The swift passage of time - for the player Kobe Bryant who missed the most in NBA history Ages ago, Kobe had done the same miracle just like today. When he got 81points at a game, he had shot 46 times and missed 18 of them, surely no one really cared how many shots he had missed back then. The amazing miracle was there, you can only admire that. But from the so-called objective perspective to look at it, um, well James, Anthony, Wade and Dirk can do the same thing if they shoot 46 times, isn’t it? But I still remember when Dirk was at the top of his career and scored 29 points at one quarter, he said, oh my god how is it possible? If you ask me to shoot 46 times, I would be tried to die. That was definitely a miracle. It seems to be simple, as long as you shoot a lot, you will score a lot. But the problem is, shooting also requires determination and energy. Duhon also said, I will need to ice my swollen elbow after I shoot 8 times in a row man. Therefore, shooting 46 times is not as easy as it seems to be. Missing the most shots in history, it is not because of one game or two. I believe everyone is fully aware Kobe’s ability for scoring and assisting, but trust me, his ability of missing shots is not actually very great. There are so many players who miss more shots per game than him. Missing the most shot in history, is because he has played so many games from he was 17 years old to 36 years old. As long as you live for long, you can gain anything you want. The games Tim had won, Dirk’s score, KG’S rebound are all like that, they achieve this goal by playing one game and another every year. They may not be able to beat Webber back then. It is just because Webber is not able to play, and they are still play, nothing else, only because of the long length of the career, this may be the gift from God. The shots Kobe has missed is just like an old Chinese story. There is a guy who was young and cocky, became an enemy of a lot of people, he didnt have the ability to fight with them, and then he just hided somewhere and started to learn Kung Fu every day. After he finished, he just went out and wanted to revenge, but it turns out his enemies are all dead. The pretty girl back then is now an old lady who is dying. He finds out it took him 40 years already… Therefore he figures out a truth of life, “revenges, enemies are not that important, the most important thing is you live longer than your enemy, and God will kill them for you.” Allen Iverson and T-Mac are not in the league now, Kobe is the only one who is still playing out of the players who got drafted in 1996. So therefore I think we should be happy when we can see two old players are still playing against each other, that they have such a long length of career, they can still be on the court and play, we can still love them. Because there a lot of player who we love have already lost the opportunity to miss the shots on the court. Therefore, the haters, the lovers shouldnt argue who is better, we should just wait patiently, and God will do the rest for you. Kobe is never a bad ass who is jealous of people. He is also not a player who is harmful to his teammates. He is just so stubborn, lonely and arrogant. This can be proofed in Shaq’s autobiography, Shaq said they never have real problems. Kobe is not even a control freak and someone who is trying to be the leader every day. He doesnt care what you do, as long as you can get the buckets and rebounds, guard the opponent, train with him seriously, then you are his good teammates. Ron, Gasol, Fisher and Ariza are all like this. If you got the ball on your hands, he doesnt even care about how many shots you have took, it’s not something he would worry, he will even be mad if you dont have the determination to shoot the damn ball. But of course, if he’s got the ball, he will not pass the ball automatically. He is the guy who is very stubborn and always persists his old ways. He acts just like the young Olajuwon and Michael Jorden. Olajuwon has said, “If I can shoot better than anyone else, why should I pass to the dumbass who cant even hold the ball?” when he was young. When you are better than anyone, you will automatically think in this way, passing? Nah... Isolation is better. Kobe has been this way ever since he was at the top of the league, he is used to fight with anything, “I am the best, and you step aside.” To be honest, it is not something bad in 80/90, the superstars were all like this, they like playing isolation, they like playing one on one and killing the enemy, and everyone just step aside and watch. When Jorden was young, he never cared about the “Triangle offense”, even though he agrees with it, it was just a play for him to get better opportunity to play one on one. Back then, the one on one was like a drama show, you kill me, I crashed you. And this is what that old school superstar’s generation had passed on Kobe, one on one. We can see every time Kobe catch the ball, it is the classic position for back single attack or triple threats. Every time, it is the same, post up, fake, jump, and then fade away, at the end, nothing but net. When he was young, no one can ever stop him doing this move. He can kill the opposite team doing this move over, over and over again due to his height, strength, hops, skills and touch. With all these advantages, he was the best. But now he is 36 years old, his legs dont have so much energy, he doesnt have the explosion; his field goal percentage may therefore be lower. Back then, at the fourth quarter, we can just sit there and watch Kobe to be the hero, but now, after being the hero at the 3rd quarter, ops he runs out of gas. But this move becomes worse and worse at these days compared to the high efficiency way to handle the balls by James, Harden and Curry. Slow, difficult, tough shot is easy to attract the double or even triple team, and the teammates are not able to participate into the offense. The two shots he missed to break the record, were exactly like this. People can tell from how Curry plays, keep running and running, the ball is always moving. Harden, always shoots or draws the foul after a pick. James may not run all the time, but his teammates are always running, so he can pass easily to his teammates, he rarely plays one on one match. This seems to be the evolution of basketball, but we can’t tell if it is right or wrong, at least not yet. The situation where Lakers are in, no one can help the team. Neither James nor Durant. The fact was that at the game today, Lakers playing against the top team of West Grizzlies, when Kobe was on the court, they were leaving by no more than 8 points, but when Kobe went to take a break, they were down by 17 points quickly. And the run at the 4th quarter, occurred when Kobe was back on the court, he had still made a tough clutch three pointer. In fact, it doesnt mean you are a team player if you have a lot of assists, and you are a black hole. when you score a lot. One example is that Marbury averaged 8 assists back then, but he was still a ball hog. And Manu had only 4 assists per game, he is the best team player. Sometimes even though Paul, Nash are being ball hogs sometimes. But Billups doesnt have a lot of assists, he is still called “The coach on the court”. LeBron and Kobe, had the highest USG %( Usage percentage is an estimate of the percentage of team plays used by a player while he was on the floor.) in history, do you still have anything to say? It seems Kobe never cares what others opinions are, and what other people say about him. But when he was young, someone told him he shot too much, then he didnt shoot at all at the first half. And in 2012, someone said he doesnt pass, and then he got triple double for a lot of times, and he said, “I aint a triple double type of player.” after the game. He is just like a child. Today we said he missed the most, he said he didnt care, but we can expect what is coming next game can’t we? From 17 years old to 36 years old, he is still the naughty child “Peter pan”.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 04:45:56 +0000
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