|
| quote: | Originally posted by medinaM5
wuts wrong with kobe? cuz he's good and he knows it? cuz some chick got down on her knees for him and called it rape? cuz he smacks people like he should? cuz he dropped 81 in 3 quarters? the man is a living legend |
unless he can win a playoff series without Shaq, then I would have better feelings for Kobe. in 04, they missed the playoffs with a 34-48 record. in 05, they lost to phoenix in the 1st round, and had a 45-37 record. i know that kobe needs "better" teammates, but hey! he has odom, walton(who isn't that bad at small forward. at least he knows how to play the game), and bynum(who can be a superstar). if kobe was proclaimed "great", he would make his teammates better.
what is the difference between jordan and ewing? people still hesitate to name ewing as one of the all time great centers, even though he carried the knicks to many prominent years in the 80s and 90s. he couldn't carry his team over jordan's bulls, and let reggie miller's pacers bully the knicks around in the msg. also, jordan has 6 rings. ewing has none. there have been opportunities where ewing could have raised the bar, and beat jordan, but couldn't do it.
also, jordan had "role" players, and he made them look like budding superstars. what would horace grant, bj armstrong, john paxson, stacey king, bill cartwright, jud buechler, and crew be doing if they didn't have jordan directing their team? probably a mediocre .500 team. same goes for ewing. to tell you the truth, his backup crew had better talent, such as mark jackson, derek harper, john "i lost my balls" starks, charles oakley, and anthony mason. he had larry johnson and marcus camby at a young age.
sorry to get off topic there, but i can't put kobe at the top until he does something without shaq.
___________________
|
Brian
