So as you know, kobe bryant won the mvp award in 2008. I believe chris paul should have won it. First let’s talk stats.
Kobe
Scoring- 2nd, 28.3 ppg
Assisting- 23rd, 5.4 apg
Rebounding- 51st, 6.3 rpg
Blocking- 87th, 0.5 bpg
Stealing- 8th, 1.8 spg
Chris
Scoring- 19th, 21.1 ppg
Assisting- 1st, 11.6 apg
Rebounding- 128th, 4 rpg
Blocking- 242nd, 0.1 bpg
Stealing- 1st, 2.7 spg
Already we can see that paul lead the league in 2 statistical categories and kobe didn’t lead the league in any. We also see that chris has 3 averages in the top 20 of the league. Kobe has one, scoring.
Shooting efficiency
Chris Paul
fg%- 48.8% (38th)
3pt%- 36.9% (54th)
ft%- 85.1% (21st)
2p%- 51.6% (37th)
Kobe Bryant
fg%- 45.9% (69th)
3pt%- 36.1% (59th)
ft%- 84% (30th)
2p%- 49% (72nd)
However, it is important to note their true shooting and effective field goal percentages
cp3 efg%- 52.4%
cp3 ts%- 57.6%
kobe efg%- 50.3%
kobe ts%- 57.6%
Now, lets look at how efficiently they help run the offense with passing
Chris paul assists per turnover: 4.6 (elite)
kobe assists per turnover: 1.72 (decent)
Yes, kobe was a higher volume scorer, but come on 4.6 is the best of the best.
Cp3 was third in the league assists per turnover and the first two averaged at least 3 less assists than chris paul and about 10 less points.
Advanced
chris paul
ws: 17.8 (1st)
ows: 13.2 (1st)
dws: 4.6 (10th)
obpm: 7.2 (2nd)
dpbm: 3.2 (4th)
bpm: 10.4 (2nd)
vorp: 9.3 (2nd)
per: 28.3 (2nd)
cp3 is top 10 in all these categories now lets see kobe
kobe
ws: 13.8 (4th)
ows: 9.5 (5th)
dws: 4.3 (14th)
obpm: 5.2 (7th)
dbpm: 0.6 (51st)
bpm: 5.8 (7th)
vorp: 6.3 (3rd)
per: 24.2 (8th)
If i got any stats wrong please let me know
90% of this sub was in diapers in 2008, and you’re asking if one of the most hated players vs one of the more gloried is better? you prob aint gonna get real answers.
I’m prob one of the only people here that actually saw cp3 play that season in new orleans.