How Kobe and Lebron have evolved their games throughout their career

[kennethgriffin]

kobe bryant

1997-2002 - ( Dwyane Wade style slasher/mid range )
2003-2007 - ( Tracy Mcgrady style jump shooter/slasher/distance )
2008-2013 - ( Michael Jordan style foul drawing/ footwork/mid range/slasher/post game with tmac distance )
2014-? ( paul pierce hesitation/midrange/distance with jordan foul drawing/footwork )


lebron james

2004-? - ( jordan rules reffing,driving and wide open distance, nash system passing, rondo midrange shooting )


kobes evolved when he needs to add something or change something.

lebron hasnt changed his game at all except for the one small moment he tried posting up for one playoff run then forgot how a year later

this is why hes struggling this season. he should be changing his game into more of a 2nd option post up player and let a point guard handle the driving/penitration

lebrons too slow and unathletic and makes the wrong decision more than half the time to be bringing it up the court and bullying his way inside anymore. because hes not a bully anymore. any good sized small forward can keep up with him now..

[kennethgriffin]

ontop of his major styles. kobes added other little things on the side like some hakeem post moves, baylor back downs, magic johnson hook shots, dirk step backs and other tricks


kobe is a student of the game

lebrons too stubborn to learn anything new

[Mr. Jabbar]

the difference between a student of the game and a student of free agency

[AirFederer]

Kobe's game in ruins, thread backfire

[Ca$H]

Bran just relies on athleticism, HGH, and collusion.

[Bless Mathews]

Bran just relies on athleticism, HGH, and collusion.

Word.

Dats it. I can't stand Kobe but Kobe > bron

[Kblaze8855]

Rondo midrange shooting? You cant help yourself can you?

[kennethgriffin]

Rondo midrange shooting? You cant help yourself can you?

shooting form = identical
number of attempts per game = identical
mid range percentage = equally bad
reputation = both bad
defenders sagging off both guys


i cant help but be accurate?

hes a good wide open three point shooter. i'l give him that much.

[Cold soul]

Word.

Dats it. I can't stand Kobe but Kobe > bron

You're damn right.

[Theoo]

lebron james

2004 - 2010 (crazed good driving , magic style passing , good midrange shoting)
2010-2011 (develop wilt chamberlane style choking , develop obsessed girlfreind jealousy of dwade so he dont win final MVP)
2012-2013 (develop voodo power to injuring players, very good shoting , karl malone style posting shot and fg%)
2014 (develop gilberet arenas style falloff , worse to all aspects , post achilles kobe bryant style drive to the hoops, eddy curry style ahleticim)

[Im Still Ballin]

Lebron evolved tremendously. He now has an effective back to the basket game. He is now an elite 3pt shooter. Better than Kobe has ever been and will be. Early on in his career he was known as a poor defender. He changed that and became one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, known for his chasedown blocks which are momentum changers. He has also become a much smarter player.

He will get it going again. I think he will finish the season with averages around 27/7/7 on 53/39/75

Somewhere around there.

[BigBoss]

Kobe has transcended to Godbe. Gods>Kings

[Im Still Ballin]

Gods don't exist.

[Overdrive]

Lebron evolved tremendously. He now has an effective back to the basket game.

He evolved, tremendously even, but his post game is mechanical and relies on shooters to clear the left block from defenders. He still can't fool people into buying his moves, he just uses/d his lift to get of weird turnarounds. He has no jump hook, leaners which are important for defenders to buy into fake to the basket on posts.

As a defender I'd take a fader by anyone not named Jordan anyday.

[kennethgriffin]

Lebron evolved tremendously. He now has an effective back to the basket game. He is now an elite 3pt shooter. Better than Kobe has ever been and will be. Early on in his career he was known as a poor defender. He changed that and became one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, known for his chasedown blocks which are momentum changers. He has also become a much smarter player.

He will get it going again. I think he will finish the season with averages around 27/7/7 on 53/39/75

Somewhere around there.

if defenders begged kobe to shoot beyond 18 feet. he'd also be shooting "elite" 3 point percentages

put 1-2 guys on lebron after stepping over midcourt and lebron doesnt come close to shooting great 3pt percentages.

its like jordans 3pt percentage career. he also shot wide open and his was still less than kobes shooting over 2 guys half the time.


you cant just look at %'s... the type of looks also plays into it

and lebron hasnt used his back to the basket game since 2012

hes still a poor on ball defender. he plays the passing lanes too much

lebron will finish the season averaging 25/6/6 on 46%


kobe will finish the season with 28/5/4 on 43%


ones 30 years old. the others 36 years old with the body of a 50 year old