Kobe's 3-peat stats in perspective

[kennethgriffen]

Curry did the same thing the last 2 years

he topped 27ppg once last year. thats impressive. but his teammates were force feeding him the ball to get finals mvp... kobe and kyrie weren't that lucky


gotta give curry an asterisk for that one


curry was basically the #1 option but just couldn't make enough shots

[ImKobe]

Curry did the same thing the last 2 years

difference is that Kobe did it in the toughest defensive era, where teams played at the slowest pace.

[ArbitraryWater]

difference is that Kobe did it in the toughest defensive era, where teams played at the slowest pace.

[kennethgriffen]

difference is that Kobe did it in the toughest defensive era, where teams played at the slowest pace.

and imagine if shaq tried to get kobe mvp like durant did for curry

[NBASTATMAN]

difference is that Kobe did it in the toughest defensive era, where teams played at the slowest pace.

YET Vince Carter played better than Kobe when you compare how they did facing the same team..

VINCE BETTER THAN KOBE..

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Kobe averaged more points in 2001 & 2002 Playoffs at ages 22-23 than prime Lebron in a modern era in 2013 & 2016.

2001 Kobe vs 2013 Lebron

Kobe: 29/7/6
Lebron: 26/8/7

Peak Lebron vs 22 y.o Kobe. Kobe played in the toughest defensive era & wasn't in his prime yet.

Crazy because I watched ALL of these playoff series back then and NEVER recall Kobe hogging the ball either. Most of those points came within the flow of the TRIANGLE...which speaks for itself. His assists came naturally and wasn't all about whipping perimeter passes to GOAT shooters like Ray Allen or Kyle Korver.

Got his assists out the mud, to be honest.

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I see only a few people bring up Kobe's 2000 finals numbers ever since I started to expose what really happened. When someone brings up that series against Indiana and his numbers, it should be OBVIOUS that they didn't watch basketball back then.

[NBASTATMAN]

Crazy because I watched ALL of these playoff series back then and NEVER recall Kobe hogging the ball either. Most of those points came within the flow of the TRIANGLE...which speaks for itself. His assists came naturally and wasn't all about whipping perimeter passes to GOAT shooters like Ray Allen or Kyle Korver.

Got his assists out the mud, to be honest.

IMAGINE JUST PASSING THE BALL TO PRIME SHAQ and him dunking it over everyone.. And then being credited with an assist.. SO HARD.. I THINK NOT..

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IMAGINE JUST PASSING THE BALL TO PRIME SHAQ and him dunking it over everyone.. And then being credited with an assist.. SO HARD.. I THINK NOT..

BRO! Those were the golden days! We don't even have to imagine it. I kept a few receipts. Check out all the single coverage Kobe had and the passes Kobe made to Shaq

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[LAmbruh]

IMAGINE JUST PASSING THE BALL TO PRIME SHAQ and him dunking it over everyone.. And then being credited with an assist.. SO HARD.. I THINK NOT..

[NBASTATMAN]

BRO! Those were the golden days! We don't even have to imagine it. I kept a few receipts. Check out all the single coverage even passes Kobe made the Shaq

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They actually doubled Kobe on occasion !!! Imagine Vince Carter having antonio davis as his second leading scorer .. Imagine the doubles he was facing.. Or Allen Iverson facing double and triple teams cuz he had no other teammate that could get his own shot.. LOL

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Making stat nerds retreat with empirical evidence is addictive af

Nerd: "Kobe had it easy!!"

Me: Here's a few gifs, bro.

Nerd:

[NBASTATMAN]

Making stat nerds retreat with empirical evidence is addictive af

Nerd: "Kobe had it easy!!"

Me: Here's a few gifs, bro.

Nerd:

.THE ENTIRE THREAD STARTED BY 90'S IDIOT was based on STATS...

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.THE ENTIRE THREAD STARTED BY 90'S IDIOT was based on STATS...

He's shown throughout his time here that he actually watches basketball.

Can't say the same about your ilk

[StrongLurk]

PER 100 possessions is a better stat. Let's compare those years listed by OP.

Kobe is 30.9/7.6/6.5, 52.7 TS%...109 offensive rating, 104 defensive rating - 21.3 PER and 4.5 BPM

Lebron is 35.5/11.2/7.6, 59.5 TS%...117 offensive rating, 102 defensive rating - 28.2 PER and 9.8 BPM

Lebron was on a higher tier.