Kobe and AI were averaging 33, 35 a night with Tyrone Hill, Chris Mihm, and Samaki Walker as their floor spacers.
I can only imagine what they’d be doing with 4’s and 5’s that could positionally space
Lmaooo yeah he ran the era with less than half the finals appearances and got put out by Kobe 4 of the 5 times they met in the playoffs. Hey at least he got 2 easy rings when Kobe was surrounded by bums so we can pretend this was ever a debate
Lebron in the clutch (final 5 minutes, deficit within 5 points) so far this season:
60 minutes
33 points
10-34 FG (29.4%)
2-17 3P (11.8%)
11-18 FT (61.1%)
39.4% TS
You can’t provide footage or audio of someone else other than Kobe scoring 80 points in a game. Harden played 46 minutes against the worst team in the league w/o its best player. Kobe took an 18 point deficit to an 18 point win including 55 in a half. And 62 in 3 was even better
Lost to an 8th seed in the 1st round.
Lost with HCA 7 times (2x to Kobe).
Only 2 great Finals performances in 6 appearances despite facing some of the weakest Finals teams of his era.
Lost 4/5 playoff matchups with Kobe when they were both in their primes.
James Harden at the age of 28 has 1 legit Playoff run under his belt and even that one ended with one of the worst elimination game performances ever. But we’re comparing him to one of the 10 greatest and most accomplished basketball players ever because of some BPM and TS%
Easy to overlook moments like this because the Lakers ended up winning but they easily could have lost that series. 3 of their 4 wins came by slim margins and Kobe had to drop 40 in 2 of them. Difference between all-timers and guys whose career defining moments come in the RS
I’ll update this for you since you won’t do it
Lebron: 5-16 (31.3%), 0-5 (0.0%) from 3, 7 turnovers by himself
Cavs not named Lebron: 26-70 (37.1%), 4-21 (19.0%) from 3, 2 turnovers combined
Curry in 11 games against teams that aren’t in the Playoffs right now:
33.9 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 5.5 APG, 55.2% FG, 54.3% 3P, 11-0 record
Curry in 7 games against Playoff teams right now:
21.1 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 6.0 APG, 41.9% FG, 37.7% 3P, 3-4 record
🤔🤔🤔
Most people had the Bucks beating the Celtics in the 1st round but now since they’ve pushed Lebron to the brink they’re some unstoppable force and beating them would be defying all odds LMAOOOOO
Yeah I think more players should just miss the Playoffs until their mid-20s so we can compare their number$ to dudes who played double the amount of Playoff games and were there every year since they were a teenager
Curry started 1-4 and at the end of the 1st quarter took a half court shot that 90% of stars won’t take to preserve their FG%. He made it and found a rhythm. Now he’s 14-19 for 44 points. 8-11 from 3. He’s made 13 of his last 15 shots
Kobe won 57 with:
Pau (27 games)
20 y/o Bynum (35 games)
Lamar Odom
Derek Fisher
Vladimir Radmanovic
Jordan Farmar
Sasha Vujacic
Luke Walton
Ronny Turiaf
He also led a few teams to the Finals and a couple championships but ya know no big deal