Who would you rather... Interesting little game

Matty4292 · Dec 22, 2012

I was chatting to a mate and tried to tell me that one player was better than another and I STRONGLY disagreed.

So I put it to the wisest basketball community I know, you guys.

Now, WITHOUT doing any research as to who is who. Which of these 2 players would you rather. These are these players CURRENT career stats.

Mystery Player A - Kobe Bryant
25.5ppg - 5.3rpg - 4.7apg - 0.5bpg - 1.5spg

Mystery Player B - Allen Iverson
26.7ppg - 3.7rpg - 6.2apg - 0.2bpg - 2.2spg

sgt_pepper · Dec 22, 2012

Mystery Player B for me...but sometimes theres more to it than just the stats.

spurlec · Dec 22, 2012

Spot on stats mean nothing. I'm guessing player a is Kobe so I'll take player a. Clutch

NewtotheGame · Dec 22, 2012

Matty4292 said:
I was chatting to a mate and tried to tell me that one player was better than another and I STRONGLY disagreed.

So I put it to the wisest basketball community I know, you guys.

Now, WITHOUT doing any research as to who is who. Which of these 2 players would you rather. These are these players CURRENT career stats.

Mystery Player A
25.5ppg - 5.3rpg - 4.7apg - 0.5bpg - 1.5spg

Mystery Player B
26.7ppg - 3.7rpg - 6.2apg - 0.2bpg - 2.2spg

Pretty similar stats for STRONGLY disagreeing. Who cares really... i mean stats dont show defensive ability at all besides steals and blocks. there is more to the game than numbers.

Matty4292 · Dec 22, 2012

spurlec said:
Spot on stats mean nothing. I'm guessing player a is Kobe so I'll take player a. Clutch

Ahh see that's what I didn't want... You worked out player A was Kobe and just went with that because it was Kobe.

If stats mean nothing how can we evaluate how good a player is?

WhiteyTheCelticsFan · Dec 22, 2012

I went with A, simply because 25, 5, 4 sounds like a more rounded statline.

Another thing that makes it hard to judge is that there is no MPG shown...

spurlec · Dec 22, 2012

Matty4292 said:
Ahh see that's what I didn't want... You worked out player A was Kobe and just went with that because it was Kobe.

If stats mean nothing how can we evaluate how good a player is?

You can't, it's a bit of a silly question really. Who is player b?? It's not Lebron, Durant or Anthony.
Maybe derick rose??

WhiteyTheCelticsFan · Dec 22, 2012

spurlec said:
You can't, it's a bit of a silly question really. Who is player b?? It's not Lebron, Durant or Anthony.
Maybe derick rose??

Can't be D-Rose, it says 'Current' stats!

WhiteyTheCelticsFan · Dec 22, 2012

I have a feeling Player A is James Harden...

spurlec · Dec 22, 2012

I just read what I wrote and it makes no sense. A player doesn't have to have good stats to be good. You can't pick someone purely on numbers. Dwight Howard probably has better career numbers in blocks and rebounds than Duncan but you gonna pick Howard first because his numbers might be better??

spurlec · Dec 22, 2012

WhiteyTheCelticsFan said:
Can't be D-Rose, it says 'Current' stats!

Current career stats

WhiteyTheCelticsFan · Dec 22, 2012

oops, I didn't read it right... I am sticking with who I have anyway lol.

Matty4292 · Dec 22, 2012

spurlec said:
I just read what I wrote and it makes no sense. A player doesn't have to have good stats to be good. You can't pick someone purely on numbers. Dwight Howard probably has better career numbers in blocks and rebounds than Duncan but you gonna pick Howard first because his numbers might be better??

Ok, I see where you're coming from. I see my original post might be a little mis-guided with out people knowing both players.

I just have a feeling that once people know who the second player is they will all go for Kobe due to Career Achievements which is not what my argument was about. I was talking better player, ignoring all career achievements. As Kobe had a hell of a lot more help than the second player.

spurlec · Dec 22, 2012

Paul pierce??

muzikandme · Dec 22, 2012

picking who is a better player is an argument that can never be won, you beat someone with stats and they revert to hardware, you beat them with the players will to win and they revert to clutchness, its on going, with that being said i picked player b i think any player who is averaging more then 25 points and more then 6 assists and more then 2 steals is a well rounded player

muzikandme · Dec 22, 2012

and the second player must be allen iverson

WhiteyTheCelticsFan · Dec 22, 2012

Is player 2 LeBron, he had almost no help in Cleveland?

Matty4292 · Dec 22, 2012

muzikandme said:
and the second player must be allen iverson

Way to let the cat out of the bag haha - I updated first post.

muzikandme · Dec 22, 2012

Matty4292 said:
Way to let the cat out of the bag haha - I updated first post.

sorry i didnt research either i just looked at the stats lol

spurlec · Dec 22, 2012

To be honest I never really saw much of ai. I couldn't get past his ego to watch.

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