“Grandpa” Kobe Bryant Doesn’t Have His Meter on Empty Just Yet

The last thing I want to see next June is Kobe hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy for the sixth time, tieing my beloved Michael Jordan, after beating my team, the Boston Celtics. I would rather give up my favorite weekly General Tso's chicken meal, than watch that horrid sight.

Unfortunately—both might happen.

This figure (click on link, then click on image) plots Kobe Bryant's PER (in red) in each season of his career. The blue dashed line represents the average PER in each season over the careers of Jerry West, George Gervin, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Clyde Drexler, Reggie Miller, Joe ...

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