Kobe Bryant recently moved into 5th place on the NBA all time scoring list, something that appears to mean less than it did in the past. For years stats where a measure of a man or womans athletic dominance. Now it seems that these numbers have been poo poo'ed as numbers that really dont matter. It took Kobe Bryant reaching this milestone for me to realize this trend. I can remeber back in the 90's when homeruns where so valued that hall of fame careers where built on them alone. I remeber when being the fastest man in the world meant something, now its only relevant during the olympics. I even remeber when someone going for 50 points in a game was an event. No longer are any of these accomplishments so amazing, I believe with the emergence of the internet and the influx of stats that people where bombarded with, people no longer care about the numbers. So while Kobe Bryant moving into 5th plae on the scoring list is a great accomplish, until he moves into the number one positon no one will care.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/sports/basketball/nba-roundup.html?_r=1&ref=sports
I beg to differ, I mean it's a huge milestone to reach to be the fifth all time leading scorer in NBA history. The league is going to be completely different was Kobe is no longer in it because most of us grew up watching his dominance throughout his career. I will always remember Kobe's amazing play on the court and how he could always score at will. As a Celtics fan I never truly got excited seeing Kobe scorch opposing teams, but I have the utmost respect for what the man does on the court. He is and will always be one of the greatest players to ever play the game. He's done the sport well and will never be forgotten by sports fans around the world.
ReplyDeleteI dont think Kobe's new victory means much either. Im not a Kobe fan,so his triumphs dont impress me too often. Besides,scoring that many points today is no where near the challenge it was back when Jordan,magic Johnson and Kareem were playing. Its way to easy now. I saw on sports center earlier when Magic said that he thinks Kobe is the greatest laker ever,to which i have to disagree. Todays players are NOTHING like they were in the mid 80s to early 90s.
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