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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 206702, member: 837"] Again, the only analogy I have made to Kobe is that both guys are tall. I'm saying [B]KRIS[/B] -- KRIS, not me or you or anyone else -- seems to view himself as a Kobe type. I don't. I can't make that more clear. I think he'd much rather cross over, step back and drain a 20-footer than pump fake, draw contact and get the FT line. Melo as well is in a completely different class. I'm talking about the approach to the game far more than there actual games. As in, both were capable of shooting from outside (KJ slightly better) but one shot from outside around 27% of the time and shot twice as many free throws (usually a sign you're in the paint) while the other is closer to 40% and, obviously, not going to the line that often. So we're talking about approach, not comparing the two players on ability, etc. I'm also not even suggesting that KJ should be inside anywhere near as much as Melo was. And again, no comp is perfect. I like the Burgan comp, but let's not pretend there's not a significant difference between the two. KJ is much quicker, consistently shoots a better percentage from the floor and turns the ball over 1/3 as much. Burgan was a much better rebounder and passer (twice as many assists as a senior). I mean, I'm fine with the comp but there are plenty of caveats there. As for the skills to excel around the basket -- that's my whole point. He should have been working at least to some degree on that part of his game. But as it is, I still say he's capable there. We can obviously disagree. I don't even know how we got to this point, but at the end of the day my only point is that I think he could play at 15 feet more efficiently than at 2o feet. *** -- oh and one final note: you seem to suggest that at some point I said he should take turn around 15-footers. Another thing I never typed. [/QUOTE]

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