Who's a better scorer Prime Kobe or Durant

[Da_Eggman]

1. I never claimed to no anything. I'm fine with being a fan.

2. nikkas ran you off so you could go and collect yourself.

3. You paid nikkas off so you wouldn't get voted woat. You're a fukkin joke bruh.

4.

I work the system bruh don't hate the player hate the game

 

[LV Koopa]

Durant is a better scorer than Bean. Yall Kobe stans can bullshyt around all the numbers you want but the goal of the game is to put the ball in the hoop consistently. Durant, Lebron, Wade - all got more makes than misses multiple seasons in. Kobe is a good scorer but he got some wild chucking stretches and ton's of misses. 6 for 24 ain't just a Finals thing.

 

[I'm Chillin]

1. I never claimed to no anything. I'm fine with being a fan.

2. nikkas ran you off so you could go and collect yourself.

3. You paid nikkas off so you wouldn't get voted woat. You're a fukkin joke bruh.

4.

DON DEMARCO

 

[Draje]

Doesnt matter about efficiency in this case, were talking about who is the best pure scorer and that's Kobe, there's no weakness u can try to exploit one on one, he can hit the 3, mid range, turn around, free throws, post up, and can take contact better than durant and finish, he is more solid and has a quick first step. Virtually unguardable. Prime Kobe can't be guarded one on one.

Prime Durant has 6'3 dudes checking him at times. Little guys that get up in him.

Add to the fact that Durant at times, literally FLAILS his arms and gets calls
and there is no debate that hes better than Kobe or Melo for that matter 1 on 1.



You take away Durant's phantom calls and he's a 45 percent shooter just like Kobe

Kobe's an OG baller. No looking for refs to bail him out and all that other shyt.

So...you're saying that even though Durant finishes at the rim better and on more ATTEMPTS... kobe is better just because?

There's no such thing as a pure scorer. A scorer is a person who can put the ball in the basket. Durant does that better than Kobe.

This is why no one respects Knick fans lmao

 

[Draje]

Efficiency has nothing to do with someone being the best scorer. Efficiency is only revealing of shot selection, you're a damn lie if you think Durant is a better scorer than Kobe. Durant is s better shooter, that's it. Kobe is a far better shot creator, slasher, post player, etc. Just because Durant is more efficient doesn't mean he is a better scorer, it simply means he takes fewer bad shots.

The better scorer is the person who posts better numbers on a more effecient rate. If two guys score 30 PPG but one can get it much fewer shots, he's a better scorer.

Again, you people are arguing versatility over actual impact on the court.

 

[Draje]

This tells you all you need to know B. Durant is feasting off of phantom fouls. No way he's ever finishing better than Shaq around the rim. EVER. All of those legitimate misses never register as missed FG's because they get called as fouls.

Same way Melo's FG% is broken down by shots that SHOULD be fouls, but never get registered, which then leads to him going up for second and third chances off of offensive rebounds.

No, Durant gets fouled because he's ungodly fast with great range so people try to press up on him and he blows past them. Not only that but because he's so long and has such a long stride, people try to swipe at the ball or bump him to stop him.

Cry about Durant getting FTs when he averages less than Kobe has In his hedtvyears

 

[Bilz]

How in the fukk are Kobestans really bringing up bullshyt ref calls in a Durant vs Kobe debate?

 

[Kd35brah]

It's fukking hilarious that Kobe is leading this pole.

 

[ISO]

Kobe doesn't come from the generation of being purposely looking to be bailed out my refs

You look at Harden, (who's considered a "great" scorer ), same as Durant, without those phantom fouls, his already mediocre FG percentage is dropping even more.

Without those phantom fouls Durant would be a career 46-47% shooter. Like he was before he started getting those Phantom Calls.

Year 1: 43%
Year 2: 47%
Year 3: 47%
Year 4: 46%
Year 5: 49% (right when the Kevin Durant is the successor of Lebron, media hype started to the max and the phantom calls started)
Year 6: 51%
Year 7: 50%

There's a reason why 50% shooting is so hard, and that's because the people who do take those shots are either amazing shooters ( NASH) or Big Men (SHAQ etc.) and in the rare case, dudes who feast off of fouls. Lebron might be a legit 50% shooter too.

Harden and Durant know how to exaggerate contact, they know how to draw fouls and they attack aggressively. Drawing fouls is a skill in itself look at Adrian Dantley for past examples in NBA history.

Also, maybe KD's FG%'s are higher because he went from 6'9 215 lbs. as a rookie to about 6'11 240 lbs. now while also improving in every aspect of the game.


Durant is a better scorer he's a better slasher and a better shooter from anywhere. Only thing Kobe has on KD is more prolific volume numbers in his prime because of poor supporting casts. Kobe is only really a better post player particularly in the low post, KD himself has a great high post game.

Kobe would never get locked up by Tony Allen. Not even a 22 year old Kobe.

Ummm why not? Allen is an All-NBA Defender, and Kobe's been locked up plenty of times even by inferior wings he himself has shot out of games. Hell, if you watched the 2010 NBA Finals you'd see Tony Allen did a fantastic job.

So...you're saying that even though Durant finishes at the rim better and on more ATTEMPTS... kobe is better just because?

There's no such thing as a pure scorer. A scorer is a person who can put the ball in the basket. Durant does that better than Kobe.

This is why no one respects Knick fans lmao

Don't group us all together breh

 

[ISO]

It's fukking hilarious that Kobe is leading this pole.

This is The-Coli the home of Kobestans no surprise here

 

[Malik]

Ummm why not? Allen is an All-NBA Defender, and Kobe's been locked up plenty of times even by inferior wings he himself has shot out of games. Hell, if you watched the 2010 NBA Finals you'd see Tony Allen did a fantastic job.

Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. If Kobe got locked up, it was by the entire Boston Celtics defense. He had 2-3 defenders on him every time he touched the ball the entire 2008 Finals and the entire 2010 Finals. I can pull video clips if you want Tony Allen never locked him up individually. I saw Tony Allen...himself...with no help take Kevin Durant out of games in two different playoffs now. I can pull video clips for this too

 

[Malik]

Kobe doesn't get "locked up" by single players. Kobe gets swarmed by several defenders and instead of passing to open teammates, he tries to shoot over 2-3 guys. That's how teams play him. His ego is his worst/best attribute.

 

[ISO]

Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. If Kobe got locked up, it was by the entire Boston Celtics defense. He had 2-3 defenders on him every time he touched the ball the entire 2008 Finals and the entire 2010 Finals. I can pull video clips if you want Tony Allen never locked him up individually. I saw Tony Allen...himself...with no help take Kevin Durant out of games in two different playoffs now. I can pull video clips for this too

Lmao at every time. Lmao at Kobe having three defenders on him, act like Kobe's the only scorer in NBA history to see doubles and be swarmed by opposing defenses brehs. Act like Durant himself wasn't going up against one of the leagues best defenses and wasn't seeing help brehs.

So KD didn't drop 30 points, 5 times in that series? Also, Allen did a great job against Kobe he was locking him down for stretches and contesting all of his shots. With Allen on him for the second half of game 4, Kobe shot 5 for 14 and saw the ball 8% less of the time and he turned the ball over 7 times mostly because of Allen. Also, Kobe shot like 25% with Allen on him in the series.

I've seen guys like Kawhi Leonard and Paul George give Kobe fits in the past few years, Raja Bell locked Kobe down a few times as did Bruce Bowen. Did they do it individually? No, great scorers like the KD's, LeBron's, Kobe's, Melo's get shut down with team efforts. Did they play large parts. Yes.

Lmao at acting like Kobe can't get locked down or severely limited by defenders, even Jordan has been locked down before.

 

[Bilz]

Kobe doesn't get "locked up" by single players. Kobe gets swarmed by several defenders and instead of passing to open teammates, he tries to shoot over 2-3 guys. That's how teams play him. His ego is his worst/best attribute.

He got locked up by James Harden in the playoffs a few years ago. Durant abused him as well.