Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant now owns the record for the most missed shots in NBA history, so what does it mean for his legacy?
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Kobe Bryant entered Tuesday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies needing (?) to miss 13 more shots to break John Havlicek’s NBA record of 13,417 missed shots. In the fourth quarter of the game, Kobe missed his 13th shot. Now, no one has missed more in their NBA career than Kobe.
You can watch the full play of the shot, which came on a Kobe post-up off an inbounds play, below:
Here it is in Vine form.
Take that, Jordan.
So what does this mean for his legacy? Kobe is a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer. He’s one of the greatest Lakers of all time, one of the greatest shooting guards of all time (behind only Michael Jordan in most rankings) and among the 20 best players to ever play the game. The question is, where exactly is he?
This record doesn’t mean he’s a bad shooter. Kobe is just a confident one. Yeah, he takes shots he probably shouldn’t take, could have passed the ball more throughout his career and may rank higher on the list of All Time Ball Hogs than All Time NBA Players… but he’s not a bad shooter. For his career, Kobe has made 45.3 percent of his shots. He never really got a three-point shot (33.5 percent) but had a penchant of getting streaky at times.
The record doesn’t mean much. For what it’s worth, he also ranks fourth in all-time made field goals with 24,516 behind Kareem, Malone and Jordan.
The record probably won’t sway you either way. If you are a Kobe supporter, you’ll dismiss the record as a quantity, not quality thing. Kobe has taken a lot of shots in his 18 seasons. You could see the record as a confirmation of his leadership and willing to take the difficult shots. If you are anti-Kobe, it will only reaffirm your belief that he’s a ball hog and an overrated volume shooter.
Just one more thing to add to the complicated, but very interesting legacy of Kobe Bryant.
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