Barkley vs Dirk vs Kobe vs Wade

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Barkley vs Dirk vs Kobe vs Wade 

Post#1 » by Matt15 » Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:17 pm

As scorers, how do you rank them?
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Re: Barkley vs Dirk vs Kobe vs Wade 

Post#2 » by ThunderDan9 » Sat Jul 25, 2015 9:36 pm

Probably the way you did. Although Kobe might be ranked ahead of Dirk... not easy to compare shooting guards vs. power forwards.
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Re: Barkley vs Dirk vs Kobe vs Wade 

Post#3 » by Johnny Firpo » Sun Jul 26, 2015 7:39 am

Sheer efficiency goes to Barkley but if you factor playoff scoring into it, I don't see how this is not Dirk. He is the only one out of the four whose efficiency basically stays the same. All the other three has a bigger dip in scoring efficiency. This just shows you how unique of a weapon Dirk was between 2001 and 2011. I have to mention that Barkley's dipped scoring efficiency is still higher than Dirk's, but I feel Dirk was a more versatile scorer. I could see someone putting Barkley first though, that efficiency is otherworldly.

My ranking would be: 1st Dirk, 2nd Barkley, 3rd Wade, 4th Bryant. Naturally, the list is relatively tight and there is room for discussion.

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