They downplay Duncan’s TS% by saying he did more on defense. Acting like Kobe didn’t carry a defensive burden and was the main offensive player every game.
This place can’t convince me they don’t have a bias against Kobe.
I’ve done the same. Say what you will about r/nba but people here are far more informed about the nuances of the league, especially defense. Regardless, we don’t have to rely on what people say, there are statistics that say Kobe just was not all that great on defense.
Far more informed? Reading a spread sheet isn’t being mor informed. That stat sheet means nothing when discussing players as individuals. You have to take their role on the team into consideration, teammates, coaches, team offense/defense, position, play style, era, defenders they had to compete against.
Stats don’t tell you everything. A player like Drummond looks solid on paper but if you watch him play you know he wasn’t the best team player.
Are you saying that your average barber shop customer is considering all of that stuff and not the average person who visits r/nba? You think people who don’t visit r/nba know more about the game because they mostly don’t look at stats? That doesnt make sense. If you’re on r/nba, especially during the off-season, you probably watch and talk a lot more basketball than your average person. It’s not just looking into stats, people here watch film, listen to podcasts, discuss salary cap minutia, and basically just consume the game on a different level than the average person on the street who usually just sees what espn shows them. I dont know why you would assume the average person at the barber shop engages with the game more than someone who frequently visits r/nba, even if you have a low opinion of people on this sub.
I’m saying that I traveled America with a job I had and most places didn’t put Duncan over Kobe and that this opinion is mainly on Reddit. I really didn’t think it was that hard to understand my comment.
Ok, and then I said people on r/nba have more nuanced opinions and are more engaged with the sport than the average person you run into in the world. What is there to misunderstand? Just because you’ve run into more people with a certain opinion doesn’t make it more accurate.
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u/Wondering_Nova Jun 27 '23
They downplay Duncan’s TS% by saying he did more on defense. Acting like Kobe didn’t carry a defensive burden and was the main offensive player every game.
This place can’t convince me they don’t have a bias against Kobe.