kobe was nothing but a me-first volume shooter who didn't make anyone better. and needed hall of famers on his squad to get chips.
for all the 'kobe played w smush parker' talk, realize that lebron took the 2008 cavs to the eastern conference finals w his second best player being mo ffkng williams.
and for all the 'stat nerd' talk, all it takes would be for me to mention that kobe was robin to shaq's batman. then you would respond by posting up their stats, then saying 'see they were both good! kobe was shaq's equal!'. without realizing that kobe was able to eat bcuz shaq was so dominant. no need to rely on stats, I watched it all myself. I actually think this exact exchange went down in another thread if I'm not mistaken.
kobe averaged, what, eight points and came off the bench behind eddie jones when he came into the league. shooting airballs in crucial playoff situations. while lebron was the leader of his team strait out of high school? come on now
lol there's no comparison although I'm sure you'll try
yeah, lebron lost in some finals. yes that ray allen shot was got damn lucky/legendary/crazy, whatever. but leading two different teams to seven strait years of finals, without injury, is pretty fckng amazing no matter if you like him or not
lmfao stop that
kobe won with gasol as his second option....in the western conference
thats less than what mj or lebron won with....lebron would never win wit gasol as his second option. that would be equivalent to him winning with bosh or love as his second option, which we all know would never happen.
lebron needs an alpha scorer on his side to lead the way offensively.
you're obviously a kobe/laker hater, but cmon, only a fuckin moron would deny Kobe's greatness and write him off as "nothing more than a volume shooter". he must've raped your team at one point or another for u to be that bitter.
kobe was never a robin...shaq had seniority because he was older, but they were a 1-2 punch; 2 hall of fame players who were equally as important to the teams success. don't forget how many clutch performances by Kobe it took for the lakers to barely edge out the blazers and kings in 7 games..shit was not a breeze. kobe shitted on the superior western conference (spurs, kings), while shaq feasted on the far less competitive east. with no kobe, theres no three peat, and vice versa. thats like if we say Kareem was a robin to Magic Johnson. you're disrespecting the sport of basketball wit that casual nonsense.
facts, kobe only needed 1 all-star on his team to win...lebron always needed at least 2.
kobe was drafted to a stacked lakers team outa high school....of course he had to work his way up. the fact that u have to bring that up just shows the level of desperation u have to reach to in order to discredit the goat.
and again, durant in Lebron's shoes would also have led those superteams to 7 straight finals in the east. kobe in his shoes woulda went 4/4 with wade and bosh on his team. period.