Peak Kobe vs peak Durant vs peak Pippen vs Leonard 2016

Gregoire · Post #1 » by **Gregoire** » Fri May 13, 2016 10:41 am

Rank them according their impact (offense+defense):
peak Kobe (2006)
peak Durant (2014)
peak Pippen (1994)
peak Leonard (2016)

My rankings:

1.Durant
2.Kobe
3.Leonard
4.Pippen

Amare_1_Knicks · Post #2 » by **Amare_1_Knicks** » Sat May 14, 2016 7:59 pm

Durant's 2014 is definitely the best season out of the 4 here, and I have Kobe's second. Leonard for me is a somewhat distant fourth; Pippen's point forward passing, distributing and ball-handling skills give him a definitive edge over Leonard here.

AceofSpades69 · Post #3 » by **AceofSpades69** » Sat May 14, 2016 8:01 pm

1. Durant
2. Kobe
3. Pippen
.
.
4. Leonard

Post #4 » by **Quotatious** » Sat May 14, 2016 8:22 pm

Gregoire wrote:My rankings:

1.Durant
2.Kobe
3.Leonard
4.Pippen

I agree with your rankings. I would divide it like this:

Durant
Kobe

Leonard
Pippen

I think there's a bit of a gap between the first two and last two. Durant was disappointing in the '14 playoffs, I think Kobe would've done a better job in his place, so it's definitely close (I just think that Durant's regular season advantage is pretty clear).

Post #5 » by **Quotatious** » Sat May 14, 2016 8:23 pm

AceofSpades69 wrote:1. Durant
2. Kobe
3. Pippen
.
.
4. Leonard

Come on man, you gotta be kiddin' me with that gap between Pippen and Leonard. You just basically implied that Pippen was pretty close to Kobe, but Kawhi was not close to Scottie, at all. That doesn't make sense.

AceofSpades69 · Post #6 » by **AceofSpades69** » Sat May 14, 2016 8:33 pm

Quotatious wrote:
AceofSpades69 wrote:1. Durant
2. Kobe
3. Pippen
.
.
4. Leonard

Come on man, you gotta be kiddin' me with that gap between Pippen and Leonard. You just basically implied that Pippen was pretty close to Kobe, but Kawhi was not close to Scottie, at all. That doesn't make sense.

Just tired of this Kawhi GOAT bs basically. Durant is pretty clearly above everybody else. Kobe comes second with Pippen a fairly distant third. If put into tiers:
Durant
Kobe
.
Pippen
Kawhi

Cuban_Linx · Post #7 » by **Cuban_Linx** » Sat May 14, 2016 9:31 pm

Amare_1_Knicks wrote:Durant's 2014 is definitely the best season out of the 4 here, and I have Kobe's second. Leonard for me is a somewhat distant fourth; Pippen's point forward passing, distributing and ball-handling skills give him a definitive edge over Leonard here.

What about the humongous gulf between them in shooting and overall scoring? Pippen's passing was definitely nice but I feel passing on his level is easier replaceable than Kawhi's 44% 3p shooting and very good ISO scoring.