This is a difficult debate to quantify. You're trying to compare the ultimate team player who can still will his team to win when he's have a personal off night (Nash) against a much taller, more athletic guy who has to carry the weight of his team on his shoulders (Kobe). If Kobe fails... well, you see what happened in Game 1 of this series when he went 1-10 in the 4th quarter. Nash could go 1-10, but get Raja Bell, Barbosa, Marion, and Amare involved and still keep the team compe ive.
However, both teams do fail when they get into "stand around and watch mode" (aka - Suns last year against Dallas... or Lakers pretty much all the time whenever Kobe starts taking all the shots).

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SA, Phoenix, and Golden State are the elite of the West.
