Is Kobe an All-Time Great Finals Performer?

[FreezingTsmoove]

Sorry, 25/8/6 on 42% and being the 3rd best player in the series is not an "all time great performance"

Iverson was clearly not the 2nd best player in the series

[SamuraiSWISH]

Iverson was clearly not the 2nd best player in the series

Given what he was facing and going up against?

A team with those two superstars ... with no solid help? At only five foot eleven?

Uh yes he was. The stats tell us this as well.

With context? It's not even close. The context in the burden the small guy was having to carry by comparison makes him all the more impressive.

2001 Finals

1) Shaq 27.4 Gmsc
2) Iverson 20.5 Gmsc
3) Kobe 17.2 Gmsc

For his game 1 on the road heroics alone, he was better. And put a scare into LA in game 3 as well. Against a juggernaut that swept through the entire playoffs. That's damn impressive.

[KiiiiNG]

Sadly, no. He's not.

As much as I wish that wasn't the case the facts are clear and Kobe's production in the finals is rather poor given ATG standards

Even despite his lack of regular season awards AND his lack of individual finals success, the fact that he was carried to five championships puts him in good standing on the all-time list, where he is generally located somewhere between 12-15.

[JT123]

You realize that Kobe saw triple teams that series, right? I don't expect you to understand what I'm saying because you weren't watching basketball that season. But people that watched that series know that him and Shaq were equally seen as the best players in the playoffs.

Keep bangin, doe.

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Who honestly in this thread watched the 2000 and 2001 finals? Seriously.

[Screamin A Smit]

Who honestly in this thread watched the 2000 and 2001 finals? Seriously.

Yes I saw Kobe average 15 ppg while missing 63% of his shots in the 2000 finals.

Whats your point?

[FreezingTsmoove]

Yes I saw Kobe average 15 ppg while missing 63% of his shots in the 2000 finals.

Whats your point?

Did you watch him close out on the road when Shaq fouled out in Indiana?

[Timrock]

Kobe stans.

you do realize that its actually the lebron stans. they are the ones that keep making the same threads over and over, to prove the kobe is overrated. If he is, why do they keep trying to discuss it. Kobe stans are just gonna remain quiet, until someone creates a stupid thread, like this one.

[crisoner]

Kobe stans.

Kobe haters

[Smoke117]

Kobe haters

Yeah...because saying Kobe had an all-time great finals in 2001 is reasonable.

[FreezingTsmoove]

Yeah...because saying Kobe had an all-time great finals in 2001 is reasonable.

25/8/6 in a backdoor sweep is all time great

I dont know Kawhi or Tim Duncans numbers in 2014 but I would say both of them had an all time great finals series because of the beatdown they put on the Heat

Because at the end of the day its all about


Winning

[Mr Feeny]

25/8/6 in a backdoor sweep is all time great

I dont know Kawhi or Tim Duncans numbers in 2014 but I would say both of them had an all time great finals series because of the beatdown they put on the Heat

Because at the end of the day its all about


Winning

25 ppg on 41%fg on single coverage
My God I forgot how horrible kobrick was in the 2001 finals

[Big164]

5/7 > 3/7

[SouBeachTalents]

5/7 > 3/7

3/7 > 2/6

[Mr Feeny]

3/7 > 2/6

Also 27 ppg in finals 》 18 ppg in finals
3 fmvps 》 1 fmvp
28 ppg in playoffs 》 22 ppg in playoffs