Kobe Bryant entered the NBA in 1996 and retired in 2016, playing 20 seasons in the NBA, playing 1346 games, scoring a total of 33643 points, 7047 rebounds and 6306 assists, shooting 26200 shots and hitting 11719 times. He averaged 25 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game and shot 44.7 percent from the field.
The new generation of fans may not be able to feel the greatness of Kobe Bryant just by looking at the average data per game, after all, Kobe Bryant's career average data is not particularly amazing - the average score per game is not high, rebounds and assists are average, and the shooting percentage is low.
In fact, the average data of his career is affected by many factors, taking Kobe Bryant, who played as a substitute for the first two years of his career, and although he started in the third year of his career, he only played 50 games in a shrinkage season, resulting in his data in the third season is not good. He had 539 points, 132 rebounds and 91 assists, 1220 points, 242 rebounds and 199 assists, and 966 points, 264 rebounds and 190 assists in the first three seasons of his career.
In the 2012-2013 season, at the age of 34, he still averaged 27.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 6 assists per game, shooting 46.3% from the field, which was in very good shape, but unfortunately he suffered a rupture in the Achilles tendon at the end of the season, and this major injury caused him to fall off a cliff - in the next three seasons, his average points per game and scoring efficiency were very low.
In the 2013-2014 season, his first since returning from injury, he averaged 13.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, shooting 42.5 percent from the field. In the 2014-2015 season, he averaged 22.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game, shooting 37.3% from the field. In the 2015-2016 season, he averaged 17.6 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, shooting only 35.8% from the field.
These three seasons are the root cause of the serious reduction of his career average data, coupled with the data of the first three seasons of his career, resulting in his career data is not amazing, so that those who have not watched his game, just simply look at his average data per game of the new generation of fans feel that he is overly praised, so if you remove the data of the first and last 3 seasons of his career, what will Kobe's average data become? Will it still be so iron?
Bryant played 71, 79 and 50 games in the first three seasons, and 6, 35 and 66 in the last 3 seasons, subtracting the number of games in the previous and subsequent 3 seasons, Kobe Bryant played a total of 1039 games in 14 seasons.
Bryant scored 539, 1220 and 996 points in the first three seasons, and 83, 782 and 1161 points in the last three seasons, subtracting the points scored in the previous three seasons, Kobe Bryant scored a total of 28862 points in 14 seasons, averaging 27.78 points per game.
Bryant grabbed 132, 242 and 264 rebounds in the first 3 seasons, 26, 199 and 184 rebounds in the last 3 seasons, minus the rebounds in the previous and third seasons, Kobe Bryant grabbed a total of 6,000 rebounds in 14 seasons, averaging 5.78 rebounds per game.
Bryant has delivered 91, 199 and 190 assists in the first three seasons, and 38, 197 and 184 assists in the last three seasons, minus assists in the previous three seasons, Kobe has delivered a total of 5407 assists in 14 seasons, averaging 5.20 assists per game.
Bryant hit/shot 176/422, 391/913 and 362/799 in the first three seasons, hit/shot 31/73, 266/713 and 398/1113 in the last three seasons, subtracting the number of shots made in the previous three seasons, Kobe Bryant made a total of 22,167 shots in his career, a total of 10,095 hits, and shot 45.54% from the field.
In summary, if you remove the data of the three seasons before and after his career, Kobe Bryant can contribute 27.78 points, 5.78 rebounds and 5.20 assists per game, the shooting percentage is 45.54%, all the data have improved, the average data per game has increased from 25+5+4 to 27+5+5 per game, instantly improving a notch, and the shooting rate has also increased from 44.7% to 45.54%, although it is still impossible to compare with Jordan's 49.7%. But it's already in the upper middle of the line at the back.
Kobe Bryant in the Achilles tendon fracture after the state of sharp decline, shooting rate is not as good as a year, the last two seasons of shooting rate are less than 40%, the last season of shooting rate is only 35.8%, for the lowest career, it can be seen that the impact of injuries on him is fatal, so I hope that all players can stay away from injuries, losing to age is acceptable, losing to injuries will make people unwilling but helpless.