Final possession, game on the line, who do you got?

He did do exactly that, with 10 seconds left. Looks like someone doesn't know what they are talking about. I'm done arguing this, especially when someone can't even remember the time of game that the play happened.

 

Okay you're right I failed on that.

Still not a dumb play since he got a wide open shot.

 

PG: Chis Paul/Derrick Fisher/Steve Nash
SG: Kobe Bryant/Dwyane Wade/Ray Allen
SF: Lebron/Paul Pierce/Carmelo Anthony
PF: Dirk Nowitzki/Kevin Garnett
C*: Duncan/Paul Gasol
Side note: PF-C for Clutch situations

 

Kobe or Durant.

 

Here's an interesting article on this matter:

http://espn.go.com/blog/TrueHoop/post/_/id/24200/the-truth-about-kobe-bryant-in-crunch-time

Look at the "With the game on the line" graph. No.1: Carmelo Anthony.

 

It seems BSPN throws out a Kobe bashing article whenever LeBron has a bad night. Good tactic.

 

How fantastic, goodtroll is back.

 

Kobe hit a go ahead 3pt shot with the clocking expiring in the final minute of game 4, 2009 on Denver's floor. That saved the season. Game 4, 2009 finals. 5 points down in final minutes, he drove and got 4 defenders collapsed, then passed to Gasol for an easy dunk. Next possession, Magic was so scared that they doubled Kobe in backcourt, that ended up a 4 on 3 in frontcourt and Fisher hit a relatively easy 3 to tie the game. OT, final minute, Kobe was doubled and passed to Fisher for the game winning 3. 2010, game 6 WCF, Kobe hit a few shots in a row to close out the Suns. Game 7 finals, he struggled all night but managed to get 10 points in 4th quarter and hit 2 FT with 25s left to put the game out of reach.

Kobe doesn't earn any clutch stat in any of the possessions above according to Abbot's criteria. But it's those plays that decided the championships.

 

I'd take the GOAT.

 

Dude, he didn't pass "to a wide open teammate for 3." He (Wade, and in OT James) wasted several precious seconds trying to get open on the high pick-and-roll before dumping the ball off. That possession should be a textbook example of what not to do when your team is down and you need to hit a 3.

 

You're going to be waiting a long time because "smart Laker fans" are as rare as unicorns.

 

I hate OP that try and be funny in a serious thread (except the one who mentioned Kevin Martin) that was funny actually ..

But I'll go with DWade he cant be stopped going to the rim and he'll actually pass to someone that's open or ray allen on undirect screen is leathal ..

 

This guy....

 

At least put him in the correct uniform.

 

Hehe pretty funny. Seriously though why do you always have to be so anti-kobetic

 

http://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2011/1/28/1961684/how-to-be-statistically-biased-henry-abbott

 

The idea that some players get better when the pressure is on-- the concept of "clutch"-- is a fallacy. Over a large sample everyone shoots worse in crunchtime because defenses are playing at full intensity and offensive sets become predictable due to time constraints. Kobe has a "clutch" reputation because he has hit a bunch of difficult buzzer beaters and people remember those when they go in, not when they fail. He's had the opportunity to make those shots because he's played more games than just about anyone and is always the guy taking them (largely because of reputation, but also because he's good at creating a shot in ANY possession). The fact that he's missed most of them is not a testament to his ability or lack of ability-- it's just the nature of crunchtime. If Kobe does have a fault in the "clutch", it is the same fault he has all throughout the game-- he too often tries to take the difficult shot instead of giving his teammates the easy one.

 

This piece is just flat out wrong in his first criticism of Abbott's analysis. He says that Abbott uses an outdated set of data from only a five-year span. But the table in Abbott's piece includes all the potential game winner's taken from 1996-97 to today. In other words, it covers Kobe's entire career.