Was there a HOF player who shot 6/24 in the NBA Finals before?

[ezau]

Not trying to troll here, but if you really want to call a basketball player "great", he should be showing up in the greatest basketball game of his career.

Aside from Kobe Bryant, is there any other future HOF player who shot 6/24 from the field in Game 7 of the NBA Finals? Just asking:toast

[nkdlunch]

in a regular game? probably, in the finals really doubt it. Who did it?

[Giuseppe]

Kobe: 5

Duncan: 4

tee, hee.

[elemento]

hahahahahahaha

[ezau]

Kobe: 5

Duncan: 4

tee, hee.

Is is what it is nigga. No escaping that shit. 6/24 will be forever written in the history books.

[urunobili]

:owned

[cobbler]

Is is what it is nigga. No escaping that shit. 6/24 will be forever written in the history books.

Correct... written clearly as #5.

[ezau]

Correct... written clearly as #2.

[cobbler]

pretty sure when you look in his trophy case.... you're gonna see 5

edit: for now



http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq115/cobblerphoto/scales.jpg

[ezau]

There's a reason why there are no movies where Robin is the main man. Once a Robin, always a Robin, thus:

4>2

2 Regular Season MVPs> 1
3 Finals MVP> 1

tee,hee

[cobbler]

You can have all the MVP's, scoring titles, NBA offensive and defensive teams, 6th man awards, most improved, all star appearances etc etc etc

All trinkets and forum/media fodder.

There is and always has been only one goal....

:lobt2:


I'll take the titles! :toast

[ezau]

So Horry>Kobe

Go ahead and take your titles:toast

[midnightpulp]

You can have all the MVP's, scoring titles, NBA offensive and defensive teams, 6th man awards, most improved, all star appearances etc etc etc

All trinkets and forum/media fodder.

There is and always has been only one goal....

:lobt2:


I'll take the titles! :toast

That's all fine and good, but we're talking about individual performances and accomplishments here. Rings are a team accomplishment.

And as far as the individual is concerned, Kobe has the same amount of mediocre Finals performances as he does rings, the Lakers winning in spite of him more often than because of him.

[cobbler]

all good by me..... I don't simply look at shooting % either.

We have 5 titles during Kobe's reign and he's been a major contributor to all.

You see, if I was a fan for the team with the best record in the NBA and I was confident my team really was all that, I wouldn't feel the need to rehash the same ole same weak ass shit as one players shooting % in last years game when said players team won it all as if it diminishes anything.

[Medvedenko]

Actually a player by the name of Michael Jordan vs the Sonics in game 4 (up 3-0 in an elimination game shot 6/19...lost the game. In game 5 he shot 50% in a loss. In game 6 a V for the Bulls he shot 5/19. Props to him having 9 boards and 7 assists though. Dominiating performance though.....

See, it's fun cherry picking games.

[ezau]

Actually a player by the name of Michael Jordan vs the Sonics in game 4 (up 3-0 in an elimination game shot 6/19...lost the game. In game 5 he shot 50% in a loss. In game 6 a V for the Bulls he shot 5/19. Props to him having 9 boards and 7 assists though. Dominiating performance though.....

See, it's fun cherry picking games.

Percentage-wise 6/19 and 5-19> 6/24. Let's break it down, nigga:

6/24= 25 percent
6/19= 32 percent
5/19= 26 percent

Both of Jordan's worst games are still better than Kobe's best effort in the Finals:lol:lol

:lol:lol Kobe>Jordan

[Medvedenko]

Percentage-wise 6/19 and 5-19> 6/24. Let's break it down, nigga:

6/24= 25 percent
6/19= 32 percent
5/19= 26 percent

Both of Jordan's worst games are still better than Kobe's best effort in the Finals:lol:lol

:lol:lol Kobe>Jordan

Hey bro, just posting stats, just like you. It's easy, anyone can do it.
So you got Kobe on 1%, yes that's better...good for you. Man, you have to be the biggest tool next to HH and Midnight on this board. Good work.

[ezau]

While we're at it, Kobe's 6/24 is not at all an aberration. In fact, it's a fucking norm for him. Why? Let's break it down:

On June 16,2000

Kobe went 4/20:wow:wow to finish eight points against the Pacers in Game 5 of the 2000 Finals

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200006160IND.html

Good thing Shaq and the rest of the Lakers were there to save his sorry ass.

On June 16,2001

Kobe went 7 for 22 to finish a grand total of 15 points against the 76ers. Interestingly enough, Shaq erupted for 44 and 20 to save Robin's ass once again.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200106060LAL.html

On June 5,2008

Seven years later, Kobe wanted to prove to everyone that he can win without Shaq. Unfortunately, he was up against the Boston Celtics and in Game 1 of that year's NBA Finals, Kobe bricked his way to a 9/26 shooting clip to help his team loose.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200806050BOS.html

On June 17,2008

This date would probably go down as the most hated in Lakers history. One game away from their first championship in 22 years, the Celtics bukkaked the Lakers by 39 points.

Kobe finished with 22 points, 7/22 from the field.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200806170BOS.html

There you have it folks, a history of chucking from Black Mamba himself:toast:toast

[ezau]

Hey bro, just posting stats, just like you. It's easy, anyone can do it.
So you got Kobe on 1%, yes that's better...good for you. Man, you have to be the biggest tool next to HH and Midnight on this board. Good work.

Not hating Med, numbers simply tell the truth.

[GoodOdor]

Tim Duncan, 2005 NBA finals, game 7:

10-27......damnnnnnn

[Venti Quattro]

Tim Duncan, 2005 NBA finals, game 7:

10-27......damnnnnnn

Shut up! At least it's not 25 percent :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry

[ezau]

Shut up! At least it's not 25 percent :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry :cry

yeap, at least it's not 7/20, 7/22, or 6/24. Nothing beats the Mamba when it comes to bricking in the Finals.

[GoodOdor]

I'd think a post player shooting 37% is worse than a perimeter player shooting 25%...


I'll agree that both are chokers though:toast

[ezau]

I'd think a post player shooting 37% is worse than a perimeter player shooting 25%...


I'll agree that both are chokers though:toast

Numbers don't lie nigga

[cobbler]

Yep just bricked his way to back to back finals MVP's which you guys seem to cherrish so much. Oh let me guess. Kobe's not deserving of his and the only ones that really count are the ones he didnt win. How old are you? You must be in your teens.

Im sure Shaq, Timmy, and MJ were just sooooo giddy after game 7 waching Kobe ring again thinking... yeah what a bummer, he had a poor shooting % in game 7 after completing a spectacular playoff run so that one doesn't count. :lmao

But hey.... you keep thinking that 6-24 tarnishes the title if it makes you feel more comfy.

[Roddy Beaubois]

mid did all he could, but I'm afraid having ezau on your team is like having a broken leg. You just can't get past it.

[ezau]

While we're at it, Kobe's 6/24 is not at all an aberration. In fact, it's a fucking norm for him. Why? Let's break it down:

On June 16,2000

Kobe went 4/20:wow:wow to finish eight points against the Pacers in Game 5 of the 2000 Finals

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200006160IND.html

Good thing Shaq and the rest of the Lakers were there to save his sorry ass.

On June 16,2001

Kobe went 7 for 22 to finish a grand total of 15 points against the 76ers. Interestingly enough, Shaq erupted for 44 and 20 to save Robin's ass once again.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200106060LAL.html

On June 5,2008

Seven years later, Kobe wanted to prove to everyone that he can win without Shaq. Unfortunately, he was up against the Boston Celtics and in Game 1 of that year's NBA Finals, Kobe bricked his way to a 9/26 shooting clip to help his team loose.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200806050BOS.html

On June 17,2008

This date would probably go down as the most hated in Lakers history. One game away from their first championship in 22 years, the Celtics bukkaked the Lakers by 39 points.

Kobe finished with 22 points, 7/22 from the field.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200806170BOS.html

There you have it folks, a history of chucking from Black Mamba himself:toast:toast

I would like to have cobbler's opinion on this. It's a long history of bricking cobbler and I know you'll have a hard time accepting it. :toast

[history2b]

Is is what it is nigga. No escaping that shit. 6/24 will be forever written in the history books.


Like Michael Jordan's 5-19 game against the Sonics in Game 6 of the 1996 Finals?

Yup. Tarnished his legacy good.

[cobbler]

I would like to have cobbler's opinion on this. It's a long history of bricking cobbler and I know you'll have a hard time accepting it. :toast

Son, I have been a Laker fan for almost 50 years and have seen way more basketball than you could even dream of. Four games does not make a long history. Two of which, in your examples, we won!!! Four years of games doesn't. No one Laker makes our history. We have had some of the greats of the game play for the team before Kobe and there will be plenty after as well. Kobe just happens to be the current one leading us to titles. That he doesn't do so at a shooting % deemed admirable by you idiots for a game or even a series over a 14 year (so far) career changes nothing. Kobe is a great in the game and will go down in history as such. That he's leading our team is a blessing and I am certainly enjoying the ride. So spout off all the stats you want and scream 6/24 till the cows come home because the glare from #16 shines on regardless! :toast

[rickross]

:lmao jordan shootin like shit in da finals and playin robin to scottie.

[urunobili]

tbh imo, troll thread of the year candidate...

[urunobili]

Four games does not make a long history. the 04 Pistons and the 08 Celtics may have a say about that...

:sleep

[PM5K]

I'm not a huge Kobe fan, but I'll take 6-24, at least he was trying.

[Giuseppe]

It's all in our own respective perspective:::

Cobby see's #16.

EZ see's 6/24

I see's Kobe: 5, Duncan: 4

Each to his own.

[Chillen]

Sure he had a really bad game when it counted, you have Kobe on that but the team as a whole managed to win the NBA title and 2peat which many teams have trouble doing, much less 3peat which the Lakers will try to do this year. You can't judge a player on one game alone, it's what he did that led up to that point, if the Lakers didn't have Kobe there they would be a 1st or 2nd round exit team with the talent they have on that roster. While he had a bad shooting performance just his mere presence what he brings to the table helped the Lakers win that game. Say what you will, they won it and 2peated.

[Venti Quattro]

Sure he had a really bad game when it counted, you have Kobe on that but the team as a whole managed to win the NBA title and 2peat which many teams have trouble doing, much less 3peat which the Lakers will try to do this year. You can't judge a player on one game alone, it's what he did that led up to that point, if the Lakers didn't have Kobe there they would be a 1st or 2nd round exit team with the talent they have on that roster. While he had a bad shooting performance just his mere presence what he brings to the table helped the Lakers win that game. Say what you will, they won it and 2peated.

:tu :tu :tu

[Giuseppe]

+ these Spurs fellows can take solace in the closing of The Forum and also that bar thingy at the top of the page that says "spurstalk.com" in bold black.

There ya's go. That's the ticket.

[Ashy Larry]

brutal shooting performance by Bean ........

What also stands out in that game was that even though Bryant shot like shit, he outrebounded the C's starting forwards by 2 (15 to Garnett's 3 and Pierce's 10).


http://i48.tinypic.com/24pjpz7.jpg 6/24 and still get to do this :lol

[Giuseppe]

+ the Spurs guys have that out of the box thing that they took pride in where they were winning the title every other year, or, in odd years. They dug that like there was no tomorrow. All-in-all, sans---The Scola Fiasco---Spurs Fan has much to be proud of of. Hell, until Pop poured over mug shots and found Neal in the rape section you were like tiffany.

[TheMACHINE]

Lol at the insecure spurs fans. The whole worlds already knows Kobe is better then Duncan..using the game where he won the Finals mvp after isn't a strong case....but I do admire your persistence, it reminds me of Sasha.

[rickross]

lmao @ thread. Jordan sucks dick and piggyback rides da best defensive team 2 a ring while kobe has offshooting night but still gets 18 FUCKIN BOARDS.

LMAO @classy spur fan.

[DMC]

The difference with post players is that a lot of misses become putbacks by the same guy, but still considered a miss.

I don't think too much about those stats. Last second shots affect those stats, and the guy you rely on most usually is tasked with that, including the full court heaves.

The G.O.A.T. Michael himself had only 6 rings. Russell had almost twice that. Still, we consider Michael the greatest. Outside of Michael, it's a group of HOFers and then some really good players. HOFers are HOFers, stats be damned.

Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant are two of the best players we will ever personally see play the game, and we are fortunate (some of us) to have gotten to see MJ play in person.

[Giuseppe]

....Though MJ skippin' training camp and cuttin' in line to try and lift a ring ain't easily forgot.

Cheaters never prosper.

[Ashy Larry]

....Though MJ skippin' training camp and cuttin' in line to try and lift a ring ain't easily forgot.

Cheaters never prosper.


definitely true. But on the flip side, dude was clearly not in basketball shape and the summer after that meltdown against ORL, even while filming Space Jam, dude was on a mission and succeeded thrice more ........

Black Jesus

[ezau]

It's all in our own respective perspective:::

Cobby see's #16.

EZ see's 6/24

I see's Kobe: 5, Duncan: 4

Each to his own.

Wrong Cubby. Aside from 6/24, there's also 4/20, 7/22, 9/26,and 7/22. 10 years of chucking in the NBA finals, Cubby. Ten years....

tee, hee

[ezau]

Son, I have been a Laker fan for almost 50 years and have seen way more basketball than you could even dream of. Four games does not make a long history. Two of which, in your examples, we won!!! Four years of games doesn't. No one Laker makes our history. We have had some of the greats of the game play for the team before Kobe and there will be plenty after as well. Kobe just happens to be the current one leading us to titles. That he doesn't do so at a shooting % deemed admirable by you idiots for a game or even a series over a 14 year (so far) career changes nothing. Kobe is a great in the game and will go down in history as such. That he's leading our team is a blessing and I am certainly enjoying the ride. So spout off all the stats you want and scream 6/24 till the cows come home because the glare from #16 shines on regardless! :toast

Trolling aside, I like that answer:toast

[ezau]

Lol at the insecure spurs fans. The whole worlds already knows Kobe is better then Duncan..

So Dunca has chucked more shots in the Finals than Kobe? :lol:lol

[ElNono]

Lol at the insecure spurs fans.

Lakerfan on Spurs forum talking about insecurity... :lol

http://jamiedubs.com/fuckflickr/data/meme-prints/leave-britney-alone.jpg

LEAVE KOBE ALONE :cry :cry :cry

[AussieFanKurt]

http://images1.memegenerator.net/ImageMacro/5282216/I-shot-624-No-lulwut.jpg?imageSize=Large&generatorName=Kobe-Bryant

[greyforest]

lols, i'm always citing this badass game by kobe when people talk about his clutchness.

6-24 and his team won game 7 against boston. boston got completely hosed by the refs, which drove rasheed wallace to retire. what a glorious game to showcase how shit the NBA has become.

[Giuseppe]

Wrong Cubby. Aside from 6/24, there's also 4/20, 7/22, 9/26,and 7/22. 10 years of chucking in the NBA finals, Cubby. Ten years....

tee, hee

Still & all, boiled down, it's:::

Kobe: 5

Duncan: 4