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Kobe Bryant Appreciation thread

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He is arrogant and not a team player. It's sad that so many people adore him. He is like anti-Duncan or something.
 
Kobe is the oldest player to score 60. Yea, nice stat. Could the stat people find some stuff for me that I'd really like to know. MJ scored 51 at 38 (older than Kobe) but it was only like his 14th year.

So how about like the latest career season somebody has scored 60 besides Kobe? Aka it was Kobe's 20th season. What are the next closest seasons people have scored 60. Maybe even check out 50+ for that matter. Like we know MJ put up 50 in his 14th year for example. I'd be interested to know because I don't think "age" really tells the whole story.
 
scoring 60 at 37 is impressive. being able to take 50 shots at 37 Is impressive shooting 44% Kobe shot 55% from inside the arc. 16 for 29. Kobe also made more Free throws than the entire Utah roster. after starting the game out 0-5 Kobe went on to score at 48.8% of his shots outshooting Utah as a collective.

I ve never been a Kobe fan
but for a feat anyone can do only 5 wings have aever taken more than 40 shots in a game and only 2 of them ( Iverson and Kobe) did so and won the game. (Jordan 0-4 when shooting more than 40 times in a regular season game.

Only 5 guard/wings have more than 50 games in the career shooting more than 30 times a game. (MJ with a 132 and Kobe 109 the only ones with more than a 100 games). so if it was something everyone can do successfully more players would be doing it.

Kobe is elite and always will be.
 
Walter White said:
Kobe is the oldest player to score 60. Yea, nice stat. Could the stat people find some stuff for me that I'd really like to know. MJ scored 51 at 38 (older than Kobe) but it was only like his 14th year.

So how about like the latest career season somebody has scored 60 besides Kobe? Aka it was Kobe's 20th season. What are the next closest seasons people have scored 60. Maybe even check out 50+ for that matter. Like we know MJ put up 50 in his 14th year for example. I'd be interested to know because I don't think "age" really tells the whole story.
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in the modern era since 1984 . 21 times has a player scored 60 or more points. 6 of those times it was Kobe. 4 times it was Jordan

Only Kobe has scored 60 or over the age of 30 In the modern era.

going back to 63. Wilt Chamberlain scored 60 or more twice at 32 http://bkref.com/tiny/qWiL5. only 3 guys have scored more than 50 points 35 or older. Alex English, Micheal Jordan and Kobe Bryant.
 
shoes22 said:
Yet another record LeBron will break someday.
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With the way he's playing, $#!+.. he might do that vs. Golden State this post-season if we get to the finals again.
 
LeBron will never score 60 again on this Cavs team. 50 isn't even very likely.

It's not his game anymore. He doesn't need to.
 
shoes22 said:
As others have said though...shouldn’t most NBA players be able to get 60 points on 50 shots if they paced themselves?
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No.

1.2 pps is rated 65th in the league.

To qualify you have to play 70% of your teams games. It's safe to say most players that aren't playing 70% aren't very good.

Take out 16 centers and 15 pf, give or take, because of their shot selection and propensity to get hacked.


1.2 is now 30th in the nba, and the higher your usage goes up, the more attention you draw on defense and the more tired you get. You should see a deep decline from a guy in his 20th season, who's 38, at fifty shots and xx amount of free throws.

Guy scored. give him credit. Our don't, whatever. The only players that actually takes shots on our team that is more efficient is kyrie and lebron, and that's half the years on their legs and taking half the shots with other options around them.
 
David. said:
No.

1.2 pps is rated 65th in the league.

To qualify you have to play 70% of your teams games. It's safe to say most players that aren't playing 70% aren't very good.

Take out 16 centers and 15 pf, give or take, because of their shot selection and propensity to get hacked.


1.2 is now 30th in the nba, and the higher your usage goes up, the more attention you draw on defense and the more tired you get. You should see a deep decline from a guy in his 20th season, who's 38, at fifty shots and xx amount of free throws.

Guy scored. give him credit. Our don't, whatever. The only players that actually takes shots on our team that is more efficient is kyrie and lebron, and that's half the years on their legs and taking half the shots with other options around them.
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It was a nice accomplishment and a fun way for him to go out, for sure...but let’s not act like Utah was defending him all that hard. If this was a “normal” game and Kobe took 50 shots I don’t think you’d see the same results.
 
The Oi said:
LeBron will never score 60 again on this Cavs team. 50 isn't even very likely.

It's not his game anymore. He doesn't need to.
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I could see him gunning for it once or twice. Maybe in a game Kyrie/Love don't play.

I mean, after Kyrie dropped 57 to set the franchise record, LeBron said that he’s just letting Irving borrow the record :chuckle:
 
The Oi said:
LeBron will never score 60 again on this Cavs team. 50 isn't even very likely.

It's not his game anymore. He doesn't need to.
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A few years from now when LeBron is 34 or 35 and there are rumors that he’s all washed up/not the same guy, he’ll go for 60 in a game against a meaningless regular season opponent like the Sacramento Kings or Brooklyn Nets...just to prove that he still can.
 
Tornicade said:
going back to 63. Wilt Chamberlain scored 60 or more twice at 32
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And going back to what I was wondering, it looks like that was Wilt's 10th season in the league. Kobe did it in his 20th season. That is freakin insane.
 
Actually, it is Kobe himself who did it in the next nearest season. Kobe did it in his 13th season. LeBron and Melo did it in their 11th season. Wilt did it in his 10th season. AI, Shaq, Tom Chambers, and MJ in their 9th season. Bernard King and Rick Barry in 8th season.

So Kobe himself is the next closest to do it. The next non Kobe named player is actually LeBron and Melo. (If my math is correct).
 
Well atleast Russell got to learn from the GOAT...






























...of snitching


















OK I'm done...promise
 
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