The Kobe hate needs to stop!!

[ChrisRichards]

what i dont get is all these kids putting jordan in a pedestal as if they SAW him play. listen, watching hundres of his highlights on youtube does'nt qualify.


i mean, yeah jordan is better than kobe but it seriously gives me a heart attack everytime these 17 year old kids tells us why jordan is better. i mean seriously stfu

[samikeyp]

what i dont get is all these kids putting jordan in a pedestal as if they SAW him play. listen, watching hundres of his highlights on youtube does'nt qualify.


i mean, yeah jordan is better than kobe but it seriously gives me a heart attack everytime these 17 year old kids tells us why jordan is better. i mean seriously stfu

Well said.

As someone who has seen both, IMO there will never be a player like MJ again but I also believe the same about Kobe. They are both once in a generation types. Kobe will never be the next Jordan but those who follow him, won't ever be the next Kobe either.

[Killakobe81]

Agree with the last two posts. Kobe aint Jordan but he is equally as great in a different way ... MJ may be better but I I doubt the gap is as wide as some think which was the OP point ...but agree if you havent seen the guy play ...
Check my posts all start with comparing players since 1980 (my 1st year watching sports) I saw the end of Kareem's prime (early 80's ) and sTILL don't feel I can judge him fairly ...but IMHO Kareem edges Hakeem for best center I ever saw and Jordan edges Kobe as well ...for now.

[ElNono]

I Hate to say it, but...

Insecure Laker fan >>> Insecure Hawks fan

And BTW, Kobe is actually well respected around here. It's when delusional Lakerfan come around with fantasies that you get a reaction...

[Bukefal]

what i dont get is all these kids putting jordan in a pedestal as if they SAW him play. listen, watching hundres of his highlights on youtube does'nt qualify.


i mean, yeah jordan is better than kobe but it seriously gives me a heart attack everytime these 17 year old kids tells us why jordan is better. i mean seriously stfu

Yeah. Im sure glad Ive been able to follow, see and witness this man in my life, the legend. Nobody comes even close to MJ. No Lebron, No Kobe.

Every basketball fan who missed the opportunity of witnessing Jordan has in my eyes missed the best thing of the game.

Anyway, back to Kobe, he still sucks

[Goran Dragic]

what i dont get is all these kids putting jordan in a pedestal as if they SAW him play. listen, watching hundres of his highlights on youtube does'nt qualify.


i mean, yeah jordan is better than kobe but it seriously gives me a heart attack everytime these 17 year old kids tells us why jordan is better. i mean seriously stfu

I guess since I never saw Wilt Chamberlain play I'm not allowed to say Wilt is better than Nenad Kristic.

[ElNono]

I guess since I never saw Wilt Chamberlain play I'm not allowed to say Wilt is better than Nenad Kristic.

You are, in fact, not allowed...

[Goran Dragic]

You are, in fact, not allowed...

My bad.

Nenad Kristic > Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul Jabbar

[crc21209]

I'm getting ing tired of the Kobe hate around here, jesus christ man. Yes, I know Kobe can be a bag at times. And I know he should be hated since this is Spurstalk and the Lakers are rivals of the spurs but seriously people should have a reason. There is so much useless hate for this guy. Its pretty annoying to call someone a "Rapist" because he lights up your team. Respect him, he's one of the greatest in the game. If he does some bull then you should feel free to insult him or whatever. But if you're gunna diss someone for lighting your team then you're a sore loser. Nuff said. Stop hating Kobe!

Stfu

[milkshakeballa]

no hate for kobe at all.

great player, but he's just not as good as most lakerfans claim him to be. He needed Shaqtus to get his first 3 rings, and Gasol to get his 4th. He hasn't won by himself and he is compared to Jordan LMAO!

this is dumber than any ridiculous argument a kobe fan makes.....


how fukni re ed is this...

[crc21209]

what i dont get is all these kids putting jordan in a pedestal as if they SAW him play. listen, watching hundres of his highlights on youtube does'nt qualify.


i mean, yeah jordan is better than kobe but it seriously gives me a heart attack everytime these 17 year old kids tells us why jordan is better. i mean seriously stfu

Actually what I hate is the opposite...these kids nowadays blowing Kobe and hating on Jordan when they never once saw Jordan play...

[Goran Dragic]

Actually what I hate is the opposite...these kids nowadays blowing Kobe and hating on Jordan when they never once saw Jordan play...

owned (and there are a lot more of what you just described than what ChrisRichards described).

[Allanon]

This is where the MJ lovers are overly-sensitive and have to post Jordan threads.

Even the Kobe lovers say MJ is the GOAT; but that's just not good enough for the MJ lovers.

[Goran Dragic]

This is where the MJ lovers are overly-sensitive.

Even the Kobe lovers say MJ is the GOAT; but that's not good enough; apparently.

I love how anyone who says MJ is WAY better than Kobe is considered an MJ lover by Lakerfan.

[Allanon]

I love how anyone who says MJ is WAY better than Kobe is considered an MJ lover by Lakerfan.

The same can be said in reverse. Fair enough in my book.

[Goran Dragic]

The same can be said in reverse. Fair enough in my book.

Except every fan base outside of LA fans agrees that MJ > Kobe. It's ONLY la fans who feel different.

[Allanon]

Except every fan base outside of LA fans agrees that MJ > Kobe. It's ONLY la fans who feel different.

Where do LA fans feel different?

I've never said Kobe > MJ and from all the posts here, Laker fans are still saying MJ is GOAT.

What are you talking about?

[ChrisRichards]

Actually what I hate is the opposite...these kids nowadays blowing Kobe and hating on Jordan when they never once saw Jordan play...

thise kid are kobe fans. smart basketball fans in general would not even touch this subject unless they can honestly make a comparison between the two.

[024]

It's a never ending circle.

Kobe haters hate on Kobe. Laker fans come up with even more threads.

So in effect, the more the haters talk about Kobe, the more Kobe keeps coming up.

Stop the hate and you stop the "Kobe is the greatest" threads.

I'd bet you guys right now this recent rash of Kobe love/hate was started a week ago by a Kobe hater.

i think it's the other way around. if kobe worshipers stopped trying to compare kobe to jordan, then people wouldn't have to hate kobe so much.

i remember at least i didn't hate kobe, i just didn't like him. then all these kobe fans around me started to compare him to jordan in 2006 and all of a sudden they made me hate him because the comparison is not logical especially after he quit on the lakers and the 2008 finals embarrassment. the voices got amazingly quieter after 2008 but laker fans are opportunistic so now when kobe is back on top, lakerfan coming back in hordes with the jordan-kobe comparisons. the difference though, is when jordan was on top, he never came back down. and that's what makes jordan the greatest. consistent greatness, something kobe can no longer achieve.

[Goran Dragic]

Where do LA fans feel different?

I've never said Kobe > MJ and from all the posts here, Laker fans are still saying MJ is GOAT.

What are you talking about?

Fine, only LA fans disagree that MJ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kobe.


Better?

[Allanon]

Fine, only LA fans disagree that MJ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kobe.


Better?

If that's what you are saying then you are wrong.

Are you saying LA Fans are the only ones saying Kobe is starting to have a case? In that scenario, you are mistaken.

Phil Jackson said he would take Kobe over MJ on a buzzer beater.
Even John Sally, who played with both MJ and Kobe, recently said Kobe is getting into the conversation.
National media is starting to say it
JVG recently said Kobe is closing on MJ

What would be correct is if you say "only Kobe haters think Kobe is not closing on MJ."

In all reality, except for the Kobe haters, Kobe is indeed closing on MJ and it's only a natural order of things to happen as Kobe continues to put up numbers.

Kobe already has MJ irrevocably beat on buzzer beaters. Next to go will be Jordan's #2 standing as the most with 40 point games.

MJ retired years ago, how on earth could Kobe NOT be closing in on him? MJ can't respond to any of this and we can only watch as Kobe surpasses MJ's records.

[024]

In all reality, except for the Kobe haters, Kobe is indeed closing on MJ and it's only a natural order of things to happen as Kobe continues to put up numbers.

MJ retired years ago, how on earth could Kobe NOT be closing in on him?

"closing on MJ" does not mean anything. lebron is "closing on jordan" and durant is "closing on jordan." everyone in the league is "closing on jordan" because jordan is no longer playing while the players left in the league still are. kobe is not even the most valuable player of his generation.

[Allanon]

"closing on MJ" does not mean anything. lebron is "closing on jordan" and durant is "closing on jordan." everyone in the league is "closing on jordan" because jordan is no longer playing while the players left in the league still are. kobe is not even the most valuable player of his generation.

Have you even looked at the forum today?

If it doesn't mean anything, you wouldn't have 20 threads about Kobe/Jordan.

You can see that the notion of Kobe closing in on Jordan really bothers the Kobe haters.

Ironically, the same people saying there is no comparison are the ones making the comparisons thereby validating that there is a Kobe/Jordan comparison

[024]

Have you even looked at the forum today?

If it doesn't mean anything, you wouldn't have 20 threads about Kobe/Jordan.

You can see that the notion of Kobe closing in on Jordan really bothers the Kobe haters.

lol, you still don't understand that it's the comparison lakerfans come up wth that makes people hate kobe. here's the order.

1. kobe does something great, no argument there.
2. kobefan gets a hard on, starts making wild comparisons to jordan.
3. nba fans who have watched jordan and kobe play say it's not close.
4. kobefan counter argues.
5. nba fans forced to list kobe's flaws such as giving up on a team, demanding to be traded, failing in the 2008 finals.
6. kobefan calls foul, refuses to listen, and labels them as haters.

Ironically, the same people saying there is no comparison are the ones making the comparisons thereby validating that there is a Kobe/Jordan comparison

that does not make sense. saying there is no comparison means there is a comparison? wtf? need lakerfan logic goggles for this one.

[024]

and the kobe threads are usually started by the abundance of lakerfans here. and some spurs trolls.