Kobe Bryant shooting 35% from field; An NBA worst percentage since 1976

[MalikReloaded]

That's elite athleticism bruh. You've got to step it up as a poster.

Bro....Kobe still is one of the best players to ever live. But he hasn't been elite since about 2011.

Look at Jordan on the Wizards....still banging it down at 40 years old. You not gonna tell me he still had elite athleticism compared to the old days. Jordan was just so good that his average was better than most players elite. Same for Kobe.



This nikka fukking caught an alley oop on #6

 

[Long Live The Mamba]

LOL @ his last season on a lottery team tarnishing his legacy..

Let a nikka shoot until his arms fall off..

Dudes in what his 20th season? Hes an all time great whether you nikkas like it or not..

He's 2 months from retiring let him

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

That's still disingenuous

You really don't know what you're talking about. Dude stopped being an elite athlete at around 30 and was still playing elite basketball. To say kobe's game didn't age gracefully is just flat out stupid. Dude is 37 coming off 3 major injuries...like seriously?

Does had notoriously bad knees during the back to back also.

He's talking like Kobe was on some Vince Carter shyt every game in his 30's

 

[CantStop]

Bro....Kobe still is one of the best players to ever live. But he hasn't been elite since about 2011.

Look at Jordan on the Wizards....still banging it down at 40 years old. You not gonna tell me he still had elite athleticism compared to the old days. Jordan was just so good that his average was better than most players elite. Same for Kobe.



This nikka fukking caught an alley oop on #6

Kobe caught an alleyoop and bodied a top shot blocker in Capela. So what are you talking about?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

"Bu bu bu Kobe's so skilled that he doesn't rely on athleticism like and his game is supposed to age gracefully"

It'll always bear remembering that Kobe had already won most of the rings he would ever win by the time he was 22 years old.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

He still had elite athleticism at 34 before the injuries though. That kinda proves the point. After he lost his elite athleticism he's been trash.

Heh I don't fault him for playing after the injuries either. I just make honest observations. Kobe fans said that his game would age well when his athleticism declined because he's so skilled. If anything it's the opposite, the decline in athleticism has made his game age horribly while actually exposing the flaws in his bball iq.

Yeah this is pure bullshyt. ..I mean, I guess you could say kobe was still elite athletically at 34 compared to the average guy off the street. ..but bean ain't been anywhere near "elite" far as pure athleticism goes in the ranks of nba players, since the late aughts...the year he tore his Achilles, at age 34 (several knee surgies deep and well within his prime athletic decline) when he put 27 6 and 6, he was nowhere near his athletic peak...let alone players that were truly elite athletically at that point like Westbrook, lebron, Eric Bledsoe, Blake Griffin, pre-injury rose...or young wings today like Wiggins and Levine. ..Kobe had already transitioned his game at that point to account for not being the elite athlete he once was...to describe current kobe, a player that suffered for all intents and purposes what should've been a career ending injury and is now 20 years into a nba career at a wing position, as simply no longer "elite athletically " is not only a gross understatement. ..but blatantly intellectually dishonest

 

[mrken12]

Shut up cac

 

[DIMES]

Am I the only one that hoping he goes full fukk it his last game and tries to go for the 100? I want him to take 79 shots, 30 of them 3 pointers, and fukk passing. We won't have anyone have the green light like him in the era of metrics and such.

Wow great idea

 

[Gravity]

Yeah this is pure bullshyt. ..I mean, I guess you could say kobe was still elite athletically at 34 compared to the average guy off the street. ..but bean ain't been anywhere near "elite" far as pure athleticism goes in the ranks of nba players, since the late aughts...the year he tore his Achilles, at age 34 (several knee surgies deep and well within his prime athletic decline) when he put 27 6 and 6, he was nowhere near his athletic peak...let alone players that were truly elite athletically at that point like Westbrook, lebron, Eric Bledsoe, Blake Griffin, pre-injury rose...or young wings today like Wiggins and Levine. ..Kobe had already transitioned his game at that point to account for not being the elite athlete he once was...to describe current kobe, a player that suffered for all intents and purposes what should've been a career ending injury and is now 20 years into a nba career at a wing position, as simply no longer "elite athletically " is not only a gross understatement. ..but blatantly intellectually dishonest

The fact that you didn't even quote the post with Kobe's top 10 plays of the '12-13 season that proves he still had elite athleticism shows me that you're a clown not to be taken seriously. I didn't say that he was at his athletic peak or he was as athletic as Russ and Lebron. I said that he had elite athleticism and those plays prove it.

That's still disingenuous though. Regardless of how skilled you are, you still need some athleticism. Kobe's getting no lift on his shot. His body is DONE. He had a few good games where he showed flashes of his old self but, his body is too worn out. Without that injury, he'd still put up 25/5/5. But it's a good thing because then he'd end up playing until 40

So why is he still out there playing hero-ball then? You Kobe fans are the one's being disingenuous. I'm not criticizing dude for being limited athletically after all the injuries, I'm criticizing dude for not making adjustments in the way he plays the game. He either refuses or is incapable of playing any other way than being a volume chucker and that's a major flaw in his game. Dude is on pace to shoot 35% while gunning the rest of teammates out. Kobe fans defend this and even encourage him to keep doing it makes my point for me. Y'all just refuse to be critical of anything he does. Dude can literally do no wrong. The ultimate groupies.

Bro....Kobe still is one of the best players to ever live. But he hasn't been elite since about 2011.

Look at Jordan on the Wizards....still banging it down at 40 years old. You not gonna tell me he still had elite athleticism compared to the old days. Jordan was just so good that his average was better than most players elite. Same for Kobe.



This nikka fukking caught an alley oop on #6

This is what I mean with you Kobe fanboys. You're so ful off shyt it's sad. You know good and well that these plays don't compare to the those Kobe plays. Clown poster.

He's not strong enough to back defenders into the low post, consistently ala Jordan's wizards. If you notice, MJ never tried to out-speed anyone in those Wizards days, he played the 3 and backed his way into the post.

Actually Mike became more of a catch n shoot player than a post player. He posted up but he didn't really have the legs for the fadeaway. Most of his shots came from moving without the ball coming off of screens catching and shooting.

I know that Kobe can't physically get the same shots that he got before the injuries and that's why I criticize him still shooting so much. Why does he continue to force up bad shots if he can't get good ones? Why not use his skills to effect the game in other ways?

 

[O.T.I.S.]

He single handedly making sure the Lakers get the #1 overall pick

No we got enough trash ass players and a retarded head coach doing that

 

[High quality poster]

Westbrook in his prime led the league in scoring while shooting 42%

 

[O.T.I.S.]

He has had a couple of years to adjust tho. That's my criticism, why hasn't he been able/willing to make the adjustment to not having elite athleticism? Why is he still playing a version of hero ball when he clearly isn't physically up to it anymore? Despite the terrible shooting percentage he averages the most shot attempts per game on the team..........by 3. He's taking 7 3s a game only making 27%. To me it's less about the injuries and more about his outright inability or refusal to play a more all around team game that utilizes all the different skills that he supposedly has. Wheres the passing/playmaking? Where's the movement off the ball instead of tryna go 1on1?

He hasn't had time to adjust to anything, dude went from one major career-ending injury to another and still came back

This his first full season so far in like 3 years and honestly he doesn't even need to play.

 

[Kalik]

Kobe should have been transitioned into more of a passer, assists... than chucking the ball.

This year wont suck his overall lifetime stats, but its hard to watch.

 

[Gangstar8]

Shooting pecentage is overrated anyway

 

[Full Measures]

The legend, Kobe Bryant, is now shooting 35% from the field. That is a league worst and also the worst shooting percentage for an NBA player since the NBA/ABA merger back in 1976. My God, how the mighty have fallen. Is this the most tragic farewell tour you've ever seen for a superstar player? I can't recall anything worse.

Beans usage rate is 9th in the NBA, above the likes of KD, Melo and Paul George. Yet, his +/- is at the near bottom at 451st.
Please Bean, just leave now. You're tarnishing your legacy.

This entire post is some straight hate shyt

Emmanuel Mudiay is shooting worst from the field than Kobe. That's a fact