"what we're whitnessing from durant hasnt been done in 20+ years"- ESPN

[juju151111]

durant is more efficient


but any time a guy is 7 inches taller and takes 7 less shots with better team mates taking pressure off him... its expected.


more impressive? the guy dropping 40+ a game

What does him being 7 feet tall mean? He is a perimeter player just like Kobe. He more efficient,more rebounds, and more asts and Kobe took 7 more shots to get 3 more points. His most impressive one too was the 8 game one.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

lol at people assuming Kobe would be extremely inefficient during those months.

You don't average 40 ppg in this era and not be somewhat efficient. Unless you are taking 100 shots a game... Use your head.

[J Shuttlesworth]

Yes, because we should totally hold it against him for missing the playoffs when his coach resigned midway through the season, when he was injured for a month, when his teammates were Chucky Atkins, Chris Mihm, Smush Parker, Lamar Odom (he was good), Caron Butler, Brian Grant, Brian Cook, Jumaine Jones, Tierre Brown, etc.

So what? Bran led scrubs in cleveland with the shittiest coach of all time, Mike Brown... ALL THE WAY TO THE FINALS. What's Kobe's excuse? Couldn't get it done w/o a dominant big man?

[Kingwillball]

Remember it was this time last year Lebron had 6 plus games straight of 30+ points on 60% shooting streak and ESPN and analysts were saying they never seen anything like it.. carry on

[J Shuttlesworth]

lol at people assuming Kobe would be extremely inefficient during those months.

You don't average 40 ppg in this era and not be somewhat efficient. Unless you are taking 100 shots a game... Use your head.

There's a difference between efficient, and Durant this month

[secund2nun]

ChuckBe vs Durant

ChuckBe:

2003/february = 40.6ppg, 4.9rpg, 3.6apg, 47% fg, 29 shots/game

2006/january = 43.4ppg, 5.6rpg, 4.1apg, 47% fg, 30 shots/game

2006/april = 41.6ppg, 5.5rpg, 3.6apg, 50% fg, 29 shots/game (8 game stretch)

2007/march = 40.4ppg, 6.2rpg, 4.5apg, 46% fg, 30 shots/game


Durant:

2004/january = 36.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 6.2 apg, 53.5% fg, 22 shots/game


Durant wins easily. Durant>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Kobe

[tpols]

lol at people assuming Kobe would be extremely inefficient during those months.

You don't average 40 ppg in this era and not be somewhat efficient. Unless you are taking 100 shots a game... Use your head.

Kobe was extremely efficient.. an average perimeter player probably shoots 51-52TS he shot 58-60.

Durants efficiency right now is probably unmatched in NBA history. I dont feel like digging but I doubt even Michael Jordan had a month where he shot close to 70TS. It's the three ball and FTs that are doing it. Being a 40% 3pt shooter skyrockets TS as does being a 90% FT shooter and getting tons of soft calls.

[Akrazotile]

Yes, because we should totally hold it against him for missing the playoffs when his coach resigned midway through the season, when he was injured for a month, when his teammates were Chucky Atkins, Chris Mihm, Smush Parker, Lamar Odom (he was good), Caron Butler, Brian Grant, Brian Cook, Jumaine Jones, Tierre Brown, etc.

These same pea-brains who compare players based on "rings" or playoff success don't go back and look at each player's circumstance through every year of his career.

If you give Kobe credit for 'five rings' then you're giving him credit for rings he won while playing alongside the most DOMINANT PRIME EVER (shaq). So he gets credit for that but he doesn't get blame for failing to reach the top 8 seeds in his own CONFERENCE during the prime of his career?

So inconsistent and foolish. But whatever. People believe what they want to believe.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

ChuckBe vs Durant

ChuckBe:

2003/february = 40.6ppg, 4.9rpg, 3.6apg, 47% fg, 29 shots/game

2006/january = 43.4ppg, 5.6rpg, 4.1apg, 47% fg, 30 shots/game

2006/april = 41.6ppg, 5.5rpg, 3.6apg, 50% fg, 29 shots/game (8 game stretch)

2007/march = 40.4ppg, 6.2rpg, 4.5apg, 44% fg, 24 shots/game


Durant:

2004/january = 36.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 6.2 apg, 53.5% fg, 22 shots/game


Durant wins easily. Durant>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Kobe

Hmmm

[J Shuttlesworth]

ChuckBe vs Durant

ChuckBe:

2003/february = 40.6ppg, 4.9rpg, 3.6apg, 47% fg, 29 shots/game

2006/january = 43.4ppg, 5.6rpg, 4.1apg, 47% fg, 30 shots/game

2006/april = 41.6ppg, 5.5rpg, 3.6apg, 50% fg, 29 shots/game (8 game stretch)

2007/march = 40.4ppg, 6.2rpg, 4.5apg, 44% fg, 24 shots/game


Durant:

2004/january = 36.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 6.2 apg, 53.5% fg, 22 shots/game


Durant wins easily. Durant>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Kobe

Some of the stats are skewed by the fact Durant gets to the line more than Kobe, so Kobe takes more shots to score the same. Still though, it's a credit to Durant's ability to score no matter what. Free throws are a form of scoring too

[secund2nun]

Hmmm

I edited march 2007. I had it wrong before.

[Deuce Bigalow]

How many rings did Kobe win during the years the OP posted?

Thought so.

Oh I remember, Kobe was choking away back-to-back playoffs series against the Suns.

KD at least has his team in first place. And post real FG% so we can compare it to Durant.

[J Shuttlesworth]

Kobe lost a lot of those games in the OP months. We'd have to take away those stats since they were empty stats. He probably ends up with 15 ppg for a month when you consider empty stats

[kennethgriffin]

Did Kobe actually average 40 points a game in a whole month? It seems unfair to compare a month from Durant to an 8 game stretch for Kobe. What were Kobe's month long averages?

the f*** are you talkin about

feb 2003 was 1st - 28th = 14 games



jan 2006 was 6th - 31st = 13 games
december 28th to january 31st he averaged 43.5ppg
december 20th to january 31st he averaged 42.2ppg
december 12th to january 31st he averaged 40.7ppg ( 22 game stretch )

it wasnt a few games idiot

[hahaitme]

Ready to kill yourself yet?

Yeah, okay, **** you.

Haha can you believe this, this dude sounds so mad over a few forum posts.