EastCoastNiner Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 So.... With this logic CP3 is better than Magic Johnson? Yeah... http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/i/000/058/855/original/GTFO7.png?1278991790 I never said CP3 was better than Magic Johnson. I said revisionist history, and you try and make an extreme example. Just get off the computer and watch Dirk choke yet again the playoffs along wit the rest of the first round exit roster to be this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N/A Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 I never said CP3 was better than Magic Johnson. I said revisionist history, and you try and make an extreme example. Just get off the computer and watch Dirk choke yet again the playoffs along wit the rest of the first round exit roster to be this year. Too bad Dirk's numbers increase in the playoffs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks Fly High Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 I think that if I needed a score on one play I would take Jordan. Kobe's decision-making is really questionable sometimes. But I believe over the course of a game Kobe is superior in picking his defender apart and exposing all his weaknesses if he has the green light to score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver P Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Too bad Oliver P doesn't post more, dude is a basketball genius. Thanks for the compliment man, I highly appreciate but "basketball genius" is definitely exaggerated lol... And yeah it's true that I don't post often but I never really was insanely active anyhow and this year I'm busier in really life so I can't be more active than that... But I'm glad to see that some people enjoy my posts haha. Anyhow back to topic for me the answer is Michael Jordan. I fact I believe that Michael is the best scorer of All Time. As I already said many times for me it's when it matters the most, in the playoffs and the Finals, that you see who the best players really are. And Jordan's scoring records in the playoffs and Finals are just beyond belief. First of all the Finals records : Jordan averaged 41 PPG against Phoenix in 93 which is the best scoring average ever in a Finals series. He scored 55 points in one game of the same 93 Finals, it's the second best ever performance in a finals game. He scored at least 20 points in 35 consecutive Finals games, another record (second is West with 25). He also scored at least 30 points in 9 Finals games, second best ever (Baylor was number one). He scored at least 40 points in 4 Finals games in a row, NBA record. He scored 35 points in one half of a finals game, NBA record once again. Also even if Jordan's weakness has always been the long range shot (certainly not the mid range shot, Jordan is definitely one of the very best mid range shooters ever and, contrary to what a lot of people think (yes a lot of people think that Jordan became a good shooter after his return in 95, well even if he attacked the rim more often he was already a very good shooter in the first part of his career), the mid range jump shot has always been his main weapon in fact) let's not forget that he hit 6 three pointers in one Finals game which was an NBA record at the time. It's now the third best NBA Finals performance for most 3 pters in one game. I have to precise that before the last Finals and Ray Allen's performance (8 three pointers), the record was 7 held by Smith and Pip who BOTH made that record when the three points line was closer to the rim . It's very important to take that in consideration. And Jordan also scored his six 3 pointers in one half. Second best NBA Finals record (behind Ray's 7 last year so), tied with Kenny Smith who did it once again when the three points line was closer to the rim. Then some other playoffs series records : Jordan scored 63 points in a playoffs game. NBA record. He's also the third in that same stat with 56 points in one game. He scored more than 20 points in a playoffs game 60 times in a row. NBA record. He has the second and third best scoring average for a playoffs series with 45.2 PPG and 45 PPG. The first once again is an Old School player, it's Jerry West. Very important fact : the players who were the closest to Jordan for each of these records all played in another era. Jordan did all this in our era which is even more impressive. Jordan always scored more points in the playoffs than he did in the regular season (at the exception of one season). Jordan's scoring average in playoffs in career is just amazing : 33.4 PPG. Way ahead of everyone else. For all these reasons I definitely believe that Jordan is the best scorer ever indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre smoothwhite Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 KB, he's is a better overall shooter, can hit from anywhere and just can score anyway he wants. Plus Kobe these days has better competition than MJ had back in the day. He has too work alot harder, MJ had pippen and rodman nd other key stars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 (edited) Jordan. Kobe's a more versatile scorer, but he was never as good around the rim as MJ, and he's always been a much streakier scorer due to his poor shot selection. His ability to get hot from 3 allowed him to go off for 81 and those other big games, but I value consistency far more than those rare explosions (especially considering that Jordan had a lot more 'big' scoring games in the post-season than Kobe has had). Besides being better around the rim, he was also a better post scorer than Kobe due to his strength advantage against most SG's, and he was more dangerous in the mid-range game because he used it a lot more often than Kobe ever has. Even if you put prime Jordan into today's league, with zone defense, he'd still be a more efficient scorer than Kobe because of how good he was inside the 3pt line, and how rarely he would go on a streak of taking poor shots like Kobe does. Oh, and if zone defenses can't stop Wade from getting to the rim and to the FT line, do you REALLY think it would stop a prime MJ?!? It wouldn't. Edited April 23, 2011 by Nitro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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