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Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
i don't get it.
you thread title asked a question and yet your post content makes it seem that your already made up your mind.
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Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
Originally Posted by john_d
i don't get it.
you thread title asked a question and yet your post content makes it seem that your already made up your mind.
Of course i 've. To some extend.
Nevertheless i want to know your guys opinion.
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Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
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Local High School Star
Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
even if kobe is one of the most amazing scorer when he hits a rush, i pick Drexler, he is a more intelligent and complete player. he has this rare faculty to make his teammates around better. his battle against Bird whas memorable to me.
top 3 SG for me.
i'm happy to have the game when he dunked near from the FT line against the lakers.
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NBA All-star
Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
Based on those numbers. (And considering things like hand checking) I would have to go with Drexler.
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Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
Originally Posted by necya
even if kobe is one of the most amazing scorer when he hits a rush, i pick Drexler, he is a more intelligent and complete player. he has this rare faculty to make his teammates around better. his battle against Bird whas memorable to me.
top 3 SG for me.
i'm happy to have the game when he dunked near from the FT line against the lakers.
As much as i love Clyde, this dunk is a little overrated
In the replay it looks like he jumoped way further then he actually did.
It's a cool dunk. It's from far behind. But near the foul line? Well, not really.
Pause it at 0:44.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO9N_IBU4wo
Last edited by beermonsteroo; 08-30-2010 at 09:09 AM.
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Local High School Star
Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
Originally Posted by necya
even if kobe is one of the most amazing scorer when he hits a rush, i pick Drexler, he is a more intelligent and complete player. he has this rare faculty to make his teammates around better. his battle against Bird whas memorable to me.
top 3 SG for me.
i'm happy to have the game when he dunked near from the FT line against the lakers.
You're claiming Drexler is a better player career wise or just comparing those particular years?
Statistical inferences are meaningless when comparing years from completely different eras; unless you're considering pace (of the game) into your deliberation.
92': Two teams scored below 100 PPG; League average was 47.3%
08': Seventeen teams scored below 100 PPG; League average was 45.9%
Back in 1992 the rules allowed for a faster game, translating into higher offensive numbers. I'm not talking about PPG here either, I'm talking about the entire picture. You comparing their numbers as some sort of reasoning is rather skewed and misleading.
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Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
Originally Posted by crosso√er
You're claiming Drexler is a better player career wise or just comparing those particular years?
Statistical inferences are meaningless when comparing years from completely different eras; unless you're considering pace (of the game) into your deliberation.
92': Two teams scored below 100 PPG; League average was 47.3%
08': Seventeen teams scored below 100 PPG; League average was 45.9%
Back in 1992 the rules allowed for a faster game, translating into higher offensive numbers. I'm not talking about PPG here either, I'm talking about the entire picture. You comparing their numbers as some sort of reasoning is rather skewed and misleading.
Can you do me a favor and look up the averages for position? Because you also have to consider that the league had a lot of good offensive Centers back then which surely rose the league average. I do know that the Lakers 106.9 ppg when Kobe was 30, and the Blazers averaged 111.4ppg. That's a 4.5ppg difference that has to be divided up by the 5 starters and the bench players. So I think the stats are still very comparable.
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Banned
Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
The OP should have just said Clyde > Kobe
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a LAKER & a DODGER fan
Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
Clyde was pretty smooth .. but I pick Kobe ...
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Death Before Dishonor
Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
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Local High School Star
Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
Originally Posted by jstern
Can you do me a favor and look up the averages for position? Because you also have to consider that the league had a lot of good offensive Centers back then which surely rose the league average. I do know that the Lakers 106.9 ppg when Kobe was 30, and the Blazers averaged 111.4ppg. That's a 4.5ppg difference that has to be divided up by the 5 starters and the bench players. So I think the stats are still very comparable.
You're comparing apples with oranges; what does comparing two teams from different eras prove? I did some research and found out that in 92' two teams per game averaged almost ten more possessions then teams in 2010 did.
One of the main reasons the pace has slowed visibly in the last half decade is primarily because of zone defense; that is why Stern was hesitant to institute this rule to begin with.
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Re: 91/92 Clyde Drexler or 08/09 Kobe Bryant?
Originally Posted by crosso√er
You're comparing apples with oranges; what does comparing two teams from different eras prove? I did some research and found out that in 92' two teams per game averaged almost ten more possessions then teams in 2010 did.
One of the main reasons the pace has slowed visibly in the last half decade is primarily because of zone defense; that is why Stern was hesitant to institute this rule to begin with.
The pace of the game was already going down way before zone was introduced.
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