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

[gyu]

Over a short stretch? Yes.

Over a whole season? No.

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This is a very interesting topic!

When I first read the question, I thought "Pshhh it is physically impossible for one player to shoot 50% of his team's shots. That would be almost 50 shots a game!" But then we are talking about Kobe Bryant... and, what's more, PRIME Kobe Bryant? Well then, that changes things! Let's do the math.

In his best season, 2005-06 using my revolutionary SHOTS™ formula, we can see that Kobe shot 35% of the Laker team's totals (dominating the league). So going by that, I am quite confident that my initual instincts were correct and that this 50% goal is indeed quite unreachable.

I hope this has sufficiently resolved your inquiry.

Warmest regards,

Ayotunde Ndiaye