tsherkin wrote:kooldude wrote:At their very best, I would take Kobe on offense. He scored 60 in 3 quarters and 81 in a game, playing at a slower pace than Jordan. But those times where he's on fire, are rare, and overall, it's obviously prime Jordan.
That's not actually true.
During the year in which Kobe scored 81, his Lakers played at a pace of 93.6.
Jordan's title Bulls played at:
91: 98.4
92: 97.3
93: 95.2
96: 93.8
97: 92.7
98: 92.0
I'd point out that in those last three years, Jordan scored 30.4 ppg (49.5%, 32 years old), 29.6 ppg (48.6%, 33 yo) and 28.7 ppg (46.5%, 34 yo).
So pace arguments, while they may be true of his earlier years, do not apply to what Jordan was doing in his early/mid 30s on the second three-peat squad.
And during this comparable as to pace 05/06 season Kobe registered 35,4 ppg. Of course was younger than Jordan from 2nd trilogy and took more attempts: on the other hand, playing for weaker team worsened his efficiency. Anyway, it's so not so bad: certainly not like "2 levels below Jordan" propaganda spread by some posters.
