Kobe = Jordan

[angelbelow]

I can tell you must be a young piece of pussy. The reason the Jordan Rules were developed was because nobody could breathe on his ass or he got two free throws. The Pistons were like " it, when we hit him, we're gonna make it count, cuz the mutha a is goin' to the line anyways...so make his ass pay to get there" Get it?

Anybody that knows even a little bit about Jordan's career knows that you couldn't even look at him too hard or he shot two. And he got away with more crab dribbles (lmao) and physicality than most players. Ask Bryon Russell who, who got pushed halfway back to Long Beach State so MJ could hit one of the coldest daggers in league history.

Some of you cats have it so backwards that it's a in joke. The Pistons are the exception to the rule. They didn't play that panzie with MJ, but if you think that's how the league was back in the day, you muhfuggas must be smokin'. The game was free-flowing back then too, it's just that old school players ALWAYS act like they had it harder in their time. Sheeit, it was nothin' to see 240 points on the board back then.

Do ya research!

sounds like you need to take your own advice. if you thought the pistons were the only team to play rough with jordan, then go spend some time on youtube.

[angelbelow]

It never seems to amaze me how idiots like your self who never saw Michael Jordan play before he became a wizard comment on his game. What do you think, Jordan just came into the league winning championships? He went thru the same that Kobe's gone thru. It took him years of jacking up shots before he learned to trust his team mates. Bad shots were not unusual for Jordan in his early years as well.

The loses in the finals were a team loss. It was hardly Kobe's fault that the lakers lost to Boston and Detroit. It was a team loss.

btw, Michael didn't sniff a finals until his 7th season. Kobe's lead his team to the finals in his 4th season and on the verge of winning it in his 5th season. Just sayin...

some people may disagree here, but i think that being a leader, means that you take the glory of winning but you take the responsibility of losing. obviously not to the extreme, but the majority of it. if kobe is to be the leader, then he should have no problem taking the blame, just like we all know that he would have no problem taking glory. I am not saying its not the teams fault either, but it starts with the leader and if filters down.

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They both played when their was hand checking. Jordan never had to deal with a zone like today but all that.

Bull . Teams played zone back then too, but just had to find more creative ways to adjust to it. I especially recall seeing the Celtics do it quite often.

I see it as on the verge of winning a le barring injuries. But don't talk about les, that something you know absolutely nothing about, !

[LakeShow]

some people may disagree here, but i think that being a leader, means that you take the glory of winning but you take the responsibility of losing. obviously not to the extreme, but the majority of it. if kobe is to be the leader, then he should have no problem taking the blame, just like we all know that he would have no problem taking glory. I am not saying its not the teams fault either, but it starts with the leader and if filters down.

I agree. Sure Kobe gets some of the blame and he should but to state that he was the REASON the lakers loss is ludicrous. Against the Suns, he pouted and followed Phil's orders. Yeah he acted like a and I disliked what he did as well but I would have preferred to see him jack up shots that day too. That was a bad move by Phil, imo. Against Boston? he had to play 1 on 5. Boston was the difference in that series. In both cases those teams were just the better teams.

[LakeShow]

Bull . Teams played zone back then too, but just had to find more creative ways to adjust to it. I especially recall seeing the Celtics do it quite often.

Teams did no such thing. Sure they would double and trap the ball but playing an area, which is what they do now, was not allowed.

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Against Boston? he had to play 1 on 5. Boston was the difference in that series.

The series was tied 2-2, and LA had a massive second half lead. Instead of staying aggressive, he sat back and shot lazy jumpers. When Boston slowly started chipping away, he still sat back and shot lazy jumpers. After Boston gained the lead, he still sat back and shot lazy jumpers.

Definitely not Jordan-esqe at all. Jordan might have been crazy to go driving 1-on-5, but at least he never gave up, or lost that aggression, even when his teammates were busy faking migranes and because they were too scared to play.

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Teams did no such thing. Sure they would double and trap the ball but playing an area, which is what they do now, was not allowed.

Again, they obviously didn't play a blatant zone like teams can today, but they would find ways to accomplish the same thing zone defenses do today with timely doubles and collapsing on drivers the same way zones do today, trying to prevent teams from going into the paint for their scoring, and forcing them to pass the ball better and beat them with the long range shot.

[mabrignani]

Oh, well in that case Rasheed Wallace > Tim Duncan.

i remember tim owning rasheed in the finals...

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i remember tim owning rasheed in the finals...

has nothing to do with talent

and rasheed screwed himself over by coming off of rob

[mabrignani]

has nothing to do with talent

and rasheed screwed himself over by coming off of rob

i think you need talent to own someone in basketball....especially when its for a ring

[dirk4mvp]

i think you need talent to own someone in basketball....especially when its for a ring

Are you re ed? You're making stretch look smart, which is pretty ing hard to do.

[crc21209]

There will never ever be another player like Michael Jordan. I will say that Kobe is the closest thing we have gotten to him, but he will never match him. Jordan won a total of 6 les in 8 years. The other two that were won in between (94', 95') was when he tried that baseball experiment. So who knows if maybe, just maybe the Bulls couldve swept 91' thru 98'.

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Are you re ed? You're making stretch look smart, which is pretty ing hard to do.

LMAO chargers > colts

[dirk4mvp]

LMAO chargers > colts

lmao utsa football team > raiders

[hater]

Jordan >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kobe

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lmao utsa football team > raiders

LMAO 3 rings GOT

[dirk4mvp]

LMAO 3 rings GOT

LMAO a ring in the recent era

LMAO tuck rule

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LMAO 3 > 2

LMAO worthlessburgers tackle

[mabrignani]

lmao mavs suck

[dirk4mvp]

LMAO Al Davis

LMAO overpaying a cb

LMAO jamarcus russell

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LMAO defense

LMAO patriots

LMAO steelers

LMAO chargers

LMAO 3 > 2

[dirk4mvp]

LMAO every team in the nfl

LMAO the fast and the furious

LMAO ty movie

LMAO he likes the tuna

[mabrignani]

regardless of the case....tim duncan>rasheed wallace
anyone besides pistons fans, even most of them would agree with that statement

[dirk4mvp]

regardless of the case....tim duncan>rasheed wallace
anyone besides pistons fans, even most of them would agree with that statement

That wasn't what he was saying in the first place, dip .

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That wasn't what he was saying in the first place, dip .

he failed. like your colts constantly do.