NBA: Heat at Nuggets

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His FGAs per game, yes, but it should have made his FG% higher, 03-04 was a pretty bad year for him. Are you trying to say injury wasn't the main reason his stats went down?

Kobe dealt with injuries a number of other times in his career and still kept solid stats. So what made that year so much different?

But you are thinking that getting less FGA's for a volume and rhythm shooter like Kobe, is going to somehow improve his efficiency?

lol okay

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Kobe dealt with injuries a number of other times in his career and still kept solid stats. So what made that year so much different?

But you are thinking that getting less FGA's for a volume and rhythm shooter like Kobe, is going to somehow improve his efficiency?

lol okay

No, having a better PG and less doubles to deal with should have improved his FG%.

Are you trying to say just because he can play well enough with a sprained ankle that he could with an injured shoulder which had to be surgically repaired?

lol okay

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Are you trying to say just because he can play well enough with a sprained ankle that he could with an injured shoulder which had to be surgically repaired?

Well he played with a bad back, jacked fingers on his shooting hand, and a bum knee (which ended up needing surgery) yet still won les in the process and didn't seem to skip a beat. So it's pretty hard to say whether it was entirely the shoulder injury as you suggest, or perhaps other factors, imo.

Don't get why it's so hard to simply acknowledge that numbers will generally go down when other star players come on board, which was the original argument.

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Well he played with a bad back, jacked fingers on his shooting hand, and a bum knee (which ended up needing surgery) yet still won les in the process and didn't seem to skip a beat. So it's pretty hard to say whether it was entirely the shoulder injury as you suggest, or perhaps other factors, imo.

Don't get why it's so hard to simply acknowledge that numbers will generally go down when other star players come on board, which was the original argument.

Not all injuries are equal and Kobe couldn't play with his shoulder when he aggravated it again, so it's apparently something that bothered him a lot more than all those other injuries. I always believe the injuries he plays through aren't as serious as the media leads us to believe. I'm sure the whole new team had an effect on his stats, but his FG% and injury have a fairly solid link.

I acknowledged some numbers will go down such as rebounds and FGAs, his minutes were down too so that's one thing (IIRC Kobe played 40mpg the previous season that year). Although his FG% should improve if he was uninjured, he's been doing better this year than last because Howard doesn't give the other team leeway to double Kobe as often so he gets a few more good looks.