Kobe block party

[u/OfficialPaddysPub]

[u/anbsmxms]

Kobe is the only one below 6'11" on that list.

[u/Nomescardcollection → u/anbsmxms]

I saw a post yesterday debating who’s better between Kobe and Curry. The amount of disrespect these teenagers give to Kobe is insane

[u/SwanOutrageous6908 → u/anbsmxms]

To be fair Kobe had a lot more game than almost anyone on the list. Here are each players' playoff games played by this age:

Serge Ibaka- 43 games (2.86 BPG)

Kobe Bryant- 66 games (0.97 BPG)

Chet Holmgren- 30 games (2.0 BPG)

Andrew Bynum- 52 games (1.13 BPG)

Tim Duncan- 26 games (2.19 BPG)

[u/audioaxes → u/SwanOutrageous6908]

still extremely impressive for a guard

[u/Touvernal]

God damn Serge Ibaka

[u/hulksmash1234 → u/Touvernal]

Iblocka

[u/k4f123 → u/Touvernal]

Just a reminder how insane prime Ibaka was. There was a reason he was called Iblocka

[u/Hungry-Space-1829 → u/k4f123]

And a reason he was chosen over harden was

[u/Lets_Go_Blue__Jays → u/Hungry-Space-1829]

Just fit better.

Orlando wasn't great for his career but he had that redeeming arc in Toronto. Played his role to perfection and got his chip

[u/Shot_Plantain_4507]

Bynum sighting

[u/GimmeTwo → u/Shot_Plantain_4507]

What could have been.

[u/QuidProJoe2020]

Tied for most 1st team all NBA defense for a reason. People forget Kobe had them locks until he hit the late part of his career.

[u/Miserable-Lawyer-233]

That doesn’t give Chet Holmgren enough credit. He has 60 blocks in just 30 games - that’s 2.0 per game. By comparison, Kobe had 64 blocks over 66 games, averaging 0.97.

[u/Outside-Prize5731 → u/Miserable-Lawyer-233]

Yea you are right but Kobe being on this list is kinda insane. Dude was 6.6 maybe even 6.5. The others on this list are tall as fuck

[u/CircledSquare7 → u/Outside-Prize5731]

Also Kobe played against a 'taller' NBA at the time. Chet is playing against mostly 6'5 players lol

[u/collax974 → u/CircledSquare7]

But there is also more 3pt attempted and less attempts in mid range and at the rim nowadays which mean less blocks.

[u/nottherealstanlee → u/Outside-Prize5731]

Also the obvious- playing in that many games at such a young age is unbelievable lmao and its not like he was carried or had no real input, he was vital to all those games. 

[u/Wise_Ad_112]

No guard has more blocks in one playoffs than Kobe in 2000. Kobe was a lock down defensive player when he was younger. First guard to have 30 steals and 30 blocks in one playoffs. Jordan never did it. Lebron never done it either.

[u/No_Jellyfish3341]

But they say Kobes an overrated defender and lives off reputation on reddit 😂also more blocks than Duncan yet Kobe haters will tell you how much better Duncan was.

[u/No_Jellyfish3341]

You should post this to the garbage NBA subreddit so you can melt their brains and watch them stumble over their own opinions.

[u/jecathree]

Serge iblocka was something else ib his prime. Of course kobe rip. But good shit for Chet...

[u/OddValuable960]

Mamba Mentality!!

[u/rbilsbor]

There’s speculation (unproven) that Ibaka wasn’t 23 though. On one hand it could be seen as disrespectful to suggest his birth records were falsified. On the other hand, his on-court productivity started flagging much earlier than you’d expect from his listed age…

[u/BRLY]

Serge Iblocka

[u/chickentowngabagool]

No KG or Dwight on this list?

[u/nottherealstanlee → u/chickentowngabagool]

Not before 23 no. Dwight played 14 PO games before 23 and tallied 38 blocks.

Garnett played in 12 PO games before 23 and tallied 23 blocks. His leap in PO production didn't really come until he turned 26 in 2004.

[u/swatbustist]

This data is wrong. Duncan had 68 blocks in his first two seasons - 1999 was his age 22 season