There is a reason why they call it the 4-letter network.
Back in the day, Entertainment Sports Programming Network begged for whatever programming they could get. They'd give us Aussie Rules & Canadian Football, followed by Lumberjack events. Now that they're bigger, they've shifted to mind control of the masses by carefully crafting stories favoring large metros over small metros. That's why team's that simply dominated by playing efficient basketball are overlooked due to 4-letters penchant to "craft" 1 against 5 mentality of ,"insert big city swingman here".
KBB, to his credit, realizes that he can't win without an interior presence and while I was laughing hysterically at all the claims of Laker fan swearing Kwame Brown's dominance as an interior defender, we all know that his true value was as a bargaining chip to a "COLLUSIONAL" trade.

Oh and I always say, Kobe's clutch ways don't mean unless someone is providing FOUNDATION. That's what Shaq did, and to a lesser extent, that's what Pau does now.