2013 Kobe vs 2024 LeBron on Offense?
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Gotta look at the numbers but I remember Kobe being pretty bad on defense in 2013. I remember that being a talking point
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RCM88x wrote:Kind a wild that Kobe was 5th in MVP voting that year, I think Lebron is pretty clearly better this year but I would be shocked if he finishes anywhere near 5th in MVP voting, even 10th would be a surprise the way people talk about him.
Lebron will be lower than Davis in MVP voting. That’s probably why.
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I'm curious, OP, why the comparison between 2013 Kobe and 2024 LeBron? Given the 5-year age gap and the fact that it was his 17th season vs LeBron's 21st?
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PistolPeteJR wrote:I'm curious, OP, why the comparison between 2013 Kobe and 2024 LeBron? Given the 5-year age gap and the fact that it was his 17th season vs LeBron's 21st?
Why wouldn't you compare them?
Statistically they are similar.
LBJ: 5.4 OBPM, 128.4 TS+, 31.6 FTR, 37% AST%, 14% TOV%
Kobe: 4.7 OBPM, 133.1 TS+, 39.2 FTR, 30% AST%, 13% TOV%
There is no reason to compare LeBron and Kobe at the same age--that isn't a fair comparison.
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Colbinii wrote:PistolPeteJR wrote:I'm curious, OP, why the comparison between 2013 Kobe and 2024 LeBron? Given the 5-year age gap and the fact that it was his 17th season vs LeBron's 21st?
Why wouldn't you compare them?
Statistically they are similar.
LBJ: 5.4 OBPM, 128.4 TS+, 31.6 FTR, 37% AST%, 14% TOV%
Kobe: 4.7 OBPM, 133.1 TS+, 39.2 FTR, 30% AST%, 13% TOV%
There is no reason to compare LeBron and Kobe at the same age--that isn't a fair comparison.
Fair.
Didn’t look at it that way. Just seems like apples and oranges given age, team composition, how the game was vs is played…
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PistolPeteJR wrote:I'm curious, OP, why the comparison between 2013 Kobe and 2024 LeBron? Given the 5-year age gap and the fact that it was his 17th season vs LeBron's 21st?
It came up in a completely obscure discussion with a friend (where neither of us felt really strongly on the subject anyways); Am more than aware of these age-based nuances among others - where I also see it as apples vs oranges but an interesting comparison, as Colbinii pointed out.
Fwiw, this thread was much more seriously intentioned than Wade/Shai or LBJ/Stockton.
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