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pdub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 7:40 am Kobe FG% 44.7%, 3FG% 32.9%.
LeBron 50.4%, 34.3%.
The year Kobe got the most of his 50, 60 point games was the year he took 27.2 FGA per game.
The most FGA per game in a season for LeBron was 23.1.

A three minute scan on his seasons:
Kobe has had a 49 point game where he took 38 shots.
A 44 point game where he took 41 shots.
A 45 point game where he took 40 shots.
A 50 point game where he took 41 shots.
A 53 point game where he took 38 shots.
A 53 point game where he took 44 shots.
A 58 point game where he took 45 shots.
A 60 point game where he took 37 shots.

In the year that LeBron took 23.1 shots per game, not once did he attempt even 37 shots.

So...context.

pdub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 10:24 am Depends on if it's peak Kobe and for how many seasons.
If you get to pick your seasons and you are in todays NBA for one season, give me Steph Curry 15-16, who shot 45% from 3, 57% from 2 and averaged more assists than Kobe ever did in his career and had more rebounds and steals per game than in Kobe's best season ( 05-06 ).

*That is, of course, if I can't pick from either MJ or LeBron or a center.

Every pro basketball career is either on its way up or on its way out. Each day is either a step towards improvement and reinvention, or a stumble towards decay. LeBron James has spent the bulk of his career enjoying that first stage, rabidly discovering new ways to stretch his domination longer than anyone before him ever has.

In so many ways LeBron molded the NBA to his liking, from one stylistic era to the next. But now at the age of 35, LeBron’s authority will soon be a folk tale. Irreversible decline comes for every athlete, and so much about LeBron’s future — particularly how he embraces it — is unknown.

[...]

[All] of LeBron’s accomplishments may prevent him from conducting a realistic assessment of where he is, and how difficult the road ahead will be. His childhood was steeped in hardship, including the difficulties of being black in the United States of America. But, for the most part, his adult life has deftly avoided obstacles. That will soon change when he’s confronted by signs of the same end that comes for all NBA stars.

If LeBron wants to continue as an NBA Goliath, desperation may very well be his best source of motivation. To channel it, he first must acknowledge where he stands in a league that employs other alpha predators who are impervious to his intimidation. Supreme confidence is a requirement to stay on top, but LeBron will also need to accept a future when he isn’t consistently the best player on the floor.

[...]

For the past 20 years, LeBron was either at the top of basketball or destined to get there. In the public consciousness, he has only ever been the King. Now, just holding on as the NBA’s most important and powerful figure, the uncertainty around his transition towards something else is palpable.

Regardless of how the next two or three years play out, no narrative deserves more attention from an audience that has invested so much in his mythology. LeBron’s time with us is fleeting and should not be taken for granted. Whatever happens next probably won’t impact his legacy, but the opportunity to further expand it — if that’s what he wants to do — exists. If anyone can make a fall from the throne look smooth, it’s LeBron James. And until the day he retires, we are witnesses.

Still.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:12 pm What will the end of the LeBron James era look like?

https://www.sbnation.com/2019/8/21/2080 ... rement-age

Every pro basketball career is either on its way up or on its way out. Each day is either a step towards improvement and reinvention, or a stumble towards decay. LeBron James has spent the bulk of his career enjoying that first stage, rabidly discovering new ways to stretch his domination longer than anyone before him ever has.

In so many ways LeBron molded the NBA to his liking, from one stylistic era to the next. But now at the age of 35, LeBron’s authority will soon be a folk tale. Irreversible decline comes for every athlete, and so much about LeBron’s future — particularly how he embraces it — is unknown.

[...]

[All] of LeBron’s accomplishments may prevent him from conducting a realistic assessment of where he is, and how difficult the road ahead will be. His childhood was steeped in hardship, including the difficulties of being black in the United States of America. But, for the most part, his adult life has deftly avoided obstacles. That will soon change when he’s confronted by signs of the same end that comes for all NBA stars.

If LeBron wants to continue as an NBA Goliath, desperation may very well be his best source of motivation. To channel it, he first must acknowledge where he stands in a league that employs other alpha predators who are impervious to his intimidation. Supreme confidence is a requirement to stay on top, but LeBron will also need to accept a future when he isn’t consistently the best player on the floor.

[...]

For the past 20 years, LeBron was either at the top of basketball or destined to get there. In the public consciousness, he has only ever been the King. Now, just holding on as the NBA’s most important and powerful figure, the uncertainty around his transition towards something else is palpable.

Regardless of how the next two or three years play out, no narrative deserves more attention from an audience that has invested so much in his mythology. LeBron’s time with us is fleeting and should not be taken for granted. Whatever happens next probably won’t impact his legacy, but the opportunity to further expand it — if that’s what he wants to do — exists. If anyone can make a fall from the throne look smooth, it’s LeBron James. And until the day he retires, we are witnesses.

Still.

Cascadia wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:49 am World Class Douche

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/275 ... co-tuesday