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I call this page versus because i pit two people against one another to see who performed better in a series or to determine who is the better player.  For my first matchup i put Shack against Kobe to determine which one was the most important player in the championships they won and could of won.  Let the battle begin.  The 1st category is the final playoff series of the year.  Who performed at the level that won the championship.

                                              SHACK VS KOBE

Player             year               fga             fgm            %            results

Shack             96/97              36              69            .522          lost utah
Shack             97/98              51              91            .560          lost utah
Shack             98/99              33              67            .493          lost san antonio
Shack             99/00              96             157           .611          won title
Shack             00/01              63             110           .573          won title
Shack             01/02              50               84           .595          won title
Shack             02/03              57             102           .559          lost san antonio
Shack             03/04              53              84            .631          lost detroit

Totals                                   439            764           .575


Kobe              96/97              12               38            .316          lost utah
Kobe              97/98              11               30            .367          lost utah
Kobe              98/99              34               76            .447          lost san antonio
Kobe              99/00              33               90            .367          won title
Kobe              00/01              44              106           .415          won title
Kobe              01/02              36               70            .514          won title
Kobe              02/03              69              159           .433          lost san antonio
Kobe              03/04              43              113           .381          lost detroit

Totals                                   282            682            .413

I can clearly see a trend here.  No doubt Shack was the main reason for winning the 3 titles during this era.  Easy to see they should of won more.  But also it is amazing they won the 1st two titles win Kobe shot a combined .393.  They should of starting winning titles in 99/00 as they did.  But they should of won many more titles than 3.  Probably 6 in 8 years.  It is easy to see the formula that won champiobships was when Shack was the 1st option.  The 3 titles Shack shot more.  With his high shooting % they won.  When they began losing Kobe was now shooting more than Shack.  They couldn't overcome his low shooting % at 1st option.  Shack continued to bring it but he was being bypassed.  This angered coach Jackson who knew the winning formula was Shack as option 1.  It is amazing at how high of a level Shack played at and how poorly Kobe shot.  The perception of him being this great closer doesn't match reality.  Also the perception that Kobe performs great in big games seems to be a myth.  The other myths are great shooter and clutch.

                                 FINALS SHACK VS KOBE

Shack      99/00    96-157   .611        Kobe     99/00         33-90       .367
Shack      00/01    63-110   .573        Kobe     00/01         44-106     .415
Shack      01/02    50-84     .595        Kobe     01/02         36-70       .514
Shack      03/04    53-84     .631        Kobe     03/04         43-113     .381

Totals                  262-435  .602                                       156-379   .412

Once again Shack dominated while Kobe shot poorly.  01/02 Kobe was a solid #2.  The 1st two titles it's amazing they overcame his shooting.  Shack saved the day.  But when they lost to Detroit in 03/04 Shack was better than ever but they lost because Kobe shot too much at .381.  They would of won if Shack was the 1st option.  And they should of continued winning 2 or 3 more titles.  At least six by 06/07.



                           LAST GAME FINALS SHACK VS KOBE

Shack      99/00    19-32     .594          Kobe     99/00      8-27      .296
Shack      00/01    10-18     .556          Kobe     00/01      7-18      .389
Shack      01/02    12-20     .600          Kobe     01/02      7-16      .438
Shack      03/04      7-13     .538          Kobe     03/04      7-21      .333

Totals                   48-83     .578                                      29-82     .354

It's easy to see the reason they won was all Shack.  Once again amazing they won at all to overcome the poor shooting of Kobe.  Pretty easy to see why Phil and Shack had so many issues with Kobe.  They knew what it took to win and they tried to implement it.  Towards the end Kobe went against designed plays and shot whenever he wanted.  the result was they lost championships they should of won.  Even though i already knew what the end result would be, i am in shock at how well Shack played and how horribly Kobe shot.   The percentages in the finals and especially the final game make Jason Kidd look like a sharp shooter.  Now lets take a look at Kobes last game of the playoffs from every year.  Surely a clutch shooter would do great in the last game of the year.  That's clutch time right?

                        KOBE LAST GAME OF PLAYOFFS

Year         FGM          FGA           %            Result

96/97          4              14            .286           Lost
97/98          2                2             1.0            Lost
98/99          7              16            .438           Lost
99/00          8              27            .296           Won
00/01          7              18            .389           Won
01/02          7              16            .438           Won
02/03          9              19            .474           Lost
03/04          7              21            .333           Lost
04/05          No Shack equals No playoffs
05/06          8              16            .500           Lost
06/07         13             33            .394           Lost
07/08          7              22            .318           Lost
08/09         10             23            .435           Won
09/10          6              24            .250           Won
10/11          7              18            .389           Lost

Totals       102           269           .379          Ouch!!!!

Clutch?  Great shooter?  I knew it was low, but not this low.  Jason Kidd would of won 6 championships on this team.  I have never seen anyone shoot so poorly consistently.  These teams that won were way better than the competition, especially to overcome shooting like this and still win.  Remember this is the last game of every year where move on to next round, go home or win it all.  The most clutch situations.  


SHACK CARRIED KOBE TO 3 TITLES
WHEN SHACK LEFT KOBE COULDN'T FILL SHACKS SHOES.  BUT LAKERS MANAGEMENT BROUGHT IN GASOL, BYNUM AND ODOM AND THE LAKERS WERE IN BUSINESS