70sFan wrote:iggymcfrack wrote:70sFan wrote:Aren't 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2014 among his best seasons?
So the sample contains 3 weaker Paul seasons and 5 of his best, looks quite representative to me.
It also includes 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2005. I also wouldn't say that 2011-13 isn't decline years for Kobe.
I can list them as well if you wish:
2012: Kobe 55th, Paul 11th
2013: Kobe 84th, Paul 7th
Again, this database show no evidences that Kobe is "not on the level of Chris Paul". Kobe consistently ranked inside top 6 in RAPM in his best years. His early career RAPM isn't nearly as strong, but his best seasons look actually notably better and more consistent than the best pre-2014 Paul seasons.
When we were discussing the best player never to win a ring the other day and comparing West and Paul, I said that I thought ‘08, ‘09, ‘13, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17 were Paul's best seasons. And honestly, part of the reason it was tough to determine Paul's peak is that '08 and '09 were the best box years, but he had better impact seasons later when he was a better defender. From an impact perspective, 2013 is the only year I'd consider one of his top 4 seasons.
So if you think the sample isn't representative and it doesn't show Paul being better than Kobe, it means you think that Paul is in a different tier than Bryant because of... 2015-17 period. Think about it twice and come to the conclusion.
The sample as a whole had CP3 roughly as far ahead of Kobe as I have him. You're the one that said it wasn't representative due to catching more of CP3's prime so I just pointed out to you that it actually got almost all of Paul's decline years while missing most of his peak while it caught all of Kobe's prime and only missed decline years for him.