Kobe is only 676 points away from passing MJ....

[kennethgriffin]

the guy kobes chasing averaged 24ppg for his career. and hes the greatest scorer in the history of the game






















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[INDI]

Kobe fans better enjoy it while it last. LeBron and Durant are going to pass Kobe in 7-10 years.

I doubt durant stays and lebron will doesnt care about scoring records

[Dragonyeuw]

Kobe played 2 lockout seasons. Just sayin'.

And in both cases, played more games than Jordan's 86 and 95 seasons, just sayin....

Look, the reality is Jordan and Kobe's careers really aren't similar in the way they played out. There's all kinds of subjectivity that can be tossed into the argument and spun to suit the agenda. Jordan and Lebron's careers are far more comparable as they were both drafted onto loser franchises and took the reins from day one. And even then, Lebron had already played 3 seasons by the time he was Jordan's rookie age. All these guys coming into the league at 18/19 pretty much have some kind of leg up in terms of all-time stats and totals; they'll have played longer than guys from 20 years ago to amass higher total stats.

[truhooper]

Must be hard to see anything in those kobe jizz covered eyes.

Want to know what's really significant when talking about all-time scorers?

1. Michael Jordan - 30.1 ppg

3. LeBron James - 27.6 ppg
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11. Kobe Bryant - 25.5 ppg

that shit stank don't it

[IncarceratedBob]

So it should take him around 15-20 games huh? I wanna get tickets to that game

[Jailblazers7]

Phil always said he trusted Kobe more and that Kobe was the guy to take shots. MJ had great teammates that can take shots away from MJ. MJ didn't shoot enough to miss.

He also took 2 years off in his prime and 4 years off again before coming back to the Wizards. We don't know what MJ would do if he played consecutive years in his career.

Jordan's FGA per game over his career match up with Kobe's pretty precisely, except that Jordan normally shot a little more.

[Odinn]

Jordan tried 24537 fgas and 8772 ftas.
Kobe tried 24301 fgas and 9468 ftas.

If Jordan hit all of his attempts, he would have scored 59624 points.
If Kobe hit all of his attempts, he would have scored 62949 points.

Kobe played 167 more games. Still needs 676 points.

What's the point of keeping this idiotic claims?

[IncarceratedBob]

Kobe has challenged himself to become a great 3pt shooter, so of course his FGs are gonna be skewed.

Jordan was afraid of 3 pters

[TheWalkman]

You cannot blame Kobe for being a much more durable player

Kobe has challenged himself to become a great 3pt shooter, so of course his FGs are gonna be skewed.

Jordan was afraid of 3 pters

[Calabis]

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[jzek]

Keep in mind:

Kobe came out of HS (so he has more NBA years than Jordan)
Jordan retired for two years


This copycat will always be second-rate to Jordan.

[dh144498]

Kobe's first two seasons 3159 minutes played/ Jordans first two seasons 3595 minutes played wait for it .................9 whole more entire 48 minute games than Kobe at that point.

can't compare it like that. Look at games played.
MJ played 89 games in those 2 seasons while Kobe played 150.

[jongib369]

Great accomplishment but in terms of legacy I don't think it will say much of anything other than he was a great scorer who started out really young and played a long time.

[Calabis]

Keep in mind:

Kobe came out of HS (so he has more NBA years than Jordan)
Jordan retired for two years


This copycat will always be second-rate to Jordan.

Don't forget he was a much better player than Jordan at age 18, so he should have been as good as 21 year old rookie Jordan......but

[alleykat]

Amazing. That's a big accomplishment. Wont put him in front of Jordan all time, but I still don't see how it's a bad thing....

Maybe change title of thread....