Kobe shot 3's which boosts his TS%
Duncan did not.
Reggie Miller has the highest TS% of any Guard for this reason.
Anybody who watched Kobe knows he chucked his ass off breh
True shooting percentage accounts for free throws and big men are always poor foul shooters. Duncan shot his at 69.6% while Kobe shot his at 83.7%. From the field, you’re looking for effective field goal. Duncan was at .507 while Kobe was at .482. Yes Kobe was a chucker.
Every time Kobe stans try to use advanced stats in arguments they embarrass themselves
Shane Young, one of their most frequent writers, has been a shameless Kobe stan for quite a few yearsClutchpoints are Kobe stans?
Wow that's such a huge difference.
These dudes were falling over themselves just a few months ago tryna argue that James Harden is a better offensive player than Kobe because of his TS% these past few seasons... now it's "B-b--bu TS% don't count cause Big Men can't shoot free throws!!! ". Like free throws ain't worth the exact same amount of points as a normal basket and that your efficiency from the stripe isn't a major factor in how efficient of a player you are overall. Or that there aren't other great bigs like Dirk that can shoot from the free throw line just fine without any problem... or that as an ATG big Duncan should've had a much higher base FG% than just over 50 to offset the disparity in TS% between him and a 6'5 guard like Kobe. Not to hate on either player but it's funny how the narratives over these isolated stats without context form around some players and not others
Exactly they won the game because of pau and artest
Those 2 saved Kobe’s legacy
Now Kobe wasn't a chucker......
Boy I swear you Kobe stans sumtin else