Every shot Kobe Bryant ever took

Post by duaneb » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 7:45 PM UTC

jathu wrote: post #101

josephscott wrote: post #63

Of the 30,699 shots, he missed 16,966 and made 13,731. At the smallest level of performance it is nice to see that you can fail more often than you succeed and still be very successful over all.

Reminds me of the Jordan commercial [1] where he mentions he lost more than 9000 shots in his career, lost almost 300 games and missed 26 game winning shots. Amazing commercial (like most Nike commercials). [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45mMioJ5szc

Post by LastZactionHero » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 7:53 PM UTC

duaneb wrote: post #141

jathu wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reminds me of the Jordan commercial [1] where he mentions he lost more than 9000 shots in his career, lost almost 300 games and missed 26 game winning shots. Amazing commercial (like most Nike commercials). [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45mMioJ5szc

Unrelated, but we have really hit a new low as a society if we are discussing the aesthetic qualities of shoe commercials.

Post by jwebgordon » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 7:55 PM UTC

aidenn0 wrote: post #138

achompas wrote: post #134

A number of commenters have astutely identified the change in shot distribution over Kobe's career, which is due to a combination of age (older wing players tend to drive less and shoot more as they get older or experience injuries) and league trends towards more 3-point shooting. If you're interested in reading an excellent analysis of the 3-pointer in the modern NBA, I highly recommend Ben Morris's article on Steph…

The 2016 Warriors have Curry who broke his own record for 3-pointers in a season (and now holds the #1, #2, #4, and #7 slots for that record), but they also have Klay Thompson whose season was good enough for #3 all-time in the books. Thompson is shooting .420 to Curry's .444 so it's not like Curry's being underutilized in favor of a poor outside shooter.

Post by duaneb » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 7:57 PM UTC

LastZactionHero wrote: post #143

duaneb wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unrelated, but we have really hit a new low as a society if we are discussing the aesthetic qualities of shoe commercials.

If something as banal as a shoe commercial has a legitimately inspirational message about failure and success, you could argue society has reached a new high.

Post by elcapitan » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 8:14 PM UTC

vph wrote: post #100

burkaman wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a famous Kobe quote on his philosophy on failing. During a conversation at some game: "Deron Williams went like 0-9. I was like, 'Can you believe Deron Williams went 0-9?' Kobe was like, 'I would go 0-30 before I would go 0-9. 0-9 means you beat yourself, you psyched yourself out of the game, because Deron Williams can get more shots in the game. The only reason is because you've just now lost confidence in y…

A similar quote by Michael Jordan: “I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”