![]() Knowing his low usage wasn’t working in the Lakers’ interest, he took it upon himself to carry the scoring load more in game 6, dropping a career playoff high of 50 points, along with 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals on 20/35 FG. In game 5, Kobe had a great 29-7-5 on 10/17 FG, but the Lakers got blown out. This unselfishness was very successful for the Lakers, but as they started to blow the lead, something changed. He averaged 6.7 assists in these games, while only taking 18.7 shots a game and 6.7 FTAs, much lower usage than his regular season marks of 27.2 shots and 10.2 FTAs. Interestingly enough, in the three Laker wins, Kobe was looking to facilitate more. The Lakers went up 3-1 against the Suns, behind some great play from Kobe. However, it looked like they just might’ve been able to pull it off. Kobe and the Lakers were matched up with the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the playoffs, a very explosive offensive team that would be very tough to overcome for an average at best defensive Lakers squad. He dragged a terrible roster to the playoffs with a 45-37 record, and averaged 35-5-5 on 56% TS, the first player to average 35 ppg since Michael Jordan in 1988. Kobe’s 2005-06 campaign was one for the ages. The people that remember Kobe getting bounced up 3-1 to Phoenix in the first round. It is important to remember Jordan is never considered inefficient. The first player shoots 50% TS, while the second shoots 66.6% TS. However, if a player shoots 2/5 FG, but he gets fouled on two more possessions and converts on all of his free throws, he shoots a worse FG%, but scores nine points on just seven possessions. True shooting percentage takes multiple factors into consideration to give a more accurate measure of efficiency.įor example, if a player shoots 5/10 FG, all two pointers and no free throw attempts, the player shoots a good 50% from the field, but is only getting one point per possession used. For this reason, true shooting percentage should be used to determine scoring efficiency. Efficiency is about maximizing the amount of points a team or player gets in as few of possessions as possible. It only takes into account the amount of shots that go in out of those attempted, not accounting for three pointers or free throw attempts. You do realize Lebron averages 27 ppg on 51 percent shooting for his career, while Kobe averages 25ppg and shoots 44% fg and 32 percent from 3įirst, field goal percentage is an inaccurate measure of efficiency to begin with. In these seasons, Kobe was also dealing with injury and other personal and organizational issues. Conversely, Kobe’s two highest assist seasons came outside of the triangle, in 20. This shows how bigs have a bigger role in distributing as opposed to guards in the triangle. The same goes for Shaq, as 6/7 of his highest assist seasons came under the triangle. Since Kobe is a 2 guard, it makes it very impressive for him lead in assists 80% of the time.Īs evidence to show the distributed playmaking in the triangle, Rodman, in his only three years with Phil Jackson, had the three highest assist seasons of his career. ![]() For example, on a dribble handoff to a guard, it will often suck the defense in, which could yield a kickout to an open player. Once the guard receives the pass, he will usually have a solid look, but the system really flourishes with the extra pass. However, the player who initiates the play is the post player, who can decide to turn it into a dribble handoff, or pass if he sees a player cut or come off an off ball screen. The triangle typically starts with a low post or pinch post entry, followed by a bevy of other options far too numerous to list all here. Kobe played most of his career with Phil Jackson’s triangle offense, a system which he declared himself as “the equal opportunity offense.” To get into the triangle specifically, it becomes even more impressive that Kobe was able to lead the Lakers in assists at all. This not only shows that Kobe was the least selfish of all of the Lakers, for the most part, it is also quite impressive considering the circumstances he played in. In his prime (2001-2010), Kobe Bryant lead the Lakers in assists 8/10 times, and the other two times he was second leader on his team. He made more finals and why didn’t Jordan go to 8 straightįorgot to mention 8 straight years of making the finals You and your dang thing about points is killing me Team accomplishment and Lebron had 3 finals where he was at a big disadvantage Is it Lebron fault of who he plays and Lebron play more heavy handed final teams Was this your only arguement making this thread? You overdueing the same thing way too much Why does this matter? Lebron was never a scorerĪgain Lebron was never a scorer and ballhog.
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