Why Kobe Bryant was a greater scorer than LeBron James will ever be

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Lmao you just pulling stats out your ass?


I'm going to research into Lebron stats against the west, year by year, and against the east.


I know for a fact he was blowing out all the eastern opponents and riding the bench in the 4th.


For now. Let's agree to disagree, will gather relevant facts to rebuttal your claims and then we pick it back up a little later.


In this thread I've spent a lot of time crunching numbers and researching to make sure my thread was based off facts and not opinion.


I'd like to do the same with your claims.


I'll save you time: LeBron James Career Splits | Basketball-Reference.com
 

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2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, Lebron shot better against the West than against the East. Especially on threes. And 2006 was a tie.

2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, Lebron scored more against the West than the East. Some of those years a lot more.

I'm not going to break down every other stat, but you get the picture. Lebron was more efficient and compiled better stats against the West than against the East, especially during the period when he and Kobe were both relevant.
 

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Mike shot 32.7% from deep to Kobe shooting 32.9% from deep. That 0.2% difference isn't offsetting the edge mike had inside the arc. Jordan shot 49.7% on the career while Kobe shot 44%. Jordan was a vastly superior shooter both in ability and shot selection.
Not to mention that when Jordan actually did take a high volume of threes, he shot pretty decent percentages:

'89-90, 3 attempts per game: 37.6%
'92-93, 2.9 attempts per game: 35.2%
'95-96, 3.2 attempts per game: 42.7%*
'96-97, 3.6 attempts per game: 37.4%*

* = shorter 3-point line. But still, MJ's career 3-point numbers are deflated by all of those seasons where he only attempted them as bailout shots and halfcourt heaves.
 

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And he lost to the same teams Kobe got through to win 5, and yet it took a special collection of Rasheed, Big Ben, Tayshaun, Rip and Big Shot, & Also Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo to beat Kobe in that grand stage.
To beat Kobe or the Lakers? This is the problem with the ring argument. Teams win championships. This isn't a one on one league. Kobe at his absolute peak(06 & 07) couldn't even make it past the first round when he was surrounded by trash. It took the Lakers upgrading the roster for us to be contenders. What if the Gasol trade never went down? Would Kobe suddenly be a worse player because his team wasn't good enough to win two additional rings?

You're on here using Skip Bayless talking points like a dumbass, but 6 for 6 and never losing a finals. Going by that logic losing in the prior rounds is better than making the finals and losing.:mjlol: The playoffs don't start in the finals, breh.
 

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To beat Kobe or the Lakers? This is the problem with the ring argument. Teams win championships. This isn't a one on one league. Kobe at his absolute peak(06 & 07) couldn't even make it past the first round when he was surrounded by trash. It took the Lakers upgrading the roster for us to be contenders. What if the Gasol trade never went down? Would Kobe suddenly be a worse player because his team wasn't good enough to win two additional rings?

You're on here using Skip Bayless talking points like a dumbass, but 6 for 6 and never losing a finals. Going by that logic losing in the prior rounds is better than making the finals and losing.:mjlol: The playoffs don't start in the finals, breh.
:ohhh: This could be the first shots of another lakers fan/Kobe Stan civil war :picard:
 

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To beat Kobe or the Lakers? This is the problem with the ring argument. Teams win championships. This isn't a one on one league. Kobe at his absolute peak(06 & 07) couldn't even make it past the first round when he was surrounded by trash. It took the Lakers upgrading the roster for us to be contenders. What if the Gasol trade never went down? Would Kobe suddenly be a worse player because his team wasn't good enough to win two additional rings?

You're on here using Skip Bayless talking points like a dumbass, but 6 for 6 and never losing a finals. Going by that logic losing in the prior rounds is better than making the finals and losing.:mjlol: The playoffs don't start in the finals, breh.
fukk this shyt. Yes going 6-0 is better than 5-2 or 3-4 :hhh:. I'm tired of seeing mutherfukkers diminish this shyt. How the fukk has this even become a thing:mindblown:

Plus on top of that nikkas conveniently leave out that he 3-peated twice when only 3 teams post-merger have done it
 

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To beat Kobe or the Lakers? This is the problem with the ring argument. Teams win championships. This isn't a one on one league. Kobe at his absolute peak(06 & 07) couldn't even make it past the first round when he was surrounded by trash. It took the Lakers upgrading the roster for us to be contenders. What if the Gasol trade never went down? Would Kobe suddenly be a worse player because his team wasn't good enough to win two additional rings?

You're on here using Skip Bayless talking points like a dumbass, but 6 for 6 and never losing a finals. Going by that logic losing in the prior rounds is better than making the finals and losing.:mjlol: The playoffs don't start in the finals, breh.

Look at this Lebron apologist


3 wins in seven appearances > 6 wins in 6 appearances



Lmaoooooooooooooo
 

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To beat Kobe or the Lakers? This is the problem with the ring argument. Teams win championships. This isn't a one on one league. Kobe at his absolute peak(06 & 07) couldn't even make it past the first round when he was surrounded by trash. It took the Lakers upgrading the roster for us to be contenders. What if the Gasol trade never went down? Would Kobe suddenly be a worse player because his team wasn't good enough to win two additional rings?

You're on here using Skip Bayless talking points like a dumbass, but 6 for 6 and never losing a finals. Going by that logic losing in the prior rounds is better than making the finals and losing.:mjlol: The playoffs don't start in the finals, breh.

This is one of many points that the Kobestans never bother to reconcile. They have no problem using all kinds of excuses for Kobe that they don't apply to other players and they use all kinds of qualifiers for other players that they don't apply to Kobe.
 
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