BRHornet45
12-25-2009, 11:28 PM
sons never in sports history have we seen players in any sport being pushed and forced down our throats like both Kobe and Lebron are. There is no question that they are great talents, but neither are nowhere near as good as the media portrays them to be. Superstars? yes, but are they drastically above the rest of the league talent wise? FUCK NO! ... they are both just lucky to be the right player at the right time.
Lebron has never accomplished anything and has only been in the NBA for 6-7 years, yet since DAY 1 he has been worshiped by the media and labeled as "the Chosen One". Lebron has been considered an "unstoppable force" which is definitely true, but it has next to nothing to do with his talent. The entire league, every single player in the NBA, and Lebron himself knows the truth. He is considered unstoppable because the league has made him that way. You know, kinda like whenever you turn all of the cheat codes on with NBA2K10 and play on rookie level ... Lebron knows that all he has to do is run into the lane, scream loudly, and throw the ball in the air and he WILL get the call. It doesn't matter if he clearly knocks two other players down in the process, King James gets the call and the refs better not think twice about it. The announcers also better side with King James and the refs for making the call or else they will get some heat from the league. Teams have had to adjust their entire defensive plan when playing against Lebron due to this. They can no longer simply just play the game of basketball the way that the rules state, they have to plan for countless phantom calls and how to avoid breathing on Lebron in fear of the whistle.
Kobe has been an outstanding, all star player throughout his career, but nothing more than that. If anything, he has been one of the luckiest players to ever play because he is always surrounded with great talent. He is in no way, shape, or form worthy of being compared to the likes of Jordan, Magic, Bird, etc. I don't recall guys like Jordan or Bird ever riding the coat tails of another star player carrying them to 3 championships the way that Kobe did from 2000-2002? Yet fast forward to 2009 and from the way that the NBA and media portrays those Laker days, you would have never known that Shaq was even on the team... let alone the fact that Shaq was 100% completely the reason they won those titles. Right now it is all about Kobe because he is getting older and the media NEEDS the heartwarming story lines of comparing Kobe to Michael Jordan. It truly is a joke, it is disrespectful to players like Jordan who actually EARNED the right to be labeled that way, and it is downright insulting the intelligence of those who actually understand the game of basketball.
Start looking at the facts. The stats don't lie. Stop buying into all of the ESPN created hype! Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas Kobe (I shoot the ball 32 times a game) and Lord, King James!
Lebron has never accomplished anything and has only been in the NBA for 6-7 years, yet since DAY 1 he has been worshiped by the media and labeled as "the Chosen One". Lebron has been considered an "unstoppable force" which is definitely true, but it has next to nothing to do with his talent. The entire league, every single player in the NBA, and Lebron himself knows the truth. He is considered unstoppable because the league has made him that way. You know, kinda like whenever you turn all of the cheat codes on with NBA2K10 and play on rookie level ... Lebron knows that all he has to do is run into the lane, scream loudly, and throw the ball in the air and he WILL get the call. It doesn't matter if he clearly knocks two other players down in the process, King James gets the call and the refs better not think twice about it. The announcers also better side with King James and the refs for making the call or else they will get some heat from the league. Teams have had to adjust their entire defensive plan when playing against Lebron due to this. They can no longer simply just play the game of basketball the way that the rules state, they have to plan for countless phantom calls and how to avoid breathing on Lebron in fear of the whistle.
Kobe has been an outstanding, all star player throughout his career, but nothing more than that. If anything, he has been one of the luckiest players to ever play because he is always surrounded with great talent. He is in no way, shape, or form worthy of being compared to the likes of Jordan, Magic, Bird, etc. I don't recall guys like Jordan or Bird ever riding the coat tails of another star player carrying them to 3 championships the way that Kobe did from 2000-2002? Yet fast forward to 2009 and from the way that the NBA and media portrays those Laker days, you would have never known that Shaq was even on the team... let alone the fact that Shaq was 100% completely the reason they won those titles. Right now it is all about Kobe because he is getting older and the media NEEDS the heartwarming story lines of comparing Kobe to Michael Jordan. It truly is a joke, it is disrespectful to players like Jordan who actually EARNED the right to be labeled that way, and it is downright insulting the intelligence of those who actually understand the game of basketball.
Start looking at the facts. The stats don't lie. Stop buying into all of the ESPN created hype! Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas Kobe (I shoot the ball 32 times a game) and Lord, King James!