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He's a 1st Team All-NBA Roamer.
I see him all over the place. I see melo guarding him often, but I don't see him guarding melo that much, mostly guarding JR Rider or some other less dominant player.
He's a 1st Team All-NBA Roamer.
He's been on Billups for most of the time.
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and thats why i hate it when people try to say that hes some great defender while lebron sucks on defense, because kobe guards the opponent's best player. he doesn't until it matters... in the 4th quarter... lebron does the same... jordan did the same as well, as pippen would usually end up guarding the opponents best player until crunch time. i don't get why kobe fans try to exalt him by saying he always defends the opponents best player. he doesnt. and its smarter that way too, so he has more energy in the 4th.
its another reason why i cant stand kobe knobslobbers... they never know what the they are talking about.
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I think it's mostly an energy saving move. If you put Kobe/Lebron/Jordan on the opponent's best player the entire game, plus expect them to put up their normal offensive load, then they are more than likely going to be gassed by the 4th. However, once the game starts to get into the crunch minutes, it only makes sense to switch your best defensive players onto their best offensive players.
It doesn't make them bad defenders. If anything, it says more about their endurance than their defensive abilities. That's one benefit that guys like Bowen have, because they can focus 80-90% of their energy towards just defending. Chasing people around can really take some wind out of you.
he mostly guards his ego.
A lot of times when the Lakers play the Spurs, he guards Bowen. So he really is a lock down defender.
Kobe has no chance against his ego one on one
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Last time Kobe tried guarding his ego, he himself got bent over and ed.
I know during every Spurs game for years the only guy Kobe would ever guard was Bowen. Bryant is a ridiculously overrated defender.
I wouldn't call Billups, JR Smith and Melo easy assignments.
Last game, he held Chauncey to 6-15 (40%) while Kobe scored 32 points on 50% shooting.
The game before that, he had Chauncey, JR Smith and Carmelo. He didn't do much on Melo but on Chancey (38%) and JR Smith(29%).
Only guy Kobe hasn't been able to stop is Melo; but at the same time, Melo can't stop Kobe either.
That's pretty damn good defense while still having excellent offense; that's why Kobe made both the ALL NBA and ALL Defensive team this year (again).
Y'all just hatin' on the Kobester.
lol, someone's not really watching the game. He was on Billups basically the entire game during game 2, and was guarding Melo/Billups in game 1. I'd like to see him on Melo more often though.
And Melo guarded Kobe for like 4 minutes of the last game, and he made like 4 of his 5 shots.
Carmelo Anthony gives Kobe problems.
Just saw a stat on ESPN. Kobe against Melo, Kobe shot 2-6. Kobe against the rest of the Denver team 8-14.
why you gotta twist ? say it straight up in the same terms:
kobe got 32 pts on 50% and 20 shots.
billups got 27 pts on 40% and 15 shots.
so kobe held chauncey to 1.8 pts per shot? has kobe even scored more than 1.7 pps these playoffs? because he certainly hasnt against denver and their vaunted defense.
also, i didnt watch game 1, but i find it hard to believe kobe guarded 2 starters and a backup simultaneously. but again, billups shot 38% but had 18pts on 13 shots. that is good. and smith had 8pts on 7 shots. not great, but not as bad as 29% looks. and that is with both having subpar nights from the line. did kobe make them miss their FT? please
When it matters, Carmelo takes Kobe down low and either posts up on him or gets an offensive rebound over him. Carmelo looks like he's going against his little brother as he manhandles Kobe, while Kobe complains to the refs for the 2323423074 time.
I don't think Kobe has lost a step but those 1000+ games seem to have taken away some of his strength. Kobe of a few years ago would be getting bullied by Carmelo.
If a guy shoots 1-1 from the field and also gets 10 free throws (and makes them all) do you say he made 12 pts per shot?
Someone has GOT to put this in their sig...
Steve Smith and Bonzi Wells used to do Bryant the same way when he was young.
True but then Kobe went through that phase where he used HGH and gained like 30 pounds in the offseason. I think it was the summer of 2002.
But yeah, those Portland teams made a living of posting him up.
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