Was Kobe Bryant capable of shooting 50% in his prime?

**Young X** · 01-29-2014, 01:14 AM

If you take 3's into account he pretty much already did.

Last year for example his FG% was 46% but that's only assuming all of his shots were 2's, once you add the 132 extra points he made from 3 pointers he had the same exact efficiency from the field as a regular 50% shooting center that doesn't shoot 3's. (50 EFG%)

10/20 with no threes

8/20 with 4 threes

= same thing

**JohnFreeman** · 01-29-2014, 01:15 AM

No, but he is better then Durant.

**Magic 32** · 01-29-2014, 01:17 AM

most of the 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2010 playoffs.

**Jameerthefear** · 01-29-2014, 01:29 AM

Originally Posted by JohnFreeman

No, but he is better then Durant.

Not really.

**Cold soul** · 01-29-2014, 02:18 AM

Yes, kobe could of. His shot selection hurts him along with ego and pride getting in the way. Those faults always held him back from shooting 50%.

**Cold soul** · 01-29-2014, 02:19 AM

Originally Posted by Magic 32

most of the 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2010 playoffs.

You forgot about 2009 playoffs maybe the best of his career.

**absalom** · 01-29-2014, 03:17 AM

Originally Posted by TruHeatFan

Who is fudge

WTF, truheatfan banned already?

**absalom** · 01-29-2014, 03:21 AM

Originally Posted by imnew09

another great by Jameer the queer

is Jameer capable of losing his virginity should be the real question...

**ImKobe** · 01-29-2014, 04:10 AM

No, Kobe sucks. Wow, having a 4% worse FG% for his career than MJ, what a horrible scorer.

**ThePhantomCreep** · 01-29-2014, 04:30 AM

Nah, Kobe didn't care enough to protect his FG% a'la Durant.

His points per shot is pretty close to MJ's though, thanks to the 3 ball. That makes up for the difference in 2pt FG% (50% to 48%), which isn't even that big when you think about it.

FG% is going the way of batting average in baseball, it's barely referenced anymore.

**Mr. Jabbar** · 01-29-2014, 04:44 AM

he could have, but he didnt care, he was never the cherry picking type, you see a lot better basketball when players are not checking their stats on every timeout a la lebron

**Jabari Parker** · 01-29-2014, 04:48 AM

Kobe stans getting ethered left and right.

**SexSymbol** · 01-29-2014, 06:49 AM

People don't understand that if you shoot 20 times ant make 10 it's 50 percent, if you make 9 it's 45 percet. Even at great volume the difference is only one shot. He could've averaged 55 perfect FG% if he completely got rid of 3pt shooting and shot only on post-ups/drives.

**joeyjoejoe** · 01-29-2014, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Cold soul

Yes, kobe could of. His shot selection hurts him along with ego and pride getting in the way. Those faults always held him back from shooting 50%.

I agree but his ppg would of dropped for sure

**Cold soul** · 01-29-2014, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by joeyjoejoe

I agree but his ppg would of dropped for sure

Yeah maybe a little.

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