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Kobe had a 28.0 PER to Dirk's 28.1 despite a much, much higher usage rate (38.7% to 30.0%). That's not Kobe just jacking up more shots than normal.

Kobe posting 35 PPG with a PER and USG% that high while dragging Lamar Odom + the bad news bears to the playoffs in a loaded Western Conference was more impressive than Dirk's 2006 season imo jmo.

Why is Kobe's similar PER with a significantly higher usage more impressive?

Usage and PER have about a 0.7 correlation so Dirk's PER was about 7.5 points better than expected given his usage while Kobe's was about 1.5 given his usage.

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Posted by shel311

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Posted on 6/6/17 at 3:45 pm to buckeye_vol

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Why is Kobe's similar PER with a significantly higher usage more impressive?

It's more impressive IMO.

There are only so many possessions in a game. If you're using a higher % of posesssions at a 28 PER, that is more impressive IMO than someone doing it without using as many possessions.

Do you every play daily fantasy sports? It's the same reason if you have, say, a $50k salary cap to work with then a player who costs $10k and is projected to score 40 points is more valuable than a player who costs $5k and is projected to score 20 points.

The difference is a finite # of possessions. Just extrapolate that out with a silly hypothetical for proof. Take Lebron, if he could have a 90% usage rate and maintain all of his efficiency and maintain his PER exactly as is, wouldn't that be better for the team as well as more impressive for LeBron to do so?

This post was edited on 6/6/17 at 3:47 pm

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