How Many Points

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Originally Posted by pgardn

Let me elaborate.
1.Lebron is a VERY inconsistent outside shooter.
2.Yes Lebron's best game by far is close to the basket.
Durant... whaaaa? Were did I say he was not good. I said he IS 1-
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Lebron Best on the drive with a full head of steam. Dish or bull to the rim.
3. Lebron's FG % would be over 50% if he stopped shooting so many outside shots. His FG% should be much better than Kobe's THIS YEAR.
4. This is a joke obviously. Just a few names D. Williams, C. Paul, T. Parker, B. Roy, S. Nash, J. Kidd ... LA would take any one of these guards over BOTH you mentioned. And this is just the West. Am I really falling for a joke here?
5. Allen Iverson and Mutombo are great defenders because they make a bunch of (respectively) steals, blocked shots. What about just pestering your man and helping off the ball when needed. Why is it that everyone looks at steals and blocked shots. SA intervention: Bruce Bowen gets few of either... he pesters and helps.
6. He plays a forward, he is called a guard. He should get more rebounds. Kobe is getting many more assists now that he has Gasol. But I will give a slight edge to Lebron passing.

7. Lebron is the best athlete in the league and the 2nd best player.

If you actually watched the games you would see that LeBrons shooting has been very consistent. You act as though he gets 80% of his points on layups.

Why should Lebrons FG% be better than Kobes (of course it is) if Kobe is such a superior shooter?

Naming all-star point guards is nice but if Kobe suffers with Fischer who has a few rings as a point guard by the way and Farmar who has improved greatly, would not LeBron get more credit for having ......Eric Snow?

Do you actually watch the games? Kobe always goes for the steal and doesnt even make an effort when he is shooting well. If he put the effort in all the time, he could be the best defensive guard in the league, hands down but he doesnt bother and frequently mails it in when he is in a funk.

Lebron has a slight edge as a passer? Kobe only recently started to pass to the post (when they got an allstar player) and usually only passes when he cant get a shot off. Lebron has tremendous passing skills, may be the best part of his game. He has almost 30 fewer turnovers than Kobe which is a signifigant number consdering he has a lot more assists.

LeBron is a better player than Kobe. He plays harder, makes players around him better and has a greater variety of allstar caliber skills than anyone in the game. He still tries to do too much and forces the issue a bit but has improved in that regard. He rarely shoots during the 1st part of the game, prefering to get the other players involved. He is the best passing big man in the league, is the best player in the open court, leads the league in scoring, the best at going to the basket, improving at the defensive end to an elite level, improving his rebounding, improving his post up game and doing all this despite being almost the entire focus of his team on offense. Kobe is a great scorer, great defensive player and pretty much thats it. He doesnt play hard all the time, doesnt help the other players as much as he should considering the doubles he often shoots right over (as opposed to passing ) He is an average passer and a pretty good defensive rebounder for a guard. He also forces too many bad shots and plays in funks. The addition of Gasol has seemingly helped and playing with a broken pinkie is nice but that should not be why someone is the MVP. If you put Kobe on the Cavs they are floundering. If you put Lebron on the Lakers, they are big favs to win it all. Kobe is an alltime great, probably a top 15 player, but Lebron James is a better basketball player right now.