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Jordan never took tough shots the way Kobe does...
TraceOneInfinite:
I was just noticing today watching some old Jordon footage how easy it was for Jordon to get his shots. Basically at any moment of any game Jordon could just pull up and shoot a jumper. Not to mention there was nothing Jordon couldn't do on a basketball court, but his bread and butter was the pull-up jumper. Something about Jordon's strength and body control just made him able to always get jumper after jumper.
Kobe on the other hand will hit a fadeaway three pointer falling out of bounds with a double team on him shooting over 4 hands. He often takes 3's way beyond the arc. The degree of difficulty he has to take to score the amount of points he does is really unbelievable.
This isn't a diss on Kobe it's actually incredible that he can hit the shots that he does. But Jordon was able to do it with a much lower degree of difficulty.
Chamillitary Click:
NIK, they're out of the playoffs. They aren't good. Kobe choked. Log out of the boy's account & shut the fuck up.
Brian hasn't made a sports post in his life outside of the Royals & Chiefs. Now randomly at one in the morning, he's just breaking down degree of shot difficulty. You're one sad dude.
7even:
When Jordan lost his athleticism he took turnaround fadeaways as well. He never forced it as much as Kobe does, hence the significantly better FG%. In Kobe's defense, Jordan never really took 3s like that. But maybe Kobe shouldn't either.. or at least less.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: 7even on May 25, 2012, 02:25:05 AM ---When Jordan lost his athleticism he took turnaround fadeaways as well. He never forced it as much as Kobe does, hence the significantly better FG%. In Kobe's defense, Jordan never really took 3s like that. But maybe Kobe shouldn't either.. or at least less.
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right.. but to me it seems that if Kobe didn't force the issue and just let the game come to him the way Jordan did.. then Kobe would barely average 20 a game. Seems like Kobe has to take those tough shots consistently.
DeeezNuuuts83:
I think it's a lot of factors, partially with Jordan (not Jordon, get it right) just being a more gifted basketball player along with the NBA just being different.
Jordan made shots that wouldn't have been made by a lot of other basketball players. Part of it was how he handled the ball (as he switched hands a bit when going in for a lay-up), how he moved (as a lot of people got faked out) and how he controlled his opponents' movement (like when he made the game-winning shot, I think against the Cavs). The last one is definitely something that Kobe doesn't really do, as Jordan has mentioned in videos what he would do, like how he would use his other hand to nudge his opponent in whatever direction he wanted them to go, which partially helped him be open more often to make the shot. Additionally, he had a really good jumping ability.
When I said that the NBA is different now, a lot of players are physically bigger than they were when Michael Jordan was around. A lot of the guys who would try to defend Jordan were at least similar in size, especially when matched up against their biggest rivals at the time. Kobe isn't much different than Jordan in terms of their size, but a lot of his rivals are bigger, like LeBron.
In the end, Jordan was just more confident in himself. He could dunk on people more easily, like where he dunked on a guy at an away game, then got heckled by someone courtside who told him to "dunk on someone [his] own size," then immediately afterward he dunked on a bigger guy and walked by the same person to ask him in response, "Was he big enough?" He was just better at making shots, as I remember a game where in the final seconds at the freethrow line, someone (I think it was Mutumbo) told him to shoot with his eyes closed, so he did and made it. Additionally, I remember the year he got $36 million, he said that he guaranteed that the Bulls would win the championship before the season even started, and again, they won. No one says that anymore.
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