Kobe has Artest and Gasol, both who were franchise players for their previous teams.
Add to that Odom, Bynum, and the ever-reliable D. Fisher,
Not to mention Lakers has a pretty solid bench, like Farmar, Walton and company.
Plus, Phil Jackson.
With a team like that, any player of Kobe's caliber can win a championship.
I mean, swap him with Wade and Lakers would still win the championship.
Uncertainty only lies in matches against Boston.
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Where do people get this from? Lebron is as clutch as Kobe and the stats reflect it.
82games.com has compiled the stats from every players clutch performances. By the clutch being 5 minutes or less in the 4th and overtime.
In the 2007-2008 season Lebron was first in clutch time performance at 56 point/game and shooting 48% averaged out over 48 minutes. Meaning if Lebron scored the way he did during clutch time but scored that way during the entire game he would average 56 points a game.
Kobe was second at 52 points/game shooting 45%
In the 2008-2009 season Kobe was first at 57 points/game shooting 46%
Lebron was second 56 points/game shooting 56%
Finally during the 2009-2010 season Lebron was first at 66 points/game shooting 49%
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Kobe was second at 51 points/game shooting 44%
So the past three seasons Lebron and Kobe were one and two in the clutch factor with Lebron being first in two of those season while shooting a higher percentage in all three seasons.
So I'm not sure how you can claim the Kobe is much more clutch than Lebron when the stats say otherwise.
Possibly. But that wouldn't make Wade better, just comparable. Regularly, yes. But in a clutch situation, no. And LeBron isn't? No one currently comes close to having the skills Kobe possesses on both ends of the court. Carmelo comes close to matching Kobe's offense skills but Kobe is better defensively by a bit. I guess we will see this year, right? True. But Kobe can atleast be mentioned in the same breath as Jordan. LeBron as of right now, can't.
Last edited by Darth Martin on Jul 12th, 2010 at 02:12 PM
Right now, Wade is the closest we have seen to a Jordan.
Too bad his team used to be sucky, hence no championship rings.
But opinions are opinions. I respect yours
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Last edited by AsbestosFlaygon on Jul 13th, 2010 at 11:44 AM
Wade closest to Jordan? Wade has nowhere near the offensive skills or specifically mid-range jumper that Kobe and Jordan possess. Kobe is better than Wade defensively too when he puts himself to it. Kobe is also a better scorer than Wade.
Wade has a ring; Wade is not the closest we've seen to Jordan.
Jordan said Kobe was the best in the league, as did Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, add in that players who have gone against both gave Kobe the nod, I'd go with their opinion over yours.
All the talk Lakers have better talent. Well, Cleveland should've surrounded Lebron with talent. They had a broken down Shaq, Big Z and lil Antwan. Nobody talks about they had the best record for two years. Its simply, poor Lebron. He's better than Kobe because of lesser talent.
Magic Johnson's opinion doesn't count. He's a bandwagon type guy, always changing his opinion and contradicting what he previously said.
Bird and Jordan are legit though and have consistantly gone with Kobe. I'm sure Olajuwon thinks the same. Wonder what Russell would have to say on the matter.
Wade isn't better than LeBron.
Last edited by Darth Martin on Jul 13th, 2010 at 10:09 PM
I don't mind him stating ways Boston can win because that is his job as an anylist(he's a horrible one at that), but like you said, he'll predict against them and when the Lakers win he acts as if he was backing them all along.
I too am not a fan of either James or Wade. But you did have Wade above LeBron.
I wouldn't put much stock in the Cavs having the best record and losing in the playoffs. The championship experienced teams tend to just coast through the regular season before turning it on for the playoffs. The Spurs use to do this all the time and the Lakers and Celtics did it this season. I mean the Celtics were playing .500 ball for the last part of the season.
I think Lebron is better than Kobe and I gave my reasoning on my last few posts. Though Kevin Durant is quickly moving up the ranks and he'd be one to watch for.