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my point being homecourt and great record...still a great team that everyone was jocking
They weren't #1 dip .
You're a ing DUMBASS!
First you talk about the "The Lakers had no business blowing a 3-1 lead to that team".. Hey buddy..when the lakers "blew the 3-1 lead" to that team u were reffering too...what place was the Suns? IDIOT. lol
my point being homecourt and great record...still a great team that everyone was jocking
Rodman just stating the obvious.
Collude Pao Gasol to the Cavs and see how Kobeboi does.
dont you mean Kome?
“well the NBA is in great hands but if I had to pick the single greatest player on the planet, I take Kobe Bryant without hesitation.” - Michael Jordan
"Kobe is the most talented in the game on both ends of the floor" - Gregg Popovich
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Not many. I thought Orlando would kick the Cavs ass because of matchup problems.Look through last year's Playoffs threads. Many, many, many Spurfans said the Cavs would be champs.
Would you happen to be one of them?
In fact, aside from myself and maybe 1-2 others here, everybody said how damn good the Cavs were.
All of a sudden, it was a ty team?
I think Rodman is spot on.
At least 50 times. I've jumped off a building, jumped off a cliff in a car. I've been in bedrooms when women came in with knives and guns.
Rodman is full of great quotes.
A lot of people seems to feel the same way as Rodman including Lebron.
“I believe that Kobe Bryant is still the best player in the game, his experience and his overall talent. It’s not taking away from Lebron, it’s not taking away from Carmelo, it’s not taking away from myself. Kobe has been in the game longer than the rest of us, he’s older than us, he’s smart with the game. He’s the better player.”- D. Wade. June 2009
"Kobe is better than Michael Jordan with the basketball." - Phil Jackson
"Kobe is the best 3 point shooter in the game." - Reggie Miller
"Kobe may be more talented than Michael Jordan." - Mike Dunleavy
"Its not even close, Kobe's the best hands down." - Tracy McGrady
"Kobe Bryant will go down as the greatest basketball player of all time." - Mark Jackson
"Kobe is more skilled than Jordan, a better shooter. Michael has bigger hands and that helped him alot." - Phil Jackson
"Kobe is the best player in the league no doubt" - Michael Jordan
"Kobe is the best player and best scorer in the league." - Lebron James
"Kobe is the best in the league" - Clyde Drexler
“well the NBA is in great hands but if I had to pick the single greatest player on the planet, I take Kobe Bryant without hesitation.” - Michael Jordan
"Kobe is the most talented in the game on both ends of the floor" - Gregg Popovich
"Kobe is still the best in the game" - Phil Jackson
"He's the best one-on-one player in the league, hands down." - Chris Bosh
"Kobe is the best in the game..." - Larry Bird on DP Show
"Kobe Bryant is probably the best allaround player we have today" - Kiki Vandehaeghue
"for the best player in the league to say that about me.." - Gilbert Arenas on Kobe
"Everyone knows Kobe is the best in the game right now" - Mike D'Antoni
"It's amazing. Beyond amazing. He's on another level from any other player at this point." - Mark Cuban
"Players are jealous of greatness. Kobe is a unique talent and a unique person." - Jerry West
"The MVP is the best player. The award should go to Kobe..." - Chauncey Billups in 2006
"Hats off, he's the best. It's hard to get 50 in a game. He did it in a half. It takes a tough player who works really hard. I think he's one of the best ever." - Eric Snow
"Who betta than Kobe?" - Amare Stoudemire
"Kobe is the best in the game" - Stephon Marbury
"That should put all the questions to rest who's the most talented and who's the, you know, best offensive player in the league." - Ben Gordon
"Kobe, he's a special player. He's the best player on the planet right now" - Jason Kidd
"We're witnessing greatness right now. We need to understand that. (asked: "Is he the best of the best?") Yeah, definetly." - Tyson Chandler
"Amazing to see how he hasn't won an MVP award considering how he's been the best player the past few years." - Sixers Play by play man Tom McGinnis
"Kobe is the best player in the game" - Stu lantz
"Kobe is a tough player, arguably the best player in the NBA right now." - Kenyon Martin
"Kobe is the best player in the league" - Charles Barkley
"Mj is the best player ever, but kobe is the best offensive player ever. I guess Im fine with MJ getting the label best ever, but I really dont see much difference. Maybe you can say MJ was more ruthless, but even that is close. The ease in which he makes everything look is amazing, and defensively, he can lock down anyone he wants. I just dont see much of a difference." - Eddie Johnson
"Kobe's better than Lebron." - Ira Newble, who was Lebron's former teammate
"My first thoughts were that I'm playing with one of the greatest players to ever play the game." - JR Smith
"Kobe is in a stratoshpere of his own." - Avery Johnson
"The best player in the game right now is Kobe Bryant" - Bill Walton
"Kobe is the most skilled player in the game today..." - Bill Walton
"We're going up against Kobe, whose the best player in the NBA." -Derrick Rose
Game recognize game.
Laker fan grabs 5000pg quote book to find his favourites. Now he's not only better than LeBron but the best 3pt shooter, better than MJ and will go down as the greatest ever. Dayum.
Hilarious to quote Phil Jackson while he is STILL THE COACH of the Lakers
I seem to remember Phil also saying Kobe was uncoachable and all sorts of bad things.
What do you want Phil to say? "Nah, kobe is ok but MJ was a lot better"
He is not gonna do that to his own player, kobe's ego is bigger than shaq's
You can add:
"Now he's not only better than LeBron but the best 3pt shooter, better than MJ and will go down as the greatest ever." -Behold The KING
Most of those quotes were from a few years ago, and were comments about that certain time..I also find it funny how Kobe is the only guy I've ever seen that has the media ask other players about him in an attempt to over hype him and inflate his legacy..I've never seen that before, even when Michael was playing..
Also if we're going to take Phil Jackson's quotes, we should also consider his quote that he wasn't surprised when he heard Kobe was suspected of rape..so if we're taking Phil's opinion of Kobe as the best, we should also believe that he is a rapist..
Lebron is clearly the best player in the NBA..the visual backs it up, the numbers back it up, the supporting cast/success ratio backs it up..
Losing to the 3 seed as opposed to the 8 seed is just a bit different, but thanks for playing anyway.
LBJ is going to go down as a more complete player than Kobe in the end because LBJ makes the people around him much better than they would otherwise be.
I know you guys hate the Mavs but going down to the Magic was a huge choke. The Magic were a #3 seed but they were a weak #3, a full 7 games behind the Cavs. Magic were also missing their 2nd best player in Jameer Nelson.
The Lakers almost swept those Magic that LeBron couldn't beat.
This is where we disagree. At this point in their careers Kobe is the more complete player. He makes his teammates better while LeBron is still going for legendary stats pounding the ball and his teammates watching.LBJ is going to go down as a more complete player than Kobe in the end because LBJ makes the people around him much better than they would otherwise be.
Watch LeBron next time they play a top team and you'll see why they continually lose to good teams.
That's not on Lebron, that's on poor coaching(another thing in favor of Kobe's team), and the fact that Lebron has nobody else on his team to run the offense while he plays off the ball..
Who the are they gonna trust? Mo Williams?! LOL..a 50-year old Shaq that looks horrible so far from a physical standpoint?..
Yes, yes, yes, yes. LeBron should have trusted Big Z, Ben Wallace, Wally, Mo, Sasha Pavlovic, Boobie Gibson...everybody.
Kobe trusts Jordan Farmar, Sasha Vujacic, DJ mBenga, Adam Morrison, Shannon Brown...etc, etc.
That's the big difference between Kobe and LeBron and that is why Kobe is holding rings. This is why the Lakers will be perfectly fine without their 2nd best player.
lebron needs a run offensive plays/sets. dude don't know how to run a play. he walks the ball up to the wings, and either runs into the paint, or pulls up a shot. too predictable. if he learns how to run a play or finish a play (hint Mike Brown), then he's allowed to be in the vs. kobe discussion.
look, vujacic and walton are two of the most useless players ever on a team. i would take boobie gibson and wally any day. which have rings?
why not trust them? I bet your the same people who crucified Kobe 3 years ago for not trusting Smush Parker, Brian Cook, Chris Mihm and Kwame Brown.
Kobe couldnt make those guys better...and for some reason Kobe cant make his teamates on this championship team better too huh?
First of all, I never said Lebron didn't trust those guys..I said the Cavs team SHOULDN'T trust those guys to run their offense with Lebron playing off the ball, because none of those guys can effectively create for a team..big difference..so the fact that they have nobody else to create the offense is a big reason for their predictable offense that makes Lebron have to do everything, which in result limits their team success as a whole..
Lebron DOES trust his teammates, as you can see in any Cavs game..he's never had the Kobe problem..
Actually, if you look back at my history on RealGM, where I was a notorious Kobe hater for years, that was the one thing I never criticized Kobe for at all..he had bad teammates that he didn't trust, and there was no reason for him not to take a million shots a night..I never understood why people criticized him for that..I always criticized him for being a bad teammate, because he clearly was based on his off the court incidents, but I never understood why people would want him not to take a lot of shots with bad teammates like those..
Laker fans gave Kobe tons of excuses in 2004, 2005, and 2006,(actually, Kobe probably has the most excuses made for him of any NBA player in recent history) but now that Lebron is in a similar situation(in relative terms..obviously Lebron's current supporting cast is better than Kobe's was in 2005/2006), they criticize him for it..
The problem with LeBron is he trusts his teammates when it's not important.
When the game's in the balance, y'all, I'm gonna win this .
We've seen it countless times, LeBron does everything for that team in the crunch...it's awesome to watch but it's also the reason the Cavs are competing for the ECF Championship.
24 second possession for the Cavs in the crunch:
LeBron brings the ball up the court and pounds the ball for 10 seconds, move to the top of the key, pound for another 8 seconds then drive or shoot 3. Teammates clap, take family photographs with the King and say words of encouragement.
so does kobe make his teammates better?
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