Do you have the impact stats for Kobe and KG? I'd love to see that.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/pla ... -off/2004/
http://www.basketball-reference.com/pla ... -off/2008/
But if comparable means 85% of Jordan, I would apply that description to Kobe.
This I agree with.
Effectiveness and style are two different things. If you want to talk about efficiency then you are going into Adrian Dantley territory.
He was, but also a ball stopper. Jordan in the 90's was not nearly as ball dominant as the modern day perimeter stars. He was shot dominant, but with Phil Jackson becoming his coach and Pippen becoming the main ball handler, Jordan became a more effective scorer by adding more variance in his attacking the defense on the floor, almost like Bird. Even in isolation, he tended to be quick and decisive, very seldom holding onto the ball longer than 3-4 seconds. He was particularly excellent at quickly flashing to the post and playing out of the pivot. If the defense denied him the ball, they would swing it around and he would pop out off a screen and get the ball at the top of the key often attacking the vulnerable defense at this point, not allowing his man to catch up.
In this example below, Miami fails to keep the ball out of his hands in the post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuVO-yxZNqg&t=3m46s
Another quick flash into the post against New York, but this ends up with Jordan coming off the screen and into a quick isolation at the top.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDqJZ96hOBU&t=2m7s
The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls - Sam Smith
