Kobe (jan 2006) vs Durant (jan 2014)?

[BlakFrankWhite]

PPG/APG/RPG.......FG/3P/FT

Kobe 43.4/4.1/5.6 on a 47/40/90 Lakers were 9-4.


Durant 35.9/6.1/6.1 on a 54/43/89..Thunder went 9-3

[BlakFrankWhite]

Highlight:

Kobe:81 point game on 28-46 shooting vs Raptors

Durant:54/6/6 point game 19-27 vs GSW...outdueled both Curry and Thompson.

[ShawkFactory]

Kobe.

[BlakFrankWhite]

Durant had 36 ppg on a 68.5% TS...

[swagga]

note: i dislike kobe's style, it is inefficient, greedy and can't work without great big men.

That being said, I'm taking kobe without even blinking. I've been watching basketball since the late 80s/ early 90s and i have NEVER seen anybody do what kobe was doing back then. it's a testament to kobe's ridiculous talent that he didn't shoot in the 30s. Some of these shots were harder then HORSE shots ffs. He just went on those insane rolls where he was hitting crazy shit, I used to watch all his games even if I disliked him as a person, his game was

kobe's 81 is the greatest scoring game in the history of basketball. His team needed him to score, and he went against a legit NBA team in a competitive game, not some circus amateur league shit like wilt's 100 (sorry laz, it's the truth).

[Cold soul]

Kobe was much greater season over Durant especially if you factor in defense. Durant got locked down at times while Kobe didn't when he was double and triple teamed he was in the zone that year unguardble and unstoppable. The stuff he did that year scoring wise only ranks right up their with Wilt and Jordan best seasons.

[BlakFrankWhite]

note: i dislike kobe's style, it is inefficient, greedy and can't work without great big men.

That being said, I'm taking kobe without even blinking. I've been watching basketball since the late 80s/ early 90s and i have NEVER seen anybody do what kobe was doing back then. it's a testament to kobe's ridiculous talent that he didn't shoot in the 30s. Some of these shots were harder then HORSE shots ffs. He just went on those insane rolls where he was hitting crazy shit, I used to watch all his games even if I disliked him as a person, his game was

kobe's 81 is the greatest scoring game in the history of basketball. His team needed him to score, and he went against a legit NBA team in a competitive game, not some circus amateur league shit like wilt's 100 (sorry laz, it's the truth).

But Durant avg 36 ppg at 68.5% TS

[swagga]

Durant had 36 ppg on a 68.5% TS...

TS don't mean shit without context. Harden's TS is enormous but his game is almost fraudulent, chucking threes and living at the line because the refs suck dick. Against a good defensive team that will gameplan for him, if whistled properly, he will look pedestrian.

The pressure kobe put on defenses in 2006 was just insane, and it can't just be quantified by TS, because he was being doubled/tripled all the time and he still shot it, because he had an absolutely putrid roster. He also gave the STACKED suns a HUGE scare. Durant wouldn't even come close to that result with that lakers roster. As a scorer durant can't touch kobe's creativity, ball handling and slashing, and they are really close in shooting skills so it's not like durant has a big advantage there (durant better spot up shooter, kobe better off the dribble).

[swagga]

imo 2006 kobe is a full tier above any durant. A difference like MJ > drexler.

[HOoopCityJones]

I think comparing Durant to Tmac is the better comparison.

[swagga]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHvdUi2M7iA

28 shots went in that game.
17 out of 28 shots were heavily constested jumpers
5 out 28 came from kobe's penetration
2 out 28 came from defensive breakdowns
4 out 28 came out of triangle plays.

that means he did it against very good defense that night, just watch the video, the number of contested shots going in was just

[SilkkTheShocker]

LeBron.

[Cold soul]

imo 2006 kobe is a full tier above any durant. A difference like MJ > drexler.

This. I'm not sure who this is even a close comparison.

[JerrySeinfeld]

Kobe Bryant.

[magnax1]

Kobe Jordan and Wilt really stand head and shoulders above the competition in terms of scoring ability.