re: Interesting stat regarding Kobe vs. Lebron

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Biggest coattail of all time? Are you retarded? Kobe was putting up numbers better than Jordan's (96-98) through the western conference playoffs in those days

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I'm trying to figure out how this makes sense

Jordan Playoffs
96 - 30.7 PPG, 1.8 Steals/game, 4.1 assists/game, 4.9 rebounds
97 - 31.1 PPG, 1.6 steals/game, 4.8 assists/game, 7.8 rebounds
98 - 32.4 PPG, 1.5 steals/game, 3.5 assists/game, 5.1 rebounds/game

FWIW - his scoring numbers especially were a lot higher in the earlier parts of his playoff career but over 30 ppg is still pretty awesome.

Kobe Playoffs
99 - 21.1 PPG, 1.5 steals/game, 4.4 assists/game, 4.5 rebounds/game
00 - 29.4 PPG, 1.6 steals/game, 6.1 assists/game, 7.3 rebounds/game
01 - 26.6 PPG, 1.4 steals/game, 4.6 assists/game, 5.8 rebounds/game

And looking at their playoff numbers as a whole the gap looks really wide.

Career Playoff Numbers:
PPG : 33.4 jordan > 25.6 kobe
SPG : 2.1 jordan > 1.4 kobe
APG : 5.7 jordan > 4.7 kobe
RPG : 6.4 jordan > 5.1 kobe
FT% : .828 jordan > .816 kobe
FG% : .487 jordan > .448 kobe