Humble, classy Durant: Kobe is the best player in the world

[JoeTait75]

It's nice for James to be chaperoned by the Media. Nobody is hung out to dry like the old days when they took off after MJ & Daddy for their respective ringlessness. James is 7 years in and he's ringless. Protecting the brand is what the NBA is all about now. MSM is contracted to secure that brand. They're at the point of attack. They control the horizontal. They control the vertical. Nobody is left behind, ie. Iverson, Jackson in Charlotte now, the like. The watershed moment? Admittedly it was Bryant at Colorado. Stern could have left him forsaken and at the mercy of the pitchforks, tar & feather. He didn't. He kept Kobe's bed warm and his own (and his minions) mouth(s) shut tight. I'm sure the devil is in the details, but, James is the beneficiary of this near maniacal branding of NBA. He can go merrily along, throwing powder in the air, posing like Madonna, all-the-time barren of ringage.

You of all here should know how difficult it is to win a le in Cleveland.

[Goran Dragic]

You of all here should know how difficult it is to win a le in Cleveland.

Unlike Kobe thought, Lebron was willing to take the challenge on. When Kobe was drafted by the New Orleans Hornets, he was too much of a sackless cuck to take the challenge on and demanded a trade to a bigger market team.

[An Unbiased Fan]

LeBron James is on another tier above Kobe (and everyone else) at this point. It's no longer up for debate. When's the last time Kobe went for 40-8-8 in a playoff game?

Uh, Game 1 of last year's Finals. Against the team Lebron lost to with HCA.

40/8/8 in Finals >>>>>>>>> 40/8/8 in 1st round against .500 team

[oh crap]

[Giuseppe]

You of all here should know how difficult it is to win a le in Cleveland.

I remember sitting in the Agora, drinking 3.2 beer and watching 1964 film of the last le.

[picc84]

Lebron wasn't even the second best player in 2006.

[picc84]

Ok.

[oh crap]

you're one weak ass troll, get out of here with that . rofl, durant giving kobe praise= being "beneath" him in every aspect?

[SPURSCHAMP]

lebron the best