Does this include free throws?
No, in the tour the first point is:
"More than one-third of Kobe's career points came from free throws (not shown).
Every shot Kobe Bryant ever took
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#12Does this include free throws?
Nope, there's a note at the bottom:
Note: [...] This chart does not include free throws.Re: Every shot Kobe Bryant ever took
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#14It will be interesting to compare this shot chart, of the greatest scorer of his generation, to what Steph Curry's, who may be the greatest scorer of his generation, career shot chart ends up being.
Where Curry's game is extremely efficient, with most points coming from behind the line or near the basket, Kobe was shooting all over the place. Kobe's game was also much more reliant on getting to the foul line.
They were/are both prolific scorers but do it in completely ways.
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#15A 14 foot dunk[1]? That'd be a pretty impressive jump.
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#16What is the actual accuracy of the positions?
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#17How is this recorded; and so accurately?
Seems the NBA have upped their data collection game recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_tracking_(National_Bask...
Still that is only for recent games
> It began use in the NBA at the start of the 2013–14 season, and it is now in use in all 30 arenas, following trials during the previous season in 15 arenas.[
Which I guess means before that they had some guy who just recorded shots on a board. Would be interesting to see how it was collected prior to this technology
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#18It will be interesting to compare this shot chart, of the greatest scorer of his generation, to what Steph Curry's, who may be the greatest scorer of his generation, career shot chart ends up being. Where Curry's game is extremely efficient, with most points coming from behind the line or near the basket, Kobe was shooting all over the place. Kobe's game was also much more reliant on getting to the foul line. They we…
Their height and weight differences justify the different style, though. Curry is 1.91 / 86kg, hard to penetrate inside with force since he lacks the mass.
Jordan and Kobe are both 1.98, you can compare them better.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Isn't it just that if you're half a step away from 3 points, you might as well take the half a step back and try for 3 instead of 2 with a shot that's pretty much the same in difficulty?
Yeah, but a jump shot is more difficult after a step backwards. Perhaps it isn't if you're Kobe Bryant? :)
It definitely isn't if you're James Harden.
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#20How was he able to make shots from behind the basket?