reconciled? How can the player heralded as the ultimate killer, the player who can beat you by himself, the player who elevates to zones greater than MJ, how does he not have an extensive collection of playoff feats? He has close to 3 full NBA seasons worth of playoff games. This isn't some small sample size that can be brushed off.

He has 5 rings...