How many more All-NBA teams would Kobe have made?

rand · Post #1 » by **rand** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 11:51 am

Kobe was 1st Team All-NBA his final real season at age 34. If he had never torn his Achilles, how many more All-NBA teams would he have made at the end of his career? Would he have made 1st Team in 2014?

Here are the guards that made All-NBA in 2014-2018 (All-NBA team order is listed 1st, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd)
2014: Harden, CP3, Curry, Parker, Dragic, Lillard
2015: Curry, Harden, Westbrook, CP3, Klay, Kyrie
2016: Curry, Westbrook, CP3, Lillard, Klay, Lowry
2017: Harden, Westbrook, Curry, Thomas, Wall, DeRozan
2018: Lillard, Harden, Westbrook, DeRozan, Curry, Oladipo

McBubbles · Post #2 » by **McBubbles** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 12:16 pm

If his All Defences were any indication he probably would have made them until he retired.

tone wone · Post #3 » by **tone wone** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:04 pm

He could've snuck in 1, maybe 2. By 2015 Steph, Harden & Russ all level up to MVP/near MVP status with Paul already being there. So this basically leaves Kobe fighting with the Klay/Irving/Lillard crowd.

JimmyFromNz · Post #4 » by **JimmyFromNz** » Sat Nov 18, 2023 11:23 pm

McBubbles wrote:If his All Defences were any indication he probably would have made them until he retired.

An important caveat to that being those selections weren't based on any tangible ability to play consistent or meaningful defense at that point in his career.

McBubbles · Post #5 » by **McBubbles** » Sun Nov 19, 2023 6:31 pm

JimmyFromNz wrote:
McBubbles wrote:If his All Defences were any indication he probably would have made them until he retired.

An important caveat to that being those selections weren't based on any tangible ability to play consistent or meaningful defense at that point in his career.

That's exactly my point :lol: