Anyone got any objective crap on this?
I know in recent years since analytics have come out, Kobe's actual scoring vs. shot difficulty has actually been below league average. But that's in the sucky era - has anything calculated how he did in his prime, or is that data not around?
Personally, I've always felt that Kobe's talent exceeded his play, and a lot of it was because of stuff like this. But his shot volume also caused his accuracy to be exaggerated. Anyone can make tough shots is they shoot enough of them - stans forget the 3 tough shots he missed and remember the 1 he makes. He seems like a better "tough shot maker" because he makes 200 out of 800 tough shots in a season, which gives him a lot of highlights, but I'm not certain he's actually shooting them significantly better than other good shooters, who might be wise enough to only make 20 out of 80 such shots on the season because they're not submarining team play for personal glory. The "20 out of 80 on really tough shots" shooter is just as accurate as the "200 out of 800 on those same sorts of shots" shooter, but he gets a lot fewer highlights.
Kobestans literally don't care about the misses - they'll ignore 5 straight 10-27 games if it leads to one 16-27 40+ point game.
Nobody gives a shyt about misses, kobe did not either if it leads to 5 rings.
You got players out there shamelessly stat padding for better shooting percentages

