Kobe Bryant - 25 Day Stretch in 2007

[chopchop20]

RT: @ChrisPalmerNBA - Kobe Bryant (25-day stretch in 2007): 65, 60, 53, 50, 50, 50, 50, 48, 46, 43, 39, 34

[navy]

Sometimes I see these stretches by Kobe and Im baffled by how "low" his end of season averages are.

[PsychoWorm]

Obviously he was on the decline

[Droid101]

Sometimes I see these stretches by Kobe and Im baffled by how "low" his end of season averages are.

He sat out fourth quarters in a lot of blowouts (the other team getting blown out and his team getting blown out as well).

[chopchop20]

It's funny cuz I was going back and forth with this guy on Twitter who claimed that LeBron has been the best player in the league since 2007, "without question"

[Droid101]

RT: @ChrisPalmerNBA - Kobe Bryant (25-day stretch in 2007): 65, 60, 53, 50, 50, 50, 50, 48, 46, 43, 39, 34

Also, can you even imagine this happening again today? The internet would flip its shit.

Kobe is one of a kind.

[navy]

He sat out fourth quarters in a lot of blowouts (the other team getting blown out and his team getting blown out as well).

That might explain it. He would have to have lots of "low" scoring games to balance these out.

[chopchop20]

Sometimes I see these stretches by Kobe and Im baffled by how "low" his end of season averages are.

Dude has averaged like 28/5/5 over the last 14 seasons (full). How many players got that on their resume?

Plus, nobody has come close to his 35.6 per game average in 2005-06

[FrobeShaw]

Dude has averaged like 28/5/5 over the last 14 seasons (full). How many players got that on their resume?

Plus, nobody has come close to his 35.6 per game average in 2005-06

Iverson did 33 that same year

[chopchop20]

Also, can you even imagine this happening again today? The internet would flip its shit.

Kobe is one of a kind.

Yep... imagine if Twitter was as big back then as it is now

[Warfan]

Was this the year kobe chucked the fukc out of the ball post Allstar break and he averaged like 37 a game after the Allstar break?

[kennethgriffin]

Sometimes I see these stretches by Kobe and Im baffled by how "low" his end of season averages are.

Anyone who watched kobe every game knows the way he plays during the regular season.

When he averages a certain number. He rarely hits that number.

Kobe was quoted saying he plays the way the defense dictates him to. And scoring a ton took some teams spirits away

So kobe would play teams that loaded up on him. He'd be passive and maybe score 15. Have a few games like that. Then wait till he played a team that matched up with him 1 on 1 single coverage and he'd play catch up on his average

2 games of 15 points meant he needed 60 to even out a 30 point average.

Kobe either passes all game or shoots all game. He rarely if ever wants to do both. Hes also very stubborn.

Most games he does all his damage in the 2nd half. He either sets his team mates the entire quarter. Or takes every single shot. Its just the way he plays.

If he wanted to he could average 40ppg and 1 or 2 assists. for a season easy during his prime. Or he could easly average 15 points and 10 assists

[6 for 24]

Iverson did 33 that same year

Indeed. Iverson put up a PER

[kennethgriffin]

[QUOTE=6 for 24]Indeed. Iverson put up a PER

[SouBeachTalents]

Check out this stretch in '03: 40, 38, 42, 35, 46, 42, 51, 44, 40, 52, 40, 40, 41

That was a 26 day stretch, and he shot 49% during that run