Kobe and Jordan, 8 and 23 different

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Talk about No. 8 and No. 23 - Kobe and Jordan.

Jordan once joked that Kobe stole all his moves, and he said this with appreciation and praise.

For example, in December 1992, the Bulls vs. Bulls, Jordan scored 57 points and 10 assists. The 96th point he scored for the Bulls was a "right shoulder turn and shot with a fake move, and then the center shaft turned and left shoulder jump shot made."

Bryant later did this move, and he polished it into his signature skill.

But those who have watched their game probably have this impression:

Kobe, visually, plays more tiring than Jordan.

Why?

I have talked more than once before: On the topic of strict prevention and difficult shooting, Kobe is basically the only one who sees in basketball history. He can throw difficult balls out in all kinds of near-impossible situations. This is his advantage and his curse: he threw many fairy balls and made a lot of irons.

Compared to Kobe, Jordan doesn't shoot so many difficult baskets - of course there is a reason.

Jordan's body - the first step, explosive power, big hand, low center of gravity movement - is better than Kobe: one force reduces ten times, and if you can directly break the attack, you won't have to make more trouble. Of course, he has many high-difficulties to move, but if he can, Jordan will choose to hit the basket directly.

Season 1996-97, SI sent a questionnaire to the 29 teams in the league: Who is the fastest player in the first step? The Warriors' Spreville and the Lakers' Eddie Jones have two votes. Pistons' Grant Hill voted three times. Allen Iverson in the rookie year four votes - 34-year-old Jordan thirteen votes.

Jazz boss Rayden: "I haven't seen anyone who can compare with Michael's speed, half of it. You can't vote for anyone except him!"

Popovich's original words: "The fastest breakthrough in the dribble is Iverson; but Michael is the fastest from the three threats of tentative steps and holding the ball."

34-year-old Jordan is considered the fastest by half of the league.

Jordan averaged 32 points per game in the last two championship seasons, shooting 46%, 34 and 35 years old, and dunk 33 times.

Kobe averaged 30 points per game in the last two championship seasons, shooting 46%, 30 and 31 years old, and dunked 18 times.

Then, Kobe's own consciousness.

When Kobe was 13 years old, he asked NBA player Brian Shaw to fight alone. In high school, he had a one-on-one match with the 1995 Tanhua Starkhouse. In the rookie year, he told Coach Del Harris, "Give me a chance to fight with my back and see!" Coach Harris: "Boy, I can't let the Sharks give you the penalty area!" When he fought with Jordan in 1998, he asked the regular season MVP postman who tried to cover him to get out of the way. In 2000, the Sharks won the regular season scoring champion, had one vote and had a unanimous MVP, and averaged 38 points and 17 rebounds per game in the finals. The next year, Kobe will compete with the Sharks for shooting.

Kobe believes in a one-on-one fight.

Pearce once said, "Boy is just using constant shooting to exhaust the defenders. His career is to make his opponents gradually lose their confidence in defense, and he keeps attacking. He just got five rings by playing like this."

But it was Pierce, who defended Kobe from 17 of 47 shots.

In the last two years of his career, Jordan scored 50% of his two-pointers in the regular season and became 44% in the playoffs.

After Kobe entered the 21st century, his highest assist rate in two-pointers in a single season was 42% (the year of the Lakers F4); in the last two championship years, his assist rate in the playoffs was 23%. That is, in his last two championships, three of the four two-pointers were singled out.

"When Kobe misses the right shot, he will shoot unceasingly; Michael will turn his attention to defense, pass or cover for his teammates."

"Michael is easier to coach, he plays smarter; Kobe works harder: he has an unstoppable flame inside."

Zen Master said. This is also in line with Pierce's sentence "Bryant just uses constant shooting to exhaust the defender."

Of course, it is easier to make iron.

is probably like this:

Jordan has a better body and plays more skillfully, so he can win with more off-ball movements, simpler movements, more defense and passes.

Kobe is hardworking and stubborn, and has the best steps and swaying. So he often falls into difficult situations. He can force the ball out and try to exhaust his opponent, but it will also affect his efficiency.

So visually, Jordan is easier and simpler: both talent and his choice make Jordan play more reasonable.

Kobe has more difficult jump shots and footsteps: his talent and his playing style determine this.

But it has become his characteristic.

I have said more than once that Kobe has good shooting skills. In 2008, the Spurs' England coach, a capable man who polished Parker and Leonard's mid-range shots into championship weapons, believed that Kobe had the best shooting skills - not Ray Allen's accurate shooting skills at any angle, as straight as one posture, but strong adaptability: strange postures can be used with high difficulty.

For example, in the 2005-06 season, the Lakers against the Clippers, Livingston locked Kobe's right foot, Kobe tried to take one, twice, and made a shot. The left bottom corner is in front of the two front centers of gravity and fake action, and the forced double-action shot can still be achieved.

In the same game, Kobe broke through with the right wing, stopped urgently and looked up at the basket, then changed direction and took a sudden step under his crotch, and took action: when he jumped, his right foot was behind his left foot; when he twisted his right shoulder in the air, his right foot was behind his left foot, and he took action.

Most right-handed shooters stand flat with their feet and slightly forward with their right foot so that they can keep their shoulders facing the basket when shooting. But Kobe is very good at this: when moving horizontally, stop quickly, and when he sinks his shoulder, his left shoulder and left foot are in front, and he twists his body in the air and shoots in the basket.

Balance, coordination, control.

The opponent is not being unprepared, but "This guy can't really jump up and shoot in the air, just twist it!"

Regarding Kobe's forced move and kicking with his right foot in the air, he said in 2014 that he was learning from cheetah. He watched "Discovery" and found that when the cheetah ran at high speed, he would also rely on his tail to maintain balance. He felt:

"I can use my right foot as my tail."

For example, Kobe shook Mobley's ball, and when he turned around, he raised the ball very high and pressed his knees very low. It was difficult to stop this action, and it was not a fake move, so Mobley saved - but Kobe stopped it, drifted past, and immediately stepped forward and took a jump shot.

He made a shot with a left foot, which was awkward, but he adjusted his posture in the air and made a shot.

Balance, coordination, control. Steps and details.

I have to say another example I like to give: in the sixth game of the Lakers against the Suns in 2006, Kobe made a simple jump shot, and it only took 3 seconds to finish the ball.

Kobe is in the left waist, and Barbosa is on the left side of Kobe and will not let him enter the middle.

The ball was passed, Kobe jumped and received the ball, and as soon as his right foot landed, Barbosa immediately jumped back and prevented Kobe from turning over with his right shoulder.

Kobe received the ball, turned around on his left shoulder; Barbosa stepped forward with his right foot.

Kobe made a slight shot fake move and immediately put it down; Barbosa raised his hand and stepped forward, and found that Kobe's shooting was a fake move, and his left foot was slightly in front of his right foot, which was not suitable for jumping, so he put down his center of gravity to prevent Kobe from dribbling and breaking through the middle.

Kobe directly took off with a flat stairs, adjusted his body position in the air, and made a mid-range shot.

—Even if it is three seconds, even if it is a three-threatening jump shot, there can be many details.

- The black mamba snake can accurately hit the target in high-speed motion, and the details are fleeting. You have to slow down to see the details of the Mamba snake besides the speed.

But here comes a largest, "if".

If Kobe could not do so many fake moves?

Kobe himself said that the two key points of offense are: one is to reach the shooting point in one or two steps, and the other is to try his best to widen the range, so that he can shoot in a simple and clear manner: he actually knows how to shoot in a simple way, but his body cannot support him to get out of the gap at once, so there are more shaking.

- Off-topic, "Go to the shooting point in one or two steps", Leonard's expertise; "Wide range", Durant's expertise. The masters of China Investment have similar ideas. There are many different opinions about Kobe's peak period. 2006 was the year with the best data (average 35 points, 62 points in three quarters, 81 points in a single game); 2008 was his MVP season; 2010 was his five-time championship season; his favorite was the 2012-13 season.

But the peak of athleticism was 2002-03 season: that year he dunked his career's highest 116 baskets - McGrady's highest 114 in a single season, Carter's highest 131 in a single season, and Rose's entire career 106. That year Kobe could have directly wiped Spreville's dunk.

He averaged 30 points that year, second only to McGrath in the world.

That year, he also made 12 three-pointers recorded in the NBA at that time - before the era of Curry and Kree's three-pointers appeared, this record was almost insurmountable.

Bryant's shooting posture at that time was like this - the typical "low center of gravity" of the Carter-Meddy brothers, and Kobe could do it.

Then?

He had knee surgery in 2003, again in 2006, and again in 2010. In 2007, his knee was so painful that Jordan introduced him to trainer Tim Graver. In 2004, Kobe took about 45 minutes to warm up.

In 2008, he scored 49 points against the Nuggets, he received the ball and shot from a long time: Even in the MVP season, he still needs to have a slower and deeper knee - much slower than in 2003.

His knees were no longer cartilage in the 2010 playoffs, "Bone to Bones". In the 2010 Western Conference Finals against the Suns, he played his peak career masterpiece, with the background of him pumping his knees and sucking water. In fact, when I was against the Thunder that year - Durant Westbrook and Harden played in the playoffs for the first time - Kobe was hitting his knees and sucking water, "I can't even bend my knees."

So in 2010, he played basketball like this: relying on more fake moves to make up for his inability to get stronger.

Of course, this knee injury may be traced back to his weight increase, but it can be regarded as an "if": What if Kobe didn't have a knee injury at the age of 25? ——Like, if Paul hadn’t had a knee injury at the age of 24? What if Duncan had a knee injury at the age of 24? How many different will their playing styles be? ——Will Kobe play more straightforward and brighter?

Of course, this is just one of the many "ifs" surrounding Kobe.

Kobe Bryant, born on 1978/8/23