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Kobe Bryant
1997-98

Kobe Bryant

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Age:19
Position:SF
Team:LAL
Games:79
Minutes (Per Game):26.0
Total Minutes:2056.0
Player
Index
B
65.6
Rank #83 (1997-98)
Potential Index
A+
89.8
Rank #8 (1997-98)

Archetypes

NOTE: Archetypes are generated based on player potential (Potential Index).

🔥 Volume Scorer ⚖️ Two-Way
  • Player Index (PLI) — A measure of how valuable a player is to a franchise given the player's contract value, production, availability, and overall impact both in the regular season and postseason. Scored 0–100, graded D- to S+.
  • Potential Index (POI) — A measure of how high a player's PLI can be: the player's projected PLI ceiling if they continue their current trajectory next season. Same 0–100 scale and grade thresholds as PLI; shown only for players under 25. POI blends the legacy formula (45%) with the Performance Potential Score / PPS from per-100 stats (55%).

Season badges

  • Peak — Career-high OVR season (only one per player, once decline from that peak is visible).
  • Prime — One of the three seasons in the player's best 3-year stretch by average OVR.
  • Lookout — A or better Potential Index (POI) in the player’s second year (year_exp = 1).
  • #1 PLI — Ranked #1 in the league in Player Index that season.
  • #1 POI — Ranked #1 in the league in Potential Index that season.

Score thresholds for each grade (PLI and POI share the same 0–100 scale):

PLI = Player Index  |  POI = Potential Index

S+
PLI/POI: ≥95
S
PLI/POI: 90–94
A+
PLI/POI: 85–89
A
PLI/POI: 80–84
A-
PLI/POI: 75–79
B+
PLI/POI: 70–74
B
PLI/POI: 60–69
B-
PLI/POI: 55–59
C+
PLI/POI: 50–54
C
PLI/POI: 45–49
C-
PLI/POI: 40–44
D+
PLI/POI: 35–39
D
PLI/POI: 30–34
D-
PLI/POI: <30
Points 15.4
Rebounds 3.1
Assists 2.5
Steals 0.9
Blocks 0.5
Field Goal Pct 42.8%
Field Goals Made 4.9
Field Goals Attempted 11.6
Three Point Pct 34.1%
Three Pointers Made 0.9
Three Pointers Attempted 2.8
Free Throw Pct 79.4%
Free Throws Made 4.6
Free Throws Attempted 5.8
Turnovers 2.0
Personal Fouls 2.3
Win Shares 6.3
True Shooting Pct 54.8%
Player Efficiency Rating 18.5
Usage Pct 27.2%
Box Plus Minus 1.4
Value Over Replacement Player 1.8

HooperIndex

Potential Win Shares 6.3
Reg. Win Burden % 13.3%

HooperImpact

Reg. Season ISR 150.5
Postseason ISR 39.5
Reg. Season ICS (%) 12.1%
Postseason ICS (%) 3.8%

HooperROI

Salary $1,167,240
Overpay Index 0.22
Contract Value Rating 10/10

NBA Comparison Tool

Overall Score 63.6

HooperJourney

Reg. Season Score 94.22
Postseason Score 20.75
Season Score 151.22
Years Experience 2

NBA CapHole Tracker

Cap Hole $43,231
Availability % 96.3%
Cap Wasted % 0.20%