So Wizards Jordan > Laker Kobe

[StarJordan]

Jordan at 39:

22.9PPG on 45% shooting

Kobe at 36
22.6PPG on 37% shooting

[navy]

Both garbage.

[juju151111]

Kobe is pretty garbage

[Cocaine80s]

Jordan at 50 could probably still average over 37%

[Chrono90]

Look into two things

1. Both teams supporting cast

2. Illegal defense then and now

[triangleoffense]

Yea and Bulls Jordan > every NBA player ever

[3ball]

Jordan at 39:

22.9PPG on 45% shooting

Kobe at 36
22.6PPG on 37% shooting

it's actually not close either... even i'm surprised at that... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tP0UOfHlzM&t=4m34s

[juju151111]

Look into two things

1. Both teams supporting cast

2. Illegal defense then and now

Wat Mj played on the Wizards in 03. What illegal defense. Mj still had 40 pt games and 50 pt games at the advanced age of 38-40. He came off surgeries on his knees too and Artest injured his ribs in off-season. New era people would get raped by a 25 year old MJ

[Poetry]

Jordan at 39:

22.9PPG on 45% shooting

Kobe at 36
22.6PPG on 37% shooting

You got your numbers a little mixed up.

Jordan
01-02
22.9 on .416

02-03
20.0 on .445

Kobe is at .373 this season (updated) with 22.3 points per game.

Getting old sucks

[Micku]

You got numbers a bit screwed up.

Anyway, both sucked in comparison to their former glory. MJ efficiency sucked and Kobe sucks as well. Kobe is slightly better despite the whole FG% cuz of TS%. Probably due to his FT% being in the low 80s.

MJ was better at executing his shot while the defense was on him. Either way, both were a shell of their former selfs.

It's still early tho. Kobe stats may dip more or increase slightly.

[SamuraiSWISH]

It's still early tho. Kobe stats may dip more or increase slightly.

Kobe's volume, and efficiency have been dipping quickly for awhile, and he's been visibly less durable than Jordan who was 2.5 years older than him.

They're holding Kobe out seemingly every other game.

It wasn't until after the All Star break that MJ injured his knee and his stats / efficiency dipped. MJ was putting up 26/6/5 before he hurt himself.

TS pads efficiency because of free throw percentage. Bryant's stats have begun falling off before Christmas.

To make the picturer clearer, Jordan also led his Wizards, with an even less talented roster than the current Lakers to a better record, and were on course to getting in the playoffs had he not injured himself.

Doing all this in a dramatically more difficult scoring climate than what is now. Oldest player to drop 50+ points. MJ was also better defensively than Kobe.

39 year old, 2002 Jordan > 36 year old, 2015 Kobe ... I think that's pretty clear at this point. Even though Kobe's had some flashes of brillaince to his old self.

At their ages, and mileage, it's just not sustainable. Jordan should've stayed retired after 1998. I think Kobe should've retired with the torn achilles in 2013. I think both would have been memorable, and courageous story book endings.

- MJ going out clutch style, a 6x champ, through his sheer force of will.
- Kobe going out dragging a Laker team into the playoffs, ballin till his wheels fell off. Literally.

Sometimes athletes, especially superstar athletes with huge egos just don't know when to walk away.

I respect both MJ, and Kobe's hearts for wanting to compete with much younger men at their age on the perimeter even though they are shells of themselves physically.

Father time is a cruel a$$hole. At some point robs us all.

[Shih508]

Jordan at 39:

22.9PPG on 45% shooting

Kobe at 36
22.6PPG on 37% shooting

League-wide fg% was lower in 2002. MJ was still shooting above league average while Kobe is having the worst fg% in the league for anyone taking more than 15 shots per game. That's why he's gonna sit out for the season soon cuz he's putting up one of worst performance of all time fg% wise

MJ > Kobe at any age anyway, it's not even debatable

[Uncle Drew]

Kobe is a better off-ball passer than Wizards Jordan.

[They Won]

Kobe is a better off-ball passer than Wizards Jordan.

What the heck does this even mean?

[3ball]

What the heck does this even mean?

passing while playing off-ball.. just like it sounds:






as opposed to passing as the primary ballhandler: