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Originally Posted by Borla
His assists per game is under 5, even with the years Shaq was there.
As prolific a scorer as he was, Jordan averaged over that NINE times, and even averaged as high as 8 per game. He made his teammates better. Kobe just conditions his to stand around.  |
Ok, Borla, you hate Kobe, we get it. But saying he is not a great 'player' or whatever is asinine.
A lot of Kobe's career average per game stats are a little skewed since he really wasn't in the starting lineup much during his first 2 years. His assists per game for each year starting in '99 (the year he started starting games) are as follows:
1999 3.8
99-00 4.9
00-01 5.0
01-02 5.5
02-03 5.9
03-04 5.1
04-05 6.0
This compares favorably to Michael, who I'll give you had one very big assist year 88-89, where he averaged 8.0 apg and averaged well over 32.5 ppg (fucking awesome year by the way). The rest of Michael's assist per game averages were very, very similar to what Kobe has done. Kobe has averaged over 5 apg five times, almost six times (in 2000 he averaged 4.9). Kobe is 27 right now, would you care to tell me how many times MJ averaged at least 5 apg by 27? How about 5 times as well.
Kobe is quickly coming back into public adoration, and the haters can't stand it.
By the way, I got the stats from
http://www.basketball-reference.com