Shooting Data for Kobe, LBJ, KD, Wade, TMac, PP, Melo, AI, VC (since 2001)

[RRR3]

Basketball reference only has shooting data as of the 2000-01 season so some of these guys are missing a few years



Average Field Goal Attempt Distance

Ray Allen: 16.3 feet
Joe Johnson: 14.7 feet
Tracy McGrady: 14.6 feet
James Harden: 14.4 feet
Paul Pierce: 14.2 feet
Vince Carter: 14.1 feet
Kobe Bryant: 14.0 feet
Michael Redd: 13.9 feet
Manu Gin

[BasedTom]

[warriorfan]

T-Mac loving them long 2's....

nice post

[Real Men Wear Green]

A shot KD takes from 8 feet away is about the same as AI taking a shot from 3 feet away. Not going by the percentage there, just their heights and reach. (And I do know that AI had long arms...for his height)

[Jacks3]

Kobe:

-Strong finisher at the rim
-Excellent short-shot/between game (45.0% from 3-10 feet, #2 behind only Wade)
-Excellent mid-range shooter
-Decent enough 3-pt shooter
-Very high free-throw rate, and shot a excellent 84-85% there
-15-year stretch of consistently posting TS%/ORTG that were far above league-average

Still considered inefficient.

[Budadiiii]

Durant is absolutely incredible.

[Smoke117]

List Ray Allen. Why did you even leave him out in the first place? Insulting.

[Achilleas]

FG% from the 3PT line and beyond

KD: 37.9%
VC: 37.4%
Pierce: 37.1%
Melo: 34.5%
LBJ: 34.2%
TMac: 34.1%
Kobe: 33.4%
AI: 30.8%
Wade: 28.9%

lebron better than shooters tmac and kobe
lebron stans happy

% of 2PT FGs that were assisted

KD: 48.4%
Melo: 46.2%
Pierce: 44.5%
VC: 40.9%
TMac: 38.5%
LBJ: 35.5%
Kobe: 34.7%
Wade: 32.9%
AI: 28.1%

AI ball holder

[ButterFace]

T-Mac likes his long ball, doesn't he.

[RRR3]

List Ray Allen. Why did you even leave him out in the first place?

Will edit him in later


I also should do some PGs

[Real Men Wear Green]

Kobe:

Still considered inefficient.

Career-wise he's only considered inefficient compared to top 10 all-time players, not guys like the ones in the OP. The inefficient talk has picked up but it's because of the way he's played these last two seasons trying to come back from major injuries where his play has overall been pretty bad. But that's just the view of this nearly-retired Bryant, not the Kobe Bryant that was helping LA win rings.

[BasedTom]

Career-wise he's only considered inefficient compared to top 10 all-time players, not guys like the ones in the OP. The inefficient talk has picked up but it's because of the way he's played these last two seasons trying to come back from major injuries where his play has overall been pretty bad. But that's just the view of this nearly-retired Bryant, not the Kobe Bryant that was helping LA win rings.

Nah, the "Kobe is a selfish chucker" "kobe is an inefficient ballhog" "kobe doesn't pass" criticism has been a thing since forever. But now that he's playing with scrubs and has dealt with those injuries, now it's just sad to see sometimes. Haters are just kicking him while he's already down.

[kennethgriffin]

lebron better than shooters tmac and kobe
lebron stans happy

lebron is dared to shoot threes

kobe shoots literally every three in someones face.


if kobe shot wide open threes 90% of the time like lebron... he'd have a 45% rate or higher

if lebron shot the pull up 2-3 feet beyond the line in someones face threes 90% of the time... he'd have a 25% rate or lower


different looks ... this is also why jordans is so similar to kobes. yet jordan shyd away from threes allot and only shot wide open...

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[AnaheimLakers24]

5> 2
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5> 3
5> 0
5> 1
5> 0
5> 0

[Jacks3]

Career-wise he's only considered inefficient compared to top 10 all-time players, not guys like the ones in the OP.

even if this is true...it also doesn't make sense, because his efficiency numbers are extremely comparable or better than many of the consensus top 10-15 all-time (bird, duncan, hakeem, rusell, west, oscar, dr.j, ).

The inefficient talk has picked up but it's because of the way he's played these last two seasons trying to come back from major injuries where his play has overall been pretty bad. But that's just the view of this nearly-retired Bryant, not the Kobe Bryant that was helping LA win rings.

no, it's something that was routinely thrown at him even when he was in his prime, and the narrative is now being extended to the rest of his career...and not just his 35 game 2015 season, or 6 game 2014 season.